INSERT INTO `__wp_posts` (`ID`, `post_author`, `post_date`, `post_date_gmt`, `post_content`, `post_title`, `post_excerpt`, `post_status`, `comment_status`, `ping_status`, `post_password`, `post_name`, `to_ping`, `pinged`, `post_modified`, `post_modified_gmt`, `post_content_filtered`, `post_parent`, `guid`, `menu_order`, `post_type`, `post_mime_type`, `comment_count`) VALUES
(10822, 4, '2013-04-18 09:16:41', '2013-04-18 13:16:41', '<b>By Wendy Nilsen Pollitzer</b>\r\n\r\nWalkers and runners enjoyed the beautiful weather last Saturday morning at the annual CAPA Step up for Kids 5K Run and Walk at Live Oaks Park in Port Royal. CAPA (Child Abuse Prevention Association) hosts this fun, family event to raise money and awareness in an effort to keep our children safe in the community.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10823\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Diane-Stoneking-and-Daniel-Dodson.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10823\" alt=\"Diane Stoneking and Daniel Dodson\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Diane-Stoneking-and-Daniel-Dodson-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Diane Stoneking and Daniel Dodson[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10824\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Fred-Kuhn-and-Mary-Cunningham.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10824\" alt=\"Fred Kuhn and Mary Cunningham\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Fred-Kuhn-and-Mary-Cunningham-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Fred Kuhn and Mary Cunningham[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10825\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Karl-Wells-and-Doug-Fent.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10825\" alt=\"Karl Wells and Doug Fent\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Karl-Wells-and-Doug-Fent-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Karl Wells and Doug Fent[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10827\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Zach-Brown-Mitchell-Nestler-and-Brittany-Berry.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10827\" alt=\"Zach Brown, Mitchell Nestler and Brittany Berry\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Zach-Brown-Mitchell-Nestler-and-Brittany-Berry-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Zach Brown, Mitchell Nestler and Brittany Berry[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10830\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Jonathan-Lohr-and-Craig-Yates.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10830\" alt=\"Jonathan Lohr and Craig Yates\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Jonathan-Lohr-and-Craig-Yates-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Jonathan Lohr and Craig Yates[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10829\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Keri-Cameron-Marcus-and-Layne-Cook.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10829\" alt=\"Keri, Cameron, Marcus and Layne Cook\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Keri-Cameron-Marcus-and-Layne-Cook-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Keri, Cameron, Marcus and Layne Cook[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n</div>', 'CAPA 5K a good way to start the day', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'capa-5k-a-good-way-to-start-the-day', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:19:57', '2013-04-18 13:19:57', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10822', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10823, 4, '2013-04-18 09:11:39', '2013-04-18 13:11:39', '', 'Diane Stoneking and Daniel Dodson', 'Diane Stoneking and Daniel Dodson', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'diane-stoneking-and-daniel-dodson', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:11:39', '2013-04-18 13:11:39', '', 10822, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Diane-Stoneking-and-Daniel-Dodson.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10824, 4, '2013-04-18 09:12:45', '2013-04-18 13:12:45', '', 'Fred Kuhn and Mary Cunningham', 'Fred Kuhn and Mary Cunningham', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'fred-kuhn-and-mary-cunningham', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:12:45', '2013-04-18 13:12:45', '', 10822, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Fred-Kuhn-and-Mary-Cunningham.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10825, 4, '2013-04-18 09:13:39', '2013-04-18 13:13:39', '', 'Karl Wells and Doug Fent', 'Karl Wells and Doug Fent', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'karl-wells-and-doug-fent', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:13:39', '2013-04-18 13:13:39', '', 10822, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Karl-Wells-and-Doug-Fent.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10827, 4, '2013-04-18 09:17:28', '2013-04-18 13:17:28', '', 'Zach Brown, Mitchell Nestler and Brittany Berry', 'Zach Brown, Mitchell Nestler and Brittany Berry', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'zach-brown-mitchell-nestler-and-brittany-berry', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:17:28', '2013-04-18 13:17:28', '', 10822, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Zach-Brown-Mitchell-Nestler-and-Brittany-Berry.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10829, 4, '2013-04-18 09:18:30', '2013-04-18 13:18:30', '', 'Keri, Cameron, Marcus and Layne Cook', 'Keri, Cameron, Marcus and Layne Cook', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'keri-cameron-marcus-and-layne-cook', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:18:30', '2013-04-18 13:18:30', '', 10822, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Keri-Cameron-Marcus-and-Layne-Cook.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10830, 4, '2013-04-18 09:19:33', '2013-04-18 13:19:33', '', 'Jonathan Lohr and Craig Yates', 'Jonathan Lohr and Craig Yates', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'jonathan-lohr-and-craig-yates', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:19:33', '2013-04-18 13:19:33', '', 10822, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Jonathan-Lohr-and-Craig-Yates.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10832, 4, '2013-04-18 09:26:36', '2013-04-18 13:26:36', 'Saturday, April 13 was a beautiful day with the sun shining, blue skies,  light ocean breeze and more than 179 volunteers converging on Hunting Island State Park for the Earth Day Beach Sweep. Tires, bags and bags of trash, boat parts and other debris was collected from the park, beach and surrounding areas. Family and friends from the Dataw Island Garden Club, The JROTC from Wade Hampton High School, AMCC at Tri-Command, The Marine Corp Band, Beaufort High School Interact Club, Lands End Kayak Tours, and Friends of Hunting Island along with many others were treated to lunch after their hard work,  sponsored by the Rotary Club of the Low Country. Beach Sweep coordinators Vicki Anne Nestor, Jane Ann Lotton and Veronica Miller reported that it was one of the best sweeps ever.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI3-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10833\" alt=\"HI3-1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI3-1-248x300.jpg\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI1-e1366291372140.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10834\" alt=\"HI1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI1-e1366291372140-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10835\" alt=\"HI4\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI4-226x300.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI6.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10836\" alt=\"HI6\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI6-300x294.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI7.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10837\" alt=\"HI7\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI7-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI8.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10838\" alt=\"HI8\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI8-213x300.jpg\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI9.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10839\" alt=\"HI9\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI9-220x300.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div></div>', 'Beach sweep success on Hunting Island State Park', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beach-sweep-success-on-hunting-island-state-park', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:26:36', '2013-04-18 13:26:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10832', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10833, 4, '2013-04-18 09:21:42', '2013-04-18 13:21:42', '', 'HI3-1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'hi3-1', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:21:42', '2013-04-18 13:21:42', '', 10832, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI3-1.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10834, 4, '2013-04-18 09:22:34', '2013-04-18 13:22:34', '', 'HI1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'hi1', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:22:34', '2013-04-18 13:22:34', '', 10832, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI1.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10835, 4, '2013-04-18 09:23:40', '2013-04-18 13:23:40', '', 'HI4', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'hi4', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:23:40', '2013-04-18 13:23:40', '', 10832, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI4.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10836, 4, '2013-04-18 09:24:07', '2013-04-18 13:24:07', '', 'HI6', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'hi6', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:24:07', '2013-04-18 13:24:07', '', 10832, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI6.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10837, 4, '2013-04-18 09:24:37', '2013-04-18 13:24:37', '', 'HI7', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'hi7', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:24:37', '2013-04-18 13:24:37', '', 10832, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI7.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10838, 4, '2013-04-18 09:25:08', '2013-04-18 13:25:08', '', 'HI8', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'hi8', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:25:08', '2013-04-18 13:25:08', '', 10832, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI8.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10839, 4, '2013-04-18 09:25:49', '2013-04-18 13:25:49', '', 'HI9', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'hi9', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:25:49', '2013-04-18 13:25:49', '', 10832, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HI9.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10841, 4, '2013-04-18 09:31:31', '2013-04-18 13:31:31', '<b>By Wendy Nilsen Pollitzer</b>\r\n\r\nMany women and men got down downtown at The Arsenal last Saturday night for the annual barbecue hosted by the Junior Service League of Beaufort. Guests danced to live music, enjoyed lots of food and generously contributed to the silent auction. Proceeds from the JSLB BBQ fundraiser will be distributed to nonprofits that support women and children in the Beaufort area.\r\n<div> <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10842\" alt=\"JSLBBBQ-17\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-17-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-1-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10843\" alt=\"JSLBBBQ-1 (1)\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-1-1-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" /></a></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-20.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10844\" alt=\"JSLBBBQ-20\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-20-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" /></a></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10845\" alt=\"JSLBBBQ-2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-2-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" /></a></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-9.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10847\" alt=\"JSLBBBQ-9\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-9-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" /></a></div>\r\n<div><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-5.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10846\" alt=\"JSLBBBQ-5\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-5-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" /></a></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>', 'Getting down downtown at the JSLB BBQ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'getting-down-downtown-at-the-jslb-bbq', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:31:31', '2013-04-18 13:31:31', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10841', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10842, 4, '2013-04-18 09:27:45', '2013-04-18 13:27:45', '', 'JSLBBBQ-17', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'jslbbbq-17', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:27:45', '2013-04-18 13:27:45', '', 10841, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10843, 4, '2013-04-18 09:28:11', '2013-04-18 13:28:11', '', 'JSLBBBQ-1 (1)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'jslbbbq-1-1', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:28:11', '2013-04-18 13:28:11', '', 10841, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-1-1.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10844, 4, '2013-04-18 09:28:43', '2013-04-18 13:28:43', '', 'JSLBBBQ-20', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'jslbbbq-20', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:28:43', '2013-04-18 13:28:43', '', 10841, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-20.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10845, 4, '2013-04-18 09:29:14', '2013-04-18 13:29:14', '', 'JSLBBBQ-2', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'jslbbbq-2', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:29:14', '2013-04-18 13:29:14', '', 10841, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-2.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10846, 4, '2013-04-18 09:29:43', '2013-04-18 13:29:43', '', 'JSLBBBQ-5', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'jslbbbq-5', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:29:43', '2013-04-18 13:29:43', '', 10841, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-5.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10847, 4, '2013-04-18 09:30:25', '2013-04-18 13:30:25', '', 'JSLBBBQ-9', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'jslbbbq-9', '', '', '2013-04-18 09:30:25', '2013-04-18 13:30:25', '', 10841, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/JSLBBBQ-9.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10851, 4, '2013-04-24 19:38:34', '2013-04-24 23:38:34', '<b>By Tracie Korol</b>\r\n\r\nNone of us, realistically, believe our dogs are going to outlive us. We’d like them to age gracefully alongside us and diminish shortly before or shortly after we do. But it doesn’t work that way. Tragedy will arrive in all our lives, some time or other, that’s for certain.  On the heels of more unexpected tragedies in the U.S., this might be a good time to prepare and remember our Best Friends when we do.\r\n\r\nThe Humane Society of the United States estimates there are 112 million pet dogs and cats, as well as millions of birds in this country. Some of these pets will outlive their owners and perhaps these pet owners have made informal plans with friends, neighbors or family members. But sometimes those who informally agree to take on the dog, just in case, are unable or unwilling to follow through when the time comes.\r\n\r\nIn order to avoid such circumstances, pet owners need to leave instructions for the care of pets and a short list of guardians of various ages who have been contacted in advance. If possible, people should also leave some funds to cover expenses, especially if the pet in question has health concerns. This might seem reminiscent of aging eccentric heiresses who leave millions to their cats to supply filet mignon in perpetuity.  Not quite. But it pays to be prepared.\r\n\r\nYou might designate a trusted friend, family member, or kennel owner who knows your dog, has proper facilities (meaning space to keep an animal, a fenced yard, or an actual kennel) and who is willing to keep your dogs together (if you have more than one), should an emergency arise.  I am listed as caregiver in five wills in two states: it is a tremendous honor to be asked to care for a beloved pet.\r\n\r\nThis person should have a list of emergency phone numbers, including those of your vet and of nearby family and friends who have access to your home and are well acquainted with your dogs.\r\n\r\nIn your personal business records, include signed and dated instructions designating your wishes for the placement of your dogs in case of your incapacitation, or worse.  List the name of each dog and the name, address and phone number of the person who has agreed in writing to adopt or foster that dog for the remainder of its life. Check in with your designated caregiver every year to see if the offer is still good. Update this document at least once and year, and provide a copy to your designated caregiver.\r\n\r\nProvide the caregiver with written authorization to obtain medical treatment for your dogs, should it become necessary.  Also provide copies of medical history, a list of any health problems that require regular attention, and written feeding instructions (“Barney doesn’t like peas.”).  In addition, provide your veterinarian with written authorization to administer treatment in an emergency, and place copies of that document in your Pet File.  Include names and numbers of all persons you have authorized to seek treatment for your dogs. Both the vet and caregiver should have written instructions as to how to proceed should the untimely happen to the dog — autopsy, cremation, burial. With the copy and paste feature of most word processing programs, it takes only a few minutes to draft a simple, cover-all document.\r\n\r\nSome pet owners make provisions for honorary trusts for their animals that dictate a portion of the principal or income be dedicated to the benefit of the animal. The trust ends when there are no living animals receiving care. The amount of money left for a pet’s care should be reasonable rather than large, so other beneficiaries will not challenge the provision.\r\n\r\nIn an emotionally charged situation (your incapacitation or demise) a relatives’ solution may be to dump the dog at a shelter. Know that most no-kill shelters have waiting lists. It can take up to three months for a place to open through adoption.  If you happen to have one of the “dangerous” breeds — pit bulls, German shepherds, rottweilers — planning for his future takes special consideration. Chances are that if your “dangerous” breed is delivered to our  not-no-kill shelter, he might not be alive by the weekend.  Let me stress the importance of planning if you have a dog with a “special need.”\r\n\r\nPlan ahead and put your plan in writing. Semper Paratus — always prepared.\r\n<div></div>', 'Be prepared', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'be-prepared', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:38:34', '2013-04-24 23:38:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10851', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10853, 4, '2013-04-24 19:41:15', '2013-04-24 23:41:15', '[caption id=\"attachment_10854\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"200\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Pet-of-Week-Sarah.png\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10854\" alt=\"Meet Sarah.  Sarah is a shepherd/husky mix puppy.  She is approximately 9 weeks old.  She is spayed, microchipped and current on vaccinations.  You can meet Sarah Monday through Saturday at the Palmetto Animal League Adoption Center in Riverwalk Business Park.  For more information, please call 843-645-1725 or visit our website at www.palmettoanimalleague.org.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Pet-of-Week-Sarah-200x300.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a> Meet Sarah. Sarah is a shepherd/husky mix puppy. She is approximately 9 weeks old. She is spayed, microchipped and current on vaccinations. You can meet Sarah Monday through Saturday at the Palmetto Animal League Adoption Center in Riverwalk Business Park. For more information, please call 843-645-1725 or visit our website at www.palmettoanimalleague.org.[/caption]', 'Pet of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'pet-of-the-week-26', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:41:15', '2013-04-24 23:41:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10853', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10854, 4, '2013-04-24 19:40:45', '2013-04-24 23:40:45', '', 'Pet of Week-Sarah', 'Meet Sarah.  Sarah is a shepherd/husky mix puppy.  She is approximately 9 weeks old.  She is spayed, microchipped and current on vaccinations.  You can meet Sarah Monday through Saturday at the Palmetto Animal League Adoption Center in Riverwalk Business Park.  For more information, please call 843-645-1725 or visit our website at www.palmettoanimalleague.org.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'pet-of-week-sarah', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:40:45', '2013-04-24 23:40:45', '', 10853, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Pet-of-Week-Sarah.png', 0, 'attachment', 'image/png', 0),
(10856, 4, '2013-04-24 19:41:55', '2013-04-24 23:41:55', '<b>Lowcountry Ladies of South Carolina gather</b>\r\n\r\nLowcountry Ladies of South Carolina, honoring our many years of community service, will feature a delightful luncheon, music by The Lavon Stevens Band and a Fashion with a Passion Show on Saturday, April 27, at 11 a.m. at The Holiday Inn in Beaufort, 2225 Boundary Street. $35 Donation. Contact Veronica Miller for details, 843-263-6929.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Presentation discusses woodpecker’s survival</b><b> </b>\r\n\r\nHelped by private property owners, Red-cockaded Woodpeckers fight for survival in the South’s long-leaf pine forests. Paige Koon, SCDNR, tells this amazing tale as Fripp Audubon &amp; Naturally Fripp Community Habitat host her free presentation, Thursday, April 25, at Fripp Island’s Community Centre, 7 p.m. Free pass at Fripp gate. “Meet-‘n’-greet,” 6 p.m. Contact pete.richards@comcast.net or call 843-441-2153 and visit www.islc.net/audubon.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>MARTeaNI fundraiser will be at Breakwater</b>\r\n\r\nThe 2013 MARteaNI, an evening of cocktails and friends, will be held Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m. at Breakwater Restaurant &amp; Bar, 203 Carteret St., Downtown Beaufort. No cover charge, special martini menu, raffles, regular Breakwater menu offered. Everyone is welcome! The MARTeaNI is a fundraiser for the Officers Spouses Club Senior Citizens Tea — a 44 year tradition celebrating local seniors.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>HBF dinner and lecture: South Carolina loyalists</b>\r\n\r\nThe intriguing story of colonial South Carolinians who did not support the American Revolution and the description of their exile will be told by architectural historian Colin Brooker at the Verdier House Dinner &amp; A Lecture series, Monday, April 29 at 5:30 p.m. at the Verdier House, 801 Bay Street. “A Southern Diaspora: Loyalists Abroad” is the topic of the lecture by Brooker who has spent the past few years researching the homes and plantations of the loyalists who re-settled in the Bahamas after fleeing South Carolina. “Dinner and a Lecture” is open to HBF members and non-members; the lecture series features a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception, 5:30 – 6 p.m. The program is 6 – 7 p.m. followed by audience questions. Admission to the lecture is $15/$25 per member/member couple respectively, and $20/$30 per non-member/non-member couple respectively. Seating is limited; call 379-3331.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Iron Mike Bike Tour will be held on Parris Island</b>\r\n\r\nThe Parris Island Historical and Museum Society will sponsor the Iron Mike Bike Tour of historic Parris Island on Saturday, May 4. The Iron Mike Bike Tour is 15 scenic miles and takes riders on a 16-stop tour of Parris Island’s history including several archaeological sites, colonial plantation site and military historic sites. The tour is self guided and starts at the Parris Island Museum, Bldg. 111. Riders can begin at their leisure between 9 a.m. and noon. The event is free and open to the public. Those who join the Parris Island Historical &amp; Museum Society ($20 annual membership) will receive a free event T-shirt. A driver’s license, registration and proof of insurance are required to access the base. For more information, call 843-228-2951, or email tjscanlon222@hotmail.com.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Church holding annual Cartere</b><b>t Closet Sale</b>\r\n\r\nThe UMW of Carteret Street United Methodist Church is holding their 3rd annual Carteret Closet Sale on Friday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale will be held in the fellowship hall of the church at 408 Carteret Street and the proceeds will go to mission programs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Library presents mini-comic creation showcase</b>\r\n\r\nAt the Mini-Comic Creation Showcase, bring stories to life through drawing and text. Under the direction of a professional graphic novel illustrator, teens can create their own mini-comic booklet. Just like the pros, teens are welcome to participate in a brief comic artists’ showcase until 1 p.m. Ages 12-18. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, at the St. Helena Branch Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, St. Helena Island, Community Meeting Room. Free; all supplies provided. For more information, call 843-255-6547 or email mflorencio@bcgov.net or visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Black Chamber will have Friday Networking event</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce will have its First Friday Networking Event on May 3, hosted by the Nu Delta Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.  Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs is the theme.  They are seeking women who are interested in having a display presenting their business or service.  To secure a booth, call 843-252-3863 or 843-707-9031.  The meeting will be held at the Charles “Lind” Brown Center (formerly the Green Street Gym) located at 1001 Hamar Street in Beaufort beginning at 6 p.m.  The public is invited. For more information, call 843-986-1102.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Community Prayer </b><b>Breakfast held at YMCA</b>\r\n\r\nThe YMCA of Beaufort County, located at 1801 Richmond Ave., will host the fifth Annual Community-Wide Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, May 2, at 7 a.m. The event is part of a nationwide National Day of Prayer celebration and is free and open to the community.  Sponsored by the Wardle Family YMCA and catered by The Link Church, the event will feature guest speaker Jerry Stokes.  Reservations are required and may be made by calling 843-522-9622.  YMCA membership is not a requirement to attend. Stokes is the owner of several automobile dealerships, import and domestic. He served in the United States Army, and presently serves as an elder at Community Bible Church of Beaufort.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Sea Island Quilters will display works at show</b>\r\n\r\nSea Island Quilters “Southern Comforts” Quilt Show 2013 will be held May 3, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and May 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lind Brown Neighborhood Activity Center in Beaufort. Cost is $6, under 12 free. There will be more than 150 quilts on display with vendors, books, boutique, demonstrations and a silent auction.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Lady’s Island Country Club has charity tourney</b>\r\n\r\nOn Friday, May 10 the third annual charity tournament for the late Kay Yow, WBB Coach at NC State, who died of breast cancer in 2009, will be held at Lady’s Island Country Club. Once again there will be celebrity coaches and local notables playing in the scramble format. Sign up has begun. You can sign up your team of four or play in a threesome with a celebrity coach. Cost is $60 which includes golf and cart, buffet and beverage cart while playing. Lots of prizes, silent auction, tee gifts and 50/50 drawings. T-shirts are on sale for $12. Call Carol Meegan for more information or to sign up at 522-9053.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Recycle electronics, shred documents at event</b>\r\n\r\nDo you have old computers or TVs that need to be thrown away or old documents that need to be disposed of safely and properly? On May 11 from\r\n9 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Beaufort County’s Solid Waste and Recycling Division is holding an Electronics Recycling and Shredding Event. S.C. Law 48-60, enacted last year, prohibits dumping of electronic items in the landfill or at county convenience centers so this is the time to get rid of old electronics and it’s the perfect time to shred personal and tax documents. This event is taking place at 140 Shanklin Road near the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort. If you have questions about this event call the Solid Waste and Recycling Division at 843-255-2734 or go to www.bcgov.net/recycle.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Lilies on the River celebrates women</b>\r\n\r\nHope Haven of the Lowcountry is celebrating its 9th Annual Lilies on the River event on Saturday, May 18. Lilies on the River is an annual fundraiser put on by and benefiting Hope Haven of the Lowcountry, the region’s nonprofit children’s advocacy and rape crisis center. The event gives people the opportunity to honor the women who have made a positive impact in their lives. The public can purchase lilies to honor or memorialize the important women in their lives. This year’s event will be held at the River House in beautiful Spring Island. This year, Hope Haven will be honoring the Spirit of Friendship ladies for their unwavering support of the work of Hope Haven.  The event begins with a luncheon at 12 P.M., a silent auction, a champagne toast, and includes a ceremony where all the lilies are released into the water with the names of women being honored and remembered displayed. Tax-deductible lilies may be purchased through May 3 for $15 per lily per woman honored by visiting Hope Haven’s website at www.hopehavenLC.org or calling Hope Haven at 843-524-2256.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Library: Meet explorer Captain William Hilton</b>\r\n\r\nAll ages can come meet explorer Captain William Hilton as he tells you about his adventures along the Carolina coast. Learn about his life, discoveries, and the beginnings of colonial South Carolina with living historian Dwayne Pickett on Saturday, May 18, from 1- 2 p.m., at the Beaufort Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902. For more information, call 843-255-6458, email sedmonds@bcgov.net or visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org.\r\n\r\n<b>Local minister will hold graduation celebration</b>\r\n\r\nJonas “With the Bonus!” Gadson was born and raised on St. Helena Island. He attended St. Helena Elementary and graduated from Beaufort High School where he was inducted into the Beaufort High Alumni Hall of Fame for distinguishing himself in “profession, leadership and service.” Gadson will receive his Doctorate Degree in Theology on Friday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Carolina Theological Bible Institute in Bowman, S.C. The nationally-known motivational speaker, radio personality, author and minister of the Beaufort Church of Christ will graduate from the Leadership Class of 2013 through the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce in May. The public is invited to his Graduation Celebration on Saturday May 11 at 4 p.m. at the Quality Inn – Town Center, 2001 Boundary Street, Beaufort. Formal dinner for young adults and adults only. For more information, call 843-524-4281 or 843-379-8145 or email jonasgadson@yahoo.com.\r\n<div></div>', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-85', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:41:55', '2013-04-24 23:41:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10856', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10858, 4, '2013-04-24 19:42:32', '2013-04-24 23:42:32', '<b>Bennie William Duncan</b>\r\n\r\nBennie William Duncan, 79, husband of Louise Ann Tillman Duncan, of Ridgeland, SC, died Monday, April 22, 2013 at his residence.\r\n\r\nThe family received friends on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 from 5-7 p.m. at Anderson Funeral Home.\r\n\r\nFuneral services were held on Wednesday, April 24 at 3 p.m. in Maye River Baptist Church with interment in Maye River Baptist Church Cemetery.\r\n\r\nMr. Duncan was born on August 29, 1933 in Beaufort, SC.  He is the son of the late William F. Duncan and Eula Kennerly Duncan.\r\n\r\nHe was a member of the Maye River Baptist Church. He retired after 29 years from SCE&amp;G as a lineman and served our country in the National Guard. He was an avid gardener and coached Dixie Youth Baseball.\r\n\r\nSurviving in addition to his wife, Louise of Ridgeland, SC; are four sons, Tommie, Donald, David and Jerry Duncan; two brothers, Eugene and Jack Duncan; one sister, Mildred Riley; nine grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.\r\n\r\nHe was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Neil Duncan, and one brother, Harold Duncan.\r\n\r\nIn lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations be made to the Building Fund at Maye River Baptist Church, 3507 Okatie Highway, Okatie, SC  29909.\r\n\r\nAnderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Timothy F. Long</b>\r\n\r\nTimothy F. (Tim) Long, of Beaufort, SC, passed peacefully at his home on Saturday, April 20, 2013 after a valiant battle with cancer.\r\n\r\nTim was always quick with a joke or a story. People felt better after a visit with Tim.  He will be missed deeply.\r\n\r\nSurviving are his wife, Valerie Long; two sons, Shaun Jackson and Coty Long; two brothers, Pat Long and Thom Long; two sisters, Judye Morris and Pegye Skelton; numerous nieces and nephews.\r\n\r\nIn lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations be made to Friends of Caroline Hospice, 1110 13th Street, Port Royal, SC  29935.\r\n\r\nAnderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Zoya Pertino</b>\r\n\r\nZoya D. Pertino, mother of Julia Ingle, of Beaufort, SC, died Friday, April 19, 2013 in Summit Place of Beaufort.\r\n\r\nGraveside funeral services were held on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 3 p.m. in Forest Lawn Cemetery.\r\n\r\nMrs. Pertino was born in Pogranichniya, China.  She is the daughter of the late Dimitry Popov and Maria Schnurua Popov.\r\n\r\nShe was a self-employed beautician.\r\n\r\nSurviving are her daughter, Julia of Beaufort, SC.\r\n\r\nAnderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.\r\n<div></div>', 'Obituaries', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'obituaries-12', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:42:32', '2013-04-24 23:42:32', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10858', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10860, 4, '2013-04-24 19:43:07', '2013-04-24 23:43:07', '<b>By Celia Strong</b>\r\n\r\nThis week, we take one more look at Sangiovese, but this time from California. As we’ve learned from many of our wines, in Europe, different grapes and different wines come from different countries and regions. And, for the most part, these grapes for these wines from these regions in these countries are not interchangeable. Legally. We know that their wines laws were developed to protect their wine industries and their customers, and that their laws were based on centuries of traditions and tried and true practices for each and every wine. Chardonnay is not grown in Bordeaux; Tempranillo is a Spanish variety, etc. There are some crossovers, yes, but for the most part there is not a lot of flexibility. And, those who crossed over may have suffered for their transgressions. Look at the loss of status on the original “Super Tuscans” — they were not allowed DOC or DOCG ratings in the beginning, even if their grapes came from that level source. (They were smart, though, and charged prices that they were worth.)  By contrast, in California, where we don’t have all those centuries of traditions, winemakers have been able to spread their wings a lot more.  Each one of them may have become a winemaker with a feeling for one particular variety, may have bought their first vineyard with that variety’s growing needs in mind, but they were never told not to grow anything. Imagine the windows that they could look through. Not only were they building a new industry in a new country, but they could do it how they wanted.  So, here we are with wide open windows and winemakers going through them as fast as they can. Pretty much the epitome of the United States. No wonder we’re so proud of “our” wines.\r\n\r\nSo, back to Sangiovese now. An Italian variety in California. We’ve covered its history in Italy and its prominence in Tuscan wines. But, it was brought to California in the late nineteenth century by Italian immigrants. (You may remember about phylloxera invading most of the vineyards of Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century, forcing many field workers to emigrate to the United States, South America and Australia. All New World wine regions to be developed.) The first location may have been the Seghesio family’s “Chianti Station,” in Geyserville. It wasn’t until the 1980’s, though, that Sangiovese became important in California, with the success of the Super Tuscans in Italy. In 1991, there were only two hundred acres of this variety planted in California. By 2003, there were over three thousand. The early wines made from this grape were not overly successful. Imperfect locations and poor clones were the main problems. The Antinori family, that we drank last week, owns Atlas Peak Winery in Napa and found the intense sunlight of California may have been a factor, too, in these wines not being like those from Italy. Sangiovese can’t be grown where Cabernet does well, can’t made like Cabernet and sure shouldn’t try to taste like Cabernet. With time, a fruit-forward style of Sangiovese wine has been developed, with some floral notes, good structure and a more supple texture. Also, let’s not forget the help that a bit of blending of other grapes, any other grapes, can be in a finished wine.\r\n\r\nAs the popularity of California Sangiovese wines grew, the need to categorize them came too. Somehow the name “Cal-Ital” took hold. Short for California-Italian, duh. Wineries like Gallo, Robert Mondavi, Louis Martini, Martinelli, Sebastiani, Simi, Seghesio, Foppiano, Trinchero, Rafanelli, and others all helped develop our interest in this new category. Additionally, they let us know other varieties, like Zinfandel, Pinot Grigio, Nebbiolo, Barbera and even Anglianico could be grown in California. (Actually, Pinot Gris is a French variety, but the Italian name has definitely won out.) When grown in California, these grapes are able to hang on their vines longer which means a more extended growing season. More ripeness is the result.  More intense fruit flavors is the end result; instead of the dry, earthy, often lighter bodied red wines of Italy, we get fruitier, fuller, more approachable wines. Sangiovese, in particular, has had a wider range of success in California. Most of its wines, here, are medium bodied, with classic prune and cherry characteristics and pleasant acidity. Most American producers use more oak aging which helps to smooth out the texture of these wines.\r\n\r\nAnd, what do we get to drink this week. I thought two, really good versions of Sangiovese Cal-Itals would be nice. First, we have<b> Miner Family Winery’s Gibson Ranch Sangiovese </b>from Mendocino. Miner was founded in 1998 by Dave and Emily Miner along with Dave’s parents. Dave was an avid consumer when he decided to get into the wine business, and his wife, Emily, went to school in California. There she enjoyed visits to Napa, and, when she went back home to Minnesota, decided the weather in California was much nicer.\r\n\r\nLocated in Napa, on the Silverado Trail, the Miner Family Winery has partnered with the Gibson Ranch in Mendocino since 1997. The grapes are organically grown and the cooler growing climate of this area lets Sangiovese ripen more evenly. This gives them more fruit flavors and more balance in their textures. This Sangiovese is a sturdy wine, rich in cherry, pomegranate, plum and baking spice flavors. Hints of vanilla from its barrel aging sneak in, too. The tannins are moderate, and the lingering finish is extraordinary. A perfect pairing  for light meat dishes with tomato based sauces.  For 25.99.\r\n\r\n<b>Ferrari-Carano Siena</b> is our second wine. This one is a blend, hence the non-varietal name. But, we can’t ignore the Italian name — Siena is a town in Tuscany. You may remember Don Carano’s story about being raised by his Italian grandmother. Cooking, eating, drinking. This wine is another link to that heritage. The blend for the current vintage is 74 percent Sangiovese with 14 percent Malbec, 8 percent Syrah and 4 percent Cabernet Sauvignon.  A perfect example of no limits except to make a good wine. Where except in California would this combination of varieties be imagined or successful. The wine goes beyond just Sangiovese flavors with layers of blackberries, raspberry jam, cola, baking spices, and vanilla (from the oak again).  The flavors are deep and concentrated but not heavy, a medium-light bodied wine. The Caranos pair this wine with Italian style foods and sauces, especially pizzas. For $19.99.\r\n\r\nNow, we have our new wines. And their “Cal-Ital” special name. I do believe each of us has a bit of Italian heritage in us, because otherwise we couldn’t  love pizza and pasta so much. That means this category wines is perfect for all of us. Once we love these wines, too, and share them with our families and friends, we’ll all be happier. Enjoy.\r\n<div></div>', 'Italy in California?  ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'italy-in-california', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:43:07', '2013-04-24 23:43:07', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10860', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10862, 4, '2013-04-24 19:44:16', '2013-04-24 23:44:16', '[caption id=\"attachment_10863\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Comm-Cotillion-4-25.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10863\" alt=\"The Junior Cotillion held its parents meeting last Sunday at the Old Arsenal.  The Junior Cotillion teaches manners, ethics, protocol, and social dancing to fourth through eighth grade students.  To register go to www.nljc.com/chapter/beaufort. Above, from left, Junior Cotillion Board members Marlo Shissias and LizAnn Pendarvis welcome new members Brigid Fackrell and Tracy Davidson. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Comm-Cotillion-4-25-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> The Junior Cotillion held its parents meeting last Sunday at the Old Arsenal. The Junior Cotillion teaches manners, ethics, protocol, and social dancing to fourth through eighth grade students. To register go to www.nljc.com/chapter/beaufort. Above, from left, Junior Cotillion Board members Marlo Shissias and LizAnn Pendarvis welcome new members Brigid Fackrell and Tracy Davidson.[/caption]', 'Manners Do Matter', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'manners-do-matter', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:44:16', '2013-04-24 23:44:16', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10862', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10863, 4, '2013-04-24 19:43:47', '2013-04-24 23:43:47', '', 'Comm-Cotillion 4-25', 'The Junior Cotillion held its parents meeting last Sunday at the Old Arsenal.  The Junior Cotillion teaches manners, ethics, protocol, and social dancing to fourth through eighth grade students.  To register go to www.nljc.com/chapter/beaufort. Above, from left, Junior Cotillion Board members Marlo Shissias and LizAnn Pendarvis welcome new members Brigid Fackrell and Tracy Davidson.\n', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'comm-cotillion-4-25', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:43:47', '2013-04-24 23:43:47', '', 10862, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Comm-Cotillion-4-25.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0);
INSERT INTO `__wp_posts` (`ID`, `post_author`, `post_date`, `post_date_gmt`, `post_content`, `post_title`, `post_excerpt`, `post_status`, `comment_status`, `ping_status`, `post_password`, `post_name`, `to_ping`, `pinged`, `post_modified`, `post_modified_gmt`, `post_content_filtered`, `post_parent`, `guid`, `menu_order`, `post_type`, `post_mime_type`, `comment_count`) VALUES
(10865, 4, '2013-04-24 19:44:59', '2013-04-24 23:44:59', '<b>PARK UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC HONOR LIST</b>\r\n\r\nPark University has announced the Beaufort Campus Center Academic Honor List for the recently completed Spring I‘13 term. Those listed achieved a 3.6 grade point average. Students on the honor list are: Christine L. Adcox, Laura L. Arps, Kenneth B. Blank, Natasha R. Bouton, Kimberly K. Boyd, Khalilah Canada, Robert A. Casper, Gregory Craft, Christian Michael Dale, Kimberly Jean Dessart, Misty R. Dunroe, George T. Erdel, Leafar Espinosa Mejia, Flavia Fabiano, Heather E. Flohr, Benjamin D. Gaffney, Democrito S. Gamboa, Shedrick K. Garrett, Jason A. Grayson, Benjamin Judah Green, Donna D. Green, Robin Green, Patrick J. Griffin, Rachel L. Guss, Valerie C. Guyton, Timothy A. Hodges, Jack James Hunt, Daniel W. Jayne, Salita Johnson, Matthew R. Jones, Bernice Marie Kennedy, Joshua M. Kerby, Joshua D. Larrimore, Andrew P. Marshall, Carla V. Nelson, David K. Orange, Nicholas Frank Otte, Stephen W. Ouzts, Kenneth H. Poole, Megan P. Rogowsky, Gary D. Rowe, Eugene John Sell, Alexandra D. Siordia, Juan L. Sosa, Ryan K. Steady, David A. Stephens, Heather M. Stephens, Scott P. Sylvester, Damaris Valentin, Wilmer Viera, Michael C. Weiss, Angela J. White, and Ruth Y. Yohannes.  These full time students are pursuing Bachelor of Science or Associate of Science degrees at the Park University Beaufort Campus.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>ST. HELENA ELEMENTARY</b>\r\n\r\nHonor Roll 3rd Quarter\r\n\r\nAll E’s:\r\n\r\nItzel Esparza\r\n\r\nDonovan Fields\r\n\r\nNelson Green\r\n\r\nJalaiya Houston\r\n\r\nLamar Knight\r\n\r\nBrisa Lora-Venegas\r\n\r\nTaylor Mack\r\n\r\nJaeden Reames\r\n\r\nJerome Simmons\r\n\r\nKa’Nadia Stevenson\r\n\r\nGary Williams\r\n\r\nJaylen Yslas\r\n\r\nAll E’s &amp; G’s\r\n\r\nDanna Anquiano\r\n\r\nZavion Bailey\r\n\r\nBriona Burgess\r\n\r\nMyniya Charles\r\n\r\nJamie Chisolm\r\n\r\nDeitrick Coaxum\r\n\r\nDerrick Coaxum\r\n\r\nSabree Deloach\r\n\r\nBraydon Dineen\r\n\r\nAndrew Evans\r\n\r\nFaith Fripp\r\n\r\nTy’wan Gadson\r\n\r\nJoshua Greene\r\n\r\nJoseph Griffin\r\n\r\nAnaiya Houseal\r\n\r\nJames Jenkins\r\n\r\nJariayah Jenkins\r\n\r\nKamaria Johnson\r\n\r\nJamar Knight\r\n\r\nEmily Lora-Venegas\r\n\r\nJakiyah Major\r\n\r\nShakay’Lia Morrell\r\n\r\nA’Leayah Polite\r\n\r\nJamison Powell\r\n\r\nYasmin Reed\r\n\r\nTaniyah Robinson\r\n\r\nChristopher Serrano\r\n\r\nJocelyn Simmons\r\n\r\nAnquan Smith\r\n\r\nCorey Smith\r\n\r\nJacoby Smith\r\n\r\nJeremiah Smith\r\n\r\nDe’Ziyah Smalls\r\n\r\nAniyah Snowten\r\n\r\nAlexandria Turral\r\n\r\nAll A’s:\r\n\r\nColin Fralix\r\n\r\nAnaiya Gardner\r\n\r\nAbby Glancy\r\n\r\nMarquell Holmes\r\n\r\nPeyton Marshall\r\n\r\nOmarion McKinnon\r\n\r\nKi’Ayisa Moultrie\r\n\r\nJalin Porter\r\n\r\nBrandon Shepherd\r\n\r\nAriana Watson\r\n\r\nAlizayé Williams\r\n\r\nAll A’s &amp; B’s:\r\n\r\nRobert Birch\r\n\r\nTy’Ana Blackmon\r\n\r\nMarcus Brown\r\n\r\nShakana Bryan\r\n\r\nZhaviona Burgess\r\n\r\nQuiana Butler\r\n\r\nNinti Bynum\r\n\r\nJada Chaplin\r\n\r\nShia-La Chaplin\r\n\r\nTaylah Chaplin\r\n\r\nQuaevion Chisolm\r\n\r\nHope Coaxum\r\n\r\nJakai Coaxum\r\n\r\nJhamal Doe\r\n\r\nWilliam Dorsey\r\n\r\nJaylin Eiland\r\n\r\nHope Flueras\r\n\r\nTrinity Gardner\r\n\r\nKameron Green\r\n\r\nDavid Grober\r\n\r\nDa’Vane Haynes\r\n\r\nDomingo Hernandez\r\n\r\nMichael Holmes\r\n\r\nJaylin Houseal\r\n\r\nJaden Jackson\r\n\r\nAmar Jenkins\r\n\r\nJames Jenkins\r\n\r\nAlex Johnson\r\n\r\nJaHari Johnson\r\n\r\nNy’Asia Johnson\r\n\r\nGenesis Jonassaint\r\n\r\nZaniya Jones\r\n\r\nJoell Laldee\r\n\r\nJayden Lane\r\n\r\nJaylen Lane\r\n\r\nAryanna Lucas\r\n\r\nJaden Major\r\n\r\nWest McKinnon\r\n\r\nMichelle Middleton\r\n\r\nDarius Moon\r\n\r\nMekhi Moultrie\r\n\r\nZiriah Moultrie-Fields\r\n\r\nJavel Oliver\r\n\r\nAngeles Perez\r\n\r\nJewell Russell\r\n\r\nDerek Simmons\r\n\r\nA’mya Singleton\r\n\r\nShakayla Snowten\r\n\r\nKhristianna Wilson\r\n<div></div>', 'School Honor Rolls', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-honor-rolls', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:03:37', '2018-07-12 15:03:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10865', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10867, 4, '2013-04-24 19:45:44', '2013-04-24 23:45:44', 'Once upon a time I met a man who tested as gifted at age 13, genius by 16, and was homeless by 40. The twin shadows of depression and insomnia stalled even the possibility of his intellectual stardom. I have another friend who planned to retire and paint children’s furniture, but now that she has reached the correct age, one of her hands shakes uncontrollably. I have a third friend, who for a lifetime, was in possession of a memory that far exceeded the majority. At 82 she is startled to find herself “normal.” She forgets things, what she came for, what she was about to do.\r\n\r\nWhat does my cast of friends have in common? Canadian neurosurgeon, Andres Lozano, points out that were it a few thousand years ago, what they might have in common is having a local shaman drill a hole in their heads to release the demons therein. That’s how manifestations of brain malfunction were handled a few thousand years ago.\r\n\r\nSince then, modern medicine has had limited success when it comes to break downs in the brain. Especially, if you consider the list of side-effects that go along with the pills, that may, or may not, “cure what ails ya.”\r\n\r\nToday, however, I am feeling a renewed and profound sense of optimism for those struck with depression, Parkinson’s, or Alzheimer’s.\r\n\r\nDr. Lozano, whose lists of recommendations would complete this article, has pioneered a method of localized deep brain stimulation for people who suffer from mood, movement, or memory disorders. Dr. Lozano reports that the many of the malfunctions of the brain are the responsibility of “rogue neurons misfiring,” or neurons going inactive altogether. To correct such malfunctions, he starts much as the Meso Americans did by cutting a hole in the skull of his patient. He follows this crude, yet standard start, with the insertion of an electrode at a key juncture that will either suppress or activate circuitry within the brain through the use of a remote much like the one you use for your TV (The implanted electrode is additionally connected to a pacemaker). The remote is used to control the amount of electricity that is appropriate, explains Dr. Lozano, much as you might turn up or down the volume on your radio once you find the right station.\r\n\r\nWith Parkinson’s patients the electrode is working to suppress activity in the part of the brain that controls movement. Two patients have had this procedure. The results appear to be immediate and remarkable.\r\n\r\nThis deep brain stimulation is also being researched as an aid to those who suffer from depression. To wit, when a person is overcome by depression, the area in the brain that controls sadness is in over-drive, and the areas that control motivation, drive, and decision-making, are in low-gear.  To correct this malfunction, Dr. Lozano, places an electrode so that it suppresses the locale (area 25) in the brain that controls sadness, which over time, reactivates the parts of the brain that control motivation, drive, and decision-making.\r\n\r\nFifty people with early stage Alzheimer’s will soon be tested for re-activation of those areas that control memory and cognition, by this very same method.\r\n\r\nIsn’t science grand, when it works?\r\n\r\nFor more information: http://www.ted.com/talks/andres_lozano_parkinson_s_depression_and_the_switch_that_might_turn_them_off.html.', 'Tinkering with the brain', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'tinkering-with-the-brain', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:45:44', '2013-04-24 23:45:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10867', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10869, 4, '2013-04-24 19:46:33', '2013-04-24 23:46:33', 'It’s no coincidence that May is National Youth Traffic Safety Month. The month of May not only ushers in the “100 Deadliest Days for Teen Drivers,” but it’s also when many schools celebrate prom. While helping your teen pick out the perfect corsage, make time to discuss safe driving. Here are seven tips to help your teen travel safely on prom night.\r\n\r\n<b>Prep. </b>Before it’s time to go, be sure your teen’s phone is charged and he’s had one last look in the mirror. You don’t want him taking his focus off the road to straighten his tie.\r\n\r\n<b>Eliminate distractions.</b> If teens are riding with friends, remind them to put their phones away and turn the music down. There will be plenty of time to talk and have fun later.\r\n\r\n<b>Restrict passengers.</b> Put a limit on the number of couples riding to the dance with your child. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the risk of fatal accidents increases with each passenger who piles into a teen’s vehicle.\r\n\r\n<b>Hire a chauffeur.</b> If a group insists on traveling together, talk to other parents about hiring a limo. That way no one gets behind the wheel. If it’s not in the budget, offer to drive them yourselves.\r\n\r\n<b>Discuss drinking and driving.</b> Talk to your teen about the dangers and repercussions of drinking and driving. And if you tell your child to contact you in situations involving alcohol, be sure to keep your phone close in case you get a call for help.\r\n\r\n<b>Avoid drowsy driving.</b> The fatal crash rate per mile driven is significantly higher at night for teens, according to the IIHS. Since many proms last until early morning, offer to pick teens up so they don’t have to drive tired.\r\n\r\n<b>Brush up on basics.</b> You can’t always be in the car, but you can keep safety top-of-mind by enforcing habits like wearing a seat belt and following the speed limit. Find these tips and more at the State Farm Teen Driver Safety website\r\n\r\nEncourage your teen to make positive choices while driving. Programs such as Celebrate My Drive® powered by State Farm® provide incentives and support for teens as they’re learning to drive.', 'Seven prom night tips for teen drivers', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'seven-prom-night-tips-for-teen-drivers', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:46:33', '2013-04-24 23:46:33', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10869', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10871, 4, '2013-04-24 19:47:44', '2013-04-24 23:47:44', '<b>Sheriff’s Office looking into drive-by shooting</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a drive-by shooting incident that occurred at a Bonaire Estates home late Saturday, April 20.\r\n\r\nJust after 11 p.m., Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of shots fired in the area of Bonaire Circle South. Several witnesses advised having seen a dark-colored sedan occupied by two black males, driving slowly down the road. As the vehicle approached the residence at 108 Bonaire Circle South, the passenger of the vehicle reportedly opened fire, discharging numerous rounds at the home. The vehicle then sped away, turning left onto Parris Island Gateway. Moments later, witnesses advised seeing the occupants of the home leave the area as well.\r\n\r\nThe victims, a 44-year old female, her 21-year old daughter, and two juvenile males, ages 4 and 7 had been inside the home when the shots were fired. No injuries were sustained as a result of the shooting. At this time, no suspects have been identified and the motive for the shooting remains unknown.\r\n\r\nThe Sheriff’s Office encourages anyone with information to contact either Investigator A. Zsamar at 843-255-3408 or Crimestoppers.\r\n\r\n<b>Business armed robbery</b><b> being investigated</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery that occurred last week at a Seabrook business.\r\n\r\nJust after 3:30 p.m. April 18, Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Driftwood Bait Shop (2586 Trask Pkwy) in reference to a robbery occurring moments earlier. Upon arrival, deputies met with a 54-year old male employee who advised that he’d just been robbed at gunpoint. The victim reported that an unknown black male had entered the store, asking for fishing supplies. As the victim turned around to retrieve the requested item, the suspect brandished a handgun. The suspect demanded the money from the register, and after being given an undisclosed amount of cash, the suspect fled the store.\r\n\r\nThe suspect was seen getting into a light gray older model sports car that was waiting outside the store, occupied by a second individual. It was noted that the vehicle’s front metal bumper was dented. The vehicle was last seen heading towards the Dale area.\r\n\r\nThe victim was unable to provide any further description of either suspect, and sustained no injury during the incident. The Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to contact either Investigator Cpl. B. Disbrow at 843-255-3407 or Crimestoppers.\r\n\r\n<b>Sheriff’s Office looking for </b><b>armed robber suspect</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery that occurred outside an apartment complex early Friday, April 19.\r\n\r\nJust after 1 a.m., Sheriff’s deputies responded to Magnolia Park (314 Laurel Bay Rd) in reference to an anonymous noise complaint. While checking for any disturbance, deputies observed a black male subject running away from the area of the 400 building. There, deputies made contact with a 24-year old male who reported that he’d just been robbed and assaulted by the man deputies had seen fleeing.\r\n\r\nThe victim advised he had just arrived home when the unknown black male suddenly approached him. The suspect pointed a gun in his face, ordered the victim to the ground and demanded money. After taking the victim’s wallet and cell phone, the suspect struck the victim in the back of the head with gun and fled the area.\r\n\r\nThe victim sustained minor head injury for which he was treated at the scene by responding EMS personnel. The suspect was described as a black male between 20-30 years of age, approximately 5’09”, 230 lbs, wearing a long-sleeve green shirt and dark pants.\r\n\r\nThe Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to contact either Investigator Cpl. J. Malphrus at 843-255-3426 or Crimestoppers.\r\n\r\n<b>PALS offers basic water rescue course\r\n</b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Parks and Leisure Services (PALS) will hold an American Red Cross Basic Water Rescue Course at the Battery Creek Swimming Pool, 1 Blue Dolphin Drive, Burton, SC, 29906, (located on the Battery Creek High School campus). Participants must be 14 years of age or older to participate in the class which will be Thursday, May 9 and Friday, May 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.bcgov.net/PALS  or call Yolanda Middleton at 843-255-6760.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'news-briefs-39', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:47:44', '2013-04-24 23:47:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10871', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10873, 4, '2013-04-24 19:48:29', '2013-04-24 23:48:29', '<b>By Takiya Smith</b>\r\n\r\nAfter about five days of some much-needed R&amp;R, I am certainly energized and geared up to start my day — as well as my week — fresh and revived.\r\n\r\nMy newfound motivation and swift but duly noted realization comes from my experience over the past week. For starters, my rest and relaxation was not planned but was rather imposed upon me due to a lack of proper hydration mingled with a tad bit of exhaustion. Not a normal part of my daily routine, I must admit, drinking water has always been a bit of a struggle for me. It’s not that I don’t absolutely love its tasteless, colorless and odorless appeal, but that I am so on the go and busy, that I tend to just forget to drink it. So, with that said, and the fact that water has become this girl’s new best friend, let’s take a look at it’s powerful, important and healthy benefits.\r\n\r\nOur body, skin and hair are composed mostly of water and it serves as the foundational source of life to each of these individually. Drinking water not only quenches our thirst, but replenishes and balances our body’s need to hydrate. Our bodies are composed of well over 70 percent of water alone, and when those levels begin to drop or are ignored, everything from dry hair, brittle nails and dull, lack luster skin, to say the least, are the end results.\r\n\r\nIn the upcoming weeks, as part of a series, I will focus on benefits of some simple enough intake of H2O, regarding hair, nails, skin, diet and exercise.\r\n\r\nFor starters, here’s a quick tip on obtaining shiny, healthier hair: After showering or especially after a shampoo and conditioning, rinse the hair with a cool burst of water. The cool water will seal and smooth the hairs cuticles and will cause the hair to be flatter and shinier.', 'Water: The best beauty fix ever', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'water-the-best-beauty-fix-ever', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:48:29', '2013-04-24 23:48:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10873', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10875, 4, '2013-04-24 19:49:04', '2013-04-24 23:49:04', '<b>Boy’s Highlight:</b>\r\n\r\n1st Place 4x 100m (Darrian Chaplin, Michael Dickson, Tony Winston, Desmond Howard)—43.2\r\n\r\n1st Place 4x 800m (Jalen Jones, Tarae Davis, Branden Radford, and Chris Bacon)—8:31\r\n\r\n1st Place 4x 400m (D. Chaplin, T. Davis, Nathan Parker, and D. Howard)—3:27.9\r\n\r\n1st Place 110hurdles (Michael Dickson)—14.82\r\n\r\n1st Place 400hurdles (Nate Parker)—59.03\r\n\r\n1st Place 400m  (Darrian Chaplin)—51.6\r\n\r\n1st Place Pole Vault (Cordrian Smalls)—12’0\r\n\r\n1st Place High Jump (Louqil Warren)—5’10\r\n\r\n2nd Place 100m (D. Chaplin)—11.08\r\n\r\n2nd Place 200m (T. Winston)—23.3\r\n\r\n2nd Place 110h (T. Winston)—15.1\r\n\r\n2nd Place 400h (T. Winston)—59.6\r\n\r\n2nd Place Triple Jump (L. Warren)—41’5\r\n\r\n3rd Place 200m (Malcolm Collins)—24.25\r\n\r\nDarrian Chaplin was named the Most Valuable Boy’s Track Performer.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High Boys scored 154 points outscoring second place Hilton Head and third place Bluffton.\r\n\r\n<b>Girls Results:</b>\r\n\r\n1st Place 100m (Kaila Smith)—12.63\r\n\r\n1st Place 100m hurdles (K. Smith)—14.55\r\n\r\n1st Place 800m (K. Smith)\r\n\r\n1st Place 400m hurdles (Aaliyah Smalls)—1:08.22\r\n\r\n1st Place 1600m (Madison Maddox)—5:44.75\r\n\r\n1st Place 3200m (Madison Maddox)—12:22.74\r\n\r\n1st Place Pole Vault (Amanda Barnes)—9-06\r\n\r\n1st Place Triple Jump (Zari Cosby)—34-00.00\r\n\r\n2nd Place 400m (Monique Jones)—1:04.43\r\n\r\n2nd Place 4x400m (Aaliya Smalls, Leah Glover, Kendra Williams, Monique Jones)—4:31.26\r\n\r\n2nd Place Long Jump (Z. Cosby)—15-03.50\r\n\r\n2nd Place High Jump (Leah Glover)—5-00.00\r\n\r\n3rd Place 400m (Kendra Williams)—1:04.77\r\n\r\n3rd Place 800 (Madison Maddox)—2:33.17\r\n\r\n3rd Place Disc (Bailey Layne)—89-06\r\n\r\n3rd Place Pole Vault (Allison Crandall)—8-06\r\n\r\n3rd Place 4x800m (Monique Jones, Kennithia Screen, Madison Maddox, Kendra Williams)—10:47.66\r\n\r\n3rd Place Long Jump (Tamara Shields)—14-09.00\r\n\r\nKaila Smith was named Most Valuable Track and Zari Cosby was named Most Valuable Field.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High School Girls scored 168 points outscoring second place Bluffton and third place Battery Creek.\r\n<div></div>', 'Beaufort High School Track and Field Team wins championship', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-high-school-track-and-field-team-wins-championship', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:49:04', '2013-04-24 23:49:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10875', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10877, 4, '2013-04-24 19:53:39', '2013-04-24 23:53:39', '<b>By Pamela Brownstein</b>\r\n\r\nI’m sure we’ve all noticed the changes to the outside of the former Port Royal Pasta Company building on Ribaut Road, and Lunch Bunch was excited to see what changes were in store inside the new Agave Mexican Grill.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10878\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0230.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10878\" alt=\"Arroz con mariscos\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0230-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> Arroz con mariscos[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn addition to chips and yummy salsa, we started with appetizers called sopes. These bowls of corn-based dough are topped with refried beans, lettuce, salsa, queso fresco, a slice of avocado, and a choice of chicken, chorizo, steak and carnitas. We tried one of each and they were really good.\r\n\r\nElizabeth ordered a beautiful plate of Arroz con Mariscos — grilled shrimp and scallops topped with nacho cheese and a special ranchero sauce, served with rice, lettuce, sour cream and guacamole.\r\n\r\nKim chose the healthy Cancun Salad that came with zucchini, mushrooms, squash, pico de gallo, cheese, onions, tomatoes and topped with grilled shrimp.\r\n\r\nBuck went outside of his comfort zone and tried the Enchiladas Poblanas. The three beef,\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10879\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0231.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10879\" alt=\"Cancun salad\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0231-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Cancun salad[/caption]\r\n\r\nchicken and cheese enchiladas are topped with mole sauce, cheese and onions and served with a side of rice and guacamole salad. He liked the complexity of the mole sauce and was glad that he tried something new.\r\n\r\nI ordered the house special, Molcajete, recommended by our helpful server, and it was delicious. It comes in a big stone bowl, and inside they pack warm carne asada, Mexican sausage, chicken, cactus, white cheese, cambray onions with avocado slices on top. I dug into the flavorful chicken and steak with melted cheese and dipped it in sour cream (a pregnant lady’s dream).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10880\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0242.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10880\" alt=\"Flan, homemade Mexican custard\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0242-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Flan, homemade Mexican custard[/caption]\r\n\r\nOf course, we could not resist dessert, so we shared a plate of churros — fried, twisted dough with sugar, cinnamon and honey — drizzled with chocolate and served with ice cream. We also tried the flan, homemade Mexican custard, with a lovely texture that melts in your mouth, and it was an excellent way to end the meal.\r\n\r\nIf you’re looking for a place to meet for happy hour, the attractive bar serves Mexican beers and specialty margaritas.\r\n\r\nAgave Mexican Grill is located at 1430 Ribaut Road, Port Royal, SC. Lunch is served Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 843-379-0232.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10881\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0226.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10881\" alt=\"Sopes\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0226-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> Sopes[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Experience the full flavor of Mexico at the new restaurant Agave', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'experience-the-full-flavor-of-mexico-at-the-new-restaurant-agave', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:53:39', '2013-04-24 23:53:39', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10877', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10878, 4, '2013-04-24 19:50:14', '2013-04-24 23:50:14', '', 'DSC_0230', 'Arroz con mariscos', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dsc_0230', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:50:14', '2013-04-24 23:50:14', '', 10877, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0230.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10879, 4, '2013-04-24 19:51:07', '2013-04-24 23:51:07', '', 'DSC_0231', 'Cancun salad', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dsc_0231', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:51:07', '2013-04-24 23:51:07', '', 10877, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0231.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10880, 4, '2013-04-24 19:51:48', '2013-04-24 23:51:48', '', 'DSC_0242', 'Flan, homemade Mexican custard', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dsc_0242', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:51:48', '2013-04-24 23:51:48', '', 10877, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0242.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10881, 4, '2013-04-24 19:52:41', '2013-04-24 23:52:41', '', 'DSC_0226', 'Sopes', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dsc_0226-2', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:52:41', '2013-04-24 23:52:41', '', 10877, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0226.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10883, 4, '2013-04-24 19:54:16', '2013-04-24 23:54:16', 'With needs ranging from new laundry facilities to a welding room, next month’s AMIkids Beaufort croquet tournament fundraiser brings great need — but also great fun.\r\n\r\n“This event offers a perfect day for croquet and picnic lunches, and we raise money for a great cause – helping young men earn a second chance,” said John Huntley, chairman of AMIkids Beaufort. “This is our 22nd Annual Croquet Tournament and each year it seems to get better.\r\n\r\n“We have wonderful hosts at Brays Island and it’s a beautiful setting,” Huntley said. “We appreciate the croquet teams that sign up to play, we appreciate the people who donate to AMIkids Beaufort, and we appreciate everyone who contributes to make this annual event a success.”\r\n\r\nThe residential facility in Dale provides not only education but numerous hands-on educational opportunities, treatment and behavior modification. AMIkids also partners with eight community service projects throughout Beaufort County.  Only male teens convicted of non-violent offenses can participate. Students work toward their high school equivalency diplomas.\r\n\r\nThe May 11 golf croquet tournament will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Brays Island off US 17 in Sheldon, about 15 miles west of Beaufort. A “Captain’s Party” for all participants will be held May 10 at the historic Marshlands home of Brantley Harvey Jr. in Beaufort’s National Historic Landmark District.\r\n\r\nTeams of four to eight people are encouraged to enter, and period costumes are one of the hallmarks of the annual tournament.  The teams bring a picnic lunch to enjoy, and there is lots of space to set up a team tent with a prize being offered for the best looking tent/picnic display.\r\n\r\n“We have a lot of fun with the croquet and it ranges from serious players to people just out for a fun day for a good cause,” said Dr. Mike Harris, co-organizer with Mike Ingram of the AMIkids Beaufort croquet tournament. “This event is more of a picnic than a tournament.  A proficiency at croquet is definitely not a requirement for an enjoyable afternoon.”\r\n\r\nDuring the croquet day, a silent auction helps raise money for the program, formerly known as Beaufort Marine Institute. Items range from golf outings to catered dinners aboard yachts and in historic mansions, from custom jewelry to vacation getaways.\r\n\r\nSpecialty auction items so far include a champagne evening cruise aboard the sailing vessel Spindrift with dinner for two at Sweetgrass Restaurant on Dataw Island, and a Bosom Buddy Bag Garden Basket — a handmade summer basket made of natural Ata grass, which normally sells for $200.\r\n\r\n“We are proud that AMIkids Beaufort is a leader in helping these young men find a fresh start toward a better life,” Huntley said. “Our staff puts in long hours and the young men put in their best effort — and as a result we see great accomplishments.”\r\n\r\nFor more information, to offer silent auction items or to sign up a croquet team, call Dr. Mike Harris at 843-524-1762 or Mike Ingram at 843-846-3149.\r\n<div></div>', 'AMIkids Beaufort holds croquet fundraiser', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'amikids-beaufort-holds-croquet-fundraiser', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:54:16', '2013-04-24 23:54:16', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10883', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10886, 4, '2013-04-24 19:59:42', '2013-04-24 23:59:42', 'Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park will be the backdrop for the 14th annual A Taste of Beaufort, the music, arts and seafood festival produced by Main Street Beaufort, USA from May 3-4. On Friday, May 3, from 6 to 10 p.m., The Carolina Soul Band will take the audience on a musical journey of Motown, Soul and Beach Music. The Arts and Craft market will be open Friday from noon to 5 p.m. and on Saturday, May 4, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.\r\n\r\nOn Saturday, the popular 5K Bridge Run will begin at 8 a.m.; the Popcorn Run for ages 7 and under will begin at 8:45 a.m. All require advanced registration. The main event will take place downtown Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. From local seafood to international offerings, local restaurants will be serving up traditional and innovative food choices so you can sample the many tastes of Beaufort. Beer, wine and soft drinks will be available. There will also be live entertainment and children’s activities, including jumpers and slides near the playground area.\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit www.atasteofbeaufort.com.', 'Experience A Taste of Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'experience-a-taste-of-beaufort', '', '', '2013-04-24 19:59:42', '2013-04-24 23:59:42', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10886', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10888, 4, '2013-04-24 20:01:23', '2013-04-25 00:01:23', '<b>By Alan Schuster</b>\r\n\r\nA preview of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” by The Met Opera: Live at the USCB Center for the Arts on Saturday, April 27, <b>12:00 noon</b>.\r\n\r\nIf the Met’s recent production of a stylized “Rigoletto” wandering the dark streets of Las Vegas can win over critics and fans, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that even a 300-year-old baroque opera like Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” can be just as provocative.  In this case, Caesar and Cleopatra are time-warped from the declining days of the Roman Empire to the imperialism of late 19th century Britain in what director David McVicar calls a “historical romp.”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Arts-Opera-cesare-daniels-dessay.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10889\" alt=\"Arts-Opera cesare daniels dessay\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Arts-Opera-cesare-daniels-dessay-272x300.jpg\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" /></a>George Frideric Handel was born in Germany, but interestingly spent most of his creative career living in England and writing Italian operas for his benefactor, London’s Royal Academy of Music. As such, he wrote primarily for the “important” people, not just for those who were often titled, but also for the singers they paid to see and hear.\r\n\r\nHaving never seen this opera performed, and being familiar with only a few of its exceptionally fine moments, I’ve combined some highlights from three recent reviews by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Associated Press.\r\n\r\nHeadlines:  “Rendered Unto Caesar, Perfectly,” “Hailing Caesar With Seduction,” “Handel in Bollywood Comes to the Met.”\r\n\r\n<b>Overall Impressions:</b> “A new Met offering, and a great one ... Like a Christmas pudding, McVicar’s take on Giulio Cesare is so stuffed full of treats and surprises that even if some are not to your taste, you’re likely to enjoy what you find in the next slice ... McVicar cheerfully admits to playing fast and loose with any notions of historical accuracy or consistency. Instead he takes elements of ancient Rome and Egypt and mixes them with British colonialism, the flapper era of the 1920s and dance moves straight out of Indian movie musicals ... a potent mix of wit and pathos ... it’s an audacious blend of serious, comic, romantic and adventurous elements ... a masterpiece The Met is treating with just the right mix of respect and irreverence ... This funny yet poignant staging of Handel’s opera was full of musical and theatrical bliss ... It’s a long opera, four and a half hours, including two intermissions, but the audience rose to their feet to give an exuberant ovation to the excellent cast.”\r\n\r\n<b>The Performers:</b> Countertenor David Daniels (born in Spartanburg, SC): “Remarkable, singing with his full-bodied sound, emphatic delivery and technical command ... has demonstrated that he is the master of this repertoire ... every phrase hit the mark beautifully, and he made Cesare amusingly pompous as well as heroic ... has tremendous presence and sings much of his music with eloquence. But at this stage of his career, his middle register sounds overpowered, and rapid coloratura puts a strain on his breath control.”\r\n\r\nSoprano Natalie Dessay “was astonishing, singing with lyricism, sparkle and some outrageous vocal ornaments, ranging from conniving flirtiness to abject despair ... she is mostly in good voice, tossing off coloratura passagework, and singing with melting richness in the sad ones. Overall, she gives a valiant and endearing performance ... She was at her best in her more melancholy arias, like the haunting “Piangero, la sorte mia,” though even there it was apparent that her top notes no longer come easily.” (An aside: Other Cleopatras have fared much worse on Broadway. In the mid-thirties, New York Post critic John Mason Brown wrote: “Tallulah Bankhead barged down the Nile last night as Cleopatra — and sank.”)\r\n\r\nCountertenor Christophe Dumaux “steals every scene he is in as the calculating Tolomeo. His voice is bright, clear, precise and as agile physically as he is vocally. In one taunting aria, he executes a full body flip as easily as tossing off a trill ... Mezzo-soprano Patricia Bardon brought a plush, warm voice to Cornelia, and another mezzo, Alice Coote is wonderful as Sextus.”\r\n\r\n<b>Conductor and Orchestra:</b> “Harry Becket knows better than anyone how to make a modern orchestra understand baroque music ... he draws a lithe, lyrical and stylish performance of this great score ... Every moment was full of life and the orchestra felt like a cushion supporting the singers.”\r\n\r\nHere’s some good news. The Met’s 2013-14 HD transmissions beginning in October will consist of 10 live performances. Among them will be two Puccini masterpieces, Tosca and La Boheme; Tchaikovsky’s superb Eugene Onegin; and three of the finest comedy operas ever composed — Verdi’s Falstaff, Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte and Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella). In addition, the Center for the Arts is planning to renew its summer Encore series with four gems from previous Met HD presentations. Tentatively being considered are Verdi’s La Traviata and Il Trovatore, Rossini’s Barber of Seville and Bizet’s Carmen.  Stay tuned.\r\n\r\nTickets: Adults $20; OLLI members $16; Students under 18, $10. All seats are assigned and the box office opens at USCB Center for the Arts one hour prior to the 12:00 noon curtain time, or call 521-4145.\r\n<div></div>', 'On screen: The MET live at USCB presents ‘Giulio Cesare’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'on-screen-the-met-live-at-uscb-presents-giulio-cesare', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:01:23', '2013-04-25 00:01:23', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10888', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10889, 4, '2013-04-24 20:01:02', '2013-04-25 00:01:02', '', 'Arts-Opera cesare daniels dessay', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'arts-opera-cesare-daniels-dessay', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:01:02', '2013-04-25 00:01:02', '', 10888, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Arts-Opera-cesare-daniels-dessay.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10891, 4, '2013-04-24 20:05:58', '2013-04-25 00:05:58', '<b>BEAUFORT ACADEMY</b>\r\n\r\n• Friday, April 26: Sixth grade Latin students will perform “Bella et Bestia”\r\n\r\n• Saturday, April 27: SAT Prep Series continues\r\n\r\n• Saturday, April 27: Prom\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10892\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"192\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2012-yearbook-staff.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10892\" alt=\"The 2012 Aquila, Beaufort Academy’s yearbook, has been recognized for excellence and featured in the 2013 Jostens Gotcha Covered Look Book, Volume 11 celebrating the best-of-the-best in yearbook design and coverage.  Jostens Look Book is a collection of spreads and photos from outstanding yearbooks and their creative themes, cool covers, dazzling designs, relevant coverage, storytelling copy and action-packed photography. The 2012 Aquila staff is pictured: Hope Keane, Laura Roddey, Michael Bible, Katherine Neal and Madeline Griffith. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2012-yearbook-staff-192x300.jpg\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" /></a> The 2012 Aquila, Beaufort Academy’s yearbook, has been recognized for excellence and featured in the 2013 Jostens Gotcha Covered Look Book, Volume 11 celebrating the best-of-the-best in yearbook design and coverage. Jostens Look Book is a collection of spreads and photos from outstanding yearbooks and their creative themes, cool covers, dazzling designs, relevant coverage, storytelling copy and action-packed photography. The 2012 Aquila staff is pictured: Hope Keane, Laura Roddey, Michael Bible, Katherine Neal and Madeline Griffith.[/caption]\r\n\r\n• Monday, April 29: Pancake Breakfast given by the SADD Club, 7 a.m.\r\n\r\n• Tuesday, April 30: Third grade field trip to Dataw Island\r\n\r\n• Wednesday, May 1: Third and fourth grade field trip to Columbia, SC, to State House and State Museum\r\n\r\n• Save the Date, Thursday, May 2: The Blood Alliance will be in the BA parking lot, come donate.\r\n\r\n• Sate the Date, Thursday, May 2: BA will host the Relay for Life Survivor Dinner in the gym.\r\n\r\n• Congratulations to Beaufort Academy senior Tommy Fang who was recently recognized as a 2013 Heritage Classic Foundation Scholar.\r\n\r\n<b>EC MONTESSORI</b>\r\n\r\n• Friday, April 26: Parent / Teacher Conferences\r\n\r\n<b>HOLY TRINITY CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL</b>\r\n\r\n• May 3: Teacher In-Service, No School\r\n\r\n• May 17 - Last Day of HTCCS Preschool.\r\n\r\n• Holy Trinity Classical Christian School (HTCCS), located at 302 Burroughs Ave., is now enrolling for the 2013-2014 academic school year in grades Pre-k (ages 2 +) through 6th grade. Applications can be found online at www.htccs.org or retrieved in person at the school.For more information or to schedule a school tour, contact HTCCS at (843) 522-0660 or\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10893\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/art-of-the-week-blue-period.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10893\" alt=\"Artist Pablo Picasso is famous for his “Blue Period” — a difficult time during his life in which he painted almost exclusively in shades of blue.  Holy Trinity students studied Picasso’s painting “Roofs of Barcelona” and painted their own “blue” city skylines. Pictured from left is Abby Carte Fourth Grade; William Quade, Third Grade; Morgan Chumney, Third Grade; and CJ Bowman, First Grade. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/art-of-the-week-blue-period-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Artist Pablo Picasso is famous for his “Blue Period” — a difficult time during his life in which he painted almost exclusively in shades of blue. Holy Trinity students studied Picasso’s painting “Roofs of Barcelona” and painted their own “blue” city skylines. Pictured from left is Abby Carte Fourth Grade; William Quade, Third Grade; Morgan Chumney, Third Grade; and CJ Bowman, First Grade.[/caption]\r\n\r\nvia email at htadmin@htccs.org.\r\n\r\n<b>LADY\'S ISLAND MIDDLE</b>\r\n\r\n• Thursday, April 25: 6 p.m. Cougar Chat (discussing Common Core State Standards: What is expected from teachers, students and parents?)\r\n\r\n• April 26: Movie Night\r\n\r\n• April 29 until May 3: 3:45-5 p.m. Cheerleader Try-Outs.\r\n\r\n<b>MISCELLANEOUS</b>\r\n\r\n• Penn Center program for academic and cultural enrichment (PACE) child development center is now accepting applications for Summer Enrichment Youth Arts Camp from June 17- August 10. The center provides services Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Every child enrolled at the center is provided the opportunity to learn through age appropriate activities and receive three meals daily. For more information, stop by or call 843-838-8586.\r\n\r\n<b>ST. HELENA ELEMENTARY</b>\r\n\r\n• Thursday, April 25: Spring pictures taken.\r\n\r\n• Friday, April 26: Math division winners dine at The Olive Garden, Children raise money for heart research through Jump Rope for Heart during Academic Arts’ Classes, Basketball game with fourth and fifth graders against faculty at 4 p.m. in the gym for the heart research funding.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10894\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/School-Riverview1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10894\" alt=\"Artwork made from materials gathered during Riverview Charter School’s Spring Service Learning Project was showcased on Friday at the Habersham Earth Day Festival. Thank you to Visual Arts Teacher Ms. Katz for her beautiful display of student art work. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/School-Riverview1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Artwork made from materials gathered during Riverview Charter School’s Spring Service Learning Project was showcased on Friday at the Habersham Earth Day Festival. Thank you to Visual Arts Teacher Ms. Katz for her beautiful display of student art work.[/caption]\r\n\r\n• On sale at the school are buttons for former student, Candice Glover,  $1 per pin.  Call the school or stop by to purchase a pin to wear.  All profits will go to the Glover family fund as the countdown continues.\r\n\r\n<b>ST. PETER’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL</b>\r\n\r\n• Discount Cards are now on sale at the school office.  Call for more details, 522-2163.\r\n\r\n• Saturday, May 4: Affordable Pet Vaccination Clinic from 9 to 11 a.m. at the school library.\r\n\r\n<b>TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• TCL announces end-of-year events: </b>Student Awards Ceremony\r\n(honoring outstanding 2013 graduates and exceptional alumni)\r\n11 a.m., Friday, May 3\r\nMacLean Hall Auditorium\r\nTCL Beaufort Campus. The Health Sciences Pinning &amp; Recognition Ceremony\r\n(honoring associate degree nursing class and physical therapist assistant graduates) will be 1 p.m., Thursday, May 9, at MacLean Hall Auditorium\r\nTCL Beaufort Campus. The Commencement Ceremony\r\nwill be at 6 p.m., Friday, May 10, at Parris Island All Weather Facility.\r\n\r\n<b>• TCL president named new president of Florida college: </b>Technical College of the Lowcountry President Dr. Thomas C. Leitzel has been  named President of South Florida State College. He will begin his position July 1. “It has been my honor to serve as president for the past five years and work closely with the TCL Area Commission, the college’s oversight governing board representing Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties,” Leitzel said. “TCL is a strong organization with incredibly talented employees at all levels.  It is an amazing college that will continue to change the economic landscape of the communities it serves through its ties with community leaders and its high quality educational platform across a variety of academic programs.”\r\n\r\n<b>WHALE BRANCH ELEMENTARY</b>\r\n\r\n<b>James J. Davis Early Childhood Center:</b> The 14th Annual Sheldon Township Forum will be held Saturday, April 27th from 8:30 am –Noon at the school.  For details please contact the school at 843-466-3600.\r\n\r\n<i>Send your school happenings to theislandnews@gmail.com.</i>', 'School Notes', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-notes-30', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:03:37', '2018-07-12 15:03:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10891', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10892, 4, '2013-04-24 20:03:39', '2013-04-25 00:03:39', '', '2012 yearbook staff', 'The 2012 Aquila, Beaufort Academy’s yearbook, has been recognized for excellence and featured in the 2013 Jostens Gotcha Covered Look Book, Volume 11 celebrating the best-of-the-best in yearbook design and coverage.  Jostens Look Book is a collection of spreads and photos from outstanding yearbooks and their creative themes, cool covers, dazzling designs, relevant coverage, storytelling copy and action-packed photography. The 2012 Aquila staff is pictured: Hope Keane, Laura Roddey, Michael Bible, Katherine Neal and Madeline Griffith. ', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2012-yearbook-staff', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:03:39', '2013-04-25 00:03:39', '', 10891, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2012-yearbook-staff.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10893, 4, '2013-04-24 20:04:42', '2013-04-25 00:04:42', '', 'art of the week blue period', 'Artist Pablo Picasso is famous for his “Blue Period” — a difficult time during his life in which he painted almost exclusively in shades of blue.  Holy Trinity students studied Picasso’s painting “Roofs of Barcelona” and painted their own “blue” city skylines. Pictured from left is Abby Carte Fourth Grade; William Quade, Third Grade; Morgan Chumney, Third Grade; and CJ Bowman, First Grade.\n', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'art-of-the-week-blue-period', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:04:42', '2013-04-25 00:04:42', '', 10891, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/art-of-the-week-blue-period.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10894, 4, '2013-04-24 20:05:32', '2013-04-25 00:05:32', '', 'School-Riverview1', 'Artwork made from materials gathered during Riverview Charter School’s Spring Service Learning Project was showcased on Friday at the Habersham Earth Day Festival. Thank you to Visual Arts Teacher Ms. Katz for her beautiful display of student art work.\n', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-riverview1', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:05:32', '2013-04-25 00:05:32', '', 10891, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/School-Riverview1.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10896, 4, '2013-04-24 20:07:16', '2013-04-25 00:07:16', '[caption id=\"attachment_10897\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"168\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Athlete-of-Week-4-25-e1366848400960.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10897\" alt=\"Savionna Glover helped anchor  the Lady’s Island Middle School  Girls’ Track team. Throughout the  season, Savionna participated and had  first place finishes in the following events:  Long Jump; High Jump; 55 Meter Hurdles;  100 Meters; and the 200 Meters. She was also a member of the 4x100 Meter Relay team which received first place finishes. In the Conference Championship, Savionna’s performances in the High Jump,  200 Meters, and the 4x100 Meter Relay helped Lady’s Island Middle School capture this year’s Conference Championship for Girls’ Track.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Athlete-of-Week-4-25-e1366848400960-168x300.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" /></a> Savionna Glover helped anchor<br />the Lady’s Island Middle School<br />Girls’ Track team. Throughout the<br />season, Savionna participated and had<br />first place finishes in the following events:<br />Long Jump; High Jump; 55 Meter Hurdles;<br />100 Meters; and the 200 Meters. She was also a member of the 4x100 Meter Relay team which received first place finishes. In the Conference Championship, Savionna’s performances in the High Jump,<br />200 Meters, and the 4x100 Meter Relay helped Lady’s Island Middle School capture this year’s Conference Championship for Girls’ Track.[/caption]', 'Athlete of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'athlete-of-the-week-37', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:07:16', '2013-04-25 00:07:16', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10896', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10897, 4, '2013-04-24 20:06:28', '2013-04-25 00:06:28', '', 'Athlete of Week 4-25', 'Savionna Glover helped anchor \nthe Lady’s Island Middle School \nGirls’ Track team. Throughout the \nseason, Savionna participated and had \nfirst place finishes in the following events: \nLong Jump; High Jump; 55 Meter Hurdles; \n100 Meters; and the 200 Meters. She was also a member of the 4x100 Meter Relay team which received first place finishes. In the Conference Championship, Savionna’s performances in the High Jump, \n200 Meters, and the 4x100 Meter Relay helped Lady’s Island Middle School capture this year’s Conference Championship for Girls’ Track.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'athlete-of-week-4-25', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:06:28', '2013-04-25 00:06:28', '', 10896, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Athlete-of-Week-4-25.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0);
INSERT INTO `__wp_posts` (`ID`, `post_author`, `post_date`, `post_date_gmt`, `post_content`, `post_title`, `post_excerpt`, `post_status`, `comment_status`, `ping_status`, `post_password`, `post_name`, `to_ping`, `pinged`, `post_modified`, `post_modified_gmt`, `post_content_filtered`, `post_parent`, `guid`, `menu_order`, `post_type`, `post_mime_type`, `comment_count`) VALUES
(10899, 4, '2013-04-24 20:07:59', '2013-04-25 00:07:59', 'Wells Fargo became the most recent local business to join a growing list of those who support the collective impact efforts of United Way of the Lowcountry to reduce dropout rates in Beaufort and Jasper County high schools by 50 percent in 2022.\r\n\r\n“This is a wonderful boost,” Tina Gentry, CEO of United Way of the Lowcountry said of the Wells Fargo gift. “We are gathering businesses, nonprofit partners, governments, institutions and the public around a common agenda to create a collective impact. The challenge of keeping our young people engaged through their on-time graduation from high school requires all of us to work together.”\r\n\r\nOC Welch Ford Lincoln, Bi-Lo Stores, and the Hilton Head Rotary Club have also made recent grants to fund the innovative effort. United Way provides the backbone support that enables organizations of all types to mobilize their various areas of expertise around a common goal and achieve success.\r\n\r\nSusan Bankson, community affairs officer with Wells Fargo, believes in the strategy. “Every child deserves a quality education so we are proud to support the United Way and your commitment to the community,” she told Lowcountry CEO Gentry. “At Wells Fargo, we believe that we’re responsible for being leaders to promote the long-term economic prosperity and quality of life for everyone in our communities. If they prosper, so do we.”\r\n\r\nThe first step in achieving on-time high school graduation is to ensure that students are reading on grade level by the time they enter fourth grade. Research shows that in the first few years of school, children are learning to read; after fourth grade, though, they read to learn.\r\n\r\n“Without strong reading skills, students are more likely to fall behind, disengage and drop out. Improved reading skills help students experience success in school. The Wells Fargo grant will be used to support the Early Grade Reading initiative,” Gentry said.\r\n\r\nThe Early Grade Reading initiative puts volunteer tutors in eight area elementary schools to boost the reading skills of students. During the 2012/2013 school year approximately 200 volunteer tutors are helping hundreds of kindergarten through third grade students learn to read so they can later read to learn.\r\n\r\n“It’s all part of a coordinated effort to tackle today’s problems and reduce tomorrow’s struggles, with an emphasis on improving education, health and financial stability. United Way of the Lowcountry continues to provide support for local families and individuals needing help with basic needs. We will never stop doing that good work,” Gentry said.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to volunteer as a reading tutor, call United Way of the Lowcountry at 843-982-3040.\r\n<div></div>', 'Wells Fargo gives boost to United Way education initiative', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'wells-fargo-gives-boost-to-united-way-education-initiative', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:07:59', '2013-04-25 00:07:59', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10899', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10901, 4, '2013-04-24 20:08:52', '2013-04-25 00:08:52', 'The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Civitas Awards. This year’s award categories are: Tourism Leadership, Outstanding Employee, Outstanding Lowcountry Young Professional, Outstanding Leadership Beaufort Alumni, Outstanding Non-Profit, Community Stewardship, Excellence in Free Enterprise, Regional Economic Impact, Military Citizenship and Lifetime of Leadership. Nominations will be open through May 3. Contact Valerie Althoff at 525-8537 .\r\n<div></div>', 'Chamber now accepting nominations for Civitas Awards', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chamber-now-accepting-nominations-for-civitas-awards', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:08:52', '2013-04-25 00:08:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10901', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10903, 4, '2013-04-24 20:09:43', '2013-04-25 00:09:43', 'About half of the day program participants at Disabilities and Special Needs (DSN) are now gainfully employed as a result of a cleaning contract between Beaufort County and DSN.\r\n\r\nAshley, one of the “consumers” in the program, now making her own money says, “You don’t allow your disability to get in the way of you working and doing a good job.” Jason, another consumer now employed said, “Working keeps you active and your mind going and you earn money which allows you to do things.”\r\n\r\nThese consumers are cleaning several of the Parks and Leisure Service Buildings around Beaufort County. Other consumers have jobs at Goodwill helping fold clothes and organize items. This opportunity not only allows these adults to earn their own money but it also teaches them responsibility and gives them a sense of accomplishment.\r\n\r\nBilly Love, Director of the DSN Day program, says, “We appreciate the support we have and continue to receive from County Council. With this contract approved by council, the consumers are doing what they want and what we want for them. I feel with more consumers working, more of the public will give a second thought to stereotypes.”\r\n\r\n“You feel good about yourself, independent and capable of doing things,” said Kim, a DSN consumer.\r\n\r\nCatherine summed up her new job perfectly, “Working makes me feel happy,” and another participant James said, “When I work I want to make sure everything is clean and done right.”', 'Disabilities and special needs consumers working for a living', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'disabilities-and-special-needs-consumers-working-for-a-living', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:09:43', '2013-04-25 00:09:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10903', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10905, 4, '2013-04-24 20:10:46', '2013-04-25 00:10:46', 'After much anticipation, the big “demolition day” took place Wednesday, April 17, when the last of the two buildings located at the base of the Woods Memorial Bridge were torn down. The Open Land Trust is excited about finally creating an overlook park.\r\n\r\nWhile waiting on permits, some of the local fire departments had the opportunity to “use” the buildings for training purposes. The Open Land Trust was happy to allow them the opportunity to practice their skills in these vacant buildings.\r\n\r\nThe Open Land Trust, in partnership with Beaufort County and the City of Beaufort, purchased the land to reclaim the spectacular vista along Highway 21 and restore the view of Factory Creek for citizens and visitors. Plans are being finalized for the creation of Judith Haskell Brewer Memorial Park, located on the banks of Factory Creek at the base of the Woods Memorial Bridge on Lady’s Island.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>HELP BUILD AN OYSTER REEF HABITAT: </b>On Friday, April 26, 2 p.m., 50 volunteers are needed to help build an oyster reef habitat on Lady’s Island, over the Woods Bridge just past the boat landing, near the recently knocked-down buildings and soon-to-be park. The project is organized by the Department of Natural Resources and funded by a large grant from the folks at the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, that involves building oyster habitat in and around Beaufort and throughout the ACE Basin. Everything is supplied, just bring bug spray and closed toe, durable shoes. To sign up, call Denise Parsick at 843-263-8866 or Bruce at 843-476-3022.\r\n<div><b> </b></div>\r\n<div></div>', 'Open Land Trust park takes shape on Lady’s Island', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'open-land-trust-park-takes-shape-on-ladys-island', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:10:46', '2013-04-25 00:10:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10905', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10907, 4, '2013-04-24 20:12:17', '2013-04-25 00:12:17', 'A live in HD staging of the popular National Public Radio news quiz show, “Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!” is coming to USCB Center for the Arts when BY Experience will beam the live-on-screen broadcast of the radio show to select movie theaters across the country on Thursday, May 2, at 8 p.m.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Arts-Wait-wait.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10908\" alt=\"Arts-Wait wait\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Arts-Wait-wait-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /></a>You can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world when host Peter Segal and official judge and scorekeeper, Carl Kasell, will be joined by panelists Paula Poundstone, Tom Bodett and Mo Rocca in front of a live audience for a special two-hour show.\r\n\r\nPaula Poundstone is one of the country’s foremost topical humorists and stand-up comedians and has performed for the Emmy and Oscar awards shows and “The Tonight Show,” among many others. Tom Bodett is an author of seven books and a commentator on “All Things Considered,” and his voice can still be heard saying “We’ll leave the light on for you” about 110 times every day.  Mo Rocca is a contributor on CBS “Sunday Morning” with Charles Osgood, and has appeared on most all cable networks and the Broadway stage, and is also an author.\r\n\r\nFans of the hour-long weekly radio program on NPR know how wacky things can get on this oddly informative news quiz, so come join them for an evening of entertainment of a decidedly different kind!\r\n\r\nAdults $22; Seniors $18; Students $10.  For tickets call the box office at 843-521-4145 Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  The box office opens one hour prior to show time for tickets at the door. USCB Center for the Arts is located at 801 Carteret Street, Beaufort, SC 29902. Visit www.uscbcenterforthearts.com for more.', 'NPR’s ‘Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!’ at USCB', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'nprs-wait-wait-dont-tell-me-at-uscb', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:12:17', '2013-04-25 00:12:17', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10907', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10908, 4, '2013-04-24 20:11:57', '2013-04-25 00:11:57', '', 'Arts-Wait wait', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'arts-wait-wait', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:11:57', '2013-04-25 00:11:57', '', 10907, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Arts-Wait-wait.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10910, 4, '2013-04-24 20:15:20', '2013-04-25 00:15:20', '<b>By Shana Hirsch</b>\r\n\r\nAfter more than a decade of teaching at the Technical College of the Lowcountry, I — time and time again — have the joy of sharing in student achievements. Every graduation, from my first row seat, I watch as students receive their diplomas and turn their tassels. Seeing their dreams come true is one of my favorite parts of teaching. Until recently, I would have said that I am only afforded this “front row” opportunity yearly.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10911\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Cover-Candice-and-Shana-e1366848832356.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10911\" alt=\"Right: “American Idol” contestant and St. Helena Island native Candice Glover is seen with the author, Shana Hirsch.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Cover-Candice-and-Shana-e1366848832356-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Right: “American Idol” contestant and St. Helena Island native Candice Glover is seen with the author, Shana Hirsch.[/caption]\r\n\r\nJust two weeks ago — sans sinfully hot robe, funny-looking cardboard hat and painful shoes — I, once again, found myself front and center watching the dreams of Candice Glover, one of my former students, take flight. Being a part of the studio audience in Los Angeles for Candice’s rendition of “Don’t Make Me Over” and her history-making performance of “Lovesong” was awe-inspiring. The audience’s energy, their cheering, and the minutes-long standing ovation personify what it means to “live your passion.”\r\n\r\nCandice Glover deserves every accolade, standing ovation and glitter bomb. Most importantly, she deserves the American Idol 2013 title.  However, the ultimate decision rests in our hands, and, as a community, we have the power to “vote, vote, vote” Candice all the way to the grand finale she deserves.\r\n<div></div>', 'Teacher watches former student follow dream', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'teacher-watches-former-student-follow-dream', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:15:20', '2013-04-25 00:15:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10910', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10911, 4, '2013-04-24 20:13:42', '2013-04-25 00:13:42', '', 'Cover-Candice and Shana', 'Right: “American Idol” contestant and St. Helena Island native Candice Glover is seen with the author, Shana Hirsch.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'cover-candice-and-shana', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:13:42', '2013-04-25 00:13:42', '', 10910, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Cover-Candice-and-Shana.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10913, 4, '2013-04-24 20:20:48', '2013-04-25 00:20:48', '[caption id=\"attachment_10914\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HH-American-Idol.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10914\" alt=\"All the students and staff at Hobbit Hill Preschool in Shell Point dressed as red-and-white “Candi Canes” to show their support for “American Idol” candidate Candice Glover. Candice’s mother is a former Hobbit Hill employee and maintains strong ties to the school.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HH-American-Idol-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> All the students and staff at Hobbit Hill Preschool in Shell Point dressed as red-and-white “Candi Canes” to show their support for “American Idol” candidate Candice Glover. Candice’s mother is a former Hobbit Hill employee and maintains strong ties to the school.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10915\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"199\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0438-e1366849108926.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10915\" alt=\"Another Hobbit Hill Candi-Cane\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0438-e1366849108926-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a> Another Hobbit Hill Candi-Cane[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10916\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/LC-Insurance-Candice.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10916\" alt=\"Lowcountry Insurance Services proudly supports Candice Glover. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/LC-Insurance-Candice-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Lowcountry Insurance Services proudly supports Candice Glover.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10917\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/School-LIES-Candice.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10917\" alt=\"Lady’s Island Elementary participated in a schoolwide family art project in support of Candice Glover. Students, parents and staff created Pop Art Campbell soup cans in the style of Andy Warhol. Good luck wishes and messages were written to Candice. The school plans to send the art to her in a few weeks.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/School-LIES-Candice-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Lady’s Island Elementary participated in a schoolwide family art project in support of Candice Glover. Students, parents and staff created Pop Art Campbell soup cans in the style of Andy Warhol. Good luck wishes and messages were written to Candice. The school plans to send the art to her in a few weeks.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'CANDI-LAND: Community rallies around local ‘Idol’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'candi-land-community-rallies-around-local-idol', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:20:48', '2013-04-25 00:20:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10913', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10914, 4, '2013-04-24 20:17:28', '2013-04-25 00:17:28', '', 'HH American Idol', 'All the students and staff at Hobbit Hill Preschool in Shell Point dressed as red-and-white “Candi Canes” to show their support for “American Idol” candidate Candice Glover. Candice’s mother is a former Hobbit Hill employee and maintains strong ties to the school.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'hh-american-idol', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:17:28', '2013-04-25 00:17:28', '', 10913, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HH-American-Idol.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10915, 4, '2013-04-24 20:18:13', '2013-04-25 00:18:13', '', 'DSC_0438', 'Another Hobbit Hill Candi-Cane', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dsc_0438', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:18:13', '2013-04-25 00:18:13', '', 10913, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0438.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10916, 4, '2013-04-24 20:19:32', '2013-04-25 00:19:32', '', 'LC Insurance Candice', 'Lowcountry Insurance Services proudly supports Candice Glover. ', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'lc-insurance-candice', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:19:32', '2013-04-25 00:19:32', '', 10913, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/LC-Insurance-Candice.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10917, 4, '2013-04-24 20:20:14', '2013-04-25 00:20:14', '', 'School-LIES Candice', 'Lady’s Island Elementary participated in a schoolwide family art project in support of Candice Glover. Students, parents and staff created Pop Art Campbell soup cans in the style of Andy Warhol. Good luck wishes and messages were written to Candice. The school plans to send the art to her in a few weeks.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-lies-candice', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:20:14', '2013-04-25 00:20:14', '', 10913, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/School-LIES-Candice.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10919, 4, '2013-04-24 20:22:49', '2013-04-25 00:22:49', '<b>By Anne Christnovich</b>\r\n\r\nPatients of Dr. C. Allen Henry often lick his fingers to let him know he’s done a good job.\r\n\r\nAnd Henry, of Broad Marsh Animal Hospital, wouldn’t have it any other way.\r\n\r\nHis main practice, located at 2511 Boundary Street, is a warm yellow building surrounded by marsh and a brick patio decorated with flowers, an arbor, wind chimes and a handful of dogs up for adoption. The cheery color of the building seems to match the doctor’s disposition.\r\n\r\nHenry has been a Lowcountry veterinarian for 31 years and has cared for rodents, reptiles, canines, felines, equines and bovines.\r\n\r\nHenry chose his profession from a combination of growing up on a dairy farm on St. Helena Island and an early childhood experience with the medical world.\r\n\r\nWhen Henry was 8 years old, he was severely burned and spent weeks at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, where doctors performed dozens of surgeries. Faint patterns from skin grafts are still visible on his neck.\r\n\r\nThe compassion the doctors showed him inspired Henry to follow in their footsteps.\r\n\r\n“From that point forward I think I knew I wanted to be in medicine,” he said of the experience.\r\n\r\nFor a while, he couldn’t decide whether he wanted to be a human or animal doctor but ultimately, his ties to dairy farming and the special bond between animals and humans won him over.\r\n\r\n“On a dairy farm, you’ve already had a lot of exposure to different things, so you go to veterinary school basically to get the book knowledge,” he said.\r\n\r\nHenry went to the University of Georgia and immediately jumped into his work by inheriting a practice from a vet who retired.\r\n\r\n“I graduated on a Saturday and I took three emergencies on Sunday,” he said. “Basically I took the practice over the day after I graduated.”\r\n\r\nSince then, he’s also raised five children, aged 23 to 33 and currently has three rescued dogs, two rescued cats, four horses and 15 Holstein and Jersey cows. Two years ago, he started staffing his clinic 24/7 for emergencies and overnight care, and created his own form of animal insurance last year.\r\n\r\nAt 60 years old, Henry is a tall, broad-shouldered doctor with silver hair and a mustache. He’s big enough to make the image of him holding a 2 lb. Chihuahua comical, but the picture of him hefting a foal from a horse is completely believable. He hasn’t worked with large animals for about 12 years due to injuries from a car accident; now he sticks to small animals.\r\n\r\nHe takes calls all hours of the day for patients in need. During the Tuesday morning interview, Henry sipped a soda for caffeine, as he’d been up most of the night tending to three emergencies.\r\n\r\n“People sometimes ask how I can work six or seven days a week,” he said, ”but compared to dairy farming, this is not that bad.”\r\n\r\nIn his three decades of practice, Henry has seen 31,000 families, many of whom have multiple pets, caring for some patients from puppyhood to their final days.\r\n\r\nHe also cares for animals without families and sometimes acts as the liaison for adoptions.\r\n\r\nAbout a year and a half ago, Henry helped house and place 30 potbelly pigs confiscated by animal control — each one found a home. He also typically has a handful of dogs and cats at his hospital available for adoption. Recently, Henry operated on a Labrador-border collie mix that was shot in the shoulder with a shotgun. Despite the BBs still peppered in his skin, he now happily greets anyone who visits Dr. Henry’s clinic and the doctor hopes to find a forever home for him soon.\r\n\r\nAs one might expect, a vet who takes calls at all hours every day of the year has a deep well of interesting stories.\r\n\r\nOnce, a woman brought her dog in because it had eaten a non-edible item and couldn’t digest it. While removing that object, Henry found a bracelet, too. The woman, shocked, said she’d lost it five years before.\r\n\r\nAnother time, Henry was called out to St. Helena Island to help a cow that was having trouble giving birth. Henry arrived to find the beast laying out in a salt marsh and, after inspection, found that the calf’s head and legs were turned the wrong way.\r\n\r\nThe farmer said to Henry, “Doc, we’ve got a problem.”\r\n\r\nThinking it was a rather obvious statement to make, Henry said, “I know.”\r\n\r\n“No, Doc,” the man said, “the tide is coming in.”\r\n\r\n“We got that calf out, but it was born in about two inches of water,” he said, laughing.\r\n\r\nHenry said any kind of medicine comes with the burden of dealing with difficult decisions or death, and those moments sometimes weigh him down.\r\n\r\n“The hardest thing is to know you and your hospital can make that animal whole again, but can’t do it because of money,” he said. “Whenever you’re in medicine, life is life and death is death ... But at least in vet medicine you have the ability to alleviate suffering.”\r\n\r\nHenry said the sweeter aspects of the job include people’s kindness. Some have donated money to help an owner pay for a procedure and many people have adopted injured animals brought to his hospital.\r\n\r\nWhen he graduated veterinary school all those years ago, his father — who at age 87, still farms on St. Helena — told him, “Son, if you attend your cases and do a good job, you’ll be fine,” Henry said. “I’ve never forgotten those words.”\r\n\r\n“The greatest joy is seeing 20 or 30 patients in a day and almost all of them walk out for the better,” he said. “It’s a good profession and it’s nice to still wake up each morning and like what you get to go to work and do.”\r\n\r\nHenry recently opened a second clinic at 391 Sea Island Parkway on St. Helena Island. For more information, call 524-2224.', 'Dr. C. Allen Henry: Vet is doggone passionate for care of furry friends', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'dr-c-allen-henry-vet-is-doggone-passionate-for-care-of-furry-friends', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:22:49', '2013-04-25 00:22:49', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10919', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10921, 4, '2013-04-24 20:23:44', '2013-04-25 00:23:44', 'The Parish Church of St. Helena invites the community to hear the Rt. Rev Dr. Grant and Dr. Wendy LeMarquand tell the incredible stories of their work in the Horn of Africa. The church will be hosting a coffee and dessert evening on Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. in the Parish Hall, 507 Newcastle Street, Beaufort.\r\n\r\nThe Rt. Rev Dr. Grant LeMarquand and Dr. Wendy LeMarquand are missionaries of SAMS (Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders). Bishop Grant is area bishop for the Horn of Africa within the Episcopal/Anglican Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa.\r\n\r\nThey went to Africa 25 years ago as missionaries of the Anglican Church of Canada. He taught dozens of today’s African bishops when they were seminarians and priests. He also supervised the sabbatical studies of Bishop Mouneer Anis, primate of the Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East and diocesan bishop of Egypt, who appointed him as his assistant, or “area bishop,” for the Horn of Africa, an area which is comprised of Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea.\r\n\r\nThe LeMarquands settled in Gambella, the most settled town of this region, near the Sudanese border.\r\n\r\nHe oversees churches and encourages missionary work, while training the new leaders who emerge. The LeMarquands also assist with efforts to provide medical care, clean water, reforestation and micro-enterprise to build a sustainable local economy.\r\n<div></div>', 'Missionaries to visit, speak at St. Helena’s', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'missionaries-to-visit-speak-at-st-helenas', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:23:44', '2013-04-25 00:23:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10921', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10924, 4, '2013-04-24 20:24:27', '2013-04-25 00:24:27', '<b>“Amour” </b>Winner of the Best Foreign Film  will be at USCB Center For the Arts on Monday, April 29 at 7 p.m.\r\n\r\n<b>Synopsis: </b>Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has an attack. The couple’s bond of love is severely tested.\r\n\r\n<b>Ratings &amp; Reviews: </b>Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 93% approval  rating. With towering performances and an unflinching script from Michael Haneke, “Amour” represents an honest, heartwrenching depiction of deep love. Rated: PG 13.\r\n\r\nTickets for adults are $7, seniors $6, students $5. Call USCB Center for the Arts box office at 843-521-4145 or purchase day of performance. Box office opens one hour prior to show time.\r\n<div></div>', 'The Indie Film Corner: \'Amour\'', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-indie-film-corner-amour', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:24:27', '2013-04-25 00:24:27', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10924', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10926, 4, '2013-04-24 20:24:52', '2013-04-25 00:24:52', 'When Rebecca Folsom sinks her teeth into a song, an emotional intensity emerges that is both deeply stirring and joyously transcendent. Her performances cover the human landscape from humorous, sexy, life challenging and inspirational to heart opening and spiritual. With an equal dose of angel and little devil, she is capable of offering the most tender of ballads then effortlessly engaging a wide-open Rock &amp; Roll cathartic release. She appears to be channeling something a lot larger and wilder than her small frame might first suggest.\r\n\r\nFolsom believes music is all about sharing the human connection, feeling our joys and sorrows, and always offering a bit of hope. She shines when performing in a spare acoustic setting and then explodes with the blazing intensity of her band: audiences are in for an uplifting, joyous, and truly moving musical ride.\r\n\r\nShe as been writing and performing professionally for over 17 years, and has played on BBC television/radio, Red Rocks Amphitheater in CO, The Bluebird and Opryland in Nashville, TN; Kerrville Folks Festival, TX; and Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, CO. A true renaissance woman, she has released 10 CDs, two books of poetry, and numerous paintings of fine art. Her newest project, Reunion, released this year has brought all these creative genres together, joining a work of art and piece of prose with each recorded song.\r\n\r\n“Her songs hit like little earthquakes, Rebecca shares a blues bent and a vocal prowess of Susan Tedeschi.” — Westword Magazine\r\n\r\nRebecca Folsom will be in concert at ARTworks on Saturday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Beaufort Town Center. Tickets are $17 per person, $12 for students (13+), $7 for children (12 and under) and $12 for groups of 10 or more. Visit www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org or call 843-379-2787 for more information.\r\n<div></div>', 'Will of a Woman: Rebecca Folsom in concert', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'will-of-a-woman-rebecca-folsom-in-concert', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:24:52', '2013-04-25 00:24:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10926', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10928, 4, '2013-04-24 20:26:50', '2013-04-25 00:26:50', 'The Beaufort Modern Quilt Guild invites the public to a reception on Saturday, May 4, from 6-8 p.m. at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center. This party celebrates all quilts: from the work of the Sea Island Quilters of Beaufort, who are having their show May 3 &amp; 4 at the nearby Green Street Gym, to the Guild’s own show, on view at ARTworks through May.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10929\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rhondajordan.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10929\" alt=\"Quilt by Rhonda Jordan\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rhondajordan-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Quilt by Rhonda Jordan[/caption]\r\n\r\nFor their first exhibition at ARTworks, the Beaufort Modern Quilt Guild invited guild members from Greenville and Charleston too. Paige Alexander, a Greenville quilter, said, “It’s just great that this show is bringing us together from across the state. I started out as a traditional quilter, but with everything out on the internet, I was drawn to the modern. The info on blogs is vast and instant.” Her modern quilt for the Beaufort show is “a little scrappy improv piece called Confetti, with batiks and hand-dyed fabrics. It’s my first modern quilt really.”\r\n\r\nBrenda Wall is part of the Greenville Modern Quilt Guild too and has been quilting since the 1970s. She said, “The modern themes and styles that you see in blogland have spoken to me, made me stop and pay attention more, I like the no rules part of it, I don’t like to quilt with a pattern, I prefer to do my own thing, and that’s my passion, than ‘have to do it a certain way.’ That’s what appeals to me, the colors, the open spaces, I like to spend some time quilting in those spaces.”\r\n\r\nRhonda Jordan owns Tabby Fabric &amp; Studio in downtown Beaufort, where the guild meets. Her interest in quilts started as a teen: “My mom loved the Smoky Mountains so every couple of years we would go to Asheville or Gatlinburg for a family vacation. One summer, I had somehow managed to save a considerable amount of money for a high school student with a babysitting job. I took it with me so I could buy the coolest “souvenir” ever. I knew we would be going to shops that had unique handmade jewelry and had dreams of buying a one of a kind bracelet or something like that. Nothing really struck my eye until I saw a wall of handmade quilts! I fell in\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10930\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kelly-biscopink.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10930\" alt=\"Quilt by Kelly Biscopink\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kelly-biscopink-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Quilt by Kelly Biscopink[/caption]\r\n\r\nlove with one that had slate blue (of course, it was 1990) eight-point stars on a white background. It was pillowcase bound with hand quilting. I think I spent around $225 for that quilt, all of my own money. It was a fortune for a high school kid. I don’t know why I had to buy that quilt. I put it in the closet when I got home because I was afraid it would get messed up. The quilt now lives in the linen closet of my adulthood home. It gets taken out almost nightly when my children are cold or when my youngest son wants to sleep on the floor in his big brother’s room. It has been washed and worn but is still holding it’s own.”\r\n\r\nKelly Biscopink is in the show at ARTworks too. She’s the co-author of “Modern Designs for Classic Quilts,” and a popular quilt blogger based in Charleston: “I every time I sit down to sew, I feel very connected to everyone who came before me. I learned to quilt from my mother and she learned from her mother. There’s such a long history of quilting. The community of quilters is important to me. It’s thriving and connected to the past, which is wonderful.”\r\n\r\nAbbey Reed, whose modern 60x60 inch quilt is also at ARTworks, sees quilting as an artistic outlet. “Modern quilts are often random, but I like symmetry, the math part of it all,” she said. “I’m not an artist, I can’t paint or draw, but I love the feel of fabric. I have found my way into the artworld with quilting.”\r\n\r\nStop by to meet and see them at 2127 Boundary Street, 29902, www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org, 843-379-2787.\r\n<div></div>', 'In quiltmaking, Modern hearts Traditional', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'in-quiltmaking-modern-hearts-traditional', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:26:50', '2013-04-25 00:26:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10928', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10929, 4, '2013-04-24 20:25:40', '2013-04-25 00:25:40', '', 'rhondajordan', 'Quilt by Rhonda Jordan', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'rhondajordan', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:25:40', '2013-04-25 00:25:40', '', 10928, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rhondajordan.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10930, 4, '2013-04-24 20:26:23', '2013-04-25 00:26:23', '', 'kelly biscopink', 'Quilt by Kelly Biscopink', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'kelly-biscopink', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:26:23', '2013-04-25 00:26:23', '', 10928, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kelly-biscopink.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10932, 4, '2013-04-24 20:27:34', '2013-04-25 00:27:34', 'Eustace Conway, is a man born of 18th Century Enlightenment principles who travels around the country to teach a philosophy of respect for nature, self-reliance and triumph over status quo. Conway, described a modern day Thoreau, is the subject of the book, “The Last American Man,” which was written about Eustace Conway’s horseback trip from the mountains of N.C. to San Diego, Ca., by Elizabeth Gilbert. Gilbert, who penned “Eat, Pray, Love,” wrote “The Last American Man,” and it served as her inspiration for the former and best-selling book.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Comm-Eustace-Book-Cover.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10933\" alt=\"Comm-Eustace Book Cover\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Comm-Eustace-Book-Cover-264x300.jpg\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" /></a>On Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m., Eustace Conway will speak at USCB’s Center for the Arts about his life’s journey, environmental ethics and living by harmony and balance with nature. Conway’s powerful message is relevant to people of all ages and serves as an inspiration for a better society.\r\n\r\nThe event is hosted by John Trask III and presented by Lowcountry Real Estate, Medical Weight Loss of the Lowcountry, Grayco, Higher Ground, Bay Street Outfitters and Beaufort Kayak Tours.\r\n\r\nJohn Trask III met Eustace as a camper at Camp Sequoyah in 1973, and they have remained friends ever since. “It’s difficult to sum up what he is all about. Eustace is more than a naturalist and more than a rugged individualist. Eustace is a man born of the same 18th Century Enlightenment principles embraced by Thomas Jefferson and John Locke. His philosophy may sound altruistic, but it’s possible,” says Trask.\r\n\r\nThe event is free to the public. Donations will be accepted, and proceeds will benefit Turtle Island Preserve, a nature preserve in Boone, N.C.\r\n\r\nFor more information about Turtle Island Preserve, visit www.turtleislandpreserve.com, and to visit a series of articles about Eustace Conway in GQ Magazine and the Wall Street Journal, visit www.wendypollitzer.com.', 'An inspirational evening with ‘The Last American Man’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'an-inspirational-evening-with-the-last-american-man', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:27:34', '2013-04-25 00:27:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10932', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10933, 4, '2013-04-24 20:27:20', '2013-04-25 00:27:20', '', 'Comm-Eustace Book Cover', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'comm-eustace-book-cover', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:27:20', '2013-04-25 00:27:20', '', 10932, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Comm-Eustace-Book-Cover.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10935, 4, '2013-04-24 20:28:17', '2013-04-25 00:28:17', '<b>Family thanks community for help after accident</b>\r\n\r\nTo our friends, acquaintances and extended family in Beaufort: Kristy and I want to extend a very heart felt thanks to every one whom helped us through the trying time of our son Seth’s awful accident. Every one in our immediate family were just overcome with gratitude for the caring and support offered from all over the country; this is the internet at it’s best, and special thanks to the Noll family for getting that ball rolling. We are so proud to be part of this community.\r\n\r\nSeth is at his home now recovering from his injuries and has started his physical therapy. It seems he may not have permanent damage from the accident and we are hopeful for his FULL recovery.\r\n\r\nThere are a couple thoughts we’d like to leave with every one. We believe Seth may have been killed or permanently brain damaged had he not been wearing his bicycle helmet when he was run over. He also did not have access to a proper bike path to commute to his work place. PLEASE, every one: Wear a bike helmet when out riding your bikes and PLEASE support your community’s efforts, wherever you live, to have access to well planned and properly maintained bike paths.\r\n\r\nOur deepest thanks to everyone’s support. With our love and appreciations.\r\n\r\n<b>Tim, Kristy, Alison, Seth, Ariel, Mark and Logan Wood, Beaufort</b>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>An Earth Day message: Don’t recycle politicians</b>\r\n\r\nGenerally, I’m an supporter of recycling. All of my newspapers, bottles, cans, and even the pizza boxes go into my curb-side bin. I take bulky items, yard waste, and used oil to the County Center. However, genuine trash should not be recycled and, at the top of that list, I put Mark Sanford.\r\n\r\nWorst yet, few would claim that Mark was an outstanding member of the House and almost nobody, even Republicans,  claims that he was a good governor. Tim Scott said Sanford ‘s behavior pattern revealed  a “pattern of poor decision -making and questionable leadership.” Jim DeMint said, “Sanford dropped the Flag.” Current Governor Nikki Haley said Sanford fell “far short of public trust.” SC Republican National Committeeman McCall said Sanford has lost “integrity and credibility.” The passage of time has not erased these judgments; recently Ann Colter said Sanford “never accomplished anything of substance” and “he had a chance and he blew it.”I’ve heard that some Republicans plan to “hold their noses” and vote for Mark Sanford. If they believe that Sanford is indeed smelly trash, then please don’t  recycle him — just tell him to take a hike!\r\n\r\n<b>Fred Seitz, Beaufort</b>\r\n<div><b> </b></div>', 'Letters to the Editor', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'letters-to-the-editor-5', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:28:17', '2013-04-25 00:28:17', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10935', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10937, 4, '2013-04-24 20:28:43', '2013-04-25 00:28:43', '<b>By Frank Robinson</b>\r\n\r\nI met a couple from New Brunswick, Canada, approximately one month ago. They have spoken to me everyday except the days that I do not work. My boss met them and gave them a horse catalogue, as they indicated that they have a horse back home named Willum.  Willum is a black Friesian with a long elegant neck and flowing mane. I felt a little envious, but recovered, as I discovered Frank and Janet seemed to like me and were often around.\r\n\r\nMy boss, Peter White, is a good man who gives me at least one day a week off and sometimes two.  He personally looks after my feet and keeps me in new shoes, which is very important for my job. He also makes homemade fly spray that won’t affect my health and really helps keep the flies away.\r\n\r\nI have several co-workers or as they say “partners.” They treat me well and I have nothing but good to say about Mary Ann, Larry, Kristin and my other partners. They give me treats and talk to me encouragingly when my load is heavy and the air is humid.\r\n\r\nI often see Frank and Janet looking at me when I go to work and when I return after a days work. They are staying at Magnolia Court at Brenda Hood’s place, just next door. I hear them say that it is really nice and that Brenda is a wonderful southern hostess. Speaking about southern, my company’s name is Southurn Rose — note the small difference in spelling and my picture on the card. Our company was named for Rose, Peter’s wife.\r\n\r\nOur job is to give guided tours of the history of Beaufort which involves explaining the background of the large homes and churches on the tour.  Mary Ann, Larry, Kristin, et al are masters at this.  They love their job and have “happy hour” (without cocktails) every evening when we arrive back. They then prepare me for my drive home with my boss Peter. They chat about the day and always compliment me on a job well done. I love this time of day as they give me the remainder of the treats and lots of kind words.\r\n\r\nI’m sorry I did not mention my name. It is Newman.  I am a 9 year old beautiful, gelded Belgian from Ohio who loves the South. My Canadian friend told me how fortunate I am to be employed by Peter.  He told me that when he was growing up on a farm he had three horses — Harry, Prince and Tim — who had to work very hard six days a week. He said that he and his brother Austin rode Harry and Prince bareback on Sundays. They did not have days off to graze lazily in the pasture. After hearing this story, I love my boss Peter even more!\r\n\r\n<i>Canadians Frank and Janet Robinson sent this story after spending a month in Beaufort.</i>', 'Discovering Beaufort and finding Newman', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'discovering-beaufort-and-finding-newman', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:28:43', '2013-04-25 00:28:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10937', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10939, 4, '2013-04-24 20:29:20', '2013-04-25 00:29:20', '<b>By Pamela Brownstein</b>\r\n\r\nIt’s been more than a week since the bombings at the Boston Marathon, and the subsequent shutdown of a major American city and the dramatic chase and capture of the suspect. I, like the rest of the nation, was left watching the events unfold on TV and in the days following, listening to experts and citizens trying to comprehend how this tragedy happened, and, more importantly, <b><i>why</i></b> this happened.\r\n\r\nWhat motivates an otherwise seemingly well-adjusted college student to assemble a pressure cooker bomb and detonate it in a crowded area with the intent to kill and cause harm to innocent people? I’m afraid I offer no revelations or revealing insights, just a complete lack of understanding of what it’s like to be so angry and callous and detached that injuring and hurting others seems like a solution or viable option.\r\n\r\nI keep going back to the picture of the 8-year-old boy who was killed and the nightmare that has engulfed his family as the mother and the sister fight for their lives, that will never be the same. It’s so sad and my heart goes out to all of them, and to all the families reeling from this incident.\r\n\r\nAlso on the news last week was the explosion in the small town of West, Texas, that left more than a dozen dead, more than 200 injured, and many more without homes. That too was awful to watch, and the damage to the town almost unfathomable.\r\n\r\nI emailed my dad, who lives in Texas, and tried to express my state of mind by asking him, “What’s happening in the world?”\r\n\r\nMy dad is not a person who babbles or minces words, and he always offers realistic, straightforward advice. He replied: “Recent events like Boston and West just go to show that you are never really safe so enjoy what you can. Love, Dad.”\r\n\r\nDuring unpredictable times and in the face of craziness, I found this to be soothing and hope it is a reminder to make the best of what you have now.', 'From Beaufort to Boston: Our hearts are with you', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'from-beaufort-to-boston-our-hearts-are-with-you', '', '', '2013-04-24 20:29:20', '2013-04-25 00:29:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10939', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10945, 4, '2013-05-02 09:53:14', '2013-05-02 13:53:14', 'Residents may dispose of unwanted cleaning products, harmful chemicals and expired or leftover medications at a special household hazardous materials and medicine closet roundup, May 4, 2013, by Beaufort County.\r\n\r\nThe event is sponsored by the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Investigations Section and the County Solid Waste and Recycling Division.  It will be held Saturday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Beaufort near the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, at the County Public Works North facility, 140 Shanklin Rd, Beaufort, SC 29906.\r\n\r\nThe county is collecting these items for proper disposal in an effort to prevent them from harming the environment. The list of products containing contaminants includes such things as cleaning materials, batteries, paints, turpentine, antifreeze, oil, gas, insecticides, poisons, photo and hobby chemicals, fire extinguishers, fluorescent bulbs of all types, propane tanks and any other products that have labels containing the word, WARNING, DANGER, or CAUTION. Expired and leftover medicines include prescription and over-the-counter drugs, vitamins, and herbal supplements.\r\n\r\nOfficials ask that residents tighten caps and lids on products, leave them in their original containers and keep medications separate from hazardous materials to speed collection. They recommend placing the containers in boxes in the trunk or back of their cars on roundup day. Fireworks, ammunition and smoke detectors will not be accepted.\r\n\r\nOnly residential materials are being accepted at this event. Commercial contractors or businesses with hazardous products that require disposal may call Solid Waste and Recycling at 255-2734 for more information.\r\n\r\nFor more information about recycling and waste disposal, visit http://www.bcgov.net/recycle.\r\n<div></div>', 'Event targets medications, hazardous materials', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'event-targets-medications-hazardous-materials', '', '', '2013-05-02 09:53:14', '2013-05-02 13:53:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10945', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10947, 4, '2013-05-02 09:54:10', '2013-05-02 13:54:10', 'The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will host a Candidate Meet and Greet with both candidates running in the First Congressional District election. On Thursday, May 2 meet with former Governor Mark Sanford (R) and on Friday, May 3 meet with Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D). Both events will be held at noon at the Chamber Office at 701 Craven Street next to the Arsenal at the corner of Craven and Carteret streets. The chamber is offering this opportunity to give residents a chance to meet both of the candidates and ask them questions on important issues that impact local business and our community. Then take your knowledge to the polls on Tuesday, May 7, to vote for our local representative.\r\n<div></div>', 'Don’t forget to vote on Tuesday, May 7', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'dont-forget-to-vote-on-tuesday-may-7', '', '', '2013-05-02 09:54:10', '2013-05-02 13:54:10', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10947', 0, 'post', '', 0);
INSERT INTO `__wp_posts` (`ID`, `post_author`, `post_date`, `post_date_gmt`, `post_content`, `post_title`, `post_excerpt`, `post_status`, `comment_status`, `ping_status`, `post_password`, `post_name`, `to_ping`, `pinged`, `post_modified`, `post_modified_gmt`, `post_content_filtered`, `post_parent`, `guid`, `menu_order`, `post_type`, `post_mime_type`, `comment_count`) VALUES
(10949, 4, '2013-05-02 09:57:19', '2013-05-02 13:57:19', 'The beautiful Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park will be the backdrop for the 14th annual A Taste of Beaufort — Music, Arts and Seafood Festival, produced by Main Street Beaufort USA, from May 3-4, in downtown Beaufort. Free admission.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF1886.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10950\" alt=\"DSCF1886\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF1886-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>On Friday, May 3, from 6-10 p.m. is a party in the park you don’t want to miss! The Carolina Soul Band will take you on an exciting journey through the musical history of Motown, Beach and Soul Music. To fill your hunger on Friday evening, local restaurants will be selling Lowcountry cuisine, seafood and land specialties. Beer, wine and soft drinks will be available.\r\n\r\nThe Arts and Craft market will be open on Friday, May 3 from noon to 5 p.m. and on Saturday, May 4 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.\r\n\r\nOn Saturday, May 4, the festival’s popular 5K Bridge Run will begin at 8 a.m. The Popcorn Run for ages 7 and under will begin at 8:45 a.m. All require advanced registration. Registration forms are available at www.atasteofbeaufort.com. Online registration is available at www.active.com. Race packet pick up and registrations will also be available at the Visitors Center on Craven Street, Friday, May 3 from noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday, May 4 prior to race time\r\n\r\nSaturday, May 4, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., is the  main event. Bring the family downtown to enjoy <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF1860.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10951\" alt=\"DSCF1860\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF1860-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>traditional and innovative food choices being offered by our local restaurants. Sample the many different tastes of Beaufort! From local seafood to international food offerings, you are sure to find a new favorite dish. Beer, wine, and soft drinks will be available. Food and drink vendors will accept tickets for $1 each. Live entertainment featuring the Groove Tones will be provided on the Pavilion Stage and children’s activities, which include Jumpers and slides, will be located near the playground area and a Classic Car Memories car show hosted by Alzheimer’s Family Services of Greater Beaufort will be from 1-5 p.m. in Wells Fargo Parking Lot.\r\n\r\nFor more information call 843-525-6644 or visit the website www.atasteofbeaufort.com.', 'Are you ready to take a big bite out of Beaufort? The 14th Annual A Taste of Beaufort Festival', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'are-you-ready-to-take-a-big-bite-out-of-beaufort-the-14th-annual-a-taste-of-beaufort-festival', '', '', '2013-05-02 09:57:19', '2013-05-02 13:57:19', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10949', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10950, 4, '2013-05-02 09:56:24', '2013-05-02 13:56:24', '', 'DSCF1886', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dscf1886', '', '', '2013-05-02 09:56:24', '2013-05-02 13:56:24', '', 10949, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF1886.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10951, 4, '2013-05-02 09:57:00', '2013-05-02 13:57:00', '', 'DSCF1860', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dscf1860', '', '', '2013-05-02 09:57:00', '2013-05-02 13:57:00', '', 10949, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF1860.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10953, 4, '2013-05-02 09:59:22', '2013-05-02 13:59:22', '<b>Question: How long have you known Candice?</b>\r\n\r\n<b>Answer:</b> I have known Candice for about 5 years.\r\n\r\n<b>Q: What do you like best about her?</b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10954\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Cover-Candice-and-Shana-e1367503126612.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10954\" alt=\"Candice Glover and Shana Hirsch\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Cover-Candice-and-Shana-e1367503126612-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Candice Glover and Shana Hirsch[/caption]\r\n\r\n<b>A:</b> What I like best about Candice is her genuine spirit. What viewers see on TV is Candice Glover. She has such a kind, loving heart. When I was in Hollywood, we talked about my interest in anti-bullying research and she lit up talking about how she hopes to one day help bullied youth and girls with low self-esteem.  The statistics associated with “bully culture” don’t seem to be waning. I know Candice will quickly rise to the ranks of Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, and Lady Gaga as a celebrity anti-bullying activist.\r\n\r\n<b>Q: What is one of your favorite stories about time you spent together that is an example of Candice’s personality?</b>\r\n\r\n<b>A:</b> In February, just about a week after her life-changing audition aired, I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with Candice. It was so endearing to watch her blush as people did a double take while we ate at Panini’s. At one point, she astonishingly said, “Oh my gosh ... that little girl just looked down from upstairs, pointed and took a picture of me! Why did she do that?”\r\n\r\nI said something like, “Honey, you’re a rock star now; you better get used to it.” In reading an Idol interview with her a few weeks ago, she commented about how strange it feels to be shopping with the other girls and have people stare, want photos, and ask for autographs. She is still that same humble girl who left South Carolina three months ago.\r\n\r\n<b>Q: When did you first decide that you were going to see American Idol live? Who did you go with?</b>\r\n\r\n<b>A:</b> I mentioned to Candice that I really wanted to go see her in Hollywood. She said she would make sure that I had tickets for the studio-audience. I went to Hollywood with one of my closest friends, Susan Mullikin from Camden, South Carolina. We were joined by family and friends (Susan Webb and Jamie Cheshire) who live in California for the Idol performances.\r\n\r\nSusan and I started talking about it as early as February. As Candice made it through more and more rounds, then to the top ten, we started planning and booked our trip about three weeks out. We were asked, time and again, “What will you do if she has been voted off before you leave?” I think our responses were essentially the same, “First of all she’s not going anywhere; I mean, have you heard the girl sing?” Secondly we replied, “Poor us, I guess we have to spend four days together in Hollywood, California.”\r\n\r\n<b>Q: Describe what it was like to be in the audience, and also to see your friend on stage.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>A: </b>Candice’s mom (Carole) said to me before I left, “Shana, it looks so different being in the audience. It’s really hard to explain…its so different watching it live!” Carole could not have been more correct. We were all shocked by a number of things: the studio looks so much smaller than it does on TV; a woman with a plastic cup roams the audience making people get rid of their gum, and admittedly, there is a certain proclivity to look over your shoulder to see which stars are in the audience. Ryan Seacrest announced, Sir Anthony Hopkins on Wednesday and Kevin Bacon on Thursday, but also tucked away that night was Salon Takeover’s Tabatha Cofey.\r\n\r\nWe were there for one of the most talked about performances (to date)! Seeing Candice perform live, and knowing millions were watching at home ... wow, it was unreal. I am still not sure the whole experience has quite set in.\r\n\r\nIt was difficult to be so close to her, and unable to run up, throw my arms her and tell her how amazing she was. So at the end of the show, just like any other Wednesday, I fangirled and gushed — via text message.\r\n\r\n<b>Q: What has been your favorite Candice performance on the show so far?</b>\r\n\r\n<b>A:</b> I really, truly have loved them all, but my default answer always goes back to her Top 10 performance: “I Who Have Nothing.”\r\n\r\n<b>Q: If she wins, what do you hope for her future?</b>\r\n\r\n<b>A:</b> You mean, when she wins…I hope her future is filled with all she has ever wanted. After some pretty harsh criticism from past tries on Idol, she never gave up. Actually, in true Candice style, she would not take “No” for an answer. She “Straight Up” has shown that she deserves to be crowned the 2013 American Idol.\r\n\r\n<b>Q: How do you feel about the outpouring of support from the Beaufort community?</b>\r\n\r\n<b>A:</b> “Akeelah and The Bee” is one of my favorite movies. It is a heartwarming story of how a tight-knit community bands together to help Akeelah learn 5,000 words for the National Spelling Bee. It’s essentially the same thing we do, but Beaufort’s version is Candice and American Idol.  We talk, we watch, we vote, we threaten our friends if they don’t vote ... it is so gratifying to see the various ways in which this community has mobilized for both Candice and her family. I have shared the largesse of our community with Susan (Mullikin); she recently said, “it’s just like a Cinderella story.” Yes it is! But, in order for this fairy tale to continue, we need to keep momentum strong and “Come Together” (with hundreds of our closest friends far and wide). Beaufort needs to see this thing through, and the only way to do that is to vote, vote, vote.\r\n<div></div>', 'Get to know the real Candice Glover: A Q&A about the American Idol star with Shana Hirsch', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'get-to-know-the-real-candice-glover-a-qa-about-the-american-idol-star-with-shana-hirsch', '', '', '2013-05-02 09:59:22', '2013-05-02 13:59:22', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10953', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10954, 4, '2013-05-02 09:58:30', '2013-05-02 13:58:30', '', 'Cover-Candice and Shana', 'Candice Glover and Shana Hirsch', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'cover-candice-and-shana-2', '', '', '2013-05-02 09:58:30', '2013-05-02 13:58:30', '', 10953, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Cover-Candice-and-Shana.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10957, 4, '2013-05-02 10:08:45', '2013-05-02 14:08:45', '<b>Sheriff’s Office investigating shooting</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting incident that left one man wounded late April 23 on Lady’s Island.\r\n\r\nJust after 10 p.m., Sheriff’s deputies responded to the area of Youmans Drive in reference to reports of shots fired. During the course of the investigation, deputies were notified that a gunshot victim had arrived at Beaufort Memorial Hospital seeking treatment.\r\n\r\nDeputies made contact with the 25-year-old male victim at the hospital who advised that he had been shot by an unknown individual in the area of 27 Youmans Dr. Following the shooting, the victim fled to a nearby family member’s home, and was transported to the emergency room.\r\n\r\nSeveral witnesses reported hearing a gunshot and seeing the victim running down Youmans Dr, as if being pursued. At this time, no motive or suspect(s) have been identified; however, investigators are following up on several leads. The victim was flown to MUSC for treatment where he remains in serious, but stable condition.\r\n\r\nThe Sheriff’s Office encourages anyone with information to contact either Investigator Cpl. J. Malphrus at 843-255-3426 or Crimestoppers.\r\n\r\n<b>Openings available for PALS Summer Camp</b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Parks and Leisure Services (PALS) still have summer camp openings at Lind Brown, Broomfield, Scott, Dale, and Bluffton Center.\r\n\r\nParticipants must be 5 years of age as of June 10 and cannot turn 13 years old before August 9. Camp will be June 10 through August 9. The registration fee is $325 per person for regular camp rates or $195 per person for reduced camp rates. The cost includes 2 T-shirts per camper. Registration will be accepted at Buckwalter, 905 Buckwalter Parkway, Bluffton, SC  29910, 843-255-6710 or Burton Wells, 1 Middleton Recreation Drive, Beaufort, SC, or call 843-255-6680. You may now register and pay online at www.bcgov.net/PALS.\r\n\r\n<b>Youth can apply for Explorers program</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is again accepting applications for the Law Enforcement Explorers program.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County youths between the ages of 14-20 who are interested in exploring the field of law enforcement are encouraged to apply. Joining the Explorer Post #278 will afford young men and women invaluable hands-on training and first-hand familiarity with the various roles and duties assumed by members of the Sheriff’s Office.\r\n\r\nWith emphasis on career opportunities, life skills, citizenship, character education, and leadership experience, this program is aimed at recruiting and preparing teens interested in a future career in law enforcement. Explorer Post #278 will meet every other Thursday evening from 7-9 p.m.\r\n\r\nApplicants must meet the following general requirements: drug free, no criminal record, maintain good grades, have a clean driving record (if licensed), and must be willing to dedicate time to post activities. These activities include participation in various community functions to include local parades, charitable walk/run events, clean-up initiatives, high school graduations, and public safety presentations. Explorers are also permitted to participate in ride alongs with on-duty deputies, during which they will be uniformed and will assist in various capacities.\r\n\r\nTo obtain an application, or for further information regarding the Explorer program, please contact Post Advisor Kiera Morris at 843-255-3316 or by email at kieram@bcgov.net.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Drought officially over for all SC counties</b>\r\n\r\nThe drought is officially over for all South Carolina counties according to the S.C. Drought Response Committee.  The committee via a conference call meeting on April 24 downgraded the drought from moderate to no drought for 22 counties and from incipient to no drought for the remaining counties.\r\n\r\nChris Bickley, Executive Director, Lowcountry Council of Governments and representative from the West Drought Management Area stressed, “The committee usually avoids downgrading the drought two levels, but in today’s decision there was consistent and overwhelming support from all the drought indicators combined with a high probability for above normal precipitation in the upcoming weeks.”', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'news-briefs-40', '', '', '2013-05-02 10:08:45', '2013-05-02 14:08:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10957', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10959, 4, '2013-05-02 10:09:27', '2013-05-02 14:09:27', 'United Way of the Lowcountry celebrated a new start at its Annual Meeting — a new start with newly-elected board members, a new CEO and new challenges in Beaufort and Jasper counties.\r\n\r\nFeatured at the noon luncheon at Sun City Hilton Head’s Pinckney Hall was a short video called “Aspire” with dozens of Lowcountry residents sharing their thoughts about what is needed to make the Lowcountry a better place. To view the video, visit www.uwlowcountry.org.\r\n\r\n“This is a wonderful way to wrap up our 2012 work and to set the stage for great things to come,” said outgoing Board Chairman Peter Post. “This is a very giving community, but the needs are great, too.”\r\n\r\nJoining the Board of Directors for a two-year term is Bernie Kole. Chris McCorkendale and Craig Harney were re-appointed to the Board for three-year terms, along with newcomers Randy Lamkin, Col. Jack Snider (USMC-Retired) and Matthew Brady.\r\n\r\nMcCorkendale of Hargray is the new Chairman of the Board, with Ashley Twombley taking the role of Chairman-Elect. Meredith Keene continues as Treasurer for the Board.\r\n\r\n“It’s a wonderful privilege to be a part of United Way of the Lowcountry, and we have big plans to make 2013 our best year ever,” said Tina Gentry, CEO.\r\n\r\nIn 2012, United Way of the Lowcountry kicked off the Early Grade Reading initiative, designed to eventually put 600 volunteer reading tutors in eight Beaufort County and Jasper County elementary schools.\r\n\r\nParticipating schools include Hilton Head Island Early Childhood Center, Hilton Head Island Elementary School, Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts, Pritchardville Elementary School, Joseph Shanklin Elementary School, St. Helena Elementary School, Ridgeland Elementary School and Hardeeville Elementary School.\r\n\r\nUnited Way of the Lowcountry’s immediate goal in education is to ensure that local students are reading on grade level when they enter fourth grade. This early grade reading achievement is the first indicator of later success in school. Until third grade, children are learning to read; at the fourth grade, students are reading to learn.\r\n\r\nThe organization’s longer term goal is to cut in half the high school dropout rate in both Beaufort and Jasper counties by 2022.\r\n\r\nWhen United Way’s 18-year veteran CEO Clarece Walker announced her February retirement back in June, the Board of Directors immediately launched a six-month national search that resulted in January’s hiring of Gentry.  A Beaufort High graduate, Gentry began work in February.\r\n\r\nFrom 2003 until her hiring in Beaufort County, Gentry worked as vice president of patient access and sustainable resources for Four Seasons in Flat Rock, NC, where she oversaw a $20 million annual budget and 277 staff members with duties including researching, creating, implementing and evaluating comprehensive business and strategic plans.\r\n\r\nFor more information about United Way of the Lowcountry or to invest in the community, call 843-982-3040 or visit www.uwlowcountry.org.\r\n<div></div>', 'United Way of the Lowcountry has annual meeting', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'united-way-of-the-lowcountry-has-annual-meeting', '', '', '2013-05-02 10:09:27', '2013-05-02 14:09:27', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10959', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10961, 4, '2013-05-02 10:10:44', '2013-05-02 14:10:44', '[caption id=\"attachment_10962\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/News-Parkinsons-awareness-month.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10962\" alt=\"April was officially proclaimed as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month in Port Royal and Beaufort. Pictured here, Port Royal Mayor Sam Murray (standing left) presents the proclamation to local resident Irene Hicks (seated left), Cindy Carr of the Parkinson’s Action Network and Dr. Paul Mazzeo, board certified neurologist of Coastal Neurology. The proclamations were made at the Parkinson’s Support Group meeting on April 4, where Dr. Mazzeo was the featured speaker. For more information, contact Rose at 843-252-3001 or e-mail rewing@alcco.com.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/News-Parkinsons-awareness-month-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /></a> April was officially proclaimed as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month in Port Royal and Beaufort. Pictured here, Port Royal Mayor Sam Murray (standing left) presents the proclamation to local resident Irene Hicks (seated left), Cindy Carr of the Parkinson’s Action Network and Dr. Paul Mazzeo, board certified neurologist of Coastal Neurology. The proclamations were made at the Parkinson’s Support Group meeting on April 4, where Dr. Mazzeo was the featured speaker. For more information, contact Rose at 843-252-3001 or e-mail rewing@alcco.com.[/caption]', 'Parkinson’s awareness', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'parkinsons-awareness', '', '', '2013-05-02 10:10:44', '2013-05-02 14:10:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10961', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10962, 4, '2013-05-02 10:10:13', '2013-05-02 14:10:13', '', 'News-Parkinsons awareness month', 'April was officially proclaimed as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month in Port Royal and Beaufort. Pictured here, Port Royal Mayor Sam Murray (standing left) presents the proclamation to local resident Irene Hicks (seated left), Cindy Carr of the Parkinson’s Action Network and Dr. Paul Mazzeo, board certified neurologist of Coastal Neurology. The proclamations were made at the Parkinson’s Support Group meeting on April 4, where Dr. Mazzeo was the featured speaker. For more information, contact Rose at 843-252-3001 or e-mail rewing@alcco.com.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'news-parkinsons-awareness-month', '', '', '2013-05-02 10:10:13', '2013-05-02 14:10:13', '', 10961, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/News-Parkinsons-awareness-month.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10964, 4, '2013-05-02 10:11:57', '2013-05-02 14:11:57', 'The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office wishes to recognize the generosity of citizens who are helping to fund the launch of Project Lifesaver in Beaufort County.\r\n\r\nOver the last six months, the Sheriff’s Office has received $2,850 from members of the community, bringing us closer to implementing the critically-needed services provided by the Project Lifesaver program.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10965\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/News-Project-lifesaver-Donation.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10965\" alt=\"A check was presented to Sheriff PJ Tanner from the Lowcountry Retired Law Enforcement Officers Association. Pictured from left is Norm Whyte, Sheriff PJ Tanner, John Pontillo, Bert Defazo and Jim Fitzgerald.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/News-Project-lifesaver-Donation-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> A check was presented to Sheriff PJ Tanner from the Lowcountry Retired Law Enforcement Officers Association. Pictured from left is Norm Whyte, Sheriff PJ Tanner, John Pontillo, Bert Defazo and Jim Fitzgerald.[/caption]\r\n\r\nA sincere thanks and appreciation to all our contributors: Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Nakikian ($1,500) and to Mr. Royce Chavis ($100) for last year’s donations. This month, additional donations were made by Hilton Head’s Old Oyster Factory ($250) as well as the Lowcountry Retired Law Enforcement Officers Association ($1,000).\r\n\r\nDesigned to track and rescue those with cognitive conditions who tend to wander, Project Lifesaver’s service assists in protecting people at risk of wandering, including those with Alzheimer’s, autism, Down Syndrome, and dementia.\r\n\r\nUpon implementation, Project Lifesaver International, the leading organization in electronic search and rescue (SAR) programs, will conduct mandatory training and provide certification, ongoing management and support to the Sheriff’s Office personnel. Their training includes instruction on how to use the equipment and how to gain the trust of and communicate with people who wander, as well as to ensure that caregivers are well versed in the program — all of which are essential to a successful rescue.\r\n\r\nClients enrolled in the service will wear a wrist-watch sized radio transmitter on their wrist or ankle. The transmitter constantly emits a radio frequency signal, which can be tracked regardless of where the person has wandered—even into a densely wooded area, a marsh, a concrete structure such as a garage, or a building constructed with steel. When a loved one goes missing, caregivers notify locally trained agencies and they are dispatched to the wanderer’s area. The average rescue time remains around 30 minutes.\r\n\r\nProject Lifesaver develops public outreach programs to educate others about the issue of wandering, and they constantly work toward developing public policy and effective law enforcement response to help save lives and “bring loved ones home.”\r\n\r\nFor more information about this program and/or making donations, please contact SSgt. K. Light at 843-255-3410 with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.', 'Donations help launch Project Lifesaver', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'donations-help-launch-project-lifesaver', '', '', '2013-05-02 10:11:57', '2013-05-02 14:11:57', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10964', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10965, 4, '2013-05-02 10:11:41', '2013-05-02 14:11:41', '', 'News-Project lifesaver Donation', 'A check was presented to Sheriff PJ Tanner from the Lowcountry Retired Law Enforcement Officers Association. Pictured from left is Norm Whyte, Sheriff PJ Tanner, John Pontillo, Bert Defazo and Jim Fitzgerald.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'news-project-lifesaver-donation', '', '', '2013-05-02 10:11:41', '2013-05-02 14:11:41', '', 10964, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/News-Project-lifesaver-Donation.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10967, 4, '2013-05-02 10:13:10', '2013-05-02 14:13:10', '<strong>By Mark Siegel, MD, FAAO</strong>\r\n\r\nIn honor of the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s May monthly observance, I’d like to remind everyone of the importance of taking care of your eyes.\r\n\r\nYour eyes are an important part of your health. There are many things you can do to keep them healthy and make sure you are seeing your best.  Follow these six simple steps for maintaining healthy eyes well into your golden years.\r\n\r\n<b>Have a comprehensive dilated eye exam.</b> You might think your vision is fine or that your eyes are healthy, but visiting your eye care professional for a comprehensive dilated eye exam is the only way to really be sure. When it comes to common vision problems, some people don’t realize they could see better with glasses or contact lenses. In addition, many common eye diseases such as glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, and age-related macular degeneration often have no warning signs. A dilated eye exam is the only way to detect these diseases in their early stages.\r\n\r\nDuring a comprehensive dilated eye exam, your eye care professional places drops in your eyes to dilate, or open, the pupil to allow more light to enter the eye the same way an open door lets more light into a dark room. This dilation enables your eye care professional to get a good look at the back of the eyes and examine them for any signs of damage or disease. Your eye care professional is the only one who can determine if your eyes are healthy and if you are seeing your best.\r\n\r\n<b>Know your family’s eye health history. </b>Talk to your family members about their eye health history. It’s important to know if anyone has been diagnosed with a disease or condition since many are hereditary. This information will help to determine if you are at higher risk for developing an eye disease or condition.\r\n\r\n<b>Eat right to protect your sight. </b>You’ve heard carrots are good for your eyes. But eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, particularly dark leafy greens such as spinach, kale, and collard greens, is important for keeping your eyes healthy, too. Research has also shown there are ocular benefits from eating fish high in omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon, tuna, and halibut.\r\n\r\n<b>Maintain a healthy weight.</b> Being overweight or obese increases your risk of developing diabetes and other systemic conditions which can lead to vision loss from diabetic eye disease or glaucoma. If you are having trouble maintaining a healthy weight, talk to your doctor.\r\n\r\n<b>Don’t smoke.</b> Smoking not only increases your risk of cancer and lung, cardiovascular and brain disease, but it also increases the risk of damage to your eyes. Smoking damages blood vessels that can reduce blood flow to your eyes resulting in “strokes” of the retina and optic nerve. It also increases one’s risk of developing age-related macular degeneration, progression of cataracts and possibly glaucoma.\r\n\r\n<b>Wear protective eyewear.</b> Wear protective eyewear when playing sports or doing activities around the home. Protective eyewear includes safety glasses and goggles, safety shields, and eye guards specially designed to provide the correct protection for a certain activity. Most protective eyewear lenses are made of polycarbonate, which is 10 times stronger than other plastics. Many eye care providers sell protective eyewear, as do some sporting goods stores.', 'May is Healthy Vision Month', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'may-is-healthy-vision-month', '', '', '2013-05-02 10:13:10', '2013-05-02 14:13:10', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10967', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10969, 4, '2013-05-02 10:13:48', '2013-05-02 14:13:48', '<b>By Martha O’Regan</b>\r\n\r\nNo, that isn’t a misprint. Don’t you just love failure? I mean, what greater feedback for what not to do next time could you ask for? And to think, we, unknowingly at the time, created each one of them all by ourselves for our personal growth and evolution — how cool is that? The older we get, the more obvious it becomes how we have created a lot of experiences to teach us what we don’t want so we can know what we do want all in an effort to find the necessary balance to living a life of joy and abundance. This applies to relationships, health, careers, hobbies, homes, etc.\r\n\r\nIn our culture, people are measured by their successes by how hard they worked on a particular project or how long they stayed at the office to reach that important deadline or how much money they made with an invention or investment or what family they were born or married into.\r\n\r\nWhat if we could personally measure ourselves on a daily basis by our “failures” — or as my family refers to them “ooops, human moments” — to allow more grace and ease in navigating our lives? Missing that important phone call while at your child’s ballgame might be considered a failure in the eyes of your boss, but a huge success in the eyes of your child.  Still, our tendency is to immediately go into the upset of the situation with, “Hh no, I’m going to get fired,” or “I am such a loser,” or other yucky thoughts that weigh us down.  Instead, trust that there is a reason why it happened and stay confident that there is a solution in there somewhere and keep moving forward.\r\n\r\nMany moons ago, I assisted in the development and operation of an exclusive island resort in the Florida Keys that was only accessible by boat.  Water and power were delivered from the mainland via three and a half miles of power poles where PVC pipe was run along the very shallow flats below. As manager, my job was to make sure all services stayed up and running for the hotel and restaurant. Our unique variables resulted in constant crisis management that would often send me right over the edge and straight to the owner with all of the “problems.” Every single time he would calmly say, “Martha, there are no problems, only opportunities for solutions,” to which I always wished I could reach across and choke him. But, I didn’t and to this day that statement is ingrained in me and now my children (sometimes with rolled eyes and grunts).\r\n\r\nWhen you really consider it, all failure or crisis is a success in that it teaches you how not to do it next time. And, through a series of flops, you then gain a full recipe for future success or fulfillment, which is the subject of many self-help books out there. True, there are some experiences that we wished had never happened, that are difficult to see the lesson in the moment, but we tuck them away in the “ouch, that hurt” file, lick our wounds and move on. Months, years or decades later when faced again with a similar situation, we are able to access those archived files and maybe discover a solution with surprised ease or a foundation of courage that we didn’t even know we had.\r\n\r\nSo, if you are one of those who still drag around all those “learning experiences” like a heavy suitcase, take a moment to put the bag down, open it up, and lighten the load by seeing the gift that each of those human moments has brought you or taught you.  Since it is all energy, send it all back out to the cosmos, trusting the lessons will be there whenever you need them, then move forward with great gratitude. And, don’t forget the suitcase, now there is room for your success journey!\r\n\r\nLive Well ... Have Fun!', 'Ahh, The Sweet Smell of Failure', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ahh-the-sweet-smell-of-failure', '', '', '2013-05-02 10:13:48', '2013-05-02 14:13:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10969', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10971, 4, '2013-05-02 10:14:21', '2013-05-02 14:14:21', '<b>PAL hires director of operations/dog behaviorist</b>\r\n\r\nPalmetto Animal League is excited to announce that Kevin McHale has joined the PAL team as Director of Operations/ Dog Behaviorist. Kevin brings a unique and exciting skill set to the PAL team, PAL animals, PAL families, and our community. His dedicated involvement will help PAL achieve its mission of being a truly progressive adoption facility. He has extensive experience in organizational management and is a highly respected dog behaviorist throughout the lowcountry and surrounding areas.\r\n\r\nAs an experienced and committed manager, Kevin brings to PAL his keen ability to streamline day-to-day operations, which empowers staff to create a more efficient and balanced environment for themselves, volunteers, adopters and the animals. In addition to his management experience, Kevin’s expertise in dog psychology is an invaluable contribution to PAL: Kevin specializes not only in educating human handlers with basic dog psychology practices, but also in rehabilitating dogs with issues that, without help, would normally be deemed “unadoptable” — such as fear, aggression and anxiety.  With a dog behaviorist on staff as Director of Operations, PAL will now be able to offer an enhanced environment that is beneficial for all dogs who come through the doors, and will be able to offer new programs to educate and guide staff, volunteers, adopters and the public on a consistent basis.\r\n\r\n<b>Open Land Trust hires new stewardship director </b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Open Land Trust is excited to welcome Lisa Lord as its new Stewardship Director. Mrs. Lord joins the team after five years at the South Carolina Chapter of The Nature Conservancy managing an extensive conservation easement program and several conservancy preserves that protected and/or restored unique and extraordinary habitats.\r\n\r\nPrior to working at The Nature Conservancy, she worked as the grounds manager and naturalist at Yeamans Hall and gained a wide variety of practical experience in wildlife and forest management.\r\n\r\nMrs. Lord received her Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Management and Master of Education in Biology from Auburn University. She is an avid butterflier, and has a passion for the landscape of the Lowcountry and working with private landowners on natural resource issues.', 'Business briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'business-briefs-8', '', '', '2013-05-02 10:14:21', '2013-05-02 14:14:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10971', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10974, 4, '2013-05-02 10:23:23', '2013-05-02 14:23:23', '<b>County should focus on financial costs of projects</b>\r\n\r\nCounty Administrator Gary Kubic would like to have County Council ban smoking on county (taxpayer owned) outdoor properties.  Will he later ask for trained sniffer dogs to make sure that all food and drink entering county  property is sniffed to ensure it is nutritious? Also the sniffers could check for obnoxious perfumes and deodorants. Parks will need fences and gates at which the dogs are stationed.  Maybe Kubic could give the Mayor of New York additional ideas for infringing on individual rights.  Will county workers in parks, etc., get extra time to leave the property for their smokes? Wow! Cost, cost and more cost.\r\n\r\nIs cost  of  concern?  Look at current estimated cost of $56 million OVERSPENDING on the recent $152 million ordinance taxpayers approved for road improvements.  The ordinance required the administration to submit a complete cost estimate and schedule to council before the project started.  Where is it? FOIA requests did not produce it.  There is still no schedule on parts of the program, and one or two projects are  “on hold.”  Do you guess the  county ran out of money sources? County and City Council should spend  time on finding why projects aren’t managed — not on outdoor smoking. What happened? How can construction be better managed? Where is financial transparency on anything?\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago there was information in the press that Beaufort County was going to spend $750,000 to update the former Special Needs home for space for the Coroner.  After obtaining a copy of the estimate, it contained $22,500 for demolition and then  another $14,000 for demolition of concrete walks and two sheds etc.  It appears the property is to be cleared instead of remodeled. The press announcement indicated the coroner would now be able to do autopsies with an additional employee instead of sending them out.  What is the cost comparison between in house and elsewhere?  Autopsy Room equipment alone is estimated at $96,000.  Was this project evaluated by the County Finance Committee and council?\r\n\r\nOh well, it is only taxpayer money. Why be concerned?  We should have term limits on all elected offices so we get fresh thinking into  government.\r\n\r\n<b>Jim Bequette, Retired CPA, Beaufort</b>\r\n<div><b> </b></div>', 'Letter to the Editor', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'letter-to-the-editor-7', '', '', '2013-05-02 10:23:23', '2013-05-02 14:23:23', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10974', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10976, 4, '2013-05-02 10:23:53', '2013-05-02 14:23:53', '<b>By Cherimie Crane Weatherford</b>\r\n\r\nWalking the unfamiliar streets of foreign countries alone never fazed me, not even once. Bungee jumping off of a bridge did nothing more than necessitate an inconvenient visit to a chiropractor and impromptu public speaking stirred less nerves than an empty coffee mug. Fear was a distant emotion, an absent friend and a most unlikely foe. Possibly naivety was dominant in my genes or it could be the inability to admit doubt even in the most half-brained of ideas. There were moments of hesitation, the semblance of a little voice that proclaimed obvious objection to frequent bouts of ignorance; however, the paralysis that is the concrete feet of fear was a complete stranger to me until recently.\r\n\r\nBackwoods Barbie is just one of the many things I have been called, some far less glamorous. Over the years I have been known as many things, filled many shoes and worn almost as many hats. Three months ago a little stick with a bright pink line presented me with an entirely new name, bigger than life shoes to fill and my very first introduction to real, unmistakable fear. Without any words, the loudest silence I have ever heard rang out the clearest invitation I have ever received. Backwoods Barbie, girl in the boots, awkward girl from Mississippi, girl with a strange name, Reed’s wife, Lydia’s best friend is now someone’s Momma.\r\n\r\nStronger than any black coffee I have ever had, the news jolted through my body with more energy than the time I tried to fix the dining room chandelier without turning off the power. For what seemed like hours, but was certain only to be moments, the sound of my stampeding heart was the only recognizable sensation. Then a lifetime of insecurities came rushing in as if someone had been holding them back all these years.\r\n\r\nOne right after another, reasons why I would never measure up flooded my already crowded brain. Somewhere during the onslaught of emotion, the parade of tears and the realization that I no longer could live off of caffeine and cupcakes, I did what I have done all my life. I stood up, maybe even a little too quickly as I went head first into the bathroom door but recovered nicely.\r\n\r\nOf all the many titles I have held over the years, none will ever be as important, as challenging as rewarding as the one laid before me now.  With the long line of strong women running through my blood, the trail of the most incredible mothers, grandmothers and friends a woman could have, I accept this amazing gift with both hands. This Mother’s Day will undoubtedly be different. Happy Mother’s Day to all the women who had the moment of unmistakable fear, that most private of all private moments when you sat down as one person and stood up as two.\r\n<div></div>', 'I sat down as one, I stood up as two', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'i-sat-down-as-one-i-stood-up-as-two', '', '', '2013-05-02 10:23:53', '2013-05-02 14:23:53', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10976', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10978, 4, '2013-05-02 10:24:22', '2013-05-02 14:24:22', '<b>By Rick Toomey</b>\r\n\r\nI have been a hospital administrator for most of my healthcare career, and I have been honored to serve as Beaufort Memorial’s President and CEO for the last five years.\r\n\r\nYet, every day I come face to face with the reality that there is a widening gap between those who can afford health care coverage and those who cannot, and it makes me concerned about the health of our residents and of our hospital.\r\n\r\nOur elected officials have an opportunity to change the fates and health of our state’s uninsured as they debate the state budget and whether or not to broaden health coverage for low income adults and families — a move that would improve the health of our state and community.\r\n\r\nThe debate centers on whether or not the state will accept $11.2 billion in federal funds available through the Affordable Care Act — money our residents have contributed through federal withholdings — to expand Medicaid to those living below 138% of the Federal Poverty Level. The alternative is to reject these funds and allow them to be sent to another state to expand their healthcare coverage.\r\n\r\nPeople on both sides of the debate are fairly well entrenched in their positions, and there is no doubt that we are working with a system that needs reform — reform that will take many years to implement.  But the issue at hand today is very simple: use our money to improve healthcare coverage and health in our state, or allow our money to be sent to another state to improve their healthcare.\r\n\r\nWhile a number of Republican governors initially said “no” to Medicaid expansion, upon reflection many, including governors Chris Christie of New Jersey, Rick Scott of Florida, John Kasich of Ohio and Jan Brewer of Arizona, have reconsidered because they recognize that expansion puts people first and makes good economic sense.\r\n\r\nThere is virtually no expense to the state for expanding Medicaid to newly eligible enrollees during the first three years of expansion (2014-2016), as the Federal government pays 100% of the cost. So as debate about the state budget continues in the statehouse,  all our legislators have to do is direct DHHS to expand Medicaid to access over $11 billion of your federal tax dollars to cover South Carolina’s most vulnerable citizens.\r\n\r\nOur state needs to reconsider its hard line against expansion and consider the devastating impact their choices will have on our state, our economy, and the health of our citizens.\r\n\r\nHospitals across the state, including ours, will face millions in annual Medicare cuts beginning next year. These cuts were to be offset by increased coverage for the uninsured provided through Medicaid expansion.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, hospitals are still forced to absorb the cost of providing care to the uninsured while forgoing billions of dollars in Medicare reimbursement.\r\n\r\nWhat does this mean for our community?\r\n\r\nBeaufort Memorial provides a lion’s share of the cost of caring for Medicaid patients and the uninsured, and those costs are only increasing.\r\n\r\nThe hospital has experienced a significant increase in charity care over the past several years, rising from $15.4 million in fiscal year 2008 to $22.3 million in fiscal year 2012.\r\n\r\nLikewise, we’ve had to absorb bad debt increases driven by the poor economy, with provisions for bad debt rising from $13.3 million in fiscal year 2008 to $21.7 million in fiscal year 2012.\r\n\r\nIn order to meet the challenges of an annual $7 million cut in Medicare reimbursements and a rising number of uninsured patients, BMH will be forced to make the toughest choice of all: Whether or not we can continue providing critical, much-needed health services to our community.\r\n\r\nAs a hospital administrator and a member of this community, I believe that we should expand health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. It’s a better plan for our state, our health, and our money.\r\n\r\nI urge you to learn more about this important issue that will affect us all for years to come.  Contact your local legislators, write to our governor, and implore them to do what is right for the people of South Carolina.\r\n\r\n<i>Rick Toomey is President and CEO of Beaufort Memorial Hospital  and incoming president of the SCHA and chair of its legislative committee.</i>\r\n<div><i> </i></div>', 'Support expanded health coverage for SC', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'support-expanded-health-coverage-for-sc', '', '', '2013-05-02 10:24:22', '2013-05-02 14:24:22', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10978', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10981, 4, '2013-05-02 14:16:50', '2013-05-02 18:16:50', '[caption id=\"attachment_10982\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Sports-Badkatz-5-2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10982\" alt=\"The 12 under girls Badkatz softball team placed third out of 13 teams in the World Fastpitch Connection Spring World Series in Sumter on April 26-28. Cheyenne Strong hit her first career home run. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Sports-Badkatz-5-2-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> The 12 under girls Badkatz softball team placed third out of 13 teams in the World Fastpitch Connection Spring World Series in Sumter on April 26-28. Cheyenne Strong hit her first career home run.[/caption]', 'Good job, Badkatz girls ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'good-job-badkatz-girls', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:16:50', '2013-05-02 18:16:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10981', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10982, 4, '2013-05-02 14:16:31', '2013-05-02 18:16:31', '', 'Sports-Badkatz 5-2', 'The 12 under girls Badkatz softball team placed third out of 13 teams in the World Fastpitch Connection Spring World Series in Sumter on April 26-28. Cheyenne Strong hit her first career home run.\n', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'sports-badkatz-5-2', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:16:31', '2013-05-02 18:16:31', '', 10981, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Sports-Badkatz-5-2.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10984, 4, '2013-05-02 14:17:18', '2013-05-02 18:17:18', 'The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training (TNT) program invites individuals interested in fitness and charity to join TNT. TNT participants fight against blood cancers by raising funds and training as a group to run or walk, a full or half marathon. This year TNT is celebrating its 25th Anniversary through the Rock ‘N’ Roll Savannah Marathon in Savannah.\r\n\r\nTNT is a unique program with a local presence, resident Larry Baker participated in TNT last season. Larry lives in Hardeeville and participated in Rock ‘N’ Roll Savannah last season, marking his first marathon experience. Larry ran the marathon for his friend, Al, a local community member. Al passed away one week prior to the marathon, and Larry completed the marathon in his honor. This season Larry plans to join TNT once again to continue his efforts in Al’s honor.\r\n\r\nTo run to raise money for blood cancer research like Larry, what better way than to run with TNT and help celebrate 25 years. The TNT program includes weekly team training sessions under the direction of a certified coach, mentoring from previous participants, like Larry, and clinics on nutrition, shoes and gear, injury prevention, and safety.\r\n\r\nRock ‘N’ Roll Savannah is set to take place November 9. Please contact the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for more information and to register today.\r\n\r\nLearn more about Team In Training at a local information session at City Java, 301 Carteret Street, Beaufort on Wednesday, May 22, from 4 to 7 p.m. Drop in and have a cup of coffee with a TNT coordinator to learn more.\r\n<div></div>', 'Train, run and save lives', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'train-run-and-save-lives', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:17:18', '2013-05-02 18:17:18', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10984', 0, 'post', '', 0);
INSERT INTO `__wp_posts` (`ID`, `post_author`, `post_date`, `post_date_gmt`, `post_content`, `post_title`, `post_excerpt`, `post_status`, `comment_status`, `ping_status`, `post_password`, `post_name`, `to_ping`, `pinged`, `post_modified`, `post_modified_gmt`, `post_content_filtered`, `post_parent`, `guid`, `menu_order`, `post_type`, `post_mime_type`, `comment_count`) VALUES
(10986, 4, '2013-05-02 14:19:41', '2013-05-02 18:19:41', '<b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><b> </b></span></b>About 700 elementary, middle and high school students visited Battery Creek High School today to learn more about the school’s growing aviation program and to receive hands-on instruction in aviation and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) courses.\r\n\r\n“Battery Creek Aviation/STEM Day,” sponsored by the high school, the Celebrate Freedom Foundation and the U.S. Marine Corps, hosted students from Robert Smalls Middle School, Broad River Elementary School, Joseph S. Shanklin Elementary School and Battery Creek High.\r\n\r\nStudents toured the Battery Creek Aviation and Engineering Facility, including its flight simulator, aircraft construction program, and aviation and engineering classrooms.\r\n\r\n“We hope to capture the imaginations and dreams of young elementary and middle school students on the opportunities they have in aviation, while at the same time furthering our high school students’ interests in the field,” said Col. (Ret.) Jack Snider, a veteran Marine pilot who retired as the Marine Corps Air Station’s commander last year and has coordinated the new additions to Battery Creek’s academic program.\r\n\r\nIn addition to touring the school’s aviation and engineering facilities, the students visited an AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopter displayed on a trailer and speak with a helicopter pilot.  A second Cobra, owned by the Celebrate Freedom Foundation, flew twice around the school before landing on an athletic field to the shouts of students.\r\n\r\n“There are so many terrific career opportunities right here in our neighborhood,” Snider said.  “There are high-paying positions that include aircraft mechanics, computer hardware engineers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, aircraft avionics, aircraft painters, aircraft technicians and flight engineers.”\r\n<div></div>', 'Aviation and STEM courses have starring role as students visit, tour Battery Creek High', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'aviation-and-stem-courses-have-starring-role-as-students-visit-tour-battery-creek-high', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:03:37', '2018-07-12 15:03:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10986', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10988, 4, '2013-05-02 14:20:10', '2013-05-02 18:20:10', 'Beaufort Academy (BA) has announced the dates of its upcoming “Camp Make and Take.” This camp is being partially funded by a grant from the Beaufort Youth Initiative, and will be at no cost to participants. BA was awarded these funds in a stiff competition among local organizations that wanted to offer intellectually stimulating programs to teenagers in northern Beaufort County. The grant process was organized by the Boys &amp; Girls Club of Beaufort County. BA sent three of its own teenage students to participate in the grant review board that evaluated all of the grant applications.\r\n\r\n“This was an outstanding opportunity for BA students to contribute their diverse ideas to the evaluation process,” said Rebecca W. Bass, Beaufort Academy’s Director of Development and Alumni Relations. “The feedback we received from the Boys &amp; Girls Club is that all of our students are welcome to return to participate on the review board next year.”\r\n\r\nThe grant funds were used to purchase a 3D printer. Despite the somewhat misleading name “printer”, such devices do not really print in the sense we think of it today. Rather, with a 3D printer, it is possible to design an object in three dimensions with software on a computer and then make it a reality by producing it on the 3D “printer.”\r\n\r\nGina Reilly, BA’s Library Director and Technology Instructor, enthused, “The only limit to what can be produced with a 3D printer is the student’s imagination. The hands-on experiences the students will have here could inspire them to contemplate a career in design or engineering.” Students will have the opportunity to explore 3D design software such as Sketchup and Cubify and then create their prototypes in plastic using the 3D printer.\r\n\r\nThere will be four one-week sessions of Camp Make and Take offered. The dates for the first two sessions are: May 13-17 and May 20-24. The camp will meet in the Beaufort Academy Library from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Camp Make and Take is open to ALL Northern Beaufort County teens and is free to attend. Dates will be announced soon for two more sessions this summer. Classes are limited to fifteen students. Registration forms are available on the school website www.beaufortacademy.org.\r\n\r\nFor more details, contact Rebecca W. Bass, Director of Development and Alumni Relations, at Beaufort Academy at rbass@beaufortacademy.org or call 843-524-3393.', 'Beaufort Academy to offer teen camp', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-academy-to-offer-teen-camp', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:03:37', '2018-07-12 15:03:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10988', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10990, 4, '2013-05-02 14:22:45', '2013-05-02 18:22:45', '<b>BATTERY CREEK HIGH</b>\r\n\r\n• Select students attended the first South Carolina Business Professionals of America state conference in Columbia March 20-22.  BPA is an approved CATE organization for high school students.  Approximately 100 students competed in various events. Youth motivational speaker and author Brooks Harper of Columbia was the guest speaker at the opening session. They had a chance to network not only with other students but with Mr. Harper as well. April Stibitz came in First Place for Interview Skills (had to complete a job application, write letter of application and resume, and interview by 2 judges--a HR Manager of a large company and a Vice President of a large company both from the Columbia area). Breyanna Sheppard took First Place for Prepared Speech  (had to submit an outline and works cited page). LaTavia Bearden took Third Place for Extemporaneous Speech (topic given, sequestered with 10 minute prep time).\r\n\r\n<b>BEAUFORT ACADEMY</b>\r\n\r\n• Thursday, May 2: There will be a blood drive at Beaufort Academy.  Come and give!  The Blood Alliance truck will be parked in the BA parking lot – all are welcome.\r\n\r\n• Thursday, May 2: Beaufort Academy will host the Relay for Life Survivor Dinner.\r\n\r\n• Friday, May 3: Half-day for PreK and Kindergarten students.\r\n\r\n• Saturday, May 4: the SAT Prep courses continue.\r\n\r\n• Monday, May 6 through Friday, May 10: The 5th graders will take part in the MCAS STARBASE Program all week.\r\n\r\n• Monday, May 6 through Friday, May 10: Teacher &amp; Staff Appreciation week\r\n\r\n• Monday, May 6: PreK and Kindergarten students have a field trip to Dempsey Farms strawberry patch.\r\n\r\n• Monday, May 6: AP Psychology Exam\r\n\r\n• Tuesday, May 7: Special assembly from the Teen Librarian at the St. Helena Public Library about their summer reading program for teens, Beneath The Surface.\r\n\r\n• Wednesday, May 8: AP Calculus Exam\r\n\r\n• Wednesday, May 8: Thank you celebration recognizing Major Donors to the BA Annual Fund.\r\n\r\n<b>BEAUFORT JASPER ACADEMY FOR CAREER EXCELLENCE</b>\r\n\r\n• Six students from Beaufort-Jasper Academy for Career Excellence (ACE) earned top honors at the annual South Carolina SkillsUSA State Conference and will advance to the national finals in Kansas City, Missouri. Nine additional students also won awards at the state event. Honors earned included: First place in Crime Scene Investigation – Akilah Jefferson, Darina Courtney, Kayla Canova; first place in Welding Sculpture – Dyllon Grimm; fourth place in Welding Fabrication – Eric Bilyard, Israel Ramos, Daniel Smith; first place in Master Hair Care – Aaron Holmes, second place – Amori Pringle, third place – Lewis Morgan; first place in Promotional Bulletin Board – Salome Edwards; second place in Restaurant Service – Kayla Skarla; fourth place in Culinary Arts – Brendan Washington; first place in Automotive Service Technology – Chad Rasmussen; fourth place in Power equipment Technology – Elliott Mayer; and fourth place in Carpentry – William Ferlo.\r\n\r\nThe state competition was held in Greenville April 11-13. Fifty-two schools in South Carolina were represented in the event by 448 student competitors. SkillsUSA is an organization that partners with students, teachers and industry who work together to ensure that America has a skilled workforce.\r\n\r\n<b>COOSA ELEMENTARY</b>\r\n\r\n• Spaces are still available for CAMP INVENTION at Coosa Elementary School. Take advantage of the Spring into Summer discount being offered right now.  Register at www.campinvention.org or contact Karyn Levesque at 322-6114 if you have any questions.  Camp dates are July 8- 11.\r\n\r\n<b>HOLY TRINITY CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL</b>\r\n\r\n• May 3: Teacher In-Service, No School\r\n\r\n• May 17 - Last Day of HTCCS Preschool.\r\n\r\n• Holy Trinity Classical Christian School (HTCCS), located at 302 Burroughs Ave., is now enrolling for the 2013-2014 academic school year in grades Pre-k (ages 2 +) through 6th grade. Applications can be found online at www.htccs.org or retrieved in person at the school.For more information or to schedule a school tour, contact HTCCS at (843) 522-0660 or via email at htadmin@htccs.org.\r\n\r\n<b>LADY\'S ISLAND ELEMENTARY</b>\r\n\r\n• Saturday, May 4: Huge Yard Sale sponsored by Lady’s Island Elementary PTO from 7:30 a.m. until.... in the LIES parking lot in front of the gym. To participate, pay $15 to PTO to reserve a table/space, bring your items and you can sell them and keep the profits. (You may donate profits to LIES PTO, if you wish.  All proceeds from sale of tables and food will benefit LIES PTO, which provides supplies for our school throughout the year. To reserve your table/space, call 322-2240 or email Joy Thayer @ joyrn175@yahoo.com. The Dangerfield’s will be cooking lunch to sell and other snacks will be available. (BBQ, chicken tenders, burgers, fries, and much more!)\r\n\r\n<b>MISCELLANEOUS</b>\r\n\r\n• Penn Center program for academic and cultural enrichment (PACE) child development center is now accepting applications for Summer Enrichment Youth Arts Camp from June 17- August 10. The center provides services Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, stop by or call 843-838-8586.\r\n\r\n<b>RIVERVIEW</b>\r\n\r\n• May 7-10: PASS Testing for 3rd - 8th Grades.\r\n\r\nPlease mark your calendars for PASS testing and plan accordingly. Testing on these dates will include testing for ELA, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.\r\n\r\n<b>ST. PETER’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL</b>\r\n\r\n• Discount Cards are now on sale at the school office.  Call for more details, 522-2163.\r\n\r\n• Saturday, May 4: Affordable Pet Vaccination Clinic from 9 to 11 a.m. at the school library.\r\n\r\n• May 7-10: The Scholastic Book Fair will be held in the school library.  It is the annual BOGO sale.\r\n\r\n• Sunday, May 12: From 3 to 6 p.m. A VIRTUS Training Class will be held.  All volunteers must have attended a training class to work with the children.\r\n\r\n<b>• Mathletics:</b> On Saturday, April 20, St. Peter’s Catholic School traveled to Christ Our King Stella Maris School, to participate in the 3rd Annual Mathletics Competition.  Fifteen students, between the grades of 1st through 6th, participated in an individual and team Math competition. The Level 1 team of students, which included 1st and 2nd grade students, placed third.  Many thanks to all of our students and families who travelled to Charleston to compete in an academic challenge.\r\n\r\n<b>TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• TCL announces end-of-year events: </b>Student Awards Ceremony\r\n(honoring outstanding 2013 graduates and exceptional alumni)\r\n11 a.m., Friday, May 3\r\nMacLean Hall Auditorium\r\nTCL Beaufort Campus. The Health Sciences Pinning &amp; Recognition Ceremony\r\n(honoring associate degree nursing class and physical therapist assistant graduates) will be 1 p.m., Thursday, May 9, at MacLean Hall Auditorium\r\nTCL Beaufort Campus. The Commencement Ceremony\r\nwill be at 6 p.m., Friday, May 10, at Parris Island All Weather Facility. TCL is pleased to announce Major General Abraham J. Turner, retired career U.S. Army officer and former S.C. Executive Director of the Department of Employment and Workforce, will deliver the 2013 Commencement address.\r\n\r\n<i>Send your school happenings to theislandnews@gmail.com.</i>', 'School Notes', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-notes-31', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:03:37', '2018-07-12 15:03:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10990', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10992, 4, '2013-05-02 14:23:25', '2013-05-02 18:23:25', '<b>Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!:</b> A live in HD staging of the popular National Public Radio news quiz show, “Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!” is coming to USCB Center for the Arts when BY Experience will beam the live-on-screen broadcast of the radio show to select movie theaters across the country on Thursday, May 2, at 8 p.m. Adults $22; Seniors $18; Students $10.  For tickets call the box office at 843-521-4145 Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  The box office opens one hour prior to show time for tickets at the door. USCB Center for the Arts is located at 801 Carteret Street, Beaufort, SC 29902. Visit www.uscbcenterforthearts.com for more.\r\n\r\n<b>Modern Quilt Guild reception:</b> The Beaufort Modern Quilt Guild invites the public to a reception on Saturday, May 4, from 6-8 p.m. at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center. This party celebrates all quilts: from the work of the Sea Island Quilters of Beaufort, who are having their show May 3 &amp; 4 at the nearby Green Street Gym, to the Guild’s own show, on view at ARTworks through May. Stop by to meet and see them at 2127 Boundary Street, 29902, www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org, 843-379-2787.\r\n\r\n<b>Rebecca Folsom in concert:</b> Rebecca Folsom will be in concert at ARTworks on Saturday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Beaufort Town Center. Tickets are $17 per person, $12 for students (13+), $7 for children and $12 for groups of 10 or more. Visit www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org or call 843-379-2787 for more information. A true renaissance woman, she has released 10 CDs, two books of poetry, and numerous paintings of fine art. Her newest project, Reunion, released this year has brought all these creative genres together, joining a work of art and piece of prose with each recorded song.\r\n\r\n<b>Cinematographer to speak at Photo Club:</b> Finally learn how to use the video settings on your digital camera. Photography Club of Beaufort’s next meeting on Monday, May 13 will feature Vitor Lindo,  a photographer and cinematographer who co-founded the Institute of Cinematic Arts in Savannah.   His intense passion for films and photographs have allowed him to acquire knowledge in every facet of the production process. Amassing credits as a director of photography, still photographer, director, writer, gaffer, sound mixer, editor and colorist. He has an insatiable passion for visual arts and an inherent interest for taboo subjects. In the Summer of 2011, it is this interest that led him to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to direct a feature length documentary on the extremely secretive world of “Candomble.” Vitor spent two months living with and documenting the rituals of the controversial Afro-Brazilian faith. The compiled material will be released in a documentary and photo-book, both titled “Dancing With Saints.” He is currently in post production on both projects.  Offering an array of classes, the ICA also features workshops including acting, cinematography, lighting, modeling, Photoshop, screenwriting, video editing, and photography. It is also the only facility in the region to offer on camera acting classes specifically for film and television. His work can be viewed at dalundaproductions.com. The Photography Club of Beaufort meets at 7 p.m. at ARTworks in the K-Mart Plaza on Boundary Street in Beaufort. Free admission.  Public is invited. For more information visit www.PhotoClubBeaufort.com.\r\n<div></div>', 'Arts Events', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'arts-events-29', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:23:25', '2013-05-02 18:23:25', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10992', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10994, 4, '2013-05-02 14:24:47', '2013-05-02 18:24:47', 'Wendy Goller was born in Greenville but grew up in Columbia. She won numerous awards in high school and went on to study art at the University of South Carolina. There she studied painting under renowned artist Phillip Mullen and drawing with illustrator Chris Jones.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10995\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"195\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Sailfish_300dpi_card.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10995\" alt=\"&quot;Sailfish&quot; by Wendy Goller\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Sailfish_300dpi_card-195x300.jpg\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" /></a> \"Sailfish\" by Wendy Goller[/caption]\r\n\r\nAlthough earning a BFA from USC, Wendy decided to go directly into the restaurant business. In 1978, she opened Wendy Ethel’s Restaurant and Saloon on Main Street in Columbia. There she met and married former South Carolina Wildlife magazine photographer and S.C. Department of Natural Resources marketing director Jim Goller. In 1999 Wendy became interested in real estate. She became a licensed Realtor and later a successful broker.\r\n\r\nIn 2006, Wendy and Jim moved to the Lowcountry; Jim to continue as executive director of the Harry Hampton Memorial Wildlife Fund and Wendy to join a local real estate firm. Establishing themselves in Beaufort, Jim recaptured his love of fishing and photography and Wendy became an artist again.\r\n\r\nWendy loves detailing the bountiful and beautiful local marine life of Beaufort County. One of her favorite subjects is the sea turtle but dolphin, red drum, sea trout and other fish have also become her subjects along with crustaceans like shrimp and crabs. She enjoys working in a variety of mediums and loves the endless choice of subject matter that living in the South Carolina Lowcountry provides.\r\n\r\n“Hooked on Fishing” is about capturing the fun and mystery in the art of fishing. This show features anglers of all ages and types and will include several scenes portrayed in Gouache, a type of opaque watercolor that has a binding agent that gives it more versatile properties than watercolor but spreads and mixes much the same way.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Art Association’s reception for Hooked on Fishing will be held at the BAA Gallery on Friday, May 17th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wendy will be there with her husband, Jim, who will be available for coaching avid anglers and wannabe fishermen.', 'BAA artist of the month: Wendy Goller \'Hooked on Fishing\'', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'baa-artist-of-the-month-wendy-goller-hooked-on-fishing', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:24:47', '2013-05-02 18:24:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10994', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10995, 4, '2013-05-02 14:24:28', '2013-05-02 18:24:28', '', 'Sailfish_300dpi_card', '\"Sailfish\" by Wendy Goller', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'sailfish_300dpi_card', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:24:28', '2013-05-02 18:24:28', '', 10994, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Sailfish_300dpi_card.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(10997, 4, '2013-05-02 14:26:03', '2013-05-02 18:26:03', 'Lowcountry artist Jonathan Green will be at the Red Piano Too Art Gallery signing the newly released book “Seeking” on May 17, 2013 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. “Seeking” is a compilation of poetry and praise inspired by the art of Jonathan Green. Twenty-nine different authors and poets were inspired to write about paintings by Green.\r\n\r\nEdited by Kwame Dawes and Majory Wentworth, this collection features 16 color paintings by Green in addition to a preface on the history of the project, information on the painting “Seeking”, and an artist’s statement.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10998\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Arts-Jonathan-Green.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-10998\" alt=\"Jonathan Green\'s book &quot;Seeking&quot; is available at Red Piano Too Gallery.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Arts-Jonathan-Green-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Jonathan Green\'s book \"Seeking\" is available at Red Piano Too Gallery.[/caption]\r\n\r\nA prolific author and editor in myriad genres, Kwame Dawes has written 16 collections of poetry, most recently “Back of Mount Peace and Wheels.” Dawes won an Emmy Award for his poetry and reporting on HIV/AIDS in his native Jamaica, and he is also the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, the Forward Poetry Prize, and the Hollis Summer Poetry Prize.  Dawes is the Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner and a Chancellor’s Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.\r\n\r\nSouth Carolina Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth’s poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize four times.  Her collections of poetry include “Noticing Eden,” “Despite Gravity,” “What the Water Gives Me,” and “The Endless Repetition of an Ordinary Miracle.” Wentworth is also the author of an award-winning children’s book, “Shackles”, and of “Taking a Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights”, with Juan E. Mendez. In the preface of the book Wentworth writes: “This book demonstrates the inherent power of one painting to communicate universal feelings and experiences that unite us all.  Jonathan Green’s infectious excitement for the arts and his passion for collaboration are embodied by this project. His painting “Seeking” deeply touches everyone who sees it, and the stories and poems created in response articulate much of the shared experience.... By bringing people together in celebration, once again Jonathan reminds us that we are not alone on our spiritual journey.”\r\n\r\nThe best art has the uncanny ability not only to give pleasure to those who view it but also to lead to a desire to respond.  The best artists are a force for all art, and renowned Gullah artist Jonathan Green’s work has inspired a wide range of responses from artists around the world.  In “Seeking”we see how Green’s art prompts works of poetry, prose, and memoir. “Seeking’s” evocative power lies in the intimacy of this dialogue, which speaks to the shared sense of landscape and culture that Green stirs in these writers, ranging from close friends and fellow artists from his home state of South Carolina to nationally established authors who regard Green’s work as an important cultural institution. The contributors have allowed themselves to be challenged by Green’s brilliance, his honesty, his intense spirituality and his deep love of people.  Inspired by a personal quest toward induction into a spiritual community, Green’s painting “Seeking” is rich with history, myth, and truth.  The writers in this collection have found fertile ground for their own responses to Green’s work, and the result is an engaging and enlivening chorus of celebratory voices.\r\n\r\nAccompanying Green at the signing will be St. Helena Island resident and author of “Amadeus the Leghorn Rooster,” Deloris B. Nevils.  She is also one of the contributors to “Seeking.”\r\n\r\nCommenting on the book, American poet and Virginia Tech professor Nikki Giovanni wrote: “Art is as necessary as wine to our happiness.  Each has a special place and, properly used, makes our days more gentle, our touch more loving, our loving more perfect.  Jonathan Green and poems are challenge and caress; query and conclusion; that which is sought and SEEKING. We bath in and drink this water.  We watch it unfurl.  It is so refreshing.  We exhale.”\r\n\r\nIn further comments, Simmons College, Michael Weaver wrote: “The writings in “Seeking” celebrate the visionary art of Jonathan Green, a member of the Gullah culture whose body of work affirms the sacred and the spiritual as spaces that are alive.  In the Gullah culture, a pilgrimage into the world of nature evokes God’s presence in the dreams of the seeker, and the poems and prose works in this collection celebrate that journey, that faith, and that hope.”\r\n\r\nGallery owner, Mary Inabinett Mack said, “We are extremely pleased to have Jonathan come to the Red Piano Too and sign his book.”  The signing is free and open to the public.  Try not to miss this extraordinary opportunity to meet a nationally recognized artist and lowcountry native Jonathan Green. For information call 843-838-2241 or email Redpianotoo@islc.net.', 'Jonathan Green will be at Red Piano Too Art Gallery', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'jonathan-green-will-be-at-red-piano-too-art-gallery', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:26:03', '2013-05-02 18:26:03', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=10997', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(10998, 4, '2013-05-02 14:25:28', '2013-05-02 18:25:28', '', 'Arts-Jonathan Green', 'Jonathan Green\'s book \"Seeking\" is available at Red Piano Too Gallery.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'arts-jonathan-green', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:25:28', '2013-05-02 18:25:28', '', 10997, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Arts-Jonathan-Green.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11000, 4, '2013-05-02 14:26:44', '2013-05-02 18:26:44', 'The unfortunate incidents in Boston two weeks ago prevented a high profile launch of the Digital Public Library of America scheduled at the Boston Public Library. Instead, the Digital Public Library of America quietly appeared on the Internet on April 18.\r\n\r\nThe DPLA is designed to establish a national network out of the over forty state/regional digital libraries and large digital libraries in the US, bringing together digitized content from across the country into a single access point for end users, and an open platform for developers.  The DPLA web address looks a little different: http://dp.la/ but the concept itself is a little different.\r\n\r\nThe South Carolina Digital Library is one of seven service hubs identified for the initial project. Beaufort County Library has been associated with the South Carolina Digital Library since 2004. The library was asked to be a pilot project to test whether the inclusion of digital materials from public libraries into the South Carolina Digital Library was feasible.  The answer was a resounding “Yes.”\r\n\r\nSince 2004, our library has added 848 images to the South Carolina Digital Library. Because the South Carolina Digital Library is a regional hub for the Digital Public Library of America, and our library is a contributor to the South Carolina Digital Library, we are in turn a contributor to the just launched Digital Public Library of America.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort District Collection of the Beaufort County Library is proud to have some of our holdings represented in this ground-breaking national project.  Be sure to search “Beaufort, SC” on the DPLA homepage.', 'Beaufort County library contributes to new Public Digital Library', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-county-library-contributes-to-new-public-digital-library', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:26:44', '2013-05-02 18:26:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11000', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11002, 4, '2013-05-02 14:27:14', '2013-05-02 18:27:14', 'Caroline Lutz is a brilliant, caring lawyer, who has combined these gifts with collaboration and grant writing skills to bring new life to the Good Neighbor Medical Clinic. And what has she done for the Medical Clinic? She wrote the successful applications for four grants that the Good Neighbor Medical Clinic was awarded in 2012:\r\n\r\n• $5,000 from the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry Touch Tomorrow Beaufort Endowment Fund for technical equipment and quality improvement\r\n\r\n• $30,000 from Wal-Mart State Giving Program to expand service to people with low incomes and no insurance\r\n\r\n• $5,000 from Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina to expand service and for general operating funds\r\n\r\n• $5,000 from the Beaufort Fund also to expand services and for general operating funds.\r\n\r\n• $45,000 makes a huge difference to a non-profit organization like the Good Neighbor Medical Clinic, which had been struggling after missing some granting opportunities in 2011. The grant money will enable the clinic to provide many more services to many more uninsured, low-income clients.\r\n\r\nThe Good Neighbor Medical Clinic is located in the Professional Village on Lady’s Island and provides free medical care for low-income uninsured residents of Beaufort County without regard to age, race, sex, ethnicity or religion.\r\n\r\nCaroline Lutz, a retired corporate lawyer who serves on the board of directors of the Good Neighbor Medical Clinic and wrote the applications for these grants, was diagnosed with a rare cancer known as SDHB-paraganglioma in 2006. She started working with Beaufort area nonprofits at that time, since she was more physically limited and wanted rewarding work that would be flexible enough to work around her cancer treatment schedule.  Her first experience was with Our Lady’s Pantry — a food pantry run by St. Peter’s Catholic Church at the time and now managed by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Charleston. When Caroline began to work for the pantry, the Beaufort real estate market crashed and the numbers seeking food assistance rose dramatically, so she became a very busy and successful grant writer. By the time the pantry was transferred from St. Peter’s to Catholic Charities in 2011 — it was the largest food pantry in all of the counties of the Lowcountry and distributed more than two times the food distributed by the next largest food pantry.\r\n\r\nCaroline’s work for nonprofit organizations led to her receiving the 2012 Caritas Award for Catholic Woman of the Year from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, which includes most of South Carolina. This distinguished award is given annually to one recipient.', 'A shining light helps low-income, uninsured', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-shining-light-helps-low-income-uninsured', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:27:14', '2013-05-02 18:27:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11002', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11005, 4, '2013-05-02 14:34:12', '2013-05-02 18:34:12', '<b>By Anne Christnovich</b>\r\n\r\nMen sweating to find the right gift for Mother’s Day or any other special occasion need only to travel as far as Bay Street to find help.\r\n\r\nRossignol’s, opened in 1995 by Ginger and Charles Aimar, carries cards, jewelry, clothing, fine china, fragrances and a host of other products produced locally and internationally.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11006\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"293\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Pat-Doller-Ginger-Aimar-John-Wind-Kathleen-Linn-Charles-Aimar-e1367519609454.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-11006\" alt=\"The owners of Rossignol’s are Ginger Aimar, far left, and Charles Aimar, far right, seen with store employee Kathleen Linn and jewelry designer John Wind.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Pat-Doller-Ginger-Aimar-John-Wind-Kathleen-Linn-Charles-Aimar-e1367519609454-293x300.jpg\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" /></a> The owners of Rossignol’s are Ginger Aimar, far left, and Charles Aimar, far right, seen with store employee Kathleen Linn and jewelry designer John Wind.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAbout a dozen people milled about in the store on a Tuesday afternoon, each drawn to different collections for different reasons. While a Rossignol’s employee helped a woman find the perfect tote, a small blond girl in a pink dress squealed with delight as she selected a miniature purse containing a stuffed animal dog. Yet another customer found greeting cards for a graduation and a baptism.\r\n\r\nGinger said she and her husband came up with the concept of a store with “distinctive gifts for all occasions” but had to spend some time in the early ‘90s searching for the right location.\r\n\r\n“We looked from Charleston to Wilmington to Jacksonville,” she said. “Neither of us thought we’d end up back in Charles’ hometown (of Beaufort).”\r\n\r\nOnce they settled into their Bay Street location, however, they knew they’d found the right place.\r\n\r\n“There was no store here like it at the time,” she said. “It was right as far as growth ... Before, few people had heard of Beaufort and now people are seeking us out.”\r\n\r\nThe line of products has evolved over the years, from mostly fine jewelry and formal table settings to carrying children’s books and clothes and greeting cards.\r\n\r\nPandora bracelets and Vera Bradley products are among the more widely known brands, but Ginger said she also likes to focus on finding collections produced locally.\r\n\r\nOne of their fastest growing lines, for example, is Daufuskie-based Spartina 449. Founders Kay Stanley and Curt Seymour find inspiration from their Daufuskie Island home to design jewelry, scarves, mixed leather and treated linen handbags, and other accessories.\r\n\r\n“I love having a Beaufort product,” Ginger said. “It’s a fairly new company but it’s doing very well.”\r\n\r\nThe store also works with Maine-based Chart Metalworks. The company uses maps to make earrings or necklace pendants, cufflinks or other items. Ginger said she often suggests the jewelry as graduation gifts. Customers can request a location and chart scales and fit jewelry with the map. Cufflinks showing Beaufort and earrings showing Port Royal and Lady’s Island gleamed in a display case.\r\n\r\n“A lot of people like to give graduates leaving the area a little piece of home to take with them,” she said.\r\n\r\nThey even carry a few funny novelties such as the “Dammit Doll,” a person-shaped plush with yarn for hair and a poem stitched to the chest that reads: “Whenever things don’t go so well, and you want to hit the wall and yell, here’s a little dammit doll that you can’t do without. Just grasp it firmly by the legs and find a place to slam it, and as you whack the stuff out, yell ‘Dammit, dammit, dammit!’ ”\r\n\r\nRossignol’s also holds regular promotions to help other local groups. Earlier in April, the store donated 10 percent of one day’s profits the Junior Service League of Beaufort, a women’s volunteer organization dedicated to helping the area’s needy. Rossignol’s also participated in the 10th annual fashion show recently put on by FRIENDS of Caroline Hospice.\r\n\r\nTheir next promotion will be Tuesday, May 7, which is Teacher Appreciation Day. Customers with a educator ID can get a 25 percent discount off Vera Bradley products. Any customer can also get a free Vera Bradley Tote if they buy $100 or more of Vera Bradley products.\r\n\r\nKathleen Linn, who has worked at Rossignol’s for three years, said she moved from Boston to Beaufort to retire, but picked up the job to keep her busy. She shared Ginger’s sentiment in giving Beaufort more than just physical gifts.\r\n\r\n“People regularly buy their gifts here because of the reliability or our expertise,” she said.\r\n\r\nLinn also said she likes working in the community of downtown shopkeepers. Instead of being overly competitive, employees often refer customers to other stores to help them find what they’re looking for.\r\n\r\nOne of the best parts about her work, she said, is helping young men buy that first special gift for a girlfriend.\r\n\r\n“They come in and after talking with them for a while, you get to know them a little bit,” she said. “It’s great to see them leave with something they’re excited to give.”', 'Rossignol\'s: Getting an insider\'s looks at this downtown gem', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'rossignols-getting-an-insiders-looks-at-this-downtown-gem', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:34:12', '2013-05-02 18:34:12', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11005', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11006, 4, '2013-05-02 14:30:09', '2013-05-02 18:30:09', '', 'Pat Doller, Ginger Aimar, John Wind, Kathleen Linn, & Charles Aimar', 'The owners of Rossignol’s are Ginger Aimar, far left, and Charles Aimar, far right, seen with store employee Kathleen Linn and jewelry designer John Wind.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'pat-doller-ginger-aimar-john-wind-kathleen-linn-charles-aimar', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:30:09', '2013-05-02 18:30:09', '', 11005, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Pat-Doller-Ginger-Aimar-John-Wind-Kathleen-Linn-Charles-Aimar.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11008, 4, '2013-05-02 14:41:21', '2013-05-02 18:41:21', '[caption id=\"attachment_11009\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"217\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Wendell-Roberson-Battery-Creek.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-11009\" alt=\"On April 23, the Gov. Paul Hamilton Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution presented the SAR JROTC Bronze Medal to Naval Cadet Petty Officer 1st Class Dylan Davis of Colleton County High School in Walterboro. At a similar ceremony at Battery Creek High School on April 26, the SAR Bronze Medal was presented to Marine Cadet Lt. Col. Wendell Roberson, seen at left. The medal is approved by the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps and the Air Force, and endeavors to foster the principle of “citizen-soldier” exemplified by the Minutemen.  Recipients are selected for a high degree of merit with respect to leadership, qualities, military bearing and general excellence by the commanding officer of the JROTC unit.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Wendell-Roberson-Battery-Creek-217x300.jpg\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" /></a> On April 23, the Gov. Paul Hamilton Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution presented the SAR JROTC Bronze Medal to Naval Cadet Petty Officer 1st Class Dylan Davis of Colleton County High School in Walterboro. At a similar ceremony at Battery Creek High School on April 26, the SAR Bronze Medal was presented to Marine Cadet Lt. Col. Wendell Roberson, seen at left. The medal is approved by the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps and the Air Force, and endeavors to foster the principle of “citizen-soldier” exemplified by the Minutemen. Recipients are selected for a high degree of merit with respect to leadership, qualities, military bearing and general excellence by the commanding officer of the JROTC unit.[/caption]', 'SAR JROTC awards', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sar-jrotc-awards', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:41:21', '2013-05-02 18:41:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11008', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11009, 4, '2013-05-02 14:40:59', '2013-05-02 18:40:59', '', 'Wendell Roberson Battery Creek', 'On April 23, the Gov. Paul Hamilton Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution presented the SAR JROTC Bronze Medal to Naval Cadet Petty Officer 1st Class Dylan Davis of Colleton County High School in Walterboro. At a similar ceremony at Battery Creek High School on April 26, the SAR Bronze Medal was presented to Marine Cadet Lt. Col. Wendell Roberson, seen at left. The medal is approved by the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps and the Air Force, and endeavors to foster the principle of “citizen-soldier” exemplified by the Minutemen.  Recipients are selected for a high degree of merit with respect to leadership, qualities, military bearing and general excellence by the commanding officer of the JROTC unit.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'wendell-roberson-battery-creek', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:40:59', '2013-05-02 18:40:59', '', 11008, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Wendell-Roberson-Battery-Creek.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11011, 4, '2013-05-02 14:44:11', '2013-05-02 18:44:11', '<b>By Pamela Brownstein</b>\r\n\r\nThe motto of Bella Luna Cafe is “Nella vita ci e alimento, in alimento la e amore!” which translates from Italian to “In life there is food, in food there is love!” And any diner can tell that the food here is so good because it is prepared with care from fresh, quality ingredients.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11012\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0228.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11012\" alt=\"Soft Shell Crab slider special.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0228-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Soft Shell Crab slider special.[/caption]\r\n\r\nKim ordered a daily special of Soft Shell Crab Sliders. The whole crabs were fried and served on little buns topped with cole slaw. This is a local delicacy for a reason and Kim thought her dish was outstanding, so get to Bella Luna while the crabs are still in season.\r\n\r\nBuck tried the Italian calzone, a colossal sandwich stuffed with salami, capicola, mortadella, provolone, roasted red peppers, lettuce, tomato and onions, and served warm and toasted. He could only finish one half it was so big, but he said it was really yummy.\r\n\r\nOur guest Lunch Buncher and former Island News saleswoman Nancy Gregory ordered the\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11013\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0232.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11013\" alt=\"Stuffed calzone\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0232-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Stuffed calzone[/caption]\r\n\r\nCaesar salad topped with grilled local shrimp. I also chose a healthy meal in the form of the Chopped Salad. Made with lettuce, tomato, turkey, salami and Mozzarella cheese, this salad is so delicious because all the pieces are chopped up super small; I topped mine with ranch and gobbled the whole bowl.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11014\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0234.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11014\" alt=\"Chopped salad\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0234-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Chopped salad[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and serves a variety of gourmet specialties, classic Italian entrees, appetizers and homemade desserts.\r\n\r\nBella Luna Cafe is located at 859 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island, SC. It is open Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; closed Sunday. Call 843-838-3188 or email bellaluna@embarqmail.com.', 'Fill up on classic Italian cuisine with a little bit of Southern at Bella Luna Cafe', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'fill-up-on-classic-italian-cuisine-with-a-little-bit-of-southern-at-bella-luna-cafe', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:44:11', '2013-05-02 18:44:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11011', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11012, 4, '2013-05-02 14:42:24', '2013-05-02 18:42:24', '', 'DSC_0228', 'Soft Shell Crab slider special.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dsc_0228', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:42:24', '2013-05-02 18:42:24', '', 11011, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0228.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11013, 4, '2013-05-02 14:43:05', '2013-05-02 18:43:05', '', 'DSC_0232', 'Stuffed calzone', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dsc_0232', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:43:05', '2013-05-02 18:43:05', '', 11011, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0232.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11014, 4, '2013-05-02 14:43:48', '2013-05-02 18:43:48', '', 'DSC_0234', 'Chopped salad', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dsc_0234', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:43:48', '2013-05-02 18:43:48', '', 11011, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0234.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0);
INSERT INTO `__wp_posts` (`ID`, `post_author`, `post_date`, `post_date_gmt`, `post_content`, `post_title`, `post_excerpt`, `post_status`, `comment_status`, `ping_status`, `post_password`, `post_name`, `to_ping`, `pinged`, `post_modified`, `post_modified_gmt`, `post_content_filtered`, `post_parent`, `guid`, `menu_order`, `post_type`, `post_mime_type`, `comment_count`) VALUES
(11016, 4, '2013-05-02 14:44:52', '2013-05-02 18:44:52', '<b>By Celia Strong</b>\r\n\r\nWe’re still in California this week with another grape variety, and a new wine with some really interesting tidbits.  So, off we trip, lessons and drinking. Life is good.\r\n\r\nOur wine is from Monterey.  Monterey is a county in California, with an AVA named for it that is part of the larger Central Coast AVA. The Monterey AVA was established in 1984 and runs for about 100 miles from its northern point at Monterey Bay to its southern end at Paso Robles. About 40,000 acres of wine grapes are grown in this AVA. The northern part of this area is cooler with daytime temperatures that rarely go over 75 degrees, while the southern part can go over one hundred degrees.  Over 50 percent of the grapes grown here are Chardonnay, with Pinot Noir coming in second. The Pinot is grown mostly in the northern part of the region as it does better in cooler climates.\r\n\r\nPart of what I wanted to talk about this week is what’s called the Blue Grand Canyon This is one of the world’s deepest marine canyons, with deep cold waters that influence the weather throughout Monterey County. This is the only marine canyon that directly effects a major wine growing region. It is hidden below the surface of Monterey Bay and is 60 miles long and two miles deep. That makes it the largest and deepest on the west coast. (Actually, it is comparable to “the” Grand Canyon in Arizona.) The Blue Grand Canyon is also unique because it is so close to the shore.  Protected as a National Maritime Sanctuary, this canyon is a geologic wonder. The BGC (thank goodness for nicknames) provides a pathway for the climate to travel from the sea to the Monterey vineyards. Its 300 cubic miles (miles, not feet) of ice cold water result in fog, wind, lack of rain during the growing season and moderate temperatures. Wines from this area, if allowed to show their origins, “terroir,” are as unique as their home. (If you’ve ever visited the Monterey Bay area, you have seen and felt the effects of this marine canyon.  Personally, I never knew to look for it. Which means I might need to go for another visit. Yay!)\r\n\r\nThe climate in the Monterey AVA is called a thermal rainbow. Going north to south, there can be a 40 degree difference in temperature.  The ocean winds act as a air conditioning system, and can extend the growing season. In the mornings, the whole AVA, north and south, is cool, about fifty-five degrees, and mostly covered with dense fog. As the sun rises, the heat burns off the fog and the temperature in the southern part of the valley starts to go up. As the heat increases during the day, warm air is forced up and there is a low pressure effect. Cool air is drawn into the area from off the water, funneled through the mountain ranges, and pushed down the valley with increasing force (up to 30 miles per hour) as the day gets warmer. This cool air, and the wind it makes, works to cool parts of the area. The 40 degree difference in the temperatures is due to these cool winds. Cooler temperatures determine which grapes do better in which parts of the AVA. Cooler grapes ripen more slowly and gently and intensify their flavors.\r\n\r\nIn addition to its effects on the climate of the Monterey Bay area, the BGC has its influence on the soils here. There are eight different soil types (mostly loam and some sand) and eighty percent of the vineyards in the Monterey AVA have all eight in them.  These soils are alluvial, porous, granite and limestone rich. All of them are ancient marine layers, the results of primordial sea life and coral beds over volcanic crusts. Geologic treasures. All perfect for grape vines.\r\n\r\nMoving on, despite the uniqueness of the Blue Grand Canyon, we need to get to our grape for this week — Pinot Noir. I know we’ve talked, several times, about Pinot Noir, and I don’t want to repeat too much.  Boring is as boring does. But, let’s just remember that Pinot Noir can be a very difficult variety to grow, but it is also one that can express its origins more than most other varieties. It has a wide range of bouquets, flavors and textures. The wines tend to be light to medium body with aromas of light to dark cherries, raspberries, some currants.  Depending on clone usage, the wine’s color can be light, garnet, to deep ruby. The California style of Pinot Noir can be more powerful than its European cousins, fruit forward and darker colored. In keeping with this style, many California Pinot Noirs are not one hundred percent that variety. Small percentages of Syrah or Merlot, and other varieties, are used to intensify colors, aromas, flavors and body weight. (Remember, by law in the United States, a wine has to be a minimum of seventy-five percent of the grape named on the label. The remaining twenty-five percent is open to the discretion of the wine maker.) The Monterey AVA is the fifth largest California area for Pinot Noir wines.\r\n\r\nAnd, now, we can form our line for this week’s wine. <b>Formation Pinot Noir. </b>This Pinot Noir is a great example of what Monterey’s cool climate can do for this variety. The grapes for this wine, 100 percent Pinot Noir, are sourced from several vineyards. All of them Formation estates. The grapes are hand picked and hand sorted. Then, the juice is gravity fed, no heavy pushing or pressing, and cold soaked. They are fermented in small lots in open-top fermenters and punched down while fermenting. The blended wine, blended vineyards of Pinot Noir, is aged in French oak. All of this making only five thousand cases. The resulting wine is true Pinot Noir, NSA (no Syrah added).  It has clean fruit aromas and flavors of ripe black cherries and an earthy complexity. There is a great balance between the acidity and structure with mild tannins. And, the best part, a smooth, silky texture. In the world of red wines, we will probably classify the Formation Pinot Noir as a bit lighter bodied than most. But we have to realize, all wines are not meant to be heavy, and, in this wine we have a great example of what good, lighter bodied wine can be. Full flavors, beautiful texture. And just right for warm weather meals and sipping. For $15.99. So, the line forms here for Formation Pinot Noir.  Who’s first?  Enjoy.\r\n<div></div>', 'The line forms here', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-line-forms-here', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:44:52', '2013-05-02 18:44:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11016', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11018, 4, '2013-05-02 14:45:28', '2013-05-02 18:45:28', '<b>Francis Birckbichler</b>\r\n\r\nFrancis A. Birckbichler, 70, husband of Carolyn Weaver Birckbichler, of Beaufort, SC, died Friday, April 26, 2013 in Beaufort Memorial Hospital.\r\n\r\nThe family will receive friends Thursday, May 2, 2013 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Anderson Funeral Home.  The rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m..\r\n\r\nFuneral Mass will be held on Friday, May 3, 2013, at 11 a.m. in St. Peter’s Catholic Church with interment in Beaufort Memorial Gardens.\r\n\r\nMr. Birckbichler was born on October 3, 1942, in Butler, PA.  He is the son of the late Lawrence and Esther Kitchen Birckbichler. He was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church and served our country in the U S Air Force.\r\n\r\nSurviving in addition to his wife, Carolyn, are one daughter, Trina Williams; two sons, Lamar and Darrell Birckbichler; one grandson, Joshua Cleland; one brother, Nicholas Birckbichler; two sisters, Susan Sanders and Sarah Hammett.\r\n\r\nAnderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.\r\n\r\n<b>Audrey Coldewey</b>\r\n\r\nAudrey D. Coldewey, 85, widow of Anthony W. Coldewey, died Saturday, April 20, 2013, in Summit Place of Beaufort.\r\n\r\nMrs. Coldewey was born on October 9, 1927 in Wright City, OK.  She is the daughter of Pearl Lesley Elder and Pearl Matlock Elder Coffman.\r\n\r\nShe and her husband were horse breeders for many years.  They also trained and raced their thoroughbreds.  One of her greatest joys was playing bridge with her friends.\r\n\r\nSurviving are three sons, Richard Springer (Anne) of Chico, CA; Stephen Springer of Dixie, ID; Michael Wisecarver (Deborah) of Ridgecrest, CA; one daughter, Garri (Tom) Bitkowski of Beaufort, SC; one sister, Pat Royer of Newberry, OR; nine grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren.\r\n\r\nShe was preceded in death by two grandchildren.\r\n\r\nAnderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.\r\n\r\n<b>Jeannette Markey</b>\r\n\r\nJeannette “Jan” Charlebois Markey, 89, widow of Louis George Markey, died Thursday, April 25, 2013 in Beaufort Memorial Hospital.\r\n\r\nGraveside funeral services were held on Monday, April 29, 2013 at 1 p.m. in Forest Lawn Cemetery.\r\n\r\nMrs. Markey was born on May 4, 1923 in Coteau-du-lac, Canada.  She is the daughter of the late Alfred Charlebois and Harmenie Marleau Charlebois.\r\n\r\nShe was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church and was a hairdresser.\r\n<div></div>', 'Obituaries', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'obituaries-13', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:45:28', '2013-05-02 18:45:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11018', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11020, 4, '2013-05-02 14:46:07', '2013-05-02 18:46:07', '<b>By Tracie Korol</b>\r\n\r\nAs much as I advocate for dogs living a dog’s life, I can be as disgusted as a non-dog person when a Best Friend shows up anointed in liquid squirrel, or worse, if there is such a thing. My favorite exquisite boarder, the Spud, is notorious for the zeal he dedicates to finding the nastiest, most putrescent thing on this planet to grind around in every time he visits. He always reappears with a slightly arrogant look of “smell ME!”\r\n\r\nIn all my years of dog handling I have never been able to move fast enough or yell loud enough to get between a delicious stink and a determined dog. Even dogs on lead in the center of town can and will find a tiny morsel of death upon which to roll.  While I thought living in the wilds of Vermont provided limitless opportunity for gross out, clients tell me A Day at the Beach is much worse. For them. It’s a limitless dream come true for their dogs. Why do they do it? Don’t they understand that after we make the Universal Sound of Dismay (“aarrrnnghh!”), the only recourse is a bath?\r\n\r\nOne theory suggests that the dog is not trying to pick up odors from the stinking mess it rolls in, but is actually trying to cover that smell with their own scent. It is certainly true that dogs will often roll around on something, like a new toy or a new bed, as if trying to deposit their scent. Some behaviorists suggest that dogs will rub against people to leave a trace of their scent and to mark the individual as a member of the pack, much the way a cat would.\r\n\r\nAnother theory is that rolling in glom is a sort of calling card. If you watch when they’re rolling in it, they will try to get the smell on their backs, especially between their shoulders or on their necks, but not on their legs or belly. Now watch as another dog approaches. They will come close in a little circle from the front. After some facial and ear movements have occurred and they both acknowledge an approach is safe, the new dog will sniff from the front to the rear end. The applied smell your guy wears overtop his standard “den” aroma identifies him and indicates a certain “rank.” No pun intended.\r\n\r\nIf you take an inventory of what your dog rolls in you’ll discover they are choosing only to anoint themselves with something organic, such as dung or vintage carrion. Since the wild ancestors of dogs were not only hunters but also scavengers, much of the stuff they rolled in could still possibly be edible. One notion is that once the wild dog rolled in ex-elk and returned to the pack, other members of his group could pick up this scent and know that there was something nearby that could pass for food. One would expect, based on that theory, that pack members would immediately start backtracking toward the site where their pack mate came from. Sounds plausible.\r\n\r\nFrom this behaviorists’ viewpoint, I believe that when dogs were still wild and had to hunt for a living, rolling in a “cloaking” odor was an attempt at disguise. If an antelope smelled the scent of a wild dog nearby, it would likely bolt and run for safety. For this reason wild dogs learned to roll in antelope dung or carrion. Logically, antelopes accustomed to the smell of their own droppings and carrion common on open plains, would be less likely to be frightened or suspicious of a hairy thing coated with that smell rather than the same visitor smelling like a wolf looking for lunch. The wild hunting dog could get much closer to its prey.  In non-hunting, couch-dwelling housedog time, cloaking in something ripe and organic is vastly superior to a dog’s nose than having to carry a smell of artificial bubblegum-scented shampoo.\r\n\r\nI have another theory, however, which may hold no scientific merit, whatsoever. Vision is the dominant sense for humans while for dogs it is their sense of smell. Dogs, like people, enjoy sensory stimulation and seek such stimulation, too. Therefore, I believe that the real reason that dogs roll in obnoxious smelling organic manner is an expression of the same misbegotten sense of aesthetics that causes human beings to wear big jewelry and loud Hawaiian shirts.\r\n\r\nNote: Given that so far Spuddy has had two baths within 12 hours due his attention to the mystery carcass in the remains of a controlled burn area next door (just imagine..), I ran out of shampoo. Luckily, I found Cedarwood soap (by Bay Front Treasures) at the Pickpocket Plantation farmers market (Saturdays 9-4). Reading the label I discovered it has zero chemicals, gentle saponified oils — the sudsy parts — AND is anti-putrescent. Sold!\r\n<div></div>', 'Rolling in it', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'rolling-in-it', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:46:07', '2013-05-02 18:46:07', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11020', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11022, 4, '2013-05-02 14:46:54', '2013-05-02 18:46:54', '<b>Iron Mike Bike Tour will be held on Parris Island</b>\r\n\r\nThe Parris Island Historical and Museum Society will sponsor the Iron Mike Bike Tour of historic Parris Island on Saturday, May 4. The Iron Mike Bike Tour is 15 scenic miles and takes riders on a 16-stop tour of Parris Island’s history including several archaeological sites, colonial plantation site and military historic sites. The tour is self guided and starts at the Parris Island Museum, Bldg. 111. Riders can begin at their leisure between 9 a.m. and noon. The event is free and open to the public. A driver’s license, registration and proof of insurance are required to access the base. For more information, call 843-228-2951, or email tjscanlon222@hotmail.com.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Church holding annual Cartere</b><b>t Closet Sale</b>\r\n\r\nThe UMW of Carteret Street United Methodist Church is holding their 3rd annual Carteret Closet Sale on Friday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale will be held in the fellowship hall of the church at 408 Carteret Street and the proceeds will go to mission programs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Local author to sign book at Taste of Beaufort</b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort author and photographer Janet Garrity will be signing copies of her book “Goin’ Down the River, Fish Camps of the Sea Islands” at McIntosh Book Shoppe, 917 Bay Street, Beaufort, on Saturday, May 4, 2013, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., during the annual Taste of Beaufort weekend. The book, the first ever published about fish camps, includes Garrity’s original photos, history, stories, old photos, and quotes about “goin’ down the river.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Library presents mini-comic creation showcase</b>\r\n\r\nAt the Mini-Comic Creation Showcase, bring stories to life through drawing and text. Under the direction of a professional graphic novel illustrator, teens can create their own mini-comic booklet. Just like the pros, teens are welcome to participate in a brief comic artists’ showcase until 1 p.m. Ages 12-18. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, at the St. Helena Branch Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, St. Helena Island, Community Meeting Room. Free; all supplies provided. For more information, call 843-255-6547 or email mflorencio@bcgov.net or visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Black Chamber will have Friday Networking event</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce will have its First Friday Networking Event on May 3, hosted by the Nu Delta Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.  Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs is the theme.  They are seeking women who are interested in having a display presenting their business or service.  To secure a booth, call 843-252-3863 or 843-707-9031.  The meeting will be held at the Charles “Lind” Brown Center (formerly the Green Street Gym) located at 1001 Hamar Street in Beaufort beginning at 6 p.m.  The public is invited. For more information, call 843-986-1102.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Community Prayer </b><b>Breakfast held at YMCA</b>\r\n\r\nThe YMCA of Beaufort County, located at 1801 Richmond Ave., will host the fifth Annual Community-Wide Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, May 2, at 7 a.m. The event is part of a nationwide National Day of Prayer celebration and is free and open to the community. Reservations are required and may be made by calling 843-522-9622.  YMCA membership is not a requirement to attend.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Sea Island Quilters will display works at show</b>\r\n\r\nSea Island Quilters “Southern Comforts” Quilt Show 2013 will be held May 3, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and May 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lind Brown Neighborhood Activity Center in Beaufort. Cost is $6, under 12 free. There will be more than 150 quilts on display with vendors, books, boutique, demonstrations and a silent auction.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Church services celebrate Eastern Orthodox days</b>\r\n\r\nSt. James Orthodox Church will offer services each evening during the Eastern Orthodox Christians’ Holy Week through Saturday, May 4, with the celebration of “Pascha” or Easter at a service that will begin at 11:30 p.m. St. James Orthodox Church is located at 1014 Charles Street in Beaufort. All persons are encouraged to visit, regardless of beliefs. Contact Father James Bozeman at stjamesbeaufort@gmail.com or call 706-716-3255 for more.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Sea Island Fly Fishers to have interactive program</b>\r\n\r\nThe Sea Island Fly Fishers final program before the summer break is May 8, 6 p.m., at Bay St. Outfitters in Beaufort. The program features a panel of club experts on several different subjects.  Each expert will introduce his subject and answer questions.  After presentations each expert will be available for small group follow up discussion.  Speakers are Tuck Scott on redfish, David Murray on casting, Paul Burton on cobia, and John Holbrook on wading.  The public is welcome and the event and refreshments are free.  Club members will be trying to stump our experts so join us in the challenge.   Call John Holbrook at 522-3616 with questions, and visit the club website at www.flyfishingbeaufort.com.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Potluck at Penn Center supports Colbert Busch</b>\r\n\r\nU.S. Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.) invites you, your family and friends to the Penn Center on St. Helena Island for a potluck dinner on Sunday, May 5 from 1-3 p.m. Guest speakers will be Congressman Lewis, Rep. Kenneth Hodges and McKinley Washington. Hamburgers, hot dogs and tea will be furnished by the Elizabeth Colbert Busch Campaign. Please bring a blanket or lawn chair for the program and meal as you hear Rep. John Lewis reflect on character, citizenship, morality, courage, the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and why he believes you should vote for Elizabeth Colbert Busch.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Lady’s Island Country Club has charity tourney</b>\r\n\r\nOn Friday, May 10 the third annual charity tournament for the late Kay Yow, WBB Coach at NC State, who died of breast cancer in 2009, will be held at Lady’s Island Country Club. Once again there will be celebrity coaches and local notables playing in the scramble format. Cost is $60 which includes golf and cart, buffet and beverage cart while playing. Lots of prizes, silent auction, tee gifts and 50/50 drawings. T-shirts are on sale for $12. Call Carol Meegan for more information or to sign up at 522-9053.\r\n\r\n<b>Annual croquet tourney will benefit AMIkids</b>\r\n\r\nThe May 11 croquet tournament to benefit AMIkids will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Brays Island off US 17 in Sheldon, about 15 miles west of Beaufort. For more information, to offer silent auction items or to sign up a croquet team, call Dr. Mike Harris at 843-524-1762 or Mike Ingram at 843-846-3149.\r\n\r\n<b>Sportfishing and diving club will hold meeting</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing &amp; Diving Club’s May meeting will be held Thursday, May 9 at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club on Lady’s Island, off Meridian Road. The social begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. “Kicking Fish Tail Since 1956,” Captain Judy Helemy will give a presentation on flounder fishing, inshore and offshore.  They will also discuss rigs, rods, reels, baits of choice, and various locations in rivers and estuaries. For additional information, contact Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2020.\r\n\r\n<b>Recycle electronics, shred documents at event</b>\r\n\r\nDo you have old computers or TVs that need to be thrown away or old documents that need to be disposed of safely and properly? On May 11 from\r\n9 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Beaufort County’s Solid Waste and Recycling Division is holding an Electronics Recycling and Shredding Event. S.C. Law 48-60, enacted last year, prohibits dumping of electronic items in the landfill or at county convenience centers so this is the time to get rid of old electronics and it’s the perfect time to shred personal and tax documents. This event is taking place at 140 Shanklin Road. For questions about this event call the Solid Waste and Recycling Division at 843-255-2734 or go to www.bcgov.net/recycle.\r\n\r\n<b>Lilies on the River celebrates women</b>\r\n\r\nHope Haven of the Lowcountry is celebrating its 9th Annual Lilies on the River event on Saturday, May 18. This annual fundraiser is put on by Hope Haven of the Lowcountry, the region’s nonprofit children’s advocacy and rape crisis center. The event gives people the opportunity to honor the women who have made a positive impact in their lives. The public can purchase lilies to honor or memorialize the important women in their lives. This year’s event will be held at the River House in beautiful Spring Island. The event begins with a luncheon at 12 P.M., a silent auction, a champagne toast, and includes a ceremony where all the lilies are released into the water with the names of women being honored and remembered displayed. Tax-deductible lilies may be purchased through May 3 for $15 per lily per woman honored by visiting Hope Haven’s website at www.hopehavenLC.org or calling Hope Haven at 843-524-2256.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Library: Meet explorer Captain William Hilton</b>\r\n\r\nAll ages can come meet explorer Captain William Hilton as he tells you about his adventures along the Carolina coast. Learn about his life, discoveries, and the beginnings of colonial South Carolina with living historian Dwayne Pickett on Saturday, May 18, from 1- 2 p.m., at the Beaufort Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902. For more information, call 843-255-6458, email sedmonds@bcgov.net or visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org.\r\n\r\n<b>Local minister will hold graduation celebration</b>\r\n\r\nJonas “With the Bonus!” Gadson will receive his Doctorate Degree in Theology on Friday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Carolina Theological Bible Institute in Bowman, S.C. The nationally-known motivational speaker and minister of the Beaufort Church of Christ will graduate from the Leadership Class of 2013 through the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce in May. The public is invited to his Graduation Celebration on Saturday, May 11 at 4 p.m. at the Quality Inn – Town Center, 2001 Boundary Street, Beaufort. For more information, call 843-524-4281 or 843-379-8145 or email jonasgadson@yahoo.com.\r\n<div></div>', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-86', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:46:54', '2013-05-02 18:46:54', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11022', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11025, 4, '2013-05-02 14:48:29', '2013-05-02 18:48:29', '', 'Abbie Pollitzer, Charlotte Cannon and Julia Pollitzer', 'Abbie Pollitzer, Charlotte Cannon and Julia Pollitzer', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'abbie-pollitzer-charlotte-cannon-and-julia-pollitzer', '', '', '2013-05-02 14:48:29', '2013-05-02 18:48:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Abbie-Pollitzer-Charlotte-Cannon-and-Julia-Pollitzer.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11028, 4, '2013-05-09 07:19:53', '2013-05-09 11:19:53', '<b>Lady’s Island Country Club has charity tourney</b>\r\n\r\nOn Friday, May 10 the third annual charity tournament for the late Kay Yow, WBB Coach at NC State, who died of breast cancer in 2009, will be held at Lady’s Island Country Club. Once again there will be celebrity coaches and local notables playing in the scramble format. Cost is $60 which includes golf and cart, buffet and beverage cart while playing. Lots of prizes, silent auction, tee gifts and 50/50 drawings. T-shirts are on sale for $12. Call Carol Meegan for more information or to sign up at 522-9053.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Annual croquet tourney will benefit AMIkids</b>\r\n\r\nThe May 11 croquet tournament to benefit AMIkids will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Brays Island off US 17 in Sheldon, about 15 miles west of Beaufort. For more information, to offer silent auction items or to sign up a croquet team, call Dr. Mike Harris at 843-524-1762 or Mike Ingram at 843-846-3149.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Sportfishing and diving club will hold meeting</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing &amp; Diving Club’s May meeting will be held Thursday, May 9 at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club on Lady’s Island, off Meridian Road. The social begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. “Kicking Fish Tail Since 1956,” Captain Judy Helemy will give a presentation on flounder fishing, inshore and offshore.  They will also discuss rigs, rods, reels, baits of choice, and various locations in rivers and estuaries. For additional information, contact Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2020.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Recycle electronics, shred documents at event</b>\r\n\r\nDo you have old computers or TVs that need to be thrown away or old documents that need to be disposed of safely and properly? On May 11 from\r\n9 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Beaufort County’s Solid Waste and Recycling Division is holding an Electronics Recycling and Shredding Event. S.C. Law 48-60, enacted last year, prohibits dumping of electronic items in the landfill or at county convenience centers so this is the time to get rid of old electronics and it’s the perfect time to shred personal and tax documents. This event is taking place at 140 Shanklin Road. For questions about this event call the Solid Waste and Recycling Division at 843-255-2734 or go to www.bcgov.net/recycle.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Chamber of Commerce has Business After Hours</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will hold Business After Hours on Thursday, May 9, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. hosted by Cora Bett Thomas Austin Hill Realty, 700 Bay Street, Suite 105 B, on the waterfront! Food provided by Lowcountry Produce and lots of great door prizes including a gift basket from Lowcountry Produce, Candice Glover autographed poster, Lowcountry Running Company Gift Card, 104.9 Advertising Package, Higher Ground Gift Certificate and a one night stay at the Rhett House Inn — Beaufort’s only 4 diamond inn with a package that includes breakfast, tea and cookies in the afternoon and a special treat during the cocktail hour. Business After Hours is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nOn Friday, May 10 at noon, the chamber will hold a ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration for Last Chance Bait &amp; Tackle at 907 8th Street, Port Royal. Light refreshments will be provided and the event is open to the public.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Mission Treasure House</b><b> has grand opening</b>\r\n\r\nThe Parish Church of St. Helena is celebrating the opening of the Mission Treasure House in Port Royal. The Mission Treasure House is a community outreach ministry offering a prayer room and gently used clothing and merchandise three days a week. Please join us on Saturday, May 11, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. to view the new ministry location and enjoy light refreshments. Store hours are Thursdays and Fridays 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The store is located in the Belleview Business Park, 14-A Marshellen Drive, opposite the Bi-Lo Shopping Center on Parris Island Gateway. Donations are thankfully received, and receipts are available for tax purposes. Call (843) 525-0058 to request donation pick up of larger items. All proceeds from sales support local and foreign missions of the Parish Church of St. Helena.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Lilies on the River celebrates women</b>\r\n\r\nHope Haven of the Lowcountry is celebrating its 9th Annual Lilies on the River event on Saturday, May 18. This annual fundraiser is put on by Hope Haven of the Lowcountry, the region’s nonprofit children’s advocacy and rape crisis center. The event gives people the opportunity to honor the women who have made a positive impact in their lives. The public can purchase lilies to honor or memorialize the important women in their lives. This year’s event will be held at the River House in beautiful Spring Island. The event begins with a luncheon at 12 P.M., a silent auction, a champagne toast, and includes a ceremony where all the lilies are released into the water with the names of women being honored and remembered displayed. Tax-deductible lilies may be purchased through May 3 for $15 per lily per woman honored by visiting Hope Haven’s website at www.hopehavenLC.org or calling Hope Haven at 843-524-2256.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Library: Meet explorer Captain William Hilton</b>\r\n\r\nAll ages can come meet explorer Captain William Hilton as he tells you about his adventures along the Carolina coast. Learn about his life, discoveries, and the beginnings of colonial South Carolina with living historian Dwayne Pickett on Saturday, May 18, from 1- 2 p.m., at the Beaufort Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902. For more information, call 843-255-6458, email sedmonds@bcgov.net or visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Local minister will hold graduation celebration</b>\r\n\r\nJonas “With the Bonus!” Gadson will receive his Doctorate Degree in Theology on Friday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Carolina Theological Bible Institute in Bowman, S.C. The nationally-known motivational speaker and minister of the Beaufort Church of Christ will graduate from the Leadership Class of 2013 through the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce in May. The public is invited to his Graduation Celebration on Saturday, May 11 at 4 p.m. at the Quality Inn – Town Center, 2001 Boundary Street, Beaufort. For more information, call 843-524-4281 or 843-379-8145 or email jonasgadson@yahoo.com.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Join a great group of ladies playing bridge</b>\r\n\r\nNew in Beaufort? Looking for a good game of party bridge? Come join the ladies at Traditions on Parris Island each Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. for bridge and lunch. The group plays 24 hands of bridge with a lunch break halfway through the play.  They are normally finished by 2 p.m. If you are interested in receiving more information about weekly games, please email traditionsbridge@gmail.com or call 843-476-9233. We love to see new faces, and one and all are welcome. (Note:  The group does not offer bridge lessons; must already know how to play. You do not have to be military to participate.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Sen. Tom Davis to speak</b><b> to officers on Dataw</b>\r\n\r\nThe Lowcountry Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America protects rights and interests of active, retired, National Guard, Reserves and former U.S. officers. Join us May 31 at Dataw Island Club to hear SC Sen. Tom Davis speak on issues vital to vets. There will be 11:30 a.m. cash bar, noon luncheon with the club’s famous Buttermilk Fried Chicken with mash, gravy, green beans, cookies, brownies, iced tea for $22/person; Casual. Reservations by May 28 to Pres. Rich Baker, call 843-525-0795 or 843-694-1329, email tl9198@embarqmail.com or www.lcmoaa.pcriot.com.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Rotary Club has annual golf tournament benefit</b>\r\n\r\nThe 9th Annual Memory Links Alzheimer’s Benefit Golf Tournament will be hosted by the Rotary Club of the Lowcountry on Saturday, June 1, at 9 a.m. The Four Man, Captains Choice format will be held at the Ocean Creek Course on Fripp Island. The $85 entry fee includes golf cart, beverages, prizes, goody bag, lunch following the tournament, and a $20,000 Hole-in-one. For more information, call 843-575-2366.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>The Vic Varner quintet will p</b><b>erform this weekend</b>\r\n\r\nThursday, May 9, the Vic Varner quintet will perform for the 10th anniversary of Saltus River Grill at 6:30 and 8 p.m. The quintet features David Heywood (flute) Bill Aycock (piano) Mitch Hennes (bass) and Sam Jones (percussion) playing bossa nova style dinner music for Saltus’ Wine Dinner celebration. Vic Varner will be at Amata Thai Fusion on Saturdays, and at the Foolish Frog on Friday, May 17 with Kirk Dempsey, George Sheck, and Jevon Daly for some blues, country, and old beach tunes.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Save the date: Gamecock </b><b>Classic golf tournament</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Gamecock Classic Golf Tournament sponsored by DuPriest Construction Co. will be on Saturday, June 8 at the Sanctuary Golf Club at Cat Island.  This is a 4 person scramble, Captain’s Choice format starting at 9 a.m.  Proceeds benefit USC Scholarship Athletes.  Entry fee of $100 per player includes a green fee &amp; golf cart, gift bag, awards lunch, beverages and hole contests and prizes.  If you would like to play or get a team together, call Linda McCarty at 843-521-1445 or send to Beaufort County Gamecock Club, 2 Carolina Lane, Beaufort, SC 29907.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>St. Helena library offers Microsoft Word class</b>\r\n\r\nHave you ever wanted to learn Microsoft Word? Sign up for Microsoft Word Basics Class on Thursday, May 16, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Limited to 10 students ages 18 and up, located at the St. Helena Branch Library Computer Lab, 6355 Jonathan Francis Sr. Rd, St. Helena Island, SC 29920. To sign up, call 843-255-65477, email mflorencio@bcgov.net or visit beaufortcountylibrary.org.\r\n\r\n<b>Daughters of American </b><b>Revolution hold luncheon</b>\r\n\r\nThe ladies of the Thomas Heyward, Jr. Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution are looking forward to their May Luncheon at the home of Mrs. Earl Hailston, 205 de la Gaye Point at the Islands of Beaufort on May 9 at 11 a.m. Anne Guthrie and Deb Libaire of the Little Red Dog Foundation will receive the 2013 National DAR Community Service Award. RSVP is required. Please call Regent Charlene Shufelt at 525-0158 for more information.\r\n<div></div>', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-87', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:19:53', '2013-05-09 11:19:53', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11028', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11030, 4, '2013-05-09 07:20:41', '2013-05-09 11:20:41', '<b>By Tracie Korol</b>\r\n\r\nOld dogs are our friends and protectors; the life-long love affair we have with them is priceless. They have endured our foolishness, overlooked our mistakes and have celebrated our achievements alongside us for years.  They, in part, have contributed to who we are.  A kind heart demands we return to them in their dotage the attention they unfailingly gave to us in their youth. We cannot indefinitely prolong our aging dog’s life but we can pledge to enhance the enjoyment of the time left.  Simply, they ask that we guide them into a comfortable old age.\r\n\r\nWhen does a dog become an old dog? Each individual, dog or person, has his own tempo for aging. Smaller dogs age less quickly than larger breeds and mutts seem to have more longevity than purebred dogs. As dogs approach the age of 7, muzzles may whiten, the eyes may become a bit more opaque and chasing-the-ball time becomes shorter and less enthusiastic. As he becomes even older he may have trouble with stairs, his appetite may decrease, he may develop changes in appearance and he may get a bit crotchety. Sleeping becomes a major pastime. What can we do to make this transition easier?\r\n\r\n<b>Old dogs like hands-on love.</b>  Andy has been part of the family for the last 11 years.  He’s such a part of the household routine that no one really notices him anymore.  But now is the time to recognize his important contribution to the family by giving him special time. Carve 10 minutes from your hectic daily schedule to simply put your hands on your old dog. Listen to him breathe. Tell him he is The Best. Gently stroke him, feel for lumps, bumps, warm areas, tender spots — any signs that a veterinary check-up could improve his health and your peace of mind. Communicate to him that you appreciate his place in your life.\r\n\r\n<b>Take care where your old dog sleeps. </b>Older joints are less well lubricated; often it is painful getting up and down.  Would Andy be more comfortable on a thick, orthopedic foam pad? Does he prefer to lean into something when he sleeps, place his head up on a bolster? Is he less restless if his bed is next to yours?  When sleeping is an aged friend’s major activity, a special bed may be his due.\r\n\r\n<b>Obsess about his nutrition and health. </b> Even though Andy’s hearing has diminished and he creaks when he rises from the floor, he can still get himself to the kitchen with delighted effort when he hears his food bowl rattle. It’s still the highlight of his day! Consult with a professional about geriatric foods, supplements and new ways to tempt his aging palate. Anti-oxidant supplements such as vitamins A, C and E, omega-3 fatty acids, glucosamine and MSM are all beneficial to the older dog. Sometimes a top dressing of herbs or spices or dry grated cheese is all it takes to make mealtime even more special.\r\n\r\n<b>Avoid stress.</b> Andy may no longer be able to tolerate extremes in heat or cold or drastic interruptions in his routine. With another hot and steamy summer around the corner, consider now how to accommodate his exercise and evacuation needs.  This may be the summer Andy sits out the festivals in the comfort of his air conditioned home.\r\n\r\n<b>Exercise mind and body.</b>  Don’t believe the old adage “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Stimulate your dog’s brain with new teachings, new places to see and smell and new things to do. Stimulating a dog’s mind helps keep the brain in tip-top shape.  Choose new destinations for the evening walk or play “search and rescue”, a game all dogs love.  My beagle learned how to “sit pretty” (sit up) at age 12. At 16 she would raise her paw when she wanted some extra attention, as if I’d forget.\r\n\r\n<b>Nourish his spirit.</b> What does an old dog want? You, and your undivided attention. Love him today like there is no tomorrow.\r\n<div></div>', 'Old friend, live with me forever', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'old-friend-live-with-me-forever', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:20:41', '2013-05-09 11:20:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11030', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11032, 4, '2013-05-09 07:21:52', '2013-05-09 11:21:52', '[caption id=\"attachment_11033\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Pet-of-Week-Tina.png\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-11033\" alt=\"Meet Tina.  Tina is a 5 month old flat-coated retriever mix.  She is spayed, microchipped, and current on vaccinations.  You can meet Tina Monday through Saturday at the Palmetto Animal League Adoption Center in Riverwalk Business Park.  For more information please call (843)645-1725 or visit our website at www.palmettoanimalleague.org. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Pet-of-Week-Tina-300x200.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> Meet Tina. Tina is a 5 month old flat-coated retriever mix. She is spayed, microchipped, and current on vaccinations. You can meet Tina Monday through Saturday at the Palmetto Animal League Adoption Center in Riverwalk Business Park. For more information please call (843)645-1725 or visit our website at www.palmettoanimalleague.org.[/caption]', 'Pet of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'pet-of-the-week-27', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:21:52', '2013-05-09 11:21:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11032', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11033, 4, '2013-05-09 07:21:19', '2013-05-09 11:21:19', '', 'Pet of Week-Tina', 'Meet Tina.  Tina is a 5 month old flat-coated retriever mix.  She is spayed, microchipped, and current on vaccinations.  You can meet Tina Monday through Saturday at the Palmetto Animal League Adoption Center in Riverwalk Business Park.  For more information please call (843)645-1725 or visit our website at www.palmettoanimalleague.org. ', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'pet-of-week-tina', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:21:19', '2013-05-09 11:21:19', '', 11032, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Pet-of-Week-Tina.png', 0, 'attachment', 'image/png', 0),
(11035, 4, '2013-05-09 07:22:51', '2013-05-09 11:22:51', '<b>John “Butch” Butler, III</b>\r\n\r\nJohn H. “Butch” Butler, III, 67, of Beaufort died Saturday, April 27, 2013 in Bayview Manor.\r\n\r\nMemorial services were held on Saturday, May 4, 2013 from 2 to 6 p.m. at 3090 Clydesdale Circle, Beaufort, SC.\r\n\r\nAnderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Eugene Levi Hanna</b>\r\n\r\nEugene “Gene” Levi Hanna, 77, of the Hopes community on St. Helena Island and widower of Carol Fripp Hanna, died at his home on Monday, April 29, 2013.\r\n\r\nMemorial services were held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at Bethesda Christina Fellowship, 32 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, St. Helena Island, SC.\r\n\r\nArrangements by Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals.\r\n\r\n<b>Benjamin A. Muncil</b>\r\n\r\nBenjamin A. Muncil, husband of Betty Schwam Muncil, of St. Helena Island, SC, died Saturday, May 4, 2013 in Bayview Manor.\r\n\r\nServices will be private.\r\n\r\nThe family suggests that donations be made to St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 70 Lady’s Island Drive, Beaufort, SC  29907 or Beaufort County Animal Shelter, P. O. Drawer 1228, Beaufort, SC, 29901.\r\n\r\nAnderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.', 'Obituaries', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'obituaries-14', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:22:51', '2013-05-09 11:22:51', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11035', 0, 'post', '', 0);
INSERT INTO `__wp_posts` (`ID`, `post_author`, `post_date`, `post_date_gmt`, `post_content`, `post_title`, `post_excerpt`, `post_status`, `comment_status`, `ping_status`, `post_password`, `post_name`, `to_ping`, `pinged`, `post_modified`, `post_modified_gmt`, `post_content_filtered`, `post_parent`, `guid`, `menu_order`, `post_type`, `post_mime_type`, `comment_count`) VALUES
(11037, 4, '2013-05-09 07:23:34', '2013-05-09 11:23:34', '<b>By Celia Strong</b>\r\n\r\nOh, no. Another new wine. What are we to do?  I’ll tell you what: We clap our hands for happy, lucky us, do our lesson and get to it as quickly as we can.\r\n\r\nFor geography, we are in California, Sonoma County, the Russian River AVA. We have discussed this AVA before. Last time I remember talking about the Russian River it was for a Pinot Noir, one of the two grape varieties that the Russian River AVA is really known for. The other, Chardonnay, is our grape for this week’s wine.\r\n\r\nThe Russian River AVA was established in 1983, and enlarged in 2005. The Russian River Valley is way larger than the AVA, which is located between Sebastopol and Santa Rosa on its north and Forestville and Healdsburg on its south. Viticulture in this area dates back to the 19th century. Immigrants from Mediterranean countries came here and planted the first vines. At the beginning of the 20th century, there were nearly 200 wineries. The valley has a cool climate and is heavily affected by fog from the Pacific Ocean.  The Russian River Valley Winegrowers trade group claims that 42 percent of the grapes grown here are Chardonnay; Pinot Noir is 29 percent. Chardonnays grown here are distinctly different from those grown in nearby areas like Alexander Valley AVA and Dry Creek Valley AVA. The region’s cool climate produces more grapes with higher acidity. The wines tend to be more balanced than the fatter, creamier style from their neighbors in the Alexander Valley.\r\n\r\nOur winery, this week, we have also visited before — Valley of the Moon. This winery is located in the Glen Ellen area. (Yes, that is a place in Sonoma County.) It is the longest operating winery there. Actually, Valley of the Moon has been operating as a winery since 1863, just not with its current name. There are stone buildings at the winery, still being used, that date back to the 1880’s. They also built a new winery in 1998. It is this combination of history and modern technology that drives Valley of the Moon today. We should note, because it is a fun fact, the winery name is derived from the native American word for Sonoma, which means “valley of the moon.”  The ownership of Valley of the Moon has changed several times over the years. Like so many other wineries. Currently, long-time vintners and good friends Dan Zepponi and Tony Stewart are the owners.\r\n\r\nAt Valley of the Moon, the quality of their wines begins in the vineyards. Different varieties are matched with the different Sonoma micro-climates and soils where they will do their best. Sustainable farming is a long-standing practice. Their winemaking philosophy is focused on letting each variety show its personality.  Each lot of grapes, like our Chardonnays, is handled separately, pressed as whole clusters, and blended only after the wines are made. I would tell you, because it’s true with other wines from Valley of the Moon, that each lot of grapes, after fermentation, is barrel-aged separately as well. But, our Chardonnay is “unoaked,” so barrel aging of the different lots of wine doesn’t apply.\r\n\r\nWhen a Chardonnay wine is unoaked, the winemaker has decided to make that style of wine. Sometimes, the decision is made because this is the traditional style of an area. Like Chablis, in the northern part of the Burgundy region in France, has this tradition from their centuries of making Chardonnay wines. In California, it’s not tradition, but a style choice for the winemaker. Chardonnay, in the world of winemakers, is considered to be a fairly neutral variety. They love playing with this variety because the neutrality lets them develop different aromas and flavors, and textures too, by what they do. Fermenting in oak, aging in oak, American versus French oak, and on and on. Chardonnay is an easy grape to grow, in a lot of different soils and climates. (Just look at how many there are from almost every country that makes wine.) Malolactic fermentation is also a choice. When aged in barrels, this secondary fermentation takes place almost automatically. The resulting wine has a smoother, rounder texture. Because they don ‘t go into barrels, many unoaked Chardonnays have crisper acidity. But, again, this is a choice and the malolactic fermentation can be done for unoaked wines. Either way, without the oak, we taste more of the basic flavors of this grape — green apple, lemon, sometimes pineapple.\r\n\r\nHere’s another point in our favor with unoaked Chardonnay wines. Those barrels are not cheap. One new barrel runs over $500, way over. Each barrel loses some of its flavor every time it is used. Two, maybe three times, and it’s pretty much retired. (Really, they are passed on to use for less expensive wines, sometimes even chopped up into chips and tossed into the big vats of much less expensive wines. There’s a big difference between “aged in oak” and “aged with oak.”) So, as we look at bottles of Russian River AVA Chardonnays, the majority of which are given some time aging in barrels, we have to notice that we are paying for that process. Of course, we do love that style, so we pay what we have to to get them.\r\n\r\nBut, lucky us, we have the chance to taste Chardonnay from the Russian River AVA, as great a spot as it for the variety, all by itself. The<b> Valley of the Moon Unoaked Russian River Chardonnay</b> is delicious. It has nectarine, orange flower blossom and mineral flavors. And, yep, apple too. The long ripening period from the cool climate in the AVA makes layers of flavors, complex and bright. In particularly cool years, like 2011, the really high acidity level of the wine is tempered by a malolactic fermentation in about 80 percent of the wine, before blending. The wine is fermented in stainless steel, in its small lots, and aged in steel tanks for about five months. This malolactic fermentation gives the wine a smoother texture in the middle of your mouth, but leaves enough acidity on the sides of your tongue for a clean, crisp finish with lime and tangerine notes.  This wine is 97 percent Chardonnay, with 2 percent Pinot Blanc and 2 percent Muscat Canelli. All for $15.99. My suspicion is, as we go into warmer weather, unoaked Chardonnays might be more enjoyable. Having tasted this Valley of the Moon, I know there will be some at my house. Enjoy.\r\n<div></div>', 'The moon is shining, the wine is poured', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-moon-is-shining-the-wine-is-poured', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:23:34', '2013-05-09 11:23:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11037', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11039, 4, '2013-05-09 07:25:26', '2013-05-09 11:25:26', 'The new coffee table book “Beautiful Beaufort” in the Pearls of the South series, will debut at the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra performance Side by Side on Sunday, May 19 at 3 p.m. at Beaufort High School Performing Arts Center. Book sales will benefit the Beaufort Youth Symphony Orchestra.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BeautifulBeaufort_Cvr.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11040\" alt=\"BeautifulBeaufort_Cvr\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BeautifulBeaufort_Cvr.jpeg\" width=\"144\" height=\"188\" /></a>Beaufort Symphony president Ed Like, who has seen an advance copy of the book, declared it to be magnificent and is looking forward to the debut. Sales of the book benefit the Beaufort Symphony Youth Orchestra.\r\n\r\nThe book is the story of Beaufort and the Sea Islands told as a photo essay, and includes a CD and a DVD of symphony performances. It also features great recipes and photos of the fresh, crisp food from Breakwater Restaurant.', 'Book to benefit Beaufort Youth Symphony Orchestra', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'book-to-benefit-beaufort-youth-symphony-orchestra', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:25:26', '2013-05-09 11:25:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11039', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11040, 4, '2013-05-09 07:25:10', '2013-05-09 11:25:10', '', 'BeautifulBeaufort_Cvr', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'beautifulbeaufort_cvr', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:25:10', '2013-05-09 11:25:10', '', 11039, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BeautifulBeaufort_Cvr.jpeg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11042, 4, '2013-05-09 07:26:47', '2013-05-09 11:26:47', 'The Beaufort Charities Invitational is back and better than ever! The annual golf tournament, originally called the Heart Fund, will be held the weekend of May 16-18 at Fripp Island Resort, employer of Candice Glover. The event, in its 37th year, has raised more than $700,000 for local charities. The tournament is one of the largest and most sought after invitations in golf in the Beaufort County area.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_4306.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11043\" alt=\"IMG_4306\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_4306-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>Local charities that received money in 2012 include Alzheimer’s Support Group, Senior Services of Beaufort, the Boys &amp; Girls Club, Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA), Citizens Opposed to Domestic Abuse (CODA), Friends of Caroline Hospice, Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry, Habitat for Humanity and Lowcountry Rotary.\r\n\r\nThe weekend will start with registration and a cocktail reception at the Ocean Point Pool at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 16. A shotgun start will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Friday followed by a special late afternoon charity event. Tee times will be posted on Saturday based on Friday’s net scores. The Awards Ceremony, dinner and entertainment will follow at the Ocean Creek Veranda Beach pool area.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Charities Invitational Board consists of past committee members (who plan each year’s tournament) and are responsible for distributing the money raised in the tournament to local charities. This year’s committee members are Harry Patterson (Chairman), Bob Bundy, Chris Jones, Benji Hill, Charlotte Diorio, Christian Sherbert, Matt Flewelling, Christina Tilton, Marjory Mitchell, Jay Lovell, Jeff Althoff, John Davis, Scott Jennings and Eddie Thames\r\n\r\nIn addition to the board and committee members, the invitational could not be possible without the help of sponsors, Fripp Island Resort and the ever popular Par 3 Girls that assist with the tournament all weekend.\r\n\r\nAs added excitement to the weekend, the American Idol finale will be Thursday, May 16. Candice Glover, who worked at Fripp Island Excursions, could possibly be announced as the next American Idol that evening. Fripp Island would certainly be a fun place to be if she wins!\r\n\r\nIf you are interested in playing in the Beaufort Charities Invitational, please contact Benji Hill at 521-4000 or 986-7169. You may also visit www.BeaufortCharities.com and learn more about the event.\r\n<div></div>', '37th Beaufort Charities Invitational to be on Fripp Island', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '37th-beaufort-charities-invitational-to-be-on-fripp-island', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:26:47', '2013-05-09 11:26:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11042', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11043, 4, '2013-05-09 07:26:32', '2013-05-09 11:26:32', '', 'IMG_4306', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'img_4306', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:26:32', '2013-05-09 11:26:32', '', 11042, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_4306.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11045, 4, '2013-05-09 07:27:21', '2013-05-09 11:27:21', 'Walkers will go around the clock in the battle against cancer when the 2013 American Cancer Society Relay For Life® of Beaufort gets under way with teams of residents gathering at Battery Creek High School on Friday, May 17, at 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nRelay For Life events are held overnight as individuals and teams camp out at an athletic track, park or other gathering area, with the goal of keeping at least one team member on the track or pathway at all times throughout the evening. Teams do most of their fundraising prior to the event, but some teams also hold creative fundraisers at their camp sites during Relay. Relay brings together friends, families, businesses, hospitals, schools, faith-based groups — people from all walks of life, all aimed at furthering the American Cancer Society’s efforts to save lives by helping people stay well, by helping them get well, by finding cures and by fighting back.\r\n\r\nThis year’s Beaufort Relay for Life will be full of entertainment and events for the entire 12 hours.  This event will end on Saturday, May 18, with a\r\nNon-Denominational Sunrise Service at 7 a.m.\r\n\r\n“Relay is a unique opportunity for our community to come together to celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember those we’ve lost, and fight back against the disease,” said Brittany Reid, Community Manager. “Many of the participants are cancer survivors, which serves as a reminder that Beaufort is not immune to this disease and that by participating in Relay, we are joining with the American Cancer Society’s efforts to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays,” Reid added.\r\n\r\nFunds raised at Relay For Life of Beaufort are enabling the American Cancer Society to impact the lives of those touched by cancer within the community.\r\n\r\nRelay For Life’s Luminaria Ceremony takes place after sundown, honoring the community’s cancer survivors and remembering those lost to the disease. Participants will circle a track that is surrounded with glowing luminaria that bear the name of someone who has battled cancer. Luminaria may be purchased for $10 by e-mailing luminaria.rflbeaufort@gmail.com or by visiting http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY13SA?fr_id=52911&amp;pg=fr_ecommerce.\r\n\r\nAlso a part of Beaufort’s Relay For Life event is the “Fight Back” Ceremony, in which a community leader will inspire Relay participants with his or her own commitment and will challenge them to take a personal pledge of action (e.g., stop smoking, eat more healthily, exercise regularly, etc.) in fighting back.\r\n\r\nTo locate a Relay for Life event and find out how you may get involved, please call 1-800-227-2345 or visit RelayForLife.org.\r\n\r\nThe American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end suffering from cancer. As a global grassroots force of more than three million volunteers, we fight for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community. We save lives by helping people stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early; by helping people get well by being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through investment in groundbreaking discovery; and by fighting back by rallying lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to join the fight. As the nation’s largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, contributing about $3.4 billion, we turn what we know about cancer into what we do. As a result, more than 11 million people in America who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year. To learn more or to get help, call anytime at 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org.\r\n<div></div>', 'Beaufortonians use hearts and feet to fight cancer', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufortonians-use-hearts-and-feet-to-fight-cancer', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:27:21', '2013-05-09 11:27:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11045', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11047, 4, '2013-05-09 07:31:35', '2013-05-09 11:31:35', '<b>By Pamela Brownstein</b>\r\n\r\nI am of the opinion that brunch is the best meal of the day, a perfect combination of breakfast and lunch. So I was excited when Lunch Bunch was invited to try the new Sunday Brunch being served at SuZara’s Kitchen. During the week, SuZara’s serves their excellent lunch and baked goods, but on Sundays, Chef Anthony Fairbanks — former executive chef at The Tooting Egret — prepares brunch his way.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11048\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0330.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-11048\" alt=\"Shrimp and grits\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0330-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> Shrimp and grits[/caption]\r\n\r\nWhile scanning the mouthwatering menu, a satisfied patron at a nearby table told us, “Your taste buds are going to melt.” And she was right.\r\n\r\nChef Tony started us with a healthy Pea Salad — snow peas, sugar snap peas, carrot and sesame salad with Agave and sesame vinaigrette topped with steamed shrimp and shaved Bellavitano cheese. Although not what I would order on my own, the salad was delightful, especially the thinly cut shrimp in light vinaigrette.\r\n\r\nKim decided quickly on The Poached Eggs made with two poached Yard Farm eggs, creamed Brussel sprouts with diced bacon on toasted brioche and a side of home fries. She said hers was delicious.\r\n\r\nElizabeth tried The Baked Eggs, which comes with two Yard Farm eggs served with a\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11049\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0308.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11049\" alt=\"The Baked Eggs\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0308-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> The Baked Eggs[/caption]\r\n\r\nspicy tomato sauced in a bowl baked with olives and Feta cheese. It was expertly cooked and the housemade grilled pita bread was a side bonus.\r\n\r\nGuest Lunch Buncher Daniel ordered the pancake breakfast — three buttermilk pancakes with pulled pork and homemade Bourbon syrup served with fresh fruit. It was a unique pairing that Daniel thoroughly enjoyed.\r\n\r\nAlthough everyone’s meals looked good, I still think mine was the best, a must-have. The Shrimp and Grits are made\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11050\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0300.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11050\" alt=\"The Pea Salad\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0300-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> The Pea Salad[/caption]\r\n\r\nwith sauteed jumbo local shrimp, fresh corn, green onions, country ham and cream over stone ground white cheddar grits. This seriously amazing dish sets a high standard for this Southern staple that will have you wanting more.\r\n\r\nThe fresh squeezed orange juice was a big hit, and mimosas, coffee and hot tea are also available. Brunch is $16 for adults; $10 for children.\r\n\r\nSuZara’s is located at 1211 Newcastle Street in Uptown Beaufort. Brunch is Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information, call 843-476-9387.', 'Guest chef takes over the kitchen to serve a taste bud-melting Sunday Brunch at SuZara\'s', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'guest-chef-takes-over-the-kitchen-to-serve-a-taste-bud-melting-sunday-brunch-at-suzaras', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:31:35', '2013-05-09 11:31:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11047', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11048, 4, '2013-05-09 07:29:38', '2013-05-09 11:29:38', '', 'DSC_0330', 'Shrimp and grits', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dsc_0330', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:29:38', '2013-05-09 11:29:38', '', 11047, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0330.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11049, 4, '2013-05-09 07:30:20', '2013-05-09 11:30:20', '', 'DSC_0308', 'The Baked Eggs', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dsc_0308', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:30:20', '2013-05-09 11:30:20', '', 11047, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0308.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11050, 4, '2013-05-09 07:31:08', '2013-05-09 11:31:08', '', 'DSC_0300', 'The Pea Salad', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dsc_0300', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:31:08', '2013-05-09 11:31:08', '', 11047, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_0300.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11052, 4, '2013-05-09 07:36:12', '2013-05-09 11:36:12', 'Penn Center’s mission is “to promote and preserve the Sea Islands’ history and culture” and for over 150 years it has been doing exactly that.  Penn became the first African American site in South Carolina whose primary purpose was to safeguard the heritage of a Gullah community, by preserving districts and landmarks that epitomize important elements of its culture, history, and vernacular history; and to promote the use and conservation of such landmarks for the education, recreation and enrichment of the residents of the county and state.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/New-Generation-Gullah.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11053\" alt=\"New Generation Gullah\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/New-Generation-Gullah-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" /></a>There are few institutions born of circumstance with such longstanding records of contribution to their community as Penn Center, formerly known as Penn School.  By living so long and so well, this institution has launched hundreds of lives on trajectories that, by their speed and light, have shown the way for thousands more in their lineage and beyond their family constellation.\r\n\r\nAs actual patriarchs or matriarchs of their families, Penn School graduates and individuals assisted by Penn Center have influenced future generations incalculably.  The good works for and by the people of the Penn “community” find their origins in a time when Sea Islanders of African descent became free of slavery.  Actual freedom, long denied and then attained, and how to use it, was what inspired Penn School’s founding.  In the 150 years since, Penn School, now known as Penn Center, has helped light the path for determined individuals to best achieve their full potential.\r\n\r\nBy its induction of Ron Daise, Joseph Opala and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Beaufort into the honored membership of the 1862 Circle, Penn Center is affirming in 2013 that its mission — connecting it from its hallowed past to the challenges of the present — remains to create leadership and provide the service that will allow one generation to advance from the sacrifices made and knowledge gained by its ancestors.  The key to this magnificent accomplishment by Penn School through the years, and now Penn Center, has always been education.  In 2013, the Penn Center 1862 Circle inductees all carry forward the connections from the past that inform our present and build our future.\r\n\r\nRon Daise, Chairman of the four-state, federal Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11054\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Ron-Daise-1862-Circle-Inductee.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11054\" alt=\"Ron Daise 1862 Circle Inductee\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Ron-Daise-1862-Circle-Inductee-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Ron Daise 1862 Circle Inductee[/caption]\r\n\r\nCorridor Commission, has found creative ways to honor and share his roots all his adult life.  Mr. Daise and his wife Natalie created theater experiences for audiences to learn about and from this rich sea island heritage, including the award-winning TV show “Gullah Gullah Island.” In his most recent book, “Gullah Branches, West African Roots,” Mr. Daise uses memoir, photographs, poetry, and traditional and non-traditional music to document discoveries of personal and cultural connections with West Africa.   His numerous awards include: the 1996 South Carolina Order of the Palmetto, the State’s highest honor; the 1997 State of South Carolina Folk Heritage Award, given for lifetime achievement and excellence in folk art; and the 2007 South Carolina African American Heritage Commission’s Lifetime Achievement Award.  Mr. Daise asks people who compliment his many accomplishments, jokingly, “Well, aren’t you aware that I’m the son of Penn School graduates?”  His mother, Kathleen Daise Grant, a school teacher before raising her nine children with Henry Daise, Sr., is the oldest living graduate of Penn School.\r\n\r\nJoseph Opala, an historian, researcher and teacher, has focused extensively on the “Gullah Connection” - the long historical thread that links Africans in Sierra Leone and other West African countries with Gullah people in America.  While a professor at the University of Sierra Leone from 1985 to 1991, Mr. Opala served as an advisor to Sierra Leone’s president on cultural policy.  His research has led to historic visits, first by Sierra\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11055\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Joe-Opala-1862-Circle-Inductee.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11055\" alt=\"Joe Opala 1862 Circle Inductee\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Joe-Opala-1862-Circle-Inductee-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Joe Opala 1862 Circle Inductee[/caption]\r\n\r\nLeone’s president to an American Gullah community, and then an historic “Homecoming” to Sierra Leone the following year by nine Gullahs from South Carolina and Georgia.  Other work by Mr. Opala connected an ancient African song preserved by a Gullah family in coastal Georgia to a village in Sierra Leone where the song is still sung today.  His honors courses on such subjects as the “History of Slavery” and “African American Folk Culture Through Film” have engaged students on projects to design a “Gullah Connection Trail” for the U.S. Park Service, and to create a two-day “Gullah Film Festival” for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.  In recent years, he has served as advisor to the U.S. National Park Service on African American history, and as Scholar-in-Residence at Penn Center.  Mr. Opala’s research and many bridge-building projects have drawn coverage by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Associated Press, and appearances on “60 Minutes”, CNN, and three programs on NPR.\r\n\r\nThe Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Beaufort (UUFB) draws its inspiration directly from the founding of Penn School.  In 1862 Laura Towne, inspired by the abolitionist sermons she heard at First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia, travelled to St. Helena Island to work with thousands of people newly freed from slavery.  As homeopathic physician and teacher, she began to serve, leading people of many faiths in construction of Penn School for the betterment of local islanders.  Her example compels UUFB members to proudly partner with Penn Center to continue its legacy of social justice.\r\n\r\nDuring the last decade, Rev. Nan L. White and UUFB have actively engaged members of their Unitarian Universalist faith - local, regional, and national – in support of Penn Center.  Many have come to Penn campus as volunteers, as attendees at conferences, and as inspired tourists.  With a focus on programs for youth, UUFB members receive as they give, and are grateful for the opportunity to work at an institution whose mission is so <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/UUFB-1862-Circle-Inductee.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11056\" alt=\"UUFB 1862 Circle Inductee\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/UUFB-1862-Circle-Inductee-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>steeped in noble history.  In addition to its commitment to Penn Center, the UUFB congregation has been recognized for its volunteer work throughout the Beaufort area, whether tutoring students, delivering “rescued” food to the needy, providing meals and companionship for homeless families, nurturing local organic farming, or cleaning trash from our roads and waterways.  The congregation’s service work is a clear reflection of a UUFB saying:   “Many Beliefs – One Light.”\r\n\r\nIn their similarity — to draw on the past to inspire the present to improve the future — this year’s inductees to the 1862 Circle share the hope that Penn School represented to those newly freed.  When we understand the lessons that our shared history presents, we are better able to build success and create opportunities for ourselves, and those who come behind us.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the 1862 Circle induction, this year Penn Center will honor the country of Sierra Leone with a “Common Roots Award.” By this award Penn Center is recognizing the ongoing relationships between the people of Sierra Leone and the residents of the Gullah Geechee Corridor in the United States.  To accept this honor for the country of Sierra Leone will be Ambassador Bockari Kortu Stevens current Ambassador of Sierra Leone to the United States (2008 - present).\r\n\r\nIndividual members of the 1862 Circle include:  Emory S. Campbell, Vernon Jordan, Juan Williams, James Denmark, the Honorable John Lewis, Philip Simmons, the Honorable James E. Clyburn, Courtney Siceloff, Jonathan Green, Jean Moutoussamy-Ashe, the Honorable Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings, Thomas C Barnwell, Jr., Mary I. Mack, Phylicia Rashad, Pat Conroy, Roland Gardner, Louis O. Dore, and John W. Gadson, Sr. Groups that have been inducted include:  The Penn Club, Inc., Sankofa Circle, Inc., and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.\r\n\r\nThis year, the tenth annual 1862 Circle Gala is Saturday, May 18, at the Sonesta Resort on Hilton Head Island. A reception and silent auction with over 75 items will begin at 6 p.m. with the dinner, live auction featuring the art of James Denmark and Amiri Farris and program scheduled for 7 p.m., with music by Lavon Stevens.\r\n<div></div>', 'Penn Center Gala: The 10th annual 1862 Circle Gala celebrates inductees', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'penn-center-gala-the-10th-annual-1862-circle-gala-celebrates-inductees', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:36:12', '2013-05-09 11:36:12', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11052', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11053, 4, '2013-05-09 07:34:04', '2013-05-09 11:34:04', '', 'New Generation Gullah', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-generation-gullah', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:34:04', '2013-05-09 11:34:04', '', 11052, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/New-Generation-Gullah.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11054, 4, '2013-05-09 07:34:35', '2013-05-09 11:34:35', '', 'Ron Daise 1862 Circle Inductee', 'Ron Daise 1862 Circle Inductee', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'ron-daise-1862-circle-inductee', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:34:35', '2013-05-09 11:34:35', '', 11052, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Ron-Daise-1862-Circle-Inductee.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11055, 4, '2013-05-09 07:35:14', '2013-05-09 11:35:14', '', 'Joe Opala 1862 Circle Inductee', 'Joe Opala 1862 Circle Inductee', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'joe-opala-1862-circle-inductee', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:35:14', '2013-05-09 11:35:14', '', 11052, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Joe-Opala-1862-Circle-Inductee.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11056, 4, '2013-05-09 07:35:50', '2013-05-09 11:35:50', '', 'UUFB 1862 Circle Inductee', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'uufb-1862-circle-inductee', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:35:50', '2013-05-09 11:35:50', '', 11052, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/UUFB-1862-Circle-Inductee.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11058, 4, '2013-05-09 07:37:00', '2013-05-09 11:37:00', '<b>Simply Grand for Mother’s Day:</b> Friday, May 10 in the black box theater at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center, Simply Grand presents a Mother’s Day concert, with melodies, loving lyrics, and special ticket prices: $12 for all tickets, $7 for children. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. After years of performing together locally and throughout Northeast Florida, Simply Grand was organized in 2010. The group includes Keyboardist Kenneth Varner, Saxophonist Gregory Whittaker, and Drummer Trevor Daniels. The trio of musicians soon discovered a certain chemistry and musical affinity that led to their formation of Simply Grand, a versatile musical ensemble that has a unique ability to shift between Contemporary Jazz, Gospel, and Blues with ease. One the band’s most notable performances occurred during the Beaufort 300 celebration in which the group played to a packed house at the Beaufort Waterfront Park. ARTworks is located 2127 Boundary Street 29902, artworksinbeaufort.org, 843-379-2787.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Cinematographer to speak at Photo Club:</b> Finally learn how to use the video settings on your digital camera. Photography Club of Beaufort’s next meeting on Monday, May 13 will feature Vitor Lindo,  a photographer and cinematographer who co-founded the Institute of Cinematic Arts in Savannah.   His intense passion for films and photographs have allowed him to acquire knowledge in every facet of the production process. Amassing credits as a director of photography, still photographer, director, writer, gaffer, sound mixer, editor and colorist. He has an insatiable passion for visual arts and an inherent interest for taboo subjects. In the Summer of 2011, it is this interest that led him to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to direct a feature length documentary on the extremely secretive world of “Candomble.” Vitor spent two months living with and documenting the rituals of the controversial Afro-Brazilian faith. The compiled material will be released in a documentary and photo-book, both titled “Dancing With Saints.” He is currently in post production on both projects.  Offering an array of classes, the ICA also features workshops including acting, cinematography, lighting, modeling, Photoshop, screenwriting, video editing, and photography. It is also the only facility in the region to offer on camera acting classes specifically for film and television. His work can be viewed at dalundaproductions.com. The Photography Club of Beaufort meets at 7 p.m. at ARTworks in the K-Mart Plaza on Boundary Street in Beaufort. Free admission.  Public is invited. For more information visit www.PhotoClubBeaufort.com.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort High Juried Art Show:</b> The Beaufort High School Visual Arts Department would like to announce the opening reception for the first annual BHS Juried Art Show.  The reception will be held at the Arts Center Gallery on the BHS campus on Thursday, May 16 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.  The judges for the show were Deanna Bowdish of the Gallery on Bay Street and Lisa Rentz of the Beaufort County Arts Council.  There were more than 30 pieces of art selected and only 18 pieces were accepted for the show.  The selected pieces represent the best quality artwork from Beaufort High students working in studio art classes.  Best in show is a painting by Erinn Szarek titled, “Recondite.”  “City Lights” is a pencil drawing by Amelia Mercado which won first place.  Second place went to Maria Carerra for her painting, “Aztec Moon and Sun.”   Finally, Brandon Rupert won third place for his pencil drawing, “Wolfcatcher.”  The gallery at the new arts center is a beautiful architectural space to view art.  It is the complement to the performing arts space in the Arts Center and is located directly off to the side of the lobby when you walk in.\r\n\r\n<b>BAA Artist of the Month:</b> Artist Wendy Goller loves detailing the bountiful and beautiful local marine life of Beaufort County. One of her favorite subjects is the sea turtle but dolphin, red drum, sea trout and other fish have also become her subjects along with crustaceans like shrimp and crabs. She enjoys working in a variety of mediums and loves the endless choice of subject matter that living in the South Carolina Lowcountry provides. “Hooked on Fishing” is about capturing the fun and mystery in the art of fishing. This show features anglers of all ages and types. The Beaufort Art Association’s reception will be held at the BAA Gallery on Friday, May 17 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Book signing with Jonathan Green:</b> Lowcountry artist Jonathan Green will be at the Red Piano Too Art Gallery on St. Helena Island signing the newly released book “Seeking” on Friday, May 17, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. “Seeking” is a compilation of poetry and praise inspired by the art of Jonathan Green. Twenty-nine different authors and poets were inspired to write about paintings by Green. Edited by Kwame Dawes and Majory Wentworth, this collection features 16 color paintings by Green in addition to a preface on the history of the project, information on the painting “Seeking”, and an artist’s statement. Gallery owner, Mary Inabinett Mack said, “We are extremely pleased to have Jonathan come to the Red Piano Too and sign his book.”  The signing is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-838-2241 or email Redpianotoo@islc.net.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Clay on Thursdays with Trevor Foster:</b> Clay on Thursdays begins May 23 at ARTworks. Learn basic techniques or refine your skills and explore new techniques. Trevor Foster is a master potter, well known for his large-scale urns and raku firing sessions. The handbuilding session is 10 a.m. to noon, and wheelthrown classes are 1:15 to 3:15, or 6 to 8 p.m. Glazes and firing are included: $125 plus $25 per 25 lbs of clay. To register: thealligatorhunter@hotmail.com, 803-707-5961, www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org.\r\n<div></div>', 'Arts Events', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'arts-events-30', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:37:00', '2013-05-09 11:37:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11058', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11060, 4, '2013-05-09 07:38:26', '2013-05-09 11:38:26', 'Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. is playing at University of South Carolina Beaufort Center for the Arts May 10, 11, 17 at 7 p.m. and May 19 at 3 p.m. The 60-minute musical is based on the 2008 Broadway production and the 1989 animated feature film. The Beaufort Children’s Theatre cast contains approximately 80 aspiring actors led by directors Bonnie Hargrove, Jim Riley and Valerie Hobbs.\r\n\r\nThis classic Disney title contains all of the songs from the Academy Award® winning\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11062\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Arts-Little-mermaid-duo-.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-11062\" alt=\"Angela Chancay as Ursula and Ellen Hodges as Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Jr.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Arts-Little-mermaid-duo--300x180.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" /></a> Angela Chancay as Ursula and Ellen Hodges as Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Jr.[/caption]\r\n\r\nanimated feature film, as well as three new songs from the Broadway show. The Little Mermaid Jr. takes place in a magical kingdom beneath the sea, where a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But first, she’ll have to defy her father, the king of the sea, escape the clutches of an evil sea witch and convince a prince that she’s the girl with the perfect voice.\r\n\r\nCast members include:  <b>Ariel</b>, Ellen Hodges; <b>Carlotta</b>, Allie Fraley; <b>Chef Louis</b>, Lyz Betz; <b>Ursula</b>, Angela Chancay; <b>Flotsam</b>, Grace Stewart; <b>Jetsam</b>, Madison Logan; <b>Flounder</b>, Brycen Ambrose; <b>Grimsby</b>, Preston Coleman; <b>Gulls</b>, Zachary Hobbs, Campbell Dukes, Jasmine Marie Callendar; <b>King Triton</b>, Alex Long; <b>Merfolk</b>, Karina Achico. Elizabeth Foster, Katherine Foster, Ansleigh Pingree, Alyssa Wells, Hannah Fennell, Isle Von Heimburg, Matthew Davey, Sarah Webb, Reese Myers, Malea Achico, Alyssa Rembold, Sophia Exley, Megan Wells, Anna Gallant; <b>Merisisters</b>, Caroline Robinson, Katy Waller, Jenna Dean, Julia Pollitzer, Holland Perryman, Alyssa Lehnert; <b>Pilot</b>, Shannon Courtney; <b>Prince Eric</b>, Dan Brown; <b>Princesses</b>, Tess Lacomb, Akasha Nelson, Trissy Long, Emily O’Regan, Rachel Shelton, Stewart Trask; <b>Chefs/Sailors</b>, Austin Major, Jr., William Davidson, Kidron Martin, Abby Wiley, Emmanuel Bent, Sarah Correll, Emily O’Regan, Hailey Seckinger, Ashley Reynard; <b>Scuttle</b>, Conor Gallagher;<b> Sea Chorus</b>, Rachel Cain, Grace Trask, Riley Gates, Madegan Achico, Julianna Lane, Avery Thomas, Gracie Guest, Claire Bowden, Maureen Waunch; <b>Lagoon, Sea Creatures</b>, Madison McDougall, Lydia Klepper, Alona Singleton, Grace Eklund, Luci Dodge, Kendall Martin, Maura Clarke, Ledare Pingree, Asia Kongkiat, Alex Clark, Peyton Brock, Leah Bowers,  Abby Bowers, Morgan McDermott, Jack McDougall, Maggie Kinton; <b>Sebastian</b>, Ivan Estrada, Jack McDougall; <b>Tentacles</b>, Katherine Taylor, Kayla Wohlwend,  Payton Palmer, Hannah Schranz, Megan Alvarez,  Sage Posey-McGill, Leith Gray, Sophie Jenkins.\r\n\r\nGeneral admission tickets are Adults $12, Students $8, Reserved seat Adtuls $20, Students $12. Call the box office to reserve your tickets, 843-521-4145.\r\n<div></div>', 'Disney’s Little Mermaid, Jr. will become ‘part of your world’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'disneys-little-mermaid-jr-will-become-part-of-your-world', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:38:26', '2013-05-09 11:38:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11060', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11062, 4, '2013-05-09 07:37:56', '2013-05-09 11:37:56', '', 'DSCN0188', 'Angela Chancay as Ursula and Ellen Hodges as Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Jr.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dscn0188', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:37:56', '2013-05-09 11:37:56', '', 11060, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Arts-Little-mermaid-duo-.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11065, 4, '2013-05-09 07:44:33', '2013-05-09 11:44:33', '<b>BATTERY CREEK HIGH</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Fine Arts Spring Gala:</b> The Fine Arts Department of Battery Creek High School will hold the year-end Spring Gala on Thursday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. Strings, drama and chorus will present performances.  Admission: One can of food.\r\n\r\n<b>BEAUFORT ACADEMY</b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11066\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"214\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Prom-2013-King-and-Queen-2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-11066\" alt=\"Congratulations to Beaufort Academy 2013 Prom King and Queen, Charles Sanford and Briley Langehans.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Prom-2013-King-and-Queen-2-214x300.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a> Congratulations to Beaufort Academy 2013 Prom King and Queen, Charles Sanford and Briley Langehans.[/caption]\r\n\r\n• Through Friday, May 10: The 5th graders will take part in the MCAS STARBASE Program all week.\r\n\r\n• Through Friday, May 10: Teacher &amp; Staff Appreciation week!\r\n\r\n• Thursday, May 9: AP English Literature Exam\r\n\r\n• Friday, May 10: AP English Exam; and PreK/K Mother’s Day Hoe Down.\r\n\r\n• Monday, May 13: AP Biology Exam; Spanish I Class to visit Migrant Camp\r\n\r\n• Tuesday, May 14: Middle &amp; Upper School Variety Show; College Advising Parent Information Session for parents of Beaufort Academy juniors.\r\n\r\n• Wednesday, May 15: AP US History Exam and\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11067\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"214\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/engineering.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-11067\" alt=\"Congratulations to Ms. Ambrose’s nine Beaufort Academy students who entered four projects in a statewide engineering competition.  It was the first annual 4-H engineering event sponsored by Clemson Extension.  Pictured: Ashton Bell, Nathaniel Keenan, Logan Statler, Daniel Owen, William Tumlin, Gracie Guest, Cady Wilson, Nicky Cenci, and Mitchell Russell.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/engineering-214x300.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a> Congratulations to Ms. Ambrose’s nine Beaufort Academy students who entered four projects in a statewide engineering competition. It was the first annual 4-H engineering event sponsored by Clemson Extension. Pictured: Ashton Bell, Nathaniel Keenan, Logan Statler, Daniel Owen, William Tumlin, Gracie Guest, Cady Wilson, Nicky Cenci, and Mitchell Russell.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAP European History Exam\r\n\r\n• Thursday, May 16: Middle and Upper School Academic Awards Ceremonies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>BEAUFORT HIGH</b>\r\n\r\n• Beaufort High School will be electing officers for the newly established PTSO at the final School Improvement Council meeting on Tuesday, May 14 at 5:30 p.m. at the Beaufort High Media Center. There are four positions available: President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. All those who wish to be officers either by attending the meeting or by proxy will be eligible to be an officer.\r\n\r\nAll of those who have signed up during our drive are members of the PTSO. We would like to see your support and participate in the election process. Questions: email scott.shipsey@beafuort.k12.sc.us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>COOSA ELEMENTARY</b>\r\n\r\n• Spaces are still available for CAMP INVENTION at Coosa Elementary School. Take advantage of the Spring into Summer discount being offered right now.  Register at www.campinvention.org or contact Karyn Levesque at 322-6114 if you have any questions.  Camp dates are July 8- 11.\r\n\r\n<b>HOLY TRINITY CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL</b>\r\n\r\n• May 17: Last Day of HTCCS Preschool.\r\n\r\n<b>MISCELLANEOUS</b>\r\n\r\n• Gov. Nikki Haley Proclaims May Teacher Appreciation Month: At a  press conference last week honoring South Carolina’s teachers of the year, Governor Nikki Haley issued a statewide proclamation designating May as “Teacher Appreciation Month” across South Carolina. “When I think of a good teacher it’s someone who shaped you as a person. Someone who shapes our children to the point that they find that inner confidence and that inner strength that takes them into a job where they are constantly challenged,” said Gov. Nikki Haley. “That’s what I want to thank all of the teachers for.”\r\n\r\n<b>SCHOOL DISTRICT</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Board of Education members schedule May 14 community forum: </b>Five Board of Education members representing northern Beaufort County have scheduled a May 14 town hall meeting to solicit feedback from their constituents on K-12 education issues.\r\n\r\nBoard Chair Bill Evans and Board members Jim Beckert, Earl Campbell, Geri Kinton and Michael Rivers will meet with interested constituents from 6-8 p.m. at the Port Royal Town Council Room, 700 Paris Avenue.\r\n\r\nThe board members hope to have conversations with constituents about key issues and board actions during the first three months of 2013.  They also plan to look ahead and discuss topics that are likely to come up at Board meetings over the next three months.\r\n\r\n<b>ST. PETER’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL</b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11068\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/School-St-Peters-5-9.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-11068\" alt=\"On March 14, The Exchange Club of Beaufort presented the 4th grade students at St. Peter’s Catholic School the “Proudly We Hail” award for properly displaying our American flag. Each student was also awarded a certificate at the Children’s Mass on Friday, March 15, by the club’s president.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/School-St-Peters-5-9-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> On March 14, The Exchange Club of Beaufort presented the 4th grade students at St. Peter’s Catholic School the “Proudly We Hail” award for properly displaying our American flag. Each student was also awarded a certificate at the Children’s Mass on Friday, March 15, by the club’s president.[/caption]\r\n\r\n• Sunday, May 12: From 3 to 6 p.m. A VIRTUS Training Class will be held.  All volunteers must have attended a training class to work with the children.\r\n\r\n• May 16: Chick fil A Spirit Night 5 to 7 p.m.\r\n\r\n<b>TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• TCL announces end-of-year events: </b>The Health Sciences Pinning &amp; Recognition Ceremony\r\n(honoring associate degree nursing class and physical therapist assistant graduates) will be 1 p.m., Thursday, May 9, at MacLean Hall Auditorium\r\nTCL Beaufort Campus. The Commencement Ceremony\r\nwill be at 6 p.m., Friday, May 10, at Parris Island All Weather Facility. TCL is pleased to announce Major General Abraham J. Turner, retired career U.S. Army officer and former S.C. Executive Director of the Department of Employment and Workforce, will deliver the 2013 Commencement address.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<i>Send your school happenings to theislandnews@gmail.com.</i>', 'School News', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-news-3', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:03:37', '2018-07-12 15:03:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11065', 0, 'post', '', 0);
INSERT INTO `__wp_posts` (`ID`, `post_author`, `post_date`, `post_date_gmt`, `post_content`, `post_title`, `post_excerpt`, `post_status`, `comment_status`, `ping_status`, `post_password`, `post_name`, `to_ping`, `pinged`, `post_modified`, `post_modified_gmt`, `post_content_filtered`, `post_parent`, `guid`, `menu_order`, `post_type`, `post_mime_type`, `comment_count`) VALUES
(11066, 4, '2013-05-09 07:42:09', '2013-05-09 11:42:09', '', 'Prom 2013 King and Queen 2', 'Congratulations to Beaufort Academy 2013 Prom King and Queen, Charles Sanford and Briley Langehans.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'prom-2013-king-and-queen-2', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:42:09', '2013-05-09 11:42:09', '', 11065, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Prom-2013-King-and-Queen-2.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11067, 4, '2013-05-09 07:42:56', '2013-05-09 11:42:56', '', 'engineering', 'Congratulations to Ms. Ambrose’s nine Beaufort Academy students who entered four projects in a statewide engineering competition.  It was the first annual 4-H engineering event sponsored by Clemson Extension.  Pictured: Ashton Bell, Nathaniel Keenan, Logan Statler, Daniel Owen, William Tumlin, Gracie Guest, Cady Wilson, Nicky Cenci, and Mitchell Russell.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'engineering', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:42:56', '2013-05-09 11:42:56', '', 11065, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/engineering.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11068, 4, '2013-05-09 07:44:06', '2013-05-09 11:44:06', '', 'School-St Peters 5-9', 'On March 14, The Exchange Club of Beaufort presented the 4th grade students at St. Peter’s Catholic School the “Proudly We Hail” award for properly displaying our American flag. Each student was also awarded a certificate at the Children’s Mass on Friday, March 15, by the club’s president.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-st-peters-5-9', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:44:06', '2013-05-09 11:44:06', '', 11065, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/School-St-Peters-5-9.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11070, 4, '2013-05-09 07:45:06', '2013-05-09 11:45:06', 'The Beaufort County School District honored 43 high school seniors for outstanding academic achievement at the annual Senior Scholars Banquet last week.\r\n\r\nSeniors who receive this recognition have maintained a 3.5 grade-point average, are in the top 10 percent of their classes and have earned at least an 85 average in each quarter of all of their high school courses.\r\n\r\n“Our community is very proud of these outstanding young people,” said Board of Education Chairman Bill Evans. “They’ve shown extraordinary dedication throughout their high school careers, and they deserve to be in the spotlight.”\r\n\r\nThis year’s banquet guest speaker was Janay Glover, a 2006 graduate of Battery Creek High.  Glover received numerous awards as well as scholarships totaling $44,000 that included the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Rotary Club of Beaufort, South Carolina Life Scholarship and Teaching Fellows scholarships. She eventually chose to attend the University of South Carolina Upstate on a $24,000 South Carolina Teaching Fellows scholarship for students who agree to become teachers in South Carolina public schools for four years.  She graduated in 2010 with a 3.75 grade point average and a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education.\r\n\r\nScholar banquet honorees are Karimen Ambrocio Alcantara (HHIHS), Mary Bolgan (HHIHS), Savannah Bowman (BHS), Kallie Brown (BCHS), Kelsey Butler (BHS), Michael Cook (BHS), Eileen Cooper (HHIHS), Rebekah Crandall (BHS), Rohan Desai (BHS), Kimberley Elliott (WBECHS), Andrew  Faciszewski (BLHS), Rebecca Fisher (BHS), Aubrianna Gonzales (HHIHS), Erich Greiner (BLHS) and Arlen Ho (BHS).\r\n\r\nAlso: Tyra Holcombe (BLHS), Siera Jann (BLHS), Darby Jardeleza (BLHS), Farris Langley (HHIHS), Adam Lipsitz (BHS), Robert Long (BLHS), Kebin Lopez Bautista (HHIHS), Elizabeth Mandell (BHS), Grayson Morgan (BCHS), Molly Murphy (BHS), Ryan Neal (BLHS), Reagan Palmer (BHS), Marianna Parlagreco (HHIHS) and Krista Pequegnat (HHIHS).\r\n\r\nAlso:  Kelsey Poole (BCHS), Erica Porter (BLHS), Joseph  Porter (BLHS), Sara Rauenhorst (BHS), Alexander Reamy (HHIHS), Jose Resendiz Meraz (BLHS), Cathryn Roberts (HHIHS), Emma Stanton (HHIHS), Arianna Tolerton (HHIHS), Kristin Trusz (HHIHS), Lauren Tyler (BLHS), Thomas Vater (HHIHS), Casey Witkowski (BLHS) and Lauren Zenter (BHS).', 'District honors high school seniors at banquet', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'district-honors-high-school-seniors-at-banquet', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:03:36', '2018-07-12 15:03:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11070', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11072, 4, '2013-05-09 07:46:13', '2013-05-09 11:46:13', 'The University of South Carolina Beaufort conducted a Baccalaureate Nursing Pinning Ceremony last week for 31 graduates of the 2013 pre-licensure class of the university’s Department of Nursing on the Historic Beaufort Campus.\r\n\r\nThe event at the USCB Center for the Arts was only the third pinning ceremony since the inception of the BSN program at USCB in 2011.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11073\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/School-USCB-pinning.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-11073\" alt=\"Taylore A. Jordan,  left, was one of 31 nursing students receiving their traditional nursing pin Thursday evening at the Univeristy of S.C. Beaufort Performing Arts Center\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/School-USCB-pinning-300x217.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" /></a> Taylore A. Jordan, left, was one of 31 nursing students receiving their traditional nursing pin Thursday evening at the Univeristy of S.C. Beaufort Performing Arts Center[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe pre-licensure track in the Bachelor of Science program in Nursing at USCB provides a four-year course of study for BSN students. The program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and approved by the South Carolina Board of Nursing.\r\n\r\nAfter a welcome by Dr. Rose Kearney-Nunnery, chair of the Department of Nursing, Dr. Jane T. Upshaw, the university chancellor, offered opening remarks. Sarah A. Larimore delivered the Class of 2013 Address.\r\n\r\nDr. Alan Warren, an instructor of Nursing at the university, delivered the keynote address.\r\n\r\nDr. Sue Ellen Johnson, assistant professor of Nursing, presented student awards.\r\n\r\nPinning of the BSN candidates followed. The lapel pin presented to each nurse candidate signifies the honor of the nursing profession and the school from which the nurse graduated. The pin awarded today was designed by graduates of the first BSN class in 2011. It is presented to each BSN graduate by the faculty as a symbolic welcome to the nursing profession.', 'USCB conducts pinning ceremony for nursing graduates', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'uscb-conducts-pinning-ceremony-for-nursing-graduates', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:03:36', '2018-07-12 15:03:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11072', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11073, 4, '2013-05-09 07:45:49', '2013-05-09 11:45:49', 'Taylore A. Jordan,  left, was one of 31 nursing students receiving their traditional nursing pin Thursday evening at the Univeristy of S.C. Beaufort Performing Arts Center', '2013 Nurse pinning', 'Taylore A. Jordan,  left, was one of 31 nursing students receiving their traditional nursing pin Thursday evening at the Univeristy of S.C. Beaufort Performing Arts Center', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2013-nurse-pinning', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:45:49', '2013-05-09 11:45:49', '', 11072, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/School-USCB-pinning.jpeg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11075, 4, '2013-05-09 07:46:46', '2013-05-09 11:46:46', 'Some very special Beaufort County School District teachers were treated with gift baskets of flowers, balloons and treats last Friday as Board of Education members made surprise visits to their classrooms to announce the 2013- 2014 Teachers of the Year.\r\n\r\nSchool Teachers of the Year are selected by their peers according to criteria established by the schools, the South Carolina Department of Education and the district’s Teacher Forum based on attributes outlined by student advisory councils. Next fall, the teachers honored will be eligible for District Teacher of the Year honors.\r\n\r\n“We have so many strong teachers,” said Board of Education Chairman Bill Evans, “and this is a day when we recognize a small group of them to represent all of our outstanding professionals. The fact that they were selected through a process that involved their peers makes their recognitions even more significant.”\r\n\r\nActing Superintendent Jackie Rosswurm echoed Evans’ comments.  “To honor these very deserving teachers is something that the board members and I look forward to each and every year,” she said.  “It’s a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the unique gifts of our classroom teachers because they are impetus of student achievement in our district.”\r\n\r\nThe 2013-2014 Beaufort County Teachers of the Year announced are:\r\n\r\n• Tonya    Simmons: Battery Creek High\r\n\r\n• Katherine “Shelly” Brutcher: Beaufort Elementary\r\n\r\n• Estee Williams: Beaufort High\r\n\r\n• Alexis    Hines: Beaufort Middle\r\n\r\n• Monique Loin: Broad River Elementary\r\n\r\n• Melissa Pender: Coosa Elementary\r\n\r\n• Alicia Weaver: H.E. McCracken Middle\r\n\r\n• Cathy Cobbs: J.S. Shanklin Elementary\r\n\r\n• Amy Trask: Lady’s Island Elementary\r\n\r\n• Carolyn Dennis: Lady’s Island Middle\r\n\r\n• Angela  Allen: Mossy Oaks Elementary\r\n\r\n• Julie Fletcher: Okatie Elementary\r\n\r\n• Carmen Bell: Port Royal Elementary\r\n\r\n• Evelyn (Lisa) Harding: Robert Smalls Middle\r\n\r\n• Eve Weaver: St. Helena Elementary\r\n\r\n• Tammy Vaught: Whale Branch Early College High\r\n\r\n• Laura Boozer: Whale Branch Elementary\r\n\r\n• Vicki Cathcart: Whale Branch Middle School\r\n\r\n• Marwin McKnight: Beaufort Jasper Academy for Career Excellence\r\n<div></div>', 'Teachers of the year learn of selections via surprise visits ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'teachers-of-the-year-learn-of-selections-via-surprise-visits', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:46:46', '2013-05-09 11:46:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11075', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11077, 4, '2013-05-09 07:50:15', '2013-05-09 11:50:15', 'Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was chosen by voters to fill the U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, seat in the special general election held Tuesday, May 7.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11078\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Mark-Sanford-4-4-1-e1368100140924.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-11078\" alt=\"Mark Sanford speaks at The Arsenal in Beaufort during his campaign for the First Congressional District seat.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Mark-Sanford-4-4-1-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a> Mark Sanford speaks at The Arsenal in Beaufort during his campaign for the First Congressional District seat.[/caption]\r\n\r\nUnofficial results, with all five counties reporting, show the Republican Sanford at 54 percent over his opponent Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch.\r\n\r\nIn Beaufort County, Sanford collected about 53 percent, with Colbert Busch at nearly 47 percent. With all 80 precincts reporting, voter turnout was deemed high by election officials at 33 percent.\r\n\r\nSanford beat out 15 other candidates in the primary to represent the Republican Party in his first return to politics since he resigned as governor in 2009. He previously served as the First Congressional District representative from 1995-2001.\r\n\r\nSanford grew up in Beaufort and his family still lives in the area.', 'Sanford wins First Congressional District seat', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sanford-wins-first-congressional-district-seat', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:50:15', '2013-05-09 11:50:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11077', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11078, 4, '2013-05-09 07:48:11', '2013-05-09 11:48:11', '', 'Mark Sanford 4-4-1', 'Mark Sanford speaks at The Arsenal in Beaufort during his campaign for the First Congressional District seat.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'mark-sanford-4-4-1', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:48:11', '2013-05-09 11:48:11', '', 11077, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Mark-Sanford-4-4-1.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11080, 4, '2013-05-09 07:52:59', '2013-05-09 11:52:59', '<b>By Pamela Brownstein</b>\r\n\r\nOnly hours after NBC’s Today Show aired the results of Coastal Living Magazine’s “Happiest Seaside Town,” Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling and Robb Wells of the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce met at The Arsenal to discuss how to make the most of Beaufort’s national exposure.\r\n\r\n“I am today the happiest mayor in the happiest city on the seaside,” declared Mayor Keyserling. He said the community should be proud of voting online to make Beaufort number one, but it’s the strong foundation and depth of history that make this area attractive and put Beaufort in the initial running among the other 10 seaside towns.\r\n\r\n“This is all built on our 300-year history,” said Keyserling.\r\n\r\nRobb Wells, tourism division executive for the Chamber of Commerce, added that Beaufort’s reputation as a healthy locale and a top retirement spot also helped the town gain recognition.\r\n\r\nWells said the goal of the chamber is to leverage this national attention to attract more visitors and to tie it in with upcoming National Tourism Week.\r\n\r\nHe plans to apply awards and recognitions to a comprehensive marketing strategy that can be measured to reveal the ways tourism positively impacts Beaufort.\r\n\r\nThe mayor said awards lay a good background for the cumulative effect of packaging Beaufort and to tie it in with economic development.\r\n\r\nBeaufort will be featured in the June issue of Coastal Living Magazine. The article reads: “Lowcountry friendliness and urban refinement strike just the right balance in this beautiful South Carolina town known for its historic antebellum architecture, exquisite local cuisine, and rich African-American heritage.” The other towns include Harwich Port, Mass.; Kennebunkport, Maine; La Jolla, Calif.;  Newport, RI; Paia Town, Maui, Hawaii;  Pescadero, Calif.; Rowayton, Conn.; Sag Harbor, NY; and Sanibel Island, Fla. The magazine will be on the stands later this week.\r\n\r\nOn Thursday, May 9, the Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a celebratory party in the courtyard of The Arsenal, 713 Craven Street, from 3 to 5 p.m. The event will include food and drink for attendees, as well as giveaways, and is free and open to the public.', 'Beaufort celebrates being named ‘America’s Happiest Seaside Town’ by Coastal Living ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-celebrates-being-named-americas-happiest-seaside-town-by-coastal-living', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:52:59', '2013-05-09 11:52:59', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11080', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11082, 4, '2013-05-09 09:27:29', '2013-05-09 13:27:29', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3292.jpg\"><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3602.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11136\" alt=\"DSCF3602\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3602-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3292.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11122\" alt=\"DSCF3292\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3292-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11083\" alt=\"DSCF2960\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF2960-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />\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\nPhotos by Captured Moments Photography\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11138\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"204\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3801-e1368105856534.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-11138\" alt=\"Candice Glover performs on stage during her hometown concert in downtown Beaufort.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3801-e1368105856534-204x300.jpg\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" /></a> Candice Glover performs on stage during her hometown concert in downtown Beaufort.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3634.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11137\" alt=\"DSCF3634\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3634-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>', 'Amazing Idol: Community rejoices over return of American Idol’s Candice Glover', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'amazing-idol-community-rejoices-over-return-of-american-idols-candice-glover', '', '', '2013-05-09 09:27:29', '2013-05-09 13:27:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11082', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11083, 4, '2013-05-09 07:55:08', '2013-05-09 11:55:08', '', 'DSCF2960', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dscf2960', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:55:08', '2013-05-09 11:55:08', '', 11082, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF2960.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11085, 4, '2013-05-09 07:59:02', '2013-05-09 11:59:02', '[caption id=\"attachment_11086\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Athlete-of-Week-5-9.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-11086\" alt=\"Coach Riedmayer  nominated Alex  Angus for Athlete of the  Week. He is the Individual Region Champion in Region  VIII-4-A in Tennis. This honor is given for the best high school tennis player in the region and qualifies him for the State Singles Tournament May 17-18 at the Lexington Tennis Center. Alex is the first freshmen to qualify for the State Singles Tournament at Beaufort High School.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Athlete-of-Week-5-9-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> Coach Riedmayer<br />nominated Alex<br />Angus for Athlete of the<br />Week. He is the Individual Region Champion in Region<br />VIII-4-A in Tennis. This honor is given for the best high school tennis player in the region and qualifies him for the State Singles Tournament May 17-18 at the Lexington Tennis Center. Alex is the first freshmen to qualify for the State Singles Tournament at Beaufort High School.[/caption]', 'Athlete of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'athlete-of-the-week-38', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:59:02', '2013-05-09 11:59:02', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11085', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11086, 4, '2013-05-09 07:58:13', '2013-05-09 11:58:13', '', 'Athlete of Week 5-9', 'Coach Riedmayer \nnominated Alex \nAngus for Athlete of the \nWeek. He is the Individual Region Champion in Region \nVIII-4-A in Tennis. This honor is given for the best high school tennis player in the region and qualifies him for the State Singles Tournament May 17-18 at the Lexington Tennis Center. Alex is the first freshmen to qualify for the State Singles Tournament at Beaufort High School.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'athlete-of-week-5-9', '', '', '2013-05-09 07:58:13', '2013-05-09 11:58:13', '', 11085, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Athlete-of-Week-5-9.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11088, 4, '2013-05-09 08:00:03', '2013-05-09 12:00:03', 'Health insurance for all is a very desirable goal. However, it is important to keep in mind that having health insurance does not equal good health. It seems somehow counterintuitive, at first, as all the insurance plans have the word “health” in their title or among their stated goals. It is a well-researched public health fact that a dominant group of illnesses is related to what is termed behavioral/lifestyle factors and only we, individually, have the real control over the myriad of decisions that lead to a potential salubrious outcome.\r\n\r\n“Health” as well as “care” are both complex issues but they need not be complicated and insurmountable. There is a large amount of good research already done on both topics. Below is one of them, an extract from a published research, dealing with the Affordable Care Act and its Medicaid component; the results may surprise some.\r\n\r\n<b><i>Expanding Medicaid: Mental and Financial Health Improve, but No Improvement Shown in Physical Health </i></b><i>(Oregon Health Insurance Experiment).</i>\r\n\r\n<i>In 2008, Oregon held a lottery to give additional low-income, uninsured residents access to its Medicaid program; about 90,000 individuals signed up for the lottery for the 10,000 available openings. Approximately two years after the lottery, the researchers conducted more than 12,000 in-person interviews and health examinations of lottery participants in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, and compared outcomes between those randomly selected in the lottery and those not selected in order to determine the impact of Medicaid.</i>\r\n\r\n<b><i>Physical health …</i></b> <i>Medicaid had no significant effect on measures of hypertension or high cholesterol, or on the rates of diagnosis or use of medication for these conditions.</i>\r\n\r\n<b><i>Mental health ...</i></b> <i>Medicaid reduced rates of depression.</i>\r\n\r\n<b><i>Financial hardship ... </i></b><i>Medicaid virtually eliminated out-of-pocket catastrophic medical expenditures.</i>\r\n\r\n<b><i>Utilization and access ...</i></b> <i>Medicaid increased health care use.</i>\r\n\r\nKatherine Baicker, Amy Finkelstein. The Effects of Medicaid Coverage — Learning from the Oregon Experiment. <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i>, 2011; 365 (8): 683 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1108222 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130501193137.htm\r\n\r\n<b>Ivo P. Janecka, MD, MBA, PhD</b>\r\n\r\n<b>Foundation for Systems Research and Education</b>\r\n\r\n<b>New York/Dataw Island</b>', 'Letter to the Editor: Does health insurance equal good health?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'letter-to-the-editor-does-health-insurance-equal-good-health', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:00:03', '2013-05-09 12:00:03', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11088', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11090, 4, '2013-05-09 08:00:41', '2013-05-09 12:00:41', '<b>By Will McCullough</b>\r\n\r\nThere’s been a good deal of positive buzz about the Beaufort area in the national media recently. Over just the past few days, we’ve seen thousands of fans line our downtown streets in order to show their support for local American Idol phenom Candice Glover, seen BHS alumni Devin Taylor drafted by the Detroit Lions and heard that Beaufort is named “America’s Happiest Seaside Town” by Coastal Living Magazine.  And, in case you missed it, we’ve had one other local entity receive some pretty impressive accolades recently and that’s Midtown Square, the new community in downtown Beaufort, located near the corner of Bladen and Prince streets.\r\n\r\nJust last week, Southern Living Magazine, the largest regional lifestyle magazine in the U.S., announced that Midtown Square was being awarded the title of “Community/Development of the Year – 2013”. For a project that, only two years ago, was just a vacant patch of land resting in our city’s Northwest Quadrant, this is absolutely amazing. Before I go any further, I feel obligated to fully disclose that Deena and I are the Realtors who have been responsible for the marketing and sales of the community. For that reason, I have refrained from writing about Midtown until now as I didn’t want it to appear as if I was utilizing this column for blatant self-serving purposes.  However, as the project is now nearly sold out, I felt it was finally an appropriate time to share a little insight on what I personally feel made the development such a success.  It all boils down to the product, the location and the people involved and, while I could spend a lot of time heralding both the product and the location, I have a feeling you’ll be seeing a good bit about that in other publications over the next few months. Instead, I’d like to focus for a few minutes on the people; the local folks and business that you may not hear about otherwise and were, in my opinion, instrumental to the project’s success.\r\n\r\n<b>Developer</b>\r\n\r\n<b>Steven Tully</b> is the developer for the project and I can say from firsthand experience that this man puts Beaufort first in his decision making process. On multiple occasions, I’ve witnessed Steve make decisions that would better benefit the city as a whole when choosing the alternative might have better benefited his bottom line. He’s the type of leader who puts forth a vision and ensures it stays on track and does so without micromanaging. In short, he’s a true asset to our community.\r\n\r\n<b>Builder</b>\r\n\r\nAllen Patterson Residential, the builder for Midtown Square, has accomplished what I consider to be akin to a miracle. It’s practically impossible to drive down Bladen Street and not be awed by his work. But what most people don’t know is that almost every single one of these custom homes were built by Allen and his team for clients who were living hundreds of miles away during the actual build. The volume of client-builder communication required to allow multiple long distance clients to show up on closing day to a custom dream home built to their specification is Herculean and Allen, Julie, Peggy, Rod, Nate and their crews should be commended.\r\n\r\n<b>Architect</b>\r\n\r\nAllison Ramsey Architects has been responsible for the lion’s share of the designs utilized for marketing Midtown Square yet their contribution to the success of the community didn’t stop there. Once again, reliable communication proved to be a crucial factor.  I’d already be retired if I had a dollar for every time one of us picked up the phone, at all hours of the day, and asked Cooter Ramsey for pictures, plans, modifications and opinions. The catch was that not only did Allison Ramsey always deliver; they did so in an extremely timely manner.\r\n\r\nLenders &amp; Attorneys: While buyers successfully utilized a variety of quality lenders and attorneys to represent them during their purchases, a few local entities stand out to me as I write this.  Lender SCB&amp;T and attorney David Tedder reliably served builder Allen Patterson Residential throughout the project. Harvey &amp; Battey Law Firm served the developer equally well and, along with CBC National Bank, was also kind enough to assist with multiple open house marketing events.  I can’t stress enough how many “moving parts” these transactions had and the overwhelming amount of communication these local lenders, attorneys and paralegals exchanged to ensure all parties were well served.\r\n\r\n<b>Brokerage</b>\r\n\r\nWorking at Lowcountry Real Estate is an absolute pleasure for Deena and me. From a sales perspective, Edward Dukes, John Trask, Donna Duncan and all of the agents at Lowcountry were a source of constant support, guidance and motivation. It should be pointed out that the entire community might never have taken off as quickly had Lowcountry agent Gary Glaeser not initiated the momentum by bringing the first buyer almost exactly two years ago.\r\n\r\n<b>Buyers</b>\r\n\r\nMaking the decision to purchase in Midtown, only a few years after the collapse of the national real estate market, took a degree of pioneer spirit from the first several buyers. But these early buyers did their homework and moved forward. The community would obviously never have taken off without these first few pioneers as well.\r\n\r\nI have no doubt that I’ve missed mentioning many who made powerful contributions to Midtown Square and, for that, I apologize.  I also recognize that there are many equally great lenders, attorneys, etc. in the Beaufort area and this column is not meant as an endorsement of any of the entities I named. One should always choose representatives whom they personally feel most comfortable with.  My motivation is simply to state that Midtown Square’s success was brought about by a wide array of local businesses and individuals, each focused on making sure their piece of the puzzle fit perfectly with all the others. This, in general, just seems to be something the people of Beaufort do quite well. While I personally was extremely lucky to be associated with the project, I’m even luckier to live in a community that so excels at working together towards a common goal.\r\n<div></div>', 'More big news for Beaufort: Midtown Square', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'more-big-news-for-beaufort-midtown-square', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:00:41', '2013-05-09 12:00:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11090', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11092, 4, '2013-05-09 08:03:34', '2013-05-09 12:03:34', '<b>By Pamela Brownstein</b>\r\n\r\nWhen I look back at the past year, I find myself asking, “What kind of mom am I?” After an informal poll of myself, I’m coming up with mixed results.\r\n\r\nI’m not one of those overprotective parents. If my 16-month-old falls down (which happens often) I don’t freak out. I don’t hover over him, and I think he enjoys having free reign to explore. But I have found myself being more of a Safety Lady than I ever pictured.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11093\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/11-months.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11093\" alt=\"Wolfe and me in October 2012 on Hilton Head Island.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/11-months-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Wolfe and me in October 2012 on Hilton Head Island.[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy husband, who is more laid back than I will ever be, has had frequent opportunities to tell me to relax, there’s no need to take the baby to the hospital at 3 in the morning just because he’s coughing.\r\n\r\nI’m also not really the domestic goddess I once believed I could be. Our house is kind of messy on the days I’m working, and most of the time I’m too tired to care. At seven months pregnant, it’s getting harder to pick up random toys found in odd places or books strewn about the living room. But by the end of the week, I go on a big cleaning kick.\r\n\r\nI’m a working mom, but I work from home so I have more flexibility than most, so I can’t even totally claim that role.\r\n\r\nI like to provide healthy food for my toddler, and I like going to the grocery store stocking up for meals, but I wouldn’t describe myself as a good cook. My husband jokes that I am more of an idea person, while he is the executor.\r\n\r\nDoes all of this mean I’m just an average mom? Certainly, that cannot be! Luckily, this survey is rigged and I view not being on either extreme of the Mom Spectrum as a good thing. So what does this self-reflection reveal? I’m the best mom I can be, and that’s what’s most important.', 'On the Mom Spectrum, how do I measure up?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'on-the-mom-spectrum-how-do-i-measure-up', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:03:34', '2013-05-09 12:03:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11092', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11093, 4, '2013-05-09 08:01:42', '2013-05-09 12:01:42', '', '11 months', 'Wolfe and me in October 2012 on Hilton Head Island.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '11-months', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:01:42', '2013-05-09 12:01:42', '', 11092, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/11-months.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11095, 4, '2013-05-09 08:04:57', '2013-05-09 12:04:57', '<b>By Harlene Deane</b>\r\n\r\nBegin Mom’s special day with this delicious and easy to make breakfast casserole.\r\n\r\n<b>HASH BROWN, SAUSAGE AND EGG CASSEROLE</b>\r\n\r\nServes: 8\r\n\r\n<strong>Ingredients:</strong>\r\n\r\n1 package frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed\r\n\r\n1 pound pork sausage\r\n\r\n1 small onion, diced\r\n\r\n5 large eggs\r\n\r\n1/2 cup milk\r\n\r\n1/2 teaspoon onion powder\r\n\r\n1/8 teaspoon garlic powder\r\n\r\nsalt and fresh ground pepper to taste\r\n\r\n12 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese\r\n\r\n<strong>Directions:</strong>\r\n\r\nPreheat oven to 350. Grease a 2 quart baking dish. Spread hash browns evenly in the bottom of the baking dish.\r\n\r\nHeat a skillet over medium heat. Add the sausage and onion stirring with a wooden spoon until sausage is crumbly, browned and no longer pink. Drain.\r\n\r\nWhisk together the eggs, milk, onion and garlic powder, salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture over the potatoes. Top with half the Cheddar cheese, the sausage mixture and remaining Cheddar cheese.\r\n\r\nCover with foil and bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove foil; return the casserole to the oven and bake until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, about 10 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.\r\n\r\nSlice and serve with fresh fruit. Happy Mother’s Day!', 'the home chef ... on breakfast casserole', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-home-chef-on-breakfast-casserole', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:04:57', '2013-05-09 12:04:57', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11095', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11097, 4, '2013-05-09 08:05:29', '2013-05-09 12:05:29', 'In honor of National Clean Up Your Room Day on May 10, Merry Maids of Beaufort has some ideas to motivate kids and adults to keep a cleaner room.\r\n\r\n<b>Make A Contest of It:</b> Chances are, your room could use some cleaning, too. If not, there’s probably another space in your home that you’ve been meaning to conquer. Assign everyone in the family a room or a space to clean and set a time limit. Then, ask a neutral party to judge. Take before and after pictures and send them to the judge if no one neutral is around. You may even consider raising the stakes by posting the pictures to Facebook and letting all your friends decide. The prize can be an outing of the winner’s choice, but something that will be enjoyable for everyone.\r\n\r\n<b>Detail What Needs To Be Done:</b> This is especially helpful for younger children, but it’s true for older kids, too. Instead of just saying “clean your room,” give them a clearly defined list of what to do: make your bed, put dirty clothes in the hamper, place books on the shelves and toys in the bins, etc. If your child is unable to read, draw a picture of each task and allow him or her to cross it off or erase the picture upon completion.\r\n\r\n<b>Let Them Control Their Space:</b> You probably don’t love the idea of handing over complete artistic control of their rooms to your children, but you could let them decide the types and styles of bins they use to store their things. They are far more likely to get excited about stashing their toys in a Monsters University bin they picked out themselves.\r\n\r\n<b>Pick Your Own Clean-up Song:</b> Pick one or a few kid-friendly, upbeat songs that neither you nor your child will tire of quickly and designate that your Clean-Up playlist.  The music will make cleaning up more fun and eventually when your child hears it, he or she will automatically know it’s time to tidy.', 'Clean room, no tantrum', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'clean-room-no-tantrum', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:05:29', '2013-05-09 12:05:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11097', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11099, 4, '2013-05-09 08:06:17', '2013-05-09 12:06:17', 'This year’s winner, Sarah, was nominated by her friend, Shannon, in a very moving letter. Sarah is the mother of six children and the proud military wife of a Marine Corps Captain. Her husband fell suddenly ill with an aggressive form of leukemia and is being hospitalized elsewhere, leaving Sarah responsible for taking care of all things back here. Even though the distance has forced them apart, Sarah still makes sure to make celebrate birthdays and special occasions, many of which have taken place in the hospital so that her husband may be included in creating these family lasting memories. Through it all, Sarah has constantly had a smile on her face and is handling everything with grace, faith and strength.\r\n\r\nWhen she was told she was the winner, Sarah was so excited and grateful. She said, “All we have ever looked for was prayers. This will help us so much!”\r\n<div></div>', 'Merry Maids Mother’s Day contest winner', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'merry-maids-mothers-day-contest-winner', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:06:17', '2013-05-09 12:06:17', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11099', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11101, 4, '2013-05-09 08:07:43', '2013-05-09 12:07:43', 'The Lowcountry Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) was ranked outstanding by clients in 2012 based on a survey designed by PricewaterhouseCoopers to measure client satisfaction. The local chapter was honored in the top 10 nationally out of more than 340 chapters. Each client served by SCORE automatically receives a questionnaire, and about 10% respond.\r\n\r\nThe Lowcountry  SCORE has 40 volunteers who provide counseling to small business, nonprofits or any individual or group considering starting such. This chapter serves Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton and Colleton counties. The chapter has also developed seminars  to be given in cooperation with Chambers of Commerce, colleges, high schools, and other organizations.\r\n\r\nAccording to the national report, 33 new businesses were assisted in starting in the four county area that is served by this chapter   The local SCORE group receives about $2,000 from the Small Business Administration. Each volunteer counselor contributes time, funds and mileage to support the effort.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort office is in First Citizens bank on Lady’s Island. If your business or nonprofit needs help or you want to start either, call the Hilton Head office at 843-785-7107 or the Beaufort office at 843-470-0800 and leave a message.  Your call will be returned to set up an appointment. One-on-one counseling is free and confidential.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact President Gene Sherman in Hilton Head at 363-6770 or Jim Bequette in Beaufort at 521-0931.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Gourmet on Wheels recognized for local success: </b>\r\n\r\nAs a result of being named SCORE’s Business of the Year, Gourmet on Wheels was featured on the South Carolina Business Review in conjunction with SCETV and NPR on May 3. On the radio broadcast, owner Tony Makar talked about starting his business five years ago to help people thrive in their homes with low salt, low sugar meals. They buy ingredients from local sources, and deliver the healthy meals once a week to Beaufort, Bluffton and Hilton Head. For more information about the business or to order meals online, visit www.gourmetonwheels.org.\r\n<div></div>\r\n<b> </b>\r\n<div><b> </b></div>\r\n<div></div>', 'Local SCORE chapter ranked ‘outstanding’ ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'local-score-chapter-ranked-outstanding', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:07:43', '2013-05-09 12:07:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11101', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11103, 4, '2013-05-09 08:08:22', '2013-05-09 12:08:22', 'Honoring South Carolinians who are living with a mental illness, the South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH) joins the nation in recognition of May as Mental Health Month.\r\n\r\nEach year, the SCDMH, mental health advocacy groups, churches, schools and civic organizations challenge South Carolinians to consider their views toward mental illness, to respect those individuals who live with these medical disorders, and to fight the stigma that too often prevents those in need from seeking help.\r\n\r\n“Now more than ever, we as a nation are recognizing the importance of good mental health to our families, friends, and neighbors; mental illness affects us all,” said SCDMH State Director John H. Magill. “The driving message is that mental illnesses are treatable disorders, and recovery is possible for those with mental illness.”\r\n\r\nMay 5-11 marks National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. A coalition of children’s services and civic organizations, led by the Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health of SC, marked the observance with a Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day rally, Wednesday, May 8 at 11 a.m. on the North steps of the State Capitol.\r\n\r\nTo find out about Mental Health Month screenings or events in your area, to find out what you can do to raise awareness during Mental Health Month, or to learn more about the programs and services offered by the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, call (800) 763-1024, or visit www.scdmh.org.\r\n\r\nThe South Carolina Department of Mental Health’s mission is to support the recovery of people with mental illnesses, giving priority to adults with serious and persistent mental illness and to children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances. The agency serves approximately 100,000 citizens with mental illnesses, approximately 30,000 of whom are children and adolescents, and provides outpatient services through a network of seventeen community mental health centers and numerous clinics. It also operates four hospitals, one community nursing care center, and three veterans’ nursing homes.', 'State observes mental health month', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'state-observes-mental-health-month', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:08:22', '2013-05-09 12:08:22', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11103', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11105, 4, '2013-05-09 08:09:14', '2013-05-09 12:09:14', 'If you long ago broke your New Year’s resolution to quit smoking, now is the time to get back on track with the “Freedom from Smoking” program being offered by Beaufort Memorial LifeFit Wellness Services later this month.\r\n\r\nDeveloped by the American Lung Association and considered the “gold standard” in smoking cessation programs,” Freedom from Smoking” offers participants the best chance at kicking the habit for good.\r\n\r\nClasses will be held Mondays 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., May 13, 20, (May 27 is a holiday so class date will be determined by attendees), June 3 with, 10, 17, 24 at the Beaufort Memorial Women’s Imaging Center located at 989 Ribaut Road, Beaufort. An extra support session is offered on Wednesday, June 5 — two days after “quit day” — to help ensure class members don’t break down and light up.\r\n\r\nDuring the eight-class program, they’ll watch several DVDs and receive a “Freedom from Smoking” workbook, a relaxation CD and various helpful handouts.\r\n\r\nThe cost for the course is $30. Class size is limited, so reservations are required. To register, call 843-522-5570.\r\n<div></div>', 'Beaufort Memorial Hospital to offer Freedom from Smoking Program', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-memorial-hospital-to-offer-freedom-from-smoking-program', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:09:14', '2013-05-09 12:09:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11105', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11107, 4, '2013-05-09 08:09:50', '2013-05-09 12:09:50', 'Beaufort Memorial Hospital is hosting the Books Are Fun Book Fair, benefiting Born To Read, on Thursday, May 9, from 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Friday, May 10, from 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.\r\n\r\nThe book fair will be held in the hospital’s cafeteria and will feature over 250 titles from leading publishers at excellent savings, as well as stationery, scrap booking supplies, music collections and learning products. Children’s books and cookbooks, as well as New York Times bestsellers also will be available at the sale.\r\n\r\nBorn To Read, Inc. is a unique local 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization promoting early literacy. Trained volunteers visit new parents in the birthing centers at Beaufort Memorial Hospital and Hilton Head Hospital with a gift bag containing two books for the baby, a bib, a shirt and other items.\r\n\r\nVolunteers advise the parents of the importance of daily reading and talking with their babies starting at birth. Parents may also sign up to receive a quarterly letter that gives them information about babies’ language development during the first 15 months of life.\r\n\r\nSince the inception of the program, Born to Read volunteers have made more than 18,000 visits to new parents in the local Beaufort County birthing centers.\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit www.borntoread.org.', 'BMH book fair to benefit Born To Read', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'bmh-book-fair-to-benefit-born-to-read', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:09:50', '2013-05-09 12:09:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11107', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11109, 4, '2013-05-09 08:12:14', '2013-05-09 12:12:14', '<b>Boat Pose </b>\r\n\r\n<i>Navasana</i>\r\n\r\nBoat Pose is an energetic posture and a fantastic way to strengthen and tone your core and legs!  Begin in a seated position with your knees bent and your feet flat your mat.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11110\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Boat-Pose-FULL-8x10rc-1024.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11110\" alt=\"Boat pose\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Boat-Pose-FULL-8x10rc-1024-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Boat pose[/caption]\r\n\r\nFirmly press your tailbone into your mat and lean back.   From there, create a ‘V’ with your torso and legs keeping both active and straight.  Reach your arms towards your feet or straight up to the ceiling and strongly flex your feet. To create stability in this pose activate your legs and hug them toward your centerline.  Keep your lower back straight, pull the pit of your belly in and up and press your breastbone up to the sky.\r\n\r\nModifications can make Boat Pose more accessible to beginners.  Common modifications include: bending your knees, holding the back of your thighs, or lowering your hands to the mat, shoulder-width, a few inches behind the tailbone.\r\n\r\nFor more advanced yogis, Ardho Navasana, or Half Boat, is a great way to take Boat Pose further.  From Navasana, straighten your legs and lower (both) your upper and lower body to a hover a few inches above the mat.  Continue to press your tailbone down.   Flex your feet and hug your outer shins in.  Hug your belly to your spine and press your upper arm bones back.  Hold this pose for several breaths and then return to Navasana, using the strength of your core and legs to lift you up.\r\n\r\n<b>Side Plank </b>\r\n\r\n<i>Vasisthasana</i>\r\n\r\nSide Plank is a heat-building pose that strengthens the entire body! Begin in a high push-up position.  Bring your feet together and roll to the outside edge of your right foot.  Lift your left hand to the ceiling.  Stack your feet and your hips.  Keep both feet flexed as you press your inner arches together.  Hug your legs together and bring the pit of your\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11111\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Side-Plank-FULL-8x10rc-1024.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11111\" alt=\"Side plank\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Side-Plank-FULL-8x10rc-1024-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Side plank[/caption]\r\n\r\nbelly in and up.  Tuck your tailbone.  Stack your right wrist under your shoulder and lift your left arm to the sky. Draw your shoulder blades away from your ears and into your spine. Create a strong straight line from your heels to the crown of your head and from your right to your left hand.  Return to a high push-up and take Vasisthana on the opposite side.\r\n\r\nA simple modification to make Side Plank more accessible to beginners is to bring the bottom knee down to the mat in line with the bottom hip.\r\n\r\nFor the more advanced yogi, Vasisthasana can be taken to a fuller expression.  To do this, raise your top leg. Keep both your legs straight and active and flex both feet.  Lift your leg as high as possible while maintaining a strong core and a straight back.  Hold for several breaths and return to a high push-up and repeat Side Plank on the opposite side.\r\n\r\nFor more great poses visit us at Dancing Dogs Yoga in Beaufort, Bluffton or Hilton Head!\r\n<div></div>', 'Learn some basic yoga poses', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'learn-some-basic-yoga-poses', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:12:14', '2013-05-09 12:12:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11109', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11110, 4, '2013-05-09 08:10:57', '2013-05-09 12:10:57', '', 'Boat Pose - FULL - 8x10rc 1024', 'Boat pose', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'boat-pose-full-8x10rc-1024', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:10:57', '2013-05-09 12:10:57', '', 11109, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Boat-Pose-FULL-8x10rc-1024.jpeg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11111, 4, '2013-05-09 08:11:21', '2013-05-09 12:11:21', '', 'Side Plank - FULL - 8x10rc 1024', 'Side plank', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'side-plank-full-8x10rc-1024', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:11:21', '2013-05-09 12:11:21', '', 11109, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Side-Plank-FULL-8x10rc-1024.jpeg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0);
INSERT INTO `__wp_posts` (`ID`, `post_author`, `post_date`, `post_date_gmt`, `post_content`, `post_title`, `post_excerpt`, `post_status`, `comment_status`, `ping_status`, `post_password`, `post_name`, `to_ping`, `pinged`, `post_modified`, `post_modified_gmt`, `post_content_filtered`, `post_parent`, `guid`, `menu_order`, `post_type`, `post_mime_type`, `comment_count`) VALUES
(11113, 4, '2013-05-09 08:13:33', '2013-05-09 12:13:33', '<b>Mayor Keyserling to speak to LIBPA</b>\r\n\r\nMayor Keyserling will be the guest speaker at the Tuesday, May 14 meeting of the Lady’s Island Business and Professional Association to be held at 8 a.m. in the Beaufort County Realtor’s Association Headquarters located in the Palmetto Business Park on Lady’s Island Drive.\r\n\r\nHe was elected Mayor of the City of Beaufort in 2008 and reelected for a second term in 2012.  Prior to assuming his present office as mayor he served one term as a member of the City Council and two terms as District 124 Representative in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He has served as a staff member at the U. S. Senate and House of Representatives. A graduate of Brandeis University with a MS from Boston University, his experience in the private sector includes being owner of a public affairs and marketing /communications business, founder of two local businesses and is a licensed Real Estate Broker.  Mayor Keyserling has been requested to include in his discussion with our members the following subjects.\r\n\r\n• Can the downtown business area of the City of Beaufort realistically serve in any capacity other than tourist support?\r\n\r\n• Will the traffic resulting from the eventual development of the White Hall property overwhelm the Woods Memorial Bridge?\r\n\r\n8 What will be the effect of adopting the new form-based code on the City of Beaufort?\r\n\r\n• Can the City of Beaufort reduce its operational cost any further and still provide adequate services?\r\n\r\n• What services does the City of Beaufort provide to its businesses on Lady’s Island in return for the revenue generated by them?\r\n\r\n<b>BJWSA celebrates Drinking Water Week</b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort-Jasper Water &amp; Sewer Authority is recognizing National Drinking Water Week 2013 by holding its annual Customer Appreciation event on Thursday, May 9.  Drinking Water Week is an annual celebration of our most precious natural resource, and BJWSA takes the opportunity to recognize all of its customers. This year’s Drinking Water Week theme is “What do you know about H20?”\r\n\r\nCustomers are invited to stop by BJWSA’s main campus at 6 Snake Road in Okatie on Thursday, May 9 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. for hamburgers and hot dogs. BJWSA staff will also be on hand to talk with customers about drinking water and answer related questions.\r\n\r\n<b>Sheriff’s Office investigating robbery</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery and assault that occurred last Friday evening on a St. Helena roadway.\r\n\r\nJust after 6 p.m. Friday, May 3, Sheriff’s deputies responded to the area of the Penn Center on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Dr in reference several anonymous reports of a possible fight in progress. Upon arrival, deputies made contact with a 52-year old male who advised he’d been robbed.\r\n\r\nThe victim reported that he was walking down the road when a vehicle occupied by four black males pulled up beside him. The subjects asked the victim to buy cigarettes for them. When the victim refused, the subjects got out and assaulted the victim, reportedly hitting him with sticks until he blacked out. The subjects took an undisclosed amount of cash from the victim and fled the scene.\r\n\r\nThe victim, who was grossly intoxicated at the time of the attack, suffered minor injuries for which he refused any medical attention. He was unable to provide any description of the suspects. The Sheriff’s Office asks that anyone with information contact either Investigator SSgt. J. Fraser at 843-255-3416 or Crimestoppers.\r\n\r\n<b>County dedicates Fort Fremont marker\r\n</b>\r\n\r\nThe historical marker at Fort Fremont on St. Helena Island was officially dedicated to the Beaufort County community on May 1.\r\n\r\nFort Fremont was built back in 1889 and remained active until 1921. Today it is listed in the National Register of Historical Places. In 2004, Beaufort County bought 15 acres of the fort’s original land through the Rural and Critical Lands Preservation Program and the Trust for Public Lands.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Council Chairman Paul Sommerville was the Master of Ceremonies and guests from the Friends of Fort Fremont, SC State Historic Preservation Office and the SC Historical Marker Program spoke.\r\n<div></div>', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'news-briefs-41', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:13:33', '2013-05-09 12:13:33', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11113', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11115, 4, '2013-05-09 08:14:06', '2013-05-09 12:14:06', 'Trash is piling up at Beaufort County convenience centers and it’s happening at a quicker rate due to non-Beaufort County residents using the centers.\r\n\r\n“We are currently reviewing options to ensure Beaufort County residents are the only ones using the centers because they are the ones paying for the service. If more of these non-county residents continue to use the centers, it’s going to raise taxes for the Beaufort County residents,” said Beaufort County Administrator Gary Kubic.\r\n\r\nIt currently costs the county $65,000 a month to transport trash and an additional $42 per ton to dispose of the waste at the Hickory Hill landfill in Jasper County. “We as a county will always have to pay another entity to dispose of our waste because Beaufort County does not have its own landfill, and you can bet it’s going to cost more tomorrow than it does today,” Solid Waste and Recycling Director Jim Minor said.\r\n\r\nTo help alleviate this problem, Kubic has assigned county staff to review a proposal of using a windshield decal, for a nominal fee, identifying all Beaufort county business owners and residents. This decal will be necessary for a person to enter and use any convenient center in Beaufort County.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County provides 11 convenience centers located throughout the county where Beaufort County residents can drop off their household solid waste and yard waste. Residential construction and demolition debris is accepted in small amounts at three centers (Shanklin, St. Helena, Bluffton). Seven of the convenience centers accept recycling materials. For more information about Beaufort County’s Solid Waste and Recycling, go to http://www.bcgov.net/recycle.', 'Illegal dumping cause for concern', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'illegal-dumping-cause-for-concern', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:14:06', '2013-05-09 12:14:06', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11115', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11117, 4, '2013-05-09 08:14:40', '2013-05-09 12:14:40', 'This summer, the YMCA of Beaufort County will offer a learning loss prevention program for children entering first and second grade who are most at risk of falling behind in their reading skills over the summer. The program is one of three pilot programs being tested by YMCA of the USA, the resource office for the nation’s Ys, as part of the nonprofit’s efforts to address gaps in academic achievement among the nation’s most disadvantaged youth. The Y will work with Whale Branch Elementary School to identify students who would benefit from the summer learning loss prevention pilot program.\r\n\r\nThe Y’s summer learning loss prevention pilot program will provide literacy instruction by certified teachers, as well as enrichment through art, music and physical activity. Studies show that without access to summer learning activities such as camp, travel, and visits to libraries and museums, children from low-income environments can experience more significant learning loss than their more economically stable peers. Over time, these children continue to lose ground and by the fifth grade, many are two to three school years behind their middle and high-income peers. The goal of the Y’s pilot program is to help children read at grade level by the third grade – a key educational milestone that is important to children’s ongoing knowledge retention and academic performance.\r\n\r\n“At the YMCA of Beaufort County, we know that the combination of extended learning and enrichment activities is essential to increasing children’s success in school, and we are dedicated to helping more kids achieve their potential,” said Kaylin Garst, operations director, YMCA of Beaufort County. “This program will help ensure children at Whale Branch Elementary School have the opportunity to stay on track over the summer and read at or above grade level when the new school year begins.”\r\n\r\nThe summer learning loss prevention pilot program is modeled after a literacy program from the YMCA of Greater Charlotte that is designed for children in first through second grade who are currently reading below grade level. Results from the Charlotte YMCA model and the Y’s early pilot testing show average reading gains of two months by participants in the program.\r\n\r\nAs a leading non-profit focused on youth development, the Y nurtures the potential of every child and teen. The YMCA of Beaufort County is one of 43 Ys across the country offering the summer learning loss prevention pilot program this year, which complements the Y’s other educational programming, including our traditional camp programs that are located on site at the Wardle Family YMCA (1801 Richmond Ave.) serving over 200 children ages 3-15 years old. For more information, contact the YMCA at 843-522-9622 or visit www.ymcabeaufortcounty.com.\r\n<div></div>', 'Local YMCA selected for pilot summer learning program', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'local-ymca-selected-for-pilot-summer-learning-program', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:14:40', '2013-05-09 12:14:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11117', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11119, 4, '2013-05-09 08:15:49', '2013-05-09 12:15:49', 'For Beaufort firefighter Capt. Reece Bertholf, “lifelong learning” is more than just a catchy phrase. A fulltime firefighter, Bertholf this month earned his Master’s degree in Business Administration from The Citadel’s Graduate College.\r\n\r\nLast Saturday’s graduation culminated six years of hard work for Bertholf and his family.\r\n\r\n“We are extremely proud of Capt. Bertholf, first because he is an outstanding person and an exceptional firefighter, but also because he set a goal to earn his MBA. Once he set the goal, he started marching toward it and this month, he reached that goal,” said Beaufort Fire Chief Sammy Negron.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11120\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/News-Capt-Reece-Bertholf-MBA-Citadel.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11120\" alt=\"Capt. Reece Bertholf is seen accepting his Master’s degree in Business Administration from The Citadel’s Graduate College earlier this month.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/News-Capt-Reece-Bertholf-MBA-Citadel-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Capt. Reece Bertholf is seen accepting his Master’s degree in Business Administration from The Citadel’s Graduate College earlier this month.[/caption]\r\n\r\n“The more education we bring to the firefighting brotherhood, the safer we all will be. I commend Capt. Bertholf and his family for the sacrifices and long hours they put in for him to achieve this, and I encourage other firefighters to continue their education,” Negron said.\r\n\r\nBertholf holds an Associate’s Degree in Business and an Associate’s Degree in Fire Service Administration from the Technical College of the Lowcountry; a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina Beaufort, and now has his MBA.\r\n\r\nHis academic accomplishments include 2008 Business Division Honor Graduate TCL, Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, Class of 2008 TCL Student Commencement Speaker, Deans List 2009 USCB and MBA Citadel’s Graduate College with a 4.0 GPA. He is now also a member of the International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma.\r\n\r\nBertholf was born in Bemidji, Minnesota, and grew up and graduated high school in Ogilvie, Minnesota. Upon graduation from high school in 1997, Captain Bertholf enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, attending Recruit Training at MCRD San Diego and completed Combat Engineer schooling at Court House Bay, Camp Lejeune, NC, by the spring of 1998. Captain Bertholf’s service in the Marine Corps included time with Combat Assault Battalion in Okinawa, Japan, and with MWSS 273 in Beaufort. Bertholf was also a member of the 1999 Marine Corps Summer Pistol Team.\r\n\r\nWhile still in the Marine Corps, Bertholf began volunteering with the City of Beaufort Fire Department in May 2000 until his honorable discharge from the Marine Corps in August 2001. That month he started his firefighting career with the City of Beaufort Fire Department and was assigned to Shift 1.\r\n\r\nCaptain Bertholf’s awards and recognitions include Academic Honor Graduate from USMC Combat Engineer School, Volunteer Firefighter of the Year for 2000, 2008 Business Division Honor Graduate TCL, Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, Class of 2008 TCL Student Commencement Speaker, and Deans List 2009 USCB.\r\n\r\nCapt. Bertholf is married with two children.', 'Beaufort firefighter earns MBA from The Citadel', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-firefighter-earns-mba-from-the-citadel', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:15:49', '2013-05-09 12:15:49', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11119', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11120, 4, '2013-05-09 08:15:24', '2013-05-09 12:15:24', '', 'News-Capt Reece Bertholf MBA Citadel', 'Capt. Reece Bertholf is seen accepting his Master’s degree in Business Administration from The Citadel’s Graduate College earlier this month.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'news-capt-reece-bertholf-mba-citadel', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:15:24', '2013-05-09 12:15:24', '', 11119, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/News-Capt-Reece-Bertholf-MBA-Citadel.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11122, 4, '2013-05-09 08:17:42', '2013-05-09 12:17:42', '', 'DSCF3292', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dscf3292', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:17:42', '2013-05-09 12:17:42', '', 11082, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3292.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11136, 4, '2013-05-09 09:21:53', '2013-05-09 13:21:53', '', 'DSCF3602', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dscf3602', '', '', '2013-05-09 09:21:53', '2013-05-09 13:21:53', '', 11082, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3602.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11124, 4, '2013-05-09 08:52:44', '2013-05-09 12:52:44', '<b>By Wendy Nilsen Pollitzer</b>\r\n\r\nCandice Glover was treated to an emotional homecoming last weekend as thousands of Lowcountry residents flocked to see her in person at several locations throughout Beaufort County. The American Idol hopeful arrived to the cheers of a few hundred <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCN0635.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11125\" alt=\"DSCN0635\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCN0635-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>people at Signature Airport in Savannah on Friday evening, where TV crews and reporters interviewed her during her about the last few weeks on the popular FOX show and her feelings about coming home. “I just can’t wait to eat my mom and grandma’s cooking,” she said. “I miss Southern cooking so much!”\r\n\r\nDonning her favorite color purple all weekend, the Lowcountry Idol was poised, humbled and gracious while making numerous appearances on Saturday, even though she stayed up late chatting with friends and family Friday night. She signed autographs in Habersham after a live broadcast on 94.5 The Coast with Joel Garrett before heading to a private reception in her honor at Penn Center on St. Helena Island. She then headed downtown for the homecoming parade, which included participants and organizations who have influenced Glover’s life. A concert was held on the corner of Charles and Bay Streets, and an estimated 10,000 people watched as the new queen of soul performed her well-known hits from the show, including “Love Song” and “Girl on Fire.”\r\n\r\nAdditionally, Mayor Billy Keyserling gave Candice the Key to the City. He commissioned artist Jeri Taylor to weave and fashion the key made from the indigenous Bull Rush grass to symbolize Candice’s ancestry and St. Helena Island’s unique heritage. Locals united for a fun-filled weekend recognizing one of their own. And, whether she wins or not, Candice Glover is a true American Idol.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div></div>', 'American Idol and Lowcountry Hero comes HOME', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'american-idol-and-lowcountry-hero-comes-home', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:52:44', '2013-05-09 12:52:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11124', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11125, 4, '2013-05-09 08:20:41', '2013-05-09 12:20:41', '', 'DSCN0635', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dscn0635', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:20:41', '2013-05-09 12:20:41', '', 11124, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCN0635.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11127, 4, '2013-05-09 08:25:18', '2013-05-09 12:25:18', 'I am so proud to be the Mayor of a city that so adeptly pulled off the Candice Glove Homecoming on such short notice. And I want to express my thanks to at least some of the hundreds of people who, in three short days, seamlessly assembled a series of complicated events that under normal circumstances would have taken months to plan and execute.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11128\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3790.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-11128\" alt=\"Mayor Keyserling presents Candice Glover with a “key’ to the city on stage at the American Idol concert last Saturday in downtown Beaufort. The key is made out of indigenous Bull Rush grass from a local basket weaver.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3790-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> Mayor Keyserling presents Candice Glover with a “key’ to the city on stage at the American Idol concert last Saturday in downtown Beaufort. The key is made out of indigenous Bull Rush grass from a local basket weaver.[/caption]\r\n\r\nFirst, I want to thank <b>Candice Glover</b> whose humble presence and magnificently “huge” voice has brought sunshine not only to her hometown but to the millions in front of whom she has performed.\r\n\r\nI would like to thank the <b>Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce</b> for taking the helm and promoting and coordinating the event.\r\n\r\nI would like to thank the <b>Water Festival Team</b> for investing their talents to assemble the stage, lights sound and manage the complicated logistics for the concert.\r\n\r\nI would like to thank the <b>Pat Harvey Palmer and Lions Club.</b>\r\n\r\nI would like to thank and commend <b>Beaufort Police Chief Matt Clancy and his officers, Beaufort County Sheriff PJ Tanner and his deputies and Chiefs Sammy Negron of the Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department and Chief Bruce Kline of the Lady’s Island-St Helena Fire Department</b> for their contributions.  Also <b>Port Royal Mayor Sam Murray and his City Council </b>for “sharing” some of their capable law enforcement staff to complement the public safety team. It is my undersanding that with this team of officers and firefighters in place, there were no incidents and no accidents during the parade and concert.\r\n\r\nI would like to thank <b>Governor Nikki Haley</b> for coming to Beaufort to be in the Parade and for designating the day as Candice Glover Day in South Carolina\r\n\r\nI would like to thank <b>Mark Robertson</b> and his colleague from 98.7 Radio for agreeing, on very short notice, to be the unscripted Masters of Ceremonies.\r\n\r\nI would like to thank <b>Beek Webb and the Beaufort County Open Land Trust</b> for letting the Elliot House be used as a staging area for Candice, her family, the governor and the producers of American Idol.\r\n\r\nI would like to thank the literally hundreds of volunteers who did what needed to be done when it needed to be done.\r\n\r\nAnd perhaps even more importantly, I would like to thank the people of Beaufort and the surrounding areas for participating.\r\n\r\nThank you, Beaufort. I am honored and proud to be your mayor.', 'Mayor Billy Keyserling says thank you, Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'mayor-billy-keyserling-says-thank-you-beaufort', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:25:18', '2013-05-09 12:25:18', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11127', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11128, 4, '2013-05-09 08:24:08', '2013-05-09 12:24:08', '', 'DSCF3790', 'Mayor Keyserling presents Candice Glover with a “key’ to the city on stage at the American Idol concert last Saturday in downtown Beaufort. The key is made out of indigenous Bull Rush grass from a local basket weaver.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dscf3790', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:24:08', '2013-05-09 12:24:08', '', 11127, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3790.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11130, 4, '2013-05-09 08:27:19', '2013-05-09 12:27:19', '[caption id=\"attachment_11131\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3774.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-11131\" alt=\"Governor Nikki Haley issued a statewide proclamation designating  May 4 as “Candice Glover Day” across South Carolina. The proclamation recognizes St. Helena Island native Candice Glover’s great talent and continuing success on FOX Network’s “American Idol.” Born and raised on St. Helena Island, Glover delivered her first public performance at Oaks True Holiness Church at the age of 4. Over the course of the show, Glover has won praise from judges and millions of viewers alike. Photo by Captured Moments Photography\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3774-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> Governor Nikki Haley issued a statewide proclamation designating<br />May 4 as “Candice Glover Day” across South Carolina. The proclamation recognizes St. Helena Island native Candice Glover’s great talent and continuing success on FOX Network’s “American Idol.” Born and raised on St. Helena Island, Glover delivered her first public performance at Oaks True Holiness Church at the age of 4. Over the course of the show, Glover has won praise from judges and millions of viewers alike. Photo by Captured Moments Photography[/caption]', 'Gov. Nikki Haley declares Candice Glover Day', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'gov-nikki-haley-declares-candice-glover-day', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:27:19', '2013-05-09 12:27:19', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11130', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11131, 4, '2013-05-09 08:26:15', '2013-05-09 12:26:15', '', 'DSCF3774', 'Governor Nikki Haley issued a statewide proclamation designating \nMay 4 as “Candice Glover Day” across South Carolina. The proclamation recognizes St. Helena Island native Candice Glover’s great talent and continuing success on FOX Network’s “American Idol.” Born and raised on St. Helena Island, Glover delivered her first public performance at Oaks True Holiness Church at the age of 4. Over the course of the show, Glover has won praise from judges and millions of viewers alike. Photo by Captured Moments Photography', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dscf3774', '', '', '2013-05-09 08:26:15', '2013-05-09 12:26:15', '', 11130, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3774.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11137, 4, '2013-05-09 09:22:53', '2013-05-09 13:22:53', '', 'DSCF3634', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dscf3634', '', '', '2013-05-09 09:22:53', '2013-05-09 13:22:53', '', 11082, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3634.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11138, 4, '2013-05-09 09:23:37', '2013-05-09 13:23:37', '', 'DSCF3801', 'Candice Glover performs on stage during her hometown concert in downtown Beaufort.', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'dscf3801', '', '', '2013-05-09 09:23:37', '2013-05-09 13:23:37', '', 11082, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSCF3801.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11142, 4, '2013-05-15 14:06:47', '2013-05-15 18:06:47', '<b>By Jim Hicks</b>\r\n\r\n<b>Rumor of the Day.  </b>The latest rumor is that Pizza Hut has plans to establish a store in one of the vacant sites in the Food Lion complex.\r\n\r\n<b>A Team Effort. </b>Shortly after the opening of the new span of the McTeer Bridge and the amazing response to the pedestrian walkway on the bridge, LIBPA asked Mr. Wendell Mulligan, SCDOT Resident Maintenance Engineer for assistance in maintaining the area at the foot of the bridge that had evolved into an unofficial parking lot. At that time, Mr. Rob McFee, Director of Engineering and Infrastructure for Beaufort County indicated to Mr. Mulligan that Beaufort County was prepared to support an effort to provide basic maintenance for the parking lot.  As could be expected, the high use of the parking area led to a need to improve the entrance and exit which had become a serious hazard. As a team effort, with SCDOT providing the material and Beaufort County Public Works performing the installation, the entrance to the parking lot was recently repaired.  It is so much safer now.  We, on Lady’s Island, fully understand that technically neither of you were required to do this project but, we do so appreciate it.\r\n\r\n<b>Another Step Closer to a New Lady’s Island Fire Station.</b>  The Lady’s Island – St. Helena Fire District Commission recently authorized the issuance of a $6 million bond which will provide funding for a new fire station to be located on Lady’s Island Drive.  This bond funding will also pay off all existing debt and purchase two new pumpers, replacing pumpers that are 23 and 25 years old.  It is anticipated the new station will have its grand opening in 2014.', 'Lady’s Island Notes', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ladys-island-notes-3', '', '', '2013-05-15 14:06:47', '2013-05-15 18:06:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11142', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11144, 4, '2013-05-15 14:08:49', '2013-05-15 18:08:49', '<b>SC Gov. signs Film Rebate Bill into law</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that the Film Rebate Bill (S.163) was signed into law by Governor Nikki Haley after passing the legislature just days ago.\r\n\r\nThe Film Rebate Bill is expected to attract more film productions to South Carolina by making the state more competitive with neighboring states.  The Bill has a $0 fiscal impact (which means no increase in taxes) and is expected to generate million of dollars into our state and create more jobs.\r\n\r\n“We are so proud of all the people who worked behind the scenes and rallied support to help get the Film Rebate Bill passed,” said Blakely Williams, Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce President &amp; CEO.  “This is going to have a tremendous economic impact on our state and the Beaufort region as more filmmakers come back to our area, showcasing the natural beauty the Lowcountry has to offer.  We know Beaufort will be first in line as filmmakers make their way back to South Carolina.\r\n\r\nAccording to The Carolina Film Alliance, the bill increases rebates that film companies receive for its purchases of supplies from South Carolina vendors up to 30 percent from 15; and, it increases the rebates film companies receive for wages spent from 15 percent to now up to 25 percent for South Carolina residents and up to 20 percent for all others.  Although there is an increase in rebates, there is no increase of the pot of money the state sets aside for these rebates ($0 fiscal impact).  “The next “Forrest Gump” or “The Big Chill” could be right around the corner in our own back yard soon and we look forward to it,” said Williams.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Traffic checkpoint will be on Lady\'s Island\r\n</b>\r\n\r\nMembers of the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a traffic safety checkpoint on Friday, May 17 from 9 to 11 p.m. The checkpoint will be held at the following location:\r\n\r\n• Lady’s Island Drive (US Hwy 21) at Islands Causeway.\r\n\r\nThis Public Safety Checkpoint will be conducted to enforce all South Carolina State Laws, with emphasis on violations related to driver’s licenses, vehicle registrations, and insurance. Drivers passing through the checkpoint will be asked to produce their driver’s license, registration, and proof of insurance for their vehicle.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>County business license renewals due</b>\r\n\r\nBusinesses operating within the unincorporated boundaries of Beaufort County must renew their County business licenses by May 31 or face penalties for being late.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call the County Business License Department at 843-255-2270 or go to www.bcgov.net and click on ‘Business License’ under Departments.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Suspect arrested on drug charges\r\n</b>\r\n\r\nOn May 10, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Investigators arrested Frank Jason Major on drug charges.\r\n\r\nAn investigation was conducted into Frank Major selling illegal drugs from his residence located at 107 Simmons Road on St. Helena Island. Investigators received information on numerous occasions in reference to Major selling drugs.  After obtaining these statements, doing surveillance on the residence and conducting controlled buys, a search warrant was obtained for the residence.\r\n\r\nOn May 10, at approximately 4:30 a.m. the search warrant was executed on the residence and Frank Major was located and detained.  As a result of the search, investigators located crack cocaine, cocaine, marijuana, cash, and drug paraphernalia.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Attempted armed robbery investigated</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an Attempted Armed Robbery that occurred Tuesday evening at Laurel Bay Bingo, 490 Laurel Bay Road, Burton.\r\n\r\nJust after 11 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, Sheriff’s deputies responded to Laurel Bay Bingo on Laurel Bay Road and met with a 70-year-old female who advised she was the victim of an attempted armed robbery. The victim reported she is an employee of the Laurel Bay Bingo and had just closed for the night and was walking to her car when she was approached by two unknown suspects who came from behind the building.\r\n\r\nThe victim reported one of the suspects was armed with a handgun and the other suspect grabbed for her purse. The victim stated she held on to the purse, preventing the purse from being taken. The victim stated both suspects then ran from the area at which time she went back inside the business and contacted law enforcement. The suspects were last seen running towards Capehart Lane.\r\n\r\nThe suspects were described as black males, both between 15-20 years of age. One was described as being approximately 5’02”, the other as approximately 5’00”.\r\n\r\nThe Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to contact Crimestoppers or Sergeant J. Kelleher at 843-255-3418.\r\n<div></div>', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'news-briefs-42', '', '', '2013-05-15 14:08:49', '2013-05-15 18:08:49', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11144', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11146, 4, '2013-05-15 14:19:38', '2013-05-15 18:19:38', '<b>By Whitney McDaniel</b>\r\n\r\nYou’ve seen the headlines lately: The U.S. real estate market is beginning to show signs of recovery. Existing home sales ticked up more than 9 percent during the 12-month period ending in January, while median home prices rose more than 12 percent, according to a study by the National Association of Realtors called “January Existing-Home Sales Hold With Steady Price Gains, Seller’s Market Developing.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11147\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"154\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Wells-Fargo-WhitneyMcDaniel.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-11147\" alt=\"Whitney McDaniel\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Wells-Fargo-WhitneyMcDaniel.jpg\" width=\"154\" height=\"200\" /></a> Whitney McDaniel[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe improvements in housing turnover should make it easier for Americans holding on to second homes to monetize those investments. Real estate markets in much of the country have transitioned to sellers’ markets, Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, noted recently. Home buyer traffic is up 40% from a year ago, while the number of sellers is holding steady. The tight housing inventory, coupled with plenty of demand, has created a sellers’ market in pockets of the country.\r\n\r\nYou don’t have to be an economist to determine when you should sell your second home. Just watch your neighborhood and region closely for signs that you should make a move. For starters, recognize that real estate is an extremely local business today. Conditions can vary markedly from one location to another, says Brendon DeSimone, a real estate expert and syndicated columnist for Zillow.com.\r\n\r\n“Don’t assume that just because transactions are up, the market is up everywhere,” DeSimone cautions.\r\n\r\nIf you are willing to research your local area diligently, recognize the conditions that are favorable for a sale (or purchase) and wait patiently, you can benefit from the upturn.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Exploring the Market</b>\r\n\r\nThe recovery is patchy, and coming off several stagnant years, when sellers stayed on the sidelines, reining in supply for all property types, from lakeside retreats to income-generating city rentals. Also, rates are still low, and an increase in supply will give prospective buyers more properties to choose from.\r\n\r\n<b>• Get expert help. </b>A licensed real estate agent can help you gauge the health of your target market and decipher pricing and supply trends. That groundwork can play a critical role in helping you determine whether to buy or sell in a particular market. Make sure your agent is willing to offer an honest estimation of the best selling price. If you receive an offer that is far below what you need to earn, wait to sell, DeSimone advises. Instead, consider renting out the property to cover its operating costs until the local market improves.\r\n\r\n“When people hear that the market is up, they assume prices are up,” DeSimone says. “But the market is up because there are finally buyers again. That does not mean you’ll get a price that is comparable to those seen during boom times.”\r\n\r\n<b>• Weigh your options.</b> Your family’s goals are also an important factor in deciding whether to sell a property. Your Wells Fargo Financial Advisor can help you consider the financial effects of buying or selling and how to balance the financial and emotional decisions you’ll need to make.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Counting the Costs</b>\r\n\r\nIf you are selling a rental property, consider unique issues such as its income history and potential future return on investment. Also, be sure to weigh the local market’s potential for growth. For example, there are surprising real estate opportunities in areas of the country where strong economic growth is under way. In North Dakota, a surging oil industry is driving a local housing boom.\r\n\r\n“It’s no different from researching a company to invest in,” DeSimone says. “If you notice that a market is experiencing an uptick in demand but has insufficient housing, it may be worth a closer look.”\r\n\r\nAs with equity investing, timing the market is difficult at best. Avoid speculation! Your long-term life and money goals should dictate how you approach housing opportunities in your area.\r\n\r\n“The market is going to go up, but that trend will play out differently, market to market,” DeSimone says. “Do your homework — and get help you trust — to figure out whether it’s time for you to buy or sell.”\r\n\r\nT<i>his article was written by Wells Fargo Advisors and provided courtesy of Whitney McDaniel, CFP®, Financial Advisor in Beaufort, SC at (843) 524-1114.</i>\r\n\r\n<i>Investments in securities and insurance products are: NOT FDIC-INSURED/NOT BANK-GUARANTEED/MAY LOSE VALUE</i>\r\n\r\n<i>Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Member SIPC, is a registered broker-dealer and a separate non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo &amp; Company.</i>\r\n\r\n<i>©2013 Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC.  All rights reserved.</i>', 'Is it time to sell your second home?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'is-it-time-to-sell-your-second-home', '', '', '2013-05-15 14:19:38', '2013-05-15 18:19:38', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11146', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11147, 4, '2013-05-15 14:18:48', '2013-05-15 18:18:48', '', 'Wells Fargo-WhitneyMcDaniel', 'Whitney McDaniel', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'wells-fargo-whitneymcdaniel', '', '', '2013-05-15 14:18:48', '2013-05-15 18:18:48', '', 11146, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Wells-Fargo-WhitneyMcDaniel.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(11149, 4, '2013-05-15 14:23:21', '2013-05-15 18:23:21', 'Owners and members of Lady’s Island Country Club are pleased to announce that their clubhouse, built in 1972, is planned to undergo extensive renovations scheduled to begin in late June.\r\n\r\nAccording to club owner Jeff Fischer, the clubhouse will be totally “skinned” and completely opened up, allowing for very little wasted space. “The only thing that will remain the same is the center fireplace. The kitchen will be completely remodeled and updated, and the chic new design in the bar and dining room is sure to attract young, new members”, said Fischer.  Outdoor dining will be added where the pool is currently located and all furnishings will be replaced.  Decor is planned to have an urban Lowcountry feel.\r\n\r\nThe golf course and pro shop will remain open during the renovations.  The pro shop will also double as the snack shop and serve sandwiches and drinks while the restaurant is being updated.  The pool, however, is being moved to a new location, possibly near the existing putting green, so plans are to close it for the summer.\r\n\r\nRenovations are expected to be completed by Christmas of 2013. With new and updated facilities, the club hopes to schedule more events like weddings and business meetings. They plan to have free WiFi, a coffee station and other amenities to attract such events, as well as new members.', 'Lady’s Island Country Club to get a face-lift', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ladys-island-country-club-to-get-a-face-lift', '', '', '2013-05-15 14:23:21', '2013-05-15 18:23:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11149', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11151, 4, '2013-05-15 14:25:28', '2013-05-15 18:25:28', '<strong>By Takiya Smith</strong>\r\n\r\nIt’s no secret that water — Mother Nature’s very own compound mixture of hydrogen and oxygen — is one of the best and absolute health elixirs around. Every part of our body, from hair and skin on through our nails and organs, have a vital need to thrive off water. Water alone can boost our energy levels, hydrate us and quench our thirst. Not to mention, it can offer and sustain youthful, glowing skin.\r\n\r\nSeveral benefits of drinking water not only include internally moisturizing the skin, but can also offer added plumpness to dull, lackluster skin. Plumping due to water fills in fine lines and wrinkles, causing a firmer, healthier and fresh glow to the skin. In addition, products such as those containing natural moisturizing agents will create an external barrier and help to hold on to the water even longer.\r\n\r\nMost guidelines suggest a daily intake of 11 8-ounce glasses of water, however, your individual body makeup, chemistry and lifestyle will adjust this accordingly.\r\n\r\nWater, though it is the purest of drinks around for the body, may not be the most appealing to all taste buds, however, a few alterations are suitable to help boost motivation. One of my personal favorites is lemon juice. You can use 100% bottled lemon juice or add freshly squeezed juice directly to your glass or full pitcher, to drink throughout the day. Another favorite that not only adds a refreshing taste to water but is aesthetic to the eyes as well, is peeled and sliced cucumbers.\r\n\r\nPeaches, strawberries and diced grapes add a subtle sweetness to water and only add to the boost of vitamins and nutrients your body loves and needs. The combinations are limitless, but stick to natural fruit and veggies, avoiding high sugar content and fruits with syrup added.', 'The H2O glow', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-h2o-glow', '', '', '2013-05-15 14:25:28', '2013-05-15 18:25:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11151', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11153, 4, '2013-05-15 14:30:49', '2013-05-15 18:30:49', '<b>By Danette Vernon</b>\r\n\r\nThere will be a “March on Monsanto” on six continents, in 33 countries, and in more than 250 cities worldwide. In the US, events are slated to occur simultaneously at 11 a.m. Pacific time on May 25 in 47 states, with four events in South Carolina.\r\n\r\nWho the heck is Monsanto, you wonder?\r\n\r\nThey are the people who put the “extra stuff” in the milk your children drink every day, and the people who fill your corn on the cob, kernel by kernel, with “extra stuff,” such as “a pesticide that breaks open the stomach of certain insects and kills them,” according to nationofchange.org.\r\n\r\nIs that important?  You’ll have to decide for yourself, but let me tell you the story of the “food version” of Erin Brockovich — Robyn O’Brien.\r\n\r\nOne morning at breakfast, after years as a high-level food industry analyst, Robyn sat down with her four children at breakfast. Suddenly, Robyn’s youngest child’s face began to swell to dangerous proportions. After anxious moments at the pediatrician, Robyn found out it was a food allergy. Stymied, she couldn’t understand how a child could be allergic to food! She dug in with all of the intensity that she had once devoted to global finance, and found some startling truths.\r\n\r\nOne, food allergies occur when the body responds to food proteins as if they were a foreign element. The body’s response is an inflammatory reaction meant to rout the enemy.  But what is it about our food that is inciting the body? And why are food allergies on the rise in recent years?\r\n\r\nFor answers, Robyn turned to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and found that new proteins have been engineered into our milk, corn and soybeans. Soybeans are predominantly raised to feed animals, which we, in turn, eat.\r\n\r\nRobyn uncovered that the governments of Canada, Australia, the UK, Japan, New Zealand, and all 27 European countries, decided to error on the side of precaution as these new genetically products were released into the markets in the 1990’s. Robyn reports that all of these countries wanted to wait till these products had been researched, and found to be safe, before introducing them into their food supply.\r\n\r\nShe goes on to relate that the U.S. “took a different approach.”\r\n\r\nRobyn divulges that here in the U.S., a product can be released into the market under certain conditions — until proven dangerous. The U.S. took this path when it was suggested that our milk cows be injected with a combination of growth hormones and a genetically engineered protein. The U.S. took the same course with genetically modified soybeans and corn.\r\n\r\nRobyn makes some compelling arguments in her presentations, and in her book “The Unhealthy Truth,” for how the injection of hormones and foreign proteins into our food supply can be connected to the increase of allergies…and cancer.\r\n\r\nThe United States is the number one country in the world for cancer, and the American Cancer Society has linked migration to the U.S. with a four-fold increase in your chances of developing cancer. So no matter how you view the world and what goes on in it, that is a statistic that cannot, or should not be ignored.\r\n\r\nSo join the “March on Monsanto May 25th”, in Columbia, or Charleston, Myrtle Beach or Greenville. Or just eat an organic apple.', 'March on Monsanto May 25 — Everywhere', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'march-on-monsanto-may-25-everywhere', '', '', '2013-05-15 14:30:49', '2013-05-15 18:30:49', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11153', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11156, 4, '2013-05-15 14:32:52', '2013-05-15 18:32:52', 'If you’ve had more than a few questions about your medications over the years, make plans to attend “What you need to know about medications and supplements,” Thursday, May 30, from 8 to 9:30 a.m., at the Quality Inn at Town Center, Beaufort. Presented by Beaufort Memorial LifeFit Wellness Services, the free seminar will include information about:  Knowing your medications, name brand vs. generic drugs, dietary supplements, herbal and prescription drug interactions, and the truth about Internet pharmacies. Featured speakers will be Dr. C. Wayne Weart, Pharm D, and professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcome Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina, and Dr. Philip Cusumano, board-certified internist with Beaufort Memorial Lady’s Island Internal Medicine. FREE blood pressure and glucose screenings will be offered on the CHiP Mobile Wellness Unit from 7-8 a.m. Seminar registration will open at 7:30 a.m. A light continental breakfast will be served and registration is required. To register call 843-522-5585 or toll-free 888-522-5585.\r\n<div><b> </b></div>', 'Beaufort Memorial LifeFit Wellness Services presents ‘What you need to know about medications and supplements’ ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-memorial-lifefit-wellness-services-presents-what-you-need-to-know-about-medications-and-supplements', '', '', '2013-05-15 14:32:52', '2013-05-15 18:32:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=11156', 0, 'post', '', 0);
