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(38994, 4, '2019-01-31 12:56:25', '2019-01-31 17:56:25', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>he University of South Carolina Beaufort has scheduled a series of educational, cultural and entertaining activities to commemorate African-American History Month, starting with an opening reception in the atrium of the new Hilton Head Island Campus from 5-7 p.m. on Feb. 1. USCB Chancellor Dr. Al M. Panu will deliver the welcoming address.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The multiple events on all three university campuses are sponsored by South Carolina Humanities, a state program of the National Endowment of the Humanities that promotes exhibits, documentaries, discussion forums and many similar endeavors related to the humanities.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>African-American History Month was designated by Congress in 1986 to raise awareness of African-American history, to acknowledge African-American contributions to the American story, and to apply lessons learned from these experiences to future relations among races.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The full slate of events includes a panel discussion exploring the Reconstruction Era from 6-8 p.m. on Feb. 6 at USCB’s Center for the Arts in Beaufort and screenings of multiple documentaries.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Najmah Thomas, assistant professor in the Department of Social Sciences at USCB and the faculty member for African-American Studies, is hoping for large community turnout for the African-American History events. As chair of the committee responsible for organizing the month-long commemoration, she has a specific goal in mind.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We want the community to step into the role of cross-cultural ambassadors,” Dr. Thomas says. “We want the community to come in, experience this and say, ‘Oh, that was great!’ But beyond that, to have a more substantial conversation or to carry the current conversation even farther. The intent behind each of these sessions is to push people to a point where they feel both uncomfortable and empowered. Now that you have this information, you can be empowered to do something. Now that you have information about the needs, what can you do? How can you create a better cross-cultural dialogue?”  </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>SCHEDULED EVENTS</strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Feb. 6, 6-8 p.m., USCB&nbsp;</strong><strong>Center for the Arts,&nbsp;</strong><strong>Beaufort Campus</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>“Reconstructing Freedom”</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Faculty-Guest Panel Discussion (J. Brent Morris, Ph.D., Ahmad Ward, Victoria Smalls)</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The panel will explore the Reconstruction Era (1861-1872) and the untold narratives of freedom during that period. Dr. Morris, a historian and chair of the Department of Humanities at USCB; Ahmad Ward, executive director of the Mitchelville Preservation Project; and Victoria Smalls, Zinn Education Project Teaching Reconstruction Coordinator, will share their insights.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Feb. 8, 4:30-6 p.m., Library 267, Bluffton Campus</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>“Orangeburg Massacre”</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Documentary and Candlelight Vigil (Jack Bass, Ph.D.)&nbsp;</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Three young, black students were killed by police gunfire on the South Carolina State University campus on the night of Feb. 8, 1968; 27 others were wounded. None of the students were armed. This presentation includes a viewing of the documentary “Scarred Justice,” a discussion of the events and a candlelight vigil. A USC graduate, Dr. Bass, the discussion leader, is the author of eight nonfiction books about the American South, including “The Orangeburg Massacre.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Feb. 12, 6-8 p.m., Campus Center 105, Bluffton Campus</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>“History and Culture in Health Care”</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Documentary and Discussion (Maj. Gen. Irene Trowell Harris, (Ret.) U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard)</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Maj. Gen. Irene Trowell-Harris rose from humble beginnings on a small cotton farm in Aiken, S.C., to become the first female African-American general in the 357-year history of the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard. In this presentation, Dr. Trowell (Ph.D.) traces her educational journey and extraordinary service to the field of health care and the military. A screening of “Black Angels” will follow. The Black Angels were a corps of African-American nurses, many from the South, who cared for tuberculosis patients at a hospital on Staten Island, N.Y., from 1913 to 1960.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Feb. 14, 8 p.m.-Midnight, Campus Center 105, Bluffton Campus</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>“Freedom Ball: Harlem Renaissance”</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Formal Dance and Social</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Harlem Renaissance describes a virtual explosion of intellectual, social and artistic expression that centered on the Harlem section of Manhattan (New York City) in the 1920s. It encompassed poetry, prose, painting, sculpture, music, dance and so much more. The African-American Student Association at USCB urges students to don their zoot suits and flapper dresses to reimagine freedom Harlem Renaissance style.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Feb. 20, 7-8 p.m., Campus Center 105, Bluffton Campus</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>“Poetry and Pancakes”</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Spoken Word (Ebony Stewart)</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Be provoked, entertained and inspired by spoken word and interdisciplinary artist Ebony Stewart in this presentation sponsored by the Sand Shark Activities Board.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Feb. 25, 6-8 p.m., Newcastle Student Center, Beaufort Campus</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>“Black Angels”&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Documentary Screening</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A second screening of the documentary about the Black Angels, a corps of African-American nurses who provided health care to tuberculosis patients decades ago, will take place on the Beaufort Campus. Maj. Gen. Trowell-Harris will not appear for the presentation.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Feb. 27, 6-8 p.m., Library 267, Bluffton Campus</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>“Reconstructing Freedom II”</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Student Panel Discussion, Audience Q&amp;A&nbsp;</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One of the most popular events of the African-American History Month series, the student panel discussion is an opportunity for a candid, peer-to-peer conversation about difficult and important topics facing the USCB student body and society in general. Prepare to gain new perspectives on freedom.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Feb. 28, 6-8 p.m., Campus Center 105, Bluffton Campus</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>“Past, Present and Future of the Divine 9; Closing and Call to Action!”</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Black Greek lettered organizations known as the Divine 9 have historically supported some of America’s most influential social and political movements. How will they remain influential in the face of America’s most pressing cultural challenges? A panel of campus and graduate chapter representatives explores the role of the Divine 9 in reconstructing freedom.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'USCB has full slate of activities for African-American History Month', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'uscb-has-full-slate-of-activities-for-african-american-history-month', '', '', '2019-02-02 12:58:12', '2019-02-02 17:58:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=38994', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(38996, 4, '2019-01-31 12:58:45', '2019-01-31 17:58:45', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Hometown rescue pups set to make national television debut &nbsp;</em><br></h3>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This Sunday, Feb. 3, will not just be “any&nbsp;given Sunday” here in the Lowcountry.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A group of Beaufort County-based rescue pups from Palmetto Animal League (PAL), a private, non-profit, no-kill organization, will be featured as part of Puppy Bowl XV starting at 3 p.m. on Animal Planet. The Puppy Bowl attracts millions of viewers, making this a big deal for some small-town pups.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The PAL puppies have been prepping for their moment in the spotlight, filming throughout December with Animal Planet’s production crew at different locations throughout the Lowcountry and Savannah. The adoptable pups, ranging in age from 3 to 6 months, will be featured during the lead-in to Puppy Bowl, and the footage filmed here will also be incorporated into vignettes that will air as part of a national advertising campaign for Puppy Bowl sponsor Subaru throughout the program.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":429,\"height\":286} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"blob:https://staging.yourislandnews.com/19b3efae-e31a-4255-abba-bf697a349fae\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"286\"/><figcaption><em>The Owens family met and adopted Pumpkin at a Peacock Subaru-sponsored adoption event for PAL last fall - and their story is part of a national commercial for the Puppy Bowl. ìWhen we brought Pumpkin home, the family was complete, said 17-year old Caitlyn. ìIt just felt really right. Photo courtesy of Animal Planet.</em><br></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The Puppy Bowl stars adoptable puppy ‘players,’ kitten ‘cheerleaders’ and other looking-for-a-home pets, making it a big win for shelter pets,” said Palmetto Animal League President Amy Campanini. “During the Puppy Bowl, animal rescue takes center stage, showing the entire country just how wonderful shelter pets are. The support we receive from Peacock Subaru helped give PAL this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Peacock Subaru was selected by Subaru of America to be featured in this year’s Puppy Bowl because of its involvement with PAL and other local animal welfare organizations, in support of the national “Subaru Loves Pets” initiative.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Helping homeless animals is something all of us at Peacock Subaru care about, as many of us have rescue pets of our own,” explained Warner Peacock, president and CEO of Peacock Automotive. “Any opportunity to support these animals and the people helping them is a win in our book.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Supported solely by individual donors and compassionate “Partners in Rescue” like Peacock Subaru, PAL’s no-kill shelter serves as a temporary residence for approximately 200 cats and dogs while they wait to find a loving home.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The PAL Adoption Center is a happy place. It’s a place of new beginnings.” says Campanini. “There is no limit to an animal’s stay with us, and we give them all the love and comfort they deserve until they are adopted.” &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As they prepare for their big debut during Puppy Bowl XV, the precious Palmetto Animal League pups and all their friends at the PAL Adoption Center are anxiously awaiting the biggest win of all – a home of their own.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“So many rescue pets have amazing stories to tell, and we’re excited that some of our hometown pups are getting this opportunity,” says PAL Development Coordinator Stephanie Bashaw. “It’s been an amazing experience, and we can’t wait to see our puppies on national TV.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tune in for the most adorable grid-iron action you’ve ever seen in Puppy Bowl XV this Sunday, Feb. 3, at 3 p.m. on Animal Planet. Even better, join the Puppy Bowl Watch Party at Peacock Subaru starting at 2:30 p.m. Enjoy all the cuteness of Puppy Bowl as you snuggle with adoptable PAL puppies and munch on delicious tailgate food from One Hot Mama’s. Peacock Subaru will be happily accepting donations for PAL during the party.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo at top courtesy of Palmetto Animal League.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Lights, Camera, Puppies!', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lights-camera-puppies', '', '', '2019-02-02 13:02:57', '2019-02-02 18:02:57', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=38996', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39005, 4, '2019-02-07 16:05:42', '2019-02-07 21:05:42', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Get moving with&nbsp;</strong><strong>Beaufort Track Club</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Drinking for&nbsp;</strong><strong>wounded veterans</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A special fundraiser for the Lowcountry Foundation for Wounded Military Heroes will take place at River Dog Brewing Company in Okatie from 3-9 p.m. on Feb. 9.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In May 2018, four individuals purchased a brewmaster experience donated by River Dog Brewing Co. at the LFWMH’s annual auction. Lin Godsey, Joe Grimm, Tim Bender, and Rick Lewis purchased the item and developed a special beer they brewed with brewmaster Amelia Keefe of River Dog. A special keg-tapping of their limited-release “Special Hoperations” amber ale wil take palce at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 9, followed by a major check presentation to the organization from the Okatie Rotary Club. The donation is from the annual polo charity event and will benefit local wounded military heroes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event will take place in conjunction with River Dog’s “Hoppy Wife, Hoppy Life” beer release party, along with several other new introductions. Food will be available from Murican Border Tacos.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Riverview Baptist Church mission fundraiser</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The community is invited to join the members of Riverview Baptist Church from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, for their annual chili and soup cook-off, along with a bake sale and silent auction. All funds earned will be donated to missions.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>19th annual Low Country Home &amp; Garden Show</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The annual Low Country Home &amp; Garden Show is back for its 19th year at the Savannah Convention Center on Feb. 9-10.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whether you are renovating, building, landscaping, or decorating, solve all your home and garden projects while saving time by exploring thousands of square feet of exhibits under one roof. Get inspired by new home and garden ideas and seminars, explore aisles of the latest home products and services, save money with show-only discounts, and have fun with activities for the whole family.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ticket price ($7) includes access to both Saturday and Sunday’s events and seminars.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>February Beaufort&nbsp;</strong><strong>Drum Circle Events</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All are invited to share some good vibes with the Beaufort Drum Circle. Now that the groundhog did not see his shadow, we hope that spring is on its way and we will be back outdoors soon. Until then, we are grateful to our gracious winter hosts. February events are planned for 5:30-7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11, at the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce, 711 Bladen Street, and from 6-7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Henry Chambers Waterfront Park Contemplative Garden (weather permitting).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In case of inclement weather, an alternative indoor location will be announced no later than Feb. 27 via email and on the Beaufort SC Drum Circle Facebook page.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Everyone is welcome to attend. No experience is necessary. Please bring an extra drum or hand percussion if you have one to share. Questions, please email beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com or contact us on our Facebook page \"Beaufort SC Drum Circle.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>State of the Bases Breakfast</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will host the 2019 State of the Bases Breakfast from 8-9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Beaufort Holiday Inn &amp; Suites, 2225 Boundary Street.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The State of the Bases will feature updates from Beaufort\'s Tri-Command leadership: Col. Timothy Miller will speak on behalf of MCAS Beaufort, Col. Cesar Rodriguez will speak on behalf of MCRD Parris Island, and Capt. Robert Jackson will speak on behalf of Naval Hospital Beaufort. Charlie Farrell, Executive Coordinator of the S.C. Military Base Task Force, will also provide an update.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets are $25 or $20 for Chamber members. Admission includes a full breakfast buffet. To register, visit BeaufortChamber.org or email Hello@beaufortchamber.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Village at Wexford to host ‘Wine Down Wednesday’</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Local wine aficionados can raise a glass for a good cause next week.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Village at Wexford on Hilton Head Island will hold “Wine Down Wednesday” – a unique wine tasting experience with live music on the patio that will give people the opportunity to spend a fun, relaxing evening enjoying a wide variety of wines — on Feb. 13.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Proceeds from the event will benefit Hilton Head Heroes, a 501(c)(3) organization bringing families with children suffering from life-threatening illness to Hilton Head Island for cost-free vacations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Wine Down Wednesday” will take place from 5-8 p.m. at the Village at Wexford, located at 1000 William Hilton Parkway on Hilton Head Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets are available online at EventBrite at $10 per person. Limited tickets will be sold at the door for $15. A photo ID is required to participate in the wine tasting.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For information or to purchase tickets, visit www.villageatwexford.com or visit their Facebook page Village At Wexford. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>YA Everlasting Book Club</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;an&nbsp;adult&nbsp;but&nbsp;still&nbsp;enjoy&nbsp;reading&nbsp;Young Adult literature,&nbsp;this&nbsp;book&nbsp;club&nbsp;is&nbsp;for&nbsp;you. All meetings are free and begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Beaufort Branch Library, 311 Scott St.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Wednesday, Feb. 13: “When Dimple Met Rishi” by Sandhya Menon</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, call 843-255-6458.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Symphony Orchestra:</strong><strong> Light Classical Pops</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 14 and at 4 p.m. on Feb. 17 at St John\'s Lutheran Church, 157 Lady\'s Island Drive.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Admission is $40 for general admission or $15 for students. For more information, visit beaufortorchestra.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Blues concert to&nbsp;</strong><strong>benefit children</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Renowned blues musician Guy Davis is coming to Beaufort for a concert to benefit the students of the United Community Task Force. Davis will perform from 4-6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16, at United Church, 1801 Duke Street.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Come enjoy fabulous blues and support the children.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Admission is a recommended donation of $20 for adults and 25 cents for children.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'February 7th-13th events around Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'february-7th-13th-events-around-beaufort', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:07:05', '2019-02-24 21:07:05', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39005', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39008, 4, '2019-02-07 16:07:14', '2019-02-07 21:07:14', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<h1 style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>The true meaning of Christmas</strong><br></h1>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I am writing to thank Beaufort residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Because of the generosity of donors in Beaufort and across the United States, Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, collected more than 8.8 million shoeboxes in 2018. Combined with those collected from partnering countries in 2018, the ministry is now sending more than 10.6 million shoebox gifts to children suffering from poverty, natural disasters, war, disease and famine.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These simple gifts bring smiles to the faces of children around the world. Packed with fun toys, school supplies and hygiene items, these gifts bring joy and are a tangible expression of God’s love. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 157 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 160 countries and territories.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s not too late for people to make a difference. Though drop-off locations serving Beaufort shoebox packers are closed until November, anyone can still pack a personalized shoebox gift online at samaritanspurse.org/buildonline. Information about year-round volunteer opportunities can also be found at samaritanspurse.org/volunteerwithOCC.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thank you again to everyone who participated in this global project — many of whom do so year after year. These simple gifts send a message to children worldwide that they are loved and not forgotten. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"right\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><strong>Dana Williams</strong><br><em>Operation Christmas Child</em><br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Letter to the Editor', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'letter-to-the-editor-30', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:09:08', '2019-02-24 21:09:08', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39008', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39011, 4, '2019-02-07 16:09:47', '2019-02-07 21:09:47', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Lee Scott</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My husband walked into the kitchen the other day and asked in a very concerned voice, “What are you doing?”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He was reacting to the fact that I was standing there with a serrated knife and cutting board slicing off the top of my hand lotion bottle.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I responded to him in a frustrated voice, “I am attempting to get all the lotion out of this pump bottle.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then I explained the problem to him. The company that makes the hand lotion, which I really like and have been using for years, has replaced the “easy to use” plastic bottle with a new one. Instead of the normal squeeze top bottle they have replaced it with a pump bottle, and it is not a normal pump. It is all one continuous plastic bottle. You cannot even pull the pump out to use it on another bottle, or unscrew the top, it is all one piece. The pump works perfectly well until you get down to the last 20% of the product. At that point, the squirt pump cannot get the remaining lotion. Hence the need for a serrated knife and cutting board.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My spouse suggested I pitch the bottle and buy a different brand. But at that moment, I decided it was unacceptable to throw it out when it still held a lot of the lotion. After all, I paid for 100 percent of the product in that bottle, not 80 percent. There must be a lot of people like me who want to get their money’s worth. Am I the only one who turns their shampoo bottles and cleansers upside down to get the most product out? It seems like the plastic industry is making it harder and harder for us. Why not make it easier?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Instead, I am in the kitchen cutting the top off the lotion bottle. As he stood there wincing, he assured me he would be available to drive me to the emergency room after I cut off a finger. But after the top was cut, even he was shocked when he saw the amount of lotion sitting in the bottom of the bottle. Talk about waste.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After I finished scooping out the last of the lotion having successfully managed not to inflict bodily harm on myself, I decided it was time to go online and write to the company. I explained my displeasure at their new packaging and emphasized that I did not appreciate paying for a product that I could not easily access.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I am not sure if my complaint is going to do any good, but like my husband said, maybe it is time to look for a new hand lotion.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The Plastic Bottle Dilemma', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-plastic-bottle-dilemma', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:10:01', '2019-02-24 21:10:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39011', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39013, 4, '2019-02-07 16:10:10', '2019-02-07 21:10:10', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Scott Graber</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Herman and Marlena Denzinger were our neighbors. They were architects here in 1971, working with Jimmy Thomas on the redesign and rebuilding of the First Federal Building on Bay Street. Their concrete, Bauhaus-inspired bank would be controversial for years to come.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Herman and Marlena were older — had gotten their education at the foot of Louis Kahn in Philadelphia — and had been children in Germany during World War II. One afternoon the four of us were at a party when Marlena spotted an older man in a tartan.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“What’s the significance of the tartan?” Marlena asked.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I was in the Royal Air Force and this is their tartan,” he replied.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Were you in the war — WWII?” she asked.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I was a Mosquito pilot.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Mosquito?” I asked</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It was a small, fast airplane that dropped flares.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Flares?”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We dropped them in order to show our bombers where to drop their bombs.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There was a moment of silence and then Marlena asked, “Were you at Dresden?”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I was,” he replied.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“So was I,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As we drank our Merlot in a living room of a deteriorating, dusty, maintenance-deferred plantation near Ridgeland, we learned more about Marlena, Dresden and the older man in the tartan. Apparently she was tasked with picking-up these incendiaries — from the roof of her apartment building — and throwing them into the street. I don’t remember how she grabbed hold of these flares — if gloves or tongs or water were involved — but I was interested in their conversation. But more than this I was impressed that these two people, smiling, wine goblets in hand, had been in close proximity on Feb. 13, 1945, under different circumstances.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dresden was bombed and burned right at the end of World War II. Thousands of civilians were killed in this raid and for many years the necessity of that raid has been debated. But on this bright, sun-washed Lowcountry afternoon I watched two people talk with remarkable candor and apparent detachment about what they did on that evening long ago.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Eventually Herman and Marlena moved their practice to Charleston where there was more work as that city experienced dramatic growth. Slowly, incrementally we lost touch until Marlena was diagnosed with cancer. Then, I remember my wife sitting on the foot of her bed when Marlena said, “This is so unfair…”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After Marlena died Herman expanded his Charleston practice and we saw even less of him. And then we were thunderstruck to hear that Herman was in the ICU at Roper Hospital.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We drove up one Friday evening and found Herman heavily sedated — though the nurse, Kelly, said that he could probably hear us. And so we talked (loudly) of parties on Port Republic Street, of the four of us trying to haul a cast-iron tub down narrow stairs from their second story bathroom. But the thing I could not get out of my head as we talked and laughed was the cloud that must have descended on all German children after World War II. They were not just a defeated people — they were the issue of a jackboot-wearing, black-hearted race that very nearly killed every Jewish person on the European continent.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Just how does a child deal with that? &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We never really touched on that topic — we sometimes got close but I don’t think we hit it dead on. Not directly. Not that I remember.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But one wonders about the consequence to children who have seen their country discredited, their fathers dishonored, their leaders put in the dock for war crimes. How do they function, as adults, when they have known worldwide condemnation?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Herman and Marlena Denzinger somehow fought their way through any guilt they might have inherited, becoming successful architects who lived good, productive lives in South Carolina and leaving a host of brick and mortar buildings attesting to their creativity. And if one worries about their own children in these troubling and confusing times, one should take heart in the resilience of Herman and Marlena Denzinger — and the resilience of children.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. Email Scott at cscottgraber@gmail.com.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Remembering the Denzingers, and the resilience of children', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'remembering-the-denzingers-and-the-resilience-of-children', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:10:46', '2019-02-24 21:10:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39013', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39015, 4, '2019-02-07 16:10:56', '2019-02-07 21:10:56', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By David M. Taub</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fools who go where angels fear to tread usually regret it. I did and I certainly do. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the early 1990s, so-called “street preachers,” acolytes of Rev. Karl Baker, would assemble Saturday mornings on Bay Street in downtown Beaufort. They would park a pickup truck strategically on Friday night, usually in front of Lipsitz Department Store. The next morning, a Baker minion would mount the bed of the pickup truck and, holding a tattered Bible, scream as loudly as he could to all passersby about the word of God. To newcomers and tourists, it was an interesting and entertaining elocution.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To Bay Street merchants, the street preachers were intensely unwelcome. At Christmas time, these self-appointed “messengers of God,” would scream at children that Santa Claus was Satan, scaring the cow-pucky out of them. Many an angry parent threatened to beat the you know what out of the screaming messenger for sharing.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In early 1991, the “city fathers” were treated to a steady angry drumbeat from local merchants, complaining that street preachers were disruptive and hurting business. Initially, the city tried a velvet glove approach to compromise. Councilman Dr. Tony Bush, a devout traditional Baptist, met with Rev. Baker asking him to relocate his pickup truck pulpit to the far end of Bay Street. They reached a gentleman’s agreement that worked for a short while. Seems only one side was gentlemanly, as the street preachers were soon back to the old pattern of parking in front of Lipsitz Department Store on the Jewish Sabbath and screeching to the unsaved.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The city’s next approach resembled a baseball bat more than a velvet glove. Under unrelenting pressure from the Downtown Merchants’ Association, council asked City Attorney Bill Harvey to research what could be done to temper the street preacher circus while not transgressing First Amendment protections of free speech. He did, and council revised its noise ordinance, based on a Maryland law that had passed Constitutional muster. We were told that government could regulate “time, place and manner” of free speech. How those words haunt me even today; I wish I had never heard them. And so, into places where angels have feared to tread did we plunge, full speed ahead.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In October 1991, council amended its noise ordinance, which allowed arrests of anyone willfully disturbing neighborhoods or business “…by making or continuing loud and unseemly noises, or by profanely cursing and swearing, or using obscene language.” Almost before the ink was dry on the revised noise ordinance, downtown merchants began calling city police. Officers first warned the preacher that he was violating the city’s noise ordinance. After these warnings, the preacher typically would continue at the same noise level and consequently was arrested.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On March 9, 1992, Baker and 13 of his minions were found guilty by a Beaufort Municipal Court jury and all were sentenced to a fine or jail. They all chose jail. Many pictures of Baker in an orange jumpsuit splashed across the front pages of the Beaufort Gazette — it made for good sales. I am a great believer in the “Principle of Unintended Consequences;” unintentionally, we made instant martyrs of them. Street preachers obtained pro bono services of a USC Law School professor to represent them, and he promptly filed an appeal of their convictions with the South Carolina Supreme Court; all convictions were upheld in a split decision.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now enraged, street preachers from all over South Carolina swarmed to Bay Street screaming their support. It was a three-ring circus of such bogus proportions that national CBS News came to Beaufort and wanted me, as mayor, to go on national TV and explain why Beaufort was denying citizens free speech rights. I kindly declined. No way, no how was I going to be that stupid; we had already been stupid enough. Like rabbits, the mistakes by, and headaches for, the city fathers just kept multiplying. Over the next several years a number of lawsuits would be filed in various courts. The city was spending legal fees like a drunken sailor on leave after payday during happy hour.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most cases were eventually dismissed and did not go to trial. The final trial before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, was to decide if Beaufort’s revised noise ordinance was Constitutionally valid. That was the bottom line after years of litigation and angry confrontations. The Court announced its decision: “REVERSED IN PART, VACATED IN PART, AND REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS.” This ruling led Beaufort to engage in mediation with Rev. Baker. Just before I left office, we reached a mutual settlement: City would revise, yet again, the noise ordinance, substituting decibel-monitored noise levels as a metric of lawfulness. City immediately ordered lots of decibel meters.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Esteemed U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings used to tell me, “Mayor, there is no educational value in the second kick of a mule.” How painfully correct — a lesson well learned, and never again did I entertain thoughts about challenging the First Amendment. After almost a decade of arduous and expensive entanglements with street preachers, we were essentially right back where we had started. This fruitless battle was my biggest mistake as mayor; I regret it to this day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Over the years, I’ve lost track of Karl Baker; I don’t even know if street preachers are still an attraction on Bay Street. Perhaps it is ancient history of a long-ago time of downtown Beaufort’s eccentricities. What I remember most about Karl was that he was short but stocky in build and always wore cowboy boots, which reminded me of my dad, a native Texan who always wore cowboy boots.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And that he led me to regretfully go where angels fear to tread.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>David M. Taub was Mayor of Beaufort from 1990 through 1999, and served as a Beaufort County Magistrate Judge from 2010 to 2015. He may be contacted at david.m.taub42@gmail.com.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The Street Preachers: Do Not Buck The First Amendment', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-street-preachers-do-not-buck-the-first-amendment', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:11:43', '2019-02-24 21:11:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39015', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39017, 4, '2019-02-07 16:11:46', '2019-02-07 21:11:46', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Human remains recovered on Jan. 22 in Bamberg County have been identified as 18-year-old Malik Spencer, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Spencer was reported missing by family members after he was last seen leaving his home in Lobeco on Dec. 18. On December 21, Spencer’s vehicle was found abandoned near a rural residential area on St. Helena Island. Following the discovery of his vehicle, the Sheriff\'s Office conducted an extensive search of that area, but did not find Spencer.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The vehicle was processed for forensic evidence and items were submitted to the Sheriff\'s Office Forensic Services Laboratory for analysis. Also submitted for DNA analysis were personal items of Spencer’s obtained through his family. His DNA profile was developed and uploaded to the DNA database.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Jan. 22, linemen discovered human remains in the brush off of Highway 78 in Bamberg County. Bamberg County Sheriff\'s deputies and personnel from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) processed the scene for forensic evidence and the unidentified remains were sent to Newberry for autopsy. Through autopsy, forensic pathologists determined that the remains were that of an adult male who had died as a result of gunshot wounds. Pathologists concluded that the manner of the unidentified man\'s death was homicide.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Items recovered during the man\'s autopsy were subjected to DNA analysis at the SLED forensic laboratory. When the man\'s DNA profile was entered into the DNA database, it matched Specner’s DNA profile. Following the match reported by SLED, confirmatory DNA analysis was performed at the Sheriff\'s Office Forensic Services Laboratory. After review, Sheriff\'s Office DNA analysts confirmed the results.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As this may involve multiple jurisdictions in South Carolina, there is now a joint investigation into Spencer\'s disappearance and death being conducted by the Sheriff\'s Office and SLED. Law enforcement is asking for information from the public to help identify those responsible. Anyone with information is urged to call investigator Brian Abell at 843-255-3436 or Crimestoppers of the Lowcountry at 843-554-1111 if wishing to remain anonymous and for possible reward.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Remains identified as missing teen', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'remains-identified-as-missing-teen', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:12:29', '2019-02-24 21:12:29', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39017', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39019, 4, '2019-02-07 16:12:33', '2019-02-07 21:12:33', '<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39021,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":411,\"height\":284} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/RES4577-1024x707.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39021\" width=\"411\" height=\"284\"/><figcaption><em>Red, a 4-year-old Labrador retriever sets the pace for his human, Sarah Lancaster of Beaufort, during the sixth annual Chilly Bean Run on Saturday at Coosaw Point on Lady\'s Island.</em><br></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nearly 450 runners laced up and participated in the sixth annual Chilly Bean Run on Saturday, Feb. 2, at Coosaw Point on Lady’s Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John Duberley of Bluffton was the men’s champion in the 5K with a time of 16 minutes, 32 seconds. Ridgeland’s Rachel Bowling, who recently set a Guinness World Record for a female runner pushing a double stroller in a 10K, won the women’s 5K in 20:30 — while pushing her two daughters.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bluffton’s Yorlliry Moreno won the men’s 10K in 37:07, while Kristen McHale of Lady’s Island was the women’s 10K winner with a time of 50:41.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The annual event is a fundraiser for Beaufort Academy.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo at top: Some of the 440 runners taking part in the sixth annual Chilly Bean Run on Saturday. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Big crowd turns out for annual Chilly Bean Run', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'big-crowd-turns-out-for-annual-chilly-bean-run', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:15:33', '2019-02-24 21:15:33', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39019', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(39026, 4, '2019-02-07 16:15:44', '2019-02-07 21:15:44', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Lisa Allen</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Adams Outdoor Advertising is trying to resurrect a billboard they once had at the foot of the Broad River bridge, but this one will be digital.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In its request of Port Royal Town Council to amend a planned unit development (PUD), the billboard company says it had a 288-square-foot billboard on the northeast corner of S.C. 170 and S.C. 02 from the mid-1970s until 2015 and argues that precedent entitles the company to reclaim that parcel for a new billboard. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“With this text change…Adams Outdoor Advertising, the prospective buyer, would be able to reinstate the message display on the Broad River parcel in the same general area and to a similar size and height as the once long-time existing message display stood,” Adams wrote in its application.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Town officials said that just because there once was a billboard at that location, it does not entitle them to build a new one.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The fact that they had a billboard there that they voluntarily took down does not mean they can put another one up,” said Town Manager Van Willis.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Adams agreed to take down the sign in 2015 under the PUD that includes the PARC at Broad River apartments.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Since the town no longer allows billboards, and it is not an available use for the property in the PUD currently, this is the avenue (Adams) has chosen to make the request,” Willis said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Adams also wants to cut in half the 50-foot setback so the sign would be more visible. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Adams said it wants to buy 3.6 acres next to the apartments and build an office there, but no building plans have been submitted to the town, said Linda Bridges, planning director for Port Royal. The company has submitted only the request to build the digital billboard, she said. Calls to Adams’ representatives were not returned.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Port Royal has banned new billboards since 2000. Those along Ribaut Road and other locations were grandfathered in. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The City of Beaufort and Beaufort County adopted similar billboard bans at the same time, Willis said. Jasper County allows billboards, and dozens line the west side of U.S. 170 en route to Bluffton.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Metropolitan Planning Commission was unanimous when it declined to recommend Adams’ billboard amendment at its Oct. 15 meeting. Commissioner Judy Alling a Port Royal resident, spoke out against the amendment. She said a lighted sign could distract drivers.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The town is not obligated to follow the planning commission’s recommendation. The Port Royal Town Council will hold a public hearing on the request at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 13 at Town Hall.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Port Royal to consider request for digital  billboard at foot of Broad River bridge', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'port-royal-to-consider-request-for-digital-billboard-at-foot-of-broad-river-bridge', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:16:37', '2019-02-24 21:16:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39026', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39028, 4, '2019-02-14 16:16:40', '2019-02-14 21:16:40', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Symphony Orchestra: Light&nbsp;</strong><strong>Classical Pops</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 14 and at 4 p.m. on Feb. 17 at St John\'s Lutheran Church, 157 Lady\'s Island Drive. Admission is $40 for general admission or $15 for students. For more information, visit beaufortorchestra.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Blues concert to&nbsp;</strong><strong>benefit children</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Renowned blues musician Guy Davis is coming to Beaufort for a concert to benefit the students of the United Community Task Force. Davis will perform from 4-6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16, at United Church, 1801 Duke Street.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Come enjoy fabulous blues and support the children.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Admission is a recommended donation of $20 for adults and 25 cents for children.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Hopeful Horizons&nbsp;</strong><strong>7th Annual Race4Love</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Runners and walkers are invited to join the fun at the 2019 Hopeful Horizons Race4Love. The event will start at 9 a.m. on Feb. 16. The course is flat and quick and offers a pleasant trip through the scenic neighborhoods and Sanctuary Golf Course on Cat Island, 8 Waveland Ave. Marshals will guide you to the registration and parking areas near the tennis courts. Strollers and dogs are welcome.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>New this year is the “Kiss my Grits” breakfast bar by Southern Graces. The 2019 race course is now USATF-certified and will be professional chip timed by Grounded Running.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>PIHMS to present discussion</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Parris Island Historical and Museum Society and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will present MGSgt Tyrone Jackson discussing the history of the segregated Montford Point Marines from 1942-49.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event will be at noon on Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Grand Army of the Republic Hall at 706 Newcastle St.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The GARH was established in 1896 for those African Americans who served in the Civil War and built by USCT’s of Beaufort area. The building has since served the community as a church, school, daycare and community resource building. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2017, Dr. E. Washington, Commander of the SUVCW (Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War) opened the Afro-American Military Mini Museum to show involvement of African-American veterans in all wars that America has been involved. Also active in the opening of the Afro-American Military Mini Museum are the DUVCW (Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War.)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Following the Montford Point Marine presentation, a community fish fry will be held with fried fish dinners at $10 per plate.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Rabbi Radonsky to&nbsp;</strong><strong>hold book signing</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rabbi TZiPi Radonsky has scheduled a signing of her 2013 book, “AND: Building a World of Connection Through Jewish Mystical Wisdom,” from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Red Piano Too Gallery, 870 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jewish mysticism and the wisdom of the Kabbalah have long fascinated spiritual seekers of all faiths. Even though you may not be Jewish, you may find it interesting, inspirational, comforting and uplifting.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rabbi Radonsky is co-founder of The Society of the Vav (rhymes with love). She is a traveling Rabbi with a virtual congregation and has spiritual companions from around the world.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information about her work visit www. http://rebtzipi.com&nbsp; or www.thesocietyofthevav.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Calling all singers</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Lowcountry Chorale, a mixed-voice community of singers, has begun preparation for its upcoming season. The Chorale has been singing as a group since the spring of 1997, with continuous performances twice a year. Voices needed, no audition necessary — just a love of singing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rehearsals begin at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 157 Lady’s Island Drive. The 13 weeks of rehearsals will culminate in performances on Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18. All who love to sing are welcome to join. The theme for this concert is “A Night At The Drive-In” and includes a variety of songs from movies we may have seen at drive-ins. This concert is a tribute to Beaufort’s famous drive-in theater, one of the last few remaining in the country.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Please note, registration prior to the first rehearsal will begin at 6:15 p.m. and there is a $35 membership fee to help defray music and performance costs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Call Marsha at 207-323-1498 for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beyond the Bricks: Hoopla, cloudLibrary and Flipster</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Learn how to instantly access and download free ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, music, and more.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bring your own mobile device (tablet, cell phone, or laptop) and learn how to use the digital services offered by the library.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Tuesday, Feb. 19, 3-4:30 p.m.</li><li>Friday, March 8, 9:30-11 a.m.</li><li>Wednesday, March 20, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Branch Library, 311 Scott St. Free. For more information, call 843-255-6458.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LCCWC sets&nbsp;</strong><strong>February luncheon</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Low Country Christian Women\'s Connection will hold its February luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at the Hampton Hall Clubhouse in Bluffton. Kim Hall, Director of Bluffton Self Help, will be the featured guest for the luncheon.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Guests are encouraged to bring a non-perishable item to donate for Bluffton Self Help. The speaker for the luncheon will be Joyce Stryker from Columbus, Ga., and her topic will be, \"Which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn.\" Music will be provided by Laurie Haddock and Sherry Wiley.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cost for the luncheon is $25 and must be prepaid by Wednesday, Feb. 13. Please make checks payable to \"CWC Bluffton\" and mail to Carol Mock, 607 Argent Way, Bluffton, SC 29909.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For details, call Carol at 843-705-7604.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Evolution Big Band concert fundraiser for BAC</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>February is the month of love, and big band fans are going to love hearing the Evolution Big Band perform a benefit concert for the Beaufort Arts Council. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Technical College of the Lowcountry building 12 auditorium.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Artwork from Beaufort Arts Council artists will be on display and a light reception will be available at 6 p.m. in the lobby. Guests can also check out the historic community mural in process in the tunnel beneath Ribaut Road, connecting the campus.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 18-piece Evolution Big Band is regarded as one of the top big bands in the region. Its mission is to support local charitable causes by performing contemporary arrangements of big band music at concerts, dances and private events.&nbsp; Since its founding in 2004, the band has raised more than $150,000 for non-profit organizations in the area.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This concert is a fundraiser for the Beaufort Arts Council (BAC), which is located on the campus of the Technical College of the Lowcountry.&nbsp; BAC offers many educational programs for artists, students and church organizations and also promotes the local heritage, rich artistic legacy, and cultural uniqueness of our community. Tickets are $25. Reservations can be made at www.beaufortartscouncil.org/fundraising-events or by calling the Beaufort Arts Council at 843-379-2787.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Friends of Fort Fremont&nbsp;</strong><strong>to hold annual meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Friends of Fort Fremont members, guests, and the public are invited to attend our Annual Meeting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the St. Helena Branch Library. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Accomplishments of the past year will be highlighted, and future plans will be presented, including a preview of the Fort Fremont Walking Tour app being developed for smart phones. Light refreshments will be served.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The regularly scheduled monthly docent tour will take place before the meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, beginning in the small conference room of the St. Helena Library. If you haven’t been on a tour, now is your opportunity.&nbsp; You will see our award-winning documentary, view the diorama of the Fort circa 1900, and then travel down to the Fort for a walking tour with Sgt. Ted.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Classical pianist to play Fripp</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sandra Wright Shen, one of the most gifted classical pianists, will perform on Sunday, February 24, at 5:00 pm at the Fripp Community Centre, 205 Tarpon Boulevard. This concert is sponsored by Fripp Friends of Music and supported by the SC Arts Commission. Attendees get a free pass at the Fripp gate. Tickets at the door only: adults $30 (no credit cards), students free thanks to the Peg Gorham Memorial Fund. You are invited to join Sandra at a complimentary catered reception after the performance. www.frippfriendsofmusic.com or call 843-263-5916.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>February Beaufort&nbsp;</strong><strong>Drum Circle Events</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All are invited to share some good vibes with the Beaufort Drum Circle. Now that the groundhog did not see his shadow, we hope that spring is on its way and we will be back outdoors soon. Until then, we are grateful to our gracious winter hosts. The final February event is planned for 6-7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Henry Chambers Waterfront Park Contemplative Garden (weather permitting).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In case of inclement weather, an alternative indoor location will be announced no later than Feb. 27 via email and on the Beaufort SC Drum Circle Facebook page.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Everyone is welcome to attend. No experience is necessary. Please bring an extra drum or hand percussion if you have one to share. Questions, please email beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com or contact us on our Facebook page \"Beaufort SC Drum Circle.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>PIHMS to hold&nbsp;</strong><strong>annual meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Parris Island Historical and Museum Society will be holding their annual meeting on March 1, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Parris Island Museum. Please call 843-228-3215 for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Conroy Center to hold 3rd annual March Forth</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Pat Conroy Literary Center will hold our third annual March Forth day of learning from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, at the Frissell Community House at Penn Center on St. Helena Island. Commemorating the anniversary of Pat Conroy\'s death, March Forth will be a day-long embrace of nature, writing, social justice, and fellowship among writers and readers in the heart of Conroy\'s beloved lowcountry.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>March Forth\'s lineup will include New York Times best-selling young adult novelist Nic Stone (author of “Dear Martin”); educator and civil rights leader Cleveland Sellers Jr. and his biographer Adam Parker (author of “Outside Agitator”); “Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy” contributing writers Cassandra King Conroy, Tim Conroy, Jonathan Haupt, Ellen Malphrus, Sallie Ann Robinson, and Valerie Sayers; and a guided birding walk led by master naturalists Chris Marsh and Bob Speare.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All-day admission to March Forth is $22 with four gourmet box lunch options catered by Debbi Covington available for an additional fee of $18 (with advance purchase).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'February 14th-20th events around Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'february-14th-20th-events-around-beaufort', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:19:23', '2019-02-24 21:19:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39028', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39030, 4, '2019-02-14 16:19:26', '2019-02-14 21:19:26', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Celia Strong</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some wines just have the best stories to go with them, and sometimes these stories make the wines taste all that much better. Hopefully, that’s the case this week.  </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The original name for our grape variety this week is “Melon de Bourgogne.”  Literally translated from French this means “melon from Burgundy,” but we should probably accept that in Old French it could also mean “grape from Burgundy.” </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This variety grew in the Burgundy region until it was ordered destroyed in the early 1700s. In 1709, though, west of Burgundy on the Atlantic coast of France, near Nantes and the mouth of the Loire River, there was a very harsh winter and most of the vines there died. Dutch traders, who traveled across France from Burgundy and the Netherlands further east to the Atlantic Ocean and the Loire delta, encouraged using melon vines to replace those that had died. There is evidence that Louis XIV, the Sun King, ordered the melon vines to be planted after the hard freeze of 1709.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Muscadet is the current name for the wines made from these grapes. This name originated as a reference to the characteristics of the wines made from melon grapes. “Vin qui a un goût musqué,” translates as “Wines with a musk-like taste.” The name Muscadet is an exception in French wine laws. AC wines, across France, are named for their growing region, and only in&nbsp; Alsace are they named for their grape variety. None are named for what the wines might taste like.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>About 80 percent of Muscadet wines are Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine appellation wines. (There are two other sub-appellations, but their wines are rarely available.) Established in 1936, this appellation covers over 20,000 acres of vineyards in 21 villages, all located near the mouth of the Loire River, near where its tributaries, the Sèvre and the Maine rivers, join it. The soil for the appellation is rich in magnesium and potassium, with clay, gravel and sand over gneiss, schist, granite and volcanic rock subsoils. Much of this soil comes from thousands of years of oysters and shellfish living on the water’s edge and their shells decomposing over time. How perfect that the soil where Muscadet grapes grow makes these wines a perfect partners for oysters.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Muscadet is a white grape with basic flavors that are very neutral. More than almost anywhere else, these wines are fermented and aged with their lees (grape skins and pulp). By stirring the wine, “bâttonnage,” the lees and dead yeast cells are circulated through it repeatedly and help develop flavors and textures. The wines are bottled in the spring or early summer following the harvest. They are light-bodied, very crisp and dry, and can show a bit of salinity. Often, left over carbon dioxide from the bottling process can leave the wines with a slight prickly sensation. Muscadet wines are usually drunk within two or three years of their vintage.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Oysterman is the name of our new Muscadet. The grapes come from 25- to 60-year-old vines. They are hand harvested, fermented in stainless steel and bottled, for the 2017 vintage, in June 2018, just before the wine was shipped. Served very chilled, this wine pairs well with oysters. Its acidity, freshness, minerality, and hint of brininess make a great example of what these two can do together. Served a bit warmer, there are floral and white and yellow fruit notes that show. Great as an apéritif and with roasted or grilled seafood. Our chance to drink melons from Burgundy. For $16.99. Enjoy.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Celia Strong works at Bill\'s Liquor &amp; Fine Wines on Lady\'s Island.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Melons From Burgundy', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'melons-from-burgundy', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:21:52', '2019-02-24 21:21:52', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39030', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39032, 4, '2019-02-14 16:22:00', '2019-02-14 21:22:00', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Bill Rauch</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With four new members, they may look like a new Beaufort County Council, but the long and divisive shadow of former interim administrator Josh Gruber still darkens their deliberations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last week, glimpses of the familiar divide were apparent again. This time the venue was the meeting of the Council’s Community Facilities Committee.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That was the meeting where the committee voted 5-3 to advance to the full council a proposal to build a Disabilities and Special Needs (DSN) group home at 1 Bostick Circle in Beaufort’s Battery Point neighborhood.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At first blush, the resistance to the placing of the facility there appears to have been “prejudice” against disabled persons, and Councilman Gerald Dawson said so. Vice Chairman Paul Sommerville too has called out the opponents as being guilty of “pretextual discrimination.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They say it is a charade to argue, as the chairman of Battery Shores’ Architectural Review Board and others did at the meeting, that the property won’t drain. Properly filled and graded, it will drain to the street just like the lots of its neighbors do, just like the subdivision’s drainage plan proscribes, and just as the county’s stormwater chief, Eric Larson, promised at the meeting to ensure sure it will.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Moreover, the county has in hand a drainage permit for the property issued by the City of Beaufort, within whose municipal boundaries the lot is located.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And the prejudice-finders ask what sense it makes to say, as some opponents of the facility do, that Beaufort County’s DSN consumers shouldn’t live near water. There’s water everywhere in Beaufort County. More all the time. But DSN’s staff says they have determined that when the facility is properly constructed, it will be safe for the no more than four DSN consumers who will be provided housing there.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Further complicating an about-face now, Assistant County Attorney Chris Inglese has cautioned council that since the county bought the lot for $34,000 and it appraised for $35,000, and since DSN staff recommended the purchase, that selling it now could appear discriminatory and possibly be a violation of the Federal Fair Housing Laws that prohibit discrimination in housing against people with disabilities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I hear the discrimination argument, but I don’t buy it.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here’s the real heart of the divide.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In arguing against the county going forward with the building of the facility, Councilman Brian Flewelling, who lives in the neighborhood and who represents the Burton district and as such is the appropriate leader of the opposition’s forces, argues the county should sell the property and begin a new search for an appropriate site. Flewelling argues the purchase of the parcel was made in violation of County Council’s policies because it was not brought specifically before council by the administrator. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Who authorized the purchase of the parcel?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The very same Josh Gruber who resigned last summer as the county’s interim administrator.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When asked, Inglese opined at the meeting that Gruber had broken no laws and could not be sanctioned for his “technical violation of our code” decision.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What? Here’s what. This is in my opinion the most recently-revealed example of Gruber doing what Gruber did, and why he ruffled feathers. This was Gruber steamrolling ahead and trying to put into place the will of the council’s majority but without glancing over his shoulder to see which if any of his bosses’ noses were slipping out of joint.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Answering the opponents’ “Gruber didn’t consult us” argument, the facility’s supporters on council say: Nonsense, Gruber was authorized by council to purchase four parcels of property upon which to build the four needed facilities and with no instruction that he must come back to them for parcel-by-parcel votes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Which brings us to the underlying issue, the familiar old one: fealty to the Council-Administrator form of government. Some County Council members want to be closely involved in the day-to-day operations of the county while others would leave the details to the county administrator. The acquisition of 1 Bostick Circle is the most recent bout in this lengthy history.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here’s what’s key: Who’s on which side on the new council?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Flewelling was joined in voting against last week’s DSN proposal by Bluffton Councilman Michael E. Covert, an anti-Gruber veteran, and newly-elected Councilman Chris Hervochan from the Moss Creek district.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We will soon see who else might be in the Anti-Gruber/Weak Administrator camp, because in the present free-spending era of Politics by Investigation some on council still want to spend up to $10,000 to hire an attorney to investigate Gruber’s now six months or more-old decisions to see what if any crimes or violations of policy he might have committed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And the group home at 1 Bostick Circle item is currently expected to appear on the full council’s Feb. 25 agenda.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Bill Rauch was the mayor of Beaufort from 1999-2008. Email Bill at TheRauchReport@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'New County Council grapples with old divide', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'new-county-council-grapples-with-old-divide', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:22:52', '2019-02-24 21:22:52', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39032', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39034, 4, '2019-02-14 16:22:59', '2019-02-14 21:22:59', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<h1 style=\"text-align:center\">Thank you from Friends of Beaufort Library<br></h1>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Friends of Beaufort Library wish to thank all our generous, civic-minded supporters for their sponsorship and raffle donations for the 31st annual Books Sandwiched In book talks. These include Ameris Bank; Pat Conroy Literary Center; Rugala Association; MacDonalds Restaurant; Modern Jewelers; Lulu Burgess; Higher Ground; Levin, Gilley &amp; Fisher Attorneys; Oyster Cay Collection; Hand &amp; Tanner; The Beaufort Bookstore; Common Ground Coffee; Nevermore Books; The Savvy Apple Preschool; The Beaufort Day Spa; Starbucks; Wayback Burgers; Lowcountry Produce; MacDonald Marketplace; Luthers; Paninis; Piace; The Chocolate Tree; and <br>\nEffervescence Yoga.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Monday noontime series continues through March 4. Full details at www.friendsofthebeaufortlibrary.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"right\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><strong>Carol Brown</strong><br><em>President of Friends of Beaufort Library</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Letter to the Editor', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'letter-to-the-editor-31', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:23:47', '2019-02-24 21:23:47', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39034', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39037, 4, '2019-02-14 16:23:55', '2019-02-14 21:23:55', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Lee Scott</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Years ago, when I was a college student, one of my professors suggested we write our own obituaries. He was an English professor, and this was our first writing assignment. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We all sat there looking at him like he was crazy, but he said the exercise would achieve many objectives. First, it provided him with some background on each of us, but it also provided us with a structure for the assignment, and it forced us to pause in our 20s and dream about who we would be in the future. I wish I had a copy of that paper because I do not remember what I wrote, but this began my fascination with obituaries.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The more obituaries I read in the newspaper, the more I realized that many people were dying without their life story being told. One obituary I recall reading was about an elderly woman. It read, “She liked crossword puzzles and her soaps.” I threw down the newspaper and said to my husband, “OH, MY GOODNESS! She is 96 years old. Don’t tell me the only thing she did on this Earth for 96 years was write crossword puzzles and watch soaps.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He suggested that maybe all her close friends and family were dead and that maybe people did not know what she did all her life. Or maybe family members were too overwrought at the time of death and just filled out the form at the funeral parlor.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And so, my quest began. I wrote my own obituary and put it with our important papers, and then I did my husband’s. He was not crazy about the idea, but as we talked, I learned more about him that I did not know. Here is a man I have been married to for years, but who actually had a life before me. (Something I keep forgetting.)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After that, I started writing obituaries for friends; not when they died, but while they were still alive. I like to exaggerate the future in my obituaries too.&nbsp; That dream of going to New Zealand and Australia has already occurred in the pre-death obituary and that future novel has become a Pulitzer Prize winner.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When I did my Beaufort girlfriend’s obituary she laughed and sent it off to her Northern friends.&nbsp; That gave them the opportunity to fill in the blanks of her life story. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There is a beauty in obituaries that is missed sometimes. “Grandma’s Christmas Eve dinners were the annual event the family looked forward to each year.” “Every tool in Granddad’s garage will be a reminder of the projects we did together.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For me, obituaries are not just death notices, they are life stories. And I am still writing my own.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'A Life Story', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'a-life-story', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:24:37', '2019-02-24 21:24:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39037', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39039, 4, '2019-02-14 16:24:41', '2019-02-14 21:24:41', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Scott Graber</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In April 1978, John Plath and John Arnold — and two woman — wandered into Beaufort County. In those days Beaufort County was an isolated, mostly bypassed farming and fishing community. The tragedy that happened on April 12, 1978, began when this foursome spotted a young black woman on Warsaw Island. Sworn testimony would later establish that these kids took the woman to a remote part of St. Helena Island where she was made to undress, engage in sex, and was thereafter strangled and stabbed. Eventually she died.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ralph Baldwin and I were appointed to represent John Arnold and had spent a long day reviewing allegations that our client had choked and repeatedly stabbed the Warsaw Island women. We had statements that described a level of brutality that would make a guilty verdict a certainty. We were both thinking that the second trial — where choosing electrocution or life imprisonment was the only task given the jury — was where we might have a chance to save Arnold’s life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Let’s subpoena the electric chair,” Ralph said. “Let’s bring the chair into court and show it to the jury. Let’s make the jury see how they\'re going to kill our client.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“My God Ralph,” I said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I’ll write up the subpoena,” he said. “What have we got to lose?”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Our law licenses,” I replied.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Several days later my wife and I were enjoying a bright, brisk, unseasonably warm Saturday on our porch. Neither of us paid attention to the white pickup truck when it stopped in front of our wrought iron gate. We did focus on the truck when two men climbed into the truck bed and wrestled a large canvas covered object out of the pickup and carried the unwieldy object to the foot of the stairs leading into our house.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Where do you want it?” one of the men asked my wife, Susan.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Where do I want what?” she replied.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Where do you want the electric chair?” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My wife, who grew up in a New York City suburb, had never contemplated a situation were she might take possession of South Carolina’s electric chair and was uncharacteristically speechless.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The man turned to me saying, “You’ve got to sign this receipt.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I signed the small chit and he said, “Now where do you want it?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Put it in the living room,” I said pointing in that general direction.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“No, its not going in the living room,” my wife said quietly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The two corrections men put down the chair and looked at Susan.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We’re not putting the electric chair in our living room,” she said again.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We’ll put it in the corner and keep it covered up. It’s only for a week or two,” I said</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The men again lifted the chair and began to move to the front door.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I won’t have that thing, that chair, in my house,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The men groaned, put the chair back down, and one said, “At some point we would like to get back to Columbia.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At that point ours had been an interesting, sometimes contentious marriage but we had always managed to talk things through — and until that afternoon we had never had a disagreement about living room decor. The two men from the Department of Corrections put the electric chair down and sat themselves in the white-painted wicker chairs on the porch, amused at our discussion of the death penalty.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This long-gone memory came back into focus last week — triggered by news that the South Carolina Senate had voted to bring back the electric chair for South Carolina’s executions. This bill also gives death row inmates the option of a firing squad. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John Arnold was one of the last people electrocuted in South Carolina — after that almost everyone on death row chose to die by lethal injection. This was not a difficult choice given the fact that electrocutions are sometimes botched and almost everyone who has actually witnessed this manner of execution agrees there is dramatic, painful trauma involved. And so it came to pass that “lethal injection” became the “choice” of every person on death row. The “choice” until the pharmaceutical folks decided that it was bad karma to sell the state of South Carolina the drugs that are used in executions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So they have refused to supply the drugs, the Department of Corrections has run dry, and this small bit of relief from pain and suffering will be denied death row inmates. This last bit of compassion will be withheld because our pharmaceutical friends, the same people who make billions of dollars every year, don’t want to be associated with death..&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. Email Scott at cscottgraber@gmail.com.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Return of ‘The Chair’ and the death of compassion', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'return-of-the-chair-and-the-death-of-compassion', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:25:20', '2019-02-24 21:25:20', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39039', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39042, 4, '2019-02-14 16:25:28', '2019-02-14 21:25:28', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH) is currently conducting a community health needs assessment and is asking for participation by residents of Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton counties who are over age 15.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Participating residents can complete a short, confidential survey available online at BeaufortMemorial.org/CommunityNeeds. (A Spanish language version of the survey is available at BeaufortMemorial.org/NecesidadesDeLaComunidad.)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Surveys should be completed by Feb. 28. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“You will need just 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire,” said Laurie Martin, associate vice president of operations. “The time you invest today may help us identify services that will add years to someone’s life tomorrow.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As a not-for-profit community hospital, Beaufort Memorial regularly conducts assessments to better understand the health of the community and to help the hospital develop programs that address identified health needs and improve residents’ health and wellness. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo at top by Paul Nurnberg.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort Memorial seeks community input on local health needs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-memorial-seeks-community-input-on-local-health-needs', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:26:56', '2019-02-24 21:26:56', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39042', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39046, 4, '2019-02-14 16:27:07', '2019-02-14 21:27:07', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Elementary School was placed on lockdown by law enforcement while officers served a warrant in the surrounding neighborhood on the morning of Monday, Feb. 11.  </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort County School District reported that students and staff were safe and secure in the building, and there was an extra Beaufort Police Department presence as a precaution while officers from the BPD, the U.S. Marshals Southeastern Regional Fugitive Task Force (SERFTF), the S.C. Department of Probation and Parole (SC PPP), and a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit served an arrest warrant at a nearby residence.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The lockdown was lifted about two hours later and the school resumed normal operations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39047,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":372,\"height\":242} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mugs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39047\" width=\"372\" height=\"242\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Officers were searching the residence at 1715 Prince St. for Gecoby Daise, 16, who was wanted for attempted murder in connection with a Dec. 27 shooting in the northwest quadrant of Beaufort in which he allegedly fired a handgun at an adult male victim.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The victim, who was uninjured, positively identified Daise and an arrest warrant was issued, according to BPD. Daise was located and arrested without incident. During the arrest, 19-year-old Gerard Daise was located within the residence and was also arrested for an outstanding warrant for probation violation. A search of the residence by SC PPP agents uncovered four handguns, three of which were reported stolen, a large quantity of marijuana, and body armor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As he is being charged as an adult, Gecoby Daise was transported to the Beaufort County Detention Center. Gerard Daise was arrested by SC PPP agents for probation violation.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anyone who has any additional information about either suspect or the Dec. 27 shooting case is asked to call investigator Charles Raley at 843-322-7914, or the anonymous tip line at 843-322-7938.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'School temporarily locked down', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'school-temporarily-locked-down', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:28:28', '2019-02-24 21:28:28', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39046', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(39049, 4, '2019-02-14 16:28:36', '2019-02-14 21:28:36', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Civil rights photography exhibition at USCB Center for the Arts Gallery</em><br></h3>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An exhibition of 50 historic photographs by documentary photographer Jim Lucas — A Past That Won’t Rest: Images of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi — will be on display from Feb. 26 through March 17 at the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) Center for the Arts Gallery at 801 Carteret Street.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39051,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":352,\"height\":492} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Robert-Kennedy-with-young-school-child-1967.-Photo-by-Jim-Lucas-732x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39051\" width=\"352\" height=\"492\"/><figcaption><em>Robert Kennedy with young school child, 1967. Photos by Jim Lucas.</em><br></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“A Past That Won’t Rest: Images of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi” is a collection of black and white photographs depicting iconic events of the Civil Rights Movement, taken by the late Jim Lucas between 1964 and 1968. These beautifully shot and meticulously restored images capture the courage and persistence of those who organized to overcome educational and economic oppression. The photos are a testament to the Ku Klux Klan\'s rampant violence and murderous attacks on African Americans, Jewish members of the community, and white people who dared to speak out against Jim Crow laws. In 1964, Lucas was a college student in Jackson, Mississippi, and a young practicing photojournalist when Freedom Summer exploded. He found himself in the middle of events that would command the attention of the world. He had an instinctive eye for framing shots that visually told the story and he became a freelance photographer for Time, Life (magazine), and the Associated Press.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As stated by Marian Wright Edelman, “Jim Lucas had extraordinary, unusual access on the ground in Mississippi. For those of us who were there, the moments he captured are a powerful, sometime painful, priceless gift.” </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Through his artistry, Lucas’ work documents the search for three missing civil rights workers in Neshoba County, the Meredith March Against Fear, and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s visit to the Mississippi Delta, among others. His evocative photographs captured a human sensibility and sensitivity, providing a visual legacy of the struggle for equal rights throughout the South during this tumultuous time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lucas died in a car accident in 1980. His photographs were preserved and archived by Jane Hearn, his wife at the time of his death. Hearn, currently a Beaufort resident, curated this traveling exhibition that premiered at the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer held by the Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi at Tougaloo College. The exhibit then traveled to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, and to the Brown v. Board of Education Historic Site in Topeka, Kansas, prior to being shown in this South Carolina venue.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2018, a book by the same name was published by the University Press of Mississippi and accompanies the exhibit with more than 50 additional photographs, as well as scholarly essays that frame the history and context of the civil rights era. Copies of the book will be available at the opening reception and are also available for purchase at Nevermore Books, 702 Craven Street in Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., and during evening events at the Center. An opening reception and book signing will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 28.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For additional information, contact Jane Hearn at jimlucasphotographs@gmail.com or USCB Center for the Arts at 843-521-4145.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo at top: Meredith March Against Fear, 1966. Photo by Jim Lucas.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'A PAST THAT WON’T REST', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'a-past-that-wont-rest', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:31:14', '2019-02-24 21:31:14', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39049', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39053, 4, '2019-02-14 16:31:23', '2019-02-14 21:31:23', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Kat Walsh</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Once upon a time, 100 women got together and decided to make Beaufort a better place.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Four times a year, in the basement of the Education Building of First Presbyterian Church in Beaufort, 100 (or more) women gather for an hour to change our community through the power of collective philanthropy.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They’ve been meeting since 2015 and, in that relatively short time period, they’ve raised $240,405 for non-profit organizations in Northern Beaufort County. That number bears repeating: 100 women have raised almost a quarter of a million dollars for local charities. And that’s the whole point of — and power behind — 100 Women Who Care, a nationwide organization based on the simple concept of bringing women together to make a large impact on their community.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Bringing 100 Women&nbsp;</strong><strong>to Beaufort</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Chapter of 100 Women Who Care was founded in January 2015 by Jeneane Ryan. She had been a founding member of the Naperville, Illinois, branch and, when she moved to Beaufort in 2014, knew that it was an idea she needed to bring to her new hometown — especially after she discovered there were no chapters of the organization in South Carolina.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I will always fondly remember the first meeting of 100 Women Who Care Beaufort,” Ryan says. “Two of my friends came down from Naperville to help and, sitting around my kitchen table that morning, we placed our guesses of how many women would show up. I said I would be happy with 30. My friend guessed 60, which I said would have been incredible. Well, 105 women joined that night, and 20 more followed within the week. To say I was beyond thankful, awestruck and humbled would be an understatement.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The whole concept of the organization is really amazing — an effective, impactful way to make a difference,” says chapter leader Laura Riski. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There is no committee work, no soliciting, no selling. You simply attend a one-hour meeting four times a year, listen to three short presentations on local charities, vote on which one to support, and write a check directly to that chosen charity for $100.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The most recent recipient of the group’s efforts — Circle of Hope Ministries — was announced at the group’s first meeting of 2019.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>The “Church Without Walls” Finds A Home …&nbsp;</strong><strong>with Walls</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pastor John C. Dortch, the founder of the Circle of Hope Ministries, greets everyone he meets with a hug. “I’m a hugger,” he smiles. Indeed, he’s made it his life’s work to embrace, physically and otherwise, those who need it most. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39055,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":438,\"height\":291} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/100-WWC-Circle-of-Hope-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39055\" width=\"438\" height=\"291\"/><figcaption><em>Men\'s room in the new Circle of Hope facility. Photo by Sandy Dimke.</em><br></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For the past five years, Circle of Hope, a portable ministry nicknamed “The Church without Walls,” has been working with the homeless — particularly homeless veterans — of Northern Beaufort County. In the past year alone, Pastor Dortch and his ministry team have worked with 87 homeless individuals, a significant accomplishment, but only a small fraction of the problem. A survey conducted by the Beaufort County Alliance counted 4,000 homeless people in Beaufort County. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Every day, someone knocks on my door who is hurting,” Pastor Dortch says. “One of our real challenges is that affordable housing is an issue here. Where can people go when they’re ready to move on with their lives?”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The answer? Build it yourself. And that’s exactly what Circle of Hope is doing at 1816 Boundary Street. The new 12-bed facility, the only one of its kind in Beaufort County, will provide transitional housing and wrap-around support services to help homeless veterans get back on their feet. And with the help of 100 Women Who Care, and many other generous donors and organizations, it will open before the end of the month.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Together We Are Stronger</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The efforts of 100 WWCB go above and beyond writing a check.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Because our members are engaged with the organizations they support, they get interested in the cause and, often, find something they really want to become involved in on the ground and start volunteering,” says Riski. “It’s a circle for us as well.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information on 100 Women Who Care Beaufort, please visit http://www.100wwcbeaufort.org. To learn more about Circle of Care Ministries or volunteer, visit http://www.circleofhopemin.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo at top from the left: Cherie Lasher, Reverend Dortch, Laura Riski, Sharon Davis, and Karen Rogers present the check on behalf of 100 Women Who Care Beaufort. Photo by Sandy Dimke.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', '100 Women Who Care Beaufort kicks  off another year of supporting charities', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', '100-women-who-care-beaufort-kicks-off-another-year-of-supporting-charities', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:33:46', '2019-02-24 21:33:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39053', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39058, 4, '2019-02-21 16:33:59', '2019-02-21 21:33:59', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Evolution Big Band concert fundraiser for BAC</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>February is the month of love, and big band fans are going to love hearing the Evolution Big Band perform a benefit concert for the Beaufort Arts Council. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Technical College of the Lowcountry building 12 auditorium.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Artwork from Beaufort Arts Council artists will be on display and a light reception will be available at 6 p.m. in the lobby. Guests can also check out the historic community mural in process in the tunnel beneath Ribaut Road, connecting the campus.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 18-piece Evolution Big Band is regarded as one of the top big bands in the region. Its mission is to support local charitable causes by performing contemporary arrangements of big band music at concerts, dances and private events.&nbsp; Since its founding in 2004, the band has raised more than $150,000 for non-profit organizations in the area.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This concert is a fundraiser for the Beaufort Arts Council (BAC), which is located on the campus of the Technical College of the Lowcountry. BAC offers many educational programs for artists, students and church organizations and also promotes the local heritage, rich artistic legacy, and cultural uniqueness of our community. Tickets are $25. Reservations can be made at www.beaufortartscouncil.org/fundraising-events or by calling the Beaufort Arts Council at 843-379-2787.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Take the Plunge</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s the coolest thing you’ll do all year – and you’ll help support the Special Olympics, too! On February 23, you have the opportunity to participate in the Wardle Family YMCA’s Polar Plunge in Port Royal. This fundraising effort will help provide athletes with intellectual disabilities the life-changing experience of participating in the Special Olympics — at no cost to themselves or their families. You can sponsor an athlete, provide free health screenings for 20 athletes, or sponsor a team’s training and competition costs for one year. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and The Plunge is at 10 a.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Wardle Family YMCA is located at 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal. For more information contact Doug Kahn at douglaskahn4@gmail.com</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Friends of Fort Fremont to hold annual meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Friends of Fort Fremont members, guests, and the public are invited to attend our Annual Meeting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the St. Helena Branch Library.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Accomplishments of the past year will be highlighted, and future plans will be presented, including a preview of the Fort Fremont Walking Tour app being developed for smart phones. Light refreshments will be served.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The regularly scheduled monthly docent tour will take place before the meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, beginning in the small conference room of the St. Helena Library. If you haven’t been on a tour, now is your opportunity.&nbsp; You will see our award-winning documentary, view the diorama of the Fort circa 1900, and then travel down to the Fort for a walking tour with Sgt. Ted.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Classical pianist to play Fripp</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sandra Wright Shen, one of the most gifted classical pianists, will perform on Sunday, February 24, at 5:00 pm at the Fripp Community Centre, 205 Tarpon Boulevard. This concert is sponsored by Fripp Friends of Music and supported by the SC Arts Commission. Attendees get a free pass at the Fripp gate. Tickets at the door only: adults $30 (no credit cards), students free thanks to the Peg Gorham Memorial Fund. You are invited to join Sandra at a complimentary catered reception after the performance. www.frippfriendsofmusic.com or call 843-263-5916.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>HBF Dinner and a Lecture&nbsp;</strong><strong>to feature Rowland</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Historian and engaging speaker Lawrence S. Rowland will tell the story of an early 20th-century American literary figure’s love affair with Beaufort at the Monday, Feb. 25, Dinner and a Lecture at the Verdier House, 801 Bay Street.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Samuel Hopkins Adams, a member of the Algonquin Circle of New York literary opinion makers, wintered in Beaufort for almost 25 years from 1935-58, and during his career wrote more than 50 books including novels, biographies and political exposes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rowland, who knew Adams, wrote that Adams was the literary bridge between 19th-century and 20th-century Beaufort and was a star among many writers and artists who lived in Beaufort off-and-on during the first half of the 20th century, gathering at the Gold Eagle Inn and the Tidalholm Guest House.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dinner and a Lecture is a monthly educational series, September-May, sponsored by Historic Beaufort Foundation. Reservations are necessary as seating is limited.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A wine and hors d’oeuvre reception begins at 5:30; the program is at 6 pm. Admission for members is $15/$25 per member/couple.&nbsp; Non-member admission is $20/$30 per person/couple.&nbsp; Call 379-3331 to make reservations.&nbsp; Reservations for Saltus River Grill’s special for lecture ticket-holders may be made by calling Saltus at 379-3474.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>February Beaufort&nbsp;</strong><strong>Drum Circle Events</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All are invited to share some good vibes with the Beaufort Drum Circle. Now that the groundhog did not see his shadow, we hope that spring is on its way and we will be back outdoors soon. Until then, we are grateful to our gracious winter hosts. The final February event is planned for 5:30-7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, at Sea Island Center, 876 Sea Island Parkway).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Everyone is welcome to attend. No experience is necessary. Please bring an extra drum or hand percussion if you have one to share. Questions, please email beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com or contact us on our Facebook page \"Beaufort SC Drum Circle.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>PIHMS to hold annual meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Parris Island Historical and Museum Society will be holding their annual meeting on March 1, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Parris Island Museum. Please call 843-228-3215 for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>“Food for the Eyes”&nbsp;</strong><strong>Art Exhibit&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Local artists will feature their “delicious” art at the Food for the Eyes” exhibit from March 3-28 at the Beaufort Arts Council Art Gallery at Technical College of the Lowcountry building 1, 921 Ribaut Road.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An opening reception will be held from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday March 3. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Tuesday through Friday. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Conroy Center to hold 3rd annual March Forth</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Pat Conroy Literary Center will hold our third annual March Forth day of learning from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, at the Frissell Community House at Penn Center on St. Helena Island. Commemorating the anniversary of Pat Conroy\'s death, March Forth will be a day-long embrace of nature, writing, social justice, and fellowship among writers and readers in the heart of Conroy\'s beloved lowcountry.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>March Forth\'s lineup will include New York Times best-selling young adult novelist Nic Stone (author of “Dear Martin”); educator and civil rights leader Cleveland Sellers Jr. and his biographer Adam Parker (author of “Outside Agitator”); “Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy” contributing writers Cassandra King Conroy, Tim Conroy, Jonathan Haupt, Ellen Malphrus, Sallie Ann Robinson, and Valerie Sayers; and a guided birding walk led by master naturalists Chris Marsh and Bob Speare.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All-day admission to March Forth is $22 with four gourmet box lunch options catered by Debbi Covington available for an additional fee of $18 (with advance purchase).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Historical Society&nbsp;</strong><strong>to present lecture&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort County Historical Society will offer a lecture by Dr. Larry Rowland and Julie Zachowski at noon on Thursday, March 7, at the Santa Elena Center, 1501 Bay Street in Beaufort. Their topic will be, “The Blue Channel Corporation and the Origins of the Beaufort Seafood Industry.” This event is free and open to the public. Donations are always welcome.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Vibe Alive with&nbsp;</strong><strong>Beaufort BioEnergetics</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Embody your personal power with the Vibe Alive event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, at The Retreat at Lady\'s Island, 9 Sunset Blvd. Join Martha O\'Regan and Elizabeth Bergmann of Beaufort BioEnergetics for a day of fun while learning simple ways to shift your energy to enliven a higher vibrational you. Cost is $80 per person (lunch provided). Register at www.beaufortbioenergetics.as.me/vibe-alive. For more info call 843-812-1328 or 410-212-1468.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Get moving with&nbsp;</strong><strong>Beaufort Track Club</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'February 21st-27th events around Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', '39058-2', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:14:14', '2019-02-24 22:14:14', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39058', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39060, 4, '2019-02-21 14:37:36', '2019-02-21 19:37:36', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Celia Strong</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As we head toward spring, many of our thoughts turn to new and lighter wines to match the fresh warmer weather that’s coming.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>New, too, is the source for this week’s wine — the Pfalz region of Germany. This area, also known as “the Palatinate,” is located in southeastern Germany, just north of France’s Alsace region. It is between the Haardt Mountains and the Rhine River. The mountains protect it from the very cold and wet weather blowing in from the Atlantic. In fact, this protection makes the Pfalz one of the warmer and drier areas of Germany. So warm and dry that almonds, figs and lemons grow here along with wine grapes, hence its nickname — the Tuscany of Germany.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are several interesting facts about the Pfalz region. It is Germany’s second-largest wine region with just under 60,000 acres of vineyards. Riesling, the dominant variety in Pfalz, produces about one quarter of the wines. The average daytime temperature during the grapes’ growing season is 55 degrees, and the region sees 40 percent more annual hours of sunshine than in the Mosel, while rainfall is about 40 percent less.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Villa Wolf is our winery this week. Originally called the J L Wolf Estate when it was founded in 1756, the name changed when they built an actual villa in 1843. Going into the end of the 20th century, the estate lacked good management and their wines’ reputation suffered. Dr. Ernst Loosen took over the winery in 1996 and has turned it back into a standard of German wine production. His goal is to produce wines that are pure and authentic and represent the Pfalz style — drier and more full-bodied than Mosel wines, with full fruit flavors. To ensure their high quality, all their vineyards are sustainably maintained and the fruit is very gently handled. Winemaking is minimalist. While Rieslings are their show pieces, they also produce a dry Gewurztraminer, a minerally and dry Pinot Gris, and, our wine, a rosé made with Pinot Noir.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Villa Wolf Pinot Noir Rosé is the perfect new wine for this spring — and the rest of the year, too. The grapes for this wine are selected from estate vineyards, chosen for the flavors and textures they have to make a classic rosé, or “Weissherbst” in German. Only perfectly ripe grapes are chosen — none under or overly ripe — And only Pinot Noir.&nbsp; After harvest, there is a brief maceration, four to six hours, that gives the wine its lovely salmon shade. No red wine is added to augment the color or weigh down its flavors and textures. Fermentation is done exclusively in stainless steel. No malolactic secondary fermentation occurs, so the wine maintains a crisp acidity. Just before bottling, a minimal, light filtration is done. The finished wine is light and refreshing, with bright fruit flavors — strawberries, red cherries, red currants, plums. The fruit flavors are very forward, but also delicate, and very well-balanced with the wine’s acids. Its flavors and textures linger in your mouth for quite a while. A great new wine — true or Pfalz? True! For $11.99. Enjoy.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Celia Strong works at Billís Liquor &amp; Fine Wines on Ladyís Island.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'From the Tuscany of Germany', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'from-the-tuscany-of-germany', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:13:23', '2019-02-24 22:13:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39060', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39063, 4, '2019-02-21 16:38:24', '2019-02-21 21:38:24', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By David M. Taub</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our story begins in India, where, in 1939, psychology professor Dr. Clarence Carpenter brought about 500 rhesus monkeys and resettled them on Cayo Santiago island, just off Puerto Rico’s east coast. They were part of research conducted jointly by Puerto Rico’s School of Tropical Medicine and Columbia University. There they lived and thrived, unbothered and essentially invisible to the public until the early 1970s.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the mid-1940s, the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis (later the March of Dimes Foundation) bought about 40 acres just off Pinckney Colony Road, near Bluffton. In this remote and isolated backcountry, a monkey holding facility was established, originally called the Pritchardville Primate Center. This site was ideal because it was far removed from human habitations (unlike today) and many of the monkeys arrived sick. At this rural “monkey farm,” monkeys were treated and healed before being shipped to Dr. Sabin’s lab at University of Michigan or Dr. Salk’s lab at the University of Pittsburgh. John Helmey, a wildlife researcher, started the Okatie farm and ran it for many years. His book “The Land That I Love” provides the best description of South Carolina’s first, but not last, “monkey farm.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From 1946 until it closed in 1959, many thousands of monkeys came through this remote farm before being transferred to research facilities throughout the U.S. Many a monkey escaped from its confines along Pinckney Colony and made their way to Hilton Head Island, a classier place to live. Locals claimed that Hilton Head Island, at that time covered with pristine forests and small farms like all of southern Beaufort County, was overrun with Okatie’s escaped monkeys, riding farmers’ mules and killing their hunting dogs. Who knows if this was true?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What is certainly true is that these monkeys were essential in the development and testing of effective vaccines to protect from the destructive polio virus, which by the early-1950s had grown into a critical national health crisis that was crippling thousands, leading government and private institutions to commit immense resources to developing a vaccine. Two different effective vaccines were developed: Salk’s was based on killed poliomyelitis virus, whereas Sabin’s was based on attenuated (i.e., mostly killed) live virus.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Armed with effective ammunition, in the form of Sabin’s and Salk’s vaccines, a massive nation-wide effort at total immunization of America’s population against polio was undertaken. This effort saved many thousands of lives and prevented paralysis in innumerable children and young adults, those most often afflicted by polio. The “war on polio” was soon won. Those of my generation will remember medical vans coming to our schools and dispensing sugar cubes imbued with a small purple dot of Sabin’s vaccine. Although unknown to most people, southern Beaufort County played a critical role in eradicating polio, not only in America and but also worldwide (except in Pakistan and Afghanistan, where religious terrorists to this day assassinate healthcare professionals trying to vaccinate local children).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This ends the “polio” part of this puzzle, but not the end of the government’s role in “monkey business.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For many decades, America’s biomedical community used mostly Indian-origin rhesus monkeys in research. They were most abundant on the Indian subcontinent, where many hundreds of thousands roamed its forests and inundated its farms and cities. America had a treaty with India allowing the importation of rhesus monkeys for biomedical research, with a critical stipulation: neither military nor nuclear research could be done using these monkeys. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Eventually activists discovered the U.S. was conducting secret research on nuclear radiation’s effects using rhesus monkeys, and they promptly notified India’s Prime Minister, Morarji Desai. Desai was incensed, as he was a religious Hindu, and using semi-sacred monkeys, by Hindu theology, in terminal experiments violated his deeply-held religious values. In response, India permanently banned all exports of rhesus monkeys to the United States in 1977. To this day, Indian rhesus monkeys are not imported into America. The few that are imported now come mostly from China.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lacking a reliable source of rhesus monkeys, significant and important biomedical research and vaccine production came to a screeching halt. Consequently, senior scientists at the highest levels of government decided that we had to establish domestic breeding colonies of Indian rhesus monkeys to support critical research. Hence, in the mid-1970s domestic breeding colonies were established, supported by taxpayer dollars. Litton Bionetics was a small biomedical division of Litton Industries, whose President, Roy Ash, had been President Nixon’s Secretary of Commerce. Litton Bionetics was interested in developing one of these government-sponsored domestic breeding colonies.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Someone at Litton vaguely remembered something about a monkey colony somewhere in South Carolina. So, with their L. L. Bean bush boots packed, off trekked these Yankee “captains of industry” to rural South Carolina to hornswoggle the Southern backwoods rednecks out of their monkey farm. Litton’s brass figured they could just come to town, blind the good ole boys with the razzle-dazzle of their Brooks Brothers pinstriped suits, Barbour field jackets and New England pedigrees and buy themselves a monkey farm.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reality dashed such hopes; the now abandoned old Pinckney Colony facility was not for sale, period. Crushed, these captains, now demoted by failure to privates, prepared to depart the sunny South empty-handed. But magically the Wizard of Luck intervened, and enterprising Beaufort County officials got wind that the masters of the universe wanted to buy land in Beaufort County.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The county’s so-called “Courthouse Gang” sprang into action and convinced these not-so-savvy captains turned privates to buy 30 acres of swamp land in the so-called Yemassee Industrial Park. They were assured there would be no problems with zoning, development licenses and permits. Litton bought this pig in a Beaufort County poke and submitted their NIH proposal. They received one of the initial awards, and so was born the Yemassee Primate Center, immediately slapped with the obvious moniker of “monkey farm.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But that’s just the first part of this true story. In Part 2, I will reveal the nitty-gritty of how Monkey Island itself was created, and why the future mayor came to Beaufort a second time.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>David M. Taub was Mayor of Beaufort from 1990 through 1999, and served as a Beaufort County Magistrate Judge from 2010 to 2015. He may be contacted at david.m.taub42@gmail.com.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The True Story of Monkey Island, Part 1', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-true-story-of-monkey-island-part-1', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:38:59', '2019-02-24 21:38:59', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39063', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39065, 4, '2019-02-21 14:39:04', '2019-02-21 19:39:04', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Lee Scott</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last summer I was able to attend a family birthday party for my grandson Finnegan.&nbsp; After he opened the large gift box from me, he looked at me with an expression that read, “What?”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the box was a classic blue blazer wrapped in tissue paper.&nbsp; Then he opened the card on top.&nbsp; On the card, I wrote that it was time he started wearing a blue blazer to certain functions, and I wanted to be the person to present him with his first one. (There was also cash in the card.) &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now this child has had suits before, but this classic blue blazer was his first. I told him I wanted a picture of the two of us together dressed up.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That is when my daughter chimed in, “Finn, this present was for your grandmother more than you.” (She knows me so well.)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But it was not long before he was walking around posing for us like a model in GQ magazine. Then my daughter took out her old wedding album and he saw photos of all the men in his family who were wearing their blue blazers.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“They look good,” he announced.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The next morning when we walked into his school and his friends saw him, they started making comments. Maybe it was his look of confidence or his manly swagger they noticed, but both male and female said, “Looking good, Finn.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I was reminded again of how much I love classic blue blazers while attending a large book club gathering. A retired FBI agent who introduced the author was wearing his blue blazer. He looked so confident and polished as he stood up at the podium.&nbsp; The Naval Academy ring just added to the look.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then there is the young boy at my church who wears his blue blazer every Sunday. He stands there passing out bulletins to the church members. Everyone greets him as if he were much older. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As for me, I too have my classic blue blazer. When I wore it to a girls’ lunch recently they all commented on how much they all like blue blazers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Several months after Finn opened the birthday gift, my daughter called to tell me that she was getting ready for a family wedding when she heard Finnegan calling, “Mom, where is my blue blazer?” He knew the men would all be wearing a blazer and he wanted to wear his too.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For me, there will always be times for both men and women to don a nice pair of slacks and a blue blazer. And I know one 9-year-old who agrees with me, because he called to let me know he is growing, and his blue blazer is getting a bit small.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The Classic Blue Blazer', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-classic-blue-blazer', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:12:53', '2019-02-24 22:12:53', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39065', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39068, 4, '2019-02-21 16:39:56', '2019-02-21 21:39:56', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Scott Graber</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is Friday afternoon and two men — old men — are sitting in the open-air dining area behind Blackstone’s Cafe in downtown Beaufort. They are eating, talking loudly so they can hear each other, and one might suppose they are discussing golf, macular degeneration or grandchildren.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But if one chooses to get themselves a little closer to the poached eggs and hash browns, one would hear the terms Aegis, Defense Intelligence Agency or, perhaps, the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972.&nbsp; If one really leans into the conversation one will correctly conclude that these two curmudgeons are talking about the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“In July 1962 I was detailed to brief the Joint Chiefs in the Pentagon,” Charlie Davis says to me as he drinks the last of his coffee. “I had some U-2 photographs, taken over Cuba, and was showing them to the admirals and generals sitting around the table. ‘It is the opinion of our photo interpreters,’ I said to the grim-faced men around the table, ‘that these truck trailers are designed to carry telephone poles. However, there is a minority opinion — that these trailers are designed to carry surface to air missiles. Missiles that will protect larger, medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles.’ </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Curtis LeMay, Chairman of the Chiefs, jumped out of his chair, ran up to me and yelled, ‘What the hell did you say young man?’ all the while punching my chest with a cigar-stained index finger,” Charlie continued.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Soon — in October 1962 — the “minority opinion” became reality as more photos showed the larger ballistic missiles aboard ships on their way to Cuba. And this was the opinion that was taken to the Kennedy White House where, for 13 days, President John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev flirted with the notion of a nuclear war.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The confrontation was resolved when the Soviets took the anti-aircraft missiles back to Russia,” Charlie tells me. “And then they turned their ships around and took the bigger ballistic missiles home, too. For our part we agreed to take our medium-range (ballistic) missiles out of Turkey,”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I’m getting Charlie’s war story as part of an afternoon discussion about Vladimir Putin’s recent decision to again deploy medium-range ballistic missiles and to get Russia out of the Intermediate Range Missile Treaty. Putin’s decision seems to be a very bad thing. But Charlie is circumspect.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“You can’t just focus on one weapons system.” Charlie says, “We have the advantage in every category. The Russians are still flying the Tupolev 142 bomber. This is a turboprop relic. We, in contrast, have the B-1, B-2 and, of course the venerable B-52.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“They have their submarines and their submarine launched missiles,” he says as a P-3 Orion makes its approach over downtown Beaufort, “But we know how to track their submarines and have a qualitative edge in that department.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“And we have Aegis,” he says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Aegis is a ballistic missile intercept system that has been deployed on U.S. Navy cruisers and destroyers. Now, however, the system is being land-based in Romania and in Poland. These missiles are effective against short- and medium-ranged missiles — the kind of missiles that Putin intends to build and deploy in Russia. The kind of missiles that were prohibited and then destroyed by the Intermediate Range Missile Treaty of 1987. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One would think that Russia’s scrapping this treaty would be cause for concern. But Charlie thinks otherwise.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Right now there is a rough parity between the U.S. and Russia,” he says. “Both sides have enough nuclear-tipped missiles to assure that a few of them — maybe 20 percent — will survive a first strike. That’s unacceptable to us; and apparently unacceptable to them.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“‘You’re talking about mutually assured destruction? Is that a concept that’s still in play?” I ask.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Yes,” Charlie says, “It’s still the theory that keeps the peace.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For almost 30 years Charlie Davis was part of America’s intelligence community. He spent his days, and nights, trying to figure out what the Soviet Union was capable of doing. He made estimates and assessments trying to anticipate the mischief the Soviets were going to make in Cuba, Egypt, Vietnam and elsewhere.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“What Putin really wants is the dismantling of NATO,” Charlie says as he examines his check and we prepare to depart Blackstone’s.&nbsp; “He likes the Brexit turmoil and the discord between Donald Trump and Angela Merkel. He has designs on Poland and the Czech Republic and those plans are now blocked by NATO.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And so two old can now be see departing Blackstone’s, making their unsteady way down Bay Street, both wondering about dinner and whether or not they can stay awake for Rachel Maddow.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. Email Scott at cscottgraber@gmail.com.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Conversing about bombs over breakfast', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'conversing-about-bombs-over-breakfast', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:40:38', '2019-02-24 21:40:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39068', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39071, 4, '2019-02-21 16:44:32', '2019-02-21 21:44:32', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With any startup youth sports program, there is always a question of whether it will get off the ground. The landscape is competitive and, in many cases, oversaturated with options.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But Nick Field knew right away he was onto something when he launched the Beaufort Hustle AAU basketball program last year.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Field, then an assistant boys basketball coach at Beaufort High School, when nearly 100 players from throughout the area turned up for the program’s first tryout. Players came from 11 area schools with 60 making the cut for four grade-based teams — seventh, eighth, ninth, and 10th.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The success didn’t end there. The seventh-grade team won two tournaments, and the ninth-graders won eight titles, building a great foundation for the future. In addition to fielding four boys teams this season —&nbsp;eighth, ninth, 10th, and 11th/12th — the Hustle will add a girls’ program this season and could expand to younger age groups if there is enough interest. Field expects upwards of 100 players to come out to tryouts from Feb. 24-26, with players coming from as far as Greenville and Spartanburg to try out for a spot on one of the teams.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I started this program to help kids,” Field said. “I love working with kids and I love the game of basketball. It was clear to me that something new was needed in the community for kids that play basketball. They needed a program where they could get great coaching, great competition, and to travel outside of the Lowcountry.” &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Field, now the athletics director at Beaufort Academy, said parents of players he has coached over the years had long encouraged him to start his own travel program, and it finally fit into his schedule last year. This year’s schedule will be a bit more challenging for the older teams, Field said, as the Hustle spreads its wings in search of the strongest competition and more exposure.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Our objective is to not only provide a positive experience and outlet for the youth in the community, but to also prepare student-athletes for the next level,” Field said. “For some of the students that meant middle school, JV, or varsity, and some of our kids are preparing to play in the college ranks.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If students are interested in playing for the Hustle, they can register for tryouts and get more info at beauforthustle.com. Coaches interested in joining the program can email beauforthustle@gmail.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'AAU program ready to ‘Hustle’ into second season', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'aau-program-ready-to-hustle-into-second-season', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:45:01', '2019-02-24 21:45:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39071', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(39073, 4, '2019-02-21 16:45:18', '2019-02-21 21:45:18', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Lisa Allen</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>About 100 people showed up Feb. 13 for a Port Royal Town Council public hearing to oppose a proposal to build a digital billboard at the foot of the Broad River bridge. About a dozen people told the council that such a sign would harm the town’s ambiance and image.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Adams Outdoor Advertising had asked Port Royal Town Council to amend a PUD (planned unit development) on the northeast corner of S.C. 170 and S.C. 802 to allow the sign. It had a static sign there from the mid-1970s until 2015 and argued that the precedent entitles the agency to reclaim that parcel for a new billboard.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beau Hodges, Adams Outdoor Advertising’s real estate manager, pleaded with the town council to move the request past the first reading so his company would provide him money to do a rendering of a proposed office on the same parcel.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lt. Col Neil Baxley from Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office spoke in favor of the billboard because of the ability to post public notices about emergencies, weather threats and investigations nearly instantaneously.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“They’ll give us override ability,” Baxley said.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Child Abuse Prevention Association executive director Christina Wilson said her nonprofit doesn’t take sides on public issues, but said Adams Outdoor has been generous in posting informational messages about child protection.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The request died when no one on the council offered a motion to act on it.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mayor Sam Murray said because all of the surrounding areas also ban billboards, the council didn’t want to “be out there by themselves” in allowing a digital billboard.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Port Royal has banned new billboards since the early 2000s. Those along Ribaut Road and other locations were grandfathered in. The City of Beaufort and Beaufort County adopted similar billboard bans at the same time. Jasper County allows billboards, and dozens line the west side of U.S. 170 en route to Bluffton.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Port Royal rejects billboard bid', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'port-royal-rejects-billboard-bid', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:45:50', '2019-02-24 21:45:50', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39073', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39075, 4, '2019-02-21 16:45:54', '2019-02-21 21:45:54', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Valentine’s Day was celebrated Thursday, Feb. 14, and in keeping with tradition, The Chocolate Tree was the hub of activity for purchases of pralines, chocolate turtles, jelly beans, boxes of chocolates and one of the local favorites — chocolate covered strawberries from Dempsey Farms on St. Helena Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo above: Linda Henley sorts through seemingly endless rows of jelly beans during a busy Valentine\'s Day on Thursday, Feb.14. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39076,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Valentine-babies-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39076\"/><figcaption><em>Three special little Valentines were delivered last Thursday to the Beaufort Memorial Collins Birthing Center. Meet Eliza Pineda, daughter of Susan Medina and Gabriel Pineda of Beaufort; Zyir Shabazz, son of Davies Singleton and Aamir Shabazz of Beaufort; and Aylani Maldonada, daughter of Rocia Jimenez Diaz and Antonio Maldonado of Bluffton - all born on February 14. Congratulations to moms, dads and their precious Valentine\'s Day babies!</em><br></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'Love is in the air', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'love-is-in-the-air', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:48:19', '2019-02-24 21:48:19', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39075', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39079, 4, '2019-02-21 16:48:30', '2019-02-21 21:48:30', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When Dr. Dan Durbin determined the time was right to add a speech and debate team to the long list of extracurricular activities available to students at Beaufort Academy, he knew who he needed to hire to launch it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Durbin, BA’s head of school, was once a noted speech and debate coach in his own right, and David Nagel was his prized pupil at FJ Reitz High School in Indiana — an individual state and national champion in high school who went on to compete at the collegiate level.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The student has become the teacher.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Durbin lured his former student to BA last fall to launch the school’s speech and debate team, which has qualified for the South Carolina state tournament next month in Greenville. Seven students will represent BA at the event.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As veterans of speech and debate, Durbin and Nagel sing the program’s praises as a form of student expression that encourages students to tackle current events and social issues while encouraging competition and leadership. Nagel believes that in order to effect change in the world around them, students must do so by using their voice.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“By voice, I mean how they feel about a given topic or area of interest,” Nagel says. “Our activity is unique in the fact that it not only allows students to express themselves, it also encourages them to develop their own opinions through research and dialogue. Through this process, we hope to produce future leaders and adults that can make a positive impact on our community.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nagel is quick to point to the long list of notable speech and debate alumni ranging from famed actors and rock stars to Supreme Court Justices and politicians, including South Carolina natives Stephen Colbert and Chadwick Boseman, Sonia Sotomayor and President John F. Kennedy, and even Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Springsteen.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39080,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":297,\"height\":297} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://actionclub.site/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/BA-Speech-Logo-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39080\" width=\"297\" height=\"297\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This activity has a storied and successful pedigree — something that Beaufort Academy is very excited about,” Nagel said.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Durbin knows a thing or two about building a successful speech and debate program. His program in Indiana was recognized as one of the nation’s largest and most successful programs during the 1990s, and he passed on his expertise to Nagel, who parlayed his success as a competitor into an impressive teaching and coaching resume. For five years prior to moving to Beaufort, he led the program at Mater Dei High School in Evansville, Indiana, producing multiple state finalists, an individual state champion, national qualifiers, and the 2017 Indiana state championship team.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Bringing David and his wife Megan to Beaufort is an amazing opportunity for our school and the community,” Durbin said. “He is a seasoned speech and debate competitor and veteran coach with a great handle on the classroom. David’s success and experience speaks for itself.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nagel had a good thing going in Indiana, but he couldn’t pass up the chance to work for his mentor and build a program from scratch.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39081,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":448,\"height\":190} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Inside-photo-1024x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39081\" width=\"448\" height=\"190\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Dr. Durbin definitely has a vision for what he wants to accomplish with BA as a Leadership Academy,” Nagel said. “The skillset that our students develop through this activity and the newly-implemented Leadership curriculum sets them up for success beyond high school and after college. I was absolutely honored when he reached out. I know what he is capable of when he sets his mind to something. We are on the brink of great things here.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nagel has big plans for the program, including setting students up for opportunities to earn scholarships to compete in college and hone their critical-thinking and public speaking skills in regional, statewide, and national competitions.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Our students will be in a unique position when entering the workforce after college,” Nagel said. “They have the experience to interview well and maintain a level of success and confidence that is expected of them in this type of activity. Many employers look for this on a resume, especially in the professional world.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And Nagel hopes BA won’t have the area’s only speech and debate program much longer. The team currently has to travel to Columbia or Greenville for most of its competitions, but Nagel looks forward to a day when the Lowcountry has a robust local scene that allows area schools to compete against one another.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Spreading this activity to other schools throughout our community is the next step,” he said. “We are constantly looking for opportunities to allow these amazing students to compete. Hosting tournaments and providing support to other future programs in Beaufort and along the Lowcountry coast is an integral part of our success. We grow in experience and as a program the more that we are able to compete.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'New program helping BA students find their voice', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'new-program-helping-ba-students-find-their-voice', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:51:06', '2019-02-24 21:51:06', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39079', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39085, 4, '2019-02-21 15:51:56', '2019-02-21 20:51:56', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BA girls roll into semifinals</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Academy’s girls blazed into the SCISA 1A semifinals with a 59-29 rout of Richard Winn Academy on Monday in Sumter.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>EmilyAnn Hiers scored 20 points, Amelia Huebel added 17, and Shanese Bostick had 10 to lead the Eagles to the blowout win.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BA breezed through the first round with a 59-33 win over Holly Hill Academy on Friday. Huebel scored 21 points, Hiers added 20, and Bostick had eight.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BA (16-8) will face Dorchester Academy in the semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday at Wilson Hall in Sumter.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Coleman tops 1K, BA boys advance</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dawson Coleman surpassed 1,000 career points while leading Beaufort Academy’s boys to a 69-59 win over South Aiken Baptist in the first round of the SCISA 1A state tournament Saturday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Coleman led the Eagles with 20 points, pushing him past the 1,000-point mark. David Mathai added 15 points and Jaylen Reeves had nine for BA.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles (13-10) were scheduled to face top-seeded Richard Winn Academy in the second round at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wilson Hall in Sumter.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Whale Branch boys </strong><strong>fall in 2nd round</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Whale Branch boys saw their season come to a close with a 62-40 loss to Gray Collegiate Academy in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs Saturday in Columbia.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>RaeQuan Brisbane scored 15 points and Shawn Chisolm added 10 lead the Warriors.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Warriors advanced to the second round with a 70-63 home win over Kingstree on Wednesday. JaQuan Watson scored 17 points to lead four Warriors in double figures. Chisolm added 14 points, Shemar Williams scored 13, and Nick Pringle had 12.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whale Branch finishes the season with a 14-9 record.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BA announces new girls soccer coach</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Academy has announced Bruce Marroquin will take over the varsity girls soccer program after Steve Aldred stepped down after one season at the helm.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marroquin is a certified NFHS coach, coming to Beaufort Academy from the YMCA with 28 years of experience playing soccer. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Bruce is going to bring great energy and expertise to the position,” BA athletics director Nick Field said. \"He has a great background as a player and is quickly becoming a big name in the community for his investment in the sport.\" &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marroquin will be assisted by Taylor Dunphy and former longtime head coach David Byrne.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Sports briefs for February 21st', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sports-briefs-for-february-21st', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:53:22', '2019-02-24 21:53:22', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39085', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39088, 4, '2019-02-21 15:53:36', '2019-02-21 20:53:36', '<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39089,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":283,\"height\":424} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/RES4852-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39089\" width=\"283\" height=\"424\"/><figcaption><br></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Both Beaufort High basketball teams bowed out in the first round of the SCHSL Class 4A playoffs last week.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The girls lost 51-43 to visiting Midland Valley on Tuesday, Feb. 12, ending their season with a 15-9 record.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High’s boys ran into a tough matchup on Wednesday, Feb. 13, losing 73-34 to a powerful Orangeburg-Wilkinson team.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jamaad Rivers and Jontai Murray scored eight points apiece and Trae Heyward added seven to lead the Eagles, who finished with a 10-16 record. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo to right: Beaufort\'s Layla Warren, left, manages to stay inbounds under constant pressure from the Midland Valley defense. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Both BHS teams fall in first round', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'both-bhs-teams-fall-in-first-round', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:55:38', '2019-02-24 21:55:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39088', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39092, 4, '2019-02-21 15:55:51', '2019-02-21 20:55:51', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\">4 Dolphins, 3 Warriors also qualify<br></h3>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High qualified nine wrestlers for next week’s Class 4A State Championships and claimed the team title at the Lower State Championships on Saturday at Bluffton High School.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Matthew Durrance (132), Jacob Denton (138), and James Dagin (152) all claimed individual titles, and Marcus Spann (126) and Michael Cenci (170) finished second to lead a strong showing by the Eagles, who finished 25.5 points ahead of runner-up Airport. Robert Cruikshank (145), Jeremiah Simmons (160), and Theo Washington (195) placed third, and Gary Bayne (106) was fourth to round out Beaufort’s state qualifiers.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the Class 3A Lower State Championships at May River High School, Battery Creek’s Syncere Atkins won the 145-pound title to lead four qualifiers for the Dolphins. Chris Appleby (152) was third, and Larson McManigle (138) and Alex Linares (160) placed fourth.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the Class 2A/1A Lower State Championships at Timberland High School, the Whale Branch trio of Richard Parker (second, 132), De’Arius Hazel (third, 195) and Zakariya Williams (third, 220) each qualified.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The state championships are Friday and Saturday in Anderson.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo at top: Beaufort High\'s Matthew Durrance puts the squeeze on Airportís Alfonso Chavero in the finals of the 132-pound weight class at Saturdayís Class 4A Lower State Championships at Bluffton High School. Durrance pinned Chavero to win the individual title. Photo by Justin Jarrett.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>All-Region 7-4A Honors Announced</strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High’s Ron Lanham was named the Coach of the Year and three wrestlers shared Wrestler of the Year honors in the Region 7-4A awards announced Thursday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hilton Head High’s James Levy (113 pounds), Colleton County’s Wyatt O’Quinn (132) and Beaufort’s James Dagin (152) were voted the co-Wrestlers of the Year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Region champion Beaufort High led the way with six All-Region selections, followed by Colleton County with four, Hilton Head High with three, and Bluffton with one. Marcus Spann (126), Jacob Denton (138), Robert Cruikshank (145), James Dagin (152), Jeremiah Simmons (160) and Michael Cenci (170) represented the Eagles on the team.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BHS wins Lower State title, sends 9 to state', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bhs-wins-lower-state-title-sends-9-to-state', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:58:39', '2019-02-24 21:58:39', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39092', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39097, 4, '2019-02-21 15:58:45', '2019-02-21 20:58:45', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>May River High School Lead Counselor Carrie Carter is the Beaufort County School District’s 2019 School Counselor of the Year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to honoring Carter, the district also recognized Bluffton Middle School’s Gina Jacobs as Middle School Counselor of the Year and Coosa Elementary School’s Nicole Bossak as Elementary School Counselor of the Year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Effective school counselors are a critically important component in any successful school,” said Interim Superintendent Herb Berg.&nbsp; “They work closely with students to move them forward academically and socially, and they also work with parents to keep them informed about their children’s progress.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Carter said she was “surprised, appreciative and thankful for my team that was here to support me.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I love seeing kids come back five or 10 years later – once they’ve gone off and joined the military or gone to school – and see them be successful in life,” Carter said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More than 20 local businesses and community members sponsored the awards breakfast and donated gifts for the school district’s counselors.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BCSD honors counselors of the year', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bcsd-honors-counselors-of-the-year', '', '', '2019-02-24 16:59:19', '2019-02-24 21:59:19', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39097', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39101, 4, '2019-02-21 15:59:28', '2019-02-21 20:59:28', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All four Beaufort County School District students named last fall as semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program have advanced to the next level of competition.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Selected as national finalists were Pierce Daly (Hilton Head Island High); Meaghan Lyons (Hilton Head Island High); Faith Shupard (May River High); and Alan Wiser (Beaufort High).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They will compete with 15,000 national finalists for college scholarships worth more than $31 million.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>About 1.6 million high school juniors from more than 22,000 American high schools entered the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To advance to the final round of competition, each semifinalist had to submit a detailed application that provided information about the student’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, leadership abilities, honors and awards.  In addition, each semifinalist had to be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay and earn SAT scores that confirmed the student’s earlier score on the qualifying test.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The National Merit Scholarship Corp. is a nonprofit established in 1955, and its scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and more than 400 businesses and higher education institutions.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Four Beaufort County students named National Merit finalists', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'four-beaufort-county-students-named-national-merit-finalists', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:00:00', '2019-02-24 22:00:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39101', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39103, 4, '2019-02-21 15:00:10', '2019-02-21 20:00:10', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Students from four district high schools — including Beaufort High School — have been recognized for their performance at the Model United Nations Conference held at Georgia Southern University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Model UN is an educational simulation where students learn about diplomacy and international relations by “representing” countries from around the world in mock diplomacy exercises.&nbsp; Students learn about current world issues, brush up on their speaking, debating and writing skills and also improve their critical thinking, teamwork and leadership abilities.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Students from Hilton Head Island High School, Bluffton High School, May River High School, and Beaufort High School were recognized for their work.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High’s Avery Thomas earned Honorable Mention and Helene Marshall and Logan Shissias earned Distinguished Recognition.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High’s faculty advisor is Jonathan Miller.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BHS students earn statewide honors at Model UN Conference', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bhs-students-earn-statewide-honors-at-model-un-conference', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:00:38', '2019-02-24 22:00:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39103', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39105, 4, '2019-02-21 15:00:45', '2019-02-21 20:00:45', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Parris Island Young Marines will be holding a Parent/Recruit Orientation Meeting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26, at building 115 on Parris Island for the spring training schedule, which begins March 2.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Young Marines are a youth education and service program for boys and girls ages 8 through completion of high school. The program promotes the mental, moral, and physical development of its members, focusing on character building, leadership, and promoting a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. The only membership requirement is that the youth must be in good standing at school.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The youth learn general subjects such as history, customs and courtesies, close order drill, physical fitness, and military rank structure. After graduating from Young Marines \"Boot Camp,” the youth have the opportunity to learn more new skills, earn rank, wear the Young Marines uniform and earn ribbons for achievement in areas such as leadership, community service, swimming, academic excellence, first aid, and drug resistance education.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information please visit www.youngmarines.com or www.parrisislandyoungmarines.com, call 843-271-2663 or email the Unit Commander at uc.parrisisland.youngmarines@gmail.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Do you have what it takes to be a Parris Island Young Marine?', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-a-parris-island-young-marine', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:01:49', '2019-02-24 22:01:49', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39105', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39107, 4, '2019-02-21 15:01:52', '2019-02-21 20:01:52', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Sea Islands Center Gallery at the University of South Carolina Beaufort will present HIVE, an installation by Adrian Rhodes, from March 1-29. An opening reception will take place from 5-8 p.m. on March 1 with a gallery talk by the artist at 6 p.m. Located at 1106 Carteret St., the gallery is open Tuesday through Thursday from 3-6 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The artist will employ 550 sculptural bee woodcut prints to transform the gallery space for the HIVE exhibition, as well as printed bee wallpaper, bee-printed polyhedral sculptures suspended from the ceiling, acrylic paintings, collages, paper-cut bees affixed to surfaces, ribbons and more.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Blood and Honey, an acrylic and collage piece included in the installation, features images of cut-open pomegranates seemingly oozing honey amid a double-helix strand, spider web patterns, and Japanese wave motifs. Dyed red paper will extend in waves from this piece into the center of the room. Another acrylic painting, “Searching for Callisto,” depicts an abstracted hive full of bees surrounding a circular celestial/astronomical chart above an observatory on a grey cliff amid swarming bees. Bright red pomegranate seeds fill the center of the chart.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The artist depicts bees because they form complex maternal bonds across generations. The crucial function of these pollinators, paired with the complexity and matriarchal nature of the hive, references life’s vitality and renewal. The pomegranate draws on dual natures of life and death, fertility, renewal and decay. DNA structures and collage processes examine issues of inheritance. Pulling from the iconography of these symbols and objects, the artist compels us to question how we find balance in the extremes of bitter and sweet. By interweaving the imagery of bees and pomegranates, Rhodes explores the inevitable opposition and coexistence of being.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rhodes earned a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking from Winthrop University, as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in General Studio with an emphasis on Drawing and Painting. She has exhibited her work throughout the Carolinas and has frequently received awards in these competitions. Rhodes earned the top prize at Contemporary South in 2017 and Best of Show at the York County Juried Exhibition in 2013. She exhibited at the Southern Graphics International Conference in Knoxville, Tenn., in 2015, participating in the Sphere of Existence exchange portfolio. At the SGCI Conference in Portland in 2016 she had prints in the Trans-Dimensional exhibition and the Some Assembly Required Exchange Portfolio. Her work was recently featured in Paper Worlds at the Spartanburg Art Museum in Spartanburg, S.C.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information about the artist and to view her most recent installations, visit her website at adrianrhodes.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Rhodes to present HIVE installation at the Sea Islands Center Gallery', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'rhodes-to-present-hive-installation-at-the-sea-islands-center-gallery', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:02:13', '2019-02-24 22:02:13', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39107', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39109, 4, '2019-02-21 15:02:23', '2019-02-21 20:02:23', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Digital Corridor has announced a spring offering of its “CODEcamp – Introduction to Web Development” class. Registration is open now for this limited-seating opportunity.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>CODEcamp is a project-based, introductory code education program designed for busy adults of all backgrounds and experience levels in a convenient, affordable after-hours guided class format. Students learn fundamentals of HTML, CSS and JavaScript with a combination of written and verbal instruction using real-time online programs that show results instantly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Instructor Matt Shaw, senior software engineer, will again lead the eight-week CODEcamp course, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays from March 23 to May 11 at the Corridor’s BASEcamp facility. The Corridor is currently looking for sponsors for the program and funding to enable two students to take the CODEcamp course on scholarship.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to CODEcamp, the Corridor has introduced SC Codes, a free continuing education platform that students can access at their own pace from home, or through in-person events and mentorship at partner sites. BASEcamp will act as a partner site for participants to gather once a month and practice what they have learned. CODEcamp participants are encouraged to further their education via SC Codes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Digital Corridor has partnered with Build Carolina to connect South Carolinians to the education and resources they need to unlock careers in technology. The free code education initiative provides further knowledge in the languages introduced at CODEcamp and includes other relevant coding languages like Command Line, Ruby, Java, and React.js.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Connecting to the state’s initiative is a powerful way for Beaufort to get in on an important future workforce resource” said Shelley Barratt, Beaufort Digital Corridor Program Manager.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Registration is open at eventbrite.com using keyword “CODEcamp.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort Digital Corridor offering CODEcamp this spring', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-digital-corridor-offering-codecamp-this-spring', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:03:21', '2019-02-24 22:03:21', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39109', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39111, 4, '2019-02-21 15:03:23', '2019-02-21 20:03:23', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A new, 16-foot tall structure that functions like a high-tech vending machine and can fulfill a customer’s online order in less than a minute is in place to serve customers at the Walmart Supercenter at 265 Sea Island Parkway.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39112,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":208,\"height\":314} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://actionclub.site/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image002.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39112\" width=\"208\" height=\"314\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort store recently debuted the new Walmart Pickup Tower and Pickup Lockers, which the company cites as “the latest example of Walmart’s commitment to digital acceleration and innovation, as well as convenience, helping customers save time and shop however, whenever, wherever they want.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To use the Pickup Tower, customers shop on Walmart.com and select the “Pickup” option at checkout. When the item arrives at the local store, an associate loads it into the Pickup Tower and the customer retrieves by scanning a bar code sent to their smartphone. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The Pickup Towers and Lockers are user-friendly and easy, fast and efficient for our customers,” said Michael Dilorenzo, an e-commerce market manager supporting many of Walmart’s South Carolina locations. “We continue to receive great customer feedback and are excited to expand this convenient shopping choice in Beaufort.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort Walmart debuts pickup tower', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-walmart-debuts-pickup-tower', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:04:42', '2019-02-24 22:04:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39111', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39114, 4, '2019-02-21 14:04:44', '2019-02-21 19:04:44', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lin Mix prepares to cut the ribbon Saturday morning, officially opening the Treasure House at its new location, 914 Boundary St. The non-profit thrift store, formerly at 203 Carteret St., is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Looking on at left is store manager Sandy Foster. Photo by John Barber.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Grand Opening', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'grand-opening', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:05:50', '2019-02-24 22:05:50', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39114', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39265, 4, '2019-03-07 19:09:09', '2019-03-08 00:09:09', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>March activities at Hunting Island State Park</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Mondays: Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.</li><li>Tuesdays: CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Beach Walk, 3 p.m.</li><li>Wednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.; Full Moon Lighthouse Climb (March 20)</li><li>Thursdays: Interpretive Lighthouse Tour, 10 a.m. (March 7, 14, 21); CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m. </li><li>Fridays: Stepping Stones, 2 p.m. (March. 8, 22); Fish Printing, 2 p.m. (March 15, 29)</li><li>Saturdays: Creatures of the Night, 2:30 p.m. (March 9, 23); Tie-Dye, 11 a.m. (March 16)</li><li>Sundays: Reptile Talk, 11 a.m. </li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>American Legion Beaufort Post 9 golf tournament&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>American Legion Beaufort Post 9 will hold its annual golf tournament to raise funds for local youth programs on Friday, March 8, at The Legends at Parris Island Golf Course.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Participants enjoy a fun round of golf, including mulligans, lunch, drinks, prizes and awards. Special prizes include longest drive, closest to the pin on par 3s, hole-in-one on par 3s, and $10,000 for a hole-in-one on No. 10. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hole sponsorships are available. All contributions are used to fund local youth programs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For further information, to sign up to play or to sponsor or support the tournament, contact George Miller at 843-470-0928 or The Legends at Parris Island Gold Pro Shop at 843-228-2240.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mail to: American Legion Golf, P.O. Box 2540 Beaufort, SC 29901</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beyond the Bricks: Hoopla, cloudLibrary and Flipster</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Learn how to instantly access and download free ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, music, and more.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bring your own mobile device (tablet, cell phone, or laptop) and learn how to use the digital services offered by the library.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Friday, March 8, 9:30-11 a.m.</li><li>Wednesday, March 20, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Branch Library, 311 Scott St. Free. For more information, call 843-255-6458.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>JSLB Announces 8th&nbsp;</strong><strong>Annual Prom Boutique</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Junior Service League of Beaufort (JSLB) is hosting its eighth annual Prom Boutique from 1 to 4 p.m. on March 9 at the Academy of Career Excellence at the corner of highways 170 and 462 in Okatie.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since 2011, JSLB’s Prom Boutique has helped girls in Beaufort and Jasper counties experience the magic of finding the perfect prom dress. In past years, more than 75 girls have attended the event, where they were able to choose from a wide variety of new and gently-used formal dresses, accessories and jewelry at no cost.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>JSLB members serve as personal stylists for the girls, helping each to pick the perfect gown and complete her look. JSLB is excited to offer this amazing opportunity to juniors and seniors in Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton counties.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The most rewarding part of this experience, and why we continue to host this event year after year, is the reaction of the girls when they find the perfect dress,” said Meghan Meehan, co-chairwoman of the Prom Boutique. “The girls leave JSLB\'s Prom Boutique with a sense of confidence that serves them far beyond the memorable occasion of prom.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Any junior or senior student in Beaufort, Jasper or Hampton counties is invited to attend the boutique. Shoppers must show their student ID or have a letter on school letterhead from their guidance counselor, teacher or school administrator. All girls who attend the event are welcome to bring family members or friends to help them shop.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Oscar winners part of Monday Movie Nights&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>USCB Center for the Arts will show 2019 Oscar winners and nominated films during the month of March as part of the Monday Night Is Movie Night series. All films are shown at 7 p.m. and tickets are $7 per person. Tickets can be purchased in advance online uscbcenterforthearts.com or in person at the box office.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The films include:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>March 11, “A Star Is Born” (2019 Oscar winner for Best Original Song) — Starring four-time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper and multiple award-winning, Oscar-nominated music superstar Lady Gaga in her first leading role in a major motion picture. </li><li>March 18, “On The Basis of Sex” — The film is based on the true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.</li><li>March 25, “Vice” (2019 Oscar Winner for Best Makeup and Hairstyling) — The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>YA Everlasting Book Club</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;an&nbsp;adult&nbsp;but&nbsp;still&nbsp;enjoy&nbsp;reading&nbsp;Young Adult literature,&nbsp;this&nbsp;book&nbsp;club&nbsp;is&nbsp;for&nbsp;you. All meetings are free and begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Beaufort Branch Library, 311 Scott St.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Wednesday, March 13: “Woodwalker” by Emily B. Martin</li><li>Wednesday, April 10: “The Astonishing Color of After” by Emily X.R. Pan</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, call 843-255-6458.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BA to hold Shamrock Shakedown</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join us for the the best St. Patrick\'s Day party in Beaufort. The Shamrock Shakedown is a fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 15, at Tabby Place in downtown Beaufort.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This spring fundraiser is the main Beaufort Academy fundraiser for the year, and the entire Beaufort community (21 and older) is welcome to attend.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Souls Harbor will provide live music, and the event will feature silent and live auctions, a golf cart raffle, Louis Vuitton raffle, dinner by Saltus River Grill and an open bar until 11 p.m. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets are $65 per person, and can be purchased online at www.bidpal.net/shamrockshakedown.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Coupons for Soldiers</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Did you know that manufacturer’s coupons that have expired in the U.S. can still be used by overseas military members?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Drop by the Beaufort Branch Library on Sorting Day to help clip, sort, and bag coupons to prepare for shipping.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Friday, March 15, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.</li><li>Saturday, March 16, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Celebrate St. Paddy’s at Beaufort Town Center</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 2nd annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival at Beaufort Town Center will take place from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 16. The event is free and open to the public.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Area restaurants and food trucks will be selling food and drinks and there will be live music by Mike Martin &amp; The Beautiful Mess. This family-fun event will also have activities for children of all ages, and those young at heart as well. Attendees will enjoy bounce houses, face painting, a rock-climbing wall, obstacle courses, a 24-foot slide, a four-person bungee jump, and much more.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Vibe Alive with Beaufort BioEnergetics</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Embody your personal power with the Vibe Alive event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, at The Retreat at Lady\'s Island, 9 Sunset Blvd. Join Martha O\'Regan and Elizabeth Bergmann of Beaufort BioEnergetics for a day of fun while learning simple ways to shift your energy to enliven a higher vibrational you. 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(39118, 4, '2019-02-21 14:05:54', '2019-02-21 19:05:54', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Representatives of the University of South Carolina Beaufort administration and faculty will join in an examination of palliative care when the Friends of Caroline Hospice presents a lecture and panel discussion entitled, “An Evening with Friends: The Emerging Art, Science and Beauty of Palliative Care,” beginning at 6 p.m. on Feb. 28 at the USCB Center for the Arts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The evening will begin with a wine and cheese reception at 6 p.m., followed by a TED-style talk by Dr. Robert LeFavi, dean of USCB’s Beaufort Campus, entitled, “A Special Occasion: What The Dying Tell Us About Living.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. LeFavi earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Education at the University of Florida in 1983, a Ph.D. at Auburn University in 1991, and a D.Min. at the University of the South in 2006.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>His academic interests encompass palliative care, health promotion and wellness, and fitness and health care administration. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate-level courses, he has published more than 725 articles in the popular press on topics ranging from biomechanics to health science to palliative care. He has also published scholarly papers or presented his findings on more than 60 research projects in scientific journals and at conferences focusing on nutritional science, experimental biology and spiritual health.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I’m excited to be part of this important event,” Dr. LeFavi said, “and to share my experiences interviewing the dying over a 25-year period. I consider what the dying have to tell us about living a gift that can change one’s life.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. LeFavi’s presentation will be followed by a panel discussion on advances in palliative care. Those who attend will benefit by gaining a better understanding of how they can engage hospice services if the need should arise. The panel experts are:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Lindsay Roberg, BSN, RN, CHPN, executive director, Friends of Caroline Hospice</li><li>Gordon Kreuger, M.D., medical director, Friends of Caroline Hospice</li><li>Summer Roberts, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology and gerontology coordinator, USCB</li><li>Eileen Filan, RN, clinical coordinator, Friends of Caroline Hospice</li><li>Steve Scudder, M.Div., coordinator of support services, Friends of Caroline Hospice</li><li>Robert LeFavi, Ph.D., D.Min., Dean of USCB’s Beaufort Campus</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information about the event, contact the USCB Center for the Arts, 805 Carteret St., or call 843-521-4100.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'USCB, Friends of Caroline Hospice team up for palliative care event', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'uscb-friends-of-caroline-hospice-team-up-for-palliative-care-event', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:06:38', '2019-02-24 22:06:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39118', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(39120, 4, '2019-02-21 16:06:46', '2019-02-21 21:06:46', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A fire on the porch of a second-story apartment at the Preserve at Port Royal was extinguished before doing major damage on the morning of Friday, Feb. 15.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Around 8:50 a.m., firefighters with the City of Beaufort-Town of Port Royal Fire Department and the Burton Fire District were called to the 1000 building at the Preserve at Port Royal apartment community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Quick action by Ladder Company 1 from the City of Beaufort-Town of Port Royal Fire Department saved the building. The Port Royal Police Department and additional arriving fire crews worked quickly to evacuate about 10 other residents from the remaining apartments as smoke began to fill the common walkways.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“These fire crews and police officers really did an excellent job cohesively working together and coordinating a total evacuation of people from the building and then worked with management to double-check and account for and evacuate pets that were also in the building,” said Battalion Chief Larry Deloach, who was the incident commander.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Damage was mostly limited to the porch but the heat also broke the windows between the porch and the apartment so there was smoke and minor heat damage inside the apartment along with some water damage.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Porch fires are an area of concern, according to Deputy Chief of Operations Tim Ogden.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“At the time these units were constructed the code required a residential sprinkler system, which is in each apartment here,” Ogden said. “However, residential systems are designed by code to save lives by giving occupants time to escape a fire, not fully protect the property. The code did not require a sprinkler head on the porch and these porches are thus unprotected and susceptible to fire damage.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Without a sprinkler on the porch, it is imperative that a quick response by the fire department occur at the time of fire outbreak and arriving units take appropriate action to stop the spread of fire.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fire officials encourage apartment residents to enjoy their porches but to be extra mindful of fire hazards and limit the risk of fire outbreak by not smoking, cooking, or lighting candles or other fires on their porches.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The cause of the fire is under investigation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Porch fire damages apartment', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'porch-fire-damages-apartment', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:08:07', '2019-02-24 22:08:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39120', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39122, 4, '2019-02-21 15:07:22', '2019-02-21 20:07:22', '<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39124,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":300,\"height\":400} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Burton-FD_File-Photo_Recent-Cooking-Fire_021519-e1551046124194-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39124\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Burton Fire District responded to its third cooking fire in a week when an unattended pan of grease ignited just before midnight on Thursday, Feb. 15. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Burton and MCAS Beaufort fire departments responded to a home on Bruce K. Smalls Road, where one adult and three children were home at the time and escaped injury. There were no working smoke alarms in the home. Burton firefighters installed three smoke alarms for the family before leaving. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While this fire caused minor damages, Burton fire officials are concerned with the recent rash of fires caused by unattended cooking.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“None of these tragedies had to happen,” Burton Fire Chief Harry Rountree said. “We provide free smoke alarms and training on fire extinguisher use. People don’t realize how quickly a fire will erupt. The most common statement we get from the resident is, ‘It happened so fast, I was just gone for a second.’” &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rountree said a fire doubles in size every 30 seconds and the kitchen has all a fire needs to quickly explode. Residents needing assistance with smoke alarms can email safetyed@burtonfd.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Burton fire officials concerned about rash of cooking fires', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'burton-fire-officials-concerned-about-rash-of-cooking-fires', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:09:42', '2019-02-24 22:09:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39122', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39127, 4, '2019-02-21 15:09:48', '2019-02-21 20:09:48', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Chris Marino, R.N., OCN, CBCN, has joined Beaufort Memorial as a nurse navigator in the Breast Health Center. At the center she will guide breast cancer patients from diagnosis through treatment, providing support, answering questions and serving as a point of contact for patients and their healthcare providers. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39130,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":196,\"height\":293} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Chris-Marino-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39130\" width=\"196\" height=\"293\"/><figcaption><em>Chris Marino, R.N., OCN, CBCN</em><br></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marino brings to her new position a strong background in cancer care, having worked in both inpatient oncology case management and outpatient chemotherapy infusion services at Mon Health Medical Center in Morgantown, West Virginia, prior to relocating to the Lowcountry late last year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marino graduated magna cum laude from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She went on to earn accreditation as an oncology certified nurse (OCN) through the Oncology Nursing Society.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last year, Marino also earned the prestigious designation of certified breast care nurse (CBCN), the only nationally accredited breast care certification available exclusively to registered nurses. To receive the designation from the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation, applicants must have a minimum of 1,000 hours of breast care nursing experience and pass a rigorous examination that tests their knowledge in the specialty of breast care nursing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information about the Beaufort Memorial Breast Health Center, visit www.BeaufortMemorial.org or call 843-522-5029.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BMH adds nurse navigator at Breast Health Center', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bmh-adds-nurse-navigator-at-breast-health-center', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:11:56', '2019-02-24 22:11:56', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39127', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39128, 4, '2019-02-21 15:09:51', '2019-02-21 20:09:51', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One person was killed and two others were seriously injured after a work van crashed into the rear of a full-sized tractor-trailer on U.S. 170 near the intersection of Copeland Drive on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 16.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Around 7:20 a.m., units with the City of Beaufort-Town of Port Royal Fire Department and the Burton Fire District were dispatched to a report of a motor vehicle accident with entrapment and one of the vehicles on fire.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The first arriving unit, Battalion 81, found a full-sized passenger van had collided with the rear of a tractor-trailer in the east bound lane of U.S. 170. The van was being used as a work van with a ladder rack on top and was full of work tools and equipment.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The engine compartment and front passenger area of the van was lodged under the rear of the tractor-trailer. The engine was on fire and the fire was being fed by flammable liquids in the engine, endangering the lives of the three occupants of the van, who were entrapped.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battalion Chief Tony Carneavale of the Burton Fire District quickly deployed a dry chemical fire extinguisher from his fire unit, suppressed the fire, and “undoubtedly gave the occupants of the van the best chance for survival,” according to a City of Beaufort release.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This type of call is assigned the two closest fire engines and a Battalion Chief, law enforcement, and a Beaufort County EMS ambulance as a standard practice, Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Chief Reece Bertholf said. The initial resources needed to be reinforced and additional crews from the City of Beaufort-Town of Port Royal Fire Department, the Burton Fire District, and the Marine Corps Air Station Fire Department, Beaufort County EMS, City of Beaufort Police Department, South Carolina Highway Patrol, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, the South Carolina Department of Transportation, and two Air Ambulance helicopters were requested and responded along with off-duty staff officers from both the Beaufort-Port Royal and Burton fire departments.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Firefighters set forth with the extrication operation. Upon arrival of emergency crews, one of the three occupants of the van was determined to be deceased and the other two occupants were severely injured and needed to be extricated from the wreck. Firefighters worked diligently stabilizing the vehicles involved, removed tools and equipment from the van that had moved forward in the van and covered the victims, and cut the van away from the entrapped victims.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While firefighters worked to complete the extrication, medical personnel from Beaufort County EMS and the arriving air ambulances provided medical care to the two patients.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This is a well-rehearsed and orchestrated scenario” said City of Beaufort-Town of Port Royal Battalion Chief Larry Deloach. “We had a major extrication that had to occur at the same time potentially life-saving medical treatment needed to occur. The air crews and ground paramedics worked flawlessly, side by side with the firefighters who were cutting and spreading on the car, to give these two patients the best chance possible at survival.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Within approximately one hour of emergency crew’s arrival, both severely injured patients were extricated from the van and moved to waiting air ambulances for transport to appropriate trauma hospitals. Both patients had significant, life threatening, injuries.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In all, nine pieces of fire department apparatus from three different departments, three ground ambulances, two air ambulance helicopters, three fire staff officer vehicles, and approximately 35 emergency workers from multiple agencies were on the scene.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'One dead, two severely injured in US 170 crash', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'one-dead-two-severely-injured-in-us-170-crash', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:12:07', '2019-02-24 22:12:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39128', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39137, 4, '2019-02-21 16:15:55', '2019-02-21 21:15:55', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reader Darrell Converse submitted this photo of the Shadow Moss development to reflect the building and growth occurring throughout the area. The morning sun causes bright reflections on the pond on a calm cool winter day. To submit a Lowcountry Life photo, you must be the photographer or have permission to submit the photo to be published in The Island News. Please submit high-resolution photos and include a description and/or names of the people in the picture and the name of the photographer. Email your photos to theislandnews@gmail.com.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Lowcountry Life', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-life-93', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:17:13', '2019-02-24 22:17:13', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39137', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39140, 4, '2019-02-21 14:17:31', '2019-02-21 19:17:31', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\",\"textColor\":\"vivid-cyan-blue\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>THE MET OPERA LIVE IN HD AT USCB CENTER FOR THE ARTS</strong><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Alan Schuster&nbsp;</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti’s “La Fille du Regiment” (The Daughter of the Regiment) was his 65th opera – and one that today ranks among the best comique compositions in the entire repertoire. Donizetti was living in Paris at the time, and so Fille premiered in French at the Opera-Comique in 1840. It quickly became popular and went on to be performed more than 1,000 times for French audiences by 1908. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to a score with high-spirited military tunes, humorous scenes and delightful ensembles, critics rave about the performances of the two young lovers — the “daughter,” Marie, and Tonio, a young farmer turned soldier.&nbsp; The occasion was the first Met staging on Feb. 7 with the same cast that will appear in the Live HD broadcast at the Center for the Arts on Saturday, March 2.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Javier Camarena’s breezy performance of the aria ‘Ah! Mes amis,’ complete with nine effortless high C’s, was so thrilling that the audience broke into an ecstatic ovation,” wrote Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times. “After almost two minutes of applause, he was encouraged to sing it again — 18 high C’s for the price of nine.” &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also worth noting is the non-singing role of Dutchess Krackenthorp, often played by non-operatic celebrities such as actresses Bea Arthur, Hermione Gingold and, believe it or not, in 2016 at Washington’s National Opera, by a lifelong opera fan — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.&nbsp; This performance will feature the distinctively husky voice of former Oscar nominee Kathleen Turner.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets are now available at the USCB Center for the Arts, 801 Carteret Street, Beaufort.&nbsp; All seats are general admission. Adults $20; OLLI members $18; Students $10. Order on-line at www.centerforthearts.com or by calling 843-521-4145.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Critics cheer upcoming opera ‘Daughter of the Regiment’', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'critics-cheer-upcoming-opera-daughter-of-the-regiment', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:19:11', '2019-02-24 22:19:11', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39140', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39143, 4, '2019-02-21 16:19:24', '2019-02-21 21:19:24', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bridges Prep’s Maryanne Harrelson was selected last week as the “Favorite Teacher” by Winning Orthodontic Smiles of Beaufort and Bluffton.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Harrelson’s student, Jack Conley, nominated her for the award. She received a $100 gift card to Staples as her classroom of surprised students and Bridges administrators cheered, bringing the teacher to tears.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Ms. Harrelson finds ways to make each day an exciting adventure of learning for her students,” said Dr. Sherri Herbst, interim Head of School at Bridges Prep. “This award is a nice way for her to know that her students appreciate all she does for them.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Harrelson teaches fourth grade and has been at Bridges Prep Charter School only since December, when she took over an existing class.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Winning Orthodontic Smiles of Beaufort and Bluffton recognizes outstanding teachers nominated by students and visits schools across the area to celebrate teachers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo at top: Jack Conley (front) with \'Favorite Teacher\' Maryanne Harrelson holding gift cards and supported by the Bridges Prep Administration and Winning Orthodontic Smiles.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Bridges Prep’s Harrelson named ‘Favorite Teacher’', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bridges-preps-harrelson-named-favorite-teacher', '', '', '2019-02-24 17:24:18', '2019-02-24 22:24:18', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39143', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39149, 4, '2019-02-28 12:17:44', '2019-02-28 17:17:44', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>PIHMS to hold&nbsp;</strong><strong>annual meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Parris Island Historical and Museum Society will be holding their annual meeting on March 1, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Parris Island Museum. Please call 843-228-3215 for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Indivisible Beaufort&nbsp;</strong><strong>monthly meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Indivisible Beaufort’s next meeting will be held at 11:30 a.m. on March 2 at the Beaufort County Library, 311 Scott St.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The meeting will feature Bernadette Hampton of the SC Education Association. A 21-year veteran of the Beaufort County School District, Hampton will share current educational issues before the state General Assembly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, Cheryl Streedain will share information about a new education advocacy group in Beaufort, the Beaufort Community Partnership.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information email JusticeIndivisibleBSC@gmail.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>YMCA to offer CPR classes</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: March 2, April 6, May 11, June 8, June 22, July 20, August 17, September 7, September 19, and November 23.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at&nbsp; 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>“Food for the Eyes”&nbsp;</strong><strong>Art Exhibit&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Local artists will feature their “delicious” art at the Food for the Eyes” exhibit from March 3-28 at the Beaufort Arts Council Art Gallery at Technical College of the Lowcountry building 1, 921 Ribaut Road.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An opening reception will be held from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday March 3. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Tuesday through Friday. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Conroy Center to hold&nbsp;</strong><strong>3rd annual March Forth</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Pat Conroy Literary Center will hold our third annual March Forth day of learning from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, at the Frissell Community House at Penn Center on St. Helena Island. Commemorating the anniversary of Pat Conroy\'s death, March Forth will be a day-long embrace of nature, writing, social justice, and fellowship among writers and readers in the heart of Conroy\'s beloved lowcountry.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>March Forth\'s lineup will include New York Times best-selling young adult novelist Nic Stone (author of “Dear Martin”); educator and civil rights leader Cleveland Sellers Jr. and his biographer Adam Parker (author of “Outside Agitator”); “Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy” contributing writers Cassandra King Conroy, Tim Conroy, Jonathan Haupt, Ellen Malphrus, Sallie Ann Robinson, and Valerie Sayers; and a guided birding walk led by master naturalists Chris Marsh and Bob Speare.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All-day admission to March Forth is $22 with four gourmet box lunch options catered by Debbi Covington available for an additional fee of $18 (with advance purchase).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Riverview Baptist homecoming celebration</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Riverview Baptist Church will hold its annual homecoming celebration on Sunday, March 3.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Worship service will begin at 10 a.m., followed by fellowship lunch.&nbsp; The theme for this year\'s service is \"Jesus is the rock of our salvation and the cornerstone of our faith.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Special performances by Devi Black, Penny Smith, Robert and Pat Claxton, and Trae and Tara Moore, with two short skits and missions dedication.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Hair to Learn:&nbsp;</strong><strong>Healthy Hair Q &amp; A</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tosha Holmes, salon owner, cosmetology educator, and hair care expert, answers questions about keeping your hair and scalp healthy. Includes a quick and easy style demonstration.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Call 843-255-6458 to submit questions or for more information about this free event.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wednesday, March 6, 5:30 p.m., Beaufort Branch Library, 311 Scott Street. Free.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Historical Society&nbsp;</strong><strong>to present lecture&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort County Historical Society will offer a lecture by Dr. Larry Rowland and Julie Zachowski at noon on Thursday, March 7, at the Santa Elena Center, 1501 Bay Street in Beaufort.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Their topic will be, “The Blue Channel Corporation and the Origins of the Beaufort Seafood Industry.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This event is free and open to the public. Donations are always welcome.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>American Legion Beaufort Post 9 golf tournament&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>American Legion Beaufort Post 9 will hold its annual golf tournament to raise funds for local youth programs on Friday, March 8, at The Legends at Parris Island Golf Course.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Participants enjoy a fun round of golf, including mulligans, lunch, drinks, prizes and awards. Special prizes include longest drive, closest to the pin on par 3s, hole-in-one on par 3s, and $10,000 for a hole-in-one on No. 10.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hole sponsorships are available. All contributions are used to fund local youth programs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For further information, to sign up to play or to sponsor or support the tournament, contact George Miller at 843-470-0928 or The Legends at Parris Island Gold Pro Shop at 843-228-2240.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mail to: American Legion Golf, P.O. 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The Shamrock Shakedown is a fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 15, at Tabby Place in downtown Beaufort.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This spring fundraiser is the main Beaufort Academy fundraiser for the year, and the entire Beaufort community (21 and older) is welcome to attend.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Souls Harbor will provide live music, and the event will feature silent and live auctions, a golf cart raffle, Louis Vuitton raffle, dinner by Saltus River Grill and an open bar until 11 p.m. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets are $65 per person, and can be purchased online at www.bidpal.net/shamrockshakedown.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Coupons for Soldiers</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Did you know that manufacturer’s coupons that have expired in the U.S. can still be used by overseas military members?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Drop by the Beaufort Branch Library on Sorting Day to help clip, sort, and bag coupons to prepare for shipping.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Friday, March 15, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.</li><li>Saturday, March 16, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Celebrate St. Paddy’s at Beaufort Town Center</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 2nd annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival at Beaufort Town Center will take place from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 16. The event is free and open to the public.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Area restaurants and food trucks will be selling food and drinks and there will be live music by Mike Martin &amp; The Beautiful Mess. This family-fun event will also have activities for children of all ages, and those young at heart as well. Attendees will enjoy bounce houses, face painting, a rock-climbing wall, obstacle courses, a 24-foot slide, a four-person bungee jump, and much more.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Vibe Alive with&nbsp;</strong><strong>Beaufort BioEnergetics</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Embody your personal power with the Vibe Alive event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, at The Retreat at Lady\'s Island, 9 Sunset Blvd. Join Martha O\'Regan and Elizabeth Bergmann of Beaufort BioEnergetics for a day of fun while learning simple ways to shift your energy to enliven a higher vibrational you. Cost is $80 per person (lunch provided). Register at www.beaufortbioenergetics.as.me/vibe-alive. For more info call 843-812-1328 or 410-212-1468.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Historic Beaufort Foundation Architects’ Tour</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enjoy touring a curated selection of contemporary private houses designed or renovated by Beaufort’s finest architects from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 16.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Selected by Montgomery Architecture, Frederick &amp; Frederick, R.W. Chambers and Allison Ramsey, each house will celebrate the creative and distinctive architecture that interprets the Lowcountry and gives it a definite 21st-century look.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The tour is self-paced and includes five houses. Automobile transportation necessary.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets are $65 and may be be purchased by calling Historic Beaufort Foundation at&nbsp; 843-379-3331 or online www.historicbeaufort.org/shop.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets may be picked up at the Foundation’s office from March 4-15 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, call Isabella Reeves or Jacque Wedler at 843-397-3331.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Community Health&nbsp;</strong><strong>Fair at Helena Place</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Make a healthy start to spring by getting a variety of complimentary and low-cost health screenings at the 5th annual Community Health Fair from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, March 26, at Helena Place Senior Living in Port Royal.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Blood pressure screenings, blood sugar checks, cholesterol and PSA tests, balance/fall assessments, eye exams, hearing screenings and more will be offered. Admission is free and the event is open to all ages. Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Alzheimer’s Family Services of Greater Beaufort, The Lending Room, Beaufort County Council on Aging, Independent Again, Tidewater Hospice and Lowcounty Cremation are just a few of the 25 health care providers offering their services. Twenty raffle prizes will be given away at random to attendees. A complimentary brunch buffet will be provided until noon. Make sure to register for the gift card and gift basket giveaways. The first 50 people through the door will receive a healthy snack sack. For more information, please call 843-252-3001 or email rewing@enlivant.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'February 28th-March 6th events around Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'february-28th-march-6th-events-around-beaufort', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:17:46', '2019-02-28 17:17:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39149', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39151, 4, '2019-02-28 12:18:29', '2019-02-28 17:18:29', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Celia Strong</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Imagine being a wine, unique and different from most other wines, and almost no one thinks of you or talks about you or drinks you. All great shame, and yet easily remedied.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And what wine are you? Beaujolais. And not Nouveau Beaujolais, the fresh, young wine that is released on the third Thursday of November every year. Beaujolais AC wines take us way beyond that.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaujolais is a sub-region of Burgundy at the southern tip of that region. The name Beaujolais comes from the name of a town in the area, Beaujeu. While a small amount of white wine, made from Chardonnay, is produced here, 95 percent of Beaujolais wine is red, made from the Gamay grape. (Current research shows this grape is a cross between Pinot Noir and Gouais, an ancient white variety that made its way into Burgundy with the Romans.) The Beaujolais vineyards were first cultivated by the Romans. Then, from the 7th century through the Middle Ages, Benedictine monks did most of the vineyard and cellar work. After the Romans, wines from Beaujolais were sold mostly up and down the Saône and Rhône rivers. In the 19th century, the French national railroad system became the main transport for these wines, and they found a very lucrative market and popularity in Paris.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>French wine laws categorize Beaujolais wines in several tiers. First, and lowest, is Beaujolais, followed by Beaujolais Villages, where the grapes come from specified, more controlled areas. Within these areas, 10 are allowed to name their wines for their communes, and these are the cru Beaujolais.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Nouveau Beaujolais craze peaked in the 1980s. Unfortunately, some producers tried to capture their share of those massive sales and more and more grapes were used to make just Nouveau and not regular Beaujolais. Plus, some producers got caught mixing lesser grapes into Beaujolais or adding extra sugar to the wines — huge scandals at the time. As the quality of Beaujolais wines dropped, including Beaujolais Villages and cru Beaujolais, so did their reputations and sales, which is where we are now.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our wine this week comes from Domaines Chermette, a family run company in southern Beaujolais. Like most family wineries, they are smaller and committed to quality, authenticity and the history of their area. Their vineyards that are spread through several of the cru communes are based on granite soils, unlike most Beaujolais vineyards that are limestone and clay. Since 1986, the Chermettes have worked to bring back the quality and reputation of superb Beaujolais wines. Their Beaujolais Origine Vieilles Vignes lets us rediscover what we’ve been missing.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The grapes for Origine come from about 10 acres in St Vérand, with dark granite soil. Old vines, 35 to 85 years old, grow facing southwest. They are hand harvested when fully ripe and about half go through carbonic maceration, in concrete tanks, that last six days. (Carbonic maceration is a winemaking process used mostly in Beaujolais. It allows the grapes to ferment in a carbon dioxide rich environment before they are crushed. Most of this fermentation takes place inside the grape skins and results in very fruity and very low tannin wines.) Origine is a ruby red color, with slight hints of purple. Its aromas include flowers (peonies, carnations) with bright red fruits (strawberries, cherries, raspberries). Its flavors echo these aromas in a mouthful that juicy and fleshy, with fresh acidity and refined tannins, which is why Beaujolais wines are best served slightly chilled (15 minutes). The old vines (Vieilles Vignes) give this wine depth and complexities, way beyond and totally unlike most Beaujolais — and nothing like a Nouveau. It is excellent with seafood, roasted poultry, Asian food, Caribbean food, curries, and more. A wine to be totally appreciated and not forgotten. For $17.99. Enjoy.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Celia Strong works at Billís Liquor &amp; Fine Wines on Ladyís Island.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Forgotten and Under Appreciated', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'forgotten-and-under-appreciated', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:18:31', '2019-02-28 17:18:31', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39151', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39160, 4, '2019-02-28 12:23:17', '2019-02-28 17:23:17', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The University of South Carolina Beaufort is inviting parents and their children ages pre-kindergarten through third grade to join them March 1 for Read Across America Day, a celebration of the joys of reading, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Beaufort Campus.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event, to be held on the lawn in front of the USCB Center for the Arts on Carteret Street, will feature readings from children’s books in a variety of languages. Local authors will be on hand to read their books. There will also be games and activities for children, a bouncy house, refreshments and free books to take home. The Cat in the Hat will be making a special appearance, and someone wearing a tutu will be reading “Pinkalicious.” The event is free. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Marlena Smalls, actor, speaker, singer, historian and more, will read to children. Dr. Smalls is known as “The Voice of Gullah.” Andrea Studenc, a children’s book author and illustrator from Hilton Head Island, will read her book “Hair Brain Jane.” Studenc has supported the event by participating ever since the first Read Across America Day at USCB in 2012.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>New authors supporting the event this year include Sheri Levy, a young adult author who tells the story of an autistic child whose dog is being trained to assist her. And Elizabeth Belenchia, whose book “My Walk to the Water” explores the world of sea turtles.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>USCB’s Read Across America Day activities were organized by the Education Club in conjunction with the United Way of the Lowcountry, Americorp, and the Beaufort and Hardeeville libraries.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For Spanish speakers, Rena Lewis-Kratky, M.Ed., instructor of Spanish at the university, will read books in Spanish as will students from the Gamma Beta Phi and Foreign Language honors societies.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>USCB’s Read Across America Day is expected to draw more than 200 children from many Lowcountry schools, including the Port Royal Elementary School Pre-K class, the M.C. Riley second grade, the Beaufort Elementary School Pre-K class, the Royal Live Oaks Academy of the Arts &amp; Sciences Charter School in Hardeeville, and more. Many of the daycare centers and early childhood development centers in the Lowcountry are expected to attend and bring the children in their care. Parents and homeschoolers will bring their children.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So many children turned out for last year’s event that neighbors from the Old Point neighborhood volunteered to help on the spur of the moment. Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling even mentioned the event in an email to the community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It is so important to imbue a love of reading in children at an early age,” says Renarta Tompkins, Ph.D., associate professor of education at USCB. “This is when they’re most impressionable. The reading skills they acquire in their formative years will influence the course of their entire lives.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Cracked Egg in Port Royal will provide refreshments. In the event of rain, the event will be moved to the Center for the Arts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'USCB invites parents and young children for Read Across America Day', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'uscb-invites-parents-and-young-children-for-read-across-america-day', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:23:20', '2019-02-28 17:23:20', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39160', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39162, 4, '2019-02-28 12:23:39', '2019-02-28 17:23:39', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The University of South Carolina Beaufort has scheduled two campus days in March, one for all prospective students — freshmen and transfer students — on March 2, and one for high school juniors on March 30.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Spring Campus Day for prospective freshmen and transfer students will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, on the Bluffton Campus. Prospective students will have an opportunity to explore all academic majors offered by the university, including Beaufort College Honors Programs in Nursing, Biology and Lowcountry Studies, and the Visual Art &amp; Design Program.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They will be encouraged to meet with the USCB faculty, tour the Bluffton Campus, talk with students, visit residence halls, learn about financial aid, and attend the Academic/Activities Showcase. Lunch will be provided.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Junior Campus Day from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 30, was created specifically for juniors in high school. They will be able to tour the Bluffton Campus, talk with students, visit residence halls and learn about admissions and financial aid. They will also be encouraged to attend breakout sessions where they will learn about a wide range of academic majors, plus housing and student life. Lunch will be provided.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To register for either campus day, contact the USCB Office of Admissions at www.uscb.edu/campusday or call 843-208-8000.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'USCB sets campus days for March', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'uscb-sets-campus-days-for-march', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:23:41', '2019-02-28 17:23:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39162', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39164, 4, '2019-02-28 12:24:01', '2019-02-28 17:24:01', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The University of South Carolina Beaufort has earned a place on the 2019-20 Military Friendly Schools List, a compilation of the top 10 percent of American colleges, universities and trade schools that provide a supportive environment for military personnel making the transition to civilian life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The list is compiled annually by VIQTORY, a veteran-owned small business that maintains its headquarters in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The firm has been compiling the list for 10 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>USCB is one of 766 colleges, universities and trade schools on the list, culled from more than 8,000 schools approved by the Veterans Administration for tuition funding. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'USCB named to Military-Friendly Schools List', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'uscb-named-to-military-friendly-schools-list', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:24:04', '2019-02-28 17:24:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39164', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(39166, 4, '2019-02-28 12:24:40', '2019-02-28 17:24:40', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Lee Scott</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My husband and I did one of those magazine quizzes recently. You know, like the ones you see in the Reader’s Digest magazine or maybe a Cosmopolitan magazine — “10 Ways To Know He Is For You!”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This quiz had to do with driving habits. It was not about golf carts or Formula 1 race cars, either, just your own driving skills. We answered the questions separately and then totaled up our scores. The higher the score, the better the driver. You got “dinged” for speeding tickets and accidents.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our reactions to one another would probably not surprise you. I thought I was the best driver, and he thought he was the best driver. How could two people who live, play, and eat in the same house have such diverse opinions?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As I went through the quiz, I outlined some of my best qualities as a driver. I do not tailgate, I do not speed, I do not text, and when I have a call I need to answer, I pull over into a parking lot. He answered that he was a defensive driver, handled the car well, and maintained an acceptable distance with the cars in front of him.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Well, we disagreed with one another’s assessment. However, I do admit, most of the time, I am comfortable with his driving. And he is always willing to relinquish the wheel to his wife, especially on long trips. Overall, we are both comfortable driving various vehicles, like RVs and trucks, though my motorcycle driving days are behind me.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As we were discussing our differing, very strong opinions, it dawned on me how important these kinds of discussions were for us. Our views differ greatly sometimes, but we have the good sense to discuss why. Now when we drive, we have acceptable phrases when the other person’s driving is bothering us. “Honey, you are making me nervous,” is one I use when we are driving on a busy interstate in the rain. When I am driving, he will advise me when he thinks it is my turn to pass someone. “It might be a good time to get around that dump trunk.” Truthfully, those are not the exact phrases we use, but you get the idea.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are many of these quizzes we have taken over the years while driving on long trips. It gives us the opportunity to discuss each other’s perspective on topics. Maybe it would help if more people took the time to listen to others’ viewpoints.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As for the quiz, we never disclosed our final scores to one another. Regardless of the test, I still think I am the best driver.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Who is the best driver?', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'who-is-the-best-driver', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:24:43', '2019-02-28 17:24:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39166', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39168, 4, '2019-02-28 12:25:03', '2019-02-28 17:25:03', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>USCB’s softball team remained undefeated with four more wins this weekend, taking two games apiece from visiting Rio Grande (Ohio) and Reinhardt (Ga.) to improve to 16-0.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Sand Sharks beat Rio Grande 6-1 and Reinhardt 6-2 on Saturday, then defeated Rio Grande 8-1 and won 3-2 on Canyon Crosby’s game-winning RBI double in the seventh inning against Reinhardt on Sunday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The first game of the weekend was scoreless until the fifth, when the Sand Sharks scored two runs, then followed up with four in the sixth for a 6-1 win over Rio Grande. Kaitlyn O’Hearn was 3-for-4 with two RBIs, Kayla Boyle drove in two runs, and Sloan Ducey allowed one run and six hits over 6 2/3 innings for the win.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>USCB used a five-run third inning to take control in a 6-2 win over the Eagles in the second game, as Boyle went 2-for-3 with a homer and four RBIs, O’Hearn was 3-for-4, and Crosby allowed one run and three hits over four innings of relief for the win.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Sand Sharks opened Sunday with an 8-1 win over the Red Storm, using a six-run fourth inning to break it open. Crosby was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Haley Hawkins drove in two runs in support of Abby Pac, who struck out five and allowed one run and four hits to improve to 5-0.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>USCB was in danger of suffering its first loss of the season in the final game of the weekend, trailing 2-1 entering the bottom of the seventh before Shania Domingue singled home Taylor Boykin with the tying run and scored on Crosby’s double to center.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>USCB (16-0) travels to Brewton-Parker for a doubleheader Wednesday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'USCB softball improves to 16-0', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'uscb-softball-improves-to-16-0', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:25:07', '2019-02-28 17:25:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39168', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39170, 4, '2019-02-28 12:25:35', '2019-02-28 17:25:35', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The year 2019 is a big one for Santa Elena founder Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, born in Spain in 1519. Join in a community commemoration of his 500th birthday with an all-day, family-friendly fiesta brimming with Spanish inspiration in downtown Beaufort at the Santa Elena History Center.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, regular-priced admission to the History Center will afford visitors extra special ways to enjoy Spanish culture and learn about the man who oversaw the first European capital in America. In the courtyard of the Santa Elena History Center, visitors will meet members of the Santa Elena Living History Company in an authentic 16th-century Spanish encampment, where weapons demonstrations and flint knapping will add extra flavor. Take a step back to a time when living was much simpler, yet surviving was uncertain.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The festivities of the day kick off with a special lecture by distinguished professor emeritus Dr. Lawrence Rowland at 11 a.m. Performances highlighting authentic, 16th-century Spanish and Renaissance music will feature classical guitar virtuoso Ulyana Machneva and the Taylor Festival Choir of Charleston at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. All of this is included in the admission price and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visitors will also explore the newly-enhanced main exhibit, “America’s First Century,” with dynamic new features and perspectives. Knowledgeable docents will guide you through the many displays including the debut of videos from the La Florida interpretive digital archive, the Evolution of 16th-Century Maps, a display of Native American information, and a chance to don your own armor and weapons for a photo.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Another neat display for the birthday party will be birthday cards from students. All ages are invited to send in their artwork for display in the main corridor through the spring for all to enjoy.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And what’s a birthday party without cake or a Spanish fiesta without sangria? Guests can have both during their explorations of the Santa Elena story and its leader, Pedro Menendez. Additionally, local food trucks will be on-site for those seeking lunch fare, or you may hop on the free shuttle for a ride to downtown restaurants.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We are excited to host the community for this birthday party – 500 years is quite the occasion,” says Megan Morris, Director of Santa Elena Foundation. “Whether you’re visiting Beaufort and looking for a local experience, have not yet explored our exhibits, or have not visited recently, this is the perfect time to come downtown to experience the Santa Elena History Center.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The logistics of the day are simple – plenty of activities, entertainment and treats throughout the event, and parking is plentiful and free of charge. The free shuttle will run its route through the Beaufort Cultural District all day, so hop on and off to get to other destinations around town.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information on this and future events, visit www.santa-elena.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Party Like it’s 1519 — Celebrate 500th birthday at Santa Elena History Center', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'party-like-its-1519-celebrate-500th-birthday-at-santa-elena-history-center', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:25:36', '2019-02-28 17:25:36', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39170', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39172, 4, '2019-02-28 12:25:59', '2019-02-28 17:25:59', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>March 1 marks the fifth anniversary of First Friday celebrations in Beaufort. The monthly downtown event is hosted by the Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association. Each month, businesses, restaurants, and shops stay open late to give visitors and locals the opportunity to explore, shop and dine during a fun late-night experience.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This month, shoppers will have the opportunity to win cash prizes by visiting participating business to pick up a card and play a unique First Friday bingo-style game called Shop and Hop. All cards that “bingo” will be entered in a drawing for cash prizes.&nbsp; Winners will be announced via Facebook Live at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 2.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Each month, a different Merchant Association member business will be in the member spotlight near the clock tower at Bay and West street where the First Friday tent will be set up. This month, Robyn Hood Black from Artsyletters will share her unique story of how her journey as a poet, and children’s author has informed her process for creating one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces, hand-printed paper and cards, personalized keepsakes and more. Come meet Robyn to learn about her design approach, and see a sampling of inspired creations she’s made from antique texts and paper, 19th-century books, and other reclaimed vintage items. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>First Friday is from 5-8 p.m. in the downtown core on Bay street and surrounding blocks and is open to everyone. There will be musicians roving the streets, as well as promotions and specials offered by participating merchants. The event is free and the perfect way to get to know and support local creative and business people who are part of the downtown community.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For information, contact Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association at dbmerchantsassociation@gmail.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'First Friday celebrates 5 years in downtown Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'first-friday-celebrates-5-years-in-downtown-beaufort', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:26:02', '2019-02-28 17:26:02', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39172', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39175, 4, '2019-02-28 12:26:40', '2019-02-28 17:26:40', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A former newspaper manager and reporter, Brent Cooper takes pains to ensure the Lowcountry Phone Directory brims with homespun touches, like photos shot by local photographers and profiles of prominent community members.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 25th edition of the Lowcountry Phone Directory will be arriving soon in mailboxes in Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton and Colleton counties. This year’s cover photo was shot by Robert Gecy, using a DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone. Gecy captured a Sunday sunrise above the Parish Church of St. Helena in downtown Beaufort. The steeple of the Baptist Church of Beaufort is seen in the background.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to dozens of photographs of local scenery, the phone book includes a newcomers guide, tide charts, and hurricane tracking and evacuation maps. Several community members are also profiled, including historian Larry Rowland, Judge Ned Tupper, Captain Woody Collins, and former 14th Circuit Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The book’s mix of aesthetics, readability and utility explains why it is consistently awarded by the Association of Directory Publishers. It was named that organization’s Directory of the Year in 2016, beating out books from around the U.S., Canada, Germany and the Virgin Islands for the association’s top honor. In 2018, CPC won six gold book awards, including first place in the Excellence in Cover Design and the Art-Product Branding competitions.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Lowcountry phone book filled with local flavor', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-phone-book-filled-with-local-flavor', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:26:43', '2019-02-28 17:26:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39175', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39177, 4, '2019-02-28 12:27:34', '2019-02-28 17:27:34', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Bill Rauch</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Permit me to begin by thanking the tipster who led me to this story, one of Beaufort’s great ladies and a great mom, too — Pat Von Harten.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here’s the story.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There’s a kind and lovely woman on St. Helena Island who for many years was the guidance counselor at St. Helena Elementary School. Her family, the Greens, have lived on St. Helena Island for many generations. Her name is Sara’ Reynolds Green. But don’t be confused. Her last name is Green now because she is married to Bill Green, who is the proprietor and chief chef at Gullah Grub, the restaurant that is located exactly at the corner of the Corners Community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 1892, Mrs. Green’s great-great grandfather bought a few acres down Eddings Point Road that the family has held onto and farmed ever since. Today the farm is known as the Marshview Community Organic Farm and the vegetables that are grown there are picked daily and served at the Gullah Grub restaurant.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Who are the land’s current farmers?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sara’ and Bill Green and an array of young people, some now more veteran than others, from St. Helena Elementary School.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Our goal,” Mr. Green says, “is to see that young people learn about sustainability. If they can grow the crops and make the crops into meals, then they can sustain themselves.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Greens, through the South Carolina Coastal Community Development Corporation, also run a cooking school two days a month. The school is held in the commercial kitchen that is in one of the buildings behind Gullah Grub. Also in Gullah Grub’s backyard is the oldest packing shed on St. Helena Island, a federally designated building that the Community Development Corporation (CDC) is currently raising the funds to stabilize and restore so that it can be used safely for family reunions, weddings, a vendor’s market and a public performance space.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But the cooking school came first. Registration there is $25, or you can clean up around the CDC buildings and work a day or two in the garden.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Who are some of the cooking school’s pupils?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Students at St. Helena Elementary School.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Two of the cooking school’s students, Zionna Wearrien, a fourth-grader at St. Helena Elementary, and Jayden Simmons, a fifth-grader there, talked to me last week.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Here’s the difference between the macaroni and cheese they serve at the school cafeteria and the mac and cheese we make at the cooking school,” Ms. Wearrien said. “The cafeteria’s is dry and it falls apart.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Yeah, they don’t use their flour right to make it sticky, and there’s no seasonings,” Mr. Simmons, the fifth-grader, added. “And when we make it, we put in salt and pepper and a little garlic and turmeric. That’s what gives it the taste.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The vegetables raised at the Marshview Community Organic Farm are used also, of course, at the CDC’s cooking school.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It would be better,” Mrs. Green said, “if the schools could use locally-raised vegetables in their cafeterias the way we do at our cooking school. It would be healthier. But getting the permits to use groceries other than those provided by Sodexo (the Beaufort County School District’s longtime cafeteria services provider) in the schools is too hard.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Someone else will have to do that,” she added resignedly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Yes. But not impossible.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are at least two ways to go. The school district could self-operate its cafeterias and run a Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certified farm to produce the fresh fruits, vegetables and honey that the cafeterias need. What they grow and they don’t need for the cafeterias they sell. Spartanburg District 6 is an example of this model.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Or, for starters, the Beaufort County School District might just revise its Sodexo contract the next time it’s up, stipulating that certain fruits, vegetables and honeys be purchased by Sodexo from specific local farms with which the district would also contract. The revised Sodexo contract could also specify that the locally-grown fruits and vegetables be served fresh.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What Spartanburg 6 has found is that by offering fresher, tastier and healthier meals there are more children eating their school lunches, and more children have developed an interest in nutrition and food preparation. Moreover, the learning experience of the elementary school children who participate in the hands-on activities District 6 offers at its 16-acre farm and in its greenhouse prompts the children to begin to take a healthy interest in botany and horticulture, according to the district’s Deputy Superintendent Gregory Cantrell.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That may be news to most of us, but it’s old news to Sara’ and Bill Green..&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Bill Rauch was the mayor of Beaufort from 1999-2008. 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(39179, 4, '2019-02-28 12:28:05', '2019-02-28 17:28:05', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>BASKETBALL</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BA girls fall short in semifinals</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Academy’s girls came up short in their SCISA 1A semifinal matchup on Thursday, Feb. 21, losing 52-45 to Dorchester Academy.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>EmilyAnn Hiers scored 15 points, and Amelia Huebel, Shanese Bostick, and Emma Melville added eight apiece for the Eagles.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BA finishes the season with a 16-8 record.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BA boys lose close game in 2nd round</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Academy’s boys saw their season come to a close with a 52-49 loss to top-seeded Richard Winn Academy in the second round of the SCISA 1A state tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 19.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dawson Coleman scored 16 points and Jaylen Reeves added 15 to lead the Eagles.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BA finishes with a 13-11 record.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>LACROSSE</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eagles win opener over Islands</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High boys lacrosse opened its season with a 13-9 win over Islands (Ga.) on Saturday, Feb. 23.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ethan McKenzie scored five goals — including three in the fourth quarter — to anchor the Eagles’ attack along with Connor Sackman (4G, 2A) and Sean Moran (2G, 3A).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bailey Piatt had six groundballs and two assists, and Ben Straught collected six groundballs to aid a solid defensive effort in front of goalies Collin Durham and Zach Jindrich.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles (1-0) traveled to Richmond Hill (Ga.) on Monday, but results from that contest were not available at press time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Sports briefs for February 28th', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sports-briefs-for-february-28th', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:28:07', '2019-02-28 17:28:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39179', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39181, 4, '2019-02-28 12:30:19', '2019-02-28 17:30:19', '<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39183,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":352,\"height\":519} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/RES4650-694x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39183\" width=\"352\" height=\"519\"/><figcaption><em>Ronnello Williams, left, and Jane Caffrey work together during the bi-monthly Beaufort Drum Circle on Tuesday at the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce.</em><br></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More than a dozen friends got together at the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce for the February’s bi-monthly installment of the the Beaufort Drum Circle on Monday Feb.11, and jammed into the night using sticks, clickers, chimes and even a few drums.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Drum Circle, according to event organizers, doesn’t follow any type of music or rhythm. It’s just an opportunity for people of varying levels of musical expertise to get together twice a month and create their own rhythm.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information about the Beaufort Drum Circle, email beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com or go to Beaufort SC Drum Circle on Facebook.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There is no charge and if one does not own anything to bang or click on, something will be provided.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo at top: No musical experience is needed to be a part of the Beaufort Drum Circle. If you donít have a drum or percussion instrument, one can be borrowed at no expense. Itís all about having some fun with new people. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Join the Beaufort Drum Circle', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'join-the-beaufort-drum-circle', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:30:21', '2019-02-28 17:30:21', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39181', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39185, 4, '2019-02-28 12:32:33', '2019-02-28 17:32:33', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Burton Fire District has completed its training for their new Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) device that will allow firefighters to deliver emergency care quicker and more efficiently. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39186,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":338,\"height\":450} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Burton-FD_Go-Pap_092219b-e1551375108868-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39186\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Thursday, Feb. 21, the Burton Fire District, which provides both basic and advanced life support services, completed training on their new CPAP device, which is commercially known as a Go-Pap. While the fire district has provided CPAP treatment before, this new device will allow firefighters to act quicker and be more efficiently with critically ill patients who are running out of time. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When a person is in cardiac failure and their heart loses strength, fluid builds in the lungs making it extremely difficult to breath. Also, a patient having a severe life-threatening asthma attack will have such constriction of their airway that may cause them to stop breathing. A CPAP device will pressurize the airway and lungs, bringing not only relief to the patient but also sustaining their life until the arrival of Beaufort County EMS and more definitive care at the hospital. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Because this new device requires less equipment to operate and allows for the simultaneous administration of additional treatments and procedures, firefighters can now address the multiple medical needs of a critically ill patient more efficiently. This will allow firefighters to stabilize patients on scene and within minutes of their 911 call, thereby not only saving a life, but improving their condition before they reach the emergency room.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All Burton firefighters are Emergency Medical Technicians, and one of the district’s five fire stations serving the rural Gray’s Hill and Seabrook area provides advanced paramedical services. Because firefighters are often first to arrive on scene to a medical emergency and can be made available to respond to another emergency more quickly than an ambulance, Burton fire officials say this training is essential to providing the emergency services their citizens need and deserve.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Burton Fire District fields news medical device', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'burton-fire-district-fields-news-medical-device', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:32:35', '2019-02-28 17:32:35', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39185', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39188, 4, '2019-02-28 12:33:23', '2019-02-28 17:33:23', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By David M. Taub</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In last week’s column, I shared the history behind the creation of the Yemassee Primate Center and promised to fill you in on the details of how our notorious and mysterious Monkey Island came to be, as well as explain my unique connection to all this monkey business.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>About 1974, the FDA began supporting rhesus monkey colonies in Puerto Rico for the Sabin Poliomyelitis Virus Vaccine Program. The FDA was among the first government agencies to proactively contract with the University of Puerto Rico to support two satellite island rhesus colonies, which were spin-offs from over production at the original Cayo Santiago colony. This was a prescient FDA decision because by 1977, India had permanently banned all exportation of rhesus monkeys to the United States.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">***</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 1978, as an assistant professor at Bowman Gray School of Medicine, I conducted basic research on social risk-factors and cardiovascular disease using non-human primate models.&nbsp; The veterinarian at the Yemassee “monkey farm” asked me to consult to reduce aggression in their breeding colony. At about this time, the FDA announced an open competition for the Puerto Rican breeding colonies that it was funding. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Litton Bionetics badly wanted to obtain this contract. They had identified an isolated island, Morgan Island in Beaufort County’s St. Helena Sound, which they believed was an ideal location to reestablish the Puerto Rican free-ranging breeding colonies. I was asked to write the scientific section of the FDA application. The contract we sought was awarded, and we began the arduous and challenging task of moving about 1,500 monkeys from southern Puerto Rico to Beaufort. Now things really got interesting. Yemassee Center hired me to manage the Morgan Island colony, and in spring of 1979 I moved to Beaufort, with wife Pam, 6-year old daughter Alison, and our aged cat Winky. This would be my second time in Beaufort; the first was in 1964, when I spent a challenging semester at University of Parris Island (another story for another time).&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There were nine shipments from the Ponce, Puerto Rico, airport to Beaufort via Miami: six starting in July 1979 and three more in early 1980. The FDA chartered an aged DC3 and monkeys were shipped in crates that contained three slots per crate, one animal per slot.&nbsp; About 100 crates filled the plane’s belly. To this day, I marvel at how we managed the following magic act: That antique DC3 had to stop in Miami for refueling before continuing on to Beaufort. The pilot radioed MCAS air control requesting permission to land — perhaps he was a Marine aviator in a previous life. Miraculously, they granted it. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marines came out to witness this spectacle as we unloaded monkey crates onto a trailer. In the moonless dead of night, we drove to our boat dock at Lucy Creek. Perhaps the watching Marines thought we were moving a load of strange looking recruits destined for Parris Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Every flight sought and received permission to land at MCAS, and the plane always arrived late at night — I believe that old DC3 was slower than my Nissan 300ZX twin turbo sports car. Early the next morning, we loaded crates onto our boats for the seven-mile trip to Morgan Island. Upon arrival, each animal was uncrated and given a complete physical exam, and then released to the wilds of “Monkey Island,” as Morgan Island was immediately christened. That moniker remains to this day. We repeated this routine over the course of about nine months; thereafter, the colony was closed to introductions from outside sources. The colony grew three-fold over the next 10 years, and each year several hundred 2-year old animals were shipped to the FDA in Bethesda, Maryland, in support of the polio vaccine certification program. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">***</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An 1896 science fiction fantasy by famous English author H. G. Wells tells the story of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man who is left on the island home of Dr. Moreau, a mad scientist who experiments with creating human-like hybrid creatures. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After the first monkeys arrived on Morgan Island in summer of 1979, all manner of Dr. Moreau-like rumors began circulating. No one was allowed on the island. What was going on there? Why all those monkeys? No sooner had monkeys begun feasting on Purina Monkey Chow on Morgan Island than people started calling Yemassee’s monkey farm (or the sheriff) saying they were seeing wild monkeys in their backyards (most likely, raccoons). To them, every rattle of a garbage can was a monkey trying to steal some leftovers. In fact, only a very few young “bachelor” males decided to swim off the island (rhesus monkeys are good swimmers). We trapped and returned most of them to their island paradise. The fate of the others, who can say?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">***</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Well you ask, what was the purpose of keeping monkeys on Morgan Island and what were we doing with them? The short and accurate answer is nothing. It was then, and remains today, a breeding colony. Exclusively. No research is done using the monkeys. Yet even today ridiculous rumors abound of Dr. Moreau-style “secret research” out in the boonies on Monkey Island. It is all nonsense. Balderdash. Untrue.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So, we come to the end of this fascinating story. You’ve heard it here, straight from the horse’s, er … monkey’s mouth. I suppose you could say I was the “mad scientist” who was the in charge of Monkey Island’s furry denizens. Beaufort’s seminal role played in eliminating the deadly polio virus is a critical piece of Beaufort County’s history. We owe a continuing debt of gratitude to the rhesus monkeys who gave their all to save so many humans’ lives from polio, and many other diseases as well. For better or worse, it also led to my return to Beaufort and eventually to being elected mayor. Truth is truly stranger than fiction.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>David M. Taub was Mayor of Beaufort from 1990 through 1999, and served as a Beaufort County Magistrate Judge from 2010 to 2015. He may be contacted at david.m.taub42@gmail.com.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The True Story of Monkey Island, Part 2', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-true-story-of-monkey-island-part-2', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:33:26', '2019-02-28 17:33:26', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39188', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39190, 4, '2019-02-28 12:34:32', '2019-02-28 17:34:32', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort County Board of Education has approved the district’s academic calendar for the 2019-20 school year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The first day for students will be Monday, August 19, and the final day of classes will be Tuesday, June 2.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 2018-19 calendar includes a two-week winter break, a preference indicated by parents and district employees in online surveys.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Current state law mandates that no South Carolina public school can begin classes prior to the third Monday in August, which this year is August 19.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Various staff development days are dispersed throughout the calendar, and three possible weather make-up dates are included: Monday, Nov. 11; Wednesday, Nov. 27; and Friday, March 13.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Holiday dates with schools closed for students are Sept. 2 (Labor Day); Nov. 27-29 (Thanksgiving); Dec. 23-Jan. 3, 2020 (winter break); Jan. 20, 2020 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day); April 13-17, 2020 (spring break); and May 25, 2020 (Memorial Day).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Teacher work days are Monday-Friday, August 12-16; Monday, Jan. 6; Friday, Feb. 14; Friday, March 13; and Wednesday-Thursday, June 3-4.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'School board approves 2019-20 calendar', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'school-board-approves-2019-20-calendar', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:34:34', '2019-02-28 17:34:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39190', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39192, 4, '2019-02-28 12:35:54', '2019-02-28 17:35:54', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s CJ Cummings put on another dominant performance in sweeping the 73kg weight class at the USA Weightlifting National Junior Championships on Saturday in Chicago. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39193,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":222,\"height\":279} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CJ-headshot-812x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39193\" width=\"222\" height=\"279\"/><figcaption><em>CJ Cummings</em></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cummings hit the new junior world record standard in the snatch with a lift of 149kg, bettering his record by one kilogram, and broke his own junior world records in the clean and jerk (189kg) and total (338kg).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cummings, 18, continues to dominate the junior circuit as he prepares for the 2020 Olympic Games. The runners-up in each division were a distant second — 128kg in the snatch, 157kg in the clean, and 284kg total. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cummings now owns 29 American records and five world records.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Next up on Cummings’ schedule is the IWF Junior World Championships from June 1-8 in Fiji.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Cummings rewrites records at National Junior Championships', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cummings-rewrites-records-at-national-junior-championships', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:35:57', '2019-02-28 17:35:57', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39192', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39195, 4, '2019-02-28 12:37:04', '2019-02-28 17:37:04', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Three passengers escaped with only non-life threatening injuries after a head-on collision thanks to seatbelts and a child carseat, officials say.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Burton Fire District and the Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department responded to a head-on collision just after 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 25, on Robert Smalls Parkway involving a passenger vehicle and a waste disposal truck. Three occupants, including an infant, suffered non-life threatening injuries thanks to seatbelts.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The head-on collision occurred in Port Royal on Robert Smalls Parkway at the foot of the Broad River Bridge. Firefighters arrived to find a passenger vehicle and a waste disposal truck had collided, and that the passenger vehicle sustained heavy damages. Firefighters and Beaufort County EMS personnel treated three occupants from the passenger vehicle, including an infant, who appeared to have suffered non-life threatening injuries. Beaufort County EMS transported all three to the hospital.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After examining the amount of damage to the passenger vehicle, Burton fire officials said the use of seatbelts, and having the infant properly restrained in a carseat, saved their lives. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Burton Fire District, South Carolina Highway Patrol, and Battery Creek alumni Kelli Burke, have partnered together for a seatbelt safety awareness program for the public, and have delivered it to new drivers at Battery Creek High School with plans to expand to other schools and venues throughout the area. For more information on their program, please email safetyed@burtonfd.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Seatbelts and Car Seat Saved Lives in Head-On Collision', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'seatbelts-and-car-seat-saved-lives-in-head-on-collision', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:37:07', '2019-02-28 17:37:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39195', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39199, 4, '2019-02-28 12:38:05', '2019-02-28 17:38:05', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stunning sunsets are commonplace in the Lowcountry, but this photo of the sun setting over the Beaufort River captured by Ian DeWitt of Scottish John Photography was even more spectacular than most. To submit a Lowcountry Life photo, you must be the photographer or have permission to submit the photo to be published in The Island News. Please submit high-resolution photos and include a description and/or names of the people in the picture and the name of the photographer. Email your photos to theislandnews@gmail.com.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Lowcountry Life', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-life-94', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:38:07', '2019-02-28 17:38:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39199', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39202, 4, '2019-02-28 12:38:52', '2019-02-28 17:38:52', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Scott Graber</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“My father was Irish-Catholic, from Boston, and when we first got to New Hampshire, John F. Kennedy came to visit,” she says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“He came to your house?”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“In those days the number of Democrats in our town was pretty small and yes, we met in the living room of our house,” she says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is Sunday afternoon, overcast, dreary, but I’ve got a small fire, a box of Publix blueberry muffins, and the company of David and Anne-Marie Irwin. Anne-Marie and David are tall, well-tailored and have a straight-forward New England sensibility. They live (most of the time) at Walling Grove Plantation but sometimes flee to Peterborough, N.H., when the local temperature ‘feels like’ 120 degrees. This afternoon we’re sitting in my modest, tastefully furnished den discussing Anne-Marie’s inspiration and her time in the New Hampshire legislature.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After working for John Kennedy and completing college, Anne-Marie volunteered for the Peace Corps, spending time training teachers in Jamaica. Then she met and married David and eventually she found herself and her family in postcard-worthy Peterborough.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The schools in Peterborough were quaint, but they were also falling apart,” she says. “I reluctantly ran for the school board to see if I could convince people to rebuild the schools in nine different towns. It was hard because some of the towns in our district were less affluent. But eventually we got a bond approved and that let us rebuild, improve the curriculum and do more teacher training,” she says. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2002, with the help of former Gov. Walter Peterson, Anne-Marie ran for the state House of Representatives. She won that race, beating seven men, but found she had little influence in that Republican-ruled chamber. That changed in 2008 when Democrats took control and she was named chair of the committee that oversaw the administrative functions of state government.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That year a bill was introduced that would have eliminated dog racing. Initially she thought this was a good bill but decided she would tour the race tracks and talk to the people who worked at the tracks. In the course of her tour she found that many of these tracks were the sole source of employment, and income, for small New Hampshire towns. She also found that the tracks would eventually close of their own accord; but if immediately, legislatively closed there would be economic trauma. She also found that hundreds of greyhounds would be killed in the process.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I knew that I was going to have to convince most of the House — 400 people — to change their mind,” she says. “And so I went to each one asking, ‘How many dogs will you take? And, by the way, if you don’t want the dogs killed you’re going to have to take four.’ ”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“But that wouldn\'t have done it,” David interjects. “Anne-Marie went on the floor of the House and turned the tide with her speech.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Service in the legislature came with a salary — $200 per session — but there were perks. Because New Hampshire holds the first primary election in every presidential cycle, it serves as a “gatekeeper” that removes candidates who fail to win a significant percentage of the vote. This winnowing-of-the-unworthy function is also shared by Iowa and South Carolina.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2004, John Kerry, Howard Dean, John Edwards and others were competing for the Democratic Party nomination.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I took Howard Dean around the state,” Anne-Marie says. “Although David and I listened and talked to everyone — Democratic and Republican.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“In 2008, when I was a committee chair in the legislature, I was everybody’s friend,” she says. “And in 2008, Hillary Clinton had been unexpectedly beaten by Barack Obama in the Iowa caucuses. She came to New Hampshire knowing she would have to win or drop out of the race. I met both of them — Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I met Hillary at a small gathering and liked her. She was smart, not awful. But when I met with Obama at our Legislative Office Building, I found him inspiring, ‘Kennedyesque,’ ” she says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the end Hillary narrowly won the New Hampshire primary (112,404 to Obama’s 104,814) and that victory kept her competitive to the end of the primary season when Obama won the nomination.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Next year, however, all of that may change because California has moved-up its primary to March 3. Iowa and New Hampshire would still be first and second, but the gravitational pull of the California motherlode could pull candidates and the spotlight away from Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I ask Anne-Marie what legislation made her proudest.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“More than any particular bill,” she says. “I was pleased with the civility, the respect that members of my committee showed for each other. There were mischief makers, but on the whole there was a sense of fair play — an integrity in our proceedings. Our oversight was smart, not partisan.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>New Hampshire has recently become a “swing state” with control bouncing back and forth between the Democratic and Republican parties. Keeping government proceedings fair, open and civil is not easy.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. Email Scott at cscottgraber@gmail.com.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Tales from the New Hampshire legislature', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'tales-from-the-new-hampshire-legislature', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:38:54', '2019-02-28 17:38:54', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39202', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39206, 4, '2019-02-28 12:40:28', '2019-02-28 17:40:28', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You want to retire comfortably when the time comes. But you also want to help your child pay for college. With the cost of college tuition increasing and no guarantee that Social Security will be around at the time you retire, the amount of money you need to save may seem overwhelming. How do you balance both of those goals?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By starting to plan now, you can strike a strategic balance between saving for retirement and saving for college, says Will Larson, Retirement Planning Strategist for Wells Fargo Advisors.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“A good way to help achieve both goals is to sit down with your financial advisor as soon as possible and create an investment plan,” he says. Your financial advisor will talk to you about your goals, estimate how much money you need, and then put together a plan to get you on your way toward saving for both retirement and your child’s college education.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These strategies can be a good place to start.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Pay yourself first. </strong>Your top priority should be saving for retirement, Larson says. He recommends putting aside around 15 percent of your income every year. Don’t make the mistake of thinking you can tap into your retirement plan to pay tuition — taxes and penalties mean you’ll take a big hit.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Invest your money in tax-advantaged accounts.</strong> Your money will work harder for you if you take advantage of tax-friendly accounts like 529 savings plans. The key is starting as early as possible, says Kirk Pacatte, Planning and Life Events Specialist at Wells Fargo Advisors. “The earlier you get money in there, the better the potential for it to grow tax-deferred and compound,” he says. “That’s especially important when saving for education because you have a shorter window to save than you do for retirement.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Take advantage of changes in income or expenses. </strong>If you get an unexpected inheritance, stash at least some of it in your savings. And if you get a 2 percent raise, consider putting half toward college savings and half toward retirement. If you no longer have to pay for daycare or preschool because your child goes to public elementary school, keep making those payments, but put them into your child’s college savings account instead, Larson suggests.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Set clear expectations with your child. </strong>Have a frank conversation with your high-school-aged children about the level of financial support you can provide for college, Pacatte suggests. Some parents commit to paying the equivalent of the cost of in-state tuition for four years at a state school. Others agree to pay for half of the bill and let their children know they are expected to cover the rest.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Look for ways to save on tuition.</strong> Even if you have significant savings for college, apply for scholarships and financial aid — you never know what you’ll get, Pacatte says. You can also encourage your children take Advanced Placement or college-level courses in high school. If they earn enough college credit, they could potentially graduate from college in three years. “Being able to lop off a full year of college funding makes a huge difference in cost,” Larson says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An investor should consider, before investing, whether the investor’s or designated beneficiary’s home state offers any state tax or other state benefits, such as financial aid, scholarship funds, and protection from creditors that are only available for investments in such state’s 529 college savings plan.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>This article was written by Wells Fargo Advisors and provided courtesy of Katie C. Phifer, Associate Vice President, Investments and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ in Beaufort, SC at 843-982-1506.&nbsp; Any third party posts, reviews or comments associated with this article are not endorsed by Wells Fargo Advisors &amp; do not necessarily represent the views of Katie Phifer or Wells Fargo Advisors and have not been reviewed by the Firm for completeness or accuracy.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Investments in securities and insurance products are: NOT FDIC-INSURED/NOT BANK-GUARANTEED/MAY LOSE VALUE</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Wells Fargo Advisors is a trade name used by Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, Member SIPC, a registered broker-dealer and non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo &amp; Company.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>© 2018 Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC. All rights reserved.&nbsp;</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Saving for Retirement and Your Child’s College Education', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'saving-for-retirement-and-your-childs-college-education', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:40:30', '2019-02-28 17:40:30', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39206', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39217, 4, '2019-02-28 12:43:55', '2019-02-28 17:43:55', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Academy welcomed 26 new high school students to the National Honor Society and 27 new middle school students into the National Junior Honor Society during a ceremony Monday, Feb. 11.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ceremony was led by Anna Daubert, Jeffery Rushing, and Caroline Moss. The leaders spoke about the key attributes of the society — scholarship, leadership, service, and character.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p> National Honor Society inductees were: Hannah Grace Ackerman, Connor Alan Aivaz, Andrew Philip Alicknavitch, Matthew Gregory Coyle, Anna Grace Dennis, Emma Selene Dillinger, Knox Allen Foster, Madison Riley Gates, Michela Giannini, Bryce Michael Hage, Emma Louise Higgins, Maeve Weilin Kalady, Ja’Sean Lennar Lawson, Zachary Scott Lee, Alyssa Katherine Lewis, Mariah Fetzer Midyette, Emilie Claire Nason, Ansleigh Claire Pingree, Grayson Rhodes Price, Rachel Heidi Reineri, Kevin Jarrod Rogers, Jayda Faith Scheper, Caroline Elizabeth Shaw, Madison Alexis Smith, Jane Patricia Ward, and Judith Emily Wilson. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39219} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/BA-Jr-NHS-1024x490.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39219\"/><figcaption><em>Beaufort Academy National Junior Honor Society</em><br></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>National Junior Honor Society inductees were: Brycen Lee Ambrose, Brock David Bekemeyer, Kiersten Elizabeth Boulden, Clara Marie Conway, Braydon E. Dineen, Hannah Marie Frelin, Ariana Lee Gonzalez, Timothy Paul Horgan, Kai’Shawn Mikell Jenkins, Joseph Hampton Lane, Katherine Brooke Luckey, John Olin McDougall III, Ansh Patel, Caroline Perry Patterson, Joseph Allen Patterson, Virginia Ledare Pingree, Austin Grant Ploss, Elizabeth Marie Salazar, George W. Simmons, Eamon Smalls, Benjamin Elliot Steen, Jonathan Kyle Suchodolski, Katherine Elise Taylor, Sarah Mae Toler, Brandon Christian Trapp, Adam Ramon Vasquez, and Cynthia Ashleigh Wilson.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo at top: Beaufort Academy National Honor Society</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BA students inducted into National Honor Society', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ba-students-inducted-into-national-honor-society', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:43:58', '2019-02-28 17:43:58', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39217', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39221, 4, '2019-02-28 12:50:19', '2019-02-28 17:50:19', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Despite not having any wrestlers advance to the championship finals, Beaufort High finished fifth in the team standings at the SCHSL Class 4A State Wrestling Championships on Saturday in Anderson thanks to the Eagles’ work in the consolation brackets. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39222,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":352,\"height\":234} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DSC_0280-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39222\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\"/><figcaption><em>Left: Battery Creekís Syncere Atkins fights off a shot from Pelionís Brad Creech in the 145-pound final at the Class 3A Lower State Championships on Feb. 16 at May River High School. Atkins was the Dolphinsí lone placer at the state tournament, finishing fourth Saturday in Anderson.</em><br></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marcus Spann (126) and James Dagin (152) worked their way through the back side of the bracket to place third, and Matthew Durrance (132), Jacob Denton (138), and Michael Cenci (170) all placed fourth.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek’s Syncere Atkins also placed fourth at 145 pounds in Class 3A.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>May River’s Ryan Humel became the first individual state champion in the program’s three-year history by winning the Class 3A 182-pound title, and Hilton Head High’s James Levy finished second at 106 pounds in Class 4A.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Beaufort High results</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Gary Bayne</strong> (106) — lost to Spencer Cox (South Pointe), 19-6; lost to Jeffrey Hollingsworth (Pickens), fall 3:41</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39224,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":397,\"height\":264} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DSC_0246-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39224\" width=\"397\" height=\"264\"/><figcaption><em>Beaufort High’s James Dagin works toward a pin of Hartsville’s Robert Williamson in the 152-pound final at the Class 4A Lower State Championships on Feb. 16 at Bluffton High School. Dagin finished third at the state tournament Saturday in Anderson.</em></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Marcus Spann</strong> (126) —&nbsp;lost to Cole Arrington (South Pointe), 18-8; def. Andrian Neals (Orangeburg-Wilkinson), fall 1:13; def. Easton Brannan (Belton-Honea Path), medical forfeit; def. Toby Foster (Travelers Rest), 8-2</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Matthew Durrance</strong> (132) — def. Luke Dickson (York), fall 0:41; lost to JJ Luna (Palmetto), fall 3:26; def. Alfonso Chavero (Airport), fall 3:26; lost to Pearson Borders (South Pointe), fall 5:22</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Jacob Denton</strong> (138) — def. Bryson McLees (Travelers Rest), 16-13; lost to Matthew Belk (South Pointe), fall 5:00; def. Jackson Aaron (Airport), 3-2; lost to Elijah Holder (Pickens), fall 2:26</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Robert Cruikshank</strong> (145) — lost to Garrett Kloth (Pickens), fall 1:37; lost to ShyQuan Ferguson (South Pointe), fall 5:30</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>James Dagin</strong> (152) — lost to Savion White (South Pointe), fall 4:00; def. Bryson Platt (Airport), 12-4; def. Ben Joye (Pickens), 19-10; def. Adam Reedy (Palmetto), 9-7</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Jeremiah Simmons</strong> (160) — lost to Kaleb Horn (Blue Ridge), 12-5; lost to Nequel Ryans (South Aiken), fall 3:43</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Michael Cenci</strong> (170) — lost to Nygel Moore (Lancaster), 7-3; def. Grant Tucker (Hartsville), 7-1; def. Tyler Center (Belton-Honea Path), 13-5; lost to Ellison Flores (Greer), 12-2</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Theo Washington</strong> (195) —&nbsp;lost to Michael Kemp (Blue Ridge), 13-5; def. Justin Corbin (South Pointe), fall 3:52; lost to James Brisbane (Berea), fall 2:00</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Battery Creek results</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Larson McManigle</strong> (138) — lost to Ryan Dobbs (West Oak), fall 0:13; lost to Jonathan Lemon (Academic Magnet), 5-1</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Syncere Atkins</strong> (145) — def. Emmanuel Wright (Chester), 7-6; lost to Cameron Ellis (Crescent), 18-2; def. Brad Creech (Pelion), 10-1; lost to Emmanuel Wright (Chester), 8-4</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Chris Appleby</strong> (152) — lost to Tre’von Hill (Union County), fall 2:51; lost to Dayton Hines (Woodruff), 12-2</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Alex Linares</strong> (160) — lost to Markeith Drakeford (Indian Land), fall 2:40; lost to Noah Jones (Aynor), fall 1:56</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Whale Branch results</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Richard Parker </strong>(132) —&nbsp;lost to Garrett Davis (Whitmire), fall 1:20; def. Jared Gilliard (Bamberg-Ehrhardt), fall 5:52; lost to Chance Hewitt (Ninety Six), fall 3:21</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>De’Arius Hazel</strong> (195) — lost to Ben Parson (Ninety Six), fall 0:53; lost to Jack Tilton (North Central), fall 0:36</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Zakariya Williams</strong> (220) — lost to Thomas Shelman (Abbeville), fall 2:16; def. Matthew Constance (Landrum), fall 2:28; lost to O’Neal Pinckney (Military Magnet), 8-4</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center\">BCHS’ Atkins picked for all-star event</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek’s Syncere Atkins has been selected to compete in the 2019 Best Western North-South All-Star Wrestling Classic on March 1-2 at North Myrtle Beach High School.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Atkins will wrestle for the Class 4A/3A South team. Additionally, May River’s Ryan Humel was selected as the 182-pound representative to the Team South Carolina squad that will face Team North Carolina in a dual match.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The North-South All-Star Classic is the second-longest running all-star high school wrestling even in the nation. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo at top: Beaufort Highís Jacob Denton reacts after defeating Airportís Jackson Aaron in the finals of the 138-pound weight class at the Class 4A Lower State Championships on Feb. 16 at Bluffton High School. Denton finished fourth at the state tournament Saturday in Anderson. 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(39228, 4, '2019-02-28 12:52:16', '2019-02-28 17:52:16', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A 22-year-old Port Royal man who in 2017 was found hiding in the closet of the home he was burglarizing for the second time in 10 days is going to prison.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39229,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":221,\"height\":277} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://actionclub.site/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Ben-Reed-IV.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39229\" width=\"221\" height=\"277\"/><figcaption><em>Ben Reed IV </em></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A jury found Ben Reed IV guilty Thursday, Feb. 21, in Beaufort County General Sessions Court on both counts against him. He received a 10-year sentence for the first break-in, which resulted in a second-degree burglary charge, and 17 years for the second incident, in which he was charged with first-degree burglary. The sentences will be served concurrently.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jacob McFadden of the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office prosecuted the case.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the first burglary, the victim and her daughter left their home at about 7 a.m. on Nov. 7, 2017. They returned at about 11:20 p.m. to find their back door open and their living room television sitting on the floor near the door. The window above the kitchen sink also was open. Several items were missing from the home, including two handguns, two video game consoles, two iPads, a laptop, and a smart watch. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reed, who does not know the home’s residents, left a fingerprint at the scene.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In a second burglary at about 1 a.m. on Nov. 17, 2017, Beaufort Police were called during a break-in at the same location. Neighbors notified authorities after noticing a flashlight beam inside the residence. An intruder was seen closing the back door and retreating inside as law enforcement approached. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Police officers called the resident to confirm no one was authorized to be in the home at that time. After receiving the call, she came home and used her key to let police inside. They found Reed hiding in a coat closet and captured footage of the arrest on their body cameras. No other suspects were located.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As Reed was being escorted out by officers, the victim noticed he was wearing a pair of Nike shoes stolen in the first burglary.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reed’s criminal history includes convictions for simple possession of marijuana, shoplifting, possession of alcohol, possession of a stolen vehicle and receiving stolen goods.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Circuit Court Judge Robert E. Hood sentenced Reed to 10 years for the first robbery and 17 years for the second. The sentences will be served concurrently.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Port Royal man convicted of two burglaries of same home', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'port-royal-man-convicted-of-two-burglaries-of-same-home', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:52:18', '2019-02-28 17:52:18', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39228', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39231, 4, '2019-02-28 12:53:49', '2019-02-28 17:53:49', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Water Search and Rescue volunteers rescued two people from the marsh near Beaufort’s Pigeon Point on Friday, Feb. 22, after they were caught by the outgoing tide while canoeing.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pigeon Point residents noticed the pair had become trapped around 3 p.m. and confirmed the canoeists had called 9-1-1. Beaufort Water Search and Rescue arrived with its airboat around 3:45 p.m. and took the boaters ashore, where Beaufort Police and rescue personnel were waiting.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39232,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Marsh-rescue-1-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39232\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'Canoeists saved from outgoing tide', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'canoeists-saved-from-outgoing-tide', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:54:02', '2019-02-28 17:54:02', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39231', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39236, 4, '2019-02-28 12:55:00', '2019-02-28 17:55:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Council has narrowed its list of Beaufort County Administrator candidates to three finalists who were to participate in a second round of interviews Monday, Feb. 25.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The finalists — Ashley M. Jacobs, assistant county administrator for Aiken County; Eric W. Larson, Beaufort County’s director of environmental engineering and land management; and Marc A. Orlando, town manager for Bluffton — were among more than 70 applicants for the job. GovHR USA has assisted County Council with the search. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Finalists’ Profiles</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ashley Jacobs previously served as the executive director for the Greater Lake City Community Development Office in Lake City, S.C., deputy county administrator for Dorchester County, S.C.; assistant county administrator for Richland County, S.C.; and senior environmental planner for the Central Midlands Council of Governments in Columbia. Jacobs earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of South Carolina and a B.A. in English and Technical Writing from Clemson University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Eric Larson previously served as the water quality compliance manager for the University of Kentucky; city engineer for Georgetown, Ky.; assistant director of development services for Georgetown-Scott County Planning Commission, Ky.; and engineering group manager for City-County Planning Commission of Warren County, Ky. Larson is a professional engineer and a certified professional in land use planning.&nbsp; He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Kentucky.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marc Orlando previously served the Town of Bluffton as deputy town manager and assistant town manager/planning director. Other past positions include serving as executive director for the Bluffton Public Development Corporation; vice president of asset management and development for Carson Asset Management; and senior planner for Town of Hilton Head Island. Orlando is an ICMA Credentialed Manager.&nbsp; He earned a B.A. in Urban Planning from the University of Windsor.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'County administrator finalists named', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'county-administrator-finalists-named', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:55:03', '2019-02-28 17:55:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39236', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39238, 4, '2019-02-28 12:56:55', '2019-02-28 17:56:55', '<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39240,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":370,\"height\":365} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/RES6257-1024x1014.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39240\" width=\"370\" height=\"365\"/><figcaption><em>The search continued Monday afternoon, Feb. 25, for a missing 19-year-old woman following a boating accident in Archers Creek early Sunday morning. Here, friends and relatives of the missing girl comfort each other beside the causeway near Archers Creek at Parris Island.</em><br></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The search continued Monday and Tuesday for a 19-year-old woman missing following a boating accident in Archers Creek early Sunday morning.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Search boats, divers, and a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office helicopter searched throughout the day Monday for Mallory Beach, who was one of six passengers in a boat that crashed near Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island about 2 a.m. Sunday. The search resumed Tuesday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>S.C. Department of Natural Resources officials were assisting with the search and investigating the crash.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo at top: Search boats, divers and a helicopter continued the search for a 19-year-old Beaufort woman who went missing following a boating accident in Archers Creek on Sunday morning. In the background is the main gate to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. At far right is part of the bridge over Archers Creek where the boating accident occurred. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Rescuers search for missing boater', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'rescuers-search-for-missing-boater', '', '', '2019-02-28 12:56:58', '2019-02-28 17:56:58', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39238', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39243, 4, '2019-02-28 11:58:02', '2019-02-28 16:58:02', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>About 100 women from all over Northern Beaufort County converged on Nuances in Port Royal on Thursday, February 21, for the monthly gathering of Island Girls Night Out. The last door prize of the night went to Rhiannah Nadine, pictured above with Nuances owner Nancy Harris Vista. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">[Modula id=\'34\']<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'A fabulous night at Nuances in Port Royal', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'a-fabulous-night-at-nuances-in-port-royal', '', '', '2019-02-28 13:06:16', '2019-02-28 18:06:16', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39243', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39267, 4, '2019-03-07 19:09:58', '2019-03-08 00:09:58', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Celia Strong</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Côtes du Rhône is an AC region located in southeastern France along the banks of the Rhône River. The valley was formed in the last ice age when the Rhône Glacier carved its way south through France. The river itself runs down from the Alps, for 505 miles, to the Mediterranean Sea. Geography separates the region into two very separate and different parts. Today, we’re concentrating on the southern portion, where the river is wider and the climate is marked by long, hot summers, mild winters, less rainfall, and the famous Mistral wind. A unique ground coverage of wild herbs called “Garrigue” gives the wines added flavors. The Rhône region produces red (89%), white (4%), and rosé (7%) wines. Dry, sweet and sparkling.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wines have been made in the Rhône Valley since before the Romans. For centuries, wines from the right bank — the eastern side — were favorites of kings and papal communities. In 1305, Pope Clement V moved the Papal seat from Rome into France. Clement was from Bordeaux and did not feel safe in the political atmosphere of Rome. He settled near Avignon and named his new city Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the new castle of the Pope. With regard to wines, Clement and Pope John XXII who followed him were both avid Burgundy drinkers and encouraged the growth and enhancement of Rhône area vineyards and wines. What became the AC Rhône region wine laws, in 1937, were actually winemaker regulations used in growing and production since 1650. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Côtes du Rhône appellation covers over 207,000 acres. Close to 500 million bottles are made each year. For reds and rosés, Grenache (officially Grenache Noir), Syrah, Cinsault, Carignane, Counoise and Mouvèdre grapes are allowed. Red wines must include a minimum 40 percent Grenache, if grown south of Montélimar, and can contain 5 percent white varieties. For white wines, Clairette, Gremache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne or Bourboulenc must make up 80 percent of the finished wine — any combination of these varieties will suffice. Plus, whites can include Viognier, Ugni Blanc and Picpoul — up to 20 percent of the total. Most Côtes du Rhône wines come from the southern part of the region. Here the massive delta of the Rhône River is spread out and the vineyards are on flatter soil. (Northern Rhône appellation vineyards are terraced into steep cliffs along the river’s edge, very labor intensive throughout the growing season and worse at harvest.)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our two Rhône wines come from Domaine de la Solitude. This property, founded in the 17th century, has been owned by the Lançon family for generations. Florent Lançon is the current winemaker and boasts its own 100 acres of vines, averaging 50 years old. Eighty-six acres are planted with red varieties and 14.8 with white, all sustainably farmed. The vineyards have iron-rich topsoil over clay and limestone. Harvests are done by hand, and the grapes are carefully sorted to remove unwanted fruit.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For the white La Solitude, the grapes are gently pressed after sorting. The Roussane and Viognier are barrel fermented. The other varieties are done in vats under temperature control. No malolactic fermentation is done. After blending (30% Clairette, 35% Grenache Blanc, 25% Roussanne, 10% Viognier), the wine is aged in barrels, on its lees, for about eight months. The wine is a pale gold color, with aromas and flavors that include peach, honeysuckle, spiced stone fruits, flowers and lemon. Roussane and Viognier give it the floral notes and weight in your mouth. Clairette gives it freshness and moderate acidity. And, Grenache Blanc gives it depth and complexities. This wine is meant to be drunk fairly young. For $11.99.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>La Solitude Cotes du Rhône red is a quality red Rhône. After these grapes are sorted, they are destemmed, crushed and put into tanks. Temperature-controlled maceration lasts for about a month. Soon after the alcoholic fermentation, the secondary malolactic fermentation occurs. Then, wines from different vineyard parcels and different varieties are aged separately for about eight months. Blending (60% Grenache, 30% Syrah and 10% Mourvèdre) isn’t done until after this aging. This wine is garnet-colored, fresh and fruity with elegant tannins. 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(39269, 4, '2019-03-07 19:10:49', '2019-03-08 00:10:49', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Lee Scott</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The other day, I was in the parking lot of our local hardware store and walked past black cars, white cars and red cars. As I turned around and looked at my normally blue car, it became painfully obvious which cars were kept in a garage and which were not. My non-garaged car was covered with yellow pollen.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Yes, it is that time of year when everything seems to take on that unique tinge. As I looked at my car, I added one more item to my shopping list, or my “spring essentials” as I call them — windshield wiper fluid. I think I had to go through a half a gallon of fluid to see out the windshield before driving down my road. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When I got into the store, I grabbed a basket and went for furnace filters. With all the pollen floating around, I try to get fresh ones to help clear the indoor air.&nbsp; Then I grabbed a new sprayer for the hose. Whether I ran over the old one in the driveway or my spouse did, it does not matter. That sprayer has had it, and if I want to see the blue paint on my car, then I need to hose it off.&nbsp; I opted for one of those high-pressure nozzles to get the job done. Since the back porch, the front porch, and the front walk all need to be hosed down, too, it makes sense to buy something that works. I am tired of seeing foot prints in the front hall from the pollen.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then I went for one of those big boxes of rags. It is so much easier to wipe down the porch railings in the morning before the pollen dries and bakes into the wood.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There were other things I picked up like batteries for the smoke detectors, a new pair of gardening gloves and, of course, insect repellent. Then, as I was walking around the store, I could hear people sneezing and coughing and remembered that my list of “spring essentials” also required a visit to the drug store.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Seems like many people have the problem of a scratchy throat, watering eyes, and sneezing when there is this much pollen in the air. I stopped and picked up some Kleenex, an anti-histamine, and throat lozenges. I also threw in some Benadryl because the bees are out, too, and it does not hurt to be prepared in case of a bee sting.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Despite some of the springtime challenges, I do enjoy this time of year.&nbsp; My azalea bushes are starting to flower, the tulips are coming up, and it is nice to see my car blue again — at least until tomorrow.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Stocking up on spring essentials', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'stocking-up-on-spring-essentials', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:10:52', '2019-03-08 00:10:52', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39269', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39271, 4, '2019-03-07 19:12:17', '2019-03-08 00:12:17', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort History Museum will present its fourth annual Living History Encampment from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, in the Arsenal courtyard. Re-enactors coming to Beaufort from several states will portray Union troops from the Department of the South who were garrisoned in the Lowcountry and occupied the Beaufort Arsenal during the Civil War. The re-enactors will set up camp in the walled Arsenal courtyard and provide a unique educational opportunity for visitors of all ages, who will be able to interact with the soldiers to learn firsthand how life was lived in Beaufort during the Civil War. A Civil War era cannon also will be on display in the Arsenal courtyard during the event. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This year, the museum is partnering with the National Park Service (NPS) and its Reconstruction Era National Monument visitors center, located in the old Firehouse building on Craven Street across from the Arsenal. The museum’s highly-acclaimed exhibit “Reconstruction Beaufort” is on display at the visitors center, which will be open the day of the encampment. Beaufort is the place where Reconstruction first began, during the early years of the Civil War. The National Park Service plans special activities the day of the encampment event for kids who want to earn their Junior Ranger badges. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;“Our annual Living History Encampment is one of the museum’s most popular events, attracting hundreds of visitors in a single day,” said Carol Lauvray, president of the BHM Board of Directors. “We are very grateful to the encampment organizer, Lou Evans, to the other re-enactors, and to Scott Teodorski, superintendent of the Park Service’s Reconstruction Era National Monument, for partnering with the museum to make this remarkable event available to the public.” &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Admission is free to the encampment in the Arsenal courtyard, however donations to support the museum are much appreciated. On the day of the event, admission to the museum’s newly-renovated Exhibition Hall on the second floor of the Arsenal will be specially priced at $5 per visitor ($4 for seniors). Museum members, children, and active military and their families are admitted to the museum free of charge at all times. Admission is free to the National Park Service’s Reconstruction Era National Monument visitors center.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Union troops to occupy Beaufort Arsenal on Saturday', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'union-troops-to-occupy-beaufort-arsenal-on-saturday', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:12:20', '2019-03-08 00:12:20', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39271', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39274, 4, '2019-03-07 19:14:21', '2019-03-08 00:14:21', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ameris Bank donated $3,000 to the Bridges Preparatory School PTO for the sixth annual Bridges Block Party and Shrimp and Grits Cookoff, the school announced. All proceeds from the event will go toward an activity bus for the school.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ameris Bank is the title sponsor of this event and has been deemed Captain of the Ship for their contribution.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This donation will do big things for Bridges Preparatory School, and combined with other donations received during their annual fundraiser, will help the school purchase a new activity bus for their students,” said Amy Painton of the Bridges Prep PTO.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The bus will open up new possibilities for small group field trips, student community projects, sporting events and more, Painton said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Taylor Hunt with Bridges PTO said the Ameris donation, along with other sponsorships and donations, will help push the fast-growing state charter school forward.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We are so thankful for the dedication of the Ameris leadership and our other sponsors to our students at Bridges,” Hunt said. “This contribution will help us fulfill our mission as a school.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Block Party is set for Saturday, March 9, from noon to 5 p.m. on Paris Avenue in Port Royal. The event features local chefs competing for top honors with their version of the Lowcountry favorite shrimp and grits.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The winning recipe will receive the People’s Choice Award for the best shrimp and grits in the Lowcountry. The community-wide event also includes live music by Broke Locals, a kids zone, a wide array of food trucks and unique arts and crafts available for all to enjoy. For the thrill-seeker in the family, they will also have a 100-foot fun slide and more.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Ameris Bank becomes title sponsor for Bridges Prep Block Party', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ameris-bank-becomes-title-sponsor-for-bridges-prep-block-party', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:14:24', '2019-03-08 00:14:24', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39274', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39277, 4, '2019-03-07 19:14:57', '2019-03-08 00:14:57', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High’s boys track and field team picked up where it left off during last year’s state championship season, finishing second to defending Class 5A champion Wando at the Sandlappers Classic on Saturday in West Ashley.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles finished with 90 points to Wando’s 108 to earn runner-up honors in the 22-team meet. Beaufort High’s girls tied for fourth.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kenneth Williams had a big day for the Eagles, finishing second in the high jump (6-4) and third in the long jump (21-2) while joining Trejohn Smalls, Ky’Yea Little, and Shylik Smalls on the third-place 4×100 relay.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dexter Ratliff was the Eagles’ lone individual champion on the boys side, winning the discus (161-9) and finishing third in the shot put (46-10). Marlon Belden finished second in the 1600 (4:36.48) and was part of the third-place 4×1600 relay along with Nash Mills, Charlie Bennett, and Max Davis. Jonathan Pozas finished third in the 800 (2:05.21) and joined Trejohn Smalls, Shylik Smalls, and Aydreyan Laurie on the third-place 4×400 relay.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The highlight for Beaufort’s girls was a 1-2 finish in the 100 from Layla Warren (16.71) and Makayla Johnson (17.16). Nigeria Davila also placed third in the high jump (4-10).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort High track starts season strong', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-high-track-starts-season-strong', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:14:59', '2019-03-08 00:14:59', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39277', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39280, 4, '2019-03-07 19:15:35', '2019-03-08 00:15:35', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the SC LowCountry SCORE Chapter and SK Signs, Designs &amp; Marketing, will host \"Social Media Best Practices\" — a hot-topic seminar in the Lunch and Learn series — from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This fast-moving, 90-minute program will be presented by Shawn and Kelly Hill of SK Signs, Designs &amp; Marketing, a Port Royal-based, full-service marketing agency. During the session, attendees will learn best practices for their social media pages to ensure that they are on the right path to increasing sales and creating lasting customers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The session will be held at the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce, 701 Craven Street in Beaufort. Cost is $15 for chamber members and $20 for non-members, and will include lunch.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Learn more about the seminar or register to attend at bit.ly/SKlunchandlearn.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort Chamber and SCORE to host social media seminar', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-chamber-and-score-to-host-social-media-seminar', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:15:37', '2019-03-08 00:15:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39280', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39282, 4, '2019-03-07 19:16:01', '2019-03-08 00:16:01', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Local businesses are invited to take advantage of free vendor spaces at the Wellness Wave Festival and Scavenger Hunt to be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 6 on USCB’s Historic Beaufort Campus.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event is a collaboration of USCB, Beaufort Chiropractic, Free Spirit Yoga, Sanctuary Acupuncture and Alchemical Healing to promote arts and wellness to college students and the Beaufort community. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Health-related businesses, practices or studios are invited to set up a vendor space and creatively engage with the community. Contributions of gift certificates and door prizes for the raffle are also welcomed.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Registration deadline is March 10. For additional information or to register, contact Dr. Kristie Wallace at 803-727-6154.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Wellness Wave Festival coming to USCB', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'wellness-wave-festival-coming-to-uscb', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:16:04', '2019-03-08 00:16:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39282', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39284, 4, '2019-03-07 19:16:39', '2019-03-08 00:16:39', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Legree honored at tourism conference</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In an awards luncheon at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism and Travel on Feb. 21, Gov. Henry McMaster presented awards to people and places who made significant contributions to tourism in South Carolina.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Hospitality Employee of the Year award was given to Mary Rivers Legree, an Information Specialist at the Beaufort Visitors Center widely known for her customer service and deep knowledge of the Gullah culture. She’s a native of St. Helena Island and returned home to the Coffin Point community of her early childhood after spending much of her young adult life in northern states.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When she returned home, she started doing more research on the Gullah culture and eventually became recognized as the local historian. She was so intrigued by the complexity and depth of the story that she wrote a narrative titled “A Brief History of Saint Helena Island.” Legree served in multiple cultural, planning and preservation leadership positions in Beaufort and was twice president of the Penn Club, a non-profit organization that supports Penn Center.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She is now also a lecturer, having led presentations at Penn State University, the University of South Carolina Beaufort, the Senior Leadership of Beaufort County, and the Peace Corps Alumnae 50th Anniversary and Celebration. Her latest lecture was given at the Beaufort County Public Library.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Officials given Leaders Against Litter Awards</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County officials were among those honored by PalmettoPride, the state’s anti-litter non-profit organization, with Leaders Against Litter awards at the South Carolina Association of Counties mid-year meeting.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Leaders Against Litter awards honor elected officials who sought to make a change in their communities by working with their administrations, employees and citizens on litter prevention. These “Leaders Against Litter” led the charge to make important changes in how their counties address litter, specifically following what PalmettoPride believes are the basic tenets for change: education, enforcement, awareness and pickup.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Council Vice-Chair Paul D. Sommerville was honored after he began recognizing Adopt-A-Highway volunteers at council meetings and was integral in the county’s all-county fall litter pickup and bringing awareness to the impact litter has on economic development.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>PalmettoPride also presented companion awards to employees whose position and expertise provided for a “cohesive implementation of plans” with one award going to Beaufort County Director of Public Works Dave Wilhelm.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'News briefs for March 7th', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-for-march-7th', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:16:42', '2019-03-08 00:16:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39284', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(39286, 4, '2019-03-07 19:18:08', '2019-03-08 00:18:08', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lady\'s Island artist Billy Wilkie has been selected as the featured artist for the Third UpCycled Art Auction to benefit Lowcountry Habitat For Humanity.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39287,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":378,\"height\":251} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BillyandBarbara-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39287\" width=\"378\" height=\"251\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wilkie is known for his whimsical birds and Lowcountry scenes in acrylics and watercolors which can be seen locally at the Red Piano Too Gallery on St. Helena Island. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The UpCycled Art Auction has been a successful event for Lowcountry Habitat For Humanity starting in 2014 when the proceeds helped fund the 10th Anniversary ReStore house, which was built on Ivy Lane in the Mossy Oaks neighborhood. The ReStore is a consistent source of funds for building affordable houses for families in northern Beaufort County. The ReStore accepts and sells recycled donations of home furnishings, furniture, books, appliances, and various building supplies from the retail space at 612 Parris Island Gateway.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As part of the UpCycled Art Auction, artists may select an item from the ReStore to re-purpose, embellish, or re-imagine for the auction at the event from 4-7 p.m. on Saturday, April 6.&nbsp; Historic Penn Center will host this event, which will include live and silent auctions of art, musical entertainment, a Lowcountry boil with all the fixings provided by Boondocks Restaurant and appearances by many local artists. Ticket sales will begin online in early February and will be limited. Artists and guests wishing more information can contact the LowCountry Habitat For Humanity office at 843-522-3500.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Habitat art auction to feature local artist', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'habitat-art-auction-to-feature-local-artist', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:18:11', '2019-03-08 00:18:11', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39286', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39289, 4, '2019-03-07 19:19:13', '2019-03-08 00:19:13', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>BASEBALL</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eagles off to a hot start</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High continued its strong start to the season with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Norfolk Academy on Monday, winning 3-2 and 15-0.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wes Graves threw four scoreless innings to earn the win in the first game, striking out four and allowing three hits. Ethan Graham and Luke Londono each drove in a run, and Reed Reichel and Paul Winland each had a hit and scored a run.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In game 2, Winland was 2-for-2 with two runs and four RBIs, Graham was 1-for-2 with two runs and four RBIs, Luke Londono was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, and Christian Londono was 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs. Graham struck out the side in a scoreless inning, and Oliver Holmes struck out four over two scoreless frames in the shutout.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles (6-2) host Wade Hampton on Monday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>SOCCER</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BCHS boys win in OT</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After going 0-2 at the Charleston Soccer Shootout, Battery Creek’s boys won their first two regular-season games last week.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Alex Cruz scored five goals and added three assists to lead the Dolphins in a 9-0 home win over Colleton County on Tuesday. Dallin Morgan added two goals and four assists, Camden Vuocolo had a goal and an assist, and Eddy Aquino notched an assist.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek made it two straight wins with a 3-2 overtime victory at Goose Creek on Friday. Cruz netted a goal and an assist, Morgan and Dreshaun Brown each scored a goal, and Vuocolo and Aquino added an assist apiece.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Dolphins (2-2) were scheduled to travel to Beaufort High on Tuesday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>TRACK &amp; FIELD</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Warriors open season</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whale Branch placed ninth in the girls standings and the boys were 10th at the Adidas Lowcountry Invitational on Saturday at Woodland High School.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Makhi Spencer won the discus with a throw of 115 feet, 6 inches, to lead the Warriors, and the girls 4×100 relay was third with a time of 51.99 seconds.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>BASKETBALL</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BA players named SCISA all-stars</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Three Beaufort Academy basketball players were selected to play in the SCISA North-South All-Star Games last Saturday at Wilson Hall in Sumter.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Academy’s Amelia Huebel and EmilyAnn Hiers played for the North squad in the Class 1A girls game and BA’s Dawson Coleman was on the North team in the Class 1A boys contest.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Sports briefs for March 7th', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sports-briefs-for-march-7th', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:19:16', '2019-03-08 00:19:16', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39289', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39291, 4, '2019-03-07 19:20:54', '2019-03-08 00:20:54', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Surrounded by family, friends, and fellow firefighters, three of the Burton Fire District’s newest members celebrated their graduation from the South Carolina Fire Academy on Friday, March 1, and started their local training back at the Burton Fire District this week.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cody Clevinger, Tyler Nix, and Scott O’Neal, became the Burton Fire District’s newest firefighters after graduating from the South Carolina Fire Academy’s eight-week recruit school. All three graduated with nationally recognized certifications in both the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress and the National Board on Professional Fire Service Qualifications. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Firefighters Clevinger, Nix, and O’Neal will be starting their probationary period this week back at the Burton Fire District, where they will adapt and apply what they learned at the academy to the real world and begin their training to become Emergency Medical Technicians. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“They all did very well at the academy and are welcome additions to our family,” Burton Fire Chief Harry Rountree said. “They have quite a bit of training still. They learned the basics, but the situations we find ourselves in are increasingly challenging and complex, so our veteran firefighters need to add the real-world lessons of our job to the classroom lessons they learned.” &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Burton Fire District maintains an ISO-2 rating with a roster of 48 firefighters operating out of five fire stations and protects approximately 80 square miles of northern Beaufort County. In addition to fire and rescue services, the Burton Fire District also provides basic and advanced life support medical response and community risk reduction services. In 2018 the Burton Fire District responded to 3,139 emergency calls. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo above: Burton Deputy Fire Chief Tom Webb, Firefighters Cody Clevinger, Tyler Nix, Scott OíNeal, and Fire Chief Harry Rountree, pose at the South Carolina Fire Academyís Fallen Firefighter Memorial after graduation and after receiving their new Burton fire helmets. Photo provided.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Burton Firefighters Graduate', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'burton-firefighters-graduate', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:20:56', '2019-03-08 00:20:56', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39291', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39294, 4, '2019-03-07 19:23:13', '2019-03-08 00:23:13', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reader Mark Richardson caught these alligators soaking up some sun on the afternoon of Feb. 24 at the Cypress Wetlands in Port Royal. To submit a Lowcountry Life photo, you must be the photographer or have permission to submit the photo to be published in The Island News. Please submit high-resolution photos and include a description and/or names of the people in the picture and the name of the photographer. Email your photos to theislandnews@gmail.com.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Lowcountry Life', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-life-95', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:23:16', '2019-03-08 00:23:16', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39294', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39297, 4, '2019-03-07 19:25:23', '2019-03-08 00:25:23', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\">Santa Elena celebrates Pedro’s big day<br></h3>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Above: Helping Pedro Menendez, center, celebrate his 500th birthday are Eustace Conway, left, former director of the education center in Boone, N.C.; Mark Menendez, an actual descendent of Pedro Menendez; Dean Hoelz as Domingo Hernandez; and Anne King. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39299,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RES5859-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39299\"/><figcaption><em>Mark Menendez, left, as first governor Pedro Menendez, fires a 1-inch swivel gun as Randy Dominic as Capt. Domingo looks on Saturday at the Santa Elena History Center.</em><br></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'Happy 500th', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'happy-500th', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:25:46', '2019-03-08 00:25:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39297', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39304, 4, '2019-03-07 19:26:43', '2019-03-08 00:26:43', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The first round of players have begun to announce their commitments to play in the 51st RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing, and the initial wave includes several big-name stars, as well as the defending champion.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Seven members of Team RBC — including South Carolina native Dustin Johnson — have committed to play April 15-21 at Harbour Town Golf Links.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Team RBC ambassadors Johnson, Webb Simpson, Jim Furyk, Matt Kuchar, Brandt Snedeker, Graeme McDowell and Ryan Palmer will all be competing for a chance to take home a tartan jacket — or in the case of Furyk, Kuchar, Snedeker, and McDowell … another one.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Johnson joined Team RBC in 2018 and last year competed at the RBC Heritage for the first time since 2009. He secured three PGA Tour victories in 2018, including the RBC Canadian Open. Johnson has earned 20 victories on the PGA Tour since leaving Coastal Carolina University in 2007 and was named the 2016 PGA Tour Player of the Year. He is currently second in the Official World Golf Rankings.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Simpson, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, is the newest member of Team RBC and has a great history at the RBC Heritage. He has carded five top-20 finishes in nine starts, including a second-place finish in 2013 after a losing a sudden-death playoff to fellow RBC Team member McDowell.&nbsp; He has earned five victories on the PGA Tour, including the 2012 U.S. Open and the 2018 Players Championship.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Two-time Heritage champion Furyk served as the United States Ryder Cup captain for the 42nd Ryder Cup and was an assistant captain on the winning 2017 Presidents Cup team. The University of Arizona grad has won 17 PGA Tour titles, and was the 2010 Player of the Year and FedExCup Champion.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kuchar won the 2014 RBC Heritage in dramatic style, holing a bunker shot for birdie on the 18th hole to earn a final-round 64 and a one-stroke victory. It was his seventh PGA Tour win and helped earn him a spot on his third U.S. Ryder Cup team.&nbsp; Kuchar, who has been part of Team RBC since 2011, was also a member of the winning 2017 Presidents Cup team. His 2019 season is off to a great start, with wins at the Mayakoba Golf Classic and the Sony Open in Hawaii.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Snedeker earned his ninth win on the PGA Tour at last year’s Wyndham Championship. After winning the 2011 Heritage, Snedeker secured two PGA Tour victories in 2012, first at the Farmers Insurance Open and then at the Tour Championship. Those wins helped him earn the 2012 FedExCup title.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Northern Ireland’s McDowell earned his second PGA Tour win at the 2013 RBC Heritage, where he defeated Simpson in a sudden-death playoff.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Japan’s Satoshi Kodaira also will return to defend his title. Kodaira made a 25-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole of the 2018 Heritage to defeat South Korean Si Woo Kim after coming from six shots behind in the final round for his first PGA Tour victory. The 29-year-old has earned eight international victories and is currently 58th in the Official World Golf Rankings.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Xander Schauffele — ranked seventh in the Official World Golf Rankings — was the first top-10 player to commit to this year’s event. Schauffele already has claimed victories at the 2019 WGC–HSBC Champions and the Sentry Tournament of Champions.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Englishman Tommy Fleetwood, currently ranked 14th in the Official World Golf Rankings, will make his first start at Harbour Town. Fleetwood has carded five international victories and has made a name for himself as a regular contender in major championships.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kim will make his third start at Harbour Town after carding a runner-up finish last year when he lost to Kodaira on the third playoff hole. Kim is ranked 52nd in the Official World Golf Rankings and has earned two wins on the PGA Tour.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Defending champ, S.C. native Johnson among early RBC Heritage commitments', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'defending-champ-s-c-native-johnson-among-early-rbc-heritage-commitments', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:26:45', '2019-03-08 00:26:45', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39304', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39306, 4, '2019-03-07 19:27:47', '2019-03-08 00:27:47', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tracey Wilcox, R.N., an administrator with almost 30 years of oncology experience, has joined Beaufort Memorial Keyserling Cancer Center (KCC) as director of oncology services.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39307,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":223,\"height\":334} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Tracey-Wilcox-RN-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39307\" width=\"223\" height=\"334\"/><figcaption><em>Tracey Wilcox</em><br></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to managing radiation oncology and infusion services, Wilcox will oversee clinical trials, patient navigation and the cancer registry, as well as work with the hospital to expand community awareness of its oncology program.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wilcox began her career as an inpatient oncology nurse at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. Twelve years later, she took over as director of CHRISTUS Spohn’s outpatient cancer center, helping to develop the country’s first Outreach Stem Cell Transplant Program in association with the prestigious MD Anderson Cancer Center.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She joined the Mark H. Zangmeister Cancer Center in Columbus, Ohio, as clinical operations manager in 2005. Prior to relocating to the Lowcountry late last year, Wilcox had been site administrator and physician sales rep for Alliance Oncology Cyberknife Center in Columbus for nine years.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A Canadian native, she is a graduate of Loyalist College of Nursing in Belleville, Ontario, and holds a Bachelor of Science in health care administration from Franklin University in Columbus.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Keyserling Cancer Center—a partnership that includes Beaufort Memorial, Alliance Oncology and the Medical University of South Carolina Health System (MUSC Health)—recently relocated from Port Royal to the main hospital campus at 989 Ribaut Road. For more information about KCC or the hospital’s oncology services, visit BeaufortMemorial.org or call 843-522-7800.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort Memorial names Wilcox director of oncology services', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-memorial-names-wilcox-director-of-oncology-services', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:27:50', '2019-03-08 00:27:50', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39306', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39310, 4, '2019-03-07 19:29:27', '2019-03-08 00:29:27', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\">Local students visit USCB for ‘Read Across America’</h3>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Above: Joseph Lankowski, left, a student at USCB, reads Dr. Seussí Green Eggs and Ham to students from Hardeeville Elementaryís pre-K class Friday during Read Across America. Lankowski and professor Rena Kratky (not shown) teamed up to read the classic book in both English and Spanish. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Together We Read', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'together-we-read', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:29:41', '2019-03-08 00:29:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39310', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39314, 4, '2019-03-07 19:33:36', '2019-03-08 00:33:36', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\">Beaufort Charities’ annual oyster roast a success<br></h3>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo above: John Clary, center, dumps out a batch of freshly steamed oysters. Other volunteers would then place the oysters in the black pails for patrons to enjoy. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">[Modula id=\'35\']<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Roast of the Town', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'roast-of-the-town', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:33:38', '2019-03-08 00:33:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39314', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39320, 4, '2019-03-07 19:33:13', '2019-03-08 00:33:13', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kristin Williams has assumed the post as executive director of the Beaufort County Open Land Trust following a year as director of stewardship, a position in which she was responsible for all management activities related to the trust’s 137 fee properties and conservation easements.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39322,\"align\":\"right\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img src=\"https://actionclub.site/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/kristin-williams.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39322\"/><figcaption><em>Kristin Williams</em></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Williams brings with her 10 years of leadership in environmental protection and conservation. She previously served as executive director of the prominent conservation organization “Friends of the Environment”in Abaco, Bahamas.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We are thrilled to have Kristen lead the trust’s important work in Beaufort County and take that work to the next level,” said Cindy Baysden, who retired on Dec. 31.&nbsp; “Since its inception almost 50 years ago, the Beaufort County Open Land Trust has become one of the most successful organizations of its kind in the Southeast.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Williams is a native of the Bahamas. She is very familiar with the South Carolina coast and Lowcountry Region, having graduated from College of Charleston in 2003.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Most of my adult life has been spent protecting natural areas and connecting them with people, and the Open Land Trust has been a model in this regard,” said Williams. “I consider it a true privilege to assume this position, and I look forward to the new opportunities it presents.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the Bahamas, Williams was known as an extremely resourceful fundraiser. During her tenure with that non-profit organization she strengthened and expanded educational programs and established relationships with organizations like Disney’s Animals, Science and Environment, National Geographic and The International Gamefish Organization.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Williams currently lives in Beaufort with her husband, Lloyd, and their two children.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Williams named executive director of Open Land Trust', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'williams-named-executive-director-of-open-land-trust', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:33:15', '2019-03-08 00:33:15', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39320', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39326, 4, '2019-03-07 19:35:57', '2019-03-08 00:35:57', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With installation of bleeding control kits in Whale Branch Middle School last week, the JACOB Kit program has now expanded to cover every elementary and middle school classroom in the Burton Fire District. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39327,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":340,\"height\":255} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Burton-FD_JACOBkit_WBMS_022619b-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39327\" width=\"340\" height=\"255\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Tuesday, Feb. 26, Burton Fire District firefighters, Beaufort County EMS personnel, and local retired CIA officer Ed Lovette installed 45 bleeding control kits in Whale Branch Middle School, placing them in classrooms, the cafeteria, media center, gym, and select offices. Emergency crews did the same at Robert Smalls International Academy on Feb. 19, completing both middle schools in the Burton Fire District. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This program is named after 6-year-old Jacob Hall, who died from wounds sustained during a 2016 school shooting in Townville, S.C. Jacob died due to massive blood loss, according to doctors who treated him.  </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since the program’s launch at Broad River Elementary School in August 2015, more than 300 kits have been installed in every elementary school and middle school classroom within the Burton Fire District, and all of the teachers and staff at each school have received training from Burton paramedics on how to stop major bleeding and treat critical wounds. Burton Fire Chief Harry Rountree states that this program gives the teachers the skills and resources to keep wounded children and teachers alive until his forces, along with Beaufort County EMS, arrive on scene. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39328,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":410,\"height\":308} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Burton-FD_JACOBkit_WBMS_022619a-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39328\" width=\"410\" height=\"308\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“When fire trucks and ambulances are minutes away, seconds count,” Rountree said.&nbsp; Burton fire officials began the program in elementary schools first, and then the middle schools next, because children at those ages have less blood volume, and can bleed out quicker than older children. Chief Rountree says he plans on expanding the program to both Whale Branch and Battery Creek high schools. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In cooperation with the Beaufort County School District, the Sheldon Fire District, Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department, Lady’s Island/St Helena Fire District, and the Bluffton Fire District, have also installed JACOB Kits in both public and private schools within their jurisdictions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rountree says what makes this program special is that it has been community supported and driven, with no cost to the school district or taxpayers. The expansion into the middle schools was made possible through a Coastal Community Foundation grant, a donation from Beaufort Lowe’s and Washington National Insurance, and individual donations from local residents. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The community rallied behind this program and our students’ safety and made this possible,” Rountree said. “This is a community program.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Burton fire officials say more donations are needed to expand the program into the high schools and anticipate needing approximately 200 kits. Kits cost $47 each, but officials say any donation is helpful. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People wishing to donate to the program can email safetyed@burtonfd.org or call the Burton Fire District at 843-255-8011.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'JACOB Kit expands to Burton middle schools', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'jacob-kit-expands-to-burton-middle-schools', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:35:59', '2019-03-08 00:35:59', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39326', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39330, 4, '2019-03-07 19:38:24', '2019-03-08 00:38:24', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Scott Graber</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was clear that Saturday morning in 1988 as we waited for Rep. Harriet Keyserling — sitting aboard a huge, pile-driving tractor — to push a pedal that would punch the first creosote piling into the marsh. It had been a long slog getting the permits, but on this cool, crisp morning it looked like Port Royal’s boardwalk (and tower) would actually get built.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The boardwalk and the tower emerged from a dispute between the Town of Port Royal and the State Ports Authority that got underway when the Ports Authority informed the town they were going to increase the size of the port; increase the truck traffic on Paris Avenue; and close-off streets that had been open to the public.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39331,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":399,\"height\":376} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Screen-Shot-2019-03-07-at-7.37.38-PM-1024x966.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39331\" width=\"399\" height=\"376\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I was Port Royal’s attorney and was asked by town council to reason with the port people in Charleston. I found them unresponsive. When they did respond they were incredulous that the town would actually question their important, worldwide activity. And so my demands became more frequent and their responses less frequent. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I responded to this indifference by calling Sen. Jimmy Waddell and Rep. Keyserling. They explained to me — as one explains realities to a child — that the Ports Authority generated thousands of jobs, millions in income and rarely bothered the legislature for money — they generated their own salaries and operating expenses from fees charged to the container ship companies that used the Port of Charleston.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I knew that one needed to allege negligence or breach of contract if we filed suit. But in this case we had two governmental bodies with differing ideas about the use of land located in Port Royal. Although I was young and callow, I knew the Ports Authority would respond with multi-part interrogatories, lengthy requests to produce, motions to compel and motions for summary judgment. The Ports Authority knew siege warfare — and so I prepared myself a long, unhappy time in front of increasingly impatient, increasingly annoyed judges. In the midst of my preparations I got a call from a person named Bill Lawrence. He said he was the Chief Financial Officer at the Ports Authority. He said he wanted to meet me in my office.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The large man who arrived in a blue oxford cloth shirt and a blazer said he liked the room and wanted to stay and talk in my tasteful, sun-filled lobby.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I find that things go better,” he began, “if there’s good lighting and if we spend a few minutes on pleasantries.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Look,” I said, “We’re both busy and I think we should get straight to the issues where we disagree.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Tell me about your wife, Scott, and your son,” he said. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reluctantly, I told Bill about my son, Zach, who was then 8 years old and just beginning to play soccer. I told him that our small family had just gone to see “Cats” in New York and I couldn’t get Zach to stop singing “Mr. Mephistopheles.” Then, sure I was being manipulated, I said, “OK, we’ve had our required bonding exercise. Now let’s talk about noise. The noise generated when the Repap Enterprise docks at the Port.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“No, you still don’t understand your part,” he said. “Now you’re supposed to ask me about my family, my children, “</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And so Bill told me about his wife, his children, growing up in Charleston and, eventually, explained the fees and costs of loading and unloading large ships. After this hour long tutorial I asked, “Why are you here?”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“What is it you fear?,” he replied.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I fear the Ports Authority will expand into Port Royal and turn the town into something industrial. Something with noise, truck traffic and congestion — like North Charleston. But more than congestion and noise, Port Royal people have always had access to the water. People have always been able to walk around the docks in the evening.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“When we unload a ship we worry about safety,” Bill said. “But I hear you about access. What can we do about assuring your folks that they can still walk along the water? What can we do so you can still have visual access into the port? Perhaps some kind of boardwalk…”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Perhaps some kind of boardwalk” came to mind this week as I spoke with Dean Moss about the public pathway which is part of the port’s development plan. The proposed pathway starts at the western terminus of the existing boardwalk, working its way around (and seaward) of the old terminal building. Then it hugs the shoreline of Battery Creek, working its way up to the Fishcamp restaurant. From the restaurant, the trail will follow the old rail bed, eventually merging into the Spanish Moss Trail.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Port Royal has had a long relationship with the waters that surround this peninsula. Moss, Van Willis and the developers have made it clear they want this relationship to continue. Soon it will be possible to enjoy a blackened Carolina catfish and a well-oaked Chardonnay at Fishcamp, and then walk to the observation tower and listen to the well-challenged recruits on Parris Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. Email Scott at cscottgraber@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Preserving Port Royal’s relationship with the water', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'preserving-port-royals-relationship-with-the-water', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:38:27', '2019-03-08 00:38:27', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39330', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39333, 4, '2019-03-07 19:39:12', '2019-03-08 00:39:12', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The curtain closed on the 13th annual Beaufort International Film Festival as legendary actor, author, chef and opera singer Paul Sorvino was awarded the Pat Conroy Lifetime Achievement Award.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Movie and TV hairstylist, makeup artist and activist Joyce Gilliard was presented the prestigious \"Behind The Scenes\" Award.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Filmmakers, film lovers and fans of the festival showed up to experience some or all of the six-day film festival. More than 300 entries were received from nearly 40 countries, which was narrowed down to the screening of 54 films and seven screenplays. It\'s estimated that there were around 15,000 attendees enjoying some part of the festival with an average of nearly 300 per film screening. Awards were presented in 12 different categories.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Other winners included:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Best Feature: In the Orchard, directed by Chris Knoblock, Los Angeles, CA</li><li>Best Documentary (Feature): The Need to Grow, directed by Rob Herring and Ryan Wirick, Los Angeles, CA</li><li>Best Documentary ( Short): No Sanctuary, directed by Nathan Knox, Winston-Salem, NC</li><li>Best Short Film: Tin Can, directed by Pat Battistini, Santa Clarita, CA</li><li>Best Student Film: Homecoming, directed by Jennifer Blair, Los Angeles, CA</li><li>Best Comedy: Passive Aggressive Dads, directed by Jim Picariello, Brooksville, ME</li><li>Best Animation: Night Light, directed by Yamiset Trujillo and Jane Suarez, Orlando, FL</li><li>Best Screenplay: Last of the Burly Girls, written by John Pisano-Thomsen, Toronto, Canada</li><li>Best Actress: Dana White, Los Angeles, CA (In the Orchard)</li><li>Best Actor: Jonas Ball, Los Angeles, CA ( In the Orchard)</li><li>Best Director: Chris Knoblock,  Los Angeles, CA  (In the Orchard)</li><li>Audience Choice: Tin Can, Director Pat Battistini, Santa Clarita, CA (Short Film)</li><li>Susan A. K. Shaffer Humanitarian Award: No Sanctuary</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->', 'Curtain closes on 13th annual Beaufort International Film Festival', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'curtain-closes-on-13th-annual-beaufort-international-film-festival', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:39:14', '2019-03-08 00:39:14', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39333', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39335, 4, '2019-03-07 19:40:55', '2019-03-08 00:40:55', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High\'s girls opened their season at home against Oceanside Collegiate on Tuesday, losing in penalties after playing to a 2-2 draw. The Eagles trailed 2-0 at halftime before Caroline Louw scored a pair of second-half goals to pull Beaufort even. The Landsharks outscored the Eagles 4-3 in penalties to earn the win. Beaufort (0-1) was scheduled to travel to Battery Creek on Tuesday. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Photo above: Beaufort High\'s Ellie Muniz clears the ball while teammates Lucia Heinrich, left, and Maggie Crisologo push up during the first half of their non-region game. Photo by Bob Sofaly.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Eagles’ comeback spoiled in shootout', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'eagles-comeback-spoiled-in-shootout', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:40:57', '2019-03-08 00:40:57', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39335', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39339, 4, '2019-03-07 19:41:38', '2019-03-08 00:41:38', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Congress last week passed the largest public lands package in a decade, including a measure that permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund, with broad bipartisan support.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The wide-reaching legislation hits close to home because it also expands the Reconstruction Era National Monument and redesignates it as a national historical park. The bill authorizes the expansion of the park’s boundaries within the Beaufort National Historic Landmark District, on St. Helena Island, and at the Camp Saxton Site in Port Royal and establihses the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network, a program to preserve and promote Reconstruction Era sites around the country, which will be managed by the National Park Service.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The package passed with enormous bipartisan support, including a 92-8 vote in the Senate and a 363-62 vote in the House. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am grateful to join with so many of my colleagues today to support the Natural Resources Management Act,” said Congressman Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) “This measure permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conversation Fund and provides protections to millions of acres of federal lands. The broad bipartisan support for this bill shows that our public places are about people, not politics.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Congressman Wilson was one of several legislators who worked with Conservation Voters of South Carolina to ask Congress to reauthorize the LWCF. In October 2018, Wilson joined CVSC for a press conference and a kayak tour of LWCF supported parks and river access on the Saluda River near Columbia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Congressman Joe Cunningham (D-S.C.) took the helm after Mark Sanford left office, but kept the momentum of his predecessor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I’m proud to champion the permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which enriches countless lives in the Lowcountry by investing in local parks, trails, public lands and outdoors spaces,” Cunningham said. “LWCF is the gold standard of conservation programs and has invested more than $294 million in South Carolina to protect its recreation areas and open spaces since 1965. While I believe this important, bipartisan program should never have been allowed to expire, I’m proud we could come together now to ensure future generations enjoy unfettered access to our great outdoors.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The bill now goes to President Trump’s desk. Since its expiration September 30, 2018, communities across the state have lost out on over $365 million for public space projects, according to CVSC.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Reconstruction Era National Park clears Congressional hurdle', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'reconstruction-era-national-park-clears-congressional-hurdle', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:41:41', '2019-03-08 00:41:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39339', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39341, 4, '2019-03-07 19:42:59', '2019-03-08 00:42:59', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After a nationwide search, Beaufort County Council has unanimously selected Ashley M. Jacobs as the next Beaufort County Administrator.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39342,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":245,\"height\":298} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Ashley-Jacobs-841x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39342\" width=\"245\" height=\"298\"/><figcaption><em>Ashley Jacobs</em></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jacobs has accepted the position and will start on Monday, April 15.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Selecting a county administrator is the most important hire Beaufort County Council undertakes,” Beaufort County Council Chairman Stu Rodman said. “The knowledge, experience, and leadership that Ashley brings to the table will help us continue to build upon our mission and achievements for both our workforce and county residents. We look forward to working with her.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jacobs is a native of South Carolina who has more than 20 years of local government experience in the state and currently serves as an assistant county administrator for Aiken County. Her background in county government management includes community development, economic development, emergency management, disaster preparedness and mitigation, parks and recreation, and public safety. She previously served as the executive director for the Greater Lake City Community Development Office in Lake City; deputy county administrator for Dorchester County; assistant county administrator for Richland County; and senior environmental planner for the Central Midlands Council of Governments in Columbia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"Beaufort County is not only a place that\'s rich in natural beauty, history, and culture, but it also has an exciting future. I look forward to living and working there,” Jacobs said. “I am committed to implementing County Council\'s strategic goals, serving the community to the best of my ability, being responsive to identified needs, and ensuring that residents and visitors have a positive experience when they interact with the county.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jacobs is a graduate of Leadership South Carolina, the South Carolina Association of Counties’ Institute of Government for County Officials, and the South Carolina Economic Development Institute. She earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of South Carolina and a B.A. in English and Technical Writing from Clemson University. Her community service includes serving as an advisory board member for the master of public administration programs at Augusta University and College of Charleston and serving as a trustee of the South Carolina Firefighters Association Foundation. She currently is a participant in the Riley Institute Diversity Leaders Institute and serves as president of the League of Women in Government.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Jacobs named county administrator', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'jacobs-named-county-administrator', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:43:02', '2019-03-08 00:43:02', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39341', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(39344, 4, '2019-03-07 19:45:23', '2019-03-08 00:45:23', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>From staff reports</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The search for a woman missing since a boating accident in the early hours of Feb. 25 came to a tragic conclusion Sunday afternoon, when the body of 19-year-old Mallory Beach was found in the Broad River near Habersham subdivision just west of the Broad River Bridge. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An autopsy confirmed Beach died of blunt force trauma to the head from the boating accident and drowning.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39345,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":448,\"height\":309} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RES5987-1024x708.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39345\" width=\"448\" height=\"309\"/><figcaption><em>Volunteers Mike Szucs, left, and Mike Sackman go over their search plan before setting out in the Beaufort River on Saturday, March 2.  Sackman was just part of the flotilla of volunteers to help find Mallory Beach, 19, who had been missing following a boating accident on Sunday, Feb. 24 in Archers Creek, a small cut between Battery Creek and Broad River. In the background is one of Beaufort Water Search and Rescue\'s boats.</em><br> <br></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The search for Beach began in earnest after the boat she was riding in with five friends hit a group of pylons near the bridge on Archer’s Creek near Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Throughout the week, Beaufort County waters were criss-crossed by boats manned by various organizations, as well as a flotilla of volunteers who showed up with their boats wanting to help.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mike Sackman of Beaufort, when asked why he was getting ready to launch his boat prior to heavy rains on Saturday, said “for closure for the family.” Althought he didn’t know the family directly, Sackman said his son knew Beach and he felt compelled to help.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I’m a Navy diver. I’ve done things like this before,” Sackman said. “I don’t want to interfere with the professionals. They are doing a great job, but the more eyes the better in this situation”.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sackman, drawing on his naval expertise, divided the Beaufort River, Battery Creek, and Archer’s Creek parts of the Port Royal Sound into six search zones.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sackman said he made a Facebook post on Thursday, Feb. 28, for anyone with a boat to come out and help search and quickly received 11 commitments.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Water Search and Rescue had its three boats out each day and had an airboat on standby for searching the marsh, if needed, according to First Mate David Refosco. Refosco said members of Fripp Island Search and Rescue were also assisting.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Other volunteers like Lottie Campenella assisted in the search efforts without a boat. Campanella and a few friends started the Citizen Angel page on Facebook to help the volunteers at a small stand near the Chechessee boat ramp.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“People want to help out,” Campanella said as one woman from Bluffton turned off S.C. 170 to give them a cash donation. “We made enough money in just a couple days to give the searchers gift bags containing sunscreen, bug spray and other items one might need on the water.” Campenella also said they included a pre-paid Visa card in each bag to help offset the cost of fuel for those not funded by state or county agencies.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Local restaurants also helped out with drinks and sandwiches, all free of charge to those searching for Beach.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One little girl also helping out said, “It’s like the whole place wants to help the family.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo at top: A group of local volunteers got together to form the Citizen Angel group. According to organizer, Lottie Campenella, the group collected nearly $2,500 to be used to help offset some of the cost incurred by other volunteers searching for Mallory Beach. The proceeds were used to purchase snacks, food and drinks, supplies, and pre-paid Visa cards to cover fuel costs for volunteers spending hours and days assisting in the search. From left are: Jessica Webb, Jim and Nickís Barbecue; Brooklyn Hussman, Gilligan\'s Seafood; Lottie Campenella, event organizer; Aryanna Hussman, Gilligan\'s; Erick Swansen, volunteer; and Alyssa Hussman, Gilligan\'s. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Tragic ending to search for missing boater', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'tragic-ending-to-search-for-missing-boater', '', '', '2019-03-07 19:47:49', '2019-03-08 00:47:49', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39344', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39355, 4, '2019-03-21 14:38:45', '2019-03-21 18:38:45', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tour Historic Fort Fremont&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Travel back in time to the 1890s and the Spanish American War at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, at the St. Helena Branch Beaufort County Public Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, St. Helena Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Learn the history, see a scale model of Fort Fremont as it stood in 1898, and take a guided tour of the remains of the fortifications. The tour lasts approximately two hours. No reservations are necessary and it is free and open to the public.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, call the St. Helena Library at 843-255-6487 or visit fortfremont.org</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Folk singer McCutcheon&nbsp;</strong><strong>to play Fripp</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John McCutcheon, folk singer, story-teller and master of a dozen instruments, will perform at 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, in the Fripp Community Centre, 205 Tarpon Boulevard. This concert is sponsored by Fripp Island Friends of Music and supported by the SC Arts Commission. Attendees get a free pass at the Fripp gate. Tickets at the door only: adults $30 (cash or check), students free thanks to the Peg Gorham Memorial Fund. You are invited to join McCutcheon at a complimentary catered reception after the performance. For more information, visit www.frippfriendsofmusic.com or call 843-812-2753.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Calling all musicians and singers for Spirit Jam</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sea Island Center on St. Helena Island, a multi-purpose venue for concerts, plays, storytelling and other events, kicked off a successful Spirit Jam night last month with a variety of local musicians, singers and friends coming out to have fun and share their music at this free event.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The next Spirit Jam, will be from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, March 25, at Sea Island Center, 876 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island (green building next to Red Piano Too).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Spirit Jam is a family-friendly, alcohol-free gathering for the local community to enjoy sharing their artistry and talents in a comfortable and welcoming atmosphere.  </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No registration necessary. For questions, please call Jane Caffrey at 732-259-1935, Irene Goodnight at 615-243-4684 or Evelene&nbsp; Stevenson at 843-271-2478. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Community Health&nbsp;</strong><strong>Fair at Helena Place</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Make a healthy start to spring by getting a variety of complimentary and low-cost health screenings at the 5th annual Community Health Fair from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, March 26, at Helena Place Senior Living in Port Royal.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Blood pressure screenings, blood sugar checks, cholesterol and PSA tests, balance/fall assessments, eye exams, hearing screenings and more will be offered. Admission is free and the event is open to all ages. Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Alzheimer’s Family Services of Greater Beaufort, The Lending Room, Beaufort County Council on Aging, Independent Again, Tidewater Hospice and Lowcounty Cremation are just a few of the 25 health care providers offering their services. Twenty raffle prizes will be given away at random to attendees. A complimentary brunch buffet will be provided until noon. Make sure to register for the gift card and gift basket giveaways. The first 50 people through the door will receive a healthy snack sack. For more information, please call 843-252-3001 or email rewing@enlivant.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Black Chamber to hold next round of home buyer classes</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce has scheduled its next First Time Home Buyer’s Classes for March 26 (Budgeting and Getting Out of Debt), April 9 (Credit Recovery), April 23 (Are You Ready to Buy A Home?), May 7 (Obtaining and Maintaining a Mortgage), and May 21 (Meet the Lenders). There is no charge for these sessions that are held from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesdays. Participants can earn a certificate to help toward the purchase of a home. The Beaufort County Black Chamber is located at 711 Bladen Street.&nbsp; To reserve your space, please call 843-379-4588 or 843-986-1102.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Next Beaufort Drum&nbsp;</strong><strong>Circle March 28</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All are invited to share some good vibes with the Beaufort Drum Circle. The Drum Circle gathers every second Monday of the month from 5:30-7 p.m. and every fourth Thursday of the month from 7-8:30 p.m.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The next event will be from 7-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, in the Contemplative Garden at Henry Chambers Waterfront Park in downtown Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Everyone is welcome to attend this family-friendly event. No experience is necessary. Please bring a chair, a friend, and maybe an extra drum or hand percussion if you have one to share.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For questions or to join the mailing list, please email beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com or contact us on our Facebook page \"Beaufort SC Drum Circle.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Coastal Stage Productions </strong><strong>presents ’The Hallelujah Girls’</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Celebrating their fifth year of producing quality, local live theatre, Coastal Stage Productions is proud to announce their CSP Theatre Season 2019 opener, “The Hallelujah Girls.” Created by Jones, Hope, Wooten — the talented writers behind The Dixie Swim Club — the action in this rollicking Southern comedy takes place in SPA-DEE-DAH, an abandoned church-turned-day-spa. The hilarity abounds when five feisty females of Eden Falls, Georgia, decide to throw off their blues and shake up their lives. Set to be the first production in the new Coastal Stage @ AMVETS black-box playhouse, The Hallelujah Girls offers some of the most delightful and hilariously portrayed characters to ever hit the Lowcountry stage.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Location: COASTAL STAGE @ AMVETS, 1831 Ribaut Rd., Port Royal, SC.  </li><li>Dates: March 29, 30 and April 5, 6 at 8 p.m.; March 31 and April 7 at 2 p.m.</li><li>Pricing: Reserved Seating - $25, Group (10 or more) Reserved Seating - $22, At the Door - $27</li><li>Tickets: www.coastalstageproductions.com or 843-717-2175</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Get in tune with&nbsp;</strong><strong>conscious healing</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Are you in tune with conscious healing — or do you wish to be? Come join with other women to explore and prepare dishes with nature\'s gifts of seasonal herbs and food. Women In Tune with Conscious Healing is offering two days of choice to connect with nourishing, healing plants in a fun and conscious way.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Spice Up Your Life, March 30, 2-6 p.m.: Sample and learn the healing properties of selected herbs and spices, and create different spins on common dishes using different flavor profiles.  </li><li>Intuitive and Creative Cooking with Spring Foods, March 31, 2-6 p.m.: Let\'s build a sacred community and employ meditation and intuitive practices to create culinary masterpieces with local produce. Of course, we will dine on our collective creations.</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These classes are facilitated by guest Chef Tonya Parker from Maryland and hosted by Ifetayo White of Neesa\'s home.&nbsp; Both classes are being held at Neesa\'s home, 29 W. Cedar Road, St. Helena Island. Tuition for each class is $60 or $110 for both sessions. For more information or to register, contact Tonya Parker, 703-201-9743, tonya@mbsfood.com, or Ifetayo White, 843-271-1923, neesamoon@gmail.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'March 21st-27th events around Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'march-21st-27th-events-around-beaufort', '', '', '2019-03-21 14:38:47', '2019-03-21 18:38:47', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39355', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39357, 4, '2019-03-21 14:40:41', '2019-03-21 18:40:41', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Scott Graber</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is Thursday night and my wife and I are sitting on the carpeted, ornate balcony that overlooks the lobby at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia. It is the week after Christmas and the Jefferson is full of people who are wandering — drinks in hand — through a gold and silver wonderland that reminds me, if just for a moment, of “Santaland” as described by David Sedaris in “Santaland Diaries.” We’re sitting with Lynn and Cele Seldon.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We met in that room … you can just see the doorways coming off the lobby,” Cele says pointing down into the crowd. “It was 1992.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We were married a year later,” Lynn says. “In the Presidential Suite.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lynn and Cele are travel writers who spend most of their time on trains, planes and cruise ships. If they are not actually sailing to Juneau or Havana, they are pitching stories to magazines, newspaper editors and digital providers like the Food Network. “There is a continuing need for content,” Lynn says. “When we go someplace — a cruise down the Danube — we are constantly thinking about story ideas or what connections can be made. It’s nearly impossible for us to sit on the deck and read a book.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Although Cele and Lynn have been a team since their marriage in 1993, Lynn got his start with Stars and Stripes (the American military newspaper) when he was a young officer in Belgium. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I wrote a piece on Crete — then gave it to Stars and Stripes — and was astounded when they sent me a check for $50.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After that first $50 check Lynn knew what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“When I got out of the army, my goal was to send out 100 ‘query letters’ every week,” he recalls. “I had an IBM Selectric and used ‘The Writer’s Market’ as my Bible. And I used a lot of White-Out.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“You would conjure-up 15 ideas — 15 concepts for a story — every day?,” I marvel.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Yes,” he replies.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Piedmont Airlines was interested in some of Lynn’s ideas and began to buy his compact prose for their in-flight magazine. When Piedmont merged with USAir, Lynn moved over to that magazine. When USAir merged with American … well, you get the drill. But along the way Lynn learned how to tell a compelling story in less than 1,500 words.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“There is the notion that print journalism — magazines and newspapers — are disappearing. Going the way of the buffalo,” I say.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“That’s not our opinion,” Cele replies. “Have you been to the magazine section at Barnes and Noble? The general interest magazines may be dying. But look at the niche publications — culinary magazines, for example, magazines devoted to bourbon. They’re everywhere.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It would not be accurate to say that this writing life is entirely free from angst.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We’ve got to be aware of what is going on with the airlines. British Air, for example, just announced twice a week non-stop service between London and Charleston,” Lynn says. “We know this connection will bring lots of new people directly into the Lowcountry. So we’re interested in British travel magazines, UK trade publications…”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Trade publications?”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We do a lot of writing for RV associations, for AAA, for organizations that send out newsletters to a hundred thousand members,” Cele says. “Those newsletters also need content.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to their magazine writing, Lynn and Cele have written “100 Things To Do In Charleston Before You Die.” This small volume has met with remarkable success and will soon be followed by “100 Things To Do In Savannah Before Your Die.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I didn’t meet Lynn (or Cele) until 2010, when Lynn appeared at Griffin Market — the Italian restaurant on Carteret Street. In those days, Pat Conroy, Bernie Schein, John Warley and I met for lunch every Thursday. From time to time other writers would join us.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2010, Lynn had decided he was going to complicate his peripatetic life and try his hand at fiction — having been encouraged to do so by Conroy. Lynn, a graduate of VMI, was then writing “Virginia’s Ring.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Virginia’s Ring is set at the Virginia Military Institute and concerns the first women to go through the “Rat Line” at that storied military college. As it happened, Pat Conroy had written “Lords of Discipline” — and had been involved with Shannon Faulkner — so it was natural that Lynn would seek advice from a writer who had previously wandered in this particular garden.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lynn and Cele became friendly with Sandra and Pat Conroy, visiting frequently, and eventually convinced themselves they could live in our febrile, superheated, hurricane-prone county. First they tried Port Royal — testing those waters — then rented a house on North Street. Then they found a small, live oak shaded house that backs-up to the Spanish Moss Trail.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When this couple is not writing, or cruising the Volga, they can reliably be found somewhere along the Spanish Moss Trail, daydreaming about story ideas, no doubt.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. Email Scott at cscottgraber@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The constant hustle of a life spent writing', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-constant-hustle-of-a-life-spent-writing', '', '', '2019-03-21 14:40:44', '2019-03-21 18:40:44', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39357', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39359, 4, '2019-03-21 14:45:31', '2019-03-21 18:45:31', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fifth-grader Kandace Henderson had been a finalist the past two years in the Sodexo Future Chef Competition, and her persistence paid off last week when she won the annual event.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Henderson, who attends Joseph S. Shanklin Elementary, was one of 12 elementary school finalists from across the Beaufort County School District who prepared healthy Mexican-inspired dishes – this year’s competition category – for a panel of five judges at River Ridge Academy. Judges awarded points based on the recipes’ originality, taste, healthy attributes, plate presentation, ease of preparation and kid-friendliness.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Henderson’s winning dish was “Latin Spiced Salmon with Tortilla Boats.” She said her previous experience as a finalist in 2017 and 2018 definitely was an asset.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I definitely wasn’t as nervous as before,” she said.&nbsp; “Everything just came together this year.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For her first-place finish, Henderson was awarded a prize basket of cookware, kitchen utensils, cutting boards and a Future Chef apron. She now has a chance to move on to the 2019 regional and national Future Chef competitions. More than 2,700 students from 250 school districts across the nation are competing in similar events this spring.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County’s 12 finalists were chosen from more than 24 young cooks from district elementary schools who submitted recipes in this year’s challenge, sponsored by Sodexo.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Second place went to fifth-grader Escarlett Galo (Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts) for her dish “Rice with Shrimp.” In third place was fifth-grader Pedro Lopez (Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts) for his “Pupusas with Pork and Cheese.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All participants received gift bags including cooking utensils. Second and third place received additional cookware.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Each year this competition stands out because it gives our kids an opportunity to showcase their talents,” said Sodexo Operations Manager Roberta Edwards. “They create and serve healthy and high-quality food, and their passion for cooking really comes through.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Edwards said the company’s annual competition is particularly appropriate for Beaufort County because it’s a tourism-focused economy with many opportunities in the hospitality industry.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The other finalists were:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>Aidan Pozos (Grade 4, Hilton Head Island Elementary) – Pork Pozole</li><li>Lucia Rivera (Grade 5, Joseph Shanklin Elementary) – Puerto Rican Stuffed Canoes</li><li>Gabriel Compton (Grade 5, Robert Smalls International Academy) – Shrimp Tacos</li><li>Alexis Berryhill (Grade 5, Beaufort Elementary) – Fricase de Pollo</li><li>Mia Jaquiss (Grade 3, Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts – Latin Sweet Potato Chili</li><li>Brea Parker (Grade 5, Beaufort Elementary) – Paella</li><li>Macy Benson (Grade 4, Hilton Head Island Elementary – Empanadas</li><li>Peraiyah Parker (Grade 3, Mossy Oaks Elementary) – Brown Rice with Chicken</li><li>London Thomas (Grade 3, Mossy Oaks Elementary) – Sunny Side Chili</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Photo above from left: Runner-up Escarlett Galo (Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts); winner Kandace Henderson (Joseph S. Shanklin Elementary); and second runner-up Pedro Lopez (Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts).</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Persistence pays off for ‘Future Chef’ winner', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'persistence-pays-off-for-future-chef-winner', '', '', '2019-03-21 14:45:34', '2019-03-21 18:45:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39359', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39362, 4, '2019-03-21 14:48:39', '2019-03-21 18:48:39', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Record crowds joined Bridges Prep’s sixth annual Block Party and Shrimp &amp; Grits Cook-Off, and the clear first-place winner by the people’s vote — for the second year in a row — was Chef Curtis Epps with Albergotti Grill in the Beaufort Holiday Inn on Boundary Street. His victory netted a $1,000 cash prize.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Second place and $500 went to Robert Wray with Cafe Roux of Bluffton, and Chef Sherri Green Whitmire of Rent-A-Chef took third place and $250.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39363,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":366,\"height\":549} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DSC_5877-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39363\" width=\"366\" height=\"549\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It was a fantastic day all around — thousands of people, great fun and fellowship, outstanding chefs cooking delicious shrimp and grits, and everyone seemed to have a blast in the beautiful weather,” said Amy Painton of the Bridges Prep PTO, which organized the event.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Proceeds from the event will help Bridges Prep buy an activity bus for athletics and field trips. The amount raised won’t be final until expenses are finalized later this month. Ameris Bank was the primary sponsor, having donated $3,000 to the event.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For Chef Epps, it was the thrill of competition for a good cause.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I’m very proud of our team’s preparation, our recipe and our food,” Epps said. “The people were fantastic, everyone was smiling and having fun, and they didn’t mind waiting for a fresh batch since they could see us doing the cooking. On behalf of Albergotti Grill, we are thankful for the first place award, but more importantly, we are glad we could help Bridges Prep and the PTO.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Block Party Shrimp and Grits Cook-off is the key fundraising event for the state charter school in Beaufort.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Curtis Epps repeats as shrimp and grits champ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'curtis-epps-repeats-as-shrimp-and-grits-champ', '', '', '2019-03-21 14:48:42', '2019-03-21 18:48:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39362', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39371, 4, '2019-03-22 09:19:10', '2019-03-22 13:19:10', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are certain chores one must do around the house that do not require much effort. But then there are those household tasks which require some planning – like cleaning out the refrigerator. Now, I am not talking about wiping down the shelves and throwing away science experiments. I am talking about serious, take everything out of the refrigerator and freezer, clean the shelves with soapy water and wipe down all the condiments.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We decided several weeks ago this had to be done so, because we are between holidays and visitors, we planned all our meals around emptying out the refrigerator. We ate the last frozen meal of beef stew, along with the remainder of a loaf of Italian bread, and we had just enough vegetables to make each of us a small salad. The refrigerator was officially bare except for absolute essentials.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I started the process by getting out rubber gloves, soap detergent, and dishcloths. Then I opened the refrigerator and began removing the top shelf, which had pickles, olives, relish, and ketchup. As I peered into the fridge, I saw something I did not want to see. It was a plastic bottle of Hershey’s chocolate syrup with the top undone, lying on its side. My heart stopped. I followed the chocolate syrup trail as I pulled shelf after shelf out all the way down to the bottom of the refrigerator, where a pool of old chocolate had gathered. It was everywhere.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I turned to my spouse, who had heard my groan, and his only response was, “Maybe I will go do the grocery store now since we need everything.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is when I started to get suspicious. Had the decision to eat all the food out of the refrigerator been our idea or his idea. I do not remember, but I am not the one in the household that normally eats Hershey’s syrup.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Needless to say, the job took much longer than expected as I scrubbed the congealed syrup off the shelves and the floor of the refrigerator. But looking back, the whole process was much easier than the hassle my mother used to go through before self-defrosting freezers.&nbsp;&nbsp;The freezer had to be thawed because there would be so much ice around the freezer box. That meant everything had to come out and a pot of boiling water was placed on a shelf in the refrigerator section to help melt the ice. What a mess!&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The good news now is that the refrigerator and freezer are both sparkling clean and there is an abundance of fresh vegetables and fruits in the crisper drawer. Oh, and, there is also a large bouquet of flowers sitting on the kitchen table, leading me to believe my suspicions about the chocolate culprit might have been accurate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'A necessary chore. Now what?', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'a-necessary-chore-now-what', '', '', '2019-03-22 09:19:12', '2019-03-22 13:19:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39371', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39373, 4, '2019-03-22 09:27:18', '2019-03-22 13:27:18', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Be the first to hear the first permanent Superintendent of Beaufort’s new National Historical Park at the Historic Beaufort Foundation’s Dinner &amp; A Lecture on March 25 at Verdier House, 801 Bay Street.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Newly-appointed Supt. Scott Teodorski will present “Bringing Stories to Life Through Your National Park,” an overview of the park’s sites and future plans.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Established just last week out of the Reconstruction Era National Monument initiative, the country’s newest National Historical Park will focus on the stories of Reconstruction and how, where and when those stories tie into the community. The initiative came out of almost 20 years of nurturing the goal of the nation’s Reconstruction history being showcased in Beaufort County.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Prior to his appointment to Beaufort’s National Park, Teodorski served as the&nbsp;Chief of Interpretation and Acting Superintendent at Congaree National Park in mid-state South Carolina. He began his National Park Service career as a seasonal ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.&nbsp;He has worked in a number of National Park Service areas in addition to Mammoth Cave, including Fort Union National Monument in New Mexico, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, and Cumberland Island National Seashore.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dinner &amp; A Lecture is a monthly educational series from September to May sponsored by Historic Beaufort Foundation. Reservations are necessary as seating is limited.&nbsp;A wine and hors d’oeuvre reception begins at 5:30, and the program is from 6-7 p.m. Admission for members is $15 per member or $25 per couple. Non-member admission is $20 per person or $30 per couple. Call 843-379-3331 to make reservations. Reservations for Saltus River Grill’s special dinner for lecture ticket-holders may be made by calling Saltus at 843-379-3474.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort’s New National Park Explained', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beauforts-new-national-park-explained', '', '', '2019-03-22 09:27:19', '2019-03-22 13:27:19', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39373', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39375, 4, '2019-03-22 09:31:44', '2019-03-22 13:31:44', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Laura Kaponer</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Having an invisible disability doesn’t make it any less real or hurt any less. It’s easy to judge something from the outside and make certain assumptions; just because someone is smiling doesn’t mean they are happy, and just because someone isn’t bedridden doesn’t mean they aren’t sick. There are so many different levels and ways of being sick, many of which may appear differently from what we are conditioned as a society to recognize as illness.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let’s start with the misconception that if you aren’t well enough to work, you aren’t well enough to enjoy life. The stresses, restrictions, expectations, and time commitments of employment can in no way compare to that of a social outing. While they are preferable, there are generally no hygiene requirements with friends. Additionally, social obligations are often more social options with plenty of flexibility regarding attendance, level of participation, start/end time, etc.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I personally know many fine folks that do not work and are on disability for a multitude of reasons; and I was very briefly on disability. Being on disability does not mean you should never leave your home or attempt to enjoy life, yet far too often those on disability are shamed for doing so.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If you can go to the movies, you can have a job.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If you can attend a comic book convention, you can have a job.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If you can go out with your friends to do anything of amusement, you can have a job.”&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All those statements and so many more are based in ignorance.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If someone is sick and they manage to muster up the ability to do something that truly brings them joy, in what world is that wrong? Is said sick person meant to lock themselves in their home, sit in the dark and be devoid of anything that can even temporarily distract them from what they struggle with or suffer from? If this is true then what is the point of such fantastic organizations such as “Make a Wish”? Or why do celebrities visit hospitals to spend time with the sick?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I’m here to let you know that someone can be ill, even on disability, and still enjoy life. Those two things can exist at the same time and very well should. Additionally, you don’t know what it took for the person to even make it out of the house for a few hours, and they most likely spent quite a bit of time “recovering” after the fact. So the next time you see someone with a disability or illness out and about, before you judge them maybe instead be happy for them.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Laura Kaponer is a mental health advocate and blogger, as well as a volunteer with the local chapter of NAMI. You can find her on social media by searching #Laurakaponeris1in5.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Just because you can’t see a disability doesn’t mean it’s not there', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'just-because-you-cant-see-a-disability-doesnt-mean-its-not-there', '', '', '2019-03-22 09:31:46', '2019-03-22 13:31:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39375', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39377, 4, '2019-03-22 09:35:55', '2019-03-22 13:35:55', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Margit Resch</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Calling John McCutcheon a ‘folk singer’ is like saying Deion Sanders is just a football player.\" </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To really appreciate this compliment by the <em>Dallas Morning News,</em> you should ask a football fan about “Neon” Deion’s many varied accomplishments, and you should come to Fripp Island on March 24 to let McCutcheon, folk music’s “Rustic Renaissance Man,” dazzle you with his many talents, from writing songs, singing, and playing a dozen instruments to telling stories. Yes, McCutcheon is an accomplished storyteller, too, working with literary giants like fiction writers Barbara Kingsolver and Lee Smith and poet Rita Dove on a “written-word-put-to-music” project, but his claim to fame is primarily as a musician. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As a youngster in Wisconsin, McCutcheon says he fought a lopsided battle between being a mediocre pianist and an all-star catcher until he “found his voice” thanks to a cheap, mail-order guitar and a used book of chords. And he never looked back, not even after graduating summa cum laude from Minnesota’s St. John’s University. He continued on his path to becoming “one of the best musicians in the USA,” according to Pete Seeger — a friend who should know. Johnny Cash chimed in with this assessment: “The most impressive instrumentalist I\'ve ever heard.” An impressive instrumentalist, indeed, McCutcheon plays a dozen different instruments and is the master of the rare hammered dulcimer, the autoharp, and the jaw harp, as well as the guitar, banjo, mountain dulcimer, and fiddle.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Aside from playing some of these instruments, McCutcheon might perform material by Seeger and Woody Guthrie, from whom, by the way, he professed to have received the best advice ever: “Take it easy, but take it.” And, of course, he will sing songs of his own making, and he has created hundreds, most of them recorded on 40 albums released since the 1970s, yielding seven Grammy nominations.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>McCutcheon will perform at 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, at the Fripp Community Centre, 205 Tarpon Boulevard. The concert is sponsored by Fripp Island Friends of Music and supported by the SC Arts Commission. Attendees get a free pass at the Fripp gate. Tickets at the door only: adults $30 (cash or check), students free thanks to the Peg Gorham Memorial Fund. You are invited to join John at a complimentary catered reception after the performance. For more information, visit www.frippfriendsofmusic.com or call 843-812-2753.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', '‘Rustic Renaissance Man’ to perform on Fripp', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'rustic-renaissance-man-to-perform-on-fripp', '', '', '2019-03-22 09:35:58', '2019-03-22 13:35:58', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39377', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39384, 4, '2019-03-21 09:37:30', '2019-03-21 13:37:30', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Technical College of the Lowcountry is now accepting applications for fall entry into its health sciences programs, which include massage therapy, nursing, physical therapist assistant, radiologic technology, central sterile processing and medical assisting. Applications are due April 15.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Entry into TCL’s health sciences programs is highly competitive, so it’s best to start the application process early,” Health Sciences Dean Glenn Levicki said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Health Sciences students experience on-campus learning using high-tech simulation equipment and receive additional hands-on practice at clinical sites located throughout Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton and Colleton counties.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By combining classroom and clinical education, TCL health sciences programs truly prepare students for their careers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“TCL’s health sciences programs, all of which are nationally accredited, are vigorous and demanding but produce extremely qualified and successful graduates,” Levicki said. “This is exactly why they are so highly sought after by health care employers here and across the country.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The job outlook is exceptional for TCL health sciences graduates. Employment in health care occupations is expected to grow 19 percent from 2014 to 2024, much faster than the average. Over this same time about 2.3 million new health care jobs will be added, more than any other group of occupations. This expected growth is due to an aging population and because of more individuals having access to health insurance, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'TCL health sciences accepting applications for fall', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'tcl-health-sciences-accepting-applications-for-fall', '', '', '2019-03-22 10:15:49', '2019-03-22 14:15:49', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39384', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39386, 4, '2019-03-22 09:47:50', '2019-03-22 13:47:50', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Margaret Evans</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our Lunch Bunch crew was small but mighty. It was a warm, spring-like day in late February when Hope, Betty, Jeff and I descended on Hearth Wood Fired Pizza in downtown Beaufort, hungry and curious. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hearth was already one of our favorite dinner destinations, but this was our first encounter with the lunch menu. Since there were only four of us at the table, we knew we’d have be strategic with our orders if we wanted a wide sampling. We were up for the challenge! </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our server recommended we start with a house favorite, the Fried Mozzarella Sticks. In my experience, you can’t go wrong with mozzarella sticks – unless you’re watching your weight or fighting heart disease – but these exceeded our expectations. Handmade, lightly breaded, creamy-gooey cheese … What’s not to love?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Moving on to a quirkier, riskier order, Betty took her first bite of her Eggplant Parmesan Sandwich and declared it “to die for.” The sandwich is as beautiful as it is delicious, with thick, toasted bread and a pile of arugula on top. (Betty would have you know that she didn’t eat all her bread.)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hope ordered the Parmesan Caesar Salad with Crusted Chicken, calling it “really light and flavorful.” I went with the Antipasto Salad, chockfull of romaine hearts, salami, pickled peppers, and other zesty goodies. We salad eaters were highly satisfied with our choices and feeling rather virtuous.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The man at the table was having none of it. Hearth is famous for its wood-fired pizzas and, by golly, he was going to order one. Jeff went all out and got The Combo, replete with caramelized peppers and onions, pepperoni, sausage and mushrooms. Between enthusiastic bites, he commented, “The crust is thin and crispy. Doesn’t overwhelm the topping, which is really fresh. The Italian sausage is particularly good.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jeff was kind enough to share his pizza with the table, and we all agreed that there was, indeed, a nice ratio of topping to crust and that Hearth makes some of the finest pizza in town.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During our meal, we chatted with the owner, Lantz Price – Hearth is his third Bay Street restaurant – and Robin Price, his sister and right hand... manager. The Price siblings seem to float effortlessly between their three establishments – they’re everywhere, all the time – and one wonders if this dynamic duo ever sleeps. Plums and Saltus are both downtown icons by now, and Hearth seems headed in that direction. With its friendly staff, cozy bar, creative menu, and country/urban atmosphere – Jeff dubbed it “rustic steampunk” – it’s a welcome addition to Beaufort’s exciting culinary scene.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hearth Wood Fired Pizza &amp; Eatery</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Open Daily, 11am – 10pm</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>843-379-9806</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>www.hearthpizzabft.com</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Hearth adds heart to downtown Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'hearth-adds-heart-to-downtown-beaufort', '', '', '2019-03-22 09:47:52', '2019-03-22 13:47:52', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39386', 0, 'post', '', 0);
