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(40568, 4, '2019-07-02 14:51:58', '2019-07-02 18:51:58', '<strong>County offices, facilities closed for July 4</strong>\r\n\r\nAll <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4NzAwNSZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Beaufort County</a> offices, to include <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4NzAwNSZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/solid-waste-and-recycle/convenience-centers.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Convenience Centers</a>, <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4NzAwNSZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;102&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.beaufortcountylibrary.org/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Library branches</a>, and <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4NzAwNSZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;103&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.bcscrec.com/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Parks and Recreation</a> facilities (except the Charles “Lind” Brown outdoor pool) will be closed July 4 in observance of the Independence Day holiday. All facilities will open according to their regular schedules July 5. Residents are encouraged to plan accordingly.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lowcountry VITA providing tax preparation services</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Lowcountry Area VITA Coalition, in partnership with the United Way of the Lowcountry, Inc., and the Beaufort County Human Service Alliance is now providing extended tax preparation services in Beaufort and Bluffton for prior year returns (2015-2017), amended returns and late 2018 filings.\r\n\r\nAppointments are available at the following locations between 1:30-4:30 p.m.:\r\n\r\n– Beaufort Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort (second Tuesday of the month, July 9, Aug. 13, Sept. 10, Oct. 8)\r\n– Bluffton Library, 120 Palmetto Way, Bluffton (third Tuesday of the month, July 16, Aug. 20, Sept. 17,\r\nOct. 15)\r\n\r\nThese dates are by appointment only. Visit <a href=\"http://www.vitalowcountry.org/\">www.vitalowcountry.org</a> to schedule your appointment for any of the above dates.\r\n\r\nPlease bring a photo ID and social security cards for all persons on the return. Additionally, clients should bring the following to the tax preparation site: A complete copy of last year’s return (not required but helpful to the tax preparer), all 2018 informational statements (including but not limited to wage statements - Form(s) W-2, interest and dividend statements - Form(s) 1099INT and 1099DIV, mortgage interest statements - Form(s) 1098, pension and social security statements - Form(s) 1099R and SSA-1099, and tuition payments statements - Form(s) 1098-T), information on deductions and bank account number and routing number to deposit your refund&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo learn more about the Lowcountry Area VITA program or to volunteer, please contact Theresa Jackson at 843-321-9071 or <a href=\"mailto:lowcountryvitacoalition@gmail.com\">lowcountryvitacoalition@gmail.com</a>. You may also visit our website at <a href=\"http://www.vitalowcountry.org/\">www.vitalowcountry.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Coastline discusses programs, services available for veterans</strong>\r\n\r\nA new episode of The County Channel’s series <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjI4Ljc0ODE2MTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjI4Ljc0ODE2MTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4Nzk0MyZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&amp;reload=9&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;v=CzOwF-rFUJ4\">Coastline</a> discusses the programs and services available to veterans living in Beaufort County as well as the incredible history of Beaufort National Cemetery. Joining host Suzanne Larson is Beaufort County Veterans Affairs Officer Carl Wedler, Veterans Affairs Counselors Damian Ashcraft and Walt Field, and Beaufort National Cemetery Director Christopher Hickey.\r\n\r\nCoastline airs on The County Channel Sundays at 9:30 a.m., Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m., Thursdays at 8 p.m., and Fridays at 9 a.m. Coastline is a monthly news show filmed in-studio and produced by The County Channel.\r\n\r\nWatch all programming for The County Channel on Comcast Ch. 2, Hargray Chs. 9 and 113, and Spectrum Ch. 1304. Viewers can also watch programming live and on-demand at <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjI4Ljc0ODE2MTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjI4Ljc0ODE2MTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4Nzk0MyZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/the-county-channel/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">The County Channel’s website</a> at <a href=\"http://www.beaufortcountysc.gov/\">www.beaufortcountysc.gov</a><a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjI4Ljc0ODE2MTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjI4Ljc0ODE2MTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4Nzk0MyZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;102&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">.</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>County Accommodations Tax Board accepting grant applications</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Accommodations Tax Board is now accepting applications from organizations in Beaufort County wanting to receive grants from the 2 percent state accommodations tax fund.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSouth Carolina law allows for a 2 percent tax levy on the rental of all transient accommodations to help provide financial support to promote tourism and fund tourism-related activities in municipalities and counties within the state.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAs a result, individuals staying overnight in hotels, motels, inns, and vacation rentals pay 2 percent in addition to the statewide sales tax and any local sales and use tax applied to their lodging cost.\r\n\r\nThe current year application (2019/2020) is available online.\r\n\r\nApplications will not be accepted if received incomplete or after 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9. Questions regarding the application process should be directed to Linda Maietta at 843-255-2297 or <a href=\"mailto:atax@bcgov.net\">atax@bcgov.net</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club will meet July 11</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club’s July meeting will be held Thursday, July 11, 2019 at the Beaufort Yacht Club on Lady’s Island off Meridian Road.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe social begins at 6:30 p.m.; the meeting at 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nOur July guest speaker is Bryan Frazier, a marine biologist with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, where he has been conducting research on sharks since 2001. His research focuses on studying habitat use and dynamics of estuarine and coastal fishes focusing on sharks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHe is the principal investigator of several seasonal surveys investigating estuarine and coastal abundance of sharks in South Carolina. Current research projects include movement ecology of bonnethead and tiger sharks, life history of bonnethead and spinner sharks, distribution and trophic ecology of scalloped and Carolina hammerheads and post-release mortality of blacktip sharks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFrazier’s overall research focuses on providing data critical to effective management of shark populations in the United States.\r\n\r\n<strong>Episcopal Church hosting Open Conversation</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Episcopal Church in South Carolina will host a public Open Conversation in Beaufort from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11 at St. John’s Lutheran Church at 157 Ladys Island Drive.\r\n\r\nTECSC is offering this Open Conversation to provide information, listen, and answer questions about the life and ministry of our diocese and faith communities.\r\nLed by Bishop Skip Adams of TECSC, the Open Conversation will include other clergy and lay leaders, including Archdeacon Callie Walpole and the Rev. Bill Coyne, Diocesan Missioner for Returning Congregations.\r\n\r\nThe event is open to the public, and will be of special interest to people who attend Episcopal/Anglican churches in the region, including those affected by the 2017 state Supreme Court decision to return the property of the Diocese of South Carolina and 29 parishes to The Episcopal Church.\r\n\r\n“We encourage people in parishes who are affected by the court ruling to bring their questions and concerns to this Open Conversation,” Coyne said. “This is an opportunity to engage with one another with an open heart as we walk the road toward reconciliation together.”', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-115', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:54:44', '2019-07-03 18:54:44', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40568', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40572, 4, '2019-07-02 14:55:35', '2019-07-02 18:55:35', '<h4>By CELIA STRONG</h4>\r\nThe white wine is here. And just in time.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nNot just because new white wines become a priority for some wine drinkers in the hot summer months. But, also, because the complete set of a brand is now available. Red. Rosé. And, finally, the white.\r\n\r\nGerberas’ white wine comes the Aragon region in Spain. Like its red and rosé cousins, Aragon is located in northeastern Spain. It stretches from the Pyrenees Mountains south to the Iberian plateau. (The whole of Spain and Portugal is the Iberian Peninsula.)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCatalonia is to the east of Aragon, and Rioja, Navarra and Castilla y Leon are to its west. All other Spanish wine regions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Ebro River, the largest and most important in Spain, flows eastward through Aragon. And defines the various Aragon wine areas in its valley.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe name Aragon comes from either a smaller river in the region with the same name, or from the Basque word “Aragoi” that means “high valley.”\r\n\r\nThe climate of Aragon is moderate with the vineyard elevations determining how moderate. Recently, a Cava DO status was granted in Aragon. (Cava is the designation for Spanish sparkling wines, mostly from the Catalonia region.) There are several wine DOs in Aragon – Somontano, Cariñena, Calatayud, Campo de Borjia.\r\n\r\nGerberas Bianco is made from 100 percent Macabeo. This variety is also known as Viura, Macabeu, Lardot and about a dozen lesser known more localized names.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBesides large plantings in northeastern Spain in the Rioja and Cava producing areas, it is also grown in the Languedoc-Rousillon area of France. It is often used in blends, but as more modern winemaking techniques are adopted, like stainless steel and temperature controlled fermentations, it is making wonderful wines on its own.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIts wines tend to have a bone dryness, light to medium bodies, moderate acidity and not too high alcohol levels. The flavors include honeydew melons, lime peels, lemon verbena, tarragon and hazelnuts.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nJanis Robinson, an icon in wine tasting and wine writing, calls Macabeo the “Cinderella” grape. Because, in recent years, it has been “discovered” as capable of making excellent wines.\r\n\r\nGerberas Macabeo follows Gerberas Garnacha and Gerberas Garnacha Rosé as a great sipping, food friendly everyday affordable wine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe grapes for it are grown in alluvial soils in the foothills of the Moncayo mountain. After harvesting and crush, the must is chilled for a short time with the skins.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFermentation is long and slow, in stainless steel tanks, at controlled temperatures between 71 and 79 degrees Fahrenheit. The finished wine is delicate with fruity and floral notes. Ripe peaches. Lemons. Lime zest. Stone fruits. Nuts. White flowers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAll come together in a very dry, light, but definitely textured body. The palate is clean and fresh and exhilarating.\r\n\r\nPerfect as an aperitif, but it also pairs well with grilled fish, shellfish, sushi, baked chicken, salads, pasta with seafood white sauces or just olive oil and grated cheese, pizzas with anchovies and olive oil, fried foods, pesto, risotto, and lots of cheeses – Manchego, Monterey Jack, Mozzarella, Gouda, Triple Cremes. Pretty much summer foods.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd it’s easy to find with the yellow gerberas daisy on its label. It’s finally here. For $9.99. Enjoy.', 'Finally, the white is here', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'finally-the-white-is-here', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:56:57', '2019-07-03 18:56:57', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40572', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40575, 4, '2019-07-02 14:57:11', '2019-07-02 18:57:11', 'On Wednesday, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the grand opening of the new Synergy Cycling Studio in Habersham. The celebration kicks off at noon, and the official ribbon cutting ceremony takes place at 12:30 p.m.\r\n\r\nSynergy Cycling Studio invites the public to attend the event from noon until 1 p.m. Meet the instructors, tour the facility, and enjoy light snacks and beverages.\r\n\r\nSynergy Cycling Studio is an indoor cycling facility offering spin classes geared towards any fitness level. The studio is a small, local business with a hands-on staff. They\'re located at 20 Market in the Habersham Marketplace and at <a href=\"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012lJXDpNk-tIBhXGpdMr7j2BfPTnQTeqQ--ZIxYkqJglQXPxgoqHwmi4JnZEVZI1CQjrc5mkCt8q3q49L-MAsU4hYtMZaXkpAVCYlBiqVYL8XYIyPU_IfCYGxMHOpZ2nWxjK2VT4Ihn1od0hkSvIB63oaCM61lCnFsVf91-z11AmQ46A5hxOC3w==&amp;c=KGCnDE_C70ED6BF5bGbbNC7rHrkJ8c0Ui9ZmJzSau-szIoL1pmg1PQ==&amp;ch=fVPvED-_S3oNgD95DexUoaIOR7yS3LzNZ-MUHlNuX9gsPSMrQgboHQ==\">SynergyCyclingStudio.com</a>.', 'Synergy Cycling Studio to celebrate grand opening', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'synergy-cycling-studio-to-celebrate-grand-opening', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:57:41', '2019-07-03 18:57:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40575', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40578, 4, '2019-07-02 14:57:57', '2019-07-02 18:57:57', 'Leadership Beaufort has announced 32 confirmed participants for its Class of 2020.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEstablished in 1985, Leadership Beaufort builds community trustee leadership through an in-depth view of cultural, economic, historic, social, educational, environmental and government resources, according to the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce website.\r\n\r\nLeadership Beaufort connects participants with prominent civic, business and government leaders.\r\n\r\nAccording to the website, applications are taken during April and May of each year and are due to the Chamber office the Friday before Memorial Day. After an interview process, participants of the class are typically announced by the first week in July.\r\n\r\nThe Leadership Beaufort Class of 2020 includes: Jimmy Banton, USMC, MCAS Beaufort; Robert Blok, Retired; James Brown, U.S. Naval Hospital; N’Kia Campbell, Beaufort County Schools; Allison Canning, Technical College of the Lowcountry; Cheryl D’Angelo, Ballenger Realty; Michael Carbiener, Secession Golf Club; Kim Farlow, Farlow Communications; Josh Fisher, USMC, MCAS Beaufort; Shawn Flood, Beaufort Jasper Water &amp; Sewer Authority; Anna Graham, Creative Interiors Carpet One; Becky Hall, Hargray Communications; Rich Holihan, Holihan Associates; Clint Holmes, City of Beaufort Fire Dept.; Evans Janvier, USMC, Retired; Jake Jones, Securitas Critical Infrastructure Services; Annette Jussame, Norsk Titanium; Chanel Lewis, Beaufort County; Jess Longo, Individual; Lynn McGee, USC Beaufort; Matt St. Clair, City of Beaufort; Connie Schroyer, Beaufort County Human Services Dept.; Daniella Squicquero, The Beaufort Life; Richard Stoner, Problem Solvers; Morgan Stuard, Marine Corps Community Services; Allyson Thornton, Companion Foundation; Lisa Traver, Marine Corps Community Services; Urbie West, The Greenery; DeLauren White, Boys &amp; Girls Club; Kathy Whitehead, Retired; Denny Wiener, Retired; Matthew Woelke, Beaufort County Parks &amp; Recreation.', 'Leadership Beaufort announces Class of 2020', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'leadership-beaufort-announces-class-of-2020-2', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:58:35', '2019-07-03 18:58:35', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40578', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40580, 4, '2019-07-02 14:59:42', '2019-07-02 18:59:42', 'In the cutline for the photo that ran under the headline “PADDLEPOWER” on Page A1 of the June 27-July 3 edition of The Island News, the name of the church affiliated with the pictured dragon boat is misstated. The pictured boat, belonging to the Parish Paddlers, is affiliated with the Parish Church of St. Helena.', 'CORRECTION', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'correction', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:00:30', '2019-07-03 19:00:30', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40580', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40582, 4, '2019-07-02 15:05:39', '2019-07-02 19:05:39', 'Two Beaufort weightlifting phenoms added to their impressive resumes with championship performances in the past week.\r\n\r\nCJ Cummings continued his push for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team with another record-smashing performance Thursday at the Junior Pan-American Weightlifting Championships in Havana, Cuba, and Dade Stanley made the most of his final USA Weightlifting Youth National Championships, sweeping his weight class Sunday in Anaheim, California.\r\n\r\nCummings set 15 records in the 73kg weight class while winning gold in the clean and jerk and overall competitions and taking silver in the snatch.\r\n\r\nThe 19-year-old star posted totals of 154kg in the snatch and 193kg in the clean for a 347kg total. All three marks represented new junior and senior Pan-American records, as well as junior and senior American records and junior world records.\r\n\r\nThe Junior Pan-American Championships are a gold event for the qualification process for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Cummings already was the top-ranked lifter in any weight class following a dominant performance earlier this month at the Pan-American Championships, where he also broke 15 records.\r\n\r\nStanley claimed all three gold medals in the 81kg weight class at the Youth National Championships, and he did so with relative ease, clinching all three golds with a lift of 145kg on his first clean and jerk attempt. Stanley also hit a 135kg snatch for a 280kg total, easily outpacing the competition by 23kg in the snatch, 3kg in the clean, and 26kg overall.\r\n\r\nStanley was the runner-up for best lifter in the 16-17 age group.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Above: Dade Stanley</strong></em>', 'Cummings, Stanley rack up more titles', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cummings-stanley-rack-up-more-titles', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:06:50', '2019-07-03 19:06:50', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40582', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40587, 4, '2019-07-02 15:09:40', '2019-07-02 19:09:40', 'U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has added Beaufort resident Elijah Stacks to his office in Washington, D.C. as a summer intern.\r\n\r\nStacks is a rising senior at Liberty University majoring in Government, International Relations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“I’m excited to welcome Elijah to the office. He has been a great asset to the team, and I appreciate his service to the people of South Carolina,” Scott said in a release. “He has shown professionalism and maturity in handling all of his work assignments. We enjoy having him on the team, and I hope that his experience on Capitol Hill will be useful as he decides his next adventure to embark on.”\r\n\r\nCongressional internships have two focuses: education and service.\r\n\r\nStacks will spend the majority of his time serving the people of South Carolina — he is one of the first points of contact in the office, greeting and guiding visitors, taking constituent phone calls, providing information and sharing constituent feedback with the senator. He guides tours of the Capitol for visitors from the state and is the presence from home whose goal it is to make South Carolinians feel welcome at the Senate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe other focus of Senator Scott’s internship program is education. Interns have the opportunity to work on specialized projects with staff in their areas of interest.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWith a focus in international relations, Elijah is interested in foreign affairs and armed services. He has worked closely with members of our policy team and has had the opportunity to work on research projects and attended briefings and hearings held at the Senate.\r\n\r\n“My internship with Senator Scott has been a fantastic opportunity to experience the legislative process first-hand,” Stacks said in a release. “From attending hearings to assisting with research to listening to the opinions of South Carolina constituents, it has been the experience of a lifetime to work on Capitol Hill and to serve the Senator and people of South Carolina.”', 'Beaufort’s Stacks joins Scott’s office as intern', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beauforts-stacks-joins-scotts-office-as-intern', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:10:46', '2019-07-03 19:10:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40587', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40590, 4, '2019-07-02 15:10:53', '2019-07-02 19:10:53', 'The Burton Fire District, MCAS Beaufort Fire Department, and Beaufort County EMS, responded Friday, June 26 to a blazing gazebo fire threatening a local home.\r\n\r\nJust before 3 p.m. Friday, Burton and MCAS Beaufort firefighters responded to a reported house fire on Laurel Street E. Firefighters arrived on scene not to find a house on fire, but a gazebo in the rear of the home fully ablaze and threatening the home.\r\n\r\nPlacing themselves between the home and the fire, firefighters quickly pushed back and knocked down the flames. The fire was quickly extinguished. No injuries were reported and the home was not damaged.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHomeowners were not home at the time. The fire is under investigation.\r\n\r\nThis fire came on the heels of a house fire earlier in the morning for Burton fire crews that displaced a family of five.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;\r\n\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<em>Firefighters from Burton and MCAS Beaufort attack a gazebo that caught fire and threatened a home on Friday, June 26.</em>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'Gazebo fire threatens Burton home', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'gazebo-fire-threatens-burton-home', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:12:50', '2019-07-03 19:12:50', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40590', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40593, 4, '2019-07-02 15:13:47', '2019-07-02 19:13:47', 'Several area firefighters were recognized for saving lives in 2018 during the S.C. Firefighters’ Association annual banquet Saturday night in Columbia.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhile responding to emergencies and saving lives is something firefighters across the nation do every day, occasionally situations arise where the amount of danger presented, or the difficult challenges faced, rise to a level where special recognition is deserved.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFrom humanitarian missions to rescues, firefighters received the following state awards for their actions:\r\n\r\nMedal of Valor – Burton Engineer Austin Causey and Colleton County firefighter Conner Hutto received the state’s Medal of Valor for a June rescue of five people from a building collapse during extreme weather. Both responded as volunteer firefighters for the Hampton fire dept.\r\n\r\nMeritorious Action Medal – Burton and MCAS Beaufort firefighters received a Meritorious Action medal for rescuing a trapped driver from a flaming vehicle and treating multiple critically injured occupants from a November motor vehicle collision.\r\n\r\nMeritorious Action Medal – Burton firefighters received a Meritorious Action medal for an August rescue of a man trapped beneath his mobile home which collapsed on him after being struck by a vehicle. Firefighters had to act quickly and creatively to rescue the critically injured man.\r\n\r\nMeritorious Action Medal – Fripp Island firefighter Brittney Thorson and Lady’s Island Fire Lieutenant Keith Kersey received a Meritorious Action medal for the water rescue from an overturned boat off Harbor Island under difficult conditions.\r\n\r\nCitizenship Award – Burton Fire Captain Bobby Davidson received the state’s Citizenship Award for his humanitarian work with his family on the Asaph Project which has reduced the loss of life of children in Kibera, Kenya while increasing educational levels.', 'Area firefighters honored at annual SC Firefighters Association event', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'area-firefighters-honored-at-annual-sc-firefighters-association-event', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:17:25', '2019-07-03 19:17:25', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40593', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40597, 4, '2019-07-02 15:17:34', '2019-07-02 19:17:34', 'Back in the day, when “the real rock and roll” ruled, Beaufort’s Melody Makers were one of the most sought after beach bands in the state.\r\n\r\nLocal folks wax nostalgic remembering beach parties, teen romance and shagging the night away to high-energy music. As far as history goes, the band was an important part of growing up in Beaufort.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNow the beat goes on thanks to a special exhibit at Beaufort History Museum featuring photos, instruments, amplifiers and framed albums of the Melody Makers biggest hits.\r\n\r\nA reception with refreshments will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11, 2019 at the Museum. “Singing Fred Gauch,” along with other past band members, will be there to reminisce with friends and guests.\r\n\r\nAdmission is free and the public is invited.\r\n\r\n“Regardless of where you grew up, there was that one special band, that first slow dance, that first beer”, said Mary Lou Brewton, a local native and vice president of the Museum’s Board of Directors. “In Beaufort we had many great bands, but none have had the longevity of the Melody Makers. From Bailey’s, Oakgrove and the Varnville Pool, the Melody Makers and that sweet Carolina Beach music rocked our youth away.”\r\n\r\nThe Melody Makers exhibit is currently open and will be available until through August.\r\n\r\nSpecial themed exhibits are ongoing at the Museum, which is also completely renovating its principal Exhibit Hall. Phase I of the renovation opened in the spring of 2018.\r\n\r\nPhase II, which will offer interactive displays and innovative digital opportunities to explore Beaufort’s 500-year history, will open later this year.\r\n\r\n“When baby boomers go into museums, we are shocked to see our grandparents’ and parents’ artifacts. Now we are them,” Brewton said. She is also co-chairman of the Museum’s Collection Committee and she is encouraging people to preserve photos, books and artifacts, which tell the story of our past. “If people have artifacts they would like to share, we will help them find a home for them,” she said.\r\n\r\nBeaufort History Museum, located on the second floor of the historic Arsenal at 713 Craven Street, has evolved to focus specifically on the history of the Beaufort District. It strives to manage and display artifacts and documents held by the City of Beaufort, telling the compelling stories of this area from the early 16th Century to the modern era.\r\n\r\nThe Museum’s hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday – Saturday. Docents are on duty to provide information and conduct tours. Admission is $7 per visitor ($6 for Seniors). Children and active military are admitted free of charge.\r\n\r\nPlease visit <a href=\"http://www.beauforthistorymuseum.com/\">www.beauforthistorymuseum.com</a> or BHM’s Facebook page for updates and news from the Museum.', 'Beaufort History Museum spotlights local Melody Makers', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-history-museum-spotlights-local-melody-makers', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:19:48', '2019-07-03 19:19:48', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40597', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40601, 4, '2019-07-02 15:20:19', '2019-07-02 19:20:19', '<h2>Local players vie to be cornhole kings of 64<sup>th</sup> Beaufort Water Festival</h2>\r\n<h4>By BOB SOFALY</h4>\r\nWith opening ceremonies for the 64th annual Beaufort Water Festival only a week away, 36 teams in two different brackets took over The Shed in Port Royal on Saturday for the annual cornhole tournament.\r\n\r\nSeven teams entered in a just-for-fun bracket, but 29 teams entered to win some of the $1,500 total purse available in the competitive bracket.\r\n\r\nNoah Weaton and Matthew Jorrells were the big winners, coming out on top in the competitive division. They won 10 matches against just one loss.\r\n\r\nThe duo of Brannon Gregory and Robert Guthery finished second, followed by Drew Richardson and Hunter Yaklin in third place.\r\n\r\nIn the recreational division, Jeremy Wilton and Daniel Buchanan were the champions. Kandace Daughtry and Ethan James were second, while Travis Belflower and Tyler Payne were third.\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Twenty-nine teams signed up during the annual Water Festival Cornhole Tournament Saturday at The Shed in Port Royal.<strong> Photo by Bob Sofaly</strong></em>', 'Bags & Boards', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bags-boards', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:26:26', '2019-07-03 19:26:26', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40601', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40607, 4, '2019-07-02 15:27:10', '2019-07-02 19:27:10', 'The Classic Car and Truck Club of Beaufort is joining organizers across the country to celebrate the 10th annual SEMA Collector Car Appreciation Day by holding their monthly cruise-in from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 12 at Grayco on Lady’s Island.\r\nThe Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) declared July 12, 2019, as \"Collector Car Appreciation Day.\" As a result, hundreds of car-related events are taking place across the country during the month of July.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe events aim to raise awareness of the vital role that automotive restoration and collection plays in American society. As a uniquely American pastime that serves as the inspiration for everything from music and photography to cinema and fashion, the automotive industry has made a positive impact on the American economy and in serving technological advancements for more than 100 years.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Classic Car and Truck Club of Beaufort is proud to be celebrating this important day. Everyone is welcome to participate by registering a car or being a spectator.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Grayco Cruise-In will be one of hundreds of car events taking place across the United States and Canada to celebrate “Collector Car Appreciation Day.”', 'Classic Car and Truck Club of Beaufort joins nationwide event', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'classic-car-and-truck-club-of-beaufort-joins-nationwide-event', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:27:34', '2019-07-03 19:27:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40607', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40609, 4, '2019-07-02 15:27:56', '2019-07-02 19:27:56', '<h2>Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association’s July First Friday event is made in America</h2>\r\nJuly’s First Friday Event, hosted by The Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association, will be a family-focused evening of good old-fashioned fun, “Made in America”.\r\n\r\nBusinesses along Bay Street and the downtown business core will be decked out in red, white, and blue and the spirit of Old Glory will fill the streets.\r\n\r\nMerchants and restaurants will be open for “late-night” shopping and dining for the event which runs from 5 to 8 p.m.\r\n\r\nAt the clock tower on Bay Street, a special letter-of-thanks-writing booth will be set up, and all are welcome to participate in a gesture of gratitude by writing a card or letter of thanks and well wishes to new Parris Island Marine recruits and graduates.\r\n\r\nThere will be a backdrop photo station for those who would like to pose or take a patriotic selfie or group photo with friends and family. John Sundrla will be the feature entertainer for the evening and share his unique musical styling.\r\n\r\nFirst Friday is a perfect reason to visit downtown – to have a great meal, check out unique shops, galleries, and specialty stores while enjoying free entertainment and activities.\r\n\r\nParticipating businesses will feature promotions, demonstrations and specials throughout the evening.\r\n\r\nAll are encouraged to come and celebrate with friends and neighbors and share in supporting the downtown business community, which helps maintain a vibrant local economy.\r\n\r\nThis and all First Friday events are free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nFor information, contact the Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association at <a href=\"mailto:dbmerchantsassociation@gmail.com\">dbmerchantsassociation@gmail.com</a>.', 'First Friday', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'first-friday', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:32:43', '2019-07-03 19:32:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40609', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40612, 4, '2019-07-02 15:38:14', '2019-07-02 19:38:14', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nVisitors to the Hunting Island Lighthouse could see a “closed for repairs” sign on the 160-year-old historic structure due to significant restoration work that could start as late as next year or first of 2021, park officials say.\r\n\r\nThe work on the lighthouse at Hunting Island State Park is needed due to normal “wear and tear” of the popular visitor destination which, along with five miles of pristine beaches, is the park’s primary draw, said Dawn Dawson-House, a spokeswoman for the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.\r\n\r\nBut exactly what that work will entail and when it will begin remains “speculative” since funding for the project has yet to go through the legislative or permitting process, Dawson-House said.\r\n\r\n“We just know this is what our assessment said is needed, but again, it’s too early to tell when work will begin and what all that will involve,” she said.\r\n\r\nAn assessment of the lighthouse conducted by a Charleston engineering firm last year, found the lighthouse is in need of repair work due to cracks throughout its brick masonry and corrosion to cast iron found in both in the interior and on the structure’s exterior skin.\r\n\r\nThe firm made a number of long-term conservation recommendations as well as immediate safety suggestions such as limiting the total number of visitors allowed inside the lighthouse at any given time.\r\n\r\nThe agency will seek funding for the project – which could cost $3 million – for its 2020 – 2021 fiscal year, Dawson-House confirmed.\r\n\r\nThe lighthouse renovation joins a list of other projects planned in the wake of devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew in 2016, including a beach restoration project expected to cost $11 million and begin in November.\r\n\r\nDawson-House said usually when a project of this nature is green lighted, the parks system will pick a time when the least amount of visitor traffic will be passing through.\r\n\r\n“For Hunting Island, this is usually somewhere after the winter holidays in either January or February,” she said.', 'Hunting Island Lighthouse restoration could begin in late 2020', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'hunting-island-lighthouse-restoration-could-begin-in-late-2020', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:43:20', '2019-07-03 19:43:20', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40612', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40615, 4, '2019-07-03 15:39:31', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\nS.C. State representative Nancy Mace announced on Wednesday, June 26 that she is running for the 1<sup>st</sup> Congressional District seat currently held by Democrat Joe Cunningham.\n\nMace joins Mt. Pleasant’s Kathy Landing in seeking the Republican nomination in the 2020 primary.\n\n“I believe Republicans will win back the First Congressional District with the right type of candidate; someone who is supportive of the President especially on infrastructure and immigration; someone who has a solid record of true fiscally conservative values; but also a conservationist who believes in preserving the beauty and quality of life in the Lowcountry,” Mace said in a release.\n\nMace currently represents the 99<sup>th</sup> district – Hanahan, northeast Mt. Pleasant and Daniel Island – in the S.C. Statehouse. She won the seat in a runoff over Mark Smith in a special election to replace the indicted Jimmy Merrill in 2017. She was re-elected last year, easily holding off Democratic challenger Jen Gibson.\n\nPrior to her statehouse tenure, Mace ran for Lindsay Graham’s Senate seat in 2014, finishing fifth in the Republican primary with 6.19 percent of the vote. She did land a key endorsement, however, from the National Association for Gun Rights.\n\nMace was a Coalitions Director and Field Director for Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. during the 2016 presidential primaries. She worked in seven different states and was involved in the S.C. Republican primary for the 1st Congressional District, where Trump-supported Katie Arrington defeated incumbent Mark Sanford.\n\n“I look forward to meeting and speaking with voters in SC-1 to hear about their thoughts and their ideas,” Mace said in a release. “I want to learn what is most important to them, their families and their businesses, because in the end, we are all in this together.”\n\nIn the announcement that she’s running for the 1<sup>st</sup> Congressional District seat, Mace cites infrastructure, Constitutional rights, the border wall and increased border security as priorities.\n\n“We simply cannot allow radical politicians in Washington to turn America into a socialist country,” Mace said. “My legislative record shows I will stand up for the Lowcountry. I will stand up for my beliefs and my constituents even when it means bucking the party line.”\nMace, a Goose Creek native and Stratford High School graduate, graduated magna cum laude from The Citadel, where she was the school’s first female graduate from its Corps of Cadets in 1999. She later earned a masters degree in Mass Communication from the University of Georgia.\nIn 2001, she authored “In The Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel.”\n\nHer business experience includes corporate technology consulting and commercial real estate. She has two children.', 'Mace joins race for Cunningham’s House seat', '', 'draft', 'closed', 'closed', '', '', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:39:31', '2019-07-03 19:39:31', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40615', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(40617, 4, '2019-07-02 15:43:39', '2019-07-02 19:43:39', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\r\nS.C. State representative Nancy Mace announced on Wednesday, June 26 that she is running for the 1<sup>st</sup> Congressional District seat currently held by Democrat Joe Cunningham.\r\n\r\nMace joins Mt. Pleasant’s Kathy Landing in seeking the Republican nomination in the 2020 primary.\r\n\r\n“I believe Republicans will win back the First Congressional District with the right type of candidate; someone who is supportive of the President especially on infrastructure and immigration; someone who has a solid record of true fiscally conservative values; but also a conservationist who believes in preserving the beauty and quality of life in the Lowcountry,” Mace said in a release.\r\n\r\nMace currently represents the 99<sup>th</sup> district – Hanahan, northeast Mt. Pleasant and Daniel Island – in the S.C. Statehouse. She won the seat in a runoff over Mark Smith in a special election to replace the indicted Jimmy Merrill in 2017. She was re-elected last year, easily holding off Democratic challenger Jen Gibson.\r\n\r\nPrior to her statehouse tenure, Mace ran for Lindsay Graham’s Senate seat in 2014, finishing fifth in the Republican primary with 6.19 percent of the vote. She did land a key endorsement, however, from the National Association for Gun Rights.\r\n\r\nMace was a Coalitions Director and Field Director for Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. during the 2016 presidential primaries. She worked in seven different states and was involved in the S.C. Republican primary for the 1st Congressional District, where Trump-supported Katie Arrington defeated incumbent Mark Sanford.\r\n\r\n“I look forward to meeting and speaking with voters in SC-1 to hear about their thoughts and their ideas,” Mace said in a release. “I want to learn what is most important to them, their families and their businesses, because in the end, we are all in this together.”\r\n\r\nIn the announcement that she’s running for the 1<sup>st</sup> Congressional District seat, Mace cites infrastructure, Constitutional rights, the border wall and increased border security as priorities.\r\n\r\n“We simply cannot allow radical politicians in Washington to turn America into a socialist country,” Mace said. “My legislative record shows I will stand up for the Lowcountry. I will stand up for my beliefs and my constituents even when it means bucking the party line.”\r\nMace, a Goose Creek native and Stratford High School graduate, graduated magna cum laude from The Citadel, where she was the school’s first female graduate from its Corps of Cadets in 1999. She later earned a masters degree in Mass Communication from the University of Georgia.\r\nIn 2001, she authored “In The Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel.”\r\n\r\nHer business experience includes corporate technology consulting and commercial real estate. She has two children.', 'Mace joins race for Cunningham’s House seat', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'mace-joins-race-for-cunninghams-house-seat', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:47:47', '2019-07-03 19:47:47', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40617', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40636, 4, '2019-07-02 15:57:56', '2019-07-02 19:57:56', '<h4>By BOB SOFALY</h4>\r\nTommy O’Brien, owner of Kobuch’s Fireworks on Savannah Highway near Shell Point, has been busy filling orders for fireworks with Independence Day approaching.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBusiness has been brisk since he opened on June 1, O’Brien said, and it will be insane the closer the July 4 gets.\r\n\r\nO’Brien, one of two fireworks venders in northern Beaufort County, said this is his second year selling fireworks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“People have been coming up and asking ‘do you remember me from last year?’ ” he said. “Sometimes I do. But I sure don’t remember what they bought.”', 'Ready for the 4th', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ready-for-the-4th', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:59:37', '2019-07-03 19:59:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40636', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40639, 4, '2019-07-02 16:01:08', '2019-07-02 20:01:08', 'You and your friends may have a blast on July 4, but odds are your pets aren’t so keen on Independence Day.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County encourages pet owners to plan ahead for the well-being of their pets on July 4 holiday Day. Every year at this time, the County’s <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzAxLjc1NjA4MjEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzAxLjc1NjA4MjEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4ODgxMCZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/animal-services/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Animal Services Department</a> receives an influx of 30 to 60 lost dogs and cats.\r\n\r\nAccording to Animal Services Director Tallulah McGee, it may seem obvious, but the sound triggered by fireworks or other loud noises may cause even those pets accustomed to being outside to break their restraint or jump a fence in an attempt to find safety and feel protected.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nConsequently, pets should always be properly identified with a microchip or tag. McGee also suggests that owners keep current photographs of pets in case a pet goes missing.\r\n\r\n“Loud fireworks and large crowds can distress animals, so avoid taking them to Fourth of July activities,” McGee said. “Instead, keep your pets safe and comfortable in a quiet, sheltered, and escape-proof area at home.”\r\n\r\nFurther, exposure to lit fireworks can potentially result in death, severe burns, or trauma to the face and paws of curious pets. Even unused fireworks can pose a danger, since many varieties contain potentially toxic substances, such as arsenic.\r\n\r\nMcGee added that pets should not be left confined in hot cars, as this not only jeopardizes the well-being of pets by putting them at risk to brain damage and heat stroke but also exposes the owner to monetary fines.\r\n\r\nAnother danger to pets is alcohol poisoning. Pet owners should take care not to leave alcoholic beverages accessible to pets. Pets drinking alcohol, including beer, can become dangerously intoxicated, go into a coma, or in severe cases, die from respiratory failure. Fermented hops and ethanol are poisonous to dogs and cats.\r\n\r\nIndividuals whose pets go missing should notify the Animal Services Department at <a href=\"mailto:shelter@bcgov.net\">shelter@bcgov.net</a> or 843-255-5010. The public is also welcome to post a photo of lost or found animals on the department’s <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzAxLjc1NjA4MjEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzAxLjc1NjA4MjEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4ODgxMCZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.facebook.com/beaufortcountyanimalservices/?__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&amp;eid=ARBR-EmzK7JHmZyXfGlD0WwvVgE4ZgEEx1Skm1ytvqw4rePJKHWgE71YYd0nnYzW5bQHPFWFz3FLk9Wd&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Facebook page</a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n\r\nHere’s a list of tips to keep your pets safe from the website of the American Veterinary Medical Association:\r\n\r\n– Leave your pets at home when you go to parties, fireworks displays, parades and other gatherings. Loud fireworks, unfamiliar places and crowds can all be very frightening to pets, and there’s great risk of pets becoming spooked and running away.\r\n\r\n– Consider putting your pets in a safe, escape-proof room or crate during parties and fireworks.\r\n\r\n– Keep horses and livestock in safely fenced areas and as far from the excitement and noise as possible.\r\n\r\n– If you’re hosting guests, ask them to help keep an eye on your pets to make sure they don’t escape. Placing notes on exit doors and gates can help both you and your guests remain vigilant.\r\n\r\n– Keep your pets inside if you or your neighbors are setting off fireworks.\r\n\r\n– Keep sparklers, glow sticks, fireworks, charcoal and kabob skewers away from curious pets.\r\n\r\n– Don’t let pets get near your barbecue grill while it is in use or still hot.\r\n\r\n– Avoid the urge to feed your pets table scraps or other foods intended for people. Be especially careful to keep them away from these <a href=\"https://www.avma.org/public/PetCare/Pages/foods-to-avoid.aspx\">common foods that are actually toxic</a>.\r\n\r\n– Remember that too much sun and heat (and humidity!) can be dangerous to pets. Keep them inside when it’s extremely hot/humid; make sure they have access to shady spots and plenty of water when outdoors; don’t leave them outside for extended periods in hot weather; and know the <a href=\"http://www.aaha.org/blog/petsmatter/post/2015/04/14/862673/Heatstroke-and-your-pet.aspx\">signs that a pet may be overheating</a>.\r\n\r\n– <a href=\"https://www.avma.org/public/PetCare/Pages/pets-in-vehicles.aspx\">Never leave your pet in your car</a> when it’s warm outside. Vehicle interiors heat up much faster than the air around them, and even a short time in a locked car can be dangerous to pets.\r\n\r\n– If you’re travelling out of town for the holiday, consider leaving your pets at home with a pet sitter or boarding them in a kennel. If you need to bring them with you, be sure you know <a href=\"https://www.avma.org/public/PetCare/Pages/Traveling-with-Your-Pet-FAQs.aspx\">how to keep them safe</a>.\r\n\r\n– Follow safe food handling and hygiene practices to protect your family and guests.\r\n\r\n– After the celebrations, check your yard for fireworks debris before allowing pets outside to play or relax. Even if you didn’t set off fireworks yourself, debris can make its way into your yard, where curious animals may pick it up to play with or eat.\r\n\r\n– After the celebrations, check your pastures and remove debris to protect horses and livestock.\r\n\r\n– After the celebrations, if you hosted guests, check both your yard and home for food scraps or other debris that might be dangerous to pets, such as food skewers.\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit https://www.avma.org.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Pet Safety on July 4th', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'pet-safety-on-july-4th', '', '', '2019-07-04 07:59:55', '2019-07-04 11:59:55', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40639', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40641, 4, '2019-07-02 16:02:48', '2019-07-02 20:02:48', 'By MINDY LUCAS\r\n\r\nWe know, we know. When it comes to July 4, you’re a pro at finding the hot place to go. But just in case you need a reminder, here’s what’s coming up this week.\r\n\r\n<b>Parris Island’s Free Fourth of July Celebration</b>\r\n\r\n<b>When</b>: Event opens at 5 p.m.; Parris Island Band at 6:30 p.m.; fireworks show at 9:15 p.m., July 4\r\n\r\n<b>Where</b>: Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Details</b>: Features food and beverages for sale as well as glow sticks, bracelets and\r\nheadbands. For safety purposes, coolers, pets or outside fireworks are discouraged. Event goers should follow signs at the gate.\r\n\r\n<b>Salute the Shore Flyover</b>\r\n\r\n<b>When: </b>Starting around 1:30 p.m., July 4\r\n\r\n<b>Where: </b>Area beaches\r\n\r\n<b>Details: </b>The 10th Annual Salute from the Shore&nbsp;will feature F-18s from the Marine Aircraft Group 31 and a C-17 Globemaster from the 701AS Joint Base Charleston. In Beaufort, F-18s to flyover at 1:35 p.m., C-17 at 1:54 p.m. In Hilton Head/ Bluffton, F-18s flyover at 1:31 p.m. and C-17 at 1:48 p.m. Beach goers are encouraged to show their patriotic displays in groups big and small and share tributes online. For more information, visit <a href=\"http://www.salutefromtheshore.org/\">www.salutefromtheshore.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<b>Port Royal’s Free Fireworks Show &amp; “Party at the Port”</b>\r\n\r\n<b>When:</b> Fireworks start after Parris Island’s show, around 9:15 p.m., July 4\r\n\r\n<b>Where:</b> The Sands at Port Royal\r\n\r\n<b>Details:</b> Offers a great spot to watch both the Parris Island and Port Royal’s fireworks shows. “Party at the Port” is from 4 -10 p.m. at 601 Paris Ave. and features food trucks and live music by “Tribute: A Celebration of the Allman Brothers Band.” VIP parking passes, $10, are available at <a href=\"http://www.bigtickets.com/\">www.bigtickets.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<b>Free Fourth of July Fireworks Show at Shelter Cove Harbour &amp; Marina</b>\r\n\r\n<b>When:</b> Family activities from 6-9 p.m.; fireworks start at dusk, July 4\r\n\r\n<b>Where: </b>Shelter Cover Harbour and Marina with views from neighboring restaurants and beaches spots in the vicinity\r\n\r\n<b>Details: </b>Features family shows at 6:30 and 8 p.m., and other family-fun activities from 6-9 p.m. including bounce houses, train rides, music and a flag give away starting at 6 p.m. while supplies last. For parking and shuttle map visit <a href=\"http://www.sheltercoveharbourfest.com/\">www.sheltercoveharbourfest.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<b>Harbour Town Festivities</b>\r\n\r\n<b>When: </b>Fireworks start at dusk or around 9:15 p.m., July 4\r\n\r\n<b>Where: </b>Harbour Town (fireworks launched from a barge in Calibogue Sound)\r\n\r\n<b>Details: </b>Features children’s activities, live music, food and beverages. Coolers are not allowed.\r\n\r\n<b>Skull Creek Fireworks</b>\r\n\r\n<b>When: </b>Entertainment starts at 6 p.m., fireworks around 9:30 p.m.\r\n\r\n<b>Where: </b>Skull Creek Marina, 397 Squire Pope Road, Hilton Head Island\r\n\r\n<b>Details: </b>Features live, outdoor entertainment starting at 6 p.m. at Hudson’s Seafood House on the Docks, Skull Creek Dockside or Skull Creek Boathouse<b>. </b>Food and beverage available at all three locations. No coolers allowed.\r\n<h2>FIREWORKS SAFETY TIPS</h2>\r\nThe July 4 holiday is here and S.C. State Fire Marshal Jonathan Jones is reminding citizens to think of safety first if participating in any fireworks activities.\r\n\r\n“This national holiday is a busy one for fireworks – and fires,” Jones said. “You cannot take safety for granted when it comes to fireworks. We want everyone to have fun, but safety precautions must come first.”\r\n\r\nJones suggests these safety tips:\r\n\r\n– Observe local laws. If unsure whether it is legal to use fireworks, check with local officials.\r\n\r\n– Observe local weather conditions. Dry weather can make it easier for fireworks to start a fire.\r\n\r\n– Buy from permitted fireworks retailers.\r\n\r\n– Store fireworks in a cool, dry place.\r\n\r\n– Always have an adult present when shooting fireworks.\r\n\r\n– Use common sense. Always read and follow the directions on each firework.\r\n\r\n– Only use fireworks outdoors, away from homes, dry grass, and trees.\r\n\r\n– Ensure people and pets are out of range before lighting fireworks.\r\n\r\n– Light one firework at a time and keep a safe distance.\r\n\r\n– Put used fireworks in a bucket of water; keep a garden hose on hand.\r\n\r\nThe fireworks “nevers”:\r\n\r\n– Never point or throw fireworks at another person.\r\n\r\n– Never re-ignite malfunctioning fireworks.\r\n\r\n– Never experiment or attempt to make your own fireworks.\r\n\r\n– Never give fireworks to small children.\r\n\r\n– Never carry fireworks in your pocket.\r\n\r\n– Never shoot fireworks from metal or glass containers.\r\n\r\n– Never place any part of your body directly over a fireworks device when lighting the fuse. 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(40646, 4, '2019-07-02 19:29:11', '2019-07-02 23:29:11', '<h4>By MARGARET EVANS</h4>\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Briciole-Spaghetti-Marinara-Pasta-Aglio-Olio.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-40654\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Briciole-Spaghetti-Marinara-Pasta-Aglio-Olio-1024x647.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"484\" height=\"305\"></a>Briciole is Italian for “crumbs,” and there weren’t many left on our plates as we waddled out of the restaurant last Thursday afternoon.\r\n\r\nBriciole Bistro &amp; Bakery is flourishing at 1281 Ribaut Road, continuing a long tradition of serving Italian food in the space recently occupied by Bella Napoli, and before that, by Pizza Hut. (Okay, Italian-ish food.)\r\n\r\nThe Lunch Bunch rarely goes Italian, so this was quite an event! We also had two new tasters at the table – our new sales rep, Dawn, and Mike’s son Dylan.\r\n\r\nThe Antipasta menu is long and tempting, including items like Crostini, Calamari Fritti, Eggplant Rollatini, Mozzarella Sticks, Mussels, and more. We ordered up a round of Garlic Bread with cheese on top, and it couldn’t have been more satisfying.\r\n\r\nThe Lunch Menu features a selection of smaller entrees for $9.99, each served with a house salad. Offerings include Meatball Sliders, Fettucine Bolognese, Personal Pizzas and the like. The idea is to get in and out quickly – and affordably – which is great for working people.\r\n\r\nOf course, we of The Island News Lunch Bunch are rarely in a hurry. For us, lunch <em>is</em> work, so we made use of the entire menu. You can, too. Briciole’s lunch menu is merely fo<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Briciole-Personal-Pizza.jpeg\"><img class=\" wp-image-40653 alignleft\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Briciole-Personal-Pizza-1024x803.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"323\"></a>r your convenience. You can order from the dinner menu all day long.\r\n\r\nDawn had the Spaghetti Aglio Olio – spaghetti noodles topped with garlic sauce, lemon, parsley, evo and parmesan. She enjoyed her selection, saying “it has a little kick,” and noting the chunks of fresh garlic.\r\n\r\nBetty orders eggplant whenever and wherever she can, so she went with the Eggplant Parmesan, which was particularly cheesy on top. If you like a high ratio of mozzarella to eggplant, this is the eggplant parm for you.\r\n\r\nMike loved his Spaghetti Marinara, saying, “If I ran out of noodles, I would eat this sauce with a spoon. That’s how good it is. Not sweet, not spicy, just very fresh.” He’d started with a bowl of Seafood Chowder – which he actually did eat with a spoon – and was equally enthusiastic.\r\n\r\nJeff’s Personal Pizza was a table favorite, featuring big chunks of sausage and zesty pepperoni on a truly remarkable crust.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“It’s just right,” he said, and those of us who sampled it concurred. Crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside – everything you want in a pizza crust.\r\n\r\nDid I mention we had a teenage boy at the table? Briciole made it easy by including a Certified Angus Burger on the menu, complete with a <a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Briciole-Summer-Salad.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-40656\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Briciole-Summer-Salad-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"380\"></a>side order of fries. With this feast before him and smart phone in hand, Dylan was all set.\r\n\r\nI had the Summer Salad, arguably the most beautiful plate to arrive at the table, with its colorful, artfully arranged mix of seasonal fruits and vegetables. I was feeling quite virtuous nibbling on this yummy concoction as my friends stuffed themselves with carbs, but then ...\r\n\r\nDessert happened.\r\n\r\nYou might have noticed at the top that Briciole is not just a bistro; it’s a bakery. In fact, Stacey Ragsdale – the restaurant’s new owner, along with her husband John – is a trained pastry chef. The bakery is a big part of this business.\r\n\r\nThe desserts featured that day were Tiramisu, Chocolate Cake with Citrus Butter Cream, a Mixed Berry Mousse, and Cannolis. We ordered one of each for the table, though we were already fairly stuffed. (As your humble food correspondents, we felt it was our duty.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Briciole-Desserts.jpeg\"><img class=\" wp-image-40649 alignleft\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Briciole-Desserts-1024x663.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"299\"></a>Had we known how large the servings would be, we might have gone with only one or two. As it stood, we were each able to try several bites of each dessert, and they were all knockouts – not a disappointment in the lot. The Tiramisu deserves to be singled out, however, since we all agreed – all six of us! – that it was the best tiramisu we’d ever tasted.\r\n\r\nWhen we weren’t happily gorging ourselves, we had the pleasure of chatting with Chef Allen Mathers (top) – who has a Masters in culinary <a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Briciole-Stacey-John-Ragsdale.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-40655\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Briciole-Stacey-John-Ragsdale-782x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"310\"></a>cuisine and 30 years’ experience cooking in Beaufort – and with John and Stacey Ragsdale (right), veteran restaurateurs who have energy and enthusiasm to spare. With their combined experience and ingenuity – and Stacey’s desserts! – we predict a long and happy life for Briciole Bistro &amp; Bakery.\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<h2><strong>Briciole Bistro &amp; Bakery</strong></h2>\r\n1281 Ribaut Road\r\n\r\n843-379-4800\r\n\r\nHOURS:\r\n\r\nMon, Thu 11 a.m.–9 p.m.\r\n\r\nTue 11 a.m.–3 p.m.\r\n\r\nWed 4 p.m.–9 p.m.\r\n\r\nFri, Sat 11 a.m.–10 p.m.', 'No Crumbs Left Behind: Briciole Bistro & Bakery', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'no-crumbs-left-behind-briciole-bistro-bakery', '', '', '2019-07-06 16:24:55', '2019-07-06 20:24:55', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40646', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40664, 4, '2019-07-10 13:17:40', '2019-07-10 17:17:40', '<strong>YA Everlasting Book Club</strong>\r\n\r\nIf you are an adult or teen who enjoys reading Young Adult Literature, this book club is for you. All meetings begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Beaufort Branch Library on Scott Street downtown and are free to the public.\r\n\r\nUpcoming book discussions: Aug. 14 – Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro.\r\n\r\n<strong>Registration open for game design and development classes</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Digital Corridor announces a second summer camp sessions of Game On! – game design and development geared toward middle and high school students. Registration is now open for this limited seating opportunity.\r\n\r\nThe course will be held at the Beaufort Digital Corridor’s BASEcamp facility from 9 a.m. until noon, Monday-Friday, July 15-19.\r\n\r\nAmong the topics will be game strategy, puzzle design and a final project.\r\n\r\nThis is a special curriculum by Seth Konoza, an animation, game design and computer science educator at Beaufort High School. Students are introduced to the theory, tools, and practice required to create their own games.\r\n\r\nHelping students to discover a passion for game design, computer science and coding, Game On! presents kids with the possibility of continuing their education in technology.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nProgram manager Shelley Barratt adds, “In our third season of offering this course, we are well aware of the tech skills that the newer generation gains early on. The goal is to offer other skills — like critical thinking and user experience — to augment that, and the real work commences once they follow that curiosity throughout their education and into a potential tech career.”\r\n\r\n<strong>Eco Camp celebrates 30th year</strong>\r\nBeaufort Conservation District will have its 30th Eco Camp July 22-26. \"The Best of Eco Camp\" will feature favorite programs from years past with a focus on our coastal ecosystem. Elementary students will examine critters found in oyster reefs, pluff mud, and dock fouling, dissect fish, do a mock dolphin necropsy, as well as practice shrimp net casting. Campers will see local live critters, learn about butterflies, safety and first aid. Friday the students will tour the Port Royal Sound Maritime Museum and take a marsh walk. All campers will receive a T-shirt to decorate and have lunch on Friday sponsored by the Farm Bureau Women\'s Committee. Please sign up by July 9 to get this years T-shirt. For details, call 843-255-7306 or visit <a href=\"http://beaufortconservationdistrict.org/\">beaufortconservationdistrict.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>June Beaufort Drum Circle Dates</strong>\r\nAll are invited to share some good vibes with the Beaufort S.C. Drum Circle. The Drum Circle gathers every second Monday of the month from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and every fourth Thursday of the month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This month’s second event will be Thursday, July 25 at the Contemplative Garden in Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in downtown Beaufort.\r\n\r\nEveryone is welcome to attend this family friendly event. No experience is necessary. Rain or shine. Please bring a chair, a friend, and maybe an extra drum or hand percussion instrument if you have one to share.\r\nFor questions or to join our mailing list, please email us at <a href=\"mailto:beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com\">beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com</a> or contact us on our Facebook page Beaufort SC Drum Circle.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hunting Island Lighthouse tours</strong>\r\n\r\nClimb the only Lighthouse in South Carolina open to the public and learn about the workings and history of the Lighthouse at Hunting Island State Park.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nJoin Keeper Ted and tour guides at 10 a.m. July 11 and 25. You must be 44 inches tall to climb. Cost is $2 per person. Call the Nature Center at 843-838-7437 for reservations. Park entry fees apply.\r\n\r\n<strong>Riverview Baptist Church 2019 Vacation Bible School</strong>\r\nRiverview Baptist Church, at 2209 Boundary Street, invites all community youth, Pre-K through 12th grade, to join them for Vacation Bible School, \"In The Wild\" , beginning July 22 and running through July 26. The program will be held from 5:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. each night. For more information, please contact VBS Director Deb Solze at 843-524-6441.\r\n\r\n<strong>Friends of Hunting Island’s Tuesday Turtle Talks</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Friends of Hunting island announce the 2019 Tuesday Turtle Talks running through Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 10:30am at the picnic shelter by the Lighthouse. There is no fee for the TTT, but the park entry fee does apply.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEach week various topics will be discussed including the natural history of loggerhead turtles, what happens when the turtles come to Hunting Island to lay their eggs, and the conservation and challenges specific to a barrier island such as Hunting Island State Park. Participation, ideas and questions are always welcome.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter the talk, participants can join TTT host Peggy Willenberg on a short beach walk. All ages are invited to attend this educational and engaging program.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd for early risers: If you want to join a turtle patrol to check out loggerhead nests, come to the Visitor’s Center parking lot at 6 a.m. sharp any day of the week, and talk with a volunteer in an orange shirt to join a group for that day’s patrol. All ages welcome.\r\n\r\n<strong>YMCA to offer CPR classes</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: July 20, Aug. 17, Sept. 7, Sept. 19, and Nov. 23.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Heritage Explorers Camp at the Santa Elena History Center</strong>\r\n\r\nImmerse your child in a week of interesting local history from 1566 to the 1900s at the Beaufort Heritage Explorers summer camp at the Santa Elena History Center, hosted by the <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/santaelenafoundation/\">Santa Elena History Center</a>, <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/reconstructionbeaufort/\">The Second Founding of America: Reconstruction Beaufort</a> and the <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HistoricBeaufortFoundation/\">Historic Beaufort Foundation</a>.\r\n\r\nDates are July 29-Aug. 2, 9<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>a.m.-1 p.m. Each day concludes with lunch from 12:15 p.m. until pick up with lunch provided on Friday.\r\nThe cost is $150 per child with all proceeds benefit participating nonprofits. There are 15 openings for rising 3rd grade through rising 5th grade and 15 openings for rising 6th grade through rising 8th grade.\r\nThere must be a minimum of 10 per age group registered by June 15. For more information or to register, visit <a href=\"https://santa-elena.org/new-summer-camp-for-2019/\">https://santa-elena.org/new-summer-camp-for-2019/</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>July activities at Hunting Island State Park</strong>\r\n\r\nThere are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMondays: Tie dye, 11 a.m.; Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nTuesdays: Sea Turtle Tracks, 10:30 a.m.; World Snake Day Program, noon (July 16); CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Native American Dreamcatchers, 2 p.m. (July 23, 30); Beach Walk, 3 p.m.; Full moon lighthouse climb, 8 p.m. (July 16)\r\n\r\nWednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.; Stepping Stones, 2 p.m.; Sea Safari, 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nThursdays: Interpretive lighthouse tour, 10 a.m. (July 11, 25); Recycling 101, 11 a.m. (July 18); Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.\r\n\r\nFridays: Lowcountry reptiles, 11 a.m.; Fish printing, 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nSaturdays: Turtle time, 11 a.m. (July 20); Sharks! 11 a.m. (July 13, 27); Beading Frenzy! 2 p.m. (July 6, 20); Creatures of the Night, 2:30 p.m. (July 13, 27).\r\n\r\nFor a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”\r\n\r\nAll are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Get moving with Beaufort Track Club</strong>\r\n\r\nJoin the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.\r\n\r\nVisit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-to-do-185', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:17:40', '2019-07-10 17:17:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40664', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(40666, 4, '2019-07-10 13:26:51', '2019-07-10 17:26:51', '<h4>By DAVID TAUB</h4>\r\nMy home was built between 1775 and 1780 and is often referred to as the Independence House.\r\n\r\nDaily, we fly the Betsy Ross flag because it is the most appropriate one for the historic antiquity of my house, located in Beaufort’s Historic District.\r\n\r\nSadly, Ross’s Revolutionary-period flag, which contains 13 stars arranged in a circle against a background of red and white stripes has become a raging controversy.\r\n\r\nAs soon as Nike abdicated its autonomy and left good common sense at the starting line, the media lit up like fireworks even before the Fourth of July.\r\n\r\nGurus of every political/social stripe had an opinion. The more rational pundits and historians told the history of how other American symbols have changed over time, and sadly how some have been kidnapped by special interest groups, such as the KKK, as their own special idol.\r\n\r\nDoes flying Ross’s flag on the front of my historic home make my wife and me racists, which most certainly we are not? How did this moronic foolishness come to pass?\r\n\r\nHistorians have frequently warned us of the falsity of trying to understand complex events in history by viewing them in the context of modern ethos, instead of through the values defining their own time. This axiom is critical to understanding the contradictions of Thomas Jefferson’s famous words in the opening stanzas of the Declaration of Independence, and America’s dark period of slavery.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe introduction of slaves to the colonies came under and through British rule. By the time the Declaration of Independence was signed and published, there were over a half-million slaves in America, out of a total population of about 2.5 million.\r\n\r\nThe Declaration of Independence spoke elegantly and explicitly on behalf of the 13 colonies, each colony a gift from the Kings of pax Britannica.\r\n\r\nGeorge Washington invited Betsy Ross to sew a flag that reflected that constituency; 13 former colonies now united in singular nationhood. Ross’ flag symbolizes that historic reality.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhat is the symbolism embodied in every American flag flying over the Republic before the end of slavery?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nShould we condemn these great American icons as racist symbols because slavery existed at that time?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nShould we believe that only US flags since the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, (passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865) validate the great American dream articulated by Jefferson at the beginning of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence: “We holds these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal …”?\r\n\r\nA first lesson provided in Anthropology 101 is that in every culture “symbols” are very important to the society and mark the identity of the peoples who have adopted them. It is no different in America today.\r\n\r\nIn the modern world, every society, culture and empire has used national (and nationalistic) symbols to their own end; some to good, but many others to evil, pursuits.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOur national flags are the most important symbols in America’s lexicon of icons. Many patriots of all colors, religions and beliefs have given their lives to protect and defend what these flags symbolize, which includes our freedom and democracy. Our flag is the “holy grail” for us, and we must passionately resist all attempts to conflate it with white supremacy, racism and bigotry.\r\n\r\nToday, the fallacy of “race” and the racism that permeates from this toxic mythology, is alive and virulent in America. We face many difficult issues, not the least of which is an ugly resurgence in racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAbraham Lincoln, perhaps our greatest president, opined presciently: “To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLet us now not be cowards. It is time for all Americans to rededicate ourselves to the most righteous Judeo-Christian virtues of our shared American values and mores.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLet us be courageous in the face of the evils of bigoted hatred that infect our society. We cannot remain silent; rather we must vigorously repudiate these poisonous curses.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWe must demand that our leaders do likewise, just as we must demand it of ourselves and our brothers and sisters.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Betsy Ross: American heroine or racist icon?', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'betsy-ross-american-heroine-or-racist-icon', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:26:51', '2019-07-10 17:26:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40666', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40668, 4, '2019-07-10 13:34:22', '2019-07-10 17:34:22', '<h4>By SCOTT GRABER</h4>\r\nIt is Saturday morning and a thunderstorm is passing over Port Royal. Normally, I would be happy about the plunging temperature, the wind and rain in July. But Saturday morning is when I bathe and barber my yard with help from my friend, Joe Morrall.\r\n\r\nSaturday morning is also when I get the Wall Street Journal’s “Review.” Lately I’ve come to rely on their book reviews although they are skewed to non-fiction — war and rumors of war — and less comprehensive when it comes to new fiction.\r\n\r\nThis morning, there is a review of \"A Primer for Forgetting\" by Lewis Hyde (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, $26) which makes the case that certain things should be forgotten.\r\n\r\n“Bad remembering causes time to clot. Bad remembering can be an error of content (we remember the wrong things) or an error of action (we remember for wrong reasons). Time is, ought to be, fluid and to be fluent within time, we must let a lot of life drop away.”\r\n\r\nSeveral weeks ago, I corralled my brother and sister (in the midst of a wedding reception) and made them talk about my father’s anger. Then, a week after the wedding, I invited both of them to dinner and peppered them with a list of prepared questions — “Did our mother really love our father?”\r\n\r\nAs I approach 75 years on this troubled planet, I am obsessed with my past and the parts of that past that have disappeared.\r\n\r\nWhich brings me to my college classmate, Johnny Sams, who sailed into Beaufort a couple of nights ago and invited me and my wife onto his sleek, state-of-the-art yacht for wine and conversation. I readily agreed.\r\n\r\nJohnny was not only a classmate, but was also in my company, India, and succeeded in every way that I failed. He got promoted — eventually going up to 3rd Battalion Staff — and went on to earn three stars in the US Air Force. And so, for nearly four hours, we sat on his boat and talked about our time together at The Citadel.\r\n\r\nMy experience at the Citadel was uneven. I went to the military school against the advice of my father — “You’ll never make it,” he told me when I broached the idea. And the following year — my plebe year — is one I have tried to forget.\r\n\r\nI was singled-out as a person who did not belong in the Corps of Cadets. Several of the cadre tried their best to get me to leave the school.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd every now and then, especially when I read a book like “A Sense of Honor” by James Webb, those plebe year memories come back at me like a migraine headache.\r\n\r\nThe memories that lurk in my consciousness are not the push-ups, pull-ups and late night sweat parties. What remain are the whispered insults, by the upperclassmen, that one is a “douche-bag” while standing in an over-heated room trying to hold an M-1 rifle at arm’s length. What still lives (in chemical form) in my brain is the idea that I was defective and unworthy.\r\n\r\nLewis Hyde believes — and let me be clear, I haven’t yet read his book — that “forgetfulness is not always a disaster. It can be a balm, a blessing, a way of forgiveness and rebirth.”\r\n\r\nBut what does he say about collective forgetfulness? What about forgetting the removal of the Cherokee peoples to Oklahoma? Or the internment of the Japanese in World War II? Or the importation of Africans to the American South?\r\n\r\nHyde has a high regard for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that followed the end of apartheid in South Africa. He said this process ‘worked’ (he is careful to point out its shortcomings) because it involved a “shared understanding of what happened, public confession, and some sense of justice.”\r\n\r\nSo it seems we’ve come round to the Roman Catholic ritual of confessing of our sins, getting absolution, and then doing penance in the form of prayer — “Hail Mary full of grace. Blessed art thou among women ...”\r\n\r\nBut there is a distinction between the Catholic version and what is now under discussion as relates to the sins of slavery. The first is whispered to a priest, in the darkness and is veiled with anonymity. The second is a public acknowledgment of guilt and the award of damages — called reparations.\r\n\r\nAt the moment, between 55 and 60 percent of Americans are unwilling to confess the sins of their fathers if penance involves reparations. Years ago — when I was a Roman — I might have been reluctant if the priest had said, “And for your penance, Scott, make a good act of contrition and leave a $100 check — payable to the Sodality of Our Lady of Fatima — in the collection plate next Sunday.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Sometimes forgetfulness is good', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sometimes-forgetfulness-is-good', '', '', '2019-07-11 13:45:56', '2019-07-11 17:45:56', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40668', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40670, 4, '2019-07-10 13:37:04', '2019-07-10 17:37:04', '<h4>By LEE SCOTT</h4>\r\nIn 1984, I had my waist-length hair cut up to my chin. My hairdresser did not want to do it, because she said if I didn’t like it, I would never come back to her. She was right, I never went back, but it had more to do with the fact that I moved, not her.\r\n\r\nRecently I decided to cut my shoulder length hair much shorter and Kelly, my hairdresser, questioned whether she should be the one to do it. I told her that regardless of my reaction, I promised her I would not blame her.\r\n\r\nAs she cut away, it felt strange to see all that hair on the floor. And for someone who has basically had the same hairdo for 35 years, the shorter hair felt so much different.\r\n\r\nI have spoken to other women who have changed their hairdo and they have said that the oddest part is walking by a mirror. “WHAT! Who is that?”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThat is how I felt. There is suddenly a stranger in the mirror.\r\n\r\nBut there are advantages to having short hair. You do not have to use as much shampoo, and your hair dries quickly too.\r\n\r\nWhen my hairdresser suggested I buy hair butter to style my new hair, it just sounded wrong. But she showed me how to use it after she cut my hair. A little dab here in your hands, rub your hands back and forth and slide it through your hair.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhen I went to the drug store to buy some, I discovered an assortment of products for short hair. Never having been a “hair product” consumer, I found the whole section unnerving. They call them styling products.\r\n\r\nFirst, I saw the hair butter, but there was also hair paste and hair gels all with multiple categories like, fine hair, thick hair, curly hair. I learned that the hair gels are good for stiffening your hair, and hair paste is a good hair styling product. Unfortunately, when I tried on the butter for the first time, I had to wash my hair again.\r\n\r\nIt reminded me of the Brylcreem my brother used when we were kids. “A little dab will do ya” was the commercial rhyme back then.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIt was said to style, shine and condition a man’s/boy’s hair. I always thought it looked a bit greasy, but maybe he was not doing the little dab that was recommended.\r\n\r\nIt has taken me some time to get used to the short haircut, but now I understand how people like the rock singer “Pink” can manipulate their short hair. This new hairdo might be more fun after all.\r\n\r\nI’m thinking maybe a new spike look for the summer.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nDon’t worry Kelly, I’ll be back.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'A little dab will do ya', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'a-little-dab-will-do-ya', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:37:04', '2019-07-10 17:37:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40670', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40672, 4, '2019-07-10 13:38:36', '2019-07-10 17:38:36', '<h4>By RICHARD ECKSTROM</h4>\r\nMost of us probably remember learning things in high school that we rarely if ever use as adults – like how to calculate the area of a trapezoid or how to solve a quadratic equation.\r\nYet nearly all of us do, at some point, need to take out a loan, carefully manage our finances to survive lean times, or save for retirement.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, the basic financial literacy needed to master these challenges isn’t required learning in South Carolina. The result? We allow financial illiteracy to thrive.\r\nThat would change under a bill proposed in the S.C. Legislature earlier this year. The measure would create a standalone, half-semester financial literacy course for South Carolina high schools. Passing it would be required to graduate.\r\n\r\nThe lessons in finance currently offered in S.C. schools are sandwiched into other courses and aren’t required to graduate. That’s not good enough.\r\nState lawmakers – who adjourned without taking up the bill during the 2019 session – should make it a priority next year.\r\n\r\nI couldn’t help but think about the importance of financial literacy recently while following a particular discussion in Congress. The topic being discussed was student loan debt, and some were arguing for taxpayers to pick up the tab.\r\n\r\nIt\'s become extremely common for college students to accumulate very high levels of student loan debt – in the hope that, through hard work, their debt will one day get paid off. But it’s apparent that because they don’t fully grasp financial basics, too many students have taken on greater debt burdens than they can sensibly bear.\r\nWhat’s the solution?\r\n\r\nArguments for having taxpayers wipe out student debt are misguided at best, but what has emerged from the student debt debate is a strong case for requiring better money-management education in our high schools.\r\nConsider the results of a recent international study by financial analysts at Standard &amp; Poor’s: The United States, the world’s largest economy, ranks an unimpressive 14th place globally with only 57 percent of U.S. adults considered financially literate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThat places us behind us most European countries and only slightly ahead of Bhutan, a slightly-developed country in the mountains of South Asia.\r\nA study conducted by the National Financial Educators Council shows South Carolina’s young people running about the national average when it comes to financial literacy. But our goal should be to be better than average.\r\n\r\nThere’s a nationwide movement to make passing a standalone financial literacy course mandatory for a high school diploma, though it appears slow to catch on: Only five states have the kind of requirement now under consideration in South Carolina. That’s a shame.\r\n\r\nWe should do what it takes to ensure that South Carolina students are solidly grounded in financial basics like budgeting, maintaining good credit scores, calculating interest rates, differentiating good debt from bad debt, saving for retirement, and detecting financial scams. That’s the stuff they need to know to keep from getting in debt over their heads.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd it’s more important than ever in a time when cash transactions are increasingly replaced by waving a smart phone – making it easier to rack up debt without fully realizing it.\r\n\r\nTo overlook the importance of sound financial literacy is to release into the real world too many adults who are unable to manage money wisely – and even worse, too many members of Congress who are unable to do so.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nRichard Eckstrom is a CPA and the state’s comptroller.', 'Focus on financial literacy will help young people', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'focus-on-financial-literacy-will-help-young-people', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:38:36', '2019-07-10 17:38:36', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40672', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40678, 4, '2019-07-10 13:40:44', '2019-07-10 17:40:44', 'After a stellar first half in the minors, Beaufort High alumnus Asher Wojciechowski is back in the bigs with the Baltimore Orioles.\r\n\r\nWojciechowski did not pitch in the majors last season and had not made a big-league start since Aug. 23, 2017, before Baltimore acquired him from Cleveland earlier this month and plugged him into a struggling rotation.\r\n\r\n“I loved his aggressiveness,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde told The Baltimore Sun after Wojciechowski’s first start July 2 at Tampa Bay. “I thought he showed a good fastball, a good, hard slider. I liked the way he pounded the zone and threw strikes. Good presence on the mound. Did a nice job keeping us in the game into the sixth inning.”\r\n\r\nWojciechowski was outstanding in 15 starts for Triple-A Columbus, going 8-2 with a 3.61 ERA —&nbsp;the second-best in the International League — and 82 strikeouts in 84 2/3 innings. In his first two starts for the Orioles, he is 0-2 with a 6.52 ERA and 12 strikeouts across 9 2/3 innings.\r\n\r\nA 2010 first-round pick of the Toronto Blue Jays coming out of The Citadel, Wojciechowski made his major-league debut with the Houston Astros in 2015 and reached the majors again with the Cincinnati Reds in 2017. He is 63-46 with a 4.03 ERA across 10 minor-league seasons and 4-6 with a 6.62 ERA in 32 games (13 starts) in the majors.', 'Wojciechowski back in majors', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'wojciechowski-back-in-majors', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:40:44', '2019-07-10 17:40:44', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40678', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40680, 4, '2019-07-10 13:42:52', '2019-07-10 17:42:52', '<strong>County Council’s Dawson holding public meeting July 14</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Council Member <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzA1Ljc3MjYwNjEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzA1Ljc3MjYwNjEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ5MDY5NiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/council/council-members/dawson-gerald.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Gerald Dawson (District 1)</a> will hold a public meeting at 5 p.m., Sunday, July 14 at the Burton Wells Recreation Center, 1 Middleton Recreation Drive, Beaufort.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe purpose of the meeting is to primarily discuss changing the zoning at 126 Broad River Boulevard from Neighborhood Mixed Use to Regional Center Mixed Use to allow design flexibility for a proposed apartment project.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nA guest speaker will be Eric Greenway, Beaufort County’s Director of Community Development.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nResidents do not need to register in advance for the meeting. For more information, please contact Dawson at <a href=\"mailto:gdawson@bcgov.net\">gdawson@bcgov.net</a>, 843-255-2192 or by mail at c/o Clerk to Council, Beaufort County, P.O. Drawer 1228, Beaufort, SC 29901.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club will meet Thursday</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club’s July meeting will be held Thursday at the Beaufort Yacht Club on Lady’s Island off Meridian Road.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe social begins at 6:30 p.m.; the meeting at 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nOur July guest speaker is Bryan Frazier, a marine biologist with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, where he has been conducting research on sharks since 2001. His research focuses on studying habitat use and dynamics of estuarine and coastal fishes focusing on sharks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHe is the principal investigator of several seasonal surveys investigating estuarine and coastal abundance of sharks in South Carolina. Current research projects include movement ecology of bonnethead and tiger sharks, life history of bonnethead and spinner sharks, distribution and trophic ecology of scalloped and Carolina hammerheads and post-release mortality of blacktip sharks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFrazier’s overall research focuses on providing data critical to effective management of shark populations in the United States.\r\n\r\n<strong>Episcopal Church hosting Open Conversation</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Episcopal Church in South Carolina will host a public Open Conversation in Beaufort from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at St. John’s Lutheran Church at 157 Lady’s Island Drive.\r\n\r\nTECSC is offering this Open Conversation to provide information, listen, and answer questions about the life and ministry of our diocese and faith communities.\r\nLed by Bishop Skip Adams of TECSC, the Open Conversation will include other clergy and lay leaders, including Archdeacon Callie Walpole and the Rev. Bill Coyne, Diocesan Missioner for Returning Congregations.\r\n\r\nThe event is open to the public, and will be of special interest to people who attend Episcopal/Anglican churches in the region, including those affected by the 2017 state Supreme Court decision to return the property of the Diocese of South Carolina and 29 parishes to The Episcopal Church.\r\n\r\n“We encourage people in parishes who are affected by the court ruling to bring their questions and concerns to this Open Conversation,” Coyne said. “This is an opportunity to engage with one another with an open heart as we walk the road toward reconciliation together.”\r\n\r\n<strong>County Accommodations Tax Board accepting grant applications</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Accommodations Tax Board is now accepting applications from organizations in Beaufort County wanting to receive grants from the 2 percent state accommodations tax fund.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSouth Carolina law allows for a 2 percent tax levy on the rental of all transient accommodations to help provide financial support to promote tourism and fund tourism-related activities in municipalities and counties within the state.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAs a result, individuals staying overnight in hotels, motels, inns, and vacation rentals pay 2 percent in addition to the statewide sales tax and any local sales and use tax applied to their lodging cost.\r\n\r\nThe current year application (2019/2020) is available online.\r\n\r\nApplications will not be accepted if received incomplete or after 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9. Questions regarding the application process should be directed to Linda Maietta at 843-255-2297 or <a href=\"mailto:atax@bcgov.net\">atax@bcgov.net</a>.', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-116', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:42:52', '2019-07-10 17:42:52', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40680', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40682, 4, '2019-07-10 13:44:12', '2019-07-10 17:44:12', 'U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham, who represents the First Congressional District of S.C., released a statement Monday, July 8 in response to the S.C. Department of Health &amp; Environmental Control’s (DHEC) decision that concluded seismic testing permits from WesternGeco in federal waters off of South Carolina are not consistent with the policies of the S.C. Coastal Management Program.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCunningham had previously sent a <a href=\"https://cunningham.house.gov/sites/cunningham.house.gov/files/wysiwyg_uploaded/Cunningham%20Letter_WesternGeco__0.pdf\">letter</a> to DHEC expressing his strong opposition to WesternGeco’s application.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“WesternGeco’s proposed seismic airgun blasting activities would violate our coastal management program and policies, which are vital to protecting the Lowcountry’s vibrant natural resources,” Cunningham said in a statement. “DHEC’s decision that WesternGeco’s application for a seismic testing permit is inconsistent with the policies of these programs is a key decision in the fight against offshore drilling and seismic airgun blasting. A diverse group of voices made their opposition to the issuance of seismic testing permits known – including over 1700 individual public comments – and it’s obvious our state heard them loud and clear. I applaud DHEC for taking into account the views of South Carolinians and Lowcountry residents.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“The state of South Carolina has ruled on our side, but we also need federal action. I urge Congress to pass my bill, H.R. 1941, which would permanently ban offshore drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, as soon as possible.”', 'Cunningham supports SC DHEC seismic testing ruling', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cunningham-supports-sc-dhec-seismic-testing-ruling', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:44:12', '2019-07-10 17:44:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40682', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40684, 4, '2019-07-10 13:45:33', '2019-07-10 17:45:33', 'The morning of July 4, family members of David Sharp, 78, reported him missing from his Lucy Creek, Lady\'s Island residence. Sharp’s family advised that they saw him the previous night before they went to bed, but could not find him when they woke in the morning.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSharp’s family indicated that he may have gone out on his dock, after they went to bed last night.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Sheriff\'s Office deputies searched the area surrounding Sharp\'s home and his dock, but were unable to locate him. Deputies called for the Sheriff\'s Office Aviation Unit — helicopter — to respond and assist in the search.\r\n\r\nWithin minutes, the Aviation Unit\'s helicopter was in flight over the Lucy Creek area, where its tactical flying officer and pilot observed a human body submerged in the water in proximity to Sharp’s dock.\r\nThe South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) was notified and responded with one of its boats. SCDNR personnel recovered the body of an adult male — identified a short time later as David Sharp by the Beaufort County Coroner\'s Office — from Lucy Creek.\r\n\r\nInitially, there were no indications of foul play in the disappearance/death of Sharp. A forensic autopsy was to be performed at the Medical University of South Carolina to aid in the determination of the cause of Sharp\'s death.', 'Lady’s Island man missing, found dead July 4', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ladys-island-man-missing-found-dead-july-4', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:45:33', '2019-07-10 17:45:33', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40684', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40686, 4, '2019-07-10 13:46:26', '2019-07-10 17:46:26', 'Beaufort County Council has announced that it has have organized a task force of council members to study and recommend procedures surrounding communications and transparency.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCouncilman Michael Covert has been appointed by Council Chairman Stu Rodman to serve as the Chairman of the newly created Communications and Transparency Task Force of Beaufort County Council.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nServing along with Covert will be Council members Gerald Dawson, Chris Hervochon, York Glover Sr., and Mark Lawson. Clerk of Council Sarah Brock and an appointee form the county administration will also serve.\r\n\r\nThe task force has been created due to the overwhelming response over the last few months surrounding the issue of transparency on Beaufort County Council.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“Accountability and transparency are the foundations of a democracy,” Covert said in a release. “The citizens of Beaufort County have a distinct right and privilege to know exactly what their government is doing and through transparency of such, we, as publicly elected officials, can be held accountable.”\r\n\r\nThe meetings will be publicly announced and held in open session. All members of the public are welcome to attend. Covert can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:mcovert@bcgov.net\">mcovert@bcgov.net</a> or 843-305-0600.', 'County Council announces task force to address communications and transparency', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'county-council-announces-task-force-to-address-communications-and-transparency', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:46:26', '2019-07-10 17:46:26', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40686', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40689, 4, '2019-07-10 13:48:11', '2019-07-10 17:48:11', '<h4>By CELIA STRONG</h4>\r\nAlways a favorite. Especially if the new is sort of similar to others.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSort of a bit different so it stands out and on its own. At a good price so trying it is easy. Trying it a lot is also easy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nComes from a known winery so it’s not a total stranger. Yes, new, but comfortable. Like comfort food.\r\n\r\nSo, beginning with from where.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWashington State is not the “where” that comes to mind first for Pinot Grigios. This state is known for Merlots and Cabernets, and, for white wines. Riesling is its star. Followed by Chardonnay.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut previous lessons have covered the rise in popularity of Pinot Grigio. And its ability to make good wines wherever it is grown.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe first wine grapevines were planted in the state in 1825, at Fort Vancouver. Unfortunately, there is no record of any wines being made from these first plantings.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nGerman and Italian immigrants, in the 1860s and 1870s were the first who are known to have definitely made wines in Washington. In 1917, Washington was one of the first states to usher in Prohibition.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter that, their modern wine industry did not reboot until the 1950s.\r\n\r\nGrape growing in Washington is very much controlled by the geography across different parts of the state. The Cascade Mountains keep marine influences from the Pacific Ocean and the Puget Sound from reaching eastern Washington, where conditions are almost desert-like. Irrigation is allowed, though. Frosts and hard freezes can cause a lot of destruction to the vines.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOn the good side, the soils in the vineyards’ soils are sandy, stone-studded, lava, and along with the dryness, all together make unfriendly conditions for many vineyard diseases. Like phylloxera. Pinot Grigio, when grown in cooler climates like Washington State, has higher levels of natural fruit acids, a good thing, and a spicy tang in its flavors. Cooler temperature fermentation enhances the freshness and fruitiness of its wines.\r\n\r\nHogue Cellars was founded in 1982 by Mike and Gary Hogue. They are located in the Columbia Valley, Washington’s premiere grape growing region. Warm summer days and cool nights over the growing season lets the grapes ripen fully and still maintain their natural acidity.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe grapes are harvested at night or very early morning so they are cool. This preserves their fresh fruit flavors. After a gentle whole-berry pressing, fermentation is done in stainless steel tanks at 48 to 57 degrees Fahrenheit.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSeventy percent of the grapes for this wine are grown in the cooler Yakima Valley. Eighteen percent come from Snipes Mountain and 12 percent from Columbia Valley.\r\n\r\nSmall amounts of Gewurztraminer (to support the Pinot Grigio’s natural spiciness), and Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Muscat Canelli (all to enhance the fruit flavors) are added in.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThis wine is light to medium bodied, with a pale yellow color. Even served very cold it has aromas and flavors that include lemons, yellow and green apples, melons, nectarines, peaches, ginger, orange blossoms and honeysuckle. And a distinct minerality with its lingering acidity finish.\r\n\r\nGrown in a cooler climate but perfect for warm weather. A perfect comfort wine. For $8.99 at Bill’s Liquors. Enjoy.', 'Comfort wine is a new Pinot Grigio', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'comfort-wine-is-a-new-pinot-grigio', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:48:11', '2019-07-10 17:48:11', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40689', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40693, 4, '2019-07-10 13:49:07', '2019-07-10 17:49:07', 'Seriously, could their be a better job in the world than judging barbecue?\r\n\r\nIf your answer is no, or even maybe, keep reading.\r\n\r\nThe S.C. Barbecue Association (SCBA) will hold a class July 27 in Columbia to train new barbecue judges. The class will be run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the recreation hall at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, located at 1715 Bull St.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nRegistration is open to members of the SCBA, and memberships are available for $35 for an individual or $60 for a family. Seminar cost is $50 per person, which includes, of course, a catered barbecue lunch.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe all-day seminar is the first step in becoming a SCBA Certified Barbecue Judge. After completing the class, potential judges will continue their training with hands-on experience as novice judges at three SCBA-sanctioned barbecue competitions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCompetitions are held around the state at festivals and fairs, as well as other community events or stand-alone barbecue contests.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThose interested in becoming SCBA certified judges and attending the July 27 seminar should email SCBA President Jim Wellman at <a href=\"mailto:jwellman@scbarbeque.com\">jwellman@scbarbeque.com</a> to request an SCBA membership application and judging seminar registration form.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nYou may also apply and register online at <a href=\"http://www.scbarbecue.com/\">www.scbarbecue.com</a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'Certified barbecue judging class coming to Columbia', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'certified-barbecue-judging-class-coming-to-columbia', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:49:07', '2019-07-10 17:49:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40693', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40695, 4, '2019-07-10 13:52:36', '2019-07-10 17:52:36', 'Harvard University Teaching Fellow and Charleston native, Sunn m\'Chaeux, the \"Gullah Teacha,\" will give a presentation at 6 p.m. Thursday on the Gullah language at the historic Penn Center’s Frissell&nbsp; Community House on St. Helena Island.\r\n\r\nThe second of two community presentations offered by Mr. m\'Cheaux, the event is especially designed for community members, teachers, and Gullah Geechee folk.\r\n\r\nThe Gullah language is the only distinctly African creole language in the United States. Gullah began as a simplified form of communication among people of different languages including European and diverse African ethnic groups.\r\n\r\nThe cost of admission at is $15 for adults, $10 for teachers and $5 for students, ages 8-21.\r\n\r\nWhile in residence, Mr. m\'Cheaux will engage in a private Gullah class with area youth participating in Penn Center\'s Summer Enrichment Camp. Camp teachers, counselors and students are extremely excited to discover more about their our Gullah language. Penn Center believes that this opportunity will empower the youth to appreciate their own language.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nPenn Center is delighted to present these opportunities to the community, to discover and learn more about the Gullah Geechee people. For 157 years, Penn Center has been an epicenter of African American education, historic and cultural preservation, and social justice, for tens of thousands of descendants of formerly enslaved West and Central Africans living in the Sea Islands, known as the Gullah Geechee people. The Gullah people are remarkable for being the African American community that has preserved more of its African cultural heritage than any other.\r\n\r\nFor more information about Penn Center\'s programs visit <a href=\"http://www.penncenter.com/\">www.penncenter.com</a>, call 843-838-8554 or email <a href=\"mailto:info@penncenter.com\">info@penncenter.com</a>.', 'Penn Center guest celebrates the Gullah language', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'penn-center-guest-celebrates-the-gullah-language', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:52:36', '2019-07-10 17:52:36', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40695', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40698, 4, '2019-07-10 13:54:04', '2019-07-10 17:54:04', 'Chris Cox, the Mount Pleasant man who founded the group Bikers for Trump, announced in a Facebook post Sunday evening that he is running for the First Congressional District seat currently held by Joe Cunningham.\r\n\r\n“Sometimes we find ourselves at a crossroads and other times we put ourselves at a crossroads,” Cox said in his statement on the group’s Facebook page. “… I couldn’t be more proud of the friends and patriots I served beside in our successful 2016 effort to elect and, now, our 2020 effort to re-elect President Donald Trump. Now, in my effort to continue to support President Trump and our great country, I am stepping things up.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“After the 2018 election, I returned home to Lowcountry of South Carolina, disappointed in the election of a liberal Democrat to represent me and my neighbors in Congress. So, to continue my fight to support President Trump and his agenda, I am announcing my run for the First Congressional District of South Carolina.”\r\n\r\nCox has never run for office but has worked for former Vice President Dan Quayle and N.C. Senator Elizabeth Dole. He joins a crowded race for the Republican bid to oust Cunningham.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIn addition to local candidates Mike Covert, a Beaufort County Councilman and business owner, and Logan Cunningham, a Beaufort County teacher, Mount Pleasant Town Councilwoman Kathy Landing and state Rep. Nancy Mace are also in the running.', 'Bikers for Trump leader joins race for Cunningham’s seat', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bikers-for-trump-leader-joins-race-for-cunninghams-seat', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:54:04', '2019-07-10 17:54:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40698', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40748, 4, '2019-07-18 21:41:23', '2019-07-19 01:41:23', 'By BOB SOFALY\r\n\r\nAs the old saying goes, any landing you can walk away from is a good one.\r\n\r\nMike Rainey of Beaufort proved it to be accurate.\r\n\r\nRainey’s 1943 De Havilland&nbsp; Tiger Moth suffered a damaged propeller during a Thursday afternoon flight around Beaufort and&nbsp; landed on Cat Island’s golf course.\r\n\r\nA foot-long piece of the outer edge of the 72-inch laminated prop splintered off; “it started to really vibrate” he said.\r\n\r\nRainey said a most pilots are always looking for a place to land during a flight for that “just in case” scenario.\r\n\r\n“I probably could have made to Beaufort County Airport on Lady’s Island. But I decided to be safe and put down on the 18th fairway of Cat Island golf course,” he said. “It was really vibrating!”\r\n\r\nRainey, a 20-year veteran Marine Corps fighter pilot, said the old plane was made to take off and land in grassy fields. “It was not problem,\" he said. “I circled around (the fairways) and saw only an alligator and deer near the green. I came in, landed, and must have scared them off.”\r\n\r\nRainey said he would put a cover over the cockpit in case of thunderstorms.\r\n\r\n“I have another prop at home. I’ll go get it, swap props and take off in an hour.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Top: Mike Rainey secures his 1943 De Havilland Tiger Moth after an unscheduled landing on the 18th fairway of Cat Island’s golf course on Thursday, July 18. <strong>Photos by Bob Sofaly</strong></em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3838.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-40752\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3838-1024x476.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"474\"></a> <a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3852.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-40751\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3852-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\"></a> <a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3846.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-40750\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3846-1024x739.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"736\"></a>', 'Rainey lands vintage plane on Cat Island golf course', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'rainey-lands-vintage-plane-on-cat-island-golf-course', '', '', '2019-07-18 21:41:23', '2019-07-19 01:41:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40748', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40702, 4, '2019-07-10 13:55:42', '2019-07-10 17:55:42', 'With motor vehicle collisions on the rise in 2019, the Burton Fire District continues to stress the importance of seatbelt use, proper restraint of children and caution at intersections.\r\n\r\nIn the years 2018 and 2019, from the January 1st to July 1st time period, the Burton Fire District has seen a 31 percent increase in motor vehicle collisions from 115 in 2018 to 151 in 2019, and a 47 percent increase in those with injuries from 62 in 2018 to 91 in 2019.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nDuring this time period in 2018, there were four collisions in which trapped occupants needed to be rescued, and in 2019 there have been five.\r\n\r\nBurton fire officials note that not only has the number of vehicle collisions with injuries increased, so has the number of patients requiring immediate medical attention, as well as the extent of those injuries.\r\n\r\n“It seems when we arrive on scene now, that the number of seriously injured patients who require immediate attention has increased,” Burton Fire Lieutenant/Paramedic Alex Murray said in a release. “This has required more resources with higher medical training to respond to the scene to operate rescue equipment, assist with the injured occupants, and eliminate potential hazards like gas leaks and charged electrical systems.”\r\n\r\nMurray stresses firefighters do not conduct traffic investigation so the causes of these collisions are not known. However, what is known is that many of these collisions resulting in trapped occupants, serious injuries, and fatalities, have occurred at intersections. Additionally, lack of seatbelt use is also a common denominator, he added.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'Motor vehicle collisions continue to rise for Burton FD', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'motor-vehicle-collisions-continue-to-rise-for-burton-fd', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:55:42', '2019-07-10 17:55:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40702', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40705, 4, '2019-07-09 13:55:59', '2019-07-09 17:55:59', 'Hopeful Horizons offers support groups on a weekly basis for survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse in Beaufort, Bluffton and Okatie.\r\n\r\nSurvivors can come together to share their experiences, inspire one another and build new relationships. Hopeful Horizons offer a judgement-free, confidential environment for survivors to feel safe and empowered.\r\n\r\nThe domestic violence survivors’ group meets weekly in Beaufort and Bluffton. The sexual assault survivors’ group meets weekly in Okatie. Please call 800-868-2632 for details.\r\n\r\nHopeful Horizons is a children\'s advocacy, domestic violence and rape crisis center that works to create safer communities by changing the culture of violence and offering a path to healing. The organization provides safety, hope and healing to survivors through evidence-based practices, outreach, prevention and education.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHopeful Horizons serves Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties. For more information on the mission and vision of Hopeful Horizons, visit <a href=\"http://www.hopefulhorizons.org/\">www.hopefulhorizons.org</a>.', 'Support groups available for survivors of domestic violence, sexual abuse', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'support-groups-available-for-survivors-of-domestic-violence-sexual-abuse', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:56:51', '2019-07-10 17:56:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40705', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(40707, 4, '2019-07-10 13:58:55', '2019-07-10 17:58:55', 'To help meet the high demand for weight loss programs in the Lowcountry, Beaufort Memorial Hospital has launched Healthy Weight, a physician-supervised service designed to help overweight patients drop unwanted pounds and keep them off.\r\n\r\nThe goal is to achieve and maintain a healthy weight to reduce the risk of overweight- and obesity-associated conditions, including Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, stroke, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and some cancers.\r\n\r\nLed by board-certified obesity medicine specialist Dr. Yvette-Marie Pellegrino of Beaufort Memorial Lady’s Island Internal Medicine, Healthy Weight takes a holistic approach to weight loss, focusing on nutrition, exercise, behavior and medication.\r\n\r\n“This is not your typical cookie-cutter weight loss program,” Pellegrino said. “We look at the patient’s health history, lifestyle and obstacles to losing weight and then develop an individualized plan that makes sense for that patient.”\r\n\r\nPatients are asked to fill out a detailed questionnaire covering everything from previous diets they have tried to behaviors affecting their eating habits. They also need to provide a brief food journal.\r\n\r\nAt the first visit with the doctor, the patient will undergo a physical exam and biometric screening to establish a medical baseline. Depending on the patient’s health condition, further testing may be required. It could include blood work, an EKG or sleep study.\r\n\r\nWorking with a registered dietitian, Pellegrino will recommend a meal plan that fits the patient’s specific needs, work schedule and home life. Because exercise is also a key component of the program, Beaufort Memorial is offering Healthy Weight patients a special six-month LifeFit Wellness Center package that includes access to the hospital’s gym, group classes and eight sessions with a wellness coach at the significantly reduced rate of $200.\r\n\r\nAs part of their long-term maintenance plan, patients also may be prescribed medication to regulate hormones or insulin, slow down digestion or target binge-eating disorders.\r\n\r\n“The majority of people who get on diets to lose weight will gain it back, plus 10 percent more,” Pellegrino said. “What we’re doing is not a short-term plan but realistic and ongoing lifestyle changes to maintain a healthy weight.”\r\n\r\nBy following the program, patients are expected to lose one to two pounds per week. Studies have shown people who lose weight gradually and steadily are more successful at keeping the weight off.\r\n\r\nPellegrino, who is also board-certified in family medicine, will also treat any comorbidity issues, including diabetes, arthritis and depression.\r\n\r\nTo participate in the program, patients should have a body mass equal to or greater than 25. For more information, call Beaufort Memorial Lady’s Island Internal Medicine at 843-522-7240.', 'Beaufort Memorial starts physician-supervised weight loss program', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-memorial-starts-physician-supervised-weight-loss-program', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:58:55', '2019-07-10 17:58:55', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40707', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40711, 4, '2019-07-10 14:10:39', '2019-07-10 18:10:39', '<h4>By RON CALLARI</h4>\r\nHabersham’s Marketplace is a step back in time, accented by shops, bistros and dining facilities, featuring artisanal products and tasty cuisine. To its distinguished list of culinary options, add the new Lily &amp; Lou’s Eatery and Market, which is filling the space formerly occupied by Lazy Susan’s Cafe &amp; Creperie.\r\n\r\nThe new co-owners, Kate and Jack Cosentino recently relocated from Minnesota with the idea that a work/live residence just might be the right fit at this point in their careers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAccording to Kate, who ran a successful photography studio, she believed neither she nor her husband were actually ready for retirement.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“Jack, having recently left his high-pressure job as a medical consulting CEO, and I were looking to&nbsp;the future,” she said. “We took a road trip south with the goal to scout out what might catch our fancy when we did officially retire.”\r\n\r\nFlorida was their first thought, but it was dismissed after several follow-up visits, which eventually “opened our eyes to South Carolina.”\r\n\r\n“Let’s get our hands dirty, and make pretty,” noted Kate whimsically. “Why not?”\r\n\r\nJack loves to cook – gyros are just one of his specialties – and Kate was always a baker at heart. Now, they have their chance.\r\n\r\nThey have decided to keep the cafe and market format, as they felt that type of facility was needed not only for Habersham residents, but Beaufort at large.\r\n\r\n<strong>A soft opening</strong>\r\n\r\nThey have held a “soft opening,” which garnered them feedback from first-time diners.\r\n\r\nDismissing a grand opening, Kate and Jack wanted to open their doors in a casual manner. They wanted to meet their new neighbors, as they would if they invited them to their home.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“No Yelp, nor NextDoor marketing push,” Kate said. “We wanted to have conversations as to how to improve their dining experience for their patronage and well as their new staff.”\r\n\r\nThey created breakfast and lunch menus, and having just secured a wine and beer license, they will soon be offering cigars, wine and charcuterie offerings in the evenings.\r\n\r\nSomething that Beaufortonians will be happy to learn, the Cosentinos also decided to be one of the few restaurants in town to be opened daily, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. They will also man a market for convenience items, such as milk, butter, sauces and some of the ingredients used in their menus.\r\n\r\n<strong>Survey says</strong>\r\n\r\nFor breakfast, the jury is in, and hands down the “Ooey Gooey Carmel Pecan Roll” is the most popular item. Gluten-free, it is a brown sugar- honey- and cinnamon-glazed sticky roll, smothered with southern pecans.\r\n\r\nAccording to Kate, “the best and most popular lunch item thus far is their “Naughty Greek.” While Greek-style, this one is marinated for 2 days, hand-stacked, slow cooked and cut traditionally from a vertical rotisserie. It is served on a warm pita with pickled onions, cucumbers and a to-die-for tzatziki.\r\n\r\nWith a catchy play on words, a “Shamwich” features Kate and Jack’s signature egg soufflé, with thick cut bacon, cheddar cheese and Dijonnaise mustard, served on a ciabatta roll.\r\n\r\nFor diners relocating from the North, they’ll be happy to know Lily &amp; Lou’s will be serving New York Bagels, toasted with butter and/or cream cheese.', 'Lily & Lou\'s takes up residence in Habersham', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lily-lous-takes-up-residence-in-habersham', '', '', '2019-07-10 14:10:39', '2019-07-10 18:10:39', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40711', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40715, 4, '2019-07-10 14:20:04', '2019-07-10 18:20:04', '<h4>By BOB SOFALY</h4>\r\nThings are done a little differently in the Land’s End Community on St. Helena Island.\r\n\r\nThe annual Fourth of July Golf Cart Parade was no exception. It was held on Saturday, July 6,\r\n\r\nso everyone had a chance to participate.\r\n\r\nThis year’s theme was Southern Hospitality.\r\n\r\nY’all come back now. Ya hear!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3007.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-40720\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3007-1024x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"338\"></a> <a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3017.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-40719\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3017-1024x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"338\"></a>', 'Everyone loves a parade', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'everyone-loves-a-parade-2', '', '', '2019-07-10 14:20:04', '2019-07-10 18:20:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40715', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40722, 4, '2019-07-10 14:31:41', '2019-07-10 18:31:41', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nU.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham toured several Reconstruction Era National Historical Park sites in Beaufort on Tuesday, July 2, as part of a scheduled visit that included a group of student journalists.\r\n\r\nAbout 20 people, including volunteers, park staff and a group of area students, gathered at the park’s visitor center in the Old Beaufort Firehouse on Carteret Street for the tour’s kickoff.\r\n\r\nFormerly known as the Reconstruction Era National Monument, the site, which includes four properties throughout Beaufort County, was re-designated a national historical park in 2017 by then President Barack Obama.\r\n\r\nCunningham, who worked with U.S. Rep. James Clyburn on the legislation to rename and expand the park, spoke for about 25 minutes, while the students shot video as part of an educational program associated with the project.\r\n\r\nThe Congressman reflected on the period in time, sometimes referred to as the most misunderstood period in American history by historians, and what it means to South Carolina.\r\n\r\n“This country has some scars on it, especially the South,” he said. “But it’s important to tell it in an objective way and in an honest way that this is where we’ve come from, but this is where we’re going.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to the Old Beaufort Firehouse, the group toured Darrah Hall and the Brick Church on the grounds of the historic Penn Center on St. Helena Island. Camp Saxton in Port Royal, is part of the park’s listed sites, but not currently open to the public.\r\n\r\nWith the help of more than 100 local, regional and national advisors, Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling has spearheaded the project’s outreach in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nKeyserling said one of the advisory group’s first areas of focus has been to develop educational components, such as the Story Catchers program which brought the students to the Old Firehouse on Tuesday.\r\n\r\nThe group wanted to do something “organic”, he said, that would help take the lessons of Reconstruction across South Carolina and beyond.\r\n\r\n“Teaching students the untold story of the second founding of America will serve as the model to help transform the country with lessons that started here in Beaufort,” Keyserling said.\r\n\r\nThe program, which teaches students real-world journalism and documentary-style skills, will equip students with the ability to share and pass on the area’s history to others. The group recently made a 60-minute documentary featuring a play about Harriett Tubman that was researched, written and performed by Beaufort Middle School students.\r\n\r\nThe initiative will also include a “Teaching the Teachers” program with the first session to start beginning July 17 in Beaufort. Teachers who attend the program will be presented with a new curriculum along with ideas on teaching Reconstruction.\r\n\r\nThe initiative’s educational programs are just the launch pad for national and even international study, Keyserling said.\r\n\r\nIn addition, the group is working to build a network of other Reconstruction-era sites or possible sites across the region that will enhance and help tell the story of Reconstruction and its impact on American history.\r\n\r\n“One of the things we’re all challenged with, is while putting so much focus on Beaufort, we don’t get to say it all happened in Beaufort,” Keyserling said. “But all of these things will serve as the pilot program and each of the pieces are now in place and are working.”\r\n\r\nJohn Flemming, a rising junior at Beaufort High School, was one of eight students that followed Cunningham on Tuesday, documenting the event.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES2691.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-40724 alignleft\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES2691-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"466\"></a>Flemming said his family has lived in Beaufort for multiple generations. He was particularly excited to learn of Beaufort’s own Robert Smalls.\r\n\r\n“It makes me feel connected to my hometown,” he said.\r\n\r\nBorn into slavery, Smalls stole a Confederate boat, sailed it past Charleston’s forts and turned it over to Union forces.\r\n\r\n“There are so many good people here,” said Flemming. “Some aspects (of the era) are obviously a real blemish on our history, but you have to take the good with the bad – like Robert Smalls. He is a great American who came from Beaufort.”\r\n\r\nOthers who spoke to the tour group included National Park Service Superintendent Scott Teodorski, Board and Interim Director for the Penn Center, Marion Burns, and Michael Allen, a 32-year veteran of the National Park Service.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>\r\n\r\nTop: U.S. Congressman Joe Cunningham, D-SC makes his remarks while Superintendent Scott Teodorski, of the Reconstruction Era National Historic Park looks on.\r\n</em><em>Bottom: The Rev. Abraham Murray of Brick Baptist Church near Penn Center on St. Helena Island, address those participating in the Reconstruction Era tour of of Penn Center. Seated at left is U.S. Congressman Joe Cunningham, D-SC.</em>\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Photos by Bob Sofaly</strong></em>', 'Cunningham tours Beaufort’s National Historic Monument', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cunningham-tours-beauforts-national-historic-monument', '', '', '2019-07-10 14:31:41', '2019-07-10 18:31:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40722', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40728, 4, '2019-07-10 14:35:03', '2019-07-10 18:35:03', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nOn his recent visit to tour Reconstruction-era sites in Beaufort, U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham gave a one-on-one interview to The Island News.\r\n\r\nThe Congressman, who comes to Beaufort “at least once a month” where he has an office, discussed his visit along with the issues that are of importance to Beaufort residents.\r\n<h4>Now that you have toured these sites, what do you take away from what you saw and heard?</h4>\r\nCunningham: I think the key is preserving history and making sure we tell the history and not to politicize history, but tell it in an honest fashion even when it’s sometimes uncomfortable.\r\n\r\nI was proud to work with the majority whip Clyburn in making sure the Reconstruction Era National Monument was incorporated into the National Park System. It’s been afforded all the protections that that gives it, and I think it’s a long time coming. I’ve been fortunate to be able to sponsor and co-sponsor so much legislation that’s already passed the house, and some of which has already been signed into law, and we’re just six months in to it.\r\n<h4>Have you had any critics or naysayers that have asked, “Why devote so much time or resources to this initiative?” or “Why is it important to learn about Reconstruction?”</h4>\r\nCunningham: No, and I think it’s an important chapter of our country’s history and what we went through, both the Reconstruction period and also the Redemption era, the period right after that.\r\n\r\nThe roles (those periods) played in the transformation of our country and the scars our country has from the Civil War and from Reconstruction and identifying those and learning more about them are important.\r\n\r\nJust like today, the children here coming to learn about it, every public school system around should learn about the Reconstruction period, and the role this era specifically played in American history. It will enrich us so and it’s important to pass that on to our children.\r\n<h4>In terms of Reconstruction but more broadly race relations in the country, what are your constituents here in Beaufort and the Lowcountry telling you is important to them and what are some of the other issues they want addressed?</h4>\r\nCunningham: Obviously that’s an important issue that we continue to address but the “kitchen table” issues that we hear the most about are reducing the price of prescription drugs. We are proud to have passed nine pieces of bipartisan legislation that take down the cost of prescription drugs.\r\n\r\nTaking care of our veterans (is another). (My district) has a huge veteran community especially down here in Beaufort, so we are proud to get the funds needed to take care of our veterans, but also taking care of the military as well.\r\n\r\nWe got over $30 million for the redevelopment of the (live-fire training) range for Parris Island. That wasn’t in President Trump’s budget, but it’s something we fought for and we got, and we’ve been delivering those results back to people here in the Lowcountry.\r\n<h4>What is the latest on the bill you filed to ban offshore oil drilling and seismic testing off the coast of South Carolina?</h4>\r\nCunningham: So that’s just fulfilling promises we made. We didn’t go out and just make a whole bunch of promises. I was very narrow in talking about the things I wanted to accomplish. I think that’s why people are tired of politicians, because they just promise them everything.\r\n\r\nI said, “I want to go up there and ban offshore drilling.” We had the bill and it passed out of committee. We’re going to bring it to the house floor later this summer, and we’re going to pass it. And so we’re doing exactly what we told people we were going to do.\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Scott Teodorski, center, Superintendent of Reconstruction Era National Historic Park, guides, Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling, left, and U.S. Congressman Joe Cunningham, D-SC, through the Reconstruction museum in Beaufort recently. <strong>Photo by Bob Sofaly</strong></em>', 'Cunningham discusses Reconstruction, ‘kitchen table’ issues and the latest on offshore drilling', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cunningham-discusses-reconstruction-kitchen-table-issues-and-the-latest-on-offshore-drilling', '', '', '2019-07-10 14:35:03', '2019-07-10 18:35:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40728', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40731, 4, '2019-07-09 14:35:30', '2019-07-09 18:35:30', 'Being a world-class athlete sometimes comes with an otherworldly price tag.\r\n\r\nBeaufort weightlifter Dade Stanley, fresh off sweeping gold at the USA Weightlifting Youth National Championships in Anaheim, California, needs a hand paying his way to represent Team USA at the 2019 Youth Pan American Championships in Ecuador next month.\r\n\r\nThe trip is one that has been funded by Team USA in most years, but because of preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the Youth Pan Ams trip is self-funded this year. That means Stanley and his coach, Team Beaufort founder Ray Jones, are paying for their airfare, lodging, meals, and other expenses out of pocket.\r\n\r\n“If you know me, you know I’m not one to ask for handouts. I’m generally the one giving them,” Stanley’s mother, Missy Moberly, wrote on a GoFundMe page aimed at raising $4,000 to help cover the costs. “But, this time, I need a little assistance!”\r\n\r\nStanley started lifting as something to do after school, but he quickly emerged as an elite talent, winning multiple national titles and breaking youth American records. He swept silver at the 2019 Youth World Championships to help Team USA claim the team title and earlier this month swept gold at the Youth National Championships.\r\n\r\n“We would be forever grateful for any help getting Dade and Coach Ray to Ecuador to represent Beaufort, South Carolina, and the USA next month,” Moberly wrote on GoFundMe. “It’s not every day you are selected to represent your country and proudly wear the American flag on your chest!”\r\n\r\nTo donate, visit www.gofundme.com/Dade-Stanley-Weightlifter or donate through Venmo to @Dade-Stanley-Weightlifter.', 'Stanley seeks funding for Youth Pan Ams', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'stanley-seeks-funding-for-youth-pan-ams', '', '', '2019-07-10 14:36:09', '2019-07-10 18:36:09', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40731', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40733, 4, '2019-07-10 14:40:05', '2019-07-10 18:40:05', '<h4>FRIDAY, JULY 12</h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Noon – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nOpening Ceremonies\r\n\r\nSponsored by The Preserve at Port Royal\r\n\r\nEntertainment: The Parris Island Marine Band &amp; Fireworks at Dusk\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. Gates open at 6 p.m., Ceremony at 7 p.m. Free shuttle service from the Beaufort County Government Center\r\n<h4>SATURDAY, JULY 13</h4>\r\nRaft Race\r\n\r\nSponsored by CPM Federal Credit Union<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 8:30 a.m. – Noon\r\n\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>9 a.m. – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nBocce Tournament\r\n\r\nSponsored by Joco Construction and Sea Island Elevators<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park Main Field\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Play starts at 9 a.m.\r\n\r\nBadminton Tournament\r\n\r\nSponsored by A.C. Harvey’s Screenprinting<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park Stage Field\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Play starts at 9 a.m.\r\n\r\nChildren’s Toad Fishing Tournament\r\n\r\nSponsored by Plair Enterprises, Inc.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. 10 a.m. – Noon. Ages 12 and under only. Bring your own pole and tackle. Bait provided.\r\n\r\nSponsor’s Expo\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park Pavilion\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nShrimp Boat Tours\r\n\r\nSponsored by Sea Eagle Market Location: Waterfront Park Seawall\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. Noon – 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nConcert In The Park\r\n\r\nSponsored by Dick Broadcasting and Bob 106.9<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHeadline Performer: Tyler Farr\r\n\r\nOpening Act: EmilyAnn Roberts\r\n\r\nAlso Performing: Copper Chief<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $30. Gates open at 6 p.m., Show at 7 p.m. No strollers, coolers, outside food or beverages or professional photography. No Refunds. Free shuttle service from Beaufort County Government Center. Children age 5 and under free.\r\n<h4>SUNDAY, JULY 14<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.\r\n\r\nRiver Rally\r\n\r\nSponsored by Butler Marine<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Local Waters<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.\r\n\r\nChildren’s Day\r\n\r\nSponsored by Coastal Orthodontics<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Featuring games, activities, shows, bounce houses and prizes\r\n\r\nSki Show\r\n\r\nSponsored by Hargray<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. 1 p.m.\r\n\r\nTeen Dance\r\n\r\nSponsored by JOHN 3:16\r\n\r\nEntertainment: Veteran’s Pride Entertainment Services<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $10. 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. No entry after 8 p.m. (No re-entry allowed). Ages 13\r\n\r\n– 17 only, ID Required, Clutch purses only (6 inches x 9 inches). Please wear appropriate clothing. No refunds, outside food or beverages, or coolers.\r\n<h4>MONDAY, JULY 15<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nMotown Monday\r\n\r\nSponsored by South State Bank<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEntertainment: Deas-Guyz<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $15. Gates open 7 p.m., Show at 8 p.m. No refunds, outside food or beverages, or coolers. Free shuttle service from the Beaufort County Government Center. Children age 5 and under free.\r\n<h4>TUESDAY, JULY 16</h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nHometown Tuesday\r\n\r\nSponsored by FBC Mortgage, LLC<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHeadline Entertainment: Pluff Mud Players<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. Gates open 7 p.m., Show at 8 p.m. No outside food or beverages, or coolers\r\n<h4>WEDNESDAY, JULY 17</h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nTalent Show\r\n\r\nSponsored by Landon’s LP\r\n\r\nHosted by: The Preceptor Omega Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $10 or FREE with Official 2019 64th Annual Water Festival T-Shirt. Gates open at 6 p.m., Show at 7 p.m. No refunds, outside food or beverages, or coolers. Children age 5 and under free.\r\n<h4>THURSDAY, JULY 18<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nLowcountry Supper\r\n\r\nSponsored by Waste Pro<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHeadline Entertainment: 20 Ride\r\n\r\nOpening Entertainment: Andrew Beam<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFeaturing: The Whistlers\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $15. Gates open at 6 p.m. Supper served 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. No refunds, outside food or beverages, or coolers. Children age 5 and under free.\r\n<h4>FRIDAY, JULY 19<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nBed Race\r\n\r\nSponsored by Turnkey Vacation Rentals<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Corner of Bay &amp; Harrington\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $25 entry per team. 4:30 p.m. check-in, 5 p.m. start time. Same day registration based on space availability.\r\n\r\nRiver Dance\r\n\r\nSponsored by Beaufort Winlectric<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHeadline Entertainment: Thunderstruck<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOpening Entertainment: Frogmore Stu<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $15. Gates open at 7 p.m., Show at 8 p.m. Must be 18 or older with valid ID to attend. No refunds, outside food or beverages, coolers or strollers.\r\n<h4>SATURDAY, JULY 20<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nWater Festival Grand Parade<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSponsored by Lowcountry Insurance<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOrganized by: The Beaufort Lions Club<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Downtown Beaufort\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. 10 a.m. – Noon\r\n\r\nNon-Profit Expo\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park Pavilion\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. Noon – 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nAir Show\r\n\r\nSponsored by Executive Flight Training<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Stunt planes, parachutists, U.S. Coast Guard Search &amp; Rescue demo.\r\n\r\nCommodore’s Ball\r\n\r\nSponsored by Mike’s Marine<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEntertainment: The New Royals<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $10. Gates open at 7 p.m., Show at 8 p.m. No refunds, outside food or beverages or coolers. 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(40737, 4, '2019-07-10 14:44:00', '2019-07-10 18:44:00', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nThe 64th Annual Beaufort Water Festival kicks off Friday with all the pomp and circumstance of one of the state’s oldest and most venerable festivals.\r\n\r\nCompletely organized and run by an all-volunteer staff, the Water Festival features 10 days of music, art and family-fun activities.\r\n\r\nFrom the hilarious and must-see-to-believe hospital bed races, to one of the most spectacular fireworks shows in the region, the festival serves up a variety of Americana event goers aren’t likely to find anywhere else.\r\n\r\nCommodore Brian Patrick said he and organizers are particularly proud of this year’s theme, “For the Community, By the Community.”\r\n\r\n“We really wanted to highlight the fact that the festival is for the community, and everyone who puts it on are truly your neighbors, local law enforcement, military, our sponsors, all volunteers – everyone is from this community, and of course the people we put it on for,” Patrick said.\r\n\r\nAnd while Patrick said they obviously don’t have any control of the weather, they hoped to avoid a repeat of last year, when heavy rainfall caused organizers to cancel some performances and postpone the opening night’s fireworks show for several days.\r\n\r\nWith that in mind, Patrick said festival goers won’t want to miss the opening night ceremonies complete with The Parris Island Marine Band and fireworks at dusk on Friday.\r\n\r\nAnother crowd favorite is Saturday’s Concert in the Park. This year’s headliner is country music singer/ songwriter Tyler Farr.\r\n\r\nFarr’s most recent album, Suffer In Peace, released in 2015, debuted in the top five on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, and before that his album Redneck Crazy, released in 2013, made No. 2 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200, making Farr the only solo male country artist in the last 10 years whose first two studio albums debuted in the Billboard Top 200 Albums Top 5.\r\n\r\nEmily Ann Roberts, who fans may remember from Season 9 of The Voice, will open for Farr. Roberts has several Billboard singles and two No. 1 iTunes country songs to her name.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nTexas-based Copper Chief, a roots-country-rock band will also perform during the Saturday night concert.\r\n\r\n<strong>2019 BEAUFORT WATER FESTIVAL</strong>\r\n\r\nSaturday, July 12-Sunday, July 21\r\nWaterfront Park\r\nFor tickets or more information, visit <a href=\"http://www.bftwaterfestival.com\">www.bftwaterfestival.com</a>', 'For the community, by the community, Beaufort Water Festival back again', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'for-the-community-by-the-community-beaufort-water-festival-back-again', '', '', '2019-07-10 14:44:00', '2019-07-10 18:44:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40737', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40743, 4, '2019-07-04 14:15:01', '2019-07-04 18:15:01', 'I<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>am often asked about whether marijuana is a good treatment for glaucoma or if it’s good for your eyes. Sometimes the patients are embarrassed, but given the changing social attitude and legalization sweeping our country, I think it’s important to look at marijuana from a medical standpoint with an eye towards it’s effects on our eyes – pun intended.\r\n\r\nCannabis and currently available compounds derived from marijuana – like CBD – are not an adequate treatment for glaucoma, or any eye condition.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nTo treat glaucoma, eye pressure must be managed 24 hours a day. Marijuana is not a practical treatment for constant use.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd more research is still needed into the exact effects of cannabis and cannabis compounds on eye pressure and glaucoma.\r\n\r\nThe American Academy of Ophthalmology does not recommend marijuana or other cannabis products for the treatment of glaucoma. The American Glaucoma Society and the Canadian Ophthalmological Society agree.\r\n\r\nSeveral current, effective treatments for glaucoma are more reliable and safer than marijuana. If you have glaucoma, you should follow your ophthalmologist’s advice to get the treatment that’s right for you.\r\n\r\nThe bottom line about marijuana and glaucoma is: The largest association of eye physicians and surgeons in the world does not endorse cannabis or its derivatives as a glaucoma treatment.\r\n\r\nDo not self-medicate with marijuana in an attempt to treat glaucoma. You can lose your vision if you don’t have a reliable, effective treatment for glaucoma.\r\n\r\nSpeak with your ophthalmologist to find the glaucoma treatment option that’s best for you.\r\n\r\nTell your doctor if you do use marijuana regularly.\r\n\r\n<b>What is the connection between glaucoma and marijuana?</b>\r\n\r\nGlaucoma is an eye condition in which the optic nerve becomes damaged over time, first reducing peripheral vision before possibly leading to total blindness. One cause of optic nerve damage in glaucoma is higher-than-normal eye pressure (intraocular pressure or IOP).\r\n\r\nAs marijuana has been legalized for medical or recreational use in more U.S. states and Canada, it has become more visible and discussed as a possible treatment for many health conditions. Research in the 1970s and 1980s did show a measurable decrease in intraocular pressure for three or four hours after smoking cannabis or ingesting THC as a pill or injection.\r\n\r\nBut to treat glaucoma and save vision, eye pressure has to be controlled 24 hours a day.\r\n\r\nTo reduce intraocular pressure by 3 to 5 mm Hg — and maintain that reduction — you would have to ingest about 18 to 20 mg of THC six to eight times a day, every day. The possible negative effects on mood, mental clarity and (if smoked) lung health would be significant. You would not be able to drive, operate machinery or engage in many common activities.\r\n\r\nIn addition, the cost of using marijuana every three to four hours, every day makes it cost-prohibitive for most patients.\r\n\r\nAs a comparison, alcohol also has a moderate intraocular pressure-lowering effect for an hour or so after a drink. But no doctor would recommend that you drink alcohol every hour to treat glaucoma. Many other effective treatments are available that don\'t have the side-effects of alcohol.\r\n\r\n<b>Studies haven’t proven THC effective</b>\r\n\r\nStudies have been done on THC eye drops, pills and cigarettes. Eye drops led to burning, irritated eyes and were shown to not lower eye pressure.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nA sublingual (placed in the mouth under the tongue) THC compound found no reduction in intraocular pressure. For another study, glaucoma patients were offered THC-containing pills and/or cigarettes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWithin nine months all of them asked to stop due to side effects.\r\n\r\nAs scientists learn more about glaucoma, they have also come to understand that high intraocular pressure in the fluid at the front of the eye is not the only cause of optic nerve damage. Increasing evidence shows that reduced flow of blood to the optic nerve may also cause damage in patients with glaucoma.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMarijuana not only lowers eye pressure, it also lowers blood pressure throughout the body. As a result, marijuana has the potential to lower the blood flow to the optic nerve, effectively canceling out the benefit of lowered intraocular pressure.\r\n\r\n<b>What about CBD for glaucoma?</b>\r\n\r\nIn recent years, CBD has received a lot of attention and scrutiny. CBD is a derivative of cannabis that doesn’t have mood-altering effects. But just like cannabis that’s smoked or eaten, there is no accepted, current research that shows CBD to be an effective treatment for glaucoma.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIn fact, one recent study showed that CBD may actually increase IOP, which would make glaucoma worse.\r\n\r\n<b>What is the future of marijuana for glaucoma treatment?</b>\r\n\r\nCurrently, the only way to control glaucoma and prevent vision loss is to lower the pressure in your eye. Your ophthalmologist can treat glaucoma with medication, such as prescription eye drops, or surgery, depending on the type of glaucoma and how severe it is.\r\n\r\nScientists are exploring whether the active ingredients in marijuana may yet offer a glaucoma treatment.\r\n\r\nIf the effects of cannabis compounds can be isolated, made to be long-acting, and the side effects eliminated, they may lead to new treatments in the future. However, such developments require more research and are years away from becoming a reality.\r\n\r\n<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span><i>Dr. Mark Siegel is the medical director at Sea Island Ophthalmology at 111 High Tide Drive (off Midtown Drive near Low Country Medical Group). Visit www.seaislandophthalmology.com.</i>', 'Marijuana, glaucoma and your eyes', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'marijuana-glaucoma-and-your-eyes', '', '', '2019-07-15 14:16:01', '2019-07-15 18:16:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40743', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40754, 4, '2019-07-17 21:44:46', '2019-07-18 01:44:46', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA task force formed by members of Beaufort County Council to study and recommend transparency procedures was not in compliance with state laws governing open meetings, county officials have said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCounty Administrator Ashley Jacobs said she and members of the county’s legal team were advised by Beaufort County Assistant Attorney Christopher Inglese in an email that the newly created subcommittee was not properly formed and “wholly violative” of state FOIA laws, or laws that relate to the Freedom of Information Act.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nInglese advised the group after he and county council members received an earlier email from Council Chairman Stu Rodman announcing the creation of the task force.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the email to Jacobs, Inglese referenced South Carolina’s Code of Laws, Section 30-4-60, which governs open meetings. He also stated that any communication by council members announcing the formation of such a subcommittee amounted to a meeting and as such would need to follow proper procedures if council members wished to form the task force, Jacobs said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe formation of the task force was also announced in a press release sent to members of the media by Councilman Mike Covert’s office on the same day, Tuesday, July 9.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe release stated that Covert, who is running for South Carolina’s 1<sup>st</sup>Congressional District, was appointed by Rodman to serve as chairman of the “Communications and Transparency Task Force.” Also serving on the task force are council members Gerald Dawson, Chris Hervochon, York Glover Sr. and Mark Lawson, the release stated.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nJacobs forwarded Inglese’s email to council members on Thursday, July 11, informing them of the violation. As the county’s top executive, Jacobs said it is her job to advise council members and make recommendations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“But it is up to them to follow that guidance and follow the law,” she said. “I imagine that what they’ll do is add it to the agenda for the next council meeting as a discussion item.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nContacted about the misstep, Rodman said he plans to follow the advice of the county administrator and the county’s legal department.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“We’ll take it up at our next meeting, and whatever we have to do to make it happen legally, we’ll do it,” he said. “We want to do it the right way.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRodman described the way in which the committee was formed as a “non-issue.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“We try to be as transparent as we can be,” he said. “I’ve done several things since I’ve been chairman to make it even more transparent. I don’t know of any place where we’re not being transparent, so I think it’s making a mountain out of a molehill.”\r\n\r\nCovert agreed with Rodman on striving to be more transparent.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“We need to be as accountable and transparent as possible to the point of being beyond reproach,” he said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCovert said he was not made aware of the violation of the FOIA laws by the county’s legal department until after he had sent the press release announcing his appointment as chair to the task force.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“It’s not uncommon for an ad hoc committee to be formed, and according to the county attorney’s office there is a right way to do that, and we need to follow that.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“And that’s what the county legal department is there to do,” he went on to say. “Make sure everything is always accountable and transparent, so kudos to them for doing it and for catching it.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nJacobs, however, said she was unaware that a press release had been sent.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“If he sent out something out, that was not authorized by the county,” she said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCounty Council is scheduled to meet on Monday, July 22.\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&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&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Beaufort County officials: Creation of County Council ‘Transparency Task Force’ not in compliance with law', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-county-officials-creation-of-county-council-transparency-task-force-not-in-compliance-with-law', '', '', '2019-07-18 21:48:37', '2019-07-19 01:48:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40754', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(40756, 4, '2019-07-18 21:54:39', '2019-07-19 01:54:39', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nJudy Teas remembers Oct. 8, 2016 well. Not only was it the day Hurricane Matthew blew through Beaufort, it was the day water came gushing into her Mossy Oaks home.\r\n\r\n“I had 8 inches in my house, and my neighbor had 18 inches,” she said, shaking her head.\r\n\r\nAfter Matthew, Teas moved out of her childhood home of more than 50 years while repairs were made. She stayed out for nearly a year.\r\n\r\nIt’s a hardship many of Teas’ neighbors in the community east of Battery Creek have become all too familiar with as hurricanes, rising sea levels and major rain events like the one that hit the area on July 5 have made problems with low lying areas around Beaufort, already prone to flooding, even worse.\r\n\r\nOn Wednesday, July 10, Teas joined about 50 other mostly Mossy Oaks residents at Beaufort’s town hall for an update on the city’s flood plan.\r\n\r\nHeaded by Neal Pugliese, members of the Mossy Oaks Drainage Task Force took residents through a slide presentation outlining the “9+ Challenged Areas” that need to be addressed. Mossy Oaks topped the list.\r\n\r\n“We’ve got the money to go ahead and get this done, we just have to go through the administrative steps now,” said Pugliese.\r\n\r\nWhile the projected cost for the city’s flooding projects is estimated at $13 million, Mossy Oaks projects alone have been estimated at $6 million. So far, the city has received a total of $7.5 million for all of the projects from a $6 million bond and two community block grants totaling $1.5 million.\r\n\r\nAdministrative steps include permitting and go-aheads the task force is waiting on from various agencies including South Carolina’s Department of Transportation and Department of Health and Environmental Control.\r\n\r\nIn addition, a group of researchers from the University of South Carolina, College of Charleston, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium and Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessment is conducting an assessment of the city’s flooding issues. The same group is conducting a similar assessment for the county.\r\n\r\nFindings from those assessments are expected back in August and will help guide or tweak decisions on project work, Pugliese said.\r\n\r\nIn the meantime, the city has started cleanup work designed to alleviated clogged ditches. A recent cleanup of the Jane Way canal resulted in two, 30-foot dumpsters full of trash, yard debris, construction waste and old tires.\r\n\r\nProject officials also outlined plans for the work which were divided into two areas of focus.\r\n\r\nBasin I includes the “duck pond” off Battery Creek Road, the Jane Way Ditch, West Royal Oaks Ditch, Spanish Moss Trail, Upstream Culverts and Battery Creek Road.\r\n\r\nBasin II includes projects in the Broad Street Ditch, Gentry Woods Outfall, Southside Park Pond and additional projects along the Spanish Moss Trail and Battery Creek Road.\r\n\r\nFrom dredging the duck pond to raising Battery Creek Road and tying it back into driveways, the projects outlined involve an extensive punch list that will take place across 500 acres of affected watershed and multiple jurisdictions including the Army Corps of Engineers, Pugliese said.\r\n\r\nSome projects such as addressing the Southside Park pond will require both proactive and reactive measures, project officials said at the meeting, so not only will the pond be dredged but the city will also use traveling pumps to respond to standing water caused by high tides or major rain events.\r\n\r\nResidents at the meeting had a variety of concerns over illegal dumping in ditches that exacerbates drainage issues to concerns of how the work might impact wildlife in the area.\r\n\r\nProject officials said the city will be cracking down on code enforcement to dissuade illegal dumping and will work closely with DHEC to minimize any impact on the environment.\r\n\r\nPugliese said they’ve identified four scenarios that impact flooding in the community. Those are a low-tide/low-rain event; a low-tide/high-rain event; a high-tide/high-rain event and a major hurricane.\r\n\r\n“We’re going to be able to resolve three of the four scenarios,” he said referring to the first three.\r\n\r\nHurricanes can come not only with heavy rain or high tides, but can also include storm surge, and that would be a “significant event” which would require a city-wide response, Pugliese said.\r\n\r\nStill, he believes the measures will eventually lead to a solution to the decades-old problem of flooding in the area.\r\n\r\n“We believe these measures are going to take care of most of these events,” he said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Neal Pugliese, chairman of Beaufort’s Mossy Oaks Drainage Task Force explains how certain points in the Mossy Oaks area became heavily flooded on July 5 after 3.5 inches of rain fell in two hours during high tide on a full moon and what steps the City is going to take give the flood-plagued area some relief. 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(40759, 4, '2019-07-18 22:03:02', '2019-07-19 02:03:02', 'More than 200 people attended a Lights for Liberty Vigil on Friday night in Beaufort in protest of U.S. detention camps along the sou<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/U4xOsK08.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-40763 alignright\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/U4xOsK08-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\"></a>thern border.\r\n\r\nThe demonstration was part of a worldwide effort held in objection of the inhumane conditions faced by migrants.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe local effort was organized by the League of Women Voters Beaufort, Indivisible Beaufort and others.\r\n\r\nCatherine Forester, president of Beaufort’s League, said she was especially moved by the cruel actions toward the children of refugees.\r\n\r\n“We held a vigil to bring awareness to the deplorable action of the U.S. upon individuals fleeing their countries and coming to the U.S. for help,” she said. “These are children, and we have created a humanitarian crisis. We continue to disregard our own children and now we are inflicting the same neglect and unfathomable treatment to other\'s children.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“Once again enough is enough. This administration has no plan to deal with this crisis nor does it look like they want to create a plan.”\r\n\r\nA news release from the Lights for Liberty organization stated the event was intended to bring thousands of Americans to detention camps across the country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by asylum seekers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe release said outraged people from around the country and the world planned to shine a light on the horrific abuses of the Trump administration in human detention camps.\r\n\r\nSpeakers included George Kanuck from Lowcountry Immigration Coalition, Pastor Roy Tripp from St. Mark\'s Episcopal Church Port Royal, and Rabbi TZiPi Radonsky. A march followed with participants shining flashlights and cellphones in a demonstration of solidarity and sympathy for those suffering in U.S. immigration camps.\r\n\r\n\"We must not use our children as political pawns,\" Forrester said.\r\n\r\nThe event in Beaufort was covered nationally by NPR.', 'Hundreds in Beaufort turn out to protest U.S. detention camps', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'hundreds-in-beaufort-turn-out-to-protest-u-s-detention-camps', '', '', '2019-07-19 11:36:18', '2019-07-19 15:36:18', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40759', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40766, 4, '2019-07-18 22:14:10', '2019-07-19 02:14:10', '<h4>Photo by BOB SOFALY</h4>\r\nBoy Scouts with Den 1 and Den 272, Troop 251 and 1712 all give the proper hand&nbsp;salute during the Posting of the Colors at the opening ceremonies for the 64th annual Beaufort&nbsp;Water Festival on Friday, July 12 at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. For a full schedule of events, visit www.bftwaterfestival.com&nbsp;', '64th Annual Water Festival off to great start', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', '64th-annual-water-festival-off-to-great-start', '', '', '2019-07-18 22:14:10', '2019-07-19 02:14:10', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40766', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40776, 4, '2019-07-24 14:06:12', '2019-07-24 18:06:12', '<h4>By LEE SCOTT</h4>\r\nThree years ago, I wrote an article about getting an email from my granddaughter, who lives in Maryland. She asked me if I would like to be her summer pen-pal.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nI said yes and received her first letter in July of 2016.\r\n\r\nBut after a while, we realized we enjoyed the correspondence and have continued the practice. We still communicate through texting and Face Time, but our letters are more interesting and describe our activities and adventures, worries and travels, and include encouragement and love.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nUltimately, we are leaving miniature history lessons behind that maybe someday her grandchildren might read.\r\n\r\nAs grandparents, we often wonder what kind of legacy we will leave to our children and grandchildren, but I have discovered that letter writing is in itself a legacy. How I wish I had a description of my own grandmother’s daily activities, and her thought on politics and books. What a treat it would have been to learn, through her letters, from a woman who born in 1896, what it was like to see an airplane for the first time, to be able to vote and to listen to the first radio broadcasts.\r\n\r\nIn my most recent letter to my granddaughter, I wrote about being glued to the television set that summer day 50 years ago as Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon. I can still remember all my family watching breathlessly. What an accomplishment!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd when you think about the technology at the time, it is scary!\r\n\r\nI have described to her a life without the conveniences she takes for granted. Computers, cell phones, “blue tooth” anything, Wi-Fi, and a host of other inventions that have been around since she was born almost 12 years ago.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nNow I ask her to think of the inventions there might be that her own grandchildren will take for granted. Trips to the Disney Moon Park?\r\n\r\nMy encyclopedia set seems so archaic next to her “Hey Google.”\r\n\r\nMy dictionary is tedious compared to her auto correct.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhen I wrote her about some of my favorite songs, I realized that I still have words in my vocabulary that do not have any meaning to her like records, cassettes and CDs. Because all she has to do is download a song.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMy 2006 car still has a six-CD player in the glove compartment and there is a stack of CDs in a case. Will my gas-powered engine be considered the Model T of its day?\r\n\r\nIt takes some time to sit down, and write to someone and many people have gotten away from letter writing. I understand, after all, a quick text is so easy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut remember the text will be gone someday, and a letter about your life may just outlive you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Learning history’s lessons through letters', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'learning-historys-lessons-through-letters', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:06:12', '2019-07-24 18:06:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40776', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40779, 4, '2019-07-24 14:09:24', '2019-07-24 18:09:24', '<h4>By SCOTT GRABER</h4>\r\nIt is Wednesday morning, and I’m sitting at the black, formica-topped shelf that separates our small dining room from our (smaller) kitchen. It’s still early, and I’m reasonably content with my coffee and my (Great Grains) cereal.\r\n\r\nIt’s the 4th of July, and I’m pondering the celebrants who will soon pour into Port Royal. The patriotic troop will park throughout town and then walk — sun block, beach towels and children in hand — to the beach.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOnce at the beach there will be swimming and the eating of hot dogs and then, later on, fireworks courtesy of the Marine Corps and the town.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut, alas, I won’t be among the happy throng.\r\n\r\nEvery 4th of July, my wife and I travel to the home of Pam and David Taub — in Beaufort — for a reading of the Declaration of Independence. The recital involves 10 or 15 people who read parts of Declaration; and then David Taub delivers a follow-up homily on the price of freedom.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAll of this talking is paired with thinly sliced flank steak and several glasses of Pinot Grigio.\r\n\r\nSome years ago I had a reading part. But, in a moment of miscalculation, I ad-libbed a short sermonette on (the widely misunderstood) King George III and why we might have stayed a part of the Commonwealth.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFor my mischief, reaction was swift — I was stripped of my reading part and demoted to ordinary guest. Tonight I will sip my Pinot and eat my thinly-sliced steak in silence.\r\n\r\nBut I wish I could talk because I’m truly worried about the ‘polarity’ between the Democrats and the Republicans; between the ‘Trumpistas’ and those who loath the former realtor; between North and South.\r\n\r\nAlthough I had a wandering, peripatetic youth, I was greatly influenced by my maternal grandmother who lived in Florence, S.C. Minnie Riddick Teachey was more of a mentor, and best friend, than a grandmother. And when I was 17 she became my refuge. It was during this time that I came to think of myself as ‘Southern.’\r\n\r\nIn the last couple of years I’ve noticed small things, magazine articles mostly — that take gratuitous shots at all things Southern.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLast month there was article in the June 24 edition of the New Yorker that was a ‘take-down piece’ on the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Ga. Before that, there was Spying on the South by the late Tony Horwitz.\r\n\r\nThe concept of spying is to follow in the footsteps of Frederick Law Olmsted who did a ‘turn’ in the South 10 years before the Civil War.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhile Olmsted made three trips and was focused on slavery and its manifestations, Horwitz chooses the Creation Museum in Kentucky to get his insight into the Southern species. Then it\'s off to a ‘Louisiana Mudfest’ where hundreds gather to race monster trucks. After that it\'s a mule trip (in Texas) with a brutal and offensive mule-skinner named Buck.\r\n\r\nWell, you get the drift here — we mule-skinning, mud-racing Southerners are truly worthy of contempt.\r\n\r\nBut I also think the Scots-Irish who populate much of the American South have a persisting, corrosive distrust of the ‘elites’ who migrate from Williams or Brown into offices in Washington, DC, or to Wall Street in lower Manhattan. Although these Southern folks don’t usually write for the New Yorker or the Washington Post, they do vote. And these days they are sticking, velcro-like with Donald Trump.\r\n\r\nWhen I was in high school in Florence, I belonged to the student ‘chorale.’ In that capacity, I toured with our singing group north, ending up in Kingston, N.Y.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIt was here, in Kingston, where we performed our signature anthem — a slow, solemn, hymn-like rendition of Dixie. When we were finished there was mostly silence in the packed auditorium.\r\n\r\nThen members of the Kingston chorus began to file onto the stage — this was unplanned — and then their student director asked our student director if we would join them in Battle Hymn of the Republic.\r\n\r\nAs we stood together on that stage and bellowed “My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,” I noticed that just about everyone in the auditorium was crying.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd in that fleeting moment, I felt a kinship with these northern students. And in that same moment, I felt very good about the United States of America.\r\n\r\nI wish I felt that way today.', 'I wish I felt that way today', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'i-wish-i-felt-that-way-today', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:09:24', '2019-07-24 18:09:24', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40779', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40781, 4, '2019-07-24 14:10:37', '2019-07-24 18:10:37', 'The Beaufort Hustle AAU basketball program took four teams to the USBA National Championship from July 16-20 in Raleigh, North Carolina.\r\n\r\nThe Hustle’s eighth-grade girls made the national quarterfinals, going 2-1 in pool play before falling to the Bluffton Bulls in bracket play. McKayla Washington led the Hustle at the offensive end, averaging 15 points per game.\r\n\r\nAfter going 1-2 in pool play, the 10th-grade boys made a strong run in bracket play, winning two games to reach the Bronze Bracket final. Elijah Fess led the team with 21 points per game in the tournament.\r\n\r\nThe 11th/12th-grade boys, coached by former Beaufort High standout Ryle Owens, also went 1-2 in pool play and split their first two games in bracket play, reaching the Bronze Bracket semifinals. Nate Perryman led the way with 17 points per game.\r\n\r\nThe ninth-grade boys went 0-3 in pool play and dropped their first game in bracket play.', 'Beaufort Hustle teams compete at USBA nationals', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-hustle-teams-compete-at-usba-nationals', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:10:37', '2019-07-24 18:10:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40781', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40785, 4, '2019-07-24 14:11:52', '2019-07-24 18:11:52', '<strong>Host team wins first two at Junior Boys state tourney</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe host Beaufort County All-Stars were one of two undefeated teams remaining in the Junior Dixie Boys (13U) State Tournament through Monday’s games at Oscar Frazier Park in Bluffton.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County team, made up of players from Beaufort and Bluffton, opened the tournament with a 21-0 rout of Moncks Corner on Saturday. After receiving a bye on Sunday, the host team held on for an 11-9 win over Sumter on Monday.\r\n\r\nKevin Brown allowed one hit over four scoreless innings, and Ross Putnam gave up just one hit over two frames of relief to finish off the shutout of Moncks Corner.\r\n\r\nKyler McKeever led the offensive outburst, going 3-for-5 with a homer, four runs, and five RBIs, while Dietrich Shuford was 2-for-4 with a double, three runs, and three RBIs, and Braydon Dineen was 3-for-3 with three runs and an RBI. Logan Brutcher and Will Corn each added two RBIs.\r\n\r\nAgainst Sumter, Beaufort County rallied from an early 4-0 hole and erased another four-run deficit later in the game to advance to remain one of two undefeated teams in the double-elimination tournament.\r\n\r\nBrutcher was 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, three RBIs, and three runs to lead Beaufort County at the plate. McKeever was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and two runs; Shuford was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs, and an RBI; and Brown was 2-for-4 with an RBI.\r\n\r\nBrutcher earned the win in relief, allowing one run and two hits over 2 1/3 innings with two strikeouts. McKeever nailed down the save with two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out two.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County was scheduled to face St. George in a matchup of unbeaten teams on Tuesday. The championship game of the double-elimination tournament was set for Thursday.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort County Dixie Boys eliminated early</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe host Beaufort County all-stars were bounced from the Dixie Boys (14U) State Tournament with back-to-back losses Saturday and Sunday at Oscar Frazier Park in Bluffton.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County opened the tournament with a 9-4 loss to North Myrtle Beach on Saturday and fell 23-13 to Seneca on Sunday in the double-elimination tournament.\r\n\r\nThe hosts fell behind 6-2 after four innings against North Myrtle Beach and couldn’t dig out of the hole. Lucas Hamilton was 2-for-3 with an RBI, Ryan Giles was 2-for-2 with a double, and Garrett Greenwalt drove in a run for Beaufort County. Hamilton started on the mound and took the loss.\r\n\r\nThe offense came around for Beaufort County on Sunday, but the pitching and defense couldn’t slow down Seneca, which scored at least two runs in each inning and broke open a tied game with an eight-run third inning. Peter Hughes was 3-for-3 with three RBIs, Cooper Davis was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs, and Giles was 2-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored to lead Beaufort County at the plate. Emilio Mendoza added a hit, two runs, and two RBIs. Nicholas Fowlkes was charged with the loss in relief.', 'Host team wins first two at Junior Boys state tourney', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'host-team-wins-first-two-at-junior-boys-state-tourney', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:11:52', '2019-07-24 18:11:52', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40785', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40787, 4, '2019-07-24 14:14:06', '2019-07-24 18:14:06', '<strong>McKenzie Blake awarded degree from Miami<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></strong>\r\n\r\nMcKenzie Blake of Beaufort was among more than 3,800 students from Miami (Ohio) University who received degrees during spring commencement exercises Saturday, May 18 in Oxford, Ohio.\r\n\r\nBlake graduated with a B.S. in Business, majoring in Supply Chain and Operations Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort’s Price named to New Hampshire Dean\'s List</strong>\r\n\r\nHayden Price of Beaufort has been named to the Dean\'s List at the University of New Hampshire for earning high honors for the spring 2019 semester. Price is majoring in History.\r\n\r\nStudents named to the Dean\'s List at the University of New Hampshire are students who have earned recognition through their superior scholastic performance during a semester enrolled in a full-time course load (12 or more graded credits). Highest honors are awarded to students who earn a semester grade point average of 3.85 or better out of a possible 4.0. Students with a 3.65 to 3.84 average are awarded high honors and students whose grade point average is 3.5 through 3.64 are awarded honors.\r\n\r\n<strong>Moultrie of Beaufort named to USC Aiken President\'s List</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort’s Deja Moultrie was named to the University of South Carolina Aiken President\'s List for Spring 2019. To earn this distinction, Moultrie had to be enrolled as a full-time student and maintain a 4.0 GPA.\r\n\r\nMoultrie\'s major is Sociology.\r\n\r\nUSC Aiken, a comprehensive university in the University of South Carolina system, offers undergraduate and master\'s degrees to more than 3,500 students in 50 programs of study.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort’s Gray, Moultrie earn USC Aiken honors</strong>\r\n\r\nThe University of South Carolina Aiken congratulates those students who made the Dean\'s List for Spring 2019. To earn this distinction, students must be enrolled full-time and maintain a GPA of at least 3.5.\r\n\r\nThe Spring 2019 Dean\'s List includes Cheyanne Gray of Beaufort whose major is Biology and Eriq Moultrie of Beaufort whose major is Communications.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort’s Thompson gets Valdosta State masters</strong>\r\n\r\nJalissa Thompson of Beaufort has earned the Master of Social Work from Valdosta State University.\r\n\r\nThompson was among more than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students who completed the requirements for their respective degrees during the Spring 2019 semester.\r\n\r\n<strong>Wheaton’s Myers makes Dean’s List</strong>\r\n\r\nWheaton College student Austin Myers of Beaufort was named to the Dean\'s List for the Spring 2019 semester.\r\n\r\nTo earn Dean\'s List honors at Wheaton, at undergraduate student must carry 12 or more credit hours and achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher on the 4.0 scale.\r\n\r\n<strong>Newberry Alpha Kappa Delta inducts Beaufort’s Negron as charter member<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></strong>\r\n\r\nCierra Negron, of Beaufort, is among the charter members of Newberry College\'s new national honor society for sociology students. Alpha Kappa Delta\'s Nu of South Carolina chapter held its inaugural induction ceremony this spring at the college\'s Center for Teacher Education.\r\n\r\n\"This is an amazing opportunity for our students to be recognized for their hard work in the sociology program,\" said Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Naomi Simmons, the chapter\'s advisor. \"AKD provides a number of ways for students to be involved in research and in service to their college and the community.\"\r\n\r\nNegron was one of 11 members inducted.\r\n\r\nNewberry welcomes 2 locals into criminal justice honor society\r\n\r\nNewberry College has announced the addition of Alpha Phi Sigma as an academic honor society for criminal justice students. The Pi Gamma Rho chapter held its inaugural induction ceremony at the College\'s Center for Teacher Education earlier this spring.\r\n\r\nJonathan Saullo and Cierra Negron of Beaufort were inducted as charter members.\r\n\r\n\"We could not be prouder to be able to recognize our top criminal justice students for their achievement and further their potential,\" said Dr. Patrick Beatty, assistant professor of criminal justice and the chapter\'s advisor. \"This first class of inductees will have not only acknowledgement of their excellence, but also a network of resources to be successful in their chosen career paths.\"', 'School Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'school-briefs-46', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:14:06', '2019-07-24 18:14:06', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40787', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40791, 4, '2019-07-24 14:16:05', '2019-07-24 18:16:05', '<strong>Beaufort County offering free Narcan workshop</strong>\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzE5LjgyNjMxNTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzE5LjgyNjMxNTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ5NjM2MiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/alcohol-and-drug/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Beaufort County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Department</a> is offering a free workshop on Narcan training and distribution from 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 in the Community Meeting Room at the Beaufort County Disabilities and Special Needs Building at 100 Clear Water Way.\r\n\r\nThe training will include an overview of the opiate problem in Beaufort County, an orientation on how to administer Narcan, and instructions on how to obtain the medication without a prescription. There will also be an opportunity for qualifying community members to obtain Narcan free of charge through the Beaufort County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Department.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to reserve a spot, email <a href=\"mailto:sdonaldson@bcgov.net\">sdonaldson@bcgov.net</a>. For a complete list of programs and services, visit <a href=\"http://www.beaufortcountysc.gov/alcohol-and-drug\">www.beaufortcountysc.gov/alcohol-and-drug</a><a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzE5LjgyNjMxNTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzE5LjgyNjMxNTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ5NjM2MiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;102&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/alcohol-and-drug/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">.</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Councilman Dawson holding second public meeting</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a follow up to his public meeting held July 14, Beaufort County Councilman <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzE5LjgyNDkzOTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzE5LjgyNDkzOTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ5NjE3OSZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/council/council-members/dawson-gerald.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Gerald Dawson (District 1)</a> will hold a second public meeting at 5 p.m., Sunday, July 28. The meeting will be held at the Burton Wells Recreation Center.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe purpose of the meeting is to continue the discussion about the proposed zoning change at 126 Broad River Boulevard from Neighborhood Mixed Use to Regional Center Mixed Use to allow design flexibility for a proposed apartment project. The guest speaker will be Eric Greenway, Beaufort County’s Director of Community Development.\r\n\r\nResidents do not need to register in advance for the meeting. For more information, please contact Beaufort County Council Member Dawson at <a href=\"mailto:gdawson@bcgov.net\">gdawson@bcgov.net</a>, 843-255-2192 or by mail at c/o Clerk to Council, Beaufort County, P.O. Drawer 1228, Beaufort, S.C. 29901.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hurricane Preparedness 101</strong>\r\nLieutenant Colonel Neil Baxley of the Beaufort County Emergency Management Division will give a presentation on severe weather preparedness, Smart 911 services and essential planning at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5 at the Beaufort Branch of the Beaufort County Public Library System at 311 Scott St. The event is free. For more information, call 843-255-6458.', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-117', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:16:05', '2019-07-24 18:16:05', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40791', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40793, 4, '2019-07-24 14:17:07', '2019-07-24 18:17:07', 'Speakers at Indivisible Beaufort’s August meeting will take a closer look at the 2020 election including the problems created by gerrymandering.\r\n\r\nThe group will gather at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 at the St. Helena Library.\r\n\r\nMichael “Nathan” Campbell, a teacher at May River High School in Bluffton, will focus on gerrymandering and what it means to local voters.\r\n\r\nA native of West Virginia, Campbell came to Beaufort County seven years ago to teach at Whale Branch Early College High School. He currently runs the Youth in Government, Model United Nations and Academic World Quest programs at May River, in addition to being the Advanced Placement Coordinator.\r\n\r\nAlso speaking will be Ashley Crary Lidow with WREN – the Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network located in Columbia.\r\n\r\nLidow is Associate Director of Policy and Government Relations at WREN and the driving force behind the S.C. Coalition for Healthy Families. She earned her MA in Public Health at the University of South Carolina and was the 2014 Master’s Student of the Year for Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior.\r\n\r\nRichard Hricik, a Charleston lawyer who specializes in wrongful death suits, will speak on “Messaging and Framing of Issues.” He has taught Criminal Justice and Constitutional Law at Charleston Southern University.\r\n\r\nFor more information contact j<a href=\"mailto:JusticeIndivisibleBSC@gmail.com\">usticeIndivisibleBSC@gmail.com</a>.', 'Speakers announced for Indivisible Beaufort’s August meeting', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'speakers-announced-for-indivisible-beauforts-august-meeting', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:17:07', '2019-07-24 18:17:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40793', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40796, 4, '2019-07-24 14:18:14', '2019-07-24 18:18:14', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nThe Northern Beaufort County Regional Plan Implementation Committee is expected to take up the Lady’s Island Plan 2018 at their regular meeting this week.\r\n\r\nThe committee will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, July 26, in the Executive Conference Room of the Beaufort County Administration Building, at 100 Ribaut Road, in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nDeveloped in 2018, the plan was adopted by Beaufort County and City councils in April of this year and aims to address such growth and development issues on Lady’s Island as fill dirt restrictions, the impact of sea level increases and the growth boundary.\r\n\r\nRobert Merchant, Assistant Community Development Director for Beaufort County’s Development Department, said Friday’s meeting will primarily be used to discuss the implementation subcommittee.\r\n\r\nThe main committee, he said, already has its task force looking into the sea-level-rise and fill-ordinance issues.\r\n\r\n“We are already moving forward on those issues,” he said.', 'Committee to take up ‘Lady’s Island Plan 2018’ at Friday meeting', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'committee-to-take-up-ladys-island-plan-2018-at-friday-meeting', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:18:14', '2019-07-24 18:18:14', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40796', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40799, 4, '2019-07-24 14:19:23', '2019-07-24 18:19:23', '<strong>Agape Hospice offering grief support</strong>\r\nAgape Hospice is hosting a closed-ended, Grief Support Group for any adult who has experienced the death of a loved one. It does not matter how long ago the death occurred or the nature of the loss, you will be welcomed with open arms.\r\n\r\nThe group will meet from 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Agape Hospice at 1800 Paris Avenue in Port Royal for six consecutive weeks beginning Aug. 14. Group participants should plan to attend every session. Once the group begins, no new group members will be added.\r\n\r\nPlease contact grief counselor Cathy Campbell at 843-217-3312 or email <a href=\"mailto:cacampbell@agapehospice.com\">cacampbell@agapehospice.com</a> to register. There is no charge for attending this group.\r\nGrief is one of the most painful experiences we will ever have to endure. It actually changes who we are and how we feel about the world. It can take time to work through your emotions and even more time to adapt to a new life without your loved one.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCome, join us for a time of sharing, learning, reflecting, and remembering. There are others who can understand your grief and relate to your experience. You are not alone.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lady’s Island Baptist hosting free health screenings</strong>\r\n\r\nMt. Carmel Baptist Church Med-I-Assist program, along with S.C. Department of Health and Evironmental Control, AccessHealth Lowcountry and Beaufort Memorial Hospital, will be providing free health screenings from 10:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday July 27 at Lady’s Island Baptist Church for those in need and wanting to get one or more screenings done.\r\n\r\nYou will be able to get the following screenings done: prostate, glucose (sugar), hypertension and/or cholesterol. Also Welvista Prescription Assistance, eye exams and eyeglass voucher will be available. For more information call 843-525-4081.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Health Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'health-briefs-12', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:19:23', '2019-07-24 18:19:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40799', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40802, 4, '2019-07-24 14:20:24', '2019-07-24 18:20:24', '<h4>By CELIA STRONG</h4>\r\nDiscovering a new wine, week after week, is definitely a great life plan.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSure, there’s a little bit of work that goes with it. Learning about it. Tasting it. But, not really any hardship there.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSonoma Valley, the source for this week’s new wine, has a great history with wine. In fact, it is known as the birthplace of the California wine industry.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe valley is located in the southeastern corner of Sonoma County, in the San Francisco Bay area. The city of Sonoma is in the valley and parts of Santa Rosa also.\r\n\r\nThere are some tidbits of history about this valley, though, that make it especially interesting.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBefore Spanish settlers, the coastal Miwok, Pomo and Wintun indigenous tribes inhabited what is now the Sonoma Valley. To them, it was known as the Valley of the Moon.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIn 1823, Mission Solano was the northern most of 21 California missions controlled by Franciscan monks. But within two generations, the Spaniards had secularized the missions. And dispossessed the indigenous people from their lands.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe name Valley of the Moon was recorded in 1850, though. Also, author Jack London, claimed the name “Sonoma” was the Native American word for “Valley of the Moon.”\r\n\r\nLondon personally owned a ranch in the Valley of the Moon, where he and his descendants lived. In the 20th century, their back yard was a vineyard for the winery that eventually took the valley’s name.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Madrone Estate, founded in 1863, is one of the oldest and most historic wine producing properties in Sonoma. It was purchased by the Stewart family in 2012, renovated, and dedicated to estate grown varietal wines. With the Valley of the Moon label.\r\n\r\nSonoma Valley wines are made from many grape varieties. This week there are two to look at.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFirst, Pinot Blanc, a white grape that is a mutation of Pinot Noir. Despite its inauspicious beginnings, Pinot Blanc is a versatile grape that is used to make still, sparkling and dessert wines.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBefore its true identity was known, it was often thought to be a lesser version of Chardonnay. Its wines are medium to full bodied with good acidity and can do well with oak aging. Their aromas and flavors include apples, pears, peaches, lemon zest, almonds, a touch of smokiness, some possible floral hints and a gravelly, minerally finish.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAlthough it is grown in most wine producing countries, Pinot Blanc is not a well known variety in the United States, not like in France and Germany, but it’s always worth seeking out for its uniqueness. (The ones we find are always good!)\r\n\r\nThe second variety for this week is Viognier.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnother white grape that produces fuller bodied, perfumy wines with peach, tangerine, honeysuckle and almonds and hazelnuts as its primary aromas and flavors. (It also has mango, rose and citrus notes.) Viognier wines tend to have a juicy, almost oily, texture and are very complex, with layers and layers of subtle nuances.\r\n\r\nValley of the Moon produces a blend from these two varieties. The grapes are fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks to preserve all the fresh fruit flavors and aromas.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe blend is 85 percent Pinot Blanc and 15 percent Viogneir. From Sonoma, Pinot Blanc leans toward tropical fruits. And with malolactic fermentation, these stay vibrant in this wine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSonoma Viognier has a huge, lush mouthfeel and loads of floral character. A glass of this wine has lots of peach and honey, pineapple and a ginger spiciness.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nA totally unique wine that really is the bright side of the moon. For $12.99 at Bill’s Liquors. Enjoy.', 'Tasting the bright side of the moon', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'tasting-the-bright-side-of-the-moon', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:20:24', '2019-07-24 18:20:24', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40802', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40805, 4, '2019-07-24 14:21:20', '2019-07-24 18:21:20', 'On Friday, Aug. 2, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the grand opening of the new Firestone Complete Auto Care center with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The celebration starts at 11:30 a.m.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe ribbon cutting ceremony will kick off a weekend of festivities with free food and gifts and special pricing on tires and service. The store will register guests to win one of two $1,000 Firestone gift cards to be given away during the event.\r\n\r\nLearn more at <a href=\"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001S-fHTEa6c4903q0cfhC3_e7aE-ls4WfqLX5EnofIAkk_PgKyNEb6pZ2-Pi8oMni-0MJU3IuhJRMVTHQpkgtAUdFxSRLNsEvAYCR18pgpWVtUmj0fe0Isb7sW-X2Iqf1_LuUzcXDJoC0ugxcOuYZl_euPPyfkRy6Y_JEGU4fWfhaMc1jY9eZUlImE-aw8H0x8YAFCL5IfZjjhoVf4-6mlOPjlOERg2Y1aPpyzSaIwHBOZxUF4SL2d2Vvj44tAkTliuN-ktj3chuGiW7vpIzep-w==&amp;c=SSIEafdFthDM6H2g-jDQ23Jpvbrmr7TEtnFFn8pa-7-u0NMrZgtMlA==&amp;ch=9BB-rMmPh6WnfzcZ_SRddwK-Ru60HPgixKjw_VAsYJuX3H0H8DjvFw==\">FirestoneCompleteAutoCare.com</a> or call 843-765-4332 to book your auto repair or service at 155 Paris Island Gateway today.', 'Firestone Complete Auto Care celebrates grand opening', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'firestone-complete-auto-care-celebrates-grand-opening', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:21:20', '2019-07-24 18:21:20', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40805', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40807, 4, '2019-07-24 14:23:03', '2019-07-24 18:23:03', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nThe newly formed Communications and Transparency Task Force was not on the Beaufort County Council meeting agenda for public discussion on Monday, July 22.\r\n\r\nThough he could not say whether the item would be added to the next regularly scheduled meeting on Aug. 26, Council Chairman Stu Rodman said that plans were “in the works” to add it for a future meeting.\r\n\r\nCounty officials had previously stated the formation of the board was in violation of state FOIA laws, or laws that relate to the Freedom of Information Act. This came after a press release issued by Councilman Mike Covert’s office on July 9, announced the creation of the “Communications and Transparency Task Force.”\r\n\r\nContacted about the misstep last week, Rodman said he planned to follow the advice of the county administrator and county’s legal department and “take it up” at the July 22 meeting.\r\n\r\n“…Whatever we have to do to make it happen legally, we’ll do it,” he said on July 15. “We want to do it the right way.”', 'Task force that violated FOIA laws not on council agenda Monday', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'task-force-that-violated-foia-laws-not-on-council-agenda-monday', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:23:03', '2019-07-24 18:23:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40807', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40809, 4, '2019-07-24 14:25:54', '2019-07-24 18:25:54', 'The Croquet Club of Dataw Island was recognized by the U.S. Croquet Association (USCA) as the recipient of “First Place” in the National Croquet Day clubs competition. CCDI beat out hundreds of other croquet clubs and was selected best entry for National Croquet Day celebrations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nTo earn the award, the CCDI hosted a fantastic event, complete with the women dressing in period costumes, the gentlemen in their dapper best, and presentation of a “high tea” court side. The tea was followed by a friendly game of golf croquet on Dataw Island’s championship croquet lawns.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nJackie Bauer, president of CCDI, accepted the National Croquet Day Outstanding Participation award on the club’s behalf.', 'Croquet Club of Dataw Island receives national award', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'croquet-club-of-dataw-island-receives-national-award', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:25:54', '2019-07-24 18:25:54', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40809', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40812, 4, '2019-07-24 14:31:24', '2019-07-24 18:31:24', '<h4>Beaufort\'s Hardie still going strong, set for CrossFit games\r\n\r\nBy JUSTIN JARRETT&nbsp;\r\nLowcoSports@gmail.com</h4>\r\nWhen Dave Hardie missed qualifying for last summer’s CrossFit Games by three spots, he figured his dream was over.\r\n\r\nAt age 60, Hardie just missed making the cut of 20 athletes who qualified for the CrossFit Games — the pinnacle of the fitness regime-turned-sport — in the 60-and-over Masters division. And with another year of allowing age to encroach, as well as the field being trimmed down to 10 competitors in each age division for the 2019 event, the outlook wasn’t good.\r\n\r\nAs if the advancement of age wasn’t enough of a challenge, Hardie also had surgery in June 2018 to repair the rotator cuff in his shoulder — the result of age, he says, not CrossFit — leading to a six-month rehabilitation process.\r\n\r\nNonetheless, Hardie made one more run at his ultimate goal. He was one of 40,000 competitors who entered the online CrossFit Open in February and advanced through the qualifying process, ultimately earning one of 10 spots in the 60-and-over division at the CrossFit Games, which take place Aug. 1-4 in Madison, Wisconsin.\r\n\r\n“This has been a dream for at least five years,” said Hardie, who in June won the 60-and-over division at the Granite Games in St. Cloud, Minnesota. “When I first started CrossFit, I didn’t know what the CrossFit Games were, but it’s been a dream for a long time. This is the athletic pinnacle for me.”\r\n\r\nHardie took up CrossFit in 2013 while living and working in suburban New York City, but he ratcheted up his training when he and his wife, Marissa, moved to Beaufort three years ago, trading his daily commute into the city for more time in the gym.\r\n\r\nHe spends two to three hours per day training, doing workouts provided by his remote coach and physical therapist in Pensacola, Florida, and working with world-class weightlifting coach Ray Jones to improve his lifts. Jones also coaches Marissa, a Masters weightlifter with Team Beaufort.\r\n\r\nHardie is a member at CrossFit Beaufort, the gym he will represent at the CrossFit Games, and also teaches a class there one night a week. But he says he couldn’t have achieved his lofty goal without help from other local gyms that have welcomed him for workouts when necessary.\r\n\r\nAlthough his competitive career is likely coming to a close after next weekend, Hardie says CrossFit will remain a big part of his life, and he hopes others will follow his path.\r\n\r\n“I think CrossFit is a fountain of youth,” he said. “I think it enables you to kick butt into your 90s. It’s only as intense as people make it, so not everybody there is trying to compete on a global level. It’s just a magical way to get fitter and stay younger.”\r\n\r\nAs for what to expect from his final competition, Hardie has only a vague idea — and he says that’s part of the beauty of the sport. Athletes will compete in seven to nine workouts over the three-day competition, but the disciplines could range from an open swim on a lake to heavy barbell lifts such as back squats or clean and jerk to a gymnastic element such as handstand pushups or ring muscle-ups.\r\n\r\n“They talk about CrossFit being the unknown and the unknowable,” Hardie said. “We don’t know what the workouts will be until we get there.”\r\n\r\nAfter the journey he’s taken to get there, Hardie is ready for anything.', 'Fountain of Youth', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'fountain-of-youth', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:31:24', '2019-07-24 18:31:24', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40812', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40815, 4, '2019-07-24 14:33:09', '2019-07-24 18:33:09', 'As part of its Community Risk Reduction and increased medical outreach programs, Burton fire officials are warning local residents about the outdoor burning of trash, and the risk it poses to the community beyond fire spread.\r\n\r\nThe improper outdoor burning of yard debris has caused numerous fire issues for Burton firefighters. Improperly placed and unattended burning has led to damages of property; including homes, buildings, and vehicles. While these fire hazards continue, there are other public hazards occurring that Burton fire officials are warning residents about, and that involves the burning of trash.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County ordinance 2011/31, which outlines the proper legal guidelines for conducting outdoor burning of yard debris, states only vegetation originating on the premises can be burned. The burning of trash is prohibited.\r\n\r\nBeyond fire safety issues, any type of burning can cause health issues, which is significantly increased when burning trash. When trash burns, the heat and flames cause the trash to break down into a gaseous chemical state, which when breathed in, allows those chemicals to enter the lungs and cardiovascular system. Many items found in trash are created from elements, that when burned, can release carcinogens into the air which can then be breathed in. This can cause both short and long term damage and illness to the lungs and body.\r\n\r\nOn Saturday, July 20, Burton firefighters responded to a reported brush fire and arrived on scene to find the remnants of a mobile home, stacked in piles, being burned, with smoke permeating the neighborhood.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIt took firefighters more than 1,000 gallons of water to extinguish the fire, which included such items as PVC piping, electrical wires, and insulation.\r\n\r\nBurning any form of trash is not only a violation of county ordinance, but can also lead to a Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) investigation and fine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nDHEC was notified of Saturday’s illegal burn.', 'Burton Fire District warns of risks beyond the flames', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'burton-fire-district-warns-of-risks-beyond-the-flames', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:33:09', '2019-07-24 18:33:09', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40815', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40819, 4, '2019-07-24 14:35:08', '2019-07-24 18:35:08', 'On Wednesday, July 17, the <a href=\"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001iDoHRUPY5JGwFUu4tQRPbiRYOZZ_rAzxtBevU2ma-6lbn0ngNwUmGkJCuxxKMo-sl7oFR3E8B2gZw8WOcwaJe1wsCuyfXdqIB6lsCMywR7o1W3Fxna9xj_nxjyd7PT7LxgvjB7QU5TCUFnrLFluWsl1jJkzMUNTy&amp;c=ehdciKk0IFIPU7sz-i3OUrFgC0tg_S4IePYBIgF_d3T6QxaQmpcXkQ==&amp;ch=c3k_dbgJC2BGu19oHeVDqj6PfcZVwa_zBjFtBFg_U_p9nGjCxjirFQ==\">Lowcountry Food Bank</a> announced that <a href=\"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001iDoHRUPY5JGwFUu4tQRPbiRYOZZ_rAzxtBevU2ma-6lbn0ngNwUmGnAcccHW480qZE7vU2kAtAW9TGlmRsFnTyr0Qq9tV-v2RsANPynUjNaz0J_H_HWxInRbpINS6lbt3JncGTRI7jlZRIIJpvOMqoiH0aKQz0tERtpT5HaYuycAfGKKk-wiUCuo5FKCMKyQ&amp;c=ehdciKk0IFIPU7sz-i3OUrFgC0tg_S4IePYBIgF_d3T6QxaQmpcXkQ==&amp;ch=c3k_dbgJC2BGu19oHeVDqj6PfcZVwa_zBjFtBFg_U_p9nGjCxjirFQ==\">Food Lion Feeds</a> had donated a new 26-foot refrigerated truck to help fight hunger in the 10 coastal South Carolina counties – including Beaufort County – that LCFB serves.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLCFB\'s ability to pick up and transport food to assist individuals who struggle with food insecurity is vital to fighting hunger in the Lowcountry.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n\"This new, refrigerated truck from Food Lion Feeds eases the hard choices that families are forced to make when they are hungry,\" LCFB President and CEO Pat Walker said. \"The truck helps provides our community with equitable access to nutritious food, including fresh produce.\"\r\n\r\nLCFB picks up food from about 48 Food Lion stores in coastal South Carolina. Last year, LCFB received 2.9 million pounds of food and distributed 2.4 million meals from Food Lion.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe number of children, adults and seniors in South Carolina who struggle with hunger is significant. The food-insecurity rate – the percentage of individuals without consistent access to nutritious food to live a healthy, active life – in South Carolina is 13.5 percent, which is higher than the national average of 12.5 percent.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Lowcountry Food Bank President and CEO Pat Walker speaks July 16 in front of the organization’s new refrigerated truck at a Food Lion event in Columbia.</em>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'Food Lion donates refrigerated truck to Lowcountry Food Bank', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'food-lion-donates-refrigerated-truck-to-lowcountry-food-bank', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:35:08', '2019-07-24 18:35:08', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40819', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40822, 4, '2019-07-24 14:38:20', '2019-07-24 18:38:20', 'This year is a banner year for loggerhead turtles laying eggs throughout the southeast. Sunday morning, Hunting Island broke its previous record, when Sea Turtle Conservation Project volunteers found the 142<sup>nd</sup>nest. In 2016 the island had 141 nests, the most recent “modern” record year. Data entry became more standardized in 2000, thus “modern.” The previous record before 2000 was 157 nests in 1984. Scientists explain the great number of nests as the result of conservation projects that have been implemented for more than 30 years.[i]\r\n\r\nThere are currently more than 12,200 loggerhead nests in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The highest previous “modern” count was 11,321 in 2016. On Cape Island in the Cape Romaine National Wildlife Refuge, which gets one-third of the nests in South Carolina, there are so many nests this year that females are nesting on top of other nests. [<a name=\"_ednref2\"></a>ii]\r\n\r\nFor the sixth time this season on Hunting Island, volunteers discovered a mama turtle coming ashore after sunrise. In the past it was very unusual to see these turtles unless they were injured or trapped. But this year on beaches around the southeast, loggerheads have been coming ashore in daylight.\r\n\r\nThe Sunday turtle also was only the second time since 2000 that a turtle was discovered with a tag on its flipper. The tag is EEK 795. Tag numbers are reported to the Department of Natural Resources, most often when found on dead or injured turtles, but with daylight visits, additional tracking information can be gained when tags are discovered. &nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Unusual and Record-Breaking Loggerhead Turtle Summer', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'unusual-and-record-breaking-loggerhead-turtle-summer', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:38:20', '2019-07-24 18:38:20', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40822', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40824, 4, '2019-07-24 14:41:42', '2019-07-24 18:41:42', 'Beaufort’s Pat Conroy Literary Center’s Anchorage Retreat is set for Sept. 6-8.\r\n\r\nThe Southern Living-inspired event is an exclusive writers retreat weekend at the award-winning historic Anchorage 1770 Inn.\r\n\r\nParticipating writers will immerse themselves in a collaborative experience. In the retreat’s intimate setting, writers will get to know one another as well as the retreat’s instructors over a span of three days and two nights of workshops, discussions, writing prompts, readings, critiques, and social gatherings.\r\n\r\nThe distinguished faculty of award-winning writers and publishing professionals will share their insights and experiences.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThis year’s faculty includes novelists Kimberly Brock, Carla Damron, and Reavis Z. Wortham; memoirist and humorist Harrison Scott Key; biographer and book review editor Adam Parker; and literary agents Jeff Kleinman and Marly Rusoff.\r\n\r\nThe cost for the retreat is $1,500 per person and includes a two-night stay at the Anchorage 1770 Inn on Sept. 6-8, all retreat sessions, evening receptions on Friday and Saturday, breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday, and lunch on Saturday.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe registration fee will be billed in three equal installments to be paid in full by Sept. 6. Rooms are selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is now open and is limited to 15 participants.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to register, call the Anchorage 1770 Inn at 877-951-1770.\r\n\r\nProceeds benefit the year-round educational programming of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center.', 'Pat Conroy Literary Center offers Anchorage Retreat', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'pat-conroy-literary-center-offers-anchorage-retreat', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:41:42', '2019-07-24 18:41:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40824', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40828, 4, '2019-07-24 14:44:10', '2019-07-24 18:44:10', 'Best-selling author, lecturer, activist and 2020 U.S. Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson will speak on her platform and answer questions from 4-6 p.m. Saturday at a Town Hall meeting at UNITED Church, located at 1801 Duke Street in Beaufort S.C.\r\n\r\nAll are welcome to attend this special event. Light refreshments will be served prior, and a limited number of Williamson’s signed books will be available for purchase at the conclusion of the Town Hall.\r\n\r\nWilliamson has been a well known American public voice for more than three decades. Seven of her 12 published books have been New York Times best sellers, and Williamson has been a popular guest on television programs such as Oprah, Good Morning America, and Bill Maher.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWilliamson’s latest book, A Politics of Love: Handbook for a New American Revolution, was published in 2019. Her other books include The Law of Divine Compensation, The Age of Miracles, Everyday Grace, A Woman’s Worth, Illuminata, Healing the Soul of America, A Course in Weight Loss, The Gift of Change, Enchanted Love, A Year of Miracles, and Tears to Triumph: The Spiritual Journey from Suffering to Enlightenment.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nA native of Houston, Texas, in 1989, Williamson founded Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area. To date, Project Angel Food has served over 11 million meals. She also co-founded the Peace Alliance.', '2020 presidential candidate Williamson to visit Beaufort on Saturday', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2020-presidential-candidate-williamson-to-visit-beaufort-on-saturday', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:44:10', '2019-07-24 18:44:10', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40828', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40831, 4, '2019-07-24 14:48:11', '2019-07-24 18:48:11', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nAn early morning fire at a downtown Beaufort business on Sunday, July 22, caused heavy smoke and fire damage to the front of the building where the business is housed.\r\n\r\nFire crews from the City of Beaufort/ Town of Port Royal Fire Department and the Burton Fire District responded to the fire at Charles Street Realty, on the 900 block of Charles Street, at around 7:30 a.m. Sunday.\r\n\r\nFirst responders arriving on the scene found heavy smoke and fire coming from the front porch and front door of the business. Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze in 30 minutes, according to a news release from the City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_0862.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-40832\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_0862-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"421\"></a>No one was in the building at the time of the fire, and there were no injuries reported from the incident, the release stated.\r\n\r\nInvestigators with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division were called to the scene since the building is a commercial property, said Ross Vezin, Battalion Chief for the City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department.\r\n\r\nJodi Joye, owner of both the building and Charles Street Realty, was out of town celebrating her husband’s 60th birthday, when the fire broke out. A friend called to let her know her building was on fire, she said.\r\n\r\n“I’m just devastated,” Joye said. “The whole building is ruined. We don’t know what happened.”\r\n\r\nJoye said she had just had the building painted, had replaced rotted wood and roof boots and completed various other “general maintenance” work.\r\n\r\nJoye said the company will relocate to another building close to the property on Washington Street. She and her employees can also work from home, she said.\r\n\r\n“It will all work out,” she said. “I’ll be open tomorrow.”\r\n\r\nThe cost of damages has yet to be determined. The fire remains under investigation.', 'Sunday morning blaze causes smoke and fire damage to local business', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sunday-morning-blaze-causes-smoke-and-fire-damage-to-local-business', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:48:11', '2019-07-24 18:48:11', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40831', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40835, 4, '2019-07-24 14:55:03', '2019-07-24 18:55:03', '<strong>Photos by BOB SOFALY</strong>\r\n\r\nWith the Parade of Boats, the Blessing of the Fleet and the ceremonial tossing of the wreath, the 2019 Beaufort Water Festival came to a close on Sunday in the Beaufort River.<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES4466.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-40837\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES4466-855x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"372\"></a>\r\n\r\nUnlike 2018, this year’s event enjoyed good weather and great crowds.\r\n\r\nThe Water Festival will return next year, in its 65<sup>th</sup> incarnation, with Beaufort County Sheriff’s deputy Erin Morris as the commodore.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nUntil then …\r\n\r\n<em>&nbsp;Above: The Rev. Andrew Trapp, priest at St. Peter’s Catholic Church on Lady’s Island, blesses the iconic shrimp trawler Gracie Belle during the Blessing of the Fleet ceremony Sunday afternoon along the sea wall of Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. This year there were only about a dozen boats entered in the annual event.\r\n\r\nRight: 2019 Water Festival Commodore Brian Patrick tosses the traditional wreath into the Beaufort River in remembrance of all those who perished in Beaufort waters this year. The ceremony was part of the Blessing of the Fleet ceremony which marks the official end of the annual Beaufort Water Festival.\r\n</em>', 'Until Next Year', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'until-next-year', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:55:03', '2019-07-24 18:55:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40835', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40839, 4, '2019-07-24 14:58:18', '2019-07-24 18:58:18', 'Mark Richardson caught a few roseate spoonbills at Pleasant Point recently... with his camera, of course.&nbsp;', 'Lowcountry Life', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-life-105', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:58:18', '2019-07-24 18:58:18', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40839', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40843, 4, '2019-07-30 11:37:12', '2019-07-30 15:37:12', '<h4>By MIKE MCCOMBS</h4>\r\nBeaufort Bread Company is ceasing operations immediately.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nA Monday morning post, presumably by owners Eric and Robin Staton, on the restaurant and bakery’s Facebook page confirmed the closure.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_40844\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"332\"]<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/BBC-Eric-Robin-Staton.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-40844\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/BBC-Eric-Robin-Staton-806x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"812\"></a> BBC on Bay Owners Eric and Robin Staton.[/caption]\r\n\r\n“We have made the difficulty (sp) decision to close down the Beaufort Bread Company and BBC on Bay as of Tuesday July 30, 2019,” the post reads. “At this time in our life we have other responsibilities that have become a different priority for us. Which makes it complicated for us to operate these business (sp). We have enjoyed meeting so many wonderful people in this great Beaufort community and have enjoyed the support we have received by this great community – for this we say thank you.”\r\n\r\nAs of press time, the owners had not responded to an email request for comment, and The Island News was unable to reach them by phone.\r\n\r\nIt had been business as usual as recently as Saturday. Both locations were open and the daily special was posted on the Facebook page.\r\n\r\n“Saturday’s Are Made for BBC Brunch!” the post read above the menu listing for eggs and tacos with fire-roasted salsa.\r\n\r\nBut on Sunday, the owners notified employees via a group text message that they would be closing both locations, Lady’s Island and 705 Bay Street in downtown Beaufort, as of Monday, giving the employees instructions on how to collect their paychecks.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Bread Company’s Lady’s Island location was launched by Rick Stone in 2013 and had become known for its fresh-baked bread, sandwiches and desserts before the business was sold to the Statons in August 2016.\r\n\r\nA second location in downtown Beaufort, in the works since December 2016, was opened in November 2018.\r\n\r\n“Our main goal was to bring something to Bay Street that Bay Street doesn’t have,” Robin Staton said at the time. “We’ve done that.”', 'Beaufort Bread Company closes its doors', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-bread-company-closes-its-doors', '', '', '2019-07-30 11:37:12', '2019-07-30 15:37:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40843', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40846, 4, '2019-07-31 14:36:45', '2019-07-31 18:36:45', '<strong>Make A Friend, Be A Friend</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Bookstore, located off Boundary St, between Bi-Lo and The Tabby House, is hosting S.C. author Sharon E. Bellwood and local illustrator Cheryl Johnson at 11 a.m. Aug. 10 for a book signing of their children\'s book, The Friendship Crown.\r\nCome and hear the story how making friends is the same regardless of differences and join the \"Make A Friend, Be A Friend\" movement! Along with a reading of the book, children will also be able to decorate their own crown! Don\'t miss this opportunity to support local business, local authors and artists, and have some fun along the way!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>YA Everlasting Book Club</strong>\r\n\r\nIf you are an adult or teen who enjoys reading Young Adult Literature, this book club is for you. All meetings begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Beaufort Branch Library on Scott Street downtown and are free to the public.\r\n\r\nUpcoming book discussions: Aug. 14 – Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro.\r\n\r\n<strong>Friends of Hunting Island’s Tuesday Turtle Talks</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Friends of Hunting island announce the 2019 Tuesday Turtle Talks running through Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 10:30am at the picnic shelter by the Lighthouse. There is no fee for the TTT, but the park entry fee does apply.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEach week various topics will be discussed including the natural history of loggerhead turtles, what happens when the turtles come to Hunting Island to lay their eggs, and the conservation and challenges specific to a barrier island such as Hunting Island State Park. Participation, ideas and questions are always welcome.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter the talk, participants can join TTT host Denise Parsick on a short beach walk. All ages are invited to attend this educational and engaging program.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd for early risers: If you want to join a turtle patrol to check out loggerhead nests, come to the Visitor’s Center parking lot at 6 a.m. sharp any day of the week, and talk with a volunteer in an orange shirt to join a group for that day’s patrol. All ages welcome.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pat Conroy Center offers Anchorage retreat</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort’s Pat Conroy Literary Center’s Anchorage Retreat is set for Sept. 6-8.\r\n\r\nThe Southern Living-inspired event is an exclusive writers retreat weekend at the award-winning historic Anchorage 1770 Inn.\r\n\r\nParticipating writers will immerse themselves in a collaborative experience. In the retreat’s intimate setting, writers will get to know one another as well as the retreat’s instructors over a span of three days and two nights of workshops, discussions, writing prompts, readings, critiques, and social gatherings.\r\n\r\nThe distinguished faculty of award-winning writers and publishing professionals will share their insights and experiences.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThis year’s faculty includes novelists Kimberly Brock, Carla Damron, and Reavis Z. Wortham; memoirist and humorist Harrison Scott Key; biographer and book review editor Adam Parker; and literary agents Jeff Kleinman and Marly Rusoff.\r\n\r\nThe cost for the retreat is $1,500 per person and includes a two-night stay at the Anchorage 1770 Inn on Sept. 6-8, all retreat sessions, evening receptions on Friday and Saturday, breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday, and lunch on Saturday.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe registration fee will be billed in three equal installments to be paid in full by Sept. 6. Rooms are selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is now open and is limited to 15 participants.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to register, call the Anchorage 1770 Inn at 877-951-1770.\r\n\r\nProceeds benefit the year-round educational programming of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center.\r\n\r\n<strong>YMCA to offer CPR classes</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: Aug. 17, Sept. 7, Sept. 19, and Nov. 23.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org\r\n\r\n<strong>Activities at Hunting Island State Park</strong>\r\n\r\nThere are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMondays: Tie dye, 11 a.m.; Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nTuesdays: Sea Turtle Tracks, 10:30 a.m.; CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Beach Walk, 3 p.m.\r\n\r\nWednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.; Stepping Stones, 2 p.m.; Sea Safari, 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nThursdays: Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.\r\n\r\nFridays: Lowcountry reptiles, 11 a.m.; Fish printing, 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nFor a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”\r\n\r\nAll are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Get moving with Beaufort Track Club</strong>\r\n\r\nJoin the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.\r\n\r\nVisit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-to-do-186', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:36:46', '2019-07-31 18:36:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40846', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40849, 4, '2019-07-31 14:39:10', '2019-07-31 18:39:10', '<h4>By SCOTT GRABER</h4>\r\nIt’s Sunday morning and I’m watching a rising sun send shafts of low-angled sunlight into my backyard. I’ve also got my Wall Street Journal — Weekend Edition — and a cup of Espresso Roast (“rich and caramelly’” courtesy of Starbucks.)\r\n\r\nToday’s Journal is focused on Iran, Venezuela and North Korea. Most of that news is disquieting, distinctly unhappy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut we find relief with a story on Cori “Coco’ Gauff — the 15-year-old who upset Venus Williams. There is also the phenomenal news from Paris where the U.S. women’s soccer team has dominated the World Cup.\r\n\r\nI am old enough to remember when men’s baseball, boxing and football dominated the sports pages. In the 50s and 60s there were a few women athletes like Evonne Goolagong, Dawn Fraser and Margaret Court.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd of course, I had read about Babe Zaharias and Althea Gibson.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut when I was a kid, the sports pages belonged to men.\r\n\r\nWhen I was 15, I found myself struggling — more of a downward death spiral — with algebra. I also had a runaway case of acne; and was not large or fast enough to play football.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nI was, to be more specific, lacking in self esteem.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nComplementing the self-esteem deficit was a remarkable capacity for self pity. I was heading for serious trouble when I stumbled upon an AAU-sponsored swim team at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas.\r\n\r\nThe team was made up of Army “dependents” and, unlike most other sports in those days, our coach encouraged women to join and compete.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAlthough we did not wear goggles, we did wear an early prototype of the now ubiquitous “Speedo” that consisted of one (thin) layer of clinging nylon. It took me less than 10 minutes to discover that these swim suits gave one a pretty good idea of the underlying anatomy and, at first, I thought these ‘tank suits’ had to be illegal.\r\n\r\nOur swim meets were held all over Texas but usually at other military posts — most of the pools were never designed for competition. In fact, once off the homemade, wobbling starting blocks, one realized that the 100-yard swim was actually 125 yards; or sometimes 90 yards.\r\n\r\nBut in those days, regulation size and records didn’t make much difference to us. We were happy to ride four hours to Ft Hood; to sleep in an aging barrack building; to eat watery eggs in the mess hall.\r\n\r\nEarly on, I began to make observations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEven at 15 the boys were taller, had bigger feet and bigger hands than the girls.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThat meant that the male “levers of propulsion” were larger and more powerful than those of female swimmers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut I also observed that the girls — and I use this noun purposely — had better technique. They were more flexible in the knees and hips and pulled themselves through the water with more efficiency. They also had more endurance.\r\n\r\nWhen we went to meets, the boys did well in the 50-, 100- and 200-yard distances; the girls were good at 800 and 1,500 yards. The girls were never faster than the fastest boys (at the longer distances), but they would often beat the slower male swimmers — including me.\r\n\r\nBut none of theses comparisons mattered much — we were teenagers for God’s sake — but it was exciting to see the athleticism and toughness from a gender that (in those days) wasn’t supposed to be athletic, or tough, or competitive.\r\n\r\nIt was also exciting to watch a slight, thinly muscled girl cut through the water with a smooth stroke and a metronome-steady kick keeping her body streamlined and her toes extended.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd, of course, it was sexy.\r\n\r\nIn the 1970s I was not surprised when Chris Evert’s double-handed finesse caught the attention of the public. Then came Billy Jean and Martina and suddenly women’s tennis found itself at center court and at popular parity with the men’s game.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nNor is it surprising to me that women’s soccer filled a stadium in Paris and pulled in 19 million viewers in the United States. Nor am I surprised when I read that this team wants equal pay.\r\n\r\nSeveral weeks ago, my wife walked in while I was watching a women’s beach volleyball match on television.\r\n\r\n“Wow! They’re wearing bikinis! Is that allowed?” she asked. “No wonder you love beach volleyball.”\r\n\r\n“You’re wrong,” I replied. “I love the flexibility, the coordination. Surely you remember that I’ve been watching women’s volleyball since Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings won the gold in Beijing?”\r\n\r\n“Yeah,” she replied. “I remember.”', 'The sporting world is no longer just a man’s world', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-sporting-world-is-no-longer-just-a-mans-world', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:39:10', '2019-07-31 18:39:10', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40849', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40851, 4, '2019-07-31 14:40:12', '2019-07-31 18:40:12', '<h4>By LEE SCOTT</h4>\r\nMy husband and I recently went to one of those craft stores so he could get a picture framed.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhile he was busy, I decided to wander around the store.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nI came upon two young teenage girls discussing the decorating items they needed. I assumed it was for their bedrooms, until the mother of one of the girls said, “Meg, I am not paying for any of that stuff!” Her daughter responded, “But Mom, it’s for my school locker.”\r\n\r\nI looked at the mother and asked, “Her locker?”\r\n\r\nEvidently there is now an industry built around decorating one’s school locker.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nI looked down the aisle and spotted a large selection of magnetic wallpaper. There were themes for sports, music, and academics. Then of course, one must change out the wallpaper for the various holiday seasons.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd that was not all. There were magnetic mirrors, wooden locker shelves, all kinds of decorative magnets with flowers, animals, and symbols. You could even find locker curtains and cute little magnetic chandeliers. (REALLY!)\r\n\r\nAs I stood there gawking, I started to recall my own high school locker. I believe it had one metal shelf and two hooks. That was it.\r\n\r\nWhen I got into my locker it was to exchange books and grab my coat. The only real form of decorating might have been a school calendar taped to the inside of the door. And as I recall, everyone else’s were just as boring.\r\n\r\n“I did have to buy a lock though,” I told the mother.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThen she told me about her own school locker. She was younger and by the time she went to school, kids were using magnetic plastic letters inside their lockers and they had started to carry bookbags. She said it was a challenge shoving the bag, a coat, and gym uniform into the skinny lockers.\r\n\r\nShe also recalled how easy it was to change out “I love Todd” to “I love Bill” when there was a breakup using her magnetic letters. I told her that in my day, girls would write on the wall in the girl’s locker room. It might be “I love Mikey – 4 Ever” only to have to scratch out Mikey’s name down the road.\r\n\r\nThen came the piece de resistance. As we stood there laughing, her daughter Meg walked up with a white fluffy carpet for the bottom of the locker. It looked like something Marilyn Monroe would have in her dressing room. I walked away as her mother rolled her eyes.\r\n\r\nLater, when we were leaving the store, I saw the mother subsidizing the daughter’s $40 bill.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“You owe me,” she said to Meg.\r\n\r\n“What was that about?” asked my spouse.\r\n\r\n“You wouldn’t believe it!”', 'These aren’t your mom and dad’s school lockers', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'these-arent-your-mom-and-dads-school-lockers', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:40:12', '2019-07-31 18:40:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40851', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40854, 4, '2019-07-31 14:41:31', '2019-07-31 18:41:31', 'The public is invited to review textbooks and instructional materials that have been proposed for use in South Carolina’s public schools.\r\n\r\nThe instructional materials are available virtually through Aug. 11 using internet links provided by publishers. The public comment form and publisher-provided links are posted online at <a href=\"https://bit.ly/2XJ4ge4\">https://bit.ly/2XJ4ge4</a>.\r\n\r\nThe State Board of Education will receive public comments before a final decision is made on adopting the supplemental instructional materials.\r\n\r\nThe materials for the following SCHSC courses will be recommended to the State Board of Education for supplemental adoption on Aug. 13: Essentials of English I–IV Essentials of Math I–IV, Essentials of Science I–II, Essentials of Social Studies I–II and Employability Education I–IV.', 'Parents, public can review proposed school materials', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'parents-public-can-review-proposed-school-materials', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:41:31', '2019-07-31 18:41:31', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40854', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40856, 4, '2019-07-31 14:42:24', '2019-07-31 18:42:24', '<h2>Jump-Start Back-to-School event offers health screenings, school supplies, backpacks and more</h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.selecthealthofsc.com/index.aspx\">Select Health of South Carolina’s First Choice</a> health plan will host its <a href=\"http://www.selecthealthofsc.com/community/index.aspx\">Jump-Start Back-to-School</a> event, featuring back-to-school information, health screenings, children’s activities, and backpacks with school supplies provided at no cost (while quantities last) from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Praise Assembly Church at 800 Parris Island Gateway.\r\n\r\nParticipants are asked to register in advance by calling 1-888-676-9588. Select Health of South Carolina is the state’s oldest and largest Medicaid managed care organization and is part of the AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies.\r\n\r\n“This year, we will serve more than 400 Beaufort-area families with school-aged children, helping make sure they’re healthy and ready for the new school year,” Addie Bors, director of community education at Select Health said in a release. “We’re very fortunate that more than 20 health care providers, agencies and community partners are willing to join us and help children get the checkups and school supplies they need.”\r\n\r\nJump Start has served more than 14,000 families in the last 10 years and has now been expanded to locations throughout the state. Select Health’s bilingual staff will assist Spanish-speaking families, and interpretation services will be available for attendees with limited English proficiency.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“Good health is proven to help children perform their best in school,” Dr. Kirt Caton, market chief medical officer at Select Health, said. “School-age children up to age 21 need yearly well visits with a primary care physician, and our staff can help First Choice members schedule these appointments with their doctors.”\r\n\r\nFor more information, call 1-888-676-9588 or visit <a href=\"http://www.selecthealthofsc.com/community/index.aspx\">http://www.selecthealthofsc.com/community/index.aspx</a>.', 'First Choice hosting Jump-Start Back-to-School event', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'first-choice-hosting-jump-start-back-to-school-event', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:42:24', '2019-07-31 18:42:24', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40856', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40859, 4, '2019-07-31 14:43:29', '2019-07-31 18:43:29', 'A new regulation has been established that affects the use of natural deer lures and attractants often used by deer hunters in South Carolina.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe new regulation makes it unlawful in South Carolina to possess or use, for the purpose of hunting or scouting, any substance or material that contains or claims to contain any excretion collected from a deer, including urine, feces, gland oil or other body fluid.\r\n\r\nThis does not prohibit the use of synthetic products or substances collected by a hunter from deer legally harvested in South Carolina. Synthetic products are clearly labeled as such. If a product is not clearly labeled as synthetic, it should be assumed to contain natural material.\r\n\r\nThis preventative measure was established as one tool in the battle to prevent the introduction of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) into South Carolina. CWD is a contagious, always fatal, neurological disease that affects members of the deer family.\r\n\r\nThe disease is not caused by a virus or bacteria, but is rather the result of a naturally occurring protein, called a prion, which becomes misfolded and thus resists being broken down by the body the way normal proteins are. When these misfolded proteins are introduced into a healthy deer, they multiply by causing the animal’s normal and healthy prion proteins to misfold and begin damaging the animal’s nervous system.\r\n\r\nThe infectious proteins (i.e., prions) known to transmit CWD have been found in the urine, feces and saliva of infected individuals.\r\n\r\nWhile there has not been a case of CWD detected in South Carolina, or in any neighboring states, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) is following the lead of other states in proactively prohibiting the use of natural lures and attractants in order to minimize the potential risk for CWD introduction into the state.\r\n\r\n“Numerous other states have a ban on these products in place, this is part of a comprehensive effort to keep Chronic Wasting Disease out of our state and protect our valuable deer herd from this devastating disease,” Jay Cantrell, SCDNR Big Game Biologist, said in a release. “There’s no practical or feasible test that can be performed on these natural urine products, or on the deer they collect the urine from, so there’s no way to know if they are safe.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe disease has been detected in 26 states including: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. CWD also has been detected in South Korea (captive elk) and Norway (reindeer and moose).', 'State bans use of natural deer lures', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'state-bans-use-of-natural-deer-lures', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:43:29', '2019-07-31 18:43:29', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40859', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(40861, 4, '2019-07-31 14:44:26', '2019-07-31 18:44:26', '<strong>County spraying for mosquitoes</strong>\r\n\r\nIn accordance with Federal and state regulations, Beaufort County Mosquito Control may conduct aerial and/or ground treatments through Aug. 2.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMosquito Control applies EPA-registered public health insecticide during ideal weather using low-flying aircraft throughout daylight hours and spray trucks from 11 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.\r\n\r\nFor more, please contact Beaufort County Mosquito Control at 843-255-5800.\r\n\r\n<strong>Man shot on St. Helena Island</strong>\r\n\r\nAt approximately 4:20 p.m. on Friday, July 26, Beaufort County Sheriff\'s Office deputies responded to Saxonville Road on St. Helena Island to a report of an adult male gunshot victim.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nDeputies arrived on the scene and the victim — who was conscious and alert — was transported to the Beaufort Memorial Hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound.\r\nThe subject responsible for the shooting has not been located.\r\n\r\n<strong>League of Women Voters August meeting set</strong>\r\n\r\nThe League of Women Voters Beaufort Area will hold its monthly meeting from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8 at Beth Israel Synagogue in Beaufort. All members of the public are invited to attend.\r\n\r\nThe agenda will include topics of interest to voters and potential voters including preparations for the League’s 100th anniversary and the passage of the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe League has been concerned about issues in connection with the upcoming 2020 elections. The meeting agenda is being prepared and may include such items as redistricting/gerrymandering, education, voter access, election technology and fundraising.\r\n\r\nThe League of Women Voters of Beaufort Area, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit “League of Women Voters Beaufort Area” on Facebook, follow @beaufortvotes or #beaufortvotes on Instagram, email <a href=\"mailto:lwvbeaufort@gmail.com\">lwvbeaufort@gmail.com</a> or call 704-641-7357.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sportfishing and Diving Club’s August meeting set</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club’s August meeting will be held Thursday, Aug.8 at the Beaufort Yacht Club on Lady’s Island off Meridian Road. The social begins at 6:30 p.m., and the meeting begins at 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nThe guest speaker for August is well known Capt. Rick Percy of Reel Chance Charters of Hilton Head. Percy, also the author of \"Reel Chance Fish Tales,\" will review what species are available during this time of the year. He will include locations, baits of choice, rods and reels, and tackle.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nPercy will also discuss tides and the importance of staying hydrated.\r\n\r\nCongratulations to Pam Bailey for winning the $50 weigh-in drawing in June sponsored by Butler Marine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nGuests are welcome and do not need a reservation. For more information, contact Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2122 or email <a href=\"mailto:fgibson@islc.net\">fgibson@islc.net</a>.\r\n\r\nCAPA selling Boston Butts for Labor Day\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort’s Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) is hosting a BBQ Butt fundraiser for Labor Day.</strong>\r\n\r\nCAPA is selling fully cooked and seasoned barbecued Boston Butts for $35 each. Tickets must be purchased prior to Aug. 24. Tickets are available at the CAPA office, CAPA’s Closet and through CAPA friends. Boston Butts are to be picked up between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31 in the parking lot of Piggly Wiggly at 1347 Ribaut Road.', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-118', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:44:26', '2019-07-31 18:44:26', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40861', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40863, 4, '2019-07-31 14:45:23', '2019-07-31 18:45:23', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nThe Beaufort-Port Royal Metropolitan Planning Commission voted to annex two properties on Lady’s Island into the City of Beaufort at a planning meeting on Monday, July 29.\r\n\r\nThe first property included two parcels totaling 20.71-acres on Miller Drive East while the second property included a collection of parcels totaling 6.9 acres along Mayfair Road, west of Sam’s Point Road.\r\n\r\nAlso up for consideration were changes in zoning for both properties, though the commission voted to recommend zoning that was either on par with the properties’ current zoning or that favored less density than what the owners had originally petitioned for.\r\n\r\nA number of residents who turned out for public comment on the Miller Drive East property took issue with the annexation citing concerns over of increased traffic and density in the area, the potential for increased property taxes and the negative impact growth would have on the semi-rural character of the island.\r\n\r\nOther residents cited apprehension over not knowing what property owners had planned for the property under the requested zoning changes. The owners, who were not present at the meeting, could sell to developers who could in turn build apartment buildings on the 6.9 acre site, the said.\r\n\r\nOthers took issue with the annexation and zoning stating it was at odds with the recently adopted Lady’s Island Plan.\r\n\r\nThe commission passed annexation on both properties but voted to recommend to city council zoning codes either on par with surrounding properties or that favored less density.', 'Commission approves city annexation for two properties, recommends less dense zoning', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'commission-approves-city-annexation-for-two-properties-recommends-less-dense-zoning', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:45:23', '2019-07-31 18:45:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40863', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40865, 4, '2019-07-31 14:48:07', '2019-07-31 18:48:07', 'Paul Murdaugh, who is facing felony charges in connection to the fatal boat crash that killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach in February, will be allowed to travel outside the area, a judge has ruled.\r\n\r\nJudge Michael Nettles ruled on Monday, July 29 that Murdaugh could travel outside of Beaufort, Hampton, Allendale, Colleton and Jasper counties so that he could attend the University of South Carolina where he is enrolled, Robert Kittle, spokesman for the S.C. Attorney General’s Office confirmed.\r\n\r\nMurdaugh and Beach were among six people thrown from the boat when it crashed into a piling on Archers Creek near Parris Island on Feb. 24. Beach’s body was found one week later on March 3.\r\n\r\nMurdaugh, 20, was originally ordered not to leave the area while awaiting trial, but his attorneys filed a motion last week to allow him to travel anywhere in the state.\r\n\r\nMurdaugh has been charged with one count of boating under the influence causing death and two counts of boating under the influence causing great bodily injury in connection to the boat crash. He pleaded not guilty to the charges in May.&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe trial, which does not have a court date yet, is waiting for a circuit judge to be appointed, Kittle said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Murdaugh allowed to travel outside area, judge finds', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'murdaugh-allowed-to-travel-outside-area-judge-finds', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:48:07', '2019-07-31 18:48:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40865', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40867, 4, '2019-07-31 14:49:12', '2019-07-31 18:49:12', '<h4>By DR. MARK SIEGEL</h4>\r\nLaser cataract surgery — also called Refractive Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery (ReLACS) — is an advanced type of cataract surgery that uses femtosecond laser technology to bring a new level of precision and accuracy to specific steps in cataract surgery that traditionally have been performed with hand-held surgical tools.\r\n\r\nThese steps include: the corneal incision, the anterior capsulotomy and the lens and cataract fragmentation.\r\n\r\nThe added precision, accuracy and reproducibility of each of these steps, when performed with a laser, potentially can reduce certain risks and improve visual outcomes of cataract surgery.\r\n\r\nThe corneal incision\r\n\r\nThe first step in cataract surgery is making an incision in the cornea.\r\n\r\nIn conventional cataract surgery, the surgeon uses a hand-held instrument with a metal or diamond blade to create an incision in the peripheral clear cornea. This incision allows the surgeon to gain access to the interior of the eye to break up and remove the cataract, which is a clouding of the eye\'s natural lens that is located right behind the pupil.\r\n\r\nNext, an intraocular lens (IOL) is inserted and implanted, to replace the cloudy natural lens. The corneal incision is made in a special way so it will self-seal when surgery is complete, without any need for stitches.\r\n\r\nIn laser cataract surgery, the surgeon creates a precise surgical plan for the corneal incision with a sophisticated 3-D image of the eye called an OCT (optical coherence tomography).\r\n\r\nThe goal is to create an incision with a specific location, depth and length in all planes, and with the OCT image and a femtosecond laser, it can be performed precisely and reproducibly .\r\n\r\nThis is important not only for accuracy but also for increasing the likelihood that the incision will be self-sealing at the end of the procedure, which reduces the risk of infection.\r\n\r\nThe capsulotomy\r\n\r\nThe eye\'s natural lens is surrounded by a very thin, clear capsule. In cataract surgery, the front portion of the capsule is removed in a step called an anterior capsulotomy. This enable the surgeon to gain direct access to the cloudy lens (cataract).\r\n\r\nIt\'s very important that the remainder of the lens capsule that remains intact in the eye is not damaged during cataract surgery, because it must hold the artificial lens implant in place for the rest of the patient\'s life.\r\n\r\nIn traditional cataract surgery, the surgeon creates an opening in the capsule with a small needle and then uses that same needle or a forceps to tear the capsule in a circular fashion.\r\n\r\nIn laser cataract surgery, the anterior capsulotomy is performed with a femtosecond laser like the type used in LASIK vision correction surgery. Studies have shown that capsulotomies performed with a laser have greater accuracy and reproducibility.\r\n\r\nStudies also have shown that laser capsulotomies enable better centering of the intraocular lens, and IOL positioning is a significant factor in determining final visual outcomes.\r\n\r\nLens and cataract fragmentation\r\n\r\nAfter the capsulotomy, the surgeon now has access to the cataract to remove it.\r\n\r\nIn traditional cataract surgery, the ultrasonic device that breaks up the cataract is inserted into the incision. During this phacoemulsification procedure, the ultrasound energy can lead to heat buildup in the incision, which sometimes can burn the incision and negatively affect the visual outcome by actually inducing astigmatism.\r\n\r\nThe laser, on the other hand, softens the cataract as it breaks it up. By breaking up the cataract into smaller, softer pieces, less ultrasonic heat energy is needed to remove the cataract, so there should be less chance of burning and distorting the incision. Studies show nearly 50 percent less ultrasonic energy is required when the laser is used.\r\n\r\nLaser cataract surgery may also reduce the risk of capsule breakage that can cause vision problems after surgery.\r\n\r\nThe lens capsule is as thin as cellophane wrap and it\'s important that the portion that is left inside the eye after cataract surgery is undamaged, so it can hold the IOL in the proper position for clear, undistorted vision.\r\n\r\nThe reduced phacoemulsification energy required in laser cataract surgery may also make the procedure safer to the inner eye, which reduces the chance of certain complications, such as a detached retina or persistent corneal swelling.\r\n\r\nAstigmatism correction at the time of cataract surgery\r\n\r\nTo reduce the need for prescription eyeglasses or reading glasses after cataract surgery, it is important that little or no astigmatism is present after implantation of any type of IOL, especially presbyopia-correcting multifocal IOLs and multifocal-toric IOLs.\r\n\r\nAstigmatism usually is caused by the cornea being more curved in one meridian than others. (In other words, it\'s shaped somewhat like an American football rather than a baseball). Astigmatism affects distance, intermediate and near vision.\r\n\r\nTo reduce astigmatism, small incisions can be placed in the periphery of the more curved meridian; as the incisions heal, this meridian flattens slightly to give the cornea a rounder, more symmetrical shape.\r\n\r\nThis procedure is called limbal relaxing incisions (LRI) or astigmatic keratotomy (AK).\r\n\r\nDuring refractive laser-assisted cataract surgery, the OCT image can be used to plan laser LRI or AK incisions in a very precise location, length and depth. This increases the accuracy of the astigmatism-reducing procedure and the probability of good vision without glasses after cataract surgery.\r\n\r\nCataract surgeons who use lasers say that their advantages are especially evident when it comes to high-tech, premium implants such as presbyopia-correcting multifocal IOLs and Toric IOL’s for astigmatism. Advantages include better lens placement and therefore more accurate visual outcomes. However, the benefits still hold true for single vision monofocal IOL’s as well.\r\n\r\nCost of laser cataract surgery\r\n\r\nLaser cataract surgery costs more than conventional cataract surgery, and the extra costs associated with laser cataract surgery are not covered by Medicare or health insurance.\r\n\r\nFees for laser cataract surgery can vary. Be sure to ask about details of the cost of laser-assisted cataract surgery during your pre-surgical exam and cataract surgery consultation with your surgeon.\r\n\r\nWeighing the benefits\r\n\r\nIt\'s important to put laser cataract surgery technology into proper perspective.\r\n\r\nTraditional cataract surgery is very effective and successful. Most people who do not want to pay the extra cost of laser cataract surgery can feel very confident that conventional cataract surgery is likely to produce very good results, especially since I have been performing traditional microincisional cataract surgery for nearly 20 years.\r\n\r\nBut if you want the best possible technology, laser cataract surgery is appealing. A more accurate corneal incision, capsulotomy and astigmatic correction may help you achieve your goal of less dependence on glasses after cataract surgery. Having used the femtosecond laser in cataract surgery for the last four years, the laser has certainly exceeded my expectations.\r\n\r\nTo decide if laser cataract surgery is the best choice for you, ask your cataract surgeon for more information about this exciting technology during your preoperative exam and consultation.\r\n\r\n<em>Dr. Mark Siegel is the medical director at Sea Island Ophthalmology.</em>', 'Do your homework to decide if laser cataract surgery is for you', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'do-your-homework-to-decide-if-laser-cataract-surgery-is-for-you', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:49:12', '2019-07-31 18:49:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40867', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40870, 4, '2019-07-31 14:49:44', '2019-07-31 18:49:44', 'The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will commemorate the re-dedication of Beaufort Nursing and Rehab on Friday, Aug. 9 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The celebration starts at 11 a.m.\r\n\r\nThe public is encouraged to attend the ceremony to meet staff and tour the facility. Guests are also invited to enjoy a Lowcountry barbecue.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Nursing and Rehab is a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility located in Beaufort. The facility provides both short-term treatment and long-term care. They offer comprehensive, sub-acute medical services, 24-hour skilled nursing care, and active programs in rehabilitation and restorative care. Learn more at <a href=\"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012sQNOQtDlhAyqhl-tJ7kiiFOHDDIcbNNujlMMG6NDZUa-BJjfVUDIMZb3cDqdxmKI9BnUlVw02-mzKChaplNPpLP9Iic0En0DiFoRF6HPM-gQUDzifboOWC8jQLN4S5avMvv4kcVH61cQWGyWWoGwGr7Qdt3CmSrhEBOZZiqwe5uC_gQluE-Jw==&amp;c=2FuD_s7SN796GDeJLlcSCcNYbO9wrx-42c_pJi1nrV21ZZHT6sGzpw==&amp;ch=iuzmKjLh58Sj7YZhzH1Sa9dmvyzBP_bp8rcByhs2yh8gJBWBsWqJPQ==\">BeaufortNursing.com</a>.', 'Beaufort Nursing and Rehab hosts re-dedication ceremony', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-nursing-and-rehab-hosts-re-dedication-ceremony', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:49:44', '2019-07-31 18:49:44', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40870', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40872, 4, '2019-07-31 14:50:43', '2019-07-31 18:50:43', 'The Beaufort Arts Council announced its annual meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Aug. 23 at its offices on the campus of the Technical College of the Lowcountry.\r\n\r\nThe meeting will include an overview of the organization’s accomplishments over the past year, as well as provide an outlook for its major initiatives planned for the remainder of 2019 and 2020 that support educational programming and community activities for artists and schools in Beaufort County.\r\n\r\n“We have made significant progress to enhance our programming and support of the Arts in Beaufort and around the Lowcountry,” Beaufort Arts Council Chairman Jeff Shawd said in a release. “This meeting is an opportunity to highlight this progress as well as share our exciting plans for the future.”\r\n\r\nThe meeting will also introduce several new board members and showcase a new art gallery exhibit. Tours will also be held of the Mather Interpretative Center, and the nearby Community Mural, which recently completed its first phase.\r\n\r\nFounded in 1991, the mission of the Beaufort Arts Council is to expand the presence of the arts in the daily experiences of residents and visitors, and to provide exposure to the local heritage, rich artistic legacy, and cultural uniqueness of our community.\r\n\r\nAs an all-volunteer organization, the Beaufort Arts Council is a resource for artists throughout the county. The organization fosters a creative environment and includes a numerous art gallery exhibits and a robust schedule of classes and workshops, ranging from painting and drawing, to photography and how to build a successful arts business. For more information, visit: <a href=\"http://www.beaufortartscouncil.org/\">www.beaufortartscouncil.org</a> or call 843-379-ARTS.', 'Beaufort Arts Council announces annual meeting', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-arts-council-announces-annual-meeting', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:50:43', '2019-07-31 18:50:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40872', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40874, 4, '2019-07-31 14:51:34', '2019-07-31 18:51:34', 'The Lowcountry Kappa Delta Alumnae Chapter is collecting gently-used purses as part of its 10th anniversary celebration. The purses will be donated to Hopeful Horizons in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nDonations may be dropped off at Village Self Storage, 10 Coastal Drive, Bluffton (behind Hilton Head BMW). Collections boxes can also be found at both locations of The Boathouse, 405 Squire Pope Road, Hilton Head, and 5279 N. Okatie Highway, Okatie.\r\n\r\nThe service project is part of National Kappa Delta’s “Go Confidently” initiative.\r\n\r\nLow Country KD Alumnae Chapter is a group of community-minded local women, who live in Hilton Head, Bluffton, Okatie, Ridgeland and Beaufort.\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit lowcountry.kappadelta.org or FaceBook at Low Country, SC Kappa Delta Alumnae Chapter. You may also send emails to kdjeanette@aol.com.', 'Lowcountry Kappa Delta Alumnae collect purses', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-kappa-delta-alumnae-collect-purses', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:51:34', '2019-07-31 18:51:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40874', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40876, 4, '2019-07-31 14:52:34', '2019-07-31 18:52:34', 'Former Whale Branch Early College High School football star Nyles Pinckney was named to the Preseason All-ACC Team last week.\r\n\r\nA standout defensive tackle for defending national champion Clemson, Pinckney is in line for a full-time starting role this season after recording 26 tackles (4.5 for loss), a forced fumble and a fumble recovery as a redshirt sophomore last season. He had two tackles — including one for loss on a fake field-goal attempt — in the Tigers’ win over Alabama in the national championship game.\r\n\r\nPinckney earned his undergraduate degree in criminal justice from Clemson in May and is enrolled as a graduate student with two years of eligibility remaining. Listed at 6-foot-1 and 305 pounds, Pinckney is expected to be a key run-stopper for the Tigers.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Pinckney named preseason All-ACC', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'pinckney-named-preseason-all-acc', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:52:34', '2019-07-31 18:52:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40876', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40878, 4, '2019-07-31 14:53:28', '2019-07-31 18:53:28', '&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen the Battery Creek softball team defends its Class 3A state championship next season, it will do so with a new coach at the helm.\r\n\r\nFormer Dolphins coach Chris Carr was announced Monday as the new coach at Calvary Day School in Savannah, and Battery Creek has already named Carr’s successor, hiring accomplished coach Bob Layman to head the program.\r\n\r\nCarr spent two seasons at Battery Creek and took the Dolphins to the Class 3A Lower State championship game in 2018 before capturing the state title in 2019. He was named the state Coach of the Year this season and has a career record of 186-109-1 over 12 seasons as a head coach.\r\n\r\n“I got a really great teaching offer (from Calvary) and I couldn’t let it pass me by,” Carr said. “It was such a hard decision, as I really wanted to keep coaching at Creek. I love that school and team.”\r\n\r\nLayman has been a staple on the local travel softball scene for years and enjoyed a successful run as the head coach at Thomas Heyward Academy from 2010-18, leading the Rebels to the SCISA state championship series six times in nine seasons, including a state championship in 2011. He stepped down following the 2018 season but continued to coach the S.C. Badkatz travel team, which included several players from Battery Creek.\r\n\r\n“Obviously, retirement wasn’t for me,” Layman said. “I’m honored (Athletic Director Sarah) Hayes and Principal (Chad) Cox are giving me this opportunity. Battery Creek is on the rise, and I’m excited to be a part of it.”', 'Layman to replace Carr as Creek softball coach', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'layman-to-replace-carr-as-creek-softball-coach', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:53:28', '2019-07-31 18:53:28', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40878', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40880, 4, '2019-07-31 14:54:42', '2019-07-31 18:54:42', 'The South Carolina Badkatz 18U squad, featuring players from Beaufort and the surrounding area, made a historic run to finish in the top six at the USA Softball National Championships in Montgomery, Alabama, last week.\r\n\r\nThe Badkatz finished the tournament with a 3-2 record, ending with a 6-2 loss to the Ohio Wolfpack, which eventually finished third.\r\n\r\nThe team was made up of high school standouts from throughout the area, including Battery Creek’s Emily Crosby, McKenzie Young, Margaret Schubert, and Journeigh Doray, and Thomas Heyward Academy’s Cheyenne Strong and Ivy Bryan. Other players included Malena Wright, Smiley Kinloch, Amberly Way, Whitley Weathers, and Anna Grace Dennis.', 'Badkatz make final six at nationals', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'badkatz-make-final-six-at-nationals', '', '', '2019-07-31 14:54:42', '2019-07-31 18:54:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40880', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40883, 4, '2019-07-31 15:00:42', '2019-07-31 19:00:42', 'The Beaufort County All-Stars came short in their state title bid at the Dixie Junior Boys (13U) State Tournament, losing twice to Sumter in the championship round Thursday at Bluffton’s Oscar Frazier Park.\r\n\r\nSumter used a strong pitcher performance from Clark Kinney — who also added a three-run homer — to win the first game 9-5, forcing a winner-take-all rematch. Beaufort County left nine men on base and made three errors as Sumter claimed the second game 11-1 in six innings.\r\n\r\nBraydon Dineen was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Kyler McKeever had an RBI double and scored a run in the opener. McKeever was tagged with the loss on the mound.\r\n\r\nMcKeever had three of Beaufort County’s six hits in the finale, while Logan Brutcher, Owen Harwell, and Carter Zareva each added a hit. Brutcher took the loss on the mound.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DSC_0413.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-40887\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DSC_0413-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"369\"></a>Beaufort County advanced to the championship game with two wins Wednesday, rallying for an 8-6 victory over St. George in a game that was suspended by thunderstorms Tuesday night before rolling to a 12-2 win over North Augusta later in the day.\r\n\r\nThe local team trailed 4-1 when storms rolled in during the fourth inning Tuesday but scored three runs in the fourth and three in the fifth when play resumed Wednesday morning to remain undefeated. Kevin Brown was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, and Brutcher and Hudson Mullen each had two hits, two runs, and an RBI to lead Beaufort County at the plate. Brutcher earned the win, allowing one runs and three hits over three solid innings in relief.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County again rallied from an early deficit in the nightcap, trailing 2-0 before outscoring North Augusta 12-0 over the next three innings, including a nine-run fourth to break it open.\r\n\r\nMullen was 2-for-4 with two doubles and four RBIs, Jadyn Andrews added two hits, and Brutcher and Dineen each drove in two runs. Zareva was the winning pitcher, allowing one run and four hits over 3 2/3 innings with three strikeouts.\r\n\r\nBoth Beaufort County and Sumter advance to the Dixie Junior Boys World Series from Aug. 3-7 in Aiken and will square off again in the opening round of the double-elimination tournament\r\n\r\n<strong>Photos by Bob Sofaly</strong>\r\n<em>\r\nBeaufort County’s Logan Brutcher delivers a pitch during the championship game of the Dixie Junior Boys State Tournament on Thursday at Oscar Frazier Park in Bluffton.\r\n\r\n</em><em>Beaufort County first baseman Jadyn Andrews receives a pickoff throw during the championship game of the Dixie Junior Boys State Tournament on Thursday at Oscar Frazier Park in Bluffton.</em><em>\r\n</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Beaufort County Junior Boys advance to Dixie World Series', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-county-junior-boys-advance-to-dixie-world-series', '', '', '2019-07-31 15:00:42', '2019-07-31 19:00:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40883', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40889, 4, '2019-07-31 15:02:22', '2019-07-31 19:02:22', 'The American Association of University Women, Beaufort Branch, presented its annual scholarship as the culminating program for its 2018-2019 season.\r\n\r\nThis year’s recipient, Amy Mulnix, is a student at the University of South Carolina, Beaufort, working toward a four-year degree in nursing.\r\n\r\nThe scholarship is awarded annually to a non-traditional student in keeping with scholarship guidelines. Mulnix is a working mother of two and is employed at the Beaufort Memorial Hospital as a Wellness Coach in the Life Fit area. In addition to demonstrating high academic achievement, Mulnix has distinguished herself as a leader and critical thinker, showing outstanding qualities in working with all those with whom she works.\r\n\r\nMulnix meets the standards for the AAUW, Beaufort Branch, Etta Mann non-traditional Women’s Scholarship. Named to memorialize long-time member, Etta Mann, the scholarship is designed to help a local student realize her goal of furthering her education and gaining a degree in her chosen field.\r\n\r\nThis scholarship is in keeping with the mission of American Association of University Women, which is to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. AAUW strives to help aspiring women realize their goal of learning, which will lead to a better life.\r\n\r\nThe organization meets monthly from October to May.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact President Celeste Nalwasky, Ph.D., at 412-915-5236.\r\n\r\nAAUW is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization.', 'AAUW awards scholarship to USC Beaufort student', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'aauw-awards-scholarship-to-usc-beaufort-student', '', '', '2019-07-31 15:02:22', '2019-07-31 19:02:22', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40889', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40918, 4, '2019-07-31 15:22:11', '2019-07-31 19:22:11', 'Publix Pharmacy and Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH) have announced a collaboration to expand health care services for residents of Beaufort County.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe agreement includes in-hospital delivery of patient prescriptions from a nearby Publix, as well as in-store telehealth centers at two Publix locations.\r\n\r\n“Patients are looking for more convenient access to health care, whether it’s treatment for non-emergency medical conditions or easier transitions from hospital to home,” Publix Vice President of Pharmacy Dain Rusk said in a release. “This collaboration with Beaufort Memorial Hospital will provide residents of the Beaufort community with a medical care option where they shop and eliminate an extra errand for patients leaving the hospital.”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Meds-to-beds.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-40920\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Meds-to-beds-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"324\"></a>“We’re excited about this collaboration to expand access to care in the Lowcountry and to provide a direct prescription service to patients leaving the hospital,” Beaufort Memorial President and CEO Russell Baxley said in a release. “Our mission is to improve the health of our community and offering walk-in care through Publix Pharmacy provides a unique way to do just that. It’s another option for patients who need care when and where it is most convenient for them.”\r\n\r\nAs part of the collaboration, patients discharged from BMH can choose to have medications that are prescribed during their stay delivered to their room prior to leaving the hospital. The Publix Pharmacy at store 1463 in Beaufort will fill the prescriptions and a Publix associate will deliver them to the hospital room. Any payments can be made upon delivery.\r\n\r\nIn addition, Publix will install telehealth centers to provide non-emergency medical care at store 1463 in Beaufort and store 1205 in Bluffton. Powered by the BMH Care Anywhere online virtual care service, each telehealth center will have a private room with teleconferencing and medical diagnostic equipment, including stethoscopes, blood pressure cuffs, high-definition cameras and other tools necessary for common diagnoses.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe telehealth sites will allow patients to speak directly with a board-certified provider via video conferencing technology. The provider can direct the patient to use the available diagnostic tools in order to make a diagnosis and write any necessary prescriptions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nPublix Pharmacy support staff will be available to assist patients, if needed. Visits will be $59 and will not require an appointment. The telehealth centers will open later this year.\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit BeaufortMemorial.org/PublixWalkInCare.', 'Publix, Beaufort Memorial collaborate on telehealth, prescriptions', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'publix-beaufort-memorial-collaborate-on-telehealth-prescriptions', '', '', '2019-07-31 15:22:11', '2019-07-31 19:22:11', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40918', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40923, 4, '2019-07-31 15:28:40', '2019-07-31 19:28:40', '<h2>Dr. Earnest Collins left a legacy to both the hospital and the community</h2>\r\nWhen Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH) unveiled its newly renovated Collins Birthing Center last month, it gave the community another opportunity to recognize the contributions of the late Dr. Earnest Collins, the area’s first OB-GYN.\r\n\r\nBut the birthing center’s namesake did far more than deliver babies in Beaufort. He created a family legacy of service now in its third generation.\r\n\r\n“My father was among a small group of physicians who started from the ground up,” BMH Medical Director of Laboratories Dr. Brad Collins, who joined the hospital in 1996, three years after his father retired, said. “We’re trying to build on that and improve the hospital every day.”\r\n\r\nThe family has a long history of supporting Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation’s annual Valentine Ball, a black tie fundraiser that has generated more than $5 million to improve services at the nonprofit hospital.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Dr.-Earnest-Collins-and-wife-Sue.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-40925\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Dr.-Earnest-Collins-and-wife-Sue-727x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"668\"></a>Dr. Earnest Collins and his wife Sue attended the inaugural Valentine Ball in 1990 and went on to serve as volunteer hosts of the private, pre-ball dinner parties that have made the event such a success.\r\n\r\nBrad Collins and his wife Cindy carried on the tradition, hosting their first dinner party not long after moving back to Beaufort in 1996. In 2002, they served as co-chairs of the fundraiser, a mammoth endeavor requiring the help of hundreds of community volunteers.\r\n\r\nFollowing her parents’ lead, Allison Coppage and her husband Ben volunteered for their first pre-ball dinner party in 2013. This year, they stepped up to serve as co-chairs of the event while Brad and Cindy Collins hosted their 19th pre-ball dinner party.\r\n\r\n“The Valentine Ball has always and forever been a tradition in my family,” Coppage said. “We take great pride in the hospital and want to support it any way we can. It’s really an anchor of our community.”\r\n\r\nLike her father and grandfather before her, Coppage also works for the hospital. A former in-house counsel for Beaufort County, she has served as Beaufort Memorial’s associate vice president of compliance and privacy for two years.\r\n\r\n“When the opportunity presented itself to work for Beaufort Memorial, I jumped at the chance,” she said. “I saw how the hospital is growing to meet the needs of the community and I wanted to be a part of it.”\r\n\r\nHer father, who had left the Lowcountry after his residency to work for Greenville Health System, felt the same draw. His contributions to the hospital have gone far beyond his role as a board-certified pathologist.\r\n\r\nDuring his 23 years at BMH, Brad Collins has served as chief of medical staff, chaired several hospital committees, and started the multidisciplinary Tumor Conference and Blood Management Program. He also served on the Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees for 10 years.\r\n\r\nAs it became more difficult for the hospital to obtain blood and services from the American Red Cross, Collins took it upon himself to find a community-based blood supplier capable of meeting Beaufort Memorial’s needs. Today, BMH has a more reliable and less expensive supply of high-quality blood products thanks to One Blood and Beaufort donors.\r\n\r\nDespite his own significant contributions, Collins can’t help but admire his father’s unwavering dedication to the hospital and the community it serves.\r\n\r\n“When our family thinks back on the personal sacrifice my dad made when he came in 1971, we can’t imagine how he did it,” Brad Collins said. “For four years he was on call 24/7.”\r\n\r\nAt that time, the father of three was the only OB-GYN between Charleston and Savannah.\r\n\r\n“We had gone through a very demanding 10½ years of medical school and residency, so we were used to the long hours,” his widow, Sue said. “We were just so happy to be in Beaufort.”\r\n\r\nIt wasn’t until 1975 that he was able to recruit two partners, easing his workload.\r\n\r\nWith the practice well established, he became more involved with the hospital. As chairman of Beaufort Memorial’s credentialing committee, he spearheaded the drive to add board-certification requirements to the hospital bylaws.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Sue-Brad-Allison-and-families-5979.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-40926 alignleft\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Sue-Brad-Allison-and-families-5979-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"474\"></a>He helped organize and charter the Beaufort County Medical Society and served as its president for several years. He also was a consultant to the county health department, Beaufort-Jasper Comprehensive Health Services and Beaufort Naval Hospital.\r\n\r\nIn 1994, Beaufort Memorial named its birthing center in his honor. As part of the recent $6 million renovation project, the all-new waiting area now features a tribute wall dedicated to his legacy.&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“We don’t need a pat on the back,” Sue Collins said. “It’s why we came here – to make a better community.”\r\n\r\nA mong the thousands of babies who have been delivered in the Beaufort Memorial birthing center are two of Earnest Collins’ great-grandchildren.\r\n\r\n“It was humbling to pass my grandfather’s picture as I went into the labor room,” said Coppage, who gave birth to her son Harris in 2014 and daughter Bette in 2016. “I feel so privileged to have had my kids in a place dedicated to him.”\r\n\r\n\r\n<em>Pictured Above:</em>\r\n<em>Dr. Earnest Collins in his office (circa 1992). Beaufort Memorial named its Birthing Center after him when it opened in 1994. Dr. Collins passed away in 2002.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Earnest and Sue Collins (circa 1980). 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(40928, 4, '2019-07-31 15:31:55', '2019-07-31 19:31:55', 'It’s time for the Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association’s annual Sidewalk Sale.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe event kicks off on Friday, Aug. 2 during the First Friday celebration from 5 to 8 p.m.\r\n\r\nDowntown shops, restaurants, galleries, and specialty stores will offer discounts, sales, and promotions to celebrate the eve of the sale.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSome retailers will display merchandise outside so shoppers can get a glimpse of their unique offerings ahead of the big Sidewalk Sale on Saturday which runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.\r\n\r\nOthers will celebrate by bringing the outside inside with demonstrations, entertainment and refreshments inside their shops for customers to enjoy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThere will be music performed by John Sundrla at the clock on Bay and West streets.\r\n\r\nFirst Friday favorites the Harbormasters will be downtown and will pop in and out of shops belting out great melodies in perfect harmony.\r\n\r\nFirst Friday and the annual Saturday Sidewalk Sale is a great way to spend weekend time downtown taking in the sights and sounds, shopping, eating, and supporting local businesses. It’s a perfect time to get to know the owners, artists, and creative individuals who are part of the downtown business community. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Saturday Sidewalk Sale is also an opportunity to bag some great bargains and last-chance items.\r\n\r\nThis and all First Friday events are free and open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to come downtown with friends and family and enjoy this great community event.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFor information, contact the Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association at <a href=\"mailto:dbmerchantsassociation@gmail.com\">dbmerchantsassociation@gmail.com</a>.', 'First Friday – A sneak peak of Beaufort’s annual Sidewalk Sale', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'first-friday-a-sneak-peak-of-beauforts-annual-sidewalk-sale', '', '', '2019-07-31 15:31:55', '2019-07-31 19:31:55', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40928', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40934, 4, '2019-07-31 15:33:32', '2019-07-31 19:33:32', 'Beaufort is home to the brown pelican, captured here by Ron Callari. They can be seen floating and walking the tidal creeks during low tides and perched upon vertical poles and docks during both low and high tides.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'Lowcountry Life', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-life-106', '', '', '2019-07-31 15:33:32', '2019-07-31 19:33:32', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40934', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40937, 4, '2019-07-31 15:37:19', '2019-07-31 19:37:19', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nAbout 130 people gathered at United Church of Jesus Christ in Beaufort on Saturday, July 27, to hear bestselling author, spiritual advisor and democratic presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson deliver her trademark message of love.\r\n\r\nSpeaking at a quick pace to a spirited crowd of residents, church members and area religious leaders, Williamson managed to jam a wide range of topics – from children’s health and well-being to the economy and race relations – into the nearly 25-minute-long talk.\r\n\r\nFor many like Marcia Whitman of Beaufort, it was an opportunity to purchase Williamson’s latest book, “A Politics of Love: A Handbook for a New American Revolution,” and see the author speak again in person.\r\n\r\n“She’s just awesome,” said Whitman who had heard the candidate speak once before. “She’s positive and she comes from a loving place.”\r\n\r\nWhitman, who is “in her 60s,” said she was still undecided as to who she would vote for come November of 2020 – she also likes Elizabeth Warren. Whatever the case, though, Whitman said she was tired of politics and looking for a change.\r\n\r\n“The main thing for me is somebody who can beat Trump,” she said.\r\n\r\nThough at times the 67-year-old Williamson has raised eyebrows or been mocked for her seemingly soft touch approach to politics, and despite polling among the bottom of the pack in an already crowded field of candidates vying for the Democratic party’s nomination, she has stuck with her message.\r\n\r\nOn more serious notes of criticism, she has drawn fire from mental health professionals and others for remarks made about the widespread use of antidepressants, which she said were over-prescribed, and most recently, for calling vaccination mandates “draconian” and “Orwellian.”\r\n\r\nOn the use of antidepressants, she later told the New York Times she regretted using Twitter to discuss the topic, and in June, apologized for comments made about vaccinations saying that she misspoke and understood that “many vaccines are important and save lives.”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Williamson6.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-40938\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Williamson6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"241\"></a>Still, many voters have embraced her style.\r\n\r\nAt the Beaufort event, her opening remarks of love in the face of hatred were met with loud applause and shouts of “Amen.”\r\n\r\n“There’s only one thing that casts out darkness and that’s light,” she told the audience. “There’s only one thing that casts out fear and that’s love.”\r\n\r\nOn the idea that communities have to ask for grants or additional funding for public school education or the needs of the impoverished, Williamson said, “This is America. We all get to feast here.”\r\n\r\nShe went on to criticize “subsidies to fossil fuel companies” and the Trump tax cuts.\r\n\r\n“While we are passing a $2 trillion tax cut where 83 cents of every dollar is going for the very, very richest of individuals and corporations, while we are living at a time when so much money, so much wealth is transferred, I don’t know, where I grew up, we call that theft,” she said.\r\n\r\nWilliamson also answered questions about the environment, climate change, healthcare and the border crisis which she called government-sanctioned child abuse and a drama created by the president to dissuade people from applying for political asylum or sow seeds of division.\r\n\r\n“Do we need better processes at the border? Of course we do,” she said. “We need more judges, we need more technology, we need more agents, we need more of everything that we know that we need, but what is happening there is literally a trumped up drama.”\r\n\r\nAfter the event, Tanya Colucci, 41, of Bluffton, said she was impressed with what she heard. 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(40943, 4, '2019-07-31 15:40:58', '2019-07-31 19:40:58', '<h4>By MIKE MCCOMBS</h4>\r\nBeaufort Bread Company is ceasing operations immediately.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nA Monday morning post, presumably by owners Eric and Robin Staton, on the restaurant and bakery’s Facebook page confirmed the closure.\r\n\r\n“We have made the difficulty (sp) decision to close down the Beaufort Bread Company and BBC on Bay as of Tuesday July 30, 2019,” the post reads. “At this time in our life we have other responsibilities that have become a different priority for us. Which makes it complicated for us to operate these business (sp). We have enjoyed meeting so many wonderful people in this great Beaufort community and have enjoyed the support we have received by this great community – for this we say thank you.”\r\n\r\nAs of press time, the owners had not responded to an email request for comment, and The Island News was unable to reach them by phone.\r\n\r\nIt had been business as usual as recently as Saturday. Both locations were open and the daily special was posted on the Facebook page.\r\n\r\n“Saturday’s Are Made for BBC Brunch!” the post read above the menu listing for eggs and tacos with fire-roasted salsa.\r\n\r\nBut on Sunday, the owners notified employees via a group text message that they would be closing both locations, Lady’s Island and 705 Bay Street in downtown Beaufort, as of Monday, giving the employees instructions on how to collect their paychecks.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Bread Company’s Lady’s Island location was launched by Rick Stone in 2013 and had become known for its fresh-baked bread, sandwiches and desserts before the business was sold to the Statons in August 2016.\r\n\r\nA second location in downtown Beaufort, in the works since December 2016, was opened in November 2018.\r\n\r\n“Our main goal was to bring something to Bay Street that Bay Street doesn’t have,” Robin Staton said at the time. “We’ve done that.”', 'Beaufort Bread Company closes its doors', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-bread-company-closes-its-doors-2', '', '', '2019-07-31 15:40:58', '2019-07-31 19:40:58', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40943', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41060, 4, '2019-08-08 17:51:34', '2019-08-08 21:51:34', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\r\nAndrew Yang will bring his campaign for president to Beaufort County on Thursday, Aug. 15.\r\n\r\nThe Democratic candidate will speak at the North of the Broad Democratic Club meeting at the Grand Army of the Republic Hall at 706 Newcastle Street.\r\n\r\nThe gathering and greeting begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by the meeting at 7 p.m., but Yang probably won’t speak until roughly 7:45 p.m.\r\n\r\nYang is known for his signature policy, called the “Freedom Dividend.” The Freedom Dividend is a form of Universal Basic Income (UBI), where all Americans 18 and older would receive $1,000 a month.\r\n\r\nAccording to Yang, this will soften the blow of an increasingly difficult U.S. labor landscape as a result of current and future job elimination due to automation. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nYang’s two other major platform issues are Medicare for all and human-centered capitalism.\r\n\r\nThe founder of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_for_America\">Venture for America</a> (VFA), a non-profit that focuses on creating jobs in struggling American cities, Yang is pro-choice, opposes discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identification and wants the United States to rejoin the Paris Climate Accords.\r\n\r\nSpeaking before Yang will be the scheduled special speaker, Gloria Holmes, PhD, a professor at the University of South Carolina Beaufort. She teaches on \"Cultural Diversity in Education,\" preparing students to demonstrate an understanding of the depth and breadth of cultural diversity within the United States.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAlso, Holmes is a member of Bridge4Unity, an interracial dialogue and cultural exchange project that bring together three distinct communities with diverse cultural, social, historical, and political profiles.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nYang joins a growing list of 2020 candidates who have visited Beaufort County since the spring. Previous candidates to swing through the Lowcountry include Beto O’Rourke, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, John Hickenlooper and Marianne Williamson.', 'Entrepreneur Andrew Yang bringing campaign for president to Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'entrepreneur-andrew-yang-bringing-campaign-for-president-to-beaufort', '', '', '2019-08-08 17:51:34', '2019-08-08 21:51:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41060', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40949, 4, '2019-07-31 15:46:39', '2019-07-31 19:46:39', '<h2>Marina manager’s retirement signals end of an era for Beaufort</h2>\r\n<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nRick Griffin’s father had been running the downtown marina for nearly a decade when Griffin returned home to Beaufort in 1974.\r\n\r\nA new graduate with a degree in administration management from Clemson, Griffin intended to work for his father who also owned and operated the adjoining service station, though his father wasn’t so sure his firstborn son was up to the task.\r\n\r\n“I wasn’t that good of a student,” Griffin said recently from his corner office in the small, red-brick building in the marina parking lot.\r\n\r\nNow, nearly 45 years later, and after a career that has seen everything from freak storms, to celebrity sailors and million dollar yachts, Griffin is hanging up his hat as marina manager.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhen the Beaufort native retires this week, it will be the end of an era – not only for Beaufort but for the Griffin family as well.\r\n\r\nDallas-based marina operations company Safe Harbor will take over the marina’s operations as approved by the city in May, and for the first time since 1946, there won’t be a Griffin on the property.\r\n\r\nBut the 67-year-old Griffin said he’s made his peace with that. He’s ready to retire and move on to other things.\r\n\r\n“I guess you just know when it’s time,” he said.&nbsp;\r\n<h4><strong>Built from Scratch</strong></h4>\r\nOutside of storm damage, little has changed about the marina since it was built in the mid ‘60s, Griffin said. He was 12 when work to fill in the parking lot began, he remembers.\r\n\r\nHis father, John Griffin Sr. – Rick is actually John Myrick Griffin Jr. – came to Beaufort in 1946 to take over the lease of the Sinclair Service Station, a white block building that once stood atop Freedom Mall, on Bay Street.\r\n\r\nHis father eventually bought the marina business but went on to sell it back to the city in 1975, which was in the midst of creating the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. The Griffins, or Griffin Enterprises, Inc., has leased it since.\r\n\r\n“We really built the place up from scratch,” Griffin said.\r\n\r\nAfter the Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center moved out in the ‘90s, the marina store and offices, once in the building where the laundry and showers are now, moved into the brick building next door, causing little disruption.\r\n\r\nThe storm, however, was another thing.\r\n\r\nBlowing up suddenly and seemingly out of nowhere, the ’93 Superstorm, or Storm of the Century, as it was also called, hit Beaufort along with most of the Eastern Seaboard on March 14, 1993.\r\n\r\nWith hurricane-force winds, the storm dumped snow as far south as Alabama, caused heavy flooding and storm surge around the southeast and left millions without power. More than 270 people died as a result of the storm.\r\n\r\nOut on Fripp Island where Griffin lived at the time, he decided to try calling the marina.\r\n\r\n“It was snowing sideways,” he said. “In March.”\r\n\r\nAfter the phone rang for what seemed like too long to be a good sign, an overwhelmed employee finally answered.\r\n\r\n“I’m on my way,” Griffin said and hung up.\r\n\r\nHe would spend the rest of the afternoon in his own 23-foot, fully covered Mako, towing and helping to move sailboats away from the splintering docks.\r\n\r\nThe marina docks were totally destroyed but would eventually be rebuilt – this time with a “T-head” added to its end.\r\n<h4>A View to the World</h4>\r\nFrom his modest, back-corner office tucked in at the back of the marina store, Griffin has had a front row seat to possibly one of the most interesting spots for people and boat-watching in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nJust outside his window, where the original seawall once stood, across a sliver of parking lot, sits the marina with its gleaming white boats – just one stop along the 1,100-mile Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway or the I-95 of waterways, as Griffin calls it.\r\n\r\nHowever Beaufort’s marina is unique, he says, since it’s one of the few stops where visitors can hop out of their boat and be in the middle of a thriving downtown complete with historic sights, places to eat and things to do.\r\n\r\nIn the fall, traffic heads south along the waterway toward Florida as boaters head for warmer locales. In the spring, it reverses as boaters head back northeast.\r\n\r\n“We’ve seen everything from derelicts bumming their way up the waterway to multi-million dollar yachts in here,” Griffin said.\r\n\r\nIn fact, the marina has harbored visitors from all over the world from boat captains or crews moving someone else’s boat to owners moving their own boat, to people who have sold their homes and are living off their boat.\r\n\r\nGriffin has even met Jimmy Buffett, who used to frequent the area on his fishing boat, as well as legendary news anchor Walter Cronkite.\r\n\r\n“He had a nice sailboat,” Griffin remembers.\r\n\r\nWhile the marina currently has 55 tenants, or boats staying on a long-term basis, on a busy day in the fall or spring, that number can swell to 100 from additional waterway traffic just passing through.\r\n\r\n“Many people don’t realize just how much money comes in off that dock and is left here in Beaufort,” he said.\r\n<h4>A Good Life</h4>\r\nNow that retirement is imminent, Griffin and his wife, Mandy, plan to spend more time at their second home in Clemson. To say orange runs through his veins would be an understatement.\r\n\r\nHe’s served on several boards for the university, is president and chairman of Clemson’s IPTAY executive committee, and currently serves on the university’s foundation board.\r\n\r\nHe’s also served or belonged to a half-dozen local organizations such as Main Street Beaufort, USA and the Greater Beaufort Chamber of Commerce. In addition, he belongs to another half dozen state or international organizations such as the S.C. Marine Association and the International Marina Institute.\r\n\r\nNot bad for someone once considered an average student.\r\n\r\nHis wife, Mandy Griffin, who manages the marina store, will also retire this week.\r\n\r\nA University of South Carolina graduate with a degree in business – something Griffin likes to point out since she went to “that other school” – has been setting the pace in the front of the store for 22 years. The store, he said, brings in a third of the marina’s revenue and sells tickets for area attractions.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLeaving the business behind will be hard, she said, but she’s looking forward to having more time for football season at Clemson this fall.\r\n\r\n“I thought I’d be consoling him,” she said. “As it turns out, I’m the big baby.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to all the employees, she’ll miss being on the “front lines” at the marina.\r\n\r\n“I feel like we’re a virtual visitors center here,” she said.\r\n\r\nFor Griffin, he believes he’s had more anxiety over retiring than turning over the keys to a new owner, mainly because he thinks the new owner will do a good job.\r\n\r\n“I think the marina is in good hands,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe largest owner and operator of marinas in the world, according to its website, Safe Harbor has three marinas in Charleston and plans to buy Port Royal Landing at Skull Creek are “in the works” said Jeff Rose, Safe Harbor’s Vice President of Business Development, when reached by phone recently.\r\n\r\nOutside of future improvements and repairs, the company has no plans to make immediate changes to the marina before getting to know the community and the marina, Rose said. It also plans to keep all current employees on hand.\r\n\r\nStill, it will be a big change for Griffin who’s been planning and saving for this day since “the first IRA,” he said. He still has his health and has things he’d like to do, he added.\r\n\r\n“I’ve enjoyed the ride. I have,” he said. “Overall, it’s been a good life. I tell people I’m not getting rich, but I’m not look for another job either. I’m just moving on to something else.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Photo by Bob Sofaly</strong></em>', 'Changing of the Guard', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'changing-of-the-guard', '', '', '2019-08-01 14:50:12', '2019-08-01 18:50:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40949', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40952, 4, '2019-07-31 18:03:04', '2019-07-31 22:03:04', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nA 20-year-old Pennsylvania woman vacationing at Hilton Head Island has died after the jet ski she was riding collided with another, officials say.\r\n\r\nCiara Eiriz, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was pronounced dead near where the collision took place, just after 1 p.m. on Tuesday, said Beaufort County Deputy Coroner David Ott.\r\n\r\nOfficers with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources responded to the incident which occurred on Mackay Creek, a waterway between Pinckney and Hilton Head islands, said the agency’s Regional Public Information Coordinator David Lucas.\r\n\r\nEMS also responded to the C.C. Haigh Jr. Boat Landing, where the injured rider was taken. The collision involved two jet skis that were operated by a man and a woman, Lucas said.\r\n\r\nThe two were riding in a group that had rented jet skis earlier, Ott said.\r\n\r\nThe man, who has not been identified, was not injured in the collision, and no other watercraft was involved in the collision, Lucas said.\r\n\r\nThe Department of Natural Resources is continuing to investigate.', 'Pennsylvania woman killed in jet ski collision on Hilton Head Island', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'pennsylvania-woman-killed-in-jet-ski-collision-on-hilton-head-island', '', '', '2019-08-01 08:42:20', '2019-08-01 12:42:20', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40952', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40960, 4, '2019-08-07 13:46:11', '2019-08-07 17:46:11', '<strong>Local storytelling organization formed</strong>\r\n\r\nEvelene Stevenson, owner of the Spirit of Old Beaufort Tours, has formed a local storytelling organization, the Sea Isles Storytellers, which will be headquartered in the Sea Island Center at 876 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island.\r\n\r\nAll are invited to come to the first meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, which will be&nbsp;christened by the Back Porch Storytellers from Charleston.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAll have stories to tell, and Stevenson wants an organization that listens and encourages those of all ages to tell a story, sing a song and listen to others tales.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nPlease send an email, including name and phone number, to seaislandcenter@gmail.com or call Evelene Stevenson at 843-271-2478.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fripp Island Marina to host Labor Day Fishing Tournament</strong>\r\n\r\nFripp Island Marina\'s 2019 Fishing Tournament will take place Aug. 29-31. Fisherman are invited to compete for a payout of more than $5000 in the traditional Labor Day event. Prizes will include largest in the King Mackerel and Spanish Mackerel categories and more. For more information, call 843-838-1517, register on our website at <a href=\"http://www.frippislandresort.com/\">www.frippislandresort.com</a> or contact us via email at <a href=\"mailto:kingfishtournament@gmail.com\">kingfishtournament@gmail.com</a>. Proceeds for the event go to benefit the Pledge The Pink initiative.\r\n\r\n<strong>Make A Friend, Be A Friend</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Bookstore, located off Boundary St, between Bi-Lo and The Tabby House, is hosting S.C. author Sharon E. Bellwood and local illustrator Cheryl Johnson at 11 a.m. Aug. 10 for a book signing of their children\'s book, The Friendship Crown.\r\nCome and hear the story how making friends is the same regardless of differences and join the \"Make A Friend, Be A Friend\" movement! Along with a reading of the book, children will also be able to decorate their own crown! Don\'t miss this opportunity to support local business, local authors and artists, and have some fun along the way!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>YA Everlasting Book Club</strong>\r\n\r\nIf you are an adult or teen who enjoys reading Young Adult Literature, this book club is for you. All meetings begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Beaufort Branch Library on Scott Street downtown and are free to the public.\r\n\r\nUpcoming book discussions: Aug. 14 – Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro.\r\n\r\n<strong>Friends of Hunting Island’s Tuesday Turtle Talks</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Friends of Hunting island announce the 2019 Tuesday Turtle Talks running through Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 10:30am at the picnic shelter by the Lighthouse. There is no fee for the TTT, but the park entry fee does apply.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEach week various topics will be discussed including the natural history of loggerhead turtles, what happens when the turtles come to Hunting Island to lay their eggs, and the conservation and challenges specific to a barrier island such as Hunting Island State Park. Participation, ideas and questions are always welcome.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter the talk, participants can join TTT host Denise Parsick on a short beach walk. All ages are invited to attend this educational and engaging program.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd for early risers: If you want to join a turtle patrol to check out loggerhead nests, come to the Visitor’s Center parking lot at 6 a.m. sharp any day of the week, and talk with a volunteer in an orange shirt to join a group for that day’s patrol. All ages welcome.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pat Conroy Center offers Anchorage retreat</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort’s Pat Conroy Literary Center’s Anchorage Retreat is set for Sept. 6-8.\r\n\r\nThe Southern Living-inspired event is an exclusive writers retreat weekend at the award-winning historic Anchorage 1770 Inn.\r\n\r\nParticipating writers will immerse themselves in a collaborative experience. In the retreat’s intimate setting, writers will get to know one another as well as the retreat’s instructors over a span of three days and two nights of workshops, discussions, writing prompts, readings, critiques, and social gatherings.\r\n\r\nThe distinguished faculty of award-winning writers and publishing professionals will share their insights and experiences.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThis year’s faculty includes novelists Kimberly Brock, Carla Damron, and Reavis Z. Wortham; memoirist and humorist Harrison Scott Key; biographer and book review editor Adam Parker; and literary agents Jeff Kleinman and Marly Rusoff.\r\n\r\nThe cost for the retreat is $1,500 per person and includes a two-night stay at the Anchorage 1770 Inn on Sept. 6-8, all retreat sessions, evening receptions on Friday and Saturday, breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday, and lunch on Saturday.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe registration fee will be billed in three equal installments to be paid in full by Sept. 6. Rooms are selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is now open and is limited to 15 participants.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to register, call the Anchorage 1770 Inn at 877-951-1770.\r\n\r\nProceeds benefit the year-round educational programming of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center.\r\n\r\n<strong>YMCA to offer CPR classes</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: Aug. 17, Sept. 7, Sept. 19, and Nov. 23.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org\r\n\r\n<strong>Activities at Hunting Island State Park</strong>\r\n\r\nThere are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSundays: Sand/candy art, 11 a.m.; Hunting Island Bingo, 2:30 p.m.; Shark tooth excursion, 4 p.m. (Aug. 18).\r\n\r\nMondays: Dolphin ecology kayak tour, 10 a.m. (Aug. 19); Tie dye, 11 a.m.; Marine mammals of S.C., 2 p.m. (Aug. 12, 26); Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nTuesdays: Turtle Talk, 10:30 a.m.; CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Native American Dreamcatchers, 2 p.m. (Aug. 13); Beach Walk, 3 p.m.\r\n\r\nWednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.; Stepping Stones, 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nThursdays: Dolphin ecology kayak tour, 7:30 a.m. (Aug. 15); Interpretive Lighthouse Tour, 10 a.m. (Aug. 15, 22, 29); Driftwood painting, 11 a.m. (Aug. 22, 29); Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.; Full-moon lighthouse climb, 8 p.m.\r\n\r\nFridays: Dolphin ecology kayak tour, 7:30 a.m. (Aug. 30); Lowcountry reptiles, 11 a.m.; Fish printing, 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nSaturdays: Sunrise lighthouse climb, 6:30 a.m. (Aug. 24); A walk in the woods, 11 a.m. (Aug. 24); Sharks! 11 a.m. (Aug. 17, 31); Creatures of the night, 2:30 p.m. (Aug. 17, 31)\r\n\r\nFor a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”\r\n\r\nAll are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Drum Circle</strong>\r\nAll are invited to share some good vibes with the Beaufort Drum Circle. The Drum Circle gathers every second Monday of the month, 5:30-7:00 p.m. and every fourth Thursday of the month, 7-8:30 p.m., in the Contemplative Garden at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in downtown Beaufort.\r\n\r\nThe August Drum Circle dates are Monday, Aug. 12<sup>th</sup> – Joey and Naombi Shokes of Savannah will lead the group in drumming and dance – and Thursday, Aug. 22.\r\n\r\nEveryone is welcome to attend this family-friendly event. No experience is necessary. Rain or shine. Please bring a chair, a friend, and maybe an extra drum or hand percussion if you have one to share.\r\nFor questions or to join our mailing list, please email us at <a href=\"mailto:beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com\">beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com</a> or contact us on our Facebook page \"Beaufort SC Drum Circle\".\r\n\r\n<strong>Get moving with Beaufort Track Club</strong>\r\n\r\nJoin the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.\r\n\r\nVisit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-to-do-187', '', '', '2019-08-07 13:46:11', '2019-08-07 17:46:11', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40960', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(40962, 4, '2019-08-07 13:52:00', '2019-08-07 17:52:00', '<h4>By SCOTT GRABER</h4>\r\nIt is Saturday morning and it’s surprisingly cool on my deck — a wooden rectangle that extends out from our dining room and provides a distant, indistinct view of the Beaufort River. In a few hours that stretch of water will be full of local families and their recreational watercraft.\r\n\r\nIt’s July and we are in the midst of Beaufort’s Water Festival when thousands gather at the Henry Chambers Waterfront Park for a variety of water-related events. Last night it was the “River Dance.”\r\n\r\nAs I sat and watched 2,000 kids dancing and singing the strangely irresistible lyrics of YMCA— “Young man, there’s no need to feel down; Young man, pull yourself off the ground” — my mind went back to earlier times when the Water Festival only involved one weekend and that weekend was centered on the Water Festival beauty pageant — the selection of the Queen of the Carolina Sea Islands.\r\n\r\nIn the early 1970s young women from across South Carolina would arrive for a three-day contest that involved physical beauty, baton-twirling and the ability to smile and wave a white-gloved hand while being driven on the sun-baked asphalt of Bay Street.\r\n\r\nIn those now-faded days we owned a two-seat, entirely unreliable Fiat convertible. My wife and I bought this car right after I got out of the Army and it sometimes got us to Atlanta (or St Augustine) on the weekends— and sometimes it did not. But in those days, convertibles were rare, so rare that I always got a call from Jimmy Thomas (in June) asking me to carry one of the beauty pageant contestants in the Water Festival Parade.\r\n\r\nNow I must admit — here and now — that I liked this duty. I liked having Miss Hampton County Watermelon Festival or Miss Bright Leaf Tobacco or South Carolina’s reigning Collard Queen sitting on the atop the griddle-hot trunk of my convertible while cruising down Carteret Street.\r\n\r\nI liked bathing in the reflected spot-light of a beautiful young woman who had hopes of getting a crown later that night. And I liked the conversation.\r\n\r\n“I hate this,” Miss Lancaster County would say. “I really find this beauty business degrading.”\r\n\r\n“I wouldn’t mention that to the judges,” I would say.\r\n\r\n“It’s the scholarship money,” she would reply, exasperated. “But it’s going to pay my way through Winthrop.”\r\n\r\nAs we turned the corner at Bay Street and drove past the waving dignitaries — often including Strom Thurmond or Mendel Rivers — she would continue, ...\r\n\r\n“I know I’m cashing-in on my legs, my face, my…..”\r\n\r\n“Listen, you don’t have to apologize to me. You don’t have to explain your incredible cheekbones, those well-turned, well-defined ankles.”\r\n\r\n“Is it a crime Scott? Is it wrong that I make a few dollars on my looks?”\r\n\r\nSometime in the 80s (or 90s) it was decided that our beauty pageant was passe. Or that the celebration of reggae, bocce ball and croquet were more important than celebrating female beauty.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMaybe the “Lowcountry Supper” generated more revenue and memories of Miss Cheraw belting out “Summertime” were fading.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIn any event it was decided by the creative team at the Water Festival that we didn’t need a “Queen of the Sea Islands” anymore.\r\n\r\nAs I watched the kids dancing last night, I was reminded how things change — quickly change — and something as important as the beauty pageant can be replaced by the Bay Street Bed Race almost overnight.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut we must be nimble and creative if we are to survive in this new world of festival entertainment.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut then, as we were leaving the venue, I saw a wire-enclosed cage where one could throw a hatchet for prize money — actually one was awarded redeemable tickets if you hit the bulls eye.\r\n\r\nFascinated, mesmerized we lingered.\r\n\r\nI knew, of course, all about that the new tavern-based sport called “dwarf-tossing,” but I was new to the idea of ax throwing in the immediate vicinity of alcohol-drinking.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut this morning I read that ax throwing has largely replaced dart throwing in many northern cities — some pubs having up to 12 ax throwing lanes.\r\n\r\nI doubt that I’ll ever get over the loss of the beauty pageant — old customs die a slow death — but I also know things change.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd I know that the Water Festival folks have to stay current and, if necessary, ax those events that have lost their relevance.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Old customs die a slow death', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'old-customs-die-a-slow-death', '', '', '2019-08-07 13:52:00', '2019-08-07 17:52:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40962', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40964, 4, '2019-08-07 13:57:22', '2019-08-07 17:57:22', '<h4>By LEE SCOTT</h4>\r\nThere is a new phrase that now exists in my vocabulary. It is shun-piking. This is the art of avoiding turnpikes. The phrase came up on a recent trip when my husband suggested it.\r\n\r\n“Let’s just stay off the main roads and go shun-piking,” he said.\r\n\r\nEvidently one of his old buddies embraced the concept because he was too cheap to pay highway tolls. By avoiding turnpikes, he found he could save a lot of money. But the added benefit was the ability to see small towns and attractions that one normally would not see on turnpikes and interstates.\r\n\r\nAlthough there are not many tolls for our trips up and down the East Coast, we do find ourselves paying tolls for the “easy pass” lanes and bridges sometime.\r\n\r\nBut my husband’s thought was not so much as to save money, but to see explore areas we had never been before. And so off we went – shun-piking.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIt allowed us to find places like Marie’s Diner for lunch (which was outstanding) and a cute little breakfast place which was packed with people greeting the waitresses as best friends and saying things like, “The usual, Mabel.” You just don’t hear that in McDonalds or Burger King.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nYou don’t need Trip Advisor to tell you where to eat. Just find the busiest parking lot in a rural town.\r\n\r\nWe discovered that Roanoke Rapids really did have rapids and is located on the edge of the North Carolina Piedmont and the coastal plain. My fifth-grade geography slowly came back to me as I read the brochure.\r\n\r\nWe found many fruit and vegetable stands and the out of the way antique stores. I told my husband that I felt like we were Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz from the “American Pickers” television show. Fortunately, we saved one another from buying old junk that other people were trying to get rid of themselves.\r\n\r\n“Please, do not buy that old wooden bucket,” he said. “It will just be one more thing our children will have to throw away.”\r\n\r\n“You have no imagination.” I responded as I took the old pipe holder away from him. “You don’t smoke”\r\n\r\nWe did learn a couple of things, like take an atlas (we did). Because if there are no cell towers, your Google Map app is worthless.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAlso, make sure your car is in good working order and filled with fuel. Gas stations and mechanics are far and few between.\r\n\r\nThe shun-piking was very interesting, but there is one hitch. Watch the speed limit signs!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSmall towns have speed limits that plummet from 55 to 25 quickly. If you save any money on tolls, you may have to spend it on speeding tickets.', 'The art of shun-piking is a lost one these days', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-art-of-shun-piking-is-a-lost-one-these-days', '', '', '2019-08-07 13:57:22', '2019-08-07 17:57:22', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40964', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40966, 4, '2019-08-07 13:59:08', '2019-08-07 17:59:08', '&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWHHI-TV will be broadcasting Lowcountry area high school football games again this fall.\r\n\r\nThe High School Football Bowl Series Presented by Hargray returns for its 12th season and will feature a weekly game-of-the-week featuring local teams, followed by a trophy presentation.\r\n\r\nThe tape-delayed games will air Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 11 a.m., and Tuesday at 8 p.m., as well as daily at midnight.\r\n\r\nThe first game will be taped Friday, Aug. 23, when Whale Branch travels to Battery Creek for a crosstown rivalry game.\r\n\r\nThe entire fall lineup is as follows:\r\n\r\nAug. 23&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whale Branch at Battery Creek (Beaufort Bowl)\r\n\r\nAug. 30&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bluffton at May River (Bluffton Bowl)\r\n\r\nSept. 6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Replay of best games\r\n\r\nSept. 13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hilton Head High at May River (Hwy 278 Bowl)\r\n\r\nSept. 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Replay of best games\r\n\r\nSept. 27&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hilton Head Prep at John Paul II (Intercounty Bowl)\r\n\r\nOct. 4&nbsp; Replay of best games\r\n\r\nOct. 11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bluffton at Beaufort High (Broad River Bowl)\r\n\r\nOct. 18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; May River at Beaufort High (Cross County Bowl)\r\n\r\nOct. 25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hilton Head Christian at John Paul II (Independent Bowl)\r\n\r\nNov. 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bluffton at Hilton Head High (Bridge Bowl)\r\n\r\n*All games subject to change', 'WHHI high school football series returns for 12th season', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'whhi-high-school-football-series-returns-for-12th-season', '', '', '2019-08-07 13:59:08', '2019-08-07 17:59:08', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40966', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40968, 4, '2019-08-07 13:59:56', '2019-08-07 17:59:56', 'The result wasn’t quite what Dave Hardie envisioned, but the 61-year-old Beaufort man lived his dream this weekend.\r\n\r\nAs one of 10 qualifiers for the CrossFit Games in the men’s 60-plus age division, Hardie reached the pinnacle of the CrossFit world. Although he finished ninth among the 10 competitors in his age group, Hardie enjoyed a moment of glory by winning the 4.5-kilometer ruck run.\r\n\r\nIn the ruck run, competitors run three 1,500-meter laps while carrying a ruck sack with an increasing amount of weight. In the 60-plus division, competitors completed their first lap without the pack, picked up a 20-pound pack for the second lap, and increased the weight to 30 pounds for the final lap.\r\n\r\nHardie covered the distance in 20 minutes, 33.42 seconds, nearly two minutes ahead of the second finisher. Unfortunately for Hardie, he finished no better than seventh in the remaining five events, but the experience nonetheless served as a satisfying finish to his competitive career.\r\n\r\n“It was amazing, absolutely amazing,” Hardie said. “I had high expectations and high hopes and it exceeded them all, not necessarily from a performance standpoint, but as an experience.”', 'Hardie finishes 9th at CrossFit Games', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'hardie-finishes-9th-at-crossfit-games', '', '', '2019-08-07 13:59:56', '2019-08-07 17:59:56', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40968', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40970, 4, '2019-08-07 14:00:31', '2019-08-07 18:00:31', 'After dropping their opening game, the Beaufort County All-Stars reeled off three straight lopsided wins to advance to the final four of the Dixie Junior Boys World Series in Aiken.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County got off to a rocky start in the double-elimination tournament, losing 11-1 to Sumter on Saturday —&nbsp;the local team’s third consecutive loss to the state champs — but they rolled to big wins in their next three games, smashing Spring Hill, Florida, 21-6 on Sunday, beating Huntington, Texas, 13-3 on Monday, and routing Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 16-1 on Tuesday.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County managed only four hits in the opener, while Sumter scored in each of the first four innings to build a big lead en route to a third straight win over Beaufort County. Logan Brutcher went 2-for-3, Kevin Brown had an RBI double, and Hudson Mullen added a hit for Beaufort County. Starter Joab Stephens was charged with the loss.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County rediscovered its potent offense against Florida, scoring in each of the game’s six innings, including a pair of five-run frames and a seven-run sixth. Jadyn Andrews went 5-for-5 with four runs and four RBIs, and Kyler McKeever was 4-for-5 with a double, a triple, two runs, and five RBIs to lead the offensive outburst. Brown was 4-for-5 with three runs and an RBI, Carter Zareva was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs, and Braydon Dineen was 3-for-3 with two runs and an RBI. Brutcher started and earned the win on the mound, allowing one run and two hits over two innings.\r\n\r\nThe local squad kept rolling Monday, beating Texas 13-3 in five innings to stay alive. Beaufort County banged out 15 hits, including two apiece from McKeever, Brutcher, Mullen, Owen Harwell, Brown, and Andrews. Mullen and Zareva each drove in three runs, and Harwell added two RBIs. Mullen went the distance on the mound for Beaufort County, allowing three unearned runs and four hits with four strikeouts.\r\n\r\nThe hits kept coming against Mississippi, as Beaufort County put up 13 runs in the second inning en route to a 16-1 win in three innings. McKeever was 3-for-4 with a double, three RBIs, and three runs to lead the offense and struck out three while allowing one unearned run over two innings to earn the win. Dietrich Shuford and Dineen each added a hit and two RBIs.\r\n\r\nAt press time, Beaufort County was scheduled to play at 7 p.m. Tuesday with a spot in the championship game on the line. Check LowcoSports.com for the latest local sports news.', 'Beaufort County stays alive at Dixie World Series', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-county-stays-alive-at-dixie-world-series', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:00:31', '2019-08-07 18:00:31', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40970', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40972, 4, '2019-08-07 14:01:18', '2019-08-07 18:01:18', 'Former Whale Branch star Dee Delaney will get another shot at making an NFL roster this season after signing with the New York Jets last week.\r\n\r\nDelaney went undrafted in 2018 coming out of the University of Miami, where he played his final collegiate season after three years as a standout defensive back at The Citadel. He signed a free agent deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars and played two games before being claimed off waivers by the Miami Dolphins.\r\n\r\nAfter finishing last season on the Dolphins’ practice squad, Delaney signed a reserve/future deal with Miami in January but was released in May.\r\n\r\nThe 24-year-old Delaney, listed at 5-foot-11 and 200 pounds, was buried deep on the Jets’ first unofficial depth chart released Monday but will have the chance to work his way up the ladder during the preseason.', 'Delaney signs with Jets', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'delaney-signs-with-jets', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:01:18', '2019-08-07 18:01:18', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40972', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40974, 4, '2019-08-07 14:01:54', '2019-08-07 18:01:54', 'A new regulation has been established that affects the use of natural deer lures and attractants often used by deer hunters in South Carolina.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe new regulation makes it unlawful in South Carolina to possess or use, for the purpose of hunting or scouting, any substance or material that contains or claims to contain any excretion collected from a deer, including urine, feces, gland oil or other body fluid.\r\n\r\nThis does not prohibit the use of synthetic products or substances collected by a hunter from deer legally harvested in South Carolina. Synthetic products are clearly labeled as such. If a product is not clearly labeled as synthetic, it should be assumed to contain natural material.\r\n\r\nThis preventative measure was established as one tool in the battle to prevent the introduction of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) into South Carolina. CWD is a contagious, always fatal, neurological disease that affects members of the deer family.\r\n\r\nThe disease is not caused by a virus or bacteria, but is rather the result of a naturally occurring protein, called a prion, which becomes misfolded and thus resists being broken down by the body the way normal proteins are. When these misfolded proteins are introduced into a healthy deer, they multiply by causing the animal’s normal and healthy prion proteins to misfold and begin damaging the animal’s nervous system.\r\n\r\nThe infectious proteins (i.e., prions) known to transmit CWD have been found in the urine, feces and saliva of infected individuals.\r\n\r\nWhile there has not been a case of CWD detected in South Carolina, or in any neighboring states, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) is following the lead of other states in proactively prohibiting the use of natural lures and attractants in order to minimize the potential risk for CWD introduction into the state.\r\n\r\n“Numerous other states have a ban on these products in place, this is part of a comprehensive effort to keep Chronic Wasting Disease out of our state and protect our valuable deer herd from this devastating disease,” Jay Cantrell, SCDNR Big Game Biologist, said in a release. “There’s no practical or feasible test that can be performed on these natural urine products, or on the deer they collect the urine from, so there’s no way to know if they are safe.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe disease has been detected in 26 states including: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. CWD also has been detected in South Korea (captive elk) and Norway (reindeer and moose).', 'State bans use of natural deer lures', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'state-bans-use-of-natural-deer-lures-2', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:01:54', '2019-08-07 18:01:54', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40974', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40976, 4, '2019-08-07 14:02:43', '2019-08-07 18:02:43', 'The 22nd annual Beaufort City Golf Championship is set for Aug. 10-11 on the Ocean Point and Ocean Creek courses at Fripp Island Resort.\r\n\r\nThe 36-hole stroke play event will include senior division, as well as an open division that will be flighted after the first round.\r\n\r\nEntry fee is $175 and includes green fees, cart fees, lunch on both days, practice balls, tee gifts, and prizes. Registration deadline is Aug. 2. Information and registration form are available on the Facebook event page “Beaufort City Golf Championship.\"', 'Fripp Island to host city championship', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'fripp-island-to-host-city-championship', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:02:43', '2019-08-07 18:02:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40976', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40979, 4, '2019-08-07 14:03:22', '2019-08-07 18:03:22', 'The Technical College of the Lowcountry recognized 55 health sciences graduates during its Aug. 2 pinning ceremony at the Beaufort Campus. The ceremony honored graduates of the massage therapy, medical assisting, radiologic technology, surgical technology, practical nursing and associate degree nursing programs.\r\n\r\nThe special ceremony allows students to receive the respective pins for their professions while being recognized by faculty, staff, friends and family. The ceremony also includes class speakers, pledges and graduation traditions unique to each program. For example, the nursing tradition involves lighting of a lamp, a nod to Florence Nightingale who carried a lamp to light her path as she cared for the sick and dying soldiers during the Crimean War.\r\n\r\nIn the last five years, TCL has graduated nearly 500 health care professionals. After completing these programs, graduates will pursue licensing and become healthcare professionals in Lowcountry hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, physician offices, assisted living facilities, schools and more. Others will choose to continue their education.\r\n\r\nFor more information, please visit <a href=\"http://www.tcl.edu/health\">www.tcl.edu/health</a>.\r\n\r\nThe Aug. 2 graduates are:\r\n\r\nMassage Therapy: Leiah Roxann Castillo, Cambridge Davis, Julian Ignacio Diaz, Cynthia Denise Kostov, Beverly Nichole Long, Elia Sanchez Parker, Jessica Renée Singleton, Olivia Paige Smith.\r\n\r\nMedical Assisting: Alexandria Chenelle Bethea, Kenyonia Varntrell Brown, Justina Fuller, Kassandra Sue Hoffman, Paula Andrea Madrid, Kaylah Jade Wright, Kaila Wyatt.\r\n\r\nRadiologic Technology: Kellie Cooper, Stephanie N. Crosby, Anthony Fairbanks, Carson S. Fludd, Cory Frame, Devin Freeman, Rayanna Horan, Kendra Hudson, Lakeisha Milliner, Kasey E. Mixon, Jose G. Ortega, Breanna R. Procell, Marla K. Strickland, Madison Wachowski.\r\n\r\nSurgical Technology: John Benson, Kaila Eaddy, Taylor Hemming, Haleigh Kunich, Ashley Marshall, Ariel Phelps, Kathryn Pilcher, Brittany Smith.\r\n\r\nPractical Nursing: Amber Alvin, Lauren Fishel, Busaraphan (Ay) Fleming.\r\n\r\nAssociate Degree Nursing: Janelle Austin, Sydney Bennett, Franziska Bode, Aneka Campbell, Adrianna Delk, Kathleen Deloach, Avis Evans, Aneshia Frederick, Meridith Godinez Carrillo, Christina Harris, Megan Hodges, Haleigh Knight, Lakeya Quarterman, Jessica Tanner, Shanta Washington.', 'TCL honors August health science graduates', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'tcl-honors-august-health-science-graduates', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:03:22', '2019-08-07 18:03:22', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40979', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40981, 4, '2019-08-07 14:04:04', '2019-08-07 18:04:04', 'The Beaufort County School District is teaming up with government agencies and private-sector business partners to hold its annual “Back-to-School Expo,” designed to give students and their families a free day of fun, food, door prizes and valuable information about the upcoming 2019-20 school year.\r\n\r\nThis year’s Expo is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at Battery Creek High School in Beaufort.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“Getting ready for a new school year can be a stressful time,” Beaufort County School District Superintendent Frank Rodriguez said, “and this event is a terrific way for families to gather a lot of practical and helpful information. District schools are pitching in, district employees are volunteering on a Saturday, and we’re also getting assistance from our business partners, civic groups and faith-based groups.”\r\n\r\nStudents and their families are encouraged to attend the events, which will feature:\r\n\r\n– Booths operated by district schools that can supply information about school activities.\r\n\r\n– Door prizes from local restaurants and businesses.\r\n\r\n– Free school supplies for students.\r\n\r\n– Free dental and health screenings for adults and children will be provided, including free HIV testing, by Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services.\r\n\r\n– Sodexo Food Services will be taking early school lunch applications.\r\n\r\n– The district’s travelling preschool bus will be on site, and staff will share information with parents.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nTransportation is being provided at sites around the county, and details are available online (https://tinyurl.com/y67guxp5) or by calling 843-322-0770.\r\n\r\nFor additional information, contact Lakinsha Swinton (843-322-5417 or <a href=\"mailto:lakinsha.swinton@beaufort.k12.sc.us\">lakinsha.swinton@beaufort.k12.sc.us</a>) at the Beaufort County School District.', 'Back-to-School Expo event aimed at preparing students, parents for new year', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'back-to-school-expo-event-aimed-at-preparing-students-parents-for-new-year', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:04:04', '2019-08-07 18:04:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40981', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40984, 4, '2019-08-07 14:04:38', '2019-08-07 18:04:38', 'The Citadel and 27 two-year schools throughout the south, including Technical College of the Lowcountry, are working together to make a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) degree available to a wider spectrum of students.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEligible students would start in, or have already graduated from, one of the partner schools and finish with a degree from The Citadel, which has one of the top-ranked, online and part-time business programs in the country.\r\n\r\nThe agreements cover six southern states, from Alabama to West Virginia. They allow students who are pursuing associate in applied science (AAS) business degrees automatic acceptance into the Baker School of Business at The Citadel. In addition, those community and technical college graduates who are already holding an AAS in business can seamlessly transfer all of their credits to The Citadel.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe transferring students will attend non-cadet, civilian classes, with the option to choose between studying online, on campus, or both. The students then graduate with a full, four-year BSBA and the prestige of holding a Citadel diploma.\r\n\r\n“We are excited to support the advancement of business students at our partner community and technical colleges in six states through these agreements. Our program is designed to meet the needs of those students while allowing them to stay in their communities,” said Jeremy Bennet, Ph.D., director of the degree completion program at The Citadel. “Students in these two-year programs will have shown the dedication needed to complete their associate degrees. Now, they won’t have to sacrifice credits when transferring to the Citadel.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe collaborations document a pathway between the technical colleges and The Citadel through a transfer course equivalency table. The table lays out the courses participating students must take to satisfy degree requirements before transitioning to their second two years of study with The Citadel.\r\n\r\nIf the table is followed, the technical school students who complete their associate degree are awarded full transfer credits for their classes and will be able to complete a BSBA in four semesters of study through The Citadel.', 'The Citadel, TCL partnering on business degree program', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-citadel-tcl-partnering-on-business-degree-program', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:04:38', '2019-08-07 18:04:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40984', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40986, 4, '2019-08-07 14:05:17', '2019-08-07 18:05:17', 'The Beaufort County School District will receive 18 new school buses – the district’s first buses powered with propane – through the state’s settlement agreement with Volkswagen, Gov. Henry McMaster announced July 30.\r\n\r\nNew buses for Beaufort County and three other school districts are being funded from South Carolina’s portion of a $2.9 billion settlement reached with Volkswagen on behalf of all 50 states. The agreement was reached after the car manufacturer admitted to altering devices on its cars that were designed to cheat U.S. emission tests.\r\n\r\nTwo-thirds of Beaufort County’s 181 school buses are supplied by the S.C. Department of Education, which operates the nation’s oldest fleet. The district’s 18 new state-supplied buses – Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner propane models – will replace models that are 31 years old.\r\n\r\nThe infusion means that only a handful of state-supplied 1988 models will remain in Beaufort County, and those will serve only as substitute vehicles.\r\n\r\nAlthough the General Assembly has adopted a 15-year replacement cycle for buses, it has not budgeted sufficient funds each year to maintain that cycle.\r\n\r\n“These new buses are certainly a positive step,” district superintendent Frank Rodriguez said in a release. “We’ve done a lot locally to make our district bus transportation system more reliable by adding new vehicles, including 44 new buses that we leased ourselves. Newer buses mean fewer mechanical breakdowns, and that means fewer students arriving to school late and fewer students arriving home late.”\r\n\r\nState Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman said the new buses will cost half as much to fuel and maintain as the 1988 models they will replace, and also are better for the environment.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County School District Transportation Director Eldridge Black said the district expressed an interest to the state last spring in obtaining new propane-powered buses through a state grant program.&nbsp; In addition to providing the 18 new vehicles, Black said, the state also will provide funds to construct required infrastructure such as fueling equipment and a 2,000-gallon propane tank.\r\n\r\nThe district’s only financial commitment is providing electric power to the new fueling station, and district officials estimated that construction cost at $25,000 to $40,000.\r\n\r\nPropane buses have engines that burn “cleaner” and produce fewer harmful emissions than traditional diesel-powered buses. In addition, Black said, propane-powered engines have fewer moving parts and require less maintenance.\r\n\r\nThe district expects delivery of the new buses by early 2020. The fueling station will be constructed at the school district office in Beaufort, and initially the new buses’ routes will be focused on northern Beaufort County. The propane-powered vehicles will be used on shorter routes due to their 200-mile range.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe other three S.C. districts to receive propane-powered buses through the VW settlement agreement are Horry, Lexington District 1 and Richland District 2.\r\n\r\nAbout 12,000 of the Beaufort County School District’s 22,000 students ride a bus to or from school each day, and district buses – including 44 owned by the district – total about 11,000 route miles each day.', 'Beaufort County to get 18 new, propane-powered school buses', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-county-to-get-18-new-propane-powered-school-buses', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:05:17', '2019-08-07 18:05:17', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40986', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40989, 4, '2019-08-07 14:08:02', '2019-08-07 18:08:02', '<strong>Beaufort County’s Widgeon Point Preserve Park closed for improvements</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County’s <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzMxLjg2NDc1NDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzMxLjg2NDc1NDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzUwMDUyNSZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/planning/passive-parks/Passive%20Park%20Projects.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Widgeon Point Preserve Park</a>&nbsp;is closed to the public until further notice, due to construction. A re-opening notice will be issued at a later time.\r\n\r\nLocated just south of the Broad River bridge, the park will include a pervious parking area and walkways, picnic pavilion, bird blind, restrooms, water fountain and nature trail. The property will be closed to the public during construction.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOnce construction is completed, the Widgeon Point Preserve Park will be open to the public from dawn to dusk. For more information, contact Beaufort County Passive Parks Manager Stefanie Nagid at <a href=\"mailto:snagid@bcgov.net\">snagid@bcgov.net</a> or 843-255-2152.\r\n\r\n<strong>Coffee with the Cory Crew</strong>\r\n\r\nThose interested in joining the fight to get Sen. Cory Booker to the White House can join members of the New Jersey senator’s campaign from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at City Java and News.\r\n\r\nThe Cory Crew is coming to Beaufort County to talk more about the issues the community faces and opportunities with the campaign. RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/y5d25db8.', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-119', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:08:02', '2019-08-07 18:08:02', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40989', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40991, 4, '2019-08-07 14:10:32', '2019-08-07 18:10:32', 'Friends of Caroline Palliative and Hospice Care is proud to announce the addition of a Co-Medical Director, Dr. Steven Kessel, to the team. Dr. Kessel joins Dr. Gordon Krueger, who has been working with Friends of Caroline for the past seven years.\r\n\r\nKessel grew up in a medical family with both his grandfather and father physicians. After completing medical school himself, Kessel spent a year volunteering in the Samoan Islands.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter backpacking around the world for a year, he settled down in West Virginia, practicing internal medicine. His career led him to Charlotte, N.C. and then to Beaufort, where he spent 18 of his 38 years providing care.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nDuring his early years of practice, Kessel was a member of Friends of Caroline.\r\n\r\n“I have continued to be impressed with the commitment of FOCH to their patients and the community in general,” Dr. Kessel said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“We are thrilled to have Dr. Kessel join our team. He is compassionate and very knowledgeable. The Lowcountry is lucky to have his ongoing care in this community,” Friends of Caroline Executive Director Lindsay Roberg said in a release.', 'Dr. Steven Kessel joins Friends of Caroline', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'dr-steven-kessel-joins-friends-of-caroline', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:10:32', '2019-08-07 18:10:32', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40991', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40993, 4, '2019-08-07 14:11:16', '2019-08-07 18:11:16', '<h4>By Celia Strong</h4>\r\nYep. Wines do get promotions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nNot new job titles, exactly, but new upgraded legal designations. Which means they’re doing a good job and deserve to be recognized. And, surprise, sell for a higher price.\r\n\r\nFrance was the first European country to recognize the value that quality controls would give to their wine industry. In 1935, they established their “Appellation d’Origine Controllée” laws. Federal laws with exact specifications for each region. And even for individual towns and vineyard sites in some cases.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThese laws regulated grape varieties, growing practices, bottle shapes, label information and more. Plus below this top AOC (or AC) level, there are several lesser tiers with less strict regulations. In 2003, a wine from the tier below AOC, known as VDQS, got a promotion. This wine was Sauvignon de Saint-Bris.\r\n\r\nSaint-Bris is a village. It is located in the northern part of the Burgundy region, just south of the town of Chablis. Traditionally, Sauvignon Blanc was not considered to be a top quality grape for the Burgundy region. Its white wines had to be Chardonnay.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nTraditionally, Sauvignon Blanc was not thought to be suited for Burgundy’s soil and climate. And, traditions in French wine regions are tough. If a variety or technique or whatever is not traditional, it can be almost impossible for a wine to be approved for an upgrade. Saint-Bris wines, though, made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc, got past some rigid Burgundy traditions and got their promotion.\r\n\r\nSimonnet-Febvre is a producer based in Chablis. Founded in 1840, they are known for their high quality Chablis wines. Today, they are a satellite of the well-known Louis Latour company.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nTheir Saint-Bris is made from grapes grown in limestone and clay soil. On vines with an average age of 25 years. These soils encourage the Sauvignon Blanc grapes to show their full range of aromas, flavors and minerality.\r\n\r\nThe vineyards for these grapes in Saint-Bris are cooler, which lets the grapes ripen slowly. And develop more intense flavors for the finished wines. Fermentation is done in stainless steel tanks at temperatures from 60 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit. After, the wine is aged in stainless steel tanks for six to eight months. And malolactic fermentation is done 100%.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThere are less than 150 acres growing grapes for this wine. Which is not much!\r\n\r\nThe finished wine is a pale, golden color. With some light green highlights. It has intense aromas that include tropical and exotic fruits (peaches, mangos, starfruit, kumquats), subtle lemons and grapefruits, notes of white flowers, a bit of fresh green grass, light thyme and chive nuances. And flavors that echo all these aromas. Plus more.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAll with a great structure, and fresh acidity. A great apéritif wine, perfect with salads, shellfish, seafood, light cream sauces, cheeses, cold roast chicken, gravlax, and on and on.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nYum! Drink the promotion. For $14.99 at Bill’s Liquors. Enjoy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'Some wines are worthy of a promotion', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'some-wines-are-worthy-of-a-promotion', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:11:16', '2019-08-07 18:11:16', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40993', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40996, 4, '2019-08-07 14:12:00', '2019-08-07 18:12:00', 'The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the official re-branding of Coastal Physical and Hand Therapy to CORA Physical Therapy on Thursday, Aug. 15. The open house begins with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. and runs until 7:30 p.m.\r\n\r\nThe public is invited to attend the celebration for tours, demos, and to meet the team. Enjoy free snacks from local food trucks, Time to Eat and Motor City Pops. Guests will also have the opportunity to win<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>prizes including a free pair of shoes from Grounded Running.\r\n\r\nCORA Physical Therapy was established in 2019 after a re-branding by Coastal Physical Therapy/Coastal Hand Therapy. The partnership offers more to patients, still delivered by the same team at the same location. CORA Beaufort provides state-of-the-art treatments with licensed clinicians laser-focused on superior outcomes, specializing in manual therapy and occupational hand therapy. To learn more, visit <a href=\"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0013CbpqZcicXrXLUNBmJtJsno2oglYXTwIGfrGomUzQKec8TcNZU9cPkYefDGk1r_FMAIOfuGEcWXVK_SDCug0AE4r4FGaNkYOCQ563ZA3oWvreiqz6aXUjlJ7DQ3_oKp_9H2y54YhczVcURsaAi-1VBb8dLm_CsembS6FcDH13KIej8n71lyMhlNQ4cnxVWUon2jhq3-BgGV1BDDqJ_Nkyr_f9pgPVCerZtR8XqvZ1-w=&amp;c=ig6L--C6bsrNsjAQXZANGxspeNY0f061PczrK4WfHtg8iKELMDg6SA==&amp;ch=IF5J_a-hfxQdYl6giseeQeQwmVyzg3w-aq-Wdgc-gUquT-wAauNMww==\">CoraPhysicalTherapy.com</a>.', 'CORA Physical Therapy of Beaufort celebrates re-branding', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cora-physical-therapy-of-beaufort-celebrates-re-branding', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:12:00', '2019-08-07 18:12:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40996', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40999, 4, '2019-08-07 14:12:45', '2019-08-07 18:12:45', 'The National Safety Council (NSC) announced July 18 that Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority has been honored with a 2019 Industry Leader Award.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe award is a component of the Council\'s member-exclusive Safety Awards Program. The Industry Leader Award benchmarks outstanding safety achievements among member companies based on self-reported data.\r\n\r\nBeaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority (BJWSA) is one of 63 companies honored with the 2019 Industry Leader Award. The award recognizes the top five percent of member companies, units and facilities that have met the criteria and qualified for the 2019 Occupational Excellence Achievement Award (based on 2018 calendar year data) from NSC. NSC selects winners based on employee work hours, lowest total incident rate and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.\r\n\r\nUnder the guidance of Safety Specialist Steve Lee, staff accumulated 1,388,395 safe work hours without a preventable lost workday, which included 1,559 safe working days. BJWSA’s current injury rate is 1.8, while the industry average is 5.4. The authority achieves these measurements through initiatives such as the 901 Safety Talks that took place within departments of the Authority, as well as 1,800 hours of Safety Training. Staff completed 2,186 Take Twos – pre-task inventories that support the “Take Two for Safety” program.\r\n\r\n“Safety is engrained in the culture at BJWSA and this award is a testament to our nearly 200 employees who take very seriously our commitment to maintaining a safe working environment,” general manager Joe Mantua said in a release. “Our staff does a tremendous job providing a vital service to the community and often under difficult weather conditions and challenging circumstances. To achieve such recognition speaks volumes about the caliber and professionalism of our team members.”', 'National Safety Council gives BJSWA Industry Leader Award', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'national-safety-council-gives-bjswa-industry-leader-award', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:12:45', '2019-08-07 18:12:45', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40999', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41002, 4, '2019-08-07 14:13:24', '2019-08-07 18:13:24', '<strong>Lowcountry Chorale in need of singers</strong>\r\n\r\nLooking for singers! The Lowcountry Chorale, a mixed-voice community of singers, has begun preparation for its upcoming season.\r\n\r\nThe Chorale has been singing as a group since the spring of 1997, with continuous performances twice a year. Voices needed, no audition necessary, just a love of singing. Rehearsals begin at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 157 Lady’s Island Drive, Beaufort.\r\n\r\nThirteen weeks of rehearsals will culminate in performances on Friday, Nov. 16 and Saturday, Nov. 16. All who love to sing are welcome to join. The group is led by music director Jordan Plair, a well-known Beaufort area music teacher and choral director.\r\n\r\nThe theme for this concert is “Music That Soothes The Soul,” songs that will set the mood for the upcoming holiday season.\r\n\r\nThe first rehearsal will atart at 6:15 p.m. for registration, and there is a $35 membership fee to help defray music and performance costs. New singers will be accepted through the first 3 rehearsals.\r\n\r\nCall Marsha at 207-323-1498 for more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Moon Over Buffalo opening soon</strong>\r\n\r\nCoastal Stage Productions’ production of Moon Over Buffalo opens Friday, Aug. 16 at AmVets at 1831 Ribaut Road in Port Royal.\r\n\r\nThere are evening shows (8 p.m.) scheduled for Aug. 16, 17, 23 and 24. and matinees (2 p.m.) set for Aug. 18, 24 and 25.\r\n\r\nTickets are $25 in advance and available by calling 843-717-2175 or online at <a href=\"https://moonportroyal.bpt.me/\">https://moonportroyal.bpt.me/</a>. Tickets are $22 for groups of 10 or more and $27 at the door. Students are $20.', 'Arts Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'arts-briefs-3', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:13:25', '2019-08-07 18:13:25', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41002', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41004, 4, '2019-08-07 14:14:01', '2019-08-07 18:14:01', 'The Beaufort Arts Council announced its annual meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Aug. 23 at its offices on the campus of the Technical College of the Lowcountry.\r\n\r\nThe meeting will include an overview of the organization’s accomplishments over the past year, as well as provide an outlook for its major initiatives planned for the remainder of 2019 and 2020 that support educational programming and community activities for artists and schools in Beaufort County.\r\n\r\n“We have made significant progress to enhance our programming and support of the Arts in Beaufort and around the Lowcountry,” Beaufort Arts Council Chairman Jeff Shawd said in a release. “This meeting is an opportunity to highlight this progress as well as share our exciting plans for the future.”\r\n\r\nThe meeting will also introduce several new board members and showcase a new art gallery exhibit. Tours will also be held of the Mather Interpretative Center, and the nearby Community Mural, which recently completed its first phase.\r\n\r\nFounded in 1991, the mission of the Beaufort Arts Council is to expand the presence of the arts in the daily experiences of residents and visitors, and to provide exposure to the local heritage, rich artistic legacy, and cultural uniqueness of our community.\r\n\r\nAs an all-volunteer organization, the Beaufort Arts Council is a resource for artists throughout the county. The organization fosters a creative environment and includes a numerous art gallery exhibits and a robust schedule of classes and workshops, ranging from painting and drawing, to photography and how to build a successful arts business. For more information, visit: <a href=\"http://www.beaufortartscouncil.org/\">www.beaufortartscouncil.org</a> or call 843-379-ARTS.', 'Beaufort Arts Council announces annual meeting', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-arts-council-announces-annual-meeting-2', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:14:01', '2019-08-07 18:14:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41004', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41007, 4, '2019-08-07 14:19:48', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'RES4714- Hundreds of school-age children with their parents received a free back-to-school backpack filled with notebooks, pencils and erasers, scissors – pretty much anything a student might need to kick off the new school year Saturday at Praise Assembly near Shell Point.\n\nRES4750- Meghan Blake, center, a volunteer with First Choice of Select Health of S.C., passes out school items Saturday at Praise Assembly.\n\nRES4762- Katherine Malutich, left, lets in small groups of students and their parents during the back-to-school event Saturday at Praise Assembly. The event featured health screenings, children’s activities, school supplies and fresh fruit and vegetables.\n\nRES4764- Low Country Food Bank donated more than 5,000 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables to the Select Health of S.C.’s First Choice program Saturday morning at Praise Assembly near Shell Point.\n\nRES4772- Volunteers get ready to pass out some of the 5,000 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables donated by the Low Country Food Bank. The food give away was part of the back to school program sponsored by the Select Health of S.C.’s First Choice program.', '', '', 'draft', 'closed', 'closed', '', '', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:19:48', '2019-08-07 18:19:48', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41007', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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