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(7359, 4, '2012-07-12 05:39:35', '2012-07-12 09:39:35', 'By Celia Strong\r\nAnother monthly tasting, another good time, and another good wine for each of us. My group of wine tasting friends got together to sample a series of new, to them at least, white wines for summer.  Interestingly, the line up did not have any Chardonnays, Sauvignon Blancs or Pinot Grigios. Not that there’s anything wrong with these three varieties, and not that they don’t taste good in the summer, but it’s always seemed to me that hot summer weather is made for trying new grapes as well as new wines. So we did.  Five new whites, and each one of them was somebody’s favorite.\r\nEven though we’ve talked about several of these wines before, some of them we haven’t so they’ll be new to even us. We have to remember, too, that even though we may have tried some of them before, as soon as they are in a line up with four other wines they all of a sudden taste different.  This in itself is one of the great things about these monthly tastings — we all gain new perspectives from each other’s comments, and hopefully a new appreciation for the wines we taste.   It’s amazing how if a wine you thought was just OK is really liked by others, you automatically re-evaluate your opinion. Don’t have to change it necessarily, but you do reconsider. Another sip of this and another sip of that all among friends is a well spent hour!\r\nBut, on to our wines. I’ll tell you about them in the order we tasted them and share some of our reactions to each. We started with a French wine, Marc Roman Terret. This wine is from the Lanquedoc-Rousillon area, not expensive ($6.99) and not pretentious. It’s clean and crisp, fresh and juicy, smooth with rounded fruit flavors and floral aromas. The mild acidity is well balanced with the fruit flavors. This is our second summer with this wine and it flies off the shelf this time of year. Our tasters today liked the easiness of this wine — nothing out of the ordinary in its flavors and textures, just good, basic, affordable white wine that never never let’s you down.\r\nNext, we tasted Condessa Eylo Verdejo ($10.99) from Spain. This wine we’ve also talked about before, but it was new to this group. And, like I mentioned earlier, in this setting with this list of other wines, it does taste kind of different. This wine includes three percent Sauvignon Blanc and has flavors that include yellow apples, lemons, oranges and a hint of herbal flavors, in particular lavender. And get this: This was the only wine with a cork today. What progress we’re making with new closures. Tasted by itself, or in another line  like the first time I tried it, this wine can seem a lot drier than it did today. One couple loved this wine for its bright acidity that didn’t overpower the wine’s flavors. Most of us really liked this wine for sipping and agreed it was a great food wine as well.\r\nWine number three was new for all of us. Sort of. I haven’t talked to you about it here before, but we have talked about Albarinos. This is a Spanish grape that makes clean, crisp, bright wines. As good as the others that we carry are, the Eidosela Albarino ($11.99) is it for me.  The real reason we haven’t talked about it here is because it would have been really redundant.  Most of us have managed to drink it without publicity. This wine sells itself!  My group today had one couple like it best, although everyone liked it.  A lot.  Again, this is a good drinking for the sake of drinking wine and a good food wine. Think of fried shrimp.  Happy, happy.\r\nOur fourth wine came from California. It’s made by a winery named Siduri which is known for their wonderful Pinot Noirs. With wonderful prices too. One of our tasters today had been to  Siduri and was shocked to see a white wine from them. And liked it too!  Novy Four Mile Creek White ($10.99), by Siduri, is a blend of Viognier, Gewurztraminer, Sauvignon Blanc and Blanc de Pinot Noir. Definitely an interesting assortment of grapes, but combined together they don’t taste anything like what we expected. Most of us thought it would be fruitier and even maybe sweeter, but not at all. That’s why you can’t be afraid to try.  One person who knew they wouldn’t like it chose it as their favorite. So there!  This wine is new for everyone because we just got it in for the first time. I tasted it a couple of months ago, a sample bottle at a warehouse, and it’s still as good now as it was then. It’s interesting that a bit of Pinot Noir adds just enough weight to this wine  to make it really food friendly.  This was my personal favorite today because it’s the newest.\r\nAnd, last, but not least, we tried Grooner Gruner Veltliner ($10.99). Gruner Veltliner is an Austrian grape that is sort of a chameleon. Depending on the elevation it grows at, it can resemble both a Pinot Blanc and  a really mild Gewurztraminer.  Either way it is a great match or all kinds of Asian flavors. It is dry and crisp with tart green apple flavors mixed up with tropical fruit flavors (star fruit) and a teeny weeny bit of spicyness. I have to tell you, one couple returned and returned and returned to this bottle. I think they like Thai food and found a great new wine to go with it.\r\nSo, there they are.  Four not so common white grape varieties and one blend. It was really exciting seeing everyone’s reactions to them all. Most of the group was familiar with the not so common grapes because they do travel, many to Europe, so they know Verdejo and Albarino and Gruner Veltliner. But, since they are from different countries and regions, tasting them all at the same time was a treat. I should mention that when we started all the wines were very cold — right out of the ice bucket. As we re-tasted and discussed them they did lose a bit of their cold. Not good, not bad. Just interesting. The fact that they were all liked really, really cold shows you how good they are for hot weather drinking. And look how lucky we were to have this atrociously hot and humid weather. Just so you know, our tasting list is set in January of each year. Of course we expected hot weather for this month, but high 90 degrees for this group of wines was a bonus. (And that’s the only positive thing I have to say about the weather!) So, enjoy the heat and some new wines!', 'And a great wine was had by all...', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'and-a-great-wine-was-had-by-all', '', '', '2012-07-12 05:39:35', '2012-07-12 09:39:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7359', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7360, 4, '2012-07-12 05:46:26', '2012-07-12 09:46:26', 'By Pamela Brownstein\r\nIt’s no secret that I adore bagels. Even though I’ve lived in Beaufort for nine years, I grew up in New Jersey where good bagels are just a part of life. I took them for granted until I moved to the South and realized it’s hard to find places that make them the way I remember.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7361\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC_0768.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7361\" title=\"DSC_0768\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC_0768-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> The Santa Fe on an everything bagel.[/caption]\r\n\r\nBut Palm &amp; Moon Bagel Company, located downtown in the corner store between Divine Shoes and the UPS Store on Scott Street, makes their bagels right and keeps me coming back for more. I think  the bagels are better because they are made from scratch and baked on the premises; you can taste the freshness.\r\nThis week, The Lunch Bunch enjoyed the inviting atmosphere, the friendly staff and, of course, the awesome food at Palm &amp; Moon.\r\nElizabeth ordered the Santa Fe speciality sandwich made with cracked peppermill turkey, jalepeño cream cheese, tomato and lettuce on an everything bagel.\r\nNikki tried the chicken salad on wheat, while Buck had a panini filled with grilled chicken, Havarti cheese and sun dried tomatoes.\r\nI always like to customize my sandwich from the Built to Order menu. I chose turkey and Havarti cheese with tomato and avocado on a toasted sesame bagel.\r\nAll of our sandwiches came with a side of their famous bagel chips.\r\nPalm &amp; Moon is a great place for breakfast or lunch. In addition to the variety of sandwiches, they also serve soups, salads, smoothies, coffee drinks and homemade baked goods. They also have daily specials, and many of their sauces and soups are fresh and prepared that day.\r\nMy favorite is the Frank: Your choice of bacon, sausage or Taylor ham (or, as we call it in New Jersey, pork roll) with egg and American cheese melted on a toasted bagel. I save it for special occasions, but I do recommend it as a super food if you had a little too much fun the night before.\r\nOwners Chris and Rainey Stoute recently opened a store in Bluffton. Chris said between his job as a\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7362\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC_0772.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7362\" title=\"DSC_0772\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC_0772-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Grilled chicken panini.[/caption]\r\n\r\nfirefighter and working at the new location, he and his wife stay extremely busy, but they are excited about expanding and they love their customers.\r\nPalm &amp; Moon is a proud supporter of Water Festival, and is even the main sponsor for Tropical Tuesday night.\r\nPalm &amp; Moon Bagel Company is located at 221 Scott Street, Beaufort, and is open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. To place an order, call 843-379-9300.\r\nThey have breakfast and lunch catering options for groups of six or more.\r\nIf you happen to be in Bluffton, check out the new store at 103 Buckwalter Place Blvd, Suite 109. For more information, call 843-815-3114.', 'Best bagel place in Beaufort just keeps getting better: Palm & Moon', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'best-bagel-place-in-beaufort-just-keeps-getting-better-palm-moon', '', '', '2012-07-12 05:46:26', '2012-07-12 09:46:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7360', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7363, 4, '2012-07-12 05:50:01', '2012-07-12 09:50:01', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Celebration-7-12.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7364\" title=\"Celebration 7-12\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Celebration-7-12-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Marie Blackwood and Sgt. Joshua Sanders were married July 7, 2012, at The Recruit Chapel on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. The bride is the daughter of Frank Blackwood and Louise Frownfelter of Canada. The groom is the son of Joe and Angela Sanders from Georgia. A reception was held at The Community Center on Parris Island. The newlyweds reside in Beaufort.\r\n\r\n<em>SEND YOUR CELEBRATIONS:There are so many wonderful occasions to celebrate in life such as baby birth announcements, birthdays, engagements, weddings and anniversaries. The Island News wants you to send us information about your celebrations so we can share the excitement with the community. You can send a photo and a write up to our email at theislandnews@gmail.com with a tagline that reads: Celebrations. Please keep the write up to less than 150 words. Be sure to send your information before noon on Monday so it will run in that week’s paper. We look forward to featuring your important celebrations!</em>', 'Celebrations', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'celebrations-4', '', '', '2012-07-12 05:50:01', '2012-07-12 09:50:01', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7363', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7365, 4, '2012-07-12 05:52:18', '2012-07-12 09:52:18', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Sports-ATW-7-12.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7366\" title=\"Sports-ATW 7-12\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Sports-ATW-7-12-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>The Beaufort All-Stars 12u Girls Softball team fought hard making it through every cut to get to the last day of the championship, finishing third in North Charleston this past weekend. Literally through blood, sweat and tears these girls went into extra innings to make Beaufort proud. Good job and special thanks to Coach Sean Shipley.', 'Athletes of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'athletes-of-the-week-6', '', '', '2012-07-12 05:52:18', '2012-07-12 09:52:18', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7365', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7367, 4, '2012-07-12 05:53:46', '2012-07-12 09:53:46', 'By Will McCullough\r\nAs someone who supports his family solely via the selling of property in the Beaufort area, I’ve had to step out of my comfort zone this time in order to focus on a local piece of real estate that, while exceptionally beautiful and offering a location that puts most others to shame, is not available for purchase. This one-of-a-kind deepwater parcel offers a sandy beach and breathtaking 360 degree views of the waterways surrounding downtown Beaufort, Lady’s Island, Port Royal and Parris Island. Under normal circumstances, one would expect only a few to be able to afford unrestricted access to such an incredible property. But, here in the Lowcountry, we can all come and go as we please. Well, as long as you have a boat.  Or, maybe better yet, a friend with a boat. Oh, it also needs to be around low tide.\r\nBy now, most local readers already knew the parcel of real estate I was referring to, but, for those of you visiting the area for the Water Festival, please allow me to introduce you to the Beaufort Sandbar. The Beaufort Sandbar is an island that appears just offshore from the Waterfront Park in the Beaufort River when the tide is low. Many visitors to the area are surprised to learn that the local deviations between our high and low tides can vary as much as 9 feet. This significant drop in water level can reveal sandbars, or little islands, that make excellent locations for waterfront fun, socializing and relaxation.\r\nWhile there are many popular sandbar “hang outs” in the area, each with their own merits, the Beaufort (or “downtown”) Sandbar is unquestionably the most popular and iconic. Finding it is quite easy if you are in the downtown area. Simply walk out to where the swings front the river at the Waterfront Park and look out a few hundred yards in the rough direction of 2 o’clock. If it’s within a few hours of either “side” of low tide, you’ll see a collection of boats encircling a sandy little island in the middle of the river.  Yep, that’s it.\r\nOne of my personal favorite aspects of the Beaufort Sandbar is, as I alluded to earlier, its utter lack of exclusivity. Beaufortonians of all ages, backgrounds, income and occupation arrive on its temporary shore via paddle boards, kayaks and boats of all size and shape. This eclectic mix of folks enjoy a relaxed sense of freedom seldom found on public beaches, with both dogs and kids running freely while grills are fired up, horseshoes are tossed and footballs are caught.\r\nI’ve lived in the Beaufort area since I moved here in 1993 to serve as a Drill Instructor at Parris Island and I’ve always considered the Sandbar to be one of my favorite places.  For me, it has always induced a pleasant and surreal feeling of being surrounded by “all things Beaufort” while seeming a world away.\r\nBest of all, this year, the Beaufort Sandbar has finally been given its Water Festival recognition, being immortalized by local artist William Rhett III as the festival’s 2012 official logo appearing in print, online and across the back of scores of T-shirts. It’s a beautiful piece and, if you’re lucky, you might be able to pick up a print at his gallery located at 901 Bay St.\r\nIn closing, if you are visiting and considering a potential move to the area, feel free to swing by a local real estate office and pick up some information on what’s available. Just know in advance that one of the nicest examples of local real estate is not available for sale. But you’re welcome to visit it at any time.\r\n\r\n<em>Will and Deena McCullough of Lowcountry Real Estate can be reached directly at 843-441-8286 or via email at RealEstate@BeaufortSC.net.</em>', 'Free: Beachfront lot with incredible views', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'free-beachfront-lot-with-incredible-views', '', '', '2012-07-12 05:53:46', '2012-07-12 09:53:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7367', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7368, 4, '2012-07-12 05:58:26', '2012-07-12 09:58:26', 'By Lanier Laney\r\nJohn met his beloved wife, Jan, in the Army in Alabama 35 years ago. They were both serving: he as a Military Policeman, she as a chaplain’s assistant.\r\nSurprisingly, Jan’s parents had met while both in the Army, and John’s parents had also met while both in the Marine Corp.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7369\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Profile-Commodore.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7369\" title=\"Profile-Commodore\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Profile-Commodore-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Jan and John Gentry.[/caption]\r\n\r\nCurrently their daughter Major Megan Gentry is in the Air Force in Alexandria, Va., and son John Kyle Gentry just finished two tours in Iraq. He will be returning home for this year’s Water Festival to join his family, including sister Erin Vaux who is an assistant solicitor for the 14th Judicial Circuit.\r\nI guess you could say the Gentry family has been very involved with three things: the military, the Beaufort school system, and the Water Festival. This year, John Gentry was selected to be commodore of the festival and Jan is First Lady.\r\nJohn moved to Beaufort for the first time when he was age 11 with his Marine Dad and Mom from Atlanta. He loved playing football for Beaufort High School so much that it became his dream to come back and coach the same team he had been on.\r\nAfter serving in the Army, John went to college in Alabama to get a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Masters degree in Physical Education. Then he returned to Beaufort in 1981 where he became the football coach and a teacher at Beaufort High School. Now, after 31 “very rewarding years,” he retired from that post in July.\r\nJan was also involved in the Beaufort County School District, working as a secretary at Mossy Oaks Elementary for 26 years.\r\nDuring that time they both became involved with the Water Festival. John first was a volunteer and helper and then served as Director of Sports, followed by Water and Air Coordinator, which he felt lucky to do twice.\r\nThe water and air components of the festival now include the Coast Guard Cutter tours, the ski show, the shrimp boat tours, sailing regatta, parade of boats, Blessing of the Fleet, and the goose bump-inducing Marine F-18 squadron flyover which is the crowning moment at the end of the Water Festival on Sunday, July 22, at 3 p.m.\r\nSo after 19 years of being involved with the Water Festival, John became commodore this year. He said, “The majority of my life has been spent on a team of one sort or another, or coaching one. The most enjoyable teams have been the ones made up of volunteers I’ve worked with each year at the Water Festival.  It’s a team that’s not about winning and losing, but about taking care of everybody and being unselfish about all the time and effort they put into it. It’s truly been an honor to be a part of.”\r\nJohn’s whole family joins in on that sentiment, having all been very involved with the Water Festival team over the years. Megan and Erin were both Pirettes and son Kyle was a director.\r\nAnd Jan deserves a great amount of credit, says John, “being by my side helping along every step of the way.”\r\nThe  Beaufort Water Festival marks a time when many families come back together and share in some of the happiest moments of their childhood and celebrate the past and talk about their hopes for the future.\r\nThis 57th year is no exception, and all the hard work put in by John and the volunteers on his great “team” will reveal another memorable and exciting festival.', 'Commodore John Gentry leads the team', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'commodore-john-gentry-leads-the-team', '', '', '2012-07-12 05:58:26', '2012-07-12 09:58:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7368', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7370, 4, '2012-07-12 06:00:04', '2012-07-12 10:00:04', 'By Jim Hicks, LIBPA\r\nNorthern Beaufort County is presently attempting to capitalize on an opportunity to develop a multi-purpose recreational trail that could attract tourist from throughout the United States.\r\nThis opportunity came about as a result of Beaufort and Jasper Water and Sewer Authority (BJWSA) deciding in 2009 that the 26 mile Port Royal to Yemassee abandoned rail bed posed a “once in a lifetime” opportunity to establish a utility corridor.\r\nTo the credit of BJWSA, they invested the necessary time and money to have the federal authorities place the railbed into the federal rail bank, so they could then purchase the railbed.\r\nOnce the railbed was the property of BJWSA, they offered use of the surface part of the railbed to the county in return for the county to assume responsibility for landscaping maintenance.\r\nIn 2011, the county searched, with some success, for ways to fund incremental construction of a multipurpose trail and BJWSA began removal of the rails.\r\nToday, BJWSA is almost finished removing the rails to include the removal of the unsafe trestles over some of the waterways. A basic design for the trail has been agreed upon by Beaufort County and the City of Beaufort. A technical oversight committee (approval team) consisting of engineering and technical representatives from Beaufort County, City of Beaufort, Town of Port Royal, the Path Foundation and Friends of Spanish Moss Rail Trail has been formed and is in operation.\r\nCertainly there are still unanswered questions regarding the long range development of the railbed. For example, some question has arisen as to the most appropriate name (Spanish Moss or Magnolia Line) for the trail. But one thing is certain, based on the number of problems overcome to date, each of the governmental and private entities involved in this project is capable of working together.  As a result of this cooperation and support, barring unforeseen problems, northern Beaufort County will have a multipurpose trail from Allison Road to Depot Road by Christmas and, hopefully construction scheduled for a trail from Laurel Bay Road to Claredon Road.\r\nWhat a marvelous Christmas gift to the community.', 'Rail trail: A once in a lifetime opportunity', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'rail-trail-a-once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:00:04', '2012-07-12 10:00:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7370', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7371, 4, '2012-07-12 06:00:50', '2012-07-12 10:00:50', 'Congrats and thanks to Weston Newton\r\nI would like to express congratulations and appreciation to Weston Newton on his election to the S.C. House of Representatives. He has served Beaufort County for the past 12 years as Chairman of County Council. As a former member of County Council, I laud Weston for his leadership of the many competing issues in Beaufort County.\r\nI happened recently to watch the County Public Service TV channel and saw the documentary on “The Beaufort County Rural and Critical Lands Program.” When I served on council, we passed the legislation for this program. In the ensuing 12 years, Weston has guided the county in such a way that this program is outstanding in accomplishment. His leadership in many other areas, such as financial stewardship and accountability, has been laudatory. It takes a team of elected and appointed officials as well as excellent staff to be successful. Weston Newton has provided thoughtful leadership.\r\nWe will miss him greatly on the council level, but he now goes to the state level with a solid background in what challenges the local governments face. He will carry forth his experience and leadership to the Statehouse for which we will continue to be indebted to him and to his family for their sacrifices to the public good.\r\nElizabeth P. Grace\r\nBeaufort\r\n\r\nLocal efforts help pass human trafficking bill\r\nOn June 18, Governor Nikki Haley signed a new law to address human trafficking, a lucrative, secretive and brutal criminal enterprise that occurs throughout the world, including the United States.\r\nHer signature culminated months of hard work to bring South Carolina out of what a national organization had termed “the dirty dozen,” states without adequate laws to address exploitative labor practices and forced prostitution.\r\nFor the first time, our legislature has clearly defined the crime of human trafficking and has convened a task force to implement a comprehensive strategy for combating it. Among the many changes to state law, the courts can now seize assets from people convicted of human trafficking and the offender can be required to pay restitution to his or her victims. An extra 15 years of prison time can be tacked on if the victim of the crime is under 18-years-old.\r\nMany of the lobbying efforts for this important piece of legislation occurred at a grassroots level. Members of the Lowcountry Coalition Against Human Trafficking and citizens across the state lobbied the legislature in-person and from afar. We would like to especially thank state Sen. Tom Davis, state Rep. Shannon Erickson and state Rep. Andy Patrick for co-sponsoring the bill and for guiding it to passage. We are also grateful to Solicitor Duffie Stone for his public support of the bill and for working tirelessly for its approval.\r\nThis law empowers investigators, prosecutors and the court system to root out and address human trafficking, but it will be up to all of us to learn the signs of this horrendous crime, to report it to the proper authorities and to help the victims rebuild their lives.\r\nJanice Dyer\r\nPresident, Lowcountry Coalition of Human Trafficking', 'Letters to the Editor', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'letters-to-the-editor-3', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:00:50', '2012-07-12 10:00:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7371', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7372, 4, '2012-07-12 06:01:51', '2012-07-12 10:01:51', 'National Cemetery should look its best\r\nOne of the most beautiful and hallowed grounds anywhere is right here in the City of Beaufort, The Beaufort National Cemetery. It is well maintained by the VA. The new section and recent re-pointing of the brick are wonderful additions. But PLEASE, the beautiful entrance is still marred by at least two old fiberglass portable 20 x 20’ canopies once used over new grave sites probably 20 years ago before a handsome permanent facility was constructed a few years ago.  Also visible are the heavy machinery used daily.  All of these (and once a tall stack of black plastic “vaults”) are very visible, towering over the handsome brick wall.  And all right up front for an unwelcome first impression greeting.  Cannot these items be relocated out of sight way to the rear of this wonderful place? Thank you, local director of this VA facility.\r\n\r\nAre name changes really necessary?\r\nWell, I see that there is going to be a squabble over the fact that the rail-trail will have to have a name. I have to agree with Tommy Logan on the fact that this railroad line has a very appropriate historical name, so why the fuss?\r\nBrings to mind other namings that really did not need to take place. Most recently, it was decided that the University of South Carolina Beaufort needed naming.  Well, the fact of the matter is that they adopted the Pirates back in the 70’s, and I still have some memorabilia to attest to this.\r\nAnd another that comes to mind was the official renaming of the Jericho boat landing several years ago to Marine Corps Landing. I love the Corps as much as anyone, but  Jericho is a very historical name and applies to that whole geographic area. My personal feelings are that these were unneeded, unwanted, personal agendas. Surely we could direct our efforts to more important issues.\r\n\r\n<em>Here’s your chance to sound off about what you love or hate or want to see improved in our community. Send your comments to LowcountryBroil@gmail.com and you could see them in the paper. Don’t worry: They’re all anonymous. (Any specific negative references to people or businesses may not be published.)</em>', 'Lowcountry Broil', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lowcountry-broil-6', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:01:51', '2012-07-12 10:01:51', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7372', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7373, 4, '2012-07-12 06:02:43', '2012-07-12 10:02:43', 'Dancing Dogs Yoga owner Shelley Lowther receives Baptiste certification\r\nShelley Lowther, owner of Dancing Dogs Yoga, was recently certified as a Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga instructor. Lowther has clocked more than 700 hours of training in Vinyasa Yoga, and has studied alongside acclaimed best-selling author, teacher and founder of Baptiste Yoga, Baron Baptiste.\r\n“I have had the great honor to study and train with Baron Baptiste, and with many of his senior teachers, including Mark White of MBody Yoga in Jacksonville, Fla, “ Lowther said.   “The Baptiste community is welcoming, inspirational and motivating, and I look forward to bringing many great Baptiste trained teachers to guest teach in the Lowcountry.”\r\nLowther also is offering current Dancing Dogs Yoga students an opportunity to get involved with the yoga community through the Ambassador Work Exchange Program or Assisting and Apprenticing Program. Interested students are invited to practice with Lowther at 6 p.m. and stay after for an open house on these programs. Two open house sessions are scheduled from 7:30-8:30 p.m. July 11 at the Beaufort location.\r\nFor more information, visit www.dancingdogsyoga.com.\r\n\r\nNationwide labor birth doula training workshop to be held in Beaufort\r\nThe Organization of Labor Assistants for Birth Options &amp; Resources, toLabor, is pleased to announce an upcoming Beaufort Birth Doula Training Workshop. Birth doulas, also known as labor assistants, are people who support women and their family through labor and birth. As more people become aware of the benefits of doulas and the Cesarean rate continues to sky rocket, the demand for professionals trained in labor support has gone up and doula profession is rapidly growing.  Research has shown that hiring a birth doula is one of the best precautions against medically unnecessary cesareans sections and other interventions in childbirth, and can even shorten labor.\r\nToLabor  is a national educational organization providing information on evidence-based practices and safe options and choices for childbirth. The training workshop will be held in Beaufort and will take place November 30 to December 2. Registration is now open. The workshop will be taught by Therese Hak-Kuhn, Executive Director of toLabor from Richmond, Va. The training is relevant not only to people who want a career as a doula, but also for other professionals such as nurses, childbirth educators, massage therapists and other bodyworkers, and anyone with an interest in birth.  It is relevant for women who want to be informed about choices in childbirth regardless of background or experience.\r\nAll inquiries can be directed to the workshop sponsor, Ifetayo White of CHOICES Birthing and Wellness Support, at 843-271-1923 or neesamoon@gmail.com or tolabor@gmail.com, or www.tolabor.com.', 'Health & Business briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'health-business-briefs', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:02:43', '2012-07-12 10:02:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7373', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7374, 4, '2012-07-12 06:03:36', '2012-07-12 10:03:36', 'By Martha O’Regan\r\nThat’s right: You can never get away from you, no matter how hard you try. And, to face more truth, you are responsible for you.  There is no one else out there who knows you or can take care of you better than you.  Not your spouse, doctor, parent, partner, child, sibling, no one. You are your greatest ally as well as your worst enemy.  Only you can get you in trouble and only you can get you out. It is you who makes choices — both good and bad. So, you may as well just sit down and introduce yourself to you and decide it’s time to be friends and begin working together for your higher good.  Simple, just not easy at first.\r\nAdmittedly, it was a bit of a bummer when I became aware that I was a steward of this vessel that I inhabit each day.  No more excuses, no more waiting for the miraculous alternative to exercising or cheeseburgers, no more, “if only this, that or the other thing would occur, then I will be happy” statements. I had to dig in there and “re-connect” with all of me. “Mind, meet body. Body, meet spirit. Spirit meet mind.”\r\nNow that the introductions were complete, we had to figure out our new arrangement. No longer could mind override spirit in getting my body in gear or choosing a healthy alternative to that cheeseburger.  Now that we had recognized our relationship, body became more in tune to mind’s ramblings to ignore spirit.\r\nAs an example, mind says, “Oh, just turn off that alarm clock and skip the workout. Who will know anyway?” Uh hum, spirit will, then mind will have to hear about it all day, eventually fatiguing the body from carrying the guilt all day.\r\nSo not worth it — better to just listen to spirit and get up!  Ultimately, body and mind feel better, and spirit is happy — it’s all good. However, I must say, this goes on regularly within me, but as long as I know spirit has my highest good in mind, I try to listen to it rather than my mind.\r\nWhat about you? Do you know all of you? Give it a try, have some fun with it. Give each entity a name and establish a working dialogue amongst them — I have found that all three prefer kindness and ease more than annoyance and sarcasm.\r\nAs I nurtured this relationship within myself, I also became aware that this is my life, no one else’s. Not in a selfish “it’s all about me” energy, but an “oh my gosh, this is my life, what am I going to do with it?” energy. What are my hopes, dreams and desires and how am I going to achieve them and who will be a part of it, and, and, and?\r\nBeing a steward of my vessel and getting to know all of me was no longer a bummer but rather a gift. I decided that taking time for me, doing what I love to do, being with who I love to be with and doing it authentically with kindness and ease was far better than where I was before my “ah ha” moment.\r\nThere is still the daily debate amongst the three of us — body, mind and spirit — but now it’s with delightful banter. I invite you to get to know all of you and enjoy the rest of your ride here on planet earth since it’s where you are and you have to take you wherever you go anyway.\r\nIn Joy ... Enjoy! Live Well ... Have Fun!', 'Wherever you go, there YOU are', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'wherever-you-go-there-you-are', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:03:36', '2012-07-12 10:03:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7374', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7375, 4, '2012-07-12 06:05:41', '2012-07-12 10:05:41', 'By Harlene Deane\r\n\r\nAfter spending a day in this screaming hot weather, come home to this refreshing and easy to make treat. Key lime pies are usually made with the small Key limes, but these are often hard to find. Using regular limes still produces great results.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/key-lime-pie.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7376\" title=\"key lime pie\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/key-lime-pie-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>INGREDIENTS\r\nCrust\r\n• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs (10 crackers)*\r\n• 1/4 cup sugar\r\n• 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted\r\n\r\nFilling\r\n• 6 extra-large egg yolks, room temperature\r\n• 1/4 cup sugar\r\n• 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk\r\n• 2 tablespoons grated lime zest\r\n• 3/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (4-5 limes)\r\n\r\nDecoration\r\n• 1 cup (1/2 pint) cold heavy cream\r\n• 1/4 cup sugar\r\n• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract\r\n• Thin lime wedges\r\n\r\nDIRECTIONS\r\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees.\r\nFor the crust, combine the graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter in a bowl. Press into a 9-inch pie pan, making sure the sides and bottom are an even thickness. Bake for 10 minutes and allow to cool completely.\r\nFor the filling, beat the egg yolks and sugar on high speed in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment for 5 minutes, until thick. With the mixer on medium speed, add the condensed milk, lime zest, and lime juice. Pour into the baked pie shell and freeze.\r\nFor the decoration, beat the heavy cream on high speed in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment until soft peaks form. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat until firm. Spoon or pipe onto the pie and decorate with the lime wedges.\r\nFreeze for several hours or overnight. This pie lasts for months in the freezer!\r\n*Short on time? Go ahead and buy a pre-made crust, we won’t tell!\r\nThis recipe was adapted from Barefoot Contessa Family Style.', 'the home chef on ... Frozen Key Lime Pie', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-home-chef-on-frozen-key-lime-pie', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:05:41', '2012-07-12 10:05:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7375', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7377, 4, '2012-07-12 06:07:44', '2012-07-12 10:07:44', 'The following local authors will be signing their books during Water Festival at the McIntosh Book Shoppe, 919 Bay Street in downtown Beaufort:\r\n• Linda Lovely, author of the Marley Clark Mystery Series, will visit on Saturday, July 14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., to sign copies of her fast-paced novels. <strong>“Dear Killer,”</strong> the first book in the series, is set on a fictional island near Beaufort. Lovely is a former Fripp Island resident.\r\nHer series features Marley Clark, a 52-year-old retired military intelligence officer, who is smart, fit and funny. The mysteries are laced with humor and offer a side of romance.\r\n“Dear Killer” recently was named a finalist in the Golden Quill competition for best books published in 2011. The Lowcountry setting should delight vacationers and residents alike.\r\nThough Lovely’s newest mystery, “No Wake Zone,” temporarily moves the action to Spirit Lake, Iowa, book three will return Marley to her Lowcountry home, where she serves as a security guard on gated Dear Island.\r\nLovely has called the South home for more than 30 years including a dozen years in the Beaufort area. For more information about the author, visit her website at www.lindalovely.com.\r\n\r\n• Wednesday, July 18, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Louise Beidermann will be signing her book <strong>“Ladys Nose: The Adventure of Lady the Sheltidoodle.”</strong> Louise Biedermann is a former Beaufort teacher who has written her first book.  She lives in one of the oldest houses in Beaufort on the Old Point. Call 843-524-1119 for more information.\r\n\r\n• Friday, July 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Millie West will be signing her book <strong>“The Cast Net,”</strong> a mystery about Southern money and power in the in the late 1980s. Ms. West is a graduate of the University of South Carolina.  She has a background in aviation and real estate, and lives with her family in Columbia. Call 843-525-1066 for more information.\r\n\r\n• South Carolina artist Jim Harrison will be signing copies of his new book <strong>“The Palmetto and its South Carolina Home”</strong> on Saturday, July 21, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mr. Harrison is well known for his paintings of landscapes and seascapes, old buildings and barns.  This book features paintings of the Palmetto as it is found near the rivers, the dunes, the marshes and creeks.', 'Beyond the festival: Meet local, South Carolina authors at book signings', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beyond-the-festival-meet-local-south-carolina-authors-at-book-signings', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:07:44', '2012-07-12 10:07:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7377', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7378, 4, '2012-07-12 06:09:37', '2012-07-12 10:09:37', '[caption id=\"attachment_7379\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"200\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Kimberly-Smith-receives-Award1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7379\" title=\"Kimberly Smith receives Award1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Kimberly-Smith-receives-Award1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a> Along with winning cases in the courtroom, Beaufort lawyer Kimberly Smith of Moss, Kuhn &amp; Fleming won First Place as the Outstanding Lady Angler in the second tournament in the 24th season of the South Carolina Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series that took place last weekend on Seabrook Island. Kimberly grew up fishing with her dad, John Smith, and she was on his boat for the tournament. Says Kimberly, “I have enjoyed fishing with him for years and have also fished in these tournaments for a number of years. But this was my first blue marlin!” Congrats, Kimberly for giving Beaufort a win with your “big catch” just in time for Water Festival. Pictured above, Kimberly wins the award. By Lanier Laney.[/caption]', 'Catch of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'catch-of-the-week-6', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:09:37', '2012-07-12 10:09:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7378', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7380, 4, '2012-07-12 06:12:37', '2012-07-12 10:12:37', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\nA Lowcountry sunset supper and cocktails were enjoyed in honor of the engagement of Jessica Myers and Creg Green. The bride’s aunt and uncle, Carol and Clark Robinson, hosted at their beautiful home on Cat Island.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7381\" title=\"024\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/017.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7382\" title=\"017\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/017-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/019.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7383\" title=\"019\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/019-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Creg-and-Jessica1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-7384\" title=\"Creg and Jessica1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Creg-and-Jessica1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>', 'Congrats to Jessica and Creg', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'congrats-to-jessica-and-creg', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:12:37', '2012-07-12 10:12:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7380', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7385, 4, '2012-07-12 06:14:02', '2012-07-12 10:14:02', 'Kazoos on Vacation, Storytelling with Cora\r\nRick Hubbard the Kazoo Guy and storyteller Cora Newcomb will perform their wonders on stage at ARTworks this summer, Saturdays July 14 through August 4. Admission is $5 per person, and kids under 6 years old are free.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7386\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Arts-Kazoo-Guy.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7386\" title=\"Arts-Kazoo Guy\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Arts-Kazoo-Guy-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Kids enjoy the Kazoo Guy.[/caption]\r\n\r\n• Kazoos on Vacation, July 21 &amp; August 4 at 7:30 p.m.: Rick Hubbard’s hit family show of music, comedy and fun is where your kids are the stars and the kazoos are free — because we’re on vacation! But the bubble canon will be working overtime. Rick Hubbard celebrates more than a decade of providing positive family entertainment throughout the United States,\r\n• Summertime Storytelling with Cora Newcomb on July 14 and 28,  at 7:30 p.m.: Cora began spinning tales to her daughter and then throughout the Lowcountry, weaving magic with enchanting yarns. She tells stories to entertain, to educate, and pass on cultural heritage, but most of all because she loves the joy of telling tales. The themes include fun tales for children, inspirational stories, historical tales, ghost tales, and stories that reflect chapters of her life. She is the President of the South Carolina Storytelling Network.\r\nARTworks is located at 2127 Boundary Street, in Beaufort Town Center. Visit online at www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org or call 843-379-2787.\r\n\r\nSign your preteens up for Summer Scribes\r\nAttention all parents of sixth to eighth graders who like to write: Beaufort writer Katherine Tandy Brown is again offering a three-day summer writing course based on Natalie Goldberg’s classic “Writing Down the Bones” writing practice. This time-tested method furthers writing skills, encourages creativity and is pure fun.\r\nChoose either of two weeks:\r\n• Monday, July 16, Wednesday, July 18, and Friday, July 20, or\r\n• Wednesday, August 1, Thursday, August 2, and Friday, August 3.\r\nBoth series take place from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the upstairs of the Charles Street Gallery at the corner of Charles and Greene streets.\r\nClass size is limited to five students to allow for individual attention.\r\nCost is $65 for the week.\r\nFor more information, contact Katherine at 843-379-5886 or 859-312-6706.', 'Arts Events', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'arts-events-15', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:14:02', '2012-07-12 10:14:02', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7385', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(7387, 4, '2012-07-12 06:16:12', '2012-07-12 10:16:12', 'By Dennis Tavernetti\r\n“A Cat In Paris” from The World Series presented by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center For the Arts Monday, July 16 at 2 p.m. and Wednesday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m.\r\nSynopsis:  Dino is a pet cat that leads a double life. By day he lives with Zoe, a little mute girl whose mother, Jeanne, and is a detective in the Parisian police force. But at night he sneaks out the window to work with Nico — a slinky cat burglar with a big heart, whose fluid movements are poetry in motion — as he evades captors and slips and swishes from rooftop to rooftop across the Paris skyline.\r\nRatings &amp; Reviews:  Internet rating sites, IMDb: 6.9; Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 82/Audience: 72. Good marks.  Critics: The New York Times: “... movie-watching pleasure ... satisfying as well as charming.”\r\nPreviewer Comments: This animated film in French with English subtitles is a fun film for all ages. In this day of computerized animation, this hand drawn film reeks of charm and delightful fancy. The story line provides the basis for the action, but it is the artful drawing/animation of the character’s actions that makes it a worthwhile delight.\r\nRated: PG for mild violence and action in comedic settings, suitable for whole families and adults.\r\n\r\n“Peace, Love and Misunderstanding” from The Indie Series presented by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center For the Arts on Wednesday, July 18 at 2 p.m. and Monday, July 30 at 6:30 p.m.\r\nSynopsis: A limited release comedy about an uptight New York City lawyer who takes her two spirited teenagers to her hippie mother’s farmhouse in the countryside for a family vacation. What was meant to be a getaway quickly turns into a summer adventure of romance, music, family secrets and self discovery.\r\nRatings &amp; Reviews: Internet rating site, IMDb: 5.1; Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 29/Audience: 49; less than average marks. Critics: New York Post: “A crowd-pleasing comedy.”\r\nPreviewer Comments:  This limited release film with some very fine actors using an old story line is an adult comedy, which is certainly good for an evening’s diversion.\r\nRated: R.\r\n\r\n“Hysteria” from the Indie Film Series presented by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center For the Arts On Wednesday, July 18 at 6:30 p.m. and Monday, July 23 at 6:30 p.m.\r\nSynopsis: “Hysteria” is a romantic comedy with an accomplished cast that tells an untold tale of discovery — the surprising story of the birth of the electro-mechanical vibrator at the very peak of Victorian prudishness.\r\nRatings &amp; Reviews:  Internet site IMDb 6.7, Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 57/Audiences: 61. OK marks. Critics: Detroit News “... far more wholesome than salacious.”\r\nPreviewer Comments: This Indie film set in London is a harmless comedy about serious Victorian era  doctors who set out to cure a common female malady for the benefit of medical science and created instead the forerunner to the world’s most popular selling sex toy.  Behind the comedy, on a more serious note, it does remind all that  a females’ “needs” are not as readily satisfied as the males’, even if the doctors of that age did not originally fully understand that reality and what they were “accomplishing.”\r\nRated: R for sexual topic content, but largely harmless in its comedic visual presentation.\r\n\r\nTickets for adults are $7, seniors $6, students $5. Call USCB Center for the Arts box office at 843-521-4145 or purchase day of performance. Box office opens one hour prior to show time.', 'Indie Film Corner: \"A Cat in Paris,\" \"Peace, Love and Misunderstanding\" and \"Hysteria\"', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'indie-film-corner-a-cat-in-paris-peace-love-and-misunderstanding-and-hysteria', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:16:12', '2012-07-12 10:16:12', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7387', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7389, 4, '2012-07-12 06:18:48', '2012-07-12 10:18:48', 'By Terry Sweeney\r\nGreetings fellow Happy Winos! As a way of saying thank you for your loyalty and devotion to my column, I thought I would give y’all my annual “Happy Wino Water Festival Survival Kit.” To that end, I am providing you once again with my hangover cures and my easy to remember “Wine Bottle Warning Guide” that could save your life, or at least enable you to remember all the fun you had at this year’s Water Festival. So when people say to you, “I can’t believe you did that in front of everybody at <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Terry-Sweeney-....jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7391\" title=\"Terry Sweeney ...\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Terry-Sweeney-...-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>the Sandbar!”, you don’t have to look at them blankly and ask, terrified, “I-I was at the Sandbar?!”\r\nEvery year I swear that never again will I be on that Sandbar three sails to the wind! But then the party gets started and I think, “Oh just one more can’t hurt.” And boy, am I wrong! Before I know it, the wrath of grapes is upon me!\r\nI am personally ready to put on sneakers, shorts and a tank top, plaster a number on my chest and start a nationwide “Run for the Hangover Cure” — well, that is as soon as I can take this ice pack off my head and my hands stop shaking. Maybe instead I should start up a “Tiptoe Quietly For the Cure Wearing Very Dark Sunglasses.”\r\nA friend of mine who is also a Happy Wino sometimes calls me the morning after we have been out Water Festival partying and all she will say is “Cheeseburger, fries, LT’s, one hour.”  Click.  That’s all she has to say and I am there, because no greasy burger nor oil-dripping freshly French fried potato has ever tasted better than the one you eat when you’ve got the big H. “Why is that?” you ask. I don’t know.\r\nApparently, Science thinks the study of how greasy junk food affects the booze-soaked brain is beneath them. Another pricey Mars Probe, that’s what we really need.  The last one so improved our quality of life.  Thanks, Science. (Of course if they find out Martians don’t get hangovers no matter how many Martiantinis they drink, well then it’s money well spent and I will personally apologize to Science). But in the meantime: HELP!\r\nBy the way, before I forget, it is imperative that you wash down that grease fest with a carbonated cola in the biggest cup you can find, filled to the brim with ice.\r\nBut, let’s face it. This trip to Dr. Greaseburger may be my (and several friends’) way of surviving the hellacious wrath of the grape, but everyone has their own.  Of course, the worst one I ever heard came from a dour cousin of mine whom, when asked about her favorite hangover preventative, responded “Don’t drink!” It was then I remembered my mother always referred to her as “your crazy cousin.”\r\nHowever, on the other end of the scale, I have a Happy Wino buddy who swears the only way he can get over his hangover is to have a beer for breakfast as soon as he wakes up.  Sounds all right, except then he continues to snack on beers all morning and ends up having beer for lunch. “Hair of the dog,” he’ll drunkenly inform me if I run into him. “Of course” I say, then quietly mumble under my breath, “I think that dog had puppies.”\r\nNevertheless, he is right about one thing: Beer with hops (a natural sedative) as its main ingredient is the favorite daytime, “day after” drink of many vintners. When I was in Napa, the sight of a beer mug in the hand of any well-known winemaker was a sure sign he’d stomped down too many grapes the night before.  So maybe a cold beer with lunch might just be what the doctor ordered.\r\nSpeaking of doctors, one of my Happy Wino friend’s wife is one. What does his medical mate recommend for a hangover? “Oh she usually hooks us up to water-drip IVs the next morning ‘till we’re re-hydrated.” “Oh that’s a good one,” I chuckle, “Why didn’t I think of that?!”  Tee Hee. One look at his somber, puzzled expression tells me, “Oh my Lord, he’s serious.”\r\nI make a mental note not to ask my undertaker friend what he and his wife do the day after (“We sleep in the empty coffins in the walk in freezer!”)\r\nStill, I do understand where these hung and hurtin’ folks are coming from. Who among us has not prayed for relief from the “Morning After Monster” and plea-bargained with the Grape Gods to spare us further agony. “Never again!” we cry. “One glass with dinner from now on,” we swear. Yeah right.\r\nSooner or later, of course, forgetting all of our heartfelt promises and melodramatic repentance, we’re back whooping it up with the best of ‘em.  I’ve even gone so far as to make false claims that the reason I got so sick last time was due to a “tainted cork” or my other old standby: “That last bottle must have turned. I oughta sue!”\r\nStill, of all the cures I’ve heard, my favorite was that of a friend who described opening a can of Diet Pepsi at 6 p.m. on the night he’s going out, dropping two aspirin in it and letting it sit on his bedside table so he can chug it down before he goes to sleep.\r\n“Does that really work?” I asked, impressed. “I don’t know,” he shrugged. “I always pass out and forget to drink it.”\r\nHere is my Wine Bottle Warning Guide: Cut it out and tape it to your fridge:\r\nOne is fun.\r\nTwo, I can do.\r\nThree, look out for me!\r\nFour, I’m on the floor.\r\nFive, thank God I’m alive!\r\nSix, I’m pickin’ up tricks.\r\nSeven, I’m probably in Heaven.', 'Annual Happy Wino Water Fest survival kit', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'annual-happy-wino-water-fest-survival-kit', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:18:48', '2012-07-12 10:18:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7389', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7392, 4, '2012-07-12 06:20:07', '2012-07-12 10:20:07', 'By Cherimie Crane Weatherford\r\nDuring my time as a contributor for The Island News I have poked fun at many people in my life — my husband, my best friend, Momma and Daddy, my Mammaw and even some poor princess of pretention at my favorite coffee shop. I have shared their strengths and challenges with the world all the while hiding behind the mask of my keyboard. Throughout my entertaining exposés, I have given tiny glances of the oddity that is me. Now with tremendous trepidation, I turn the power of my pen, poking it directly at myself.\r\nThe unavoidable birth of Backwoods Barbie has magnified many of my insecurities, emphasized my obscurities and without a doubt painted an unusual, yet honest, picture of a girl with a very strange name from a very small town. Against my better judgment and with my best merlot, I shall pull back the curtain and dance on the public stage of print. After all, how can I continue to laugh at and with those in my life while hiding the strangest of characters?\r\nIt is true, I am a bit backwoods. This fact is something I spent the majority of my life trying to creatively conceal. My loving parents weren’t much of the doting type. I wasn’t told daily that I was special yet told with great conviction that I was a slightly different. Not necessarily different as in Mother Theresa or Dolly Pardon, more along the different lines of Ellie Mae Clamped.\r\nThis was a major theme in my life that came to full fruition once my journey to public school began. Having lived a good 30 minutes from what most inaccurately consider civilization, once catapulted into a classroom full of non-tree climbing, non-cow chasing, and non-barefoot best-behaved children, the label given by my loving parents became blindingly evident. I was in fact, different.\r\nFortunately my ability to accurately imitate the behaviors of others kept me from the state juvenile facility and fairly soon I was able to successfully blend in for a maximum of the eight hour school day.\r\nWhile my sister and cousins were known for their beauty, I was told by most that I had a pleasing disposition that obviously complimented my blessing of coke bottle glasses mixed with a mouth full of metal and hair that could comfortably house farm animals. I suppose I should have paid attention to the annual gift of the book “The Ugly Duckling.” Thankfully, my parents were able to convince me that although Miss USA may not be in my future, Miss President just might.\r\nTo add to the irony of constant shock of my childhood twists and turns, I managed to land a coveted spot on the cheerleading squad. Most of the town, most of the school, and surely all of my family was quite taken aback. I wasn’t known for my coordination and definitely not my charm. My fellow cheerleaders were portraits of perfection and I resembled R2D2 in a skirt. Again, my ability to imitate that which is considered normal guaranteed my survival in this glowing, gleeful group.\r\nMy entire school career was a game of strategy — do what others do, never follow my instincts, and for the love of gravy keep my shoes on at least until 3:30 p.m. Basically, I learned that being me was a hazard to any goal I wished to achieve. This behavior continued on into college where the world seemed to be more complicated, demanded more unusual behavior, and at times was incredibly lonely.\r\nThere weren’t very many kindred spirits readily available for afternoon fishing, playing in fresh Mississippi mud, or climbing campus trees. It was impressed upon me to learn the world of fraternity parties, the survival of sorority encounters, and the necessary art of acceptable fashion. I had so many part-time jobs that I couldn’t attempt a sorority. Knowing all the football players gained acceptance at fraternity parties. And as luck should have it, my roommate was a fashion goddess.  Once again, my ability to hesitantly conform guaranteed my survival in a pre-packaged world.\r\nUpon release of the interesting captivity known as graduation, I chose to travel the world. Having had enough of forced normalcy, I ran as fast as two tired legs could take me, as far as a passport could get me.\r\nIt wasn’t that I didn’t love every second of college, I did, but my crumpled wings and flat feet needed room to roam. And roam I most certainly did. Right by myself, I saw country after country owning nothing more than a travel book, a toothbrush and a resurging independence.\r\nContacts replaced my spectacle of spectacles, the metal finally came off and so did the suffocating pressure of being anything other than a girl with a very strange name from a very small town.\r\nOf course, there are thousands of stories within my story, some best left untold and some being told weekly.  Luckily, the strange and winding road of my life is better than anything even I could possibly make up. Somehow that road landed me in Beaufort, South Carolina, at a point in my life where I am perfectly comfortable in my freckled, sun-damaged skin with an opportunity to write with a voice I spent most of my life silencing.\r\nI am still an odd creature and often run for the door in socially reserved settings. I dance any chance I get, sometimes to music and sometimes for no apparent reason whatsoever.  I have been known to talk a little too much, enjoy wine a little too much, and often combining the two to create less than proud moments during less than appropriate times. I still find more in common with animals and women of the wild rather than the well-behaved masses. There are times when my ability to abide by social norms still is required and I do so dutifully knowing that it is temporary and soon I can go back to being the girl with a very strange name from a very small town.', 'The girl with a very strange name from a very small town', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-girl-with-a-very-strange-name-from-a-very-small-town', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:20:07', '2012-07-12 10:20:07', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7392', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7393, 4, '2012-07-12 06:21:15', '2012-07-12 10:21:15', 'By Kimberly Steinbruck\r\nMy husband and I just returned from what we call an “obligation vacation.”  These are the vacations you have to take, not the ones you want to take.  For us, it means dragging ourselves up to Connecticut for the semi-annual family visit.\r\nVery few people seem to understand that an obligation vacation is not a vacation at all.  Co-workers ask why I put quotes around the word “vacation” in my out-of-office message. I do it because it’s not a REAL vacation. It’s not about fun and relaxation (as vacations should be).  It’s just something ya gotta do a few times a year.\r\nKind co-workers and friends say things like “Have fun!” “Get some rest, you deserve it!”\r\nWell, neither of those things will happen, but we do appreciate the well wishes.\r\nFor those who say, “A vacation — I’m jealous.” I say, “Don’t be.”\r\nThe sad truth of it is this: These trips kinda suck.  I know, I know, that sounds harsh and you think I’m exaggerating.  Really, I’m not. Let me break this particular trip down for you.\r\nHere are some of the highlights:\r\n•    Fighting through huge crowds in the airport — and hating those people for looking all happy since they are going on real vacations.\r\n•    Six nights in six different beds, each day waking up wondering where the heck I am.\r\n• Packing, unpacking and re-packing each day — now where did I put my clean underwear and, more importantly, my phone charger?\r\n• Up early every morning to start that day’s visits, and bitter that there is no time to sleep in.\r\n• Fielding the various schedule questions: “When will you be here?”  When I get there. “But, what time?” I don’t know. I came up here to see you.  Are you leaving town or something?\r\n• Spending several hours each day visiting with relatives and running out of conversation in the first 10 minutes. (Quick, think of something before Dad hands you a stack of political articles and email jokes to read! On the upside, he doesn’t read them to us anymore.)\r\n• Having to explain all travel decisions — not sure why people care so much, but it goes something like this ...\r\no “Why did you fly into Boston?” Because flights are direct and cheaper.  “You can fly into Hartford for the same amount.” OK, whatever you say, I’m sure Travelocity was broken the many times I searched for flights.\r\nThis same line of questioning continues until we finally admit the truth: “OK, fine, you got us — we wanted a date night in Boston to decompress at the end of this trip. Yes, we tried to sneak in one night of actual fun. Shame on us.”\r\no “Why did you get a Ford Crown Vic for your rental car? It looks like a cop car.” Well, it just happens to be what they gave us, but I like it because it has a huge trunk which will accommodate the bodies of everyone who asks me too many annoying questions.\r\n• Attempting to eat healthy, yet finding it impossible. I have protein bars in my bag, but OK, if you insist, we’ll smile and eat the Dunkin Donuts muffins you bought just for us. [Note to well-meaning relatives — the word “bran” when it appears on a Dunkin Donuts menu does NOT mean it’s healthy, but we appreciate the effort.]\r\n• Emergency calls to my sister when all the liquor stores are closed: “Hey, it’s me. I’m at Mom and Dad’s house. This is an emergency! Do you have any red wine at your house?  Really?  You do? Great! No, type and brand do not matter.  Any kind will do.  Just hurry over with it.”\r\nI guess when you come right down to it, it’s about control. On a trip like this, you just don’t have any.  You spend a lot of money and burn much-needed vacation time, but it’s not about you.  It’s about them. It’s the price you pay for moving away and living in paradise.\r\nSo, to those who say, “Welcome back, hope you had a great time,” I’ll just say, “Thank you, we did, but we are ever so happy to be back home where we belong and, quite frankly, even happier that we don’t have to take another obligation vacation for at least another six months.”', 'My Fourth of July ‘obligation vacation’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'my-fourth-of-july-obligation-vacation', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:21:15', '2012-07-12 10:21:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7393', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7394, 4, '2012-07-12 06:22:35', '2012-07-12 10:22:35', 'By Takiya Smith\r\nWith temperatures soaring and the humidity climbing, the last thing we girls need to be concerned with is our looks.  Here are a few tips, recommendations and tricks of the trade to help keep your summer look cooler than ever and keep you looking hot in the heat.\r\nFor no-sweat eyes that won’t streak or run try the new liner design, long wear calligraphy gel eyeliner from Lancome.  The liner, which comes with a double ended brush to precisely line and softly smudge, has a consistency which locks and sets to hold all day long.\r\nTo add to your maximum, no fuss coverage, coat lashes with a few swipes of express mega plush gel mousse mascara by Maybelline which comes in both washable and waterproof coverage, perfect for working out or swimming. Mega Plush also offers a gel-mousse that has less hard waxes, offering a supple and brittle-free touch to lashes.\r\nFor active girls on the go, such as swimmers and runners, with little to no time for makeup, semi-permanent eyelash extensions offer lash length enhancement and a mascara look, free off any makeup or chemicals. This option is also great for women with allergenic reactions to eye makeup.\r\nTo keep brows full and fresh, skip traditional pencils and opt for brow powders instead.  Pencils, generally consisting of wax, can tend to melt and run due to humidity and perspiration, however, brow powders not only set in place but are great as they look more natural and will absorb humidity rather than streak and run.\r\nMineral powders, such as Bare Essenctuals, can be worn alone or over a liquid foundation to keep skin looking and feeling cool and fresh, as well as leave skin with a matte, dry look rather than a glossy shine. To enhance the longevity and set mineral foundation powders, try a spritz of toner or hydrating spray such as Paul Mitchell Awapuhi Moisture Mist, which can be used daily.\r\nFor swimmers, keep hair hydrated and chemical free by soaking with tap or bottled water prior to swimming in chlorine filled pools. The previously applied water will enter the cuticle of the hair, causing it to swell, leaving no room for chlorinated water to enter. This, in addition to proper conditioning, will keep hair looking and feeling great.', 'Look hot, even in the heat', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'look-hot-even-in-the-heat', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:22:35', '2012-07-12 10:22:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7394', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7395, 4, '2012-07-12 06:25:55', '2012-07-12 10:25:55', 'Watch your local news on Hargray Cable Channel 8\r\n\r\nAfter much anticipation, WHHI-TV is bringing residents of Beaufort something they’ve missed for quite some time: their own newscast.\r\nThe Beaufort News premiers Thursday, July 12 at 7 p.m. on Channel 8 on Hargray Cable. WHHI-TV is partnering with The Island News, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce and Lowcountry\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7396\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Jessa-Photo-Port.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7396\" title=\"Jessa Photo Port\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Jessa-Photo-Port-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Host Jessa Jeremiah[/caption]\r\n\r\nWeekly to bring a newscast that will air at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. daily following The Hilton Head News and The Bluffton News at 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., respectively.\r\nWHHI-TV, on the air on Hilton Head Island since 1992, recently expanded coverage to Beaufort. On March 1, Hargray moved the station from Channel 200 to Channel 8 on the tier people in the industry call, “Broadcast Row.” Overnight, Hargray customers who’d never been exposed to the station, also seen on Hilton Head on Time Warner Channel 3, were pleasantly surprised when they turned on the tube and saw local faces, local news and local businesses.\r\nShortly after the channel move, Hargray announced it would purchase Charter Cable, propelling WHHI-TV into even more households across the Lowcountry. At this point, WHHI-TV saw opportunity and quickly realized it needed to offer appropriate programming to all of the station’s viewership, including Beaufort.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7397\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Buck-Boone-Color.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7397\" title=\"Buck Boone-Color\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Buck-Boone-Color-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> The Island News General Manager Buck Boone.[/caption]\r\n\r\nJessa Jeremiah will anchor the news and deliver weekly headlines. Buck Boone, General Manager of The Island News will provide a “Hot off the Press” report. Blakely Williams, President of the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce, will produce a business report; and Mark Shaffer, Features Editor for Lowcountry Weekly, will talk about the arts and entertainment calendar around Beaufort. The Beaufort News will also host two members of the community per week who are making significant news in the Beaufort area.\r\nWayne Morris, WHHI-TV’s General Manager, reiterated the station’s commitment to the Lowcountry, saying, “It’s been our goal since we purchased the station in 2006 to build a bridge between the station and the community; and we’ve done that through quality programing that is 100 percent local.”\r\nJohn Byrne, President of the Byrne Acquisition Group and owner of the station, explained, “The momentum and progress we’ve built in the last six years on Hilton Head is indicative of what you should expect to see in the next five years throughout the rest of Beaufort County. We are very proud to be an integral part of this community.”\r\nFormer Editor of The Island News and Beaufort representative for WHHI-TV, Wendy Pollitzer, will be assisting with program content and sales.\r\nIf you have any news to contribute to The Beaufort News, please email news@whhitv.com, and if you’d like to learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please email wendy@whhitv.com or call the station at 843-785-4545.\r\nIt’s never been a more exciting time for the area’s only local television station, and Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton counties have never been more excited to tune in.\r\nWelcome home, from WHHI-TV.', 'WHHI-TV introduces The Beaufort News', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'whhi-tv-introduces-the-beaufort-news', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:25:55', '2012-07-12 10:25:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7395', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7399, 4, '2012-07-12 06:31:22', '2012-07-12 10:31:22', 'By Laura Trask\r\n\r\nThere are many wonderful and celebrated annual events across the globe, but when the air of the Lowcountry gets thick with humidity and the thermometer reaches its breaking point, we here in Beaufort  start to prepare ourselves for Water Festival. And like every great event there is considerable\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7401\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"227\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Laura-WFashion1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7401\" title=\"Laura-WFashion1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Laura-WFashion1-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" /></a> This animal print tunic covers up while still turning heads.[/caption]\r\n\r\nplanning involved, but most importantly to our fashionably parched readers is what are we going to wear!? I have compiled a list of the five hottest trends this year, and let’s face it, in Beaufort we know something about hot!\r\n\r\n1. The surfer girl look\r\nAfter the hit book/movie “Soul Surfer,” who would not be inspired to traipse around in a bikini bottom and surf shirt? The look is cool, young and requires confidence because these young women literally LIVE in their bikini bottoms. But there is a smart girl component here: The surf shirt keeps you safe from all those unwanted UV rays and future wrinkles and allows for freedom to move about without fear of  revealing parts of yourself you might prefer to keep hidden.\r\n\r\n2. The summer bangle\r\nWhen looking for a way to glam up your hot, hot, hot summer bathing suit /beachwear look, why not add a great, eye-catching bangle to your list of summer staples? This season’s bangles are as 80’s as it gets — lots of hello-lemon yellow and other bright colors that have not only popped up on accessories as of late, but were on every pair of jeans this past spring.\r\n\r\n3. Romantic Ruffles\r\nYou may be wondering how ruffles and sleek, cool summer staples might go together. Well, ruffles are ruling the runway and the bathing suits are not missing out on the fun! Ruffles are shown on one\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7400\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"227\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Laura-WFashion2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7400\" title=\"Laura-WFashion2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Laura-WFashion2-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" /></a> This look pairs the one-shoulder trend and metallics.[/caption]\r\n\r\npieces, two pieces and every shape in between. The ruffled one-shoulder tops was where I thought it looked the chicest, kinda made me wonder where that waiter in the white jacket was  hiding with the tray of champagne flutes — think Capri!\r\n\r\n4. Color Alert\r\nWe have discussed the retro neon color invasion, well, at the other end of that spectrum is my favorite color trend for summer — cool, shimmering metallics. They work perfectly with a splash of an animal print, whites and chocolate browns. This is an easy way to make a sophisticated fashion statement without having to put too much thought into putting an outfit together, because everything looks good when paired with metallics, especially a fabulous tan!\r\n\r\n5. The Tunic a.k.a. The Cover up\r\nThe Number 1 fashion trend for a successful Water Festival is having something to cover it all up! This ancient design (originally created as undergarments for the toga) has stood the test of time and has  evolved into a lightweight, versatile wardrobe staple which can take you from the beach to dinner!So fellow Water Festival attendees, make sure that when that last bite of fried chicken has passed your sunburned lips you have your best summer friend/trend ready to cover it all up!', 'Make a fashion splash for Water Festival', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'make-a-fashion-splash-for-water-festival', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:31:22', '2012-07-12 10:31:22', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7399', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7402, 4, '2012-07-12 06:33:29', '2012-07-12 10:33:29', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\n“We drank the Kool-aid and we liked it,” says Elizabeth Brown.\r\nThis is Water Festival lingo for being roped into the Water Festival volunteer staff and liking it.\r\nShe and her twin brother, Van, are going on nine years of volunteering and have accumulated some Water Festival expertise.\r\nWhen Elizabeth and Van were just 16 years old, their father asked if they would like to volunteer for the festival while they were still in school.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7403\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Liz-and-Van-Brown.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7403\" title=\"WF-Liz and Van Brown\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Liz-and-Van-Brown-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Elizabeth and Van Brown are seen in Waterfront Park before Water Festival.[/caption]\r\n\r\n“We were ‘voluntold’ to show up,” as Van recalls. “He [Van’s father]  says, ‘Oh, by the way, tomorrow at 5 o’clock you better get up and shower so that you can be on stage at 6:30 a.m.’ That was the end of that discussion, and as they say, the rest is history.”\r\nHaving some background in theater, the pair began volunteering for production, setting up the concert stages and handling the spotlights. This year, however, they’ve both become directors. Van is a director of production and Elizabeth is a director of sports events.\r\nWhile everyone on the Water Festival staff is a volunteer, the job has its perks. They get free T-shirts, hats and access to the events. Van has been able to meet a lot of the famous performers who have played over the years, including Josh Turner.\r\nThe animated duo can tell all about the turnouts at the varying sports tournaments as well as the bands that are a must-see this year.\r\n“The Concert in the Park is the show that everyone talks about. Within the festival we all have the nights that we love. My personal favorite is Motown Monday,” said Van. According to him, the Motown group Deas-Guyz “blew it up last year.”\r\n“My favorite night is Thursday, the Lowcountry Supper,” says Elizabeth.\r\nThe Marine Corps and Rotary Club and other volunteers help prepare the shrimp, sausage, corn and potatoes — also known as Beaufort’s famous Frogmore Stew — for hundreds of hungry festivalgoers.\r\nWhile the supper is being served, the band The Broke Locals will perform live, followed by a mysterious band The Whistlers at 7:15 p.m.\r\n“The Whistlers, no, we’re not telling you about The Whistlers. Here’s my advice: Show up. You have to see them,” said Elizabeth.\r\nThe two have been around since the River Dance was the Street Dance on Bay Street, and they can tip any tourist about the “Redneck Yacht Club” (a.k.a. The Sandbar).\r\n“Originally,” Van informs, “[Water Festival] was just a celebration of the Beaufort area. We celebrated out on the old pier and it was just a couple of concerts on a built stage to bless the fleet, commemorating the shrimp trawlers and wishing them safety on the waters. But now, for the community and for lack of better words, this is the biggest party of the summer. Come out, show your support and have a really good time.”\r\nLike so many others, Van and Elizabeth’s love for Water Festival is irrefutable, and that is to say so is their love for their hometown of Beaufort, South Carolina.', 'Brown twins exemplify festival’s dedicated volunteer base', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'brown-twins-exemplify-festivals-dedicated-volunteer-base', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:33:29', '2012-07-12 10:33:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7402', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7404, 4, '2012-07-12 06:59:36', '2012-07-12 10:59:36', 'Beaufort prepares for annual events\r\n\r\nSince the first festival was held in July 1956, Beaufort has been perfecting ways to have fun and stay cool during the hot summer days and nights. This year’s Water Festival stays true to tradition with family friendly programs, lots of live music, competitive sporting tournaments, as well as a slew of water and air events. Commodore John Gentry said he is in awe of the more than 400 volunteers who work hard to put the festival together, and he’s also impressed by all the sponsors who stepped it up to ensure 2012 is another awesome year for everyone who comes to enjoy and experience all the Water Festival has to offer.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the 57th Beaufort Water Festival, go to http://bftwaterfestival.com.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7411\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-20121.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-7411\" title=\"WF 2012\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-20121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> 2012 Commodore and his Crew[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7409\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"224\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Lunch-Bunch11.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7409\" title=\"Lunch Bunch1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Lunch-Bunch11-e1342089872308-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" /></a> State Rep. Shannon Erickson serves shrimp at last year\'s Lowcountry Supper.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Blessing81.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7412\" title=\"WF Blessing8\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Blessing81-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7416\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Corn-holeCM1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7416\" title=\"WF Corn holeCM\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Corn-holeCM1-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" /></a> The ever-competitive Cornhole Tournament.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7417\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bedraces1CM2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7417\" title=\"bedraces1CM\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bedraces1CM2-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" /></a> 2011 Bed Races. Captured Moments Photography.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7418\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/284388_243419062349417_100000439756406_879142_6661319_n1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7418\" title=\"284388_243419062349417_100000439756406_879142_6661319_n\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/284388_243419062349417_100000439756406_879142_6661319_n1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Fun for the whole family.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'The Wonderful World of Water Festival', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-wonderful-world-of-water-festival', '', '', '2012-07-12 06:59:36', '2012-07-12 10:59:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7404', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7419, 4, '2012-07-13 11:03:33', '2012-07-13 15:03:33', 'In support of safe boating, Butler Marine is offering a FREE boat taxi service during both weekends of The Beaufort Water Festival.   Drivers will be available on a first come first serve basis on both Saturday and Sunday from 2pm til dark.  Butler Marine will supply a boat with licensed drivers that once called will come to your location on the sandbar where one of the Butler Marine drivers will board your boat and safely drive it back to the intended location followed by the Butler Marine boat.   If you find yourself in need of this service just call <a target=\"_blank\">843-812-6841</a> or you can even call ahead to reserve your time.  Butler Marine drivers can be identified by their bright orange t-shirts.  Although this service is free, tips are welcome.\r\n\r\nButler Marine hopes that by providing this service we can make the Beaufort Water Festival safer and keep some fun loving patrons from spending the night “away from home.”', 'Butler Marine supports safe boating', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'butler-marine-supports-safe-boating', '', '', '2012-07-13 11:03:33', '2012-07-13 15:03:33', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7419', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7420, 4, '2012-07-16 16:34:36', '2012-07-16 20:34:36', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Crime-Armed-Robbery-Web-Graphic_20100616125822_320_240.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6148\" title=\"Crime-Armed-Robbery-Web-Graphic_20100616125822_320_240\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Crime-Armed-Robbery-Web-Graphic_20100616125822_320_240-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Sheriff’s Office Investigating Armed Robbery\r\n\r\nLADY’S ISLAND, SC (July 16, 2012/10:00 AM) – The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery that occurred early yesterday at a Lady’s Island gas station.\r\n\r\nJust after 4:15 am yesterday morning, Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Circle K convenience store (114 Sea Island Pkwy) in reference to a robbery occurring moments earlier. Upon arrival, deputies met with an employee and several witnesses who had reported that the store had been robbed by two black male suspects.\r\n\r\nThe clerk advised that the two men entered the store, wearing ski masks and armed with handguns. The suspects demanded money and after stealing an undisclosed amount of cash and cigarettes, fled the store. Neither the clerk, nor several store patrons present at the time of the incident were harmed.\r\n\r\nThe suspects were last seen fleeing towards Youman’s Dr, where they are believed to have gotten into a waiting vehicle. Both were described as black males, approximately 6’00”, one wearing a long-sleeve white shirt and the other a dark hooded sweatshirt.\r\n\r\nThe Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to contact either Investigator Cpl A. Zsamar at 843-255-3408 or the Beaufort County Dispatch Center at 843-524-2777. Citizens may also contact Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC (274-6372) or text the word TIPSC with a message to CRIMES (274637).', 'Armed Robbery - Circle K on Lady\'s Island', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'armed-robbery-circle-k-on-ladys-island', '', '', '2012-07-16 16:38:04', '2012-07-16 20:38:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7420', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7422, 4, '2012-07-17 16:30:58', '2012-07-17 20:30:58', 'Dear Special Agent Ghent:\r\n\r\nI have reviewed your extensive investigation into the alleged grade-changing that took\r\nplace at Beaufort High School. It appears there is substantial evidence that Dr. Dan Durbin,\r\n\r\nWhile acting as principal of Beaufort High School, changed the grades of 33 students who were\r\nenrolled at the school.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County High School Counselor Handbook appears to give a principal the\r\ndiscretion to change grades, but only alter meetings With the student\'s teacher and guidance\r\ncounselor. This internal procedure requires substantial documentation of the process and an\r\nexplanation of Why each change was made. In many cases, there is some evidence that Dr.\r\nDurbin changed the grades in question añer consulting with Various faculty members, but in\r\nother cases he made unilateral decisions. There was insufficient record-keeping as to Who was\r\nconsulted for each instance and Why the changes were necessary. Thus, it appears Dr. Durbin did\r\nnot follow the schoo1district\'s policy and procedures.\r\n\r\nThere is no evidence, however, to suggest that Dr. Durbin received any financial benefit\r\nfor these changes or that he engaged in this behavior with malicious intent. He was not paid for\r\nhis grade changes nor was his contract contingent on student grades. Further, he made no effort\r\nto hide the fact that he was changing students\' grades. He not only involved other faculty\r\n\r\nmembers in his actions, but logged into the computer network using his own username and\r\npassword.\r\n\r\nIn order for Durbin’s actions to be criminal, I must prove more than a violation of School\r\nBoard policy. I must prove criminal intent. Based on the results of this comprehensive\r\ninvestigation, I can find no evidence of this.\r\n\r\nDr. Durbin has clearly created many problems, but these are administrative matters that\r\nare best handled by the State Board of Education and the Beaufort County School District, not\r\nour Criminal courts. His actions have called into question the credibility of the entire high\r\nschoo1’s grading system, an unfortunate consequence that must be confronted in order to restore\r\nacademic integrity.\r\n\r\nThere is insufficient evidence to support any criminal charges against Dr. Durbin at this\r\ntime. If you later receive evidence of criminal intent please provide that to me immediately and I\r\nwill revisit my decision.\r\n\r\nThank you again for your thorough investigation.\r\n\r\nDuffie Stone', 'Duffie Stone\'s letter to SLED concerning Dan Durbin', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'duffie-stones-letter-to-sled-concerning-dan-durbin', '', '', '2012-07-17 16:30:58', '2012-07-17 20:30:58', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7422', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7716, 4, '2012-08-20 13:25:35', '2012-08-20 17:25:35', '[gallery]\r\n\r\nBy Tess Malijenovsky\r\nThis time while Pamela was away in Brazil, Lunch Bunch kidnapped her baby Wolfe, and her lovely mother-in-law, Linda, and headed over to Cat Island Grill &amp; Pub. Joining us was David Boone (son of Buck Boone), our newest T.I.N. accomplice.\r\nCIGP’s new chef Jameson Allmond specially prepared for us four appetizers from the dinner menu. Each of us had our personal favorite, but Lunch Bunch unanimously agreed that they were all exquisite. The zucchini wrapped in goat cheese had a wonderful balance of texture, the al dente vegetable and crispy bacon bits complimenting the soft cheese; and the strong flavor of the goat cheese was sweetly cut by a balsamic reduction. Equally, the jalapeño bites were battered and flash friend with a surprisingly soft cream cheese mixture, which was not too spicy. The stuffed mushrooms were perhaps my favorite because of the complex yet well-rounded flavors: a mushroom cap filled with sauteed bacon, onion, bell peppers and cream cheese. And lastly, the shrimp and crab fritters with an avocado aioli carefully made into miniature cakes. Two thumbs way up.\r\nChef Denise continued to impress us with our lunch entrees albeit the common sandwich. Buck ordered one of his favorite sandwiches–the chicken sandwich. After seeing that 8 oz grilled chicken breast come out with melted Swiss and applewood bacon, I knew where I’d be ordering my next chicken sandwich.\r\nI ordered the crab cake sandwich with Maryland lump crab meat and a mango sauce. Chef Denise exceeded my expectations with the generously sized and delicious crab cake patty.\r\nElizabeth ordered the special: two pieces of fried chicken, fries and slaw. David ordered the fish and chips, which comes out with two golden brown cod fillets. He and Elizabeth raved about the fries. Nikki loved her order of the fajitas. However, if I were to nominate any one sandwich the award it would Linda’s marinated, grilled portabella sandwich that was layered with ripe avocado, tomato, onion and melted Swiss cheese.\r\nCat Island Grill &amp; Pub is located in the Sanctuary Golf Club at 8 Waveland Ave., Cat Island, S.C. They are open Mondays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesdays-Saturdays 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sundays 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 843-524-golf (4653).\r\n[gallery]', 'Cat Island Grill & Pub', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'cat-island-grill-pub', '', '', '2012-08-22 11:44:55', '2012-08-22 15:44:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7716', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(7424, 4, '2012-07-19 08:58:43', '2012-07-19 12:58:43', 'Christian Women’s Connection to meet\r\nBeaufort Christian Women’s Connection will hold their next meeting on Thursday, July 19, at The Hilton Gardens Inn at 2015 Boundary Street, Beaufort, at 11:30 a.m. The guest speaker is Steve Battista of Bluffton and his topic will be “Chosen.” He is a Retired Navy Chief and federal investigator. Guest feature is Nancy Ricker Rhett, artist, author, book illustrator and owner of Rhett Gallery in Beaufort. Guest musician is Scott Gibbs. Chef Christy Adams will serve lunch. Cost is $13. For reservations, call or email Karen Whitehead at 838-7627 or mommakaren@islc.net.\r\n\r\nSt. Peter’s Catholic Church to have clothing sale\r\nSt. Peter’s Catholic Church, 70 Lady’s Island Drive, will be holding its second annual clothing sale July 19-21. Hours will be Thursday, July 19, from noon to 8 p.m.; Friday, July 20 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday, July 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Call 843-846 6025 or email judithadaigle@yahoo.com for more information.\r\n\r\nSea Island Quilters to meet, hold workshop\r\nThe Sea Island Quilters will meet on Thursday, July 19, at Praise Assembly on Paris Island Gateway at 6 p.m. The guest speaker will be Lynette Edens, “The Gypsy Quilter.” Lynette will also conduct a workshop on July 21 at Carteret Street United Methodist Church at 9 a.m. For details, contact Marie Kositzka at 524-1755 or mimi12k@gmail.com.\r\n\r\nGullah ‘Decoration Day’ salutes Water Festival\r\nGullah Festival, Inc, salutes the 57th annual Beaufort Water Festival on Saturday, July 21, at 4:30 p.m. with “Decoration Day,” a Broadway back in da’ woods musical production starring Aunt Pearlie Sue and Gullah Kinfolk. This free show will be at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 907 Craven Street, downtown Beaufort. Goodwill offering will be accepted. For more information, call 843-263-5229.\r\n\r\nFamily friendly events held at Lobeco library\r\nThe Lobeco Branch of the Beaufort County Library is holding family friendly events. The Center for Wildlife Education brings a menagerie of animals, fun creepy crawlers and bugs to the library on Wednesday, July 25. A one-hour educational and fun wildlife program including reptiles, raptors, creepy crawlers and bugs. Free and open to all ages. The library is located at 1862 Trask Parkway, Lobeco. Call 843-255-6479, email gmolter@bcgov.net or visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org.\r\n\r\nBYSC holds auxiliary boating safety course\r\nThere will be a U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Course held at Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club on July 23, 25, and 27 from 9 a.m. to noon. The course is designed for ages 10-adult, and cost $25. This classroom course includes water safety, navigation, rules of the road, and safety equipment. Those who pass receive a certificate. Those under age 16 receive a wallet card that allows them to operate a powerboat without an adult. There is no on-water session. Space is limited. Please call 522-8216 or visit www.byscnet.com.\r\n\r\nFundraisers support Boys &amp; Girls Club\r\nTwo July events will help raise money for the Summer Campaign for the Boys &amp; Girls Club of Beaufort.\r\n• Beaufort Flea Market to Benefit Boys &amp; Girls Club of Beaufort\r\nWhen: Saturday, July 28, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.\r\nWhere: The Boys &amp; Girls Club of Beaufort, 1100 Boundary Street.\r\nNeeded: Gently used items need to be dropped off at the club by Monday, July 23. Tax deduction forms available at drop off. For more information, call the Boys &amp; Girls Club of Beaufort at 843-986-5437.\r\n• Charity Christmas in July at Gilligan’s Seafood Restaurant\r\nWhat: Parents and supporters of the Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Beaufort will be servers at Gilligan’s Seafood Restaurant. All tips will be donated to the Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Beaufort\r\nWhere: Gilligan’s Seafood Restaurant, 2601 Boundary Street, Beaufort.\r\nWhen: Thursday, July 26, from 4 to\r\n6 p.m. For more information, call 843-986-5437.\r\n\r\nPrograms teach about Port Royal Sound\r\nThe public is invited to a free series of programs, “The Sound’s Good To Me” with guest speakers, a panel of local experts to answer questions, and a children’s program all geared to help people learn about this special area and how they can help keep preserve this amazing natural resource. The programs will be Please join us each Saturday  from 10 a.m. to noon at the future home of the Port Royal Sound Maritime Center, where SC 170 meets the Chechessee River, the heart of Port Royal Sound.\r\nHere’s the schedule of Guest Speakers:\r\n• July 21: Laura Lee Rose, Clemson Extension and Master Gardener, “Gardening with Native Plants, a Carolina Yard.”\r\n• July 28: David Harter, Glidden Paints and Hilton Head Reef Foundation, “Predators of Port Royal Sound.”\r\nFor more information, visit www.portroyalsoundfoundation.org or email kmadden@portroyalsoundfoundation.org.\r\n\r\nGolf tourney to benefit TCL scholarship fund\r\nThe Technical College of the Lowcountry Foundation will hold  the “Building our Community” Golf Tournament Monday, July 30 at Hampton Hall.  The event, sponsored by CareCore National, will benefit the TCL Foundation Scholarship Fund. The tournament will feature a scramble format for both men and women.  Golfers may try to a $10,000 Hole-in- One prize and a $50,000 raffle shootout competition. The $100 per person registration includes the cart, gift bag, a box lunch, and the hole-in-one contest. Registration begins at 8  a.m. and the Shotgun start will be at 9 a.m. To become a sponsor or to register, please call Institutional Advancement Executive Director Louise Mathews at 843-470-5962 or email lmathews@tcl.edu.\r\n\r\nParkinson’s Support Group meets monthly\r\nHow can you help someone with Parkinson’s disease who has fallen? If you would like to find out, Occupational Therapist Candace Grose of Sea Island Rehabilitation will answer that question and more at the Parkinson’s Support Group of the Lowcountry’s next meeting on Thursday, Aug. 2, at 1:30 p.m. Parkinson’s Disease is a progressive neurological disease. The support group meetings are held at Helena House on Paris Avenue in Port Royal on the first Thursday of every month. They are free and open to the public. For more information or to arrange transportation, contact Rose Ewing or Eric Fennell at Helena House at 843- 982-0233 or email rewing@alcco.com.\r\n\r\nLunch and Learn series free in Port Royal\r\nThe Lunch and Learn series is held at Port Royal Farmers Market, Heritage Park, Port Royal. The Saturday, open-air classes at the gazebo are free, just bring a folding chair. The classes begin at 11:30 a.m. and are presented by the Lowcountry Master Gardeners Association. Here’s a full schedule:\r\nJuly 21: What to do with those beautiful orchid plants that have finished blooming?  Most of us just discard them.  Big mistake. Master Gardener Martha Jamison will show you how to make them re-bloom, bigger and better, year after year.\r\nJuly 28: Think outside the box! Don’t be limited to rectangular plots for raised bed gardening.  Professor Joe Staton will show you how your raised bed garden can be a work of art. Don’t hide your veggie garden behind the garage, make a focal point of it. All the tools you need are a saw and a cordless drill.  Really.\r\nAugust 4: Night Blooming Flowers.  Ever wonder why some flowers bloom only at night?  Master Gardener Sandra Educate will showcase flowers that really shine — at night. Create a fragrant moon garden or spotlight these lovely flowers in existing borders.\r\nAugust 11: Worm composting. Recycle your kitchen scraps into garden “Black Gold.” No more smelly garbage. Worm composting is odor free.\r\n\r\nARTworks auditions for ‘The Misanthrope’\r\nAuditions are August 22 and 23rd at 7 .p.m. for “The Misanthrope” by Moliere, a comedy of manners in verse, in an original translation by Daniel H. Daniels at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center. The production is this November, roles are for high school ages and up. ARTworks is the community arts center in Beaufort, at 2127 Boundary Street. Call 379-2787 or visit www.artworksinbeaufort.org.\r\n\r\nVeggie Fun World at St. Helena Parish church\r\nVeggie Fun World 2012 is a Christian summer program for children offered by the Parish Church of St. Helena in downtown Beaufort. Each program is distinct but related by the classic “Veggie Tales” characters used in crafts, songs, and activities. Session dates are August 13-17 and 27-31. Sessions I, II, and III are for children 18 months through 6 years. Each session has a fee of $130 per child. Contact Roz Dixon at 522-1712, ext. 220, or email nursery@islc.net. Register and pay online at www.sthelena1712.org.\r\n\r\nUnited Way seeking volunteers\r\nUnited Way of the Lowcountry seeks  volunteers  for Beaufort office to  organize campaign materials, stuff letters, provide administrative support.   Flexible 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. schedule. Call Pam at 843-982-3040.\r\n\r\nVolunteers needed for SCORE organization\r\nThe Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) needs new volunteers  in the Beaufort area. The organization provides mentoring for small businesses, nonprofits, and anyone considering starting a business or nonprofit. SCORE mentors assist in developing a business philosophy, identifying the market, preparing financials, and business plans for obtaining loans. SCORE services are free and confidential. In Beaufort County there are offices in Beaufort, Bluffton and Hilton Head with 40 members offering assistance. The Beaufort office will soon celebrate its 10th anniversary and it is located at SCB&amp;T on Boundary Street. Retired business people who would like to stay active and help local businesses or individuals contemplating business should contact either Paul Fuetterer at 524-7866 or Jim Bequette at 521-0931 to learn more.', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-49', '', '', '2012-07-19 08:58:43', '2012-07-19 12:58:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7424', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7425, 4, '2012-07-19 09:00:29', '2012-07-19 13:00:29', 'By Tracie Korol\r\n\r\nFor more than three millennia, Boswellia has been long recognized for its anti-inflammatory benefits. Plus, this oleogum resin also has anti-cancer, immunomodulatory properties — that means Boswellia has the ability to modulate the immune system and inhibit inflammatory activity, thereby helping with a number of autoimmune conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis. A must for your and your dog’s medicine chest.\r\nBoswellia, or frankincense, harkens back to ancient India and Egypt.\r\n\r\nFrankincense was one of the four components in the medicinal “Balsam of Jerusalem” from the Franciscan Monastery and, as noted in the Papyrus Ebers, circa 1500 BCE, had applications in Egypt for mummification, cremation and the treatment of skin wounds. In the Indian medical system Ayurveda, Boswellia goes by the term salai guggul. Its Sanskrit name, gajabhakshya, suggests that humans observed elephants ingesting the plant. That is, ancient Indian Ayurvedic healers witnessed these huge animals feeding on Boswellia serrata trees, which grow widely across the dry hills of northwest India. Given that elephants tend to last a long time with few infirmities, these early docs figured the elephants’ dietary intake of Boswellia might offer similar benefits to humans, though in much smaller amounts.\r\n\r\nTo harvest, bark of the boswellia tree is stripped back to reveal a sticky resin underneath.  This resin consists of essential oils, gum, and terpenoids, the terpenoid being the component known for potent anti-inflammatory activities. Chemically, it contains a compound known as boswelic acid. This compound inhibits the enzyme 5-lipoxygenase. The inhibition of this enzyme stops one of the major biochemical pathways involved in inflammation. The beauty is, unlike most of the common anti-inflammatory drugs used to help arthritis sufferers, human and dog, it only inhibits this one enzyme. As a consequence we see all the positive anti-inflammatory effects and none of the negative ones like gastrointestinal ulceration and bleeding. For horse fanciers, Boswellia has been shown in studies to eliminate inflammation more effectively than phenylbutazone or “bute.”\r\n\r\nMy personal involvement with this wonderful herb began when my knee began to give out after a couple of decades of frenetic volleyball. In researching solutions to knee pain, I discovered a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial wherein boswellia demonstrated beneficial effect on knee osteoarthritis! Thirty patients were given either 1,000 mg Boswellia daily or placebo in three divided doses for eight weeks. Patients in the Boswellia group experienced significant decreases in pain and swelling and increase in range of motion compared to placebo. I was convinced; the bonus was that it also improved low back pain and general joint stiffness.\r\n\r\nOur old dog friends can experience the same pain relief. In animal studies, dogs suffering from osteoarthritis received Boswellia extract once daily for six weeks. After just two weeks, 71% of the animals showed significant improvement in clinical symptoms of arthritis, including reduced pain, stiffness, and lameness.\r\nDosage depends upon the weight of the animal.\r\n\r\nHerbal remedies were once our mainstream medicines. Much information has been lost, or at least crowded out by the all-too-common quick fix that many of our modern, potent drugs provide. Remember, quality is the number one requirement in using herbal remedies. The one that will give you positive results comes from reputable health and supplement shops, not big box or chain stores.', '10 Healing Herbs for Hounds and Humans: #3 The benefits of Boswellia', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '10-healing-herbs-for-hounds-and-humans-3-the-benefits-of-boswellia', '', '', '2012-07-19 09:00:29', '2012-07-19 13:00:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7425', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7426, 4, '2012-07-19 09:01:15', '2012-07-19 13:01:15', 'By Celia Strong\r\nThis week we’ve got a wine from a grape variety that we’ve never ever talked about before. Truthfully, I didn’t think that was possible but it apparently is. Our grape is a red variety called Cabernet Franc. This grape is native to the Bordeaux region of France where it is used mainly for blending with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. It is able to make wines on its own, though, like in the Loire Valley town of  Chinon. In addition, and mostly in the New World, Cab Franc is used to make wonderful ice wines.\r\nCabernet Franc is believed to have been established in the Libournais region in southwest France  at some point in the 17th century. Cardinal Richelieu was responsible for transporting cuttings of Cab Franc to the Loire River Valley.  There the vines were planted at the Abbey of Bourgueil under the care of Abbot Breton. His name is still associated with this grape. By the 18th century, plantings of Cabernet Franc, also known as Bouchet, were found throughout Fronsac, Pomerol and St-Emilion.\r\nDuring the 18th and 19th centuries, Cabernet Sauvignon became more popular. But the similarities between the two Cab varieties did not go unnoticed, and, in 1977, DNA tests showed that Cabernet Franc was crossed with Sauvignon Blanc to make Cabernet Sauvignon. (You might remember the “son is bigger than the father” line about this family of grapes.)\r\nCabernet Franc makes lighter bodied wines than Cabernet Sauvignon. They are a bright pale red shade. In blends they contribute finesse and a peppery perfume. Depending on their growing conditions, this variety can also give tobacco, raspberry, bell pepper, cassis, and — my all time favorite — violet flavors.\r\nCompared to Cabernet Sauvignon, Cab Franc buds and ripens earlier, by at least a week. This lets the variety thrive in cooler climates which explains its success in the Loire Valley and in Canadian ice wines. The grapes themselves are very small with fairly thin skins, which is cool weather friendly. They do well in sandy, chalk soils where they can produce heavier more full-bodied wines. But they do adapt to other soil types fairly easily.\r\nIn the United States, interest in Cabernet Franc basically began in the mid-20th century when producers started to make Bordeaux-style blends, or Meritages. Sometimes, in the beginning, Cab Franc was mistaken for Merlot. (What would we do without DNA tests?) The plantings of Cab Franc in the mid-1980’s reached 3,400 acres, most of them in Napa and Sonoma counties. Successes there led to its spread to the Pacific Northwest; Long Island, N.Y.; Virginia and more locations.\r\nOur Cabernet Franc this week comes from Lake County, California, located directly north of Napa and directly east of Mendocino.\r\nLake County is part of the North Coast AVA. Within Lake County there are five other AVAs. In 2007, Lake County was third in wine grape sales after Napa and Sonoma. There are 25 wineries here with 8,000 acres of vines. The base elevation is 1,350 feet but some of the vineyards are as high as 2,700 feet. The county is dominated by Clear Lake, the largest natural lake in California.\r\nLake County was part of Napa County until 1896, but it was not able to maintain its grape-growing industry during Prohibition like Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino were. In fact, the industry in Lake County was not really revived again until the 1960’s. Now, almost 100 labels make use of Lake County grapes and more than 200 wines are labeled with Lake County AVAs.\r\nThe two dominant grape varieties are Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon. It is the red soils with coarse fragments of black obsidian rock and other rocks and minerals that Cabernet Sauvignon thrives here. Obviously, Cab Franc does too. The fruit flavors are very concentrated, yields are low and the wines can age well.\r\nOur Cabernet Franc comes to us from Steele Wines. To really appreciate it, though, we have to look at Jed Steele, owner and founder. As of this year, Jed has been in the California wine business for 44 years. He started as a cellar worker at Stony Hill in Napa in 1968. Then he went to UC Davis for his enology degree. Then he started Edmeades in the Anderson Valley in Mendocino where he stayed for 10 years. Then, he was hired by Jess Jackson to be the first winemaker at Kendall-Jackson, where he stayed for nine vintages. The year he left Kendall-Jackson, they passed the million case mark. And, in 1991, he started Steele Wines.\r\nThis journey has given Jed the chance to work with top quality grapes from all over California. Despite the multitude of wines that Steele Wines produces, not many of them are large production wines. Many are limited to less than 1,000 cases.\r\nJed’s approach to winemaking is minimalist. That means they use natural fermentations, no extra additives or enzymes, gentle pumping and gravity flow (keeps the wines from being bruised in the cellar), and hand-picked grapes. The whole idea is to enhance the aromas and flavors of their wines, which, of course, we all know we like better.\r\nFor Steele Cabernet Franc, their location in Lake County lets them make a spectacular wine. In the beginning, with this variety, they bought the grapes from a grower, Floyd Silva, and made some of the best Cab Franc wines they had ever tasted. When Floyd retired, Steele Wines bought his vineyard in 2005. The Silva vineyard, now known as Stymie Bench Vineyard, is on a gravelly bench that overlooks the Big Valley. (Takes you back to that TV show doesn’t it? With Heath and Audra? And Barbara Stanwyck was the matriarch. Remember?) But, I digress.\r\nThis wine is made, like most of their reds, with a warm fermentation followed by pressing and racking. The wine then goes into oak barrels, both French and American,  for about 14 months. Those of us who have tried Cabernet Franc wines always like this one. It is rich and full and smooth with plump flavors of blackberries, plums, coffee, and — yes! — violets.\r\nThe wine is also really well priced at $15.99. Most really good Cab Francs cost a lot more and give you a lot less. And food-wise? This pairs really well with seafood, poultry and strong cheeses like aged cheddar and Gouda.\r\nOh goody! Another new wine to love. Enjoy!', 'Let’s talk Franc', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lets-talk-franc', '', '', '2012-07-19 09:01:15', '2012-07-19 13:01:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7426', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7427, 4, '2012-07-19 09:04:38', '2012-07-19 13:04:38', 'By Pamela Brownstein\r\nThe Lunch Bunch spent a laid-back Friday afternoon meal at Ryan’s Famous Pizza &amp; Subs in Shell Point Plaza.\r\nThe restaurant offers so many choices of tasty Italian food, we had a hard time deciding what to order. But Henry set us on the right path and suggested some of their most popular items.\r\nWe started with a plate of jumbo wings that were half hot and half teriyaki. Buck really liked the wings.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7428\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photo-5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7428\" title=\"photo 5\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photo-5-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" /></a> Half Greek, half Hawaiian pizza.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen Henry brought us Ryan’s Famous Pizz-and-wich, which is hand-tossed pizza dough stuffed like a sandwich and baked. The Roman comes with ham, pepperoni, lettuce, tomato, onion and ranch. It was huge, so we all shared it, and it was awesomely delicious. The dough is warm and slightly crunchy, but the lettuce is still cool and crisp, and dipping it in ranch sauce pretty much rocks. I’m a huge fan of the pizz-and-wich.\r\nNext we tried a meat calzone. No joking around, this calzone is big — not just in size, but also in flavor. We all split the calzone also, and Elizabeth declared it her favorite.\r\nLast but not least came the pizza — how can we not try the pizza? It’s what they’re famous for! We ordered from the specialty menu half Hawaiian with ham, pineapple and extra cheese, and the other half Greek, topped with ground beef, onions, green peppers, black olives, tomatoes, feta cheese, pizza cheese and fresh\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7429\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photo-2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7429\" title=\"photo 2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photo-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Ryan’s Roman Pizz-and-wich comes with ham, pepperoni, lettuce, tomato and onion.[/caption]\r\n\r\noregano. The pizza was piping hot and so yummy. Nikki really liked the Greek half, while I favored the Hawaiian, but I was so full I could barely finish my slice (but I did, don’t worry.) We all left feeling so satisfied, and even with leftovers to enjoy later.\r\nRyan’s Famous Pizza is located at 14 Savannah Highway, Unit 9, at Shell Point Plaza. They are open Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Sunday noon to 10 p.m. To order takeout or delivery, call 843-379-3479.', 'Get filled up on great pizzas, giant calzones and tasty sandwiches at Ryan\'s Famous Pizza', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'get-filled-up-on-great-pizzas-giant-calzones-and-tasty-sandwiches-at-ryans-famous-pizza', '', '', '2012-07-19 09:04:38', '2012-07-19 13:04:38', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7427', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7431, 4, '2012-07-19 09:06:57', '2012-07-19 13:06:57', '[caption id=\"attachment_7432\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Sports-Badkatz-7-19.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7432\" title=\"Sports-Badkatz 7-19\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Sports-Badkatz-7-19-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /></a> The 10 under girls softball team Badkatz placed first in the World Fastpitch Connection “Win In 60 Seconds Challenge” tournament in Summerville from July 13-15. The team went undefeated, winning all five games. Above, the girls proudly display their awards under a tent to keep dry from the rain after their victory.[/caption]', 'Softball stars', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'softball-stars', '', '', '2012-07-19 09:06:57', '2012-07-19 13:06:57', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7431', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7433, 4, '2012-07-19 09:09:00', '2012-07-19 13:09:00', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ATW-Laura-Barras.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7434\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ATW-Laura-Barras-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Laura Barras is a sophomore at Beaufort High School where she swims for the Varsity Swim Team. She also\r\nswims for the YMCA on the Tigersharks Swim Team. She has been swimming competitively for the past eight years. Her favorite stroke is the breaststroke. She looks forward to watching swimming at the Summer Olympics later this month.', 'Athlete of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'athlete-of-the-week-23', '', '', '2012-07-19 09:09:00', '2012-07-19 13:09:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7433', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7435, 4, '2012-07-19 09:10:31', '2012-07-19 13:10:31', 'In April 1862, Penn School opened its doors. This April, Penn Center began a three-year celebration of its 150th anniversary.  Celebration events are still being developed and will include public presentations, music, festivals, Heritage Days, and return visits by notable leaders of the Civil Rights movement.\r\nYet, Penn Center is not just celebrating its past. Its  board of directors recently adopted a strategic plan that will guide its path for the next decade.\r\n“At several points since our founding as Penn School, our leaders have faced changing times and reinvented the institution. We are following in their footsteps,” said board chair John Smalls, “and we have good news to share.”\r\nPenn’s board and staff are excited that the Open Society Institute, one of billionaire George Soros’ philanthropies, has  awarded Penn Center a two-year grant of $350,000 for general operations and to kick-start implementation of the plan.\r\n“The stars are truly aligning,” said Walter Mack, Penn Center’s Executive Director.\r\nPenn’s leadership is putting the plan into action immediately.\r\n“It’s a time of change, and one of them is that after 26 years at Penn, I’m retiring, though I’m staying for the remainder of the year to assure continuity.”\r\nThe board is actively seeking Mack’s successor, as well as recruiting several new board members to strengthen its own capacities.\r\nPenn Center is a nationally important site in African American history, recognized as a National Historic Landmark. It was founded in 1862 by Unitarian Laura M. Towne and Ellen Murray, as Penn School, to educate enslaved Sea Islanders even as the Civil War was being fought. It operated as a school until the early 1950s when its campus became Penn Center, a retreat and conference center where Civil Rights leaders, including John Lewis, Andrew Young and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., held strategy sessions and trained community organizers from throughout the South.\r\nToday, Penn Center continues to provide enrichment programming for St Helena’s children and their families, to counsel owners of heirs property, and to welcome visitors to its museum and campus, located on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive on St. Helena Island.\r\n“Though we’re nationally important,” said Smalls, “we are not nationally known and it’s no secret we’ve had our financial struggles. Yet, Penn has great opportunities, if we can seize them. This planning process has illuminated the actions required to reach an exciting future, we are blessed with funding from the Open Society Institute to fuel our transition and the start of our next 150 years.”\r\nPlease visit the revamped website at www.penncenter.com for information about upcoming events.', 'Penn Center celebrates a milestone by looking ahead', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'penn-center-celebrates-a-milestone-by-looking-ahead', '', '', '2012-07-19 09:10:31', '2012-07-19 13:10:31', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7435', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7436, 4, '2012-07-19 09:13:20', '2012-07-19 13:13:20', 'By Lanier Laney\r\nBefore I even moved to the Lowcountry, I had seen Eric Horan’s work. His strikingly beautiful iconic photographs of the Lowcountry have appeared in national publications such as National Geographic, Coastal Living, Time, Outside, Fortune and The New York Times, to name just a few. This prestigious exposure gave many a first glimpse of the incredible natural beauty and wildlife that ultimately helped lead a lot of us to move here.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7437\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Eric-and-Jan-Horan.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7437\" title=\"Eric and Jan Horan\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Eric-and-Jan-Horan-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Eric and Jan Horan[/caption]\r\n\r\nEric followed a similar path. Having been born in Michigan and raised out West as an  avid outdoorsman,   he realized in high school that he wanted to be a professional photographer and got his commercial photography degree from Colorado Green Mountain College. His first job was with the Colorado Fish Games and Parks Department as a student assistant to the wildlife photographer, and this experience led to a life-long interest in wildlife photography.\r\nHe began photographing up and down the East Coast in the early 90’s. Along with being attracted to the remarkable natural beauty here, Eric thought Beaufort County was a more central location to other coastal shooting destinations. It also proved to be a good place to meet the love of his life, wife Jan, whom he married in Hilton Head in 1994. They moved to Beaufort in 1996 with their children Elliot and Anna.\r\nSays Eric, “  ‘Beautiful Beaufort by the Sea’ is not just marketing. The natural beauty is incredible here and the climate is easy. We feel closer to the water in this community than we did living on  Hilton Head. Maybe it’s the easier access to the water, along with the history and culture in and around the area that contributes to our quality of life.”\r\nJan agrees, adding, “Beaufort had more of a small town community lifestyle more suitable for raising our family than Hilton Head, a tourist destination.”\r\nJan has worked independently in various forms of the arts and education, as a freelance writer and as a fiber\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7438\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Eric-Horan-Egret-photo-on-red-b.g..jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7438\" title=\"Great Egret on Savannah River\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Eric-Horan-Egret-photo-on-red-b.g.-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" /></a> Great Egret on Savannah River by Eric Horan.[/caption]\r\n\r\nartist in her early career. She has also continued her education in journalism and mass communications and has assisted area businesses with grant writing, advertising, marketing and press. She’s helped run Eric’s successful photography business since the 90’s.\r\nSays Eric, “We joke that we haven’t had to ‘sell the tickets.’ In our early courting, we purchased tickets to a Bob Dylan concert about three months in advance, saying something like, if we don’t like each other by then, we can always sell the tickets. That was 19 years ago and we’re still working side by side in our small office space behind our home, and still married after all these years!”\r\nTogether they own and operate a Wildlife Photography Tour Company where Eric leads outdoor Wildlife Photo Safaris in his boat for photographers of all ages and experience throughout the coastal salt water marshes, beaches and bays of the Lowcountry.\r\n“It’s truly a unique experience and rare to have someone of Eric’s caliber teaching you his inside photography tips,” said one satisfied Photo Safari guest.\r\nJan and Eric also run Eric Horan Photography where Eric does commercial photography for the resort market. This can be anything from aerial shots to tabletop food, lifestyles, scenic views, wildlife and architecture.\r\nSays Eric, “I work with corporate clients to come up with new exciting imagery for their brand to support their marketing strategy. I do portrait photography both for business and personal use and specialize in location shooting. Our priority is to not only meet the client’s needs, but hopefully provide more than they were expecting.”\r\nHe also sells stock photography to top stock agencies in Europe and New York. These images include active people outdoors, nature, wildlife and destination travel.   Jan helps sell Eric’s fine art prints through their website and several galleries in the Lowcountry. They also produce a calendar that has won seven national awards and they did a book of Eric’s work called “Carolina Nature, A Photographer’s View of the Natural World of the Carolinas” which sold out (and is now a collector’s item if you were lucky enough to buy the first printing).\r\n“We chuckle that photography is often viewed as a glamorous job but there is a lot of dirt, sweat, weather, stress, problem solving and physical demands, (not to mention dealing with the tides!) that come with the success of being an outdoor photographer,” said Eric.\r\nHe has contributed his work to many local fundraising efforts with groups that focus on the Lowcountry’s environment like the Open Land Trust, Port Royal Sound Foundation, the Coastal Discovery Museum and the Spring Island Institute. Plus he is a frequent guest speaker at area camera clubs and Audubon group meetings.\r\nHis photos were even included in Outside Magazine’s “Best Photographs Published in 15 Years.”\r\nYou can see and purchase his amazing work at The Filling Station Gallery in Bluffton and Walterboro Artisan’s center. He also recently joined the Beaufort Arts Association gallery downtown on Bay Street.\r\nTo see his work online or to book a fun Photo Safari, go to www.horanphoto.com.', 'Eric Horan excels at wildlife photography', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'eric-horan-excels-at-wildlife-photography', '', '', '2012-07-19 09:13:20', '2012-07-19 13:13:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7436', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7439, 4, '2012-07-19 09:15:13', '2012-07-19 13:15:13', 'The Friends of Hunting Island is sponsoring the 4th Annual Sand Sculpture Contest at Hunting Island State Park on Saturday, July 28. The contest runs from 1 to 4 p.m., with the awards ceremony scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. Contestants register at the North Beach, near the lighthouse.\r\nThere is no cost to compete and entertainment will be provided by the Side Street Walkers.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sand-bucket.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7440\" title=\"sand bucket\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sand-bucket-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Gather your kids, friends, co-workers and put a team together. You can enter as an individual or as a team. Prizes will be awarded in all five categories.\r\nTools permitted to build your masterpieces are buckets, shovels, sand scoops, carving tools, putty knives, spray bottles for water, and kitchen utensils. Materials are limited to only natural materials found on/near the beach. Decorations such as shells, reeds, and small rocks may be used.\r\nJudging will be based on originality, composition, and technique. Last year, 30 sculptures were created by more than 100 sand sculpture aficionados.\r\nFor details, call Bruce Doneff at 843-476-3022.', 'Contest is a chance to build a (sand) castle to the sky', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'contest-is-a-chance-to-build-a-sand-castle-to-the-sky', '', '', '2012-07-19 09:15:13', '2012-07-19 13:15:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7439', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7441, 4, '2012-07-19 09:19:20', '2012-07-19 13:19:20', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Crown.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7442\" title=\"Golden royal crown\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Crown-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" /></a>More than 3,000 readers voted on our website and we’re pleased to announce — sound the trumpets — Ash Milner and Cherimie Crane Weatherford as the first to be crowned River King &amp; Queen! The title brings bragging rights. And if you see them, be sure to bow down in the presence of\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7443\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"199\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/AshMilner.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7443\" title=\"AshMilner\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/AshMilner-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a> King Ash Milner[/caption]\r\n\r\nroyalty.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7444\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"172\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/CherimieWeatherford.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7444\" title=\"CherimieWeatherford\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/CherimieWeatherford-172x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"300\" /></a> Queen Cherimie Weatherford Crane.[/caption]', 'Who won River King and Queen?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'who-won-river-king-and-queen', '', '', '2012-07-19 09:19:20', '2012-07-19 13:19:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7441', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7445, 4, '2012-07-19 09:21:20', '2012-07-19 13:21:20', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\nEach year, the Beaufort Water Festival depends on a select group of local high school girls known as Pirettes. In November the young women are chosen through an application and interview process by the commodore to serve as goodwill ambassadors.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7446\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012-Pirettes.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7446\" title=\"2012-Pirettes\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012-Pirettes-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> 2012 Pirettes at the Christmas parade.[/caption]\r\n\r\nApart from volunteering throughout the festival in the office and dispatching Water Festival information to those with questions, the freshman and sophomore girls represent the festival and the Beaufort community. They are chosen based on their experience with leadership and volunteer ethics in high school as well as their knowledge of the festival. They will also be a part of parades in the surrounding Beaufort area all year, such as the Christmas parade and the Watermelon Festival.\r\nFor many young girls, becoming a Water Festival Pirette is an opportunity to get more involved in the town festival they’ve been going to since they were little kids.\r\n“I’ve seen girls doing it before I was a freshman and I wanted to try it out for myself,” said second-year Pirette Haley Sutcliffe.\r\n“I’ve always been to the Water Festival but being a Pirette you meet more people,” tells first-year Pirette Katie Stansell. “My family’s been going to Water Festival for years. My aunt used to be a Pirette and she told me it was a lot of fun, so I wanted to keep it in the family too.”\r\nThe 2012 Pirettes are 20 girls. Jessica Bennett is a second-year Pirette, a sophomore at Beaufort High School (BHS). She is a member of the St. Helena Baptist Church Youth Group and is on the BHS softball team.\r\nMckenzie Blake is a freshman at Beaufort Academy that plays on the varsity teams of basketball, volleyball and soccer.\r\nMichelle Brown is a sophomore at BHS, a member of Young-Life and plays shortstop for her varsity and traveling softball teams.\r\nDorthy Burns is a sophomore and cheerleader at BHS who enjoys attending talent night at Water Festival with her family.\r\nSomers Cherry is a freshman at BHS who used to dance in the talent show, her favorite night of Water Festival. She is a competitive dancer and a member of the BHS Interact Club.\r\nCourtney Coxwell is a second-year Pirette and sophomore at BHS where she is in the National Dance Honor Society, Interact club and the Eagle Scholars.\r\nShelby Duncan is a second-year Pirette, a sophomore at BHS where she is involved in her Interact Club and Spanish Honor Society. As a Pirette, last year she enjoyed seeing a different side of the festival by volunteering.\r\nCharlotte Gray is a second-year Pirette and sophomore at Beaufort High School where she cheers. She loves the Lowcountry Supper night.\r\nCheyanne Gray is a freshman at Thomas Heyward Academy who rides horses. Cheyanne enjoys the Ski Show and Concert in the Park during Water Festival.\r\nChandaa Johnson is a freshman at BHS on the softball team who is also part of the Theater and Interact Club.\r\nEmma Macloskie is a freshman at BHS who enjoys seeing all her friends and family during Water Festival.\r\nEllie Muckenfuss is a second year Pirette at BHS where she participates in the Pep Club, Voices and Young Life. Her favorite memory of Water Festival was the 2007 talent night, when she dedicated her song to her sister who was leaving for college.\r\nJenny Mullins is a second-year Pirette and sophomore at BHS who plays on the varsity golf team and traveling softball teams.\r\nAlexis Myers is a sophomore at Battery Creek High on the cross-country team. She is also a part of the Beaufort Youth Orchestra and Battery Creek’s String Ensemble.\r\nMegan Potter is a second-year Pirette and sophomore at BHS on the Interact Club, Young Life and is on the sailing team for BHS.\r\nNatalie Simkins is a freshman at Beaufort Academy who plays tennis and soccer for her school.\r\nKatie Stansell is a freshman at BHS on the Interact Club, Pep Club and Junior Varsity volleyball team.\r\nHaley Sutcliffe is a second-year Pirette at BHS also on the Interact Club and the Pep Club.\r\nAriana Torman is a freshman at BHS who likes working the snow-cone machine on Water Festival Children’s Day. She is on the JV and competitive cheer teams at Beaufort High.\r\nAnd finally, Kaley Turner, a second-year Pirette at BHS, loves playing tennis and soccer for her school.\r\nIt’s a great tradition for high school girls to be recognized throughout the year. Congratulations to all 20 Pirettes!', 'Local high school girls are proud to be Pirettes', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'local-high-school-girls-are-proud-to-be-pirettes', '', '', '2012-07-19 09:21:20', '2012-07-19 13:21:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7445', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(7447, 4, '2012-07-19 09:39:06', '2012-07-19 13:39:06', '[caption id=\"attachment_7448\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07132012-WF-PI-Band.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7448\" title=\"07132012 WF PI Band\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07132012-WF-PI-Band-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" /></a> The Parris Island Marine Band, under the direction of CWO II Joshua Stone, center, officially opened the 2012 Water Festival with their concert Friday evening at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7449\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07152012-WF-Childrens-Day-2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7449\" title=\"07152012 WF Childrens Day, 2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07152012-WF-Childrens-Day-2-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" /></a> Will Codding, 5, takes his turn at the runing through an inflatable obstacle course during the annual Water Festival Children\'s Day on Sunday at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAll photos by Bob Sofaly.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7451\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"206\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07142012-WF-Bocce-ball.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7451\" title=\"07142012 WF Bocce ball\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07142012-WF-Bocce-ball-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" /></a> Nick Hunt gives his ball a little English during the annual Beaufort Water Festival Bocce Ball tournament Saturday morning at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7453\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07142012-WF-Raft-Race.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7453\" title=\"07142012 WF Raft Race\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07142012-WF-Raft-Race-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> The Creek Squad, left, from Beaufort Memorial Hospital, watches as their opponents paddle in the wrong direction during the annual Beaufort Water Festival Raft Race on Saturday near Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7452\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07132012-WF-little-girl.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7452\" title=\"07132012 WF little girl\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07132012-WF-little-girl-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Blythe Averill, 4, reacts to having her picture taken Friday while attending the annual Beaufort Water Festival Opening Ceremony at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Blythe was there with her parents Kevin and Brittany Averill.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7460\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"257\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07132012-WF-fireworks1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7460\" title=\"07132012 WF fireworks\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07132012-WF-fireworks1-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" /></a> The fireworks show was the big finale after a night of music Friday during the annual Beaufort Water Festival Opening Ceremony at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7454\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07142012-WF-Ski-Show.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7454\" title=\"07142012 WF Ski Show\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07142012-WF-Ski-Show-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" /></a> One of the Beaufort Water Festival\'s crowd pleasers is the Gatorland Ski Show as they perform Saturday near the sea wall of Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7456\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"284\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07142012-WF-Toadfish-1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7456\" title=\"07142012 WF Toadfish\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07142012-WF-Toadfish-1-284x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" /></a> James Hodges proudly shows off his 5-inch toadfish during the Beaufort Water Festival\'s Toadfishing Tournament on Saturday at Hencry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7457\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07152012-WF-Childrens-Day.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7457\" title=\"07152012 WF Children\'s Day\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07152012-WF-Childrens-Day-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Thousands of children massed at Waterfront Park for the annual Beaufort Water Festval Children\'s Day on Sunday.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7458\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07162012-Motown-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7458\" title=\"07162012 Motown, 3\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07162012-Motown-3-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" /></a> Saxophone player Kenny Alexander of Deas Guyz entertains the packed crowd during Motown Monday at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7459\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07162012-WF-Motown-2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7459\" title=\"07162012 WF Motown, 2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07162012-WF-Motown-2-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" /></a> Festivalgoers danced the night away to 1960\'s music by Deas Guyz on Motown Monday.[/caption]', 'A week of Water Festival fun', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-week-of-water-festival-fun', '', '', '2012-07-19 09:42:17', '2012-07-19 13:42:17', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7447', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7462, 4, '2012-07-19 09:43:53', '2012-07-19 13:43:53', 'Rotary Club of the Lowcountry recently celebrated its annual Change of Watch. The Change of Watch is a celebration of the induction of new officers. The gavel passes to Incoming President Richard “Dick” Bowen (pictured above, left) from Garrett Wreden (right) who becomes the Immediate Past President.\r\nThe other officers and directors are: Charlotte Gonzalez (Vice President, President Elect), Peach Morrison (Secretary), Doug Crowley (Treasurer), Gay Rodgers (Sergeant at Arms), Terri Stokes (Foundation Chair), Scott Merrifield (Club Service Chair), Jeff Althoff (Community Service Chair), Bill Evans (New Generations Chair) and Alan Beach (Vocational chair).\r\nThe Rotary Club of the Lowcountry meets for breakfast every Friday morning from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Golden Corral Restaurant located on Robert Smalls Parkway.  The club encourage local business leaders to be guest speakers at the regular meetings each week.\r\nFor those interested in joining the club, please contact Jeff Althoff at 843-812-2921 or email jeffalthoff@aol.com.', 'Rotary Club has annual Change of Watch', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'rotary-club-has-annual-change-of-watch', '', '', '2012-07-19 09:43:53', '2012-07-19 13:43:53', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7462', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7463, 4, '2012-07-19 09:46:51', '2012-07-19 13:46:51', 'On June 6, Sons of the American Revolution Gov. Paul Hamilton Chapter President Jody Henson and State Society Vice President Wayne Cousar honored Lady’s Island Middle School fifth grade student Isabella Gregory and 16 other students who participated in the National Society SAR annual Americanism Elementary School Poster Contest. The aim of this contest is to stimulate interest in American History in support of\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7464\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SAR-Poster-Students.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7464\" title=\"SAR Poster Students\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SAR-Poster-Students-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" /></a> Fom left: Jody Henson, Lady’s Island Middle School Principal Mona Lise Dickson, art teacher Cadra Rooney, State Poster Winner Isabella Gregory, father Brian Gregory and Wayne Cousar.[/caption]\r\n\r\nestablished school curriculum, each poster must meet specific criteria to be considered.\r\nPosters were evaluated by the local SAR chapter and the work of Isabella Gregory, daughter of Brian and Nancy Gregory of Lady’s Island, was selected to represent the local chapter at the South Carolina Sate Society’s Annual Convention. There her work of art received First Place Honors.\r\nIn addition to the SAR Certificate of Appreciation presented to Isabella, she received a $25 gift certificate to Coastal Art Supply in Beaufort from the local chapter as well as a $300 check from the South Carolina Society of the SAR.\r\nMiss Gregory’s poster will now compete for national honors at the National Society SAR Convention to be held in Phoenix in July.\r\nEach participant was presented Certificates of Appreciation from SAR, and Fifth Grade Art Teacher Cadra Rooney, who has been instrumental in organizing the school’s participation in this program over the past two years, was also presented a Certificate of Appreciation for her continuing efforts.\r\n\r\nAt the group’s second quarterly meeting on June 21, Mrs. Karyn Devore was presented the inaugural Gov.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7465\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SAR-Karyn-Devore-Tom-Mikell2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7465\" title=\"SAR-Karyn Devore &amp; Tom Mikell2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SAR-Karyn-Devore-Tom-Mikell2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Karyn Devore receives the Gov. Paul Hamilton History Award from Tim Mikell, secretary of the SAR chapter.[/caption]\r\n\r\nPaul Hamilton History Award by Tom Mikell, Secretary of the Gov. Paul Hamilton Chapter.\r\nMrs. Devore is the first to receive this award by the chapter in recognition of being the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s top history major graduating in 2012.\r\nKaryn received a Bachelor’s of Arts in History, graduating Magna Cum Laude from USCB on April 27, with a concentration in the progression of railroad transportation in Europe and the United States.\r\nShe has plans to pursue a Masters degree.', 'Summer SAR awards', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'summer-sar-awards', '', '', '2012-07-19 09:46:51', '2012-07-19 13:46:51', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7463', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7466, 4, '2012-07-19 09:47:59', '2012-07-19 13:47:59', '“There aren’t enough hours in the day!”\r\nHow many times have you heard — or uttered — words to that effect?\r\nBut time really isn’t the issue: it’s how we choose to spend our time that determines how effective we are at home and at work.\r\nLeadership gurus tell us that a primary skill of an effective leader is the ability to manage time for maximum productivity.  Whether you are leading a large corporation, a troop of scouts, or a family of four, certain time management principles can help you do a better job.\r\nBusy people might consider the following time management tips:\r\n1. Assume responsibility. Best-selling author and time management expert Jamie Novak writes, “Realize that you alone are responsible for your time and how you use it ... be a ruthless gatekeeper and do not allow your time to be stolen.”\r\n2. Work on being proactive rather than reactive in your schedule. While emergencies and urgent situations do happen, get on top of things through careful planning, organization and learning to tactfully (but forcefully) say “no.” (I love the pillow inscribed “Stop me before I volunteer again!”)\r\n3. Don’t be a slave to the phone or email. Check messages and return calls or respond to emails at set times during the day.\r\n4. Reduce “mental clutter” by writing down thoughts, ideas, etc. Putting them on paper (or in a computer file) helps clear the mind and reduce anxiety.  But don’t have countless Post-It notes everywhere; that adds to physical clutter and a feeling of being overwhelmed. Carry a notebook (or electronic device) to capture ideas and such in one place.\r\n5. Beware of activities that can suck away hours of your time. Online games, Facebook, television and the like are fine in moderation, but set a timer when you begin. You may think you’ve been playing solitaire for a few minutes, but the clock may tell a different story.\r\n6. Don’t equate being busy with productivity. Identify specific, observable, measurable goals and hold yourself accountable to them. Just because someone spends eight hours in the office doesn’t mean she or he has necessarily accomplished much. I remember a former colleague who spent hours rearranging paper clips in his drawer (trying to impress the boss by faithfully putting in a few hours every Saturday).\r\nChange takes time and commitment.  Don’t try to tackle all these tips at once: instead, select one or two and make a concerted effort to stick with it for 30 days. I guarantee you’ll be more successful (and have more fun in the process) than you ever thought possible.\r\nRoxanne Cheney, a Professional Organizer and Daily Money Manager, helps Lowcountry residents reduce stress, create time, save money and regain control by organizing their space, finances, or transitions. For more information, visit www.RoxanneOrganizes.com, email Roxanne@RoxanneOrganizes.com, or call 843-252-1118.', 'Learning to manage time', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'learning-to-manage-time', '', '', '2012-07-19 09:47:59', '2012-07-19 13:47:59', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7466', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7468, 4, '2012-07-19 10:17:49', '2012-07-19 14:17:49', 'On Thursday, July 12, at noon the Board of Directors of the Lowcountry Regional Transportation Authority (LRTA, but which most people know as Palmetto Breeze) is paying up on a challenge they issued to staff early this year.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7469\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LRTA-Safety-Before-Lunch.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7469\" title=\"LRTA-Safety Before Lunch\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LRTA-Safety-Before-Lunch-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Staff learns safety lessons before lunch.[/caption]\r\n\r\nA few months ago, the Operations Committee of the board promised an employee barbecue if they went at least 90 days without an accident.    The staff did even better than that — as of June they had racked up 105 days of safe trips.\r\nPalmetto Breeze has been providing public transit services in Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper and Allendale counties for more than 30 years. Passengers and their employers both experience the benefits of operations without accidents, since it means on-time departures and arrivals and a lot less anxiety.\r\nBoard and Operations Committee member Louise Pinckney praises the efforts that made this possible.\r\n“The drivers have the difficult daily task of providing safe quality transportation services to fit the needs of the diverse public. It is the drivers’ precautionary skills that have resulted in this great achievement.”\r\nBoard member Fred Harvey adds, “It is just a small reward for the employees to help them think about safety.”', 'Drivers rewarded for record of safety', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'drivers-rewarded-for-record-of-safety', '', '', '2012-07-19 10:17:49', '2012-07-19 14:17:49', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7468', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7470, 4, '2012-07-19 10:20:26', '2012-07-19 14:20:26', 'Beaufort has gained a new distinction by being one of a handful of cities across the country for which a new southern-oriented print company, Old Try, has created a limited edition letterpress poster. They are being sold exclusively through Historic Beaufort Foundation and are available at the Verdier House at 801 Bay Street, by\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7471\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/OldTryBeaufortII.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7471\" title=\"OldTryBeaufortII\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/OldTryBeaufortII-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Posters were specially designed by a new Southern-oriented print company, Old Try. Proceeds benefit Historic Beaufort Foundation.[/caption]\r\n\r\nphone at 843-379-6335 and online at www.historicbeaufort.org.\r\nOld Try’s work has been featured in the magazines Garden and Gun and Southern Living. The poster, designed specifically for Beaufort, features a hand-pressed silhouette of South Carolina, the words “Beaufort So. Car.” in an antique font and the number 1711 for the year of Beaufort’s founding. It is printed on 100% cotton 110lb Lettra letterpress paper and is 13” x 20” unframed. Only 100 prints are available for sale.\r\nThe posters are priced at $40 unframed, and in a joint venture with Indigo Gallery on Bay Street, they can be purchased framed for $95 without matting and for $120 with matting. Shipping costs are an additional $8. All proceeds support Historic Beaufort Foundation.', 'HBF selling specially made posters', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'hbf-selling-specially-made-posters', '', '', '2012-07-19 10:20:26', '2012-07-19 14:20:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7470', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7472, 4, '2012-07-19 10:22:30', '2012-07-19 14:22:30', 'By Terry Shirley\r\n\r\nIt is hard to pick just one memory, but I would have to say being a Pirette. As a young girl growing up in Beaufort, I always dreamed of being a Pirette, an ambassador for the Beaufort Water Festival. When this dream came true in the mid 70s, I was thrilled. Being a Pirette was made even more special because I was able to serve in the capacity with many of my friends — it was awesome! The Beaufort Water Festival has been a part of Beaufort’s history for more than 50 years. I was fortunate to have been a small part of that history.\r\n\r\nBy Susan Malphrus Kopanski\r\nThere are so many wonderful memories I have of growing up in Beaufort, but one of my favorites was the summer of 1965 when I was 7 years old. It was the Beaufort Water Festival and my family would spend the entire day on Saturday at the water front on Bay Street.\r\nWe would watch the parade, have a picnic lunch and maybe take a nap under a big oak tree. Then we would watch the Blue Angels perform over the water while we ate boiled peanuts — my favorite! My mom made matching red, white and blue outfits for my three sisters, my brother and myself — very patriotic. In the late afternoon, we went swimming in the river, clothes and all. I love living in Beaufort. There is no other place I’d rather live.\r\n\r\n<em>Beaufort Then &amp; Now: This moment in Beaufort’s history is an excerpt from the book “Beaufort ... Then and Now,” an anthology of memories compiled by Holly Kearns Lambert. Copies of this book may be purchased at Beaufort Book Store. For information or to contribute your memory, contact Holly at lowcountrymemories@hotmail.com or beaufortmemories@gmail.com.</em>', 'History with Holly: Memories of Water Festival', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'history-with-holly-memories-of-water-festival', '', '', '2012-07-19 10:22:30', '2012-07-19 14:22:30', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7472', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7473, 4, '2012-07-19 10:23:09', '2012-07-19 14:23:09', 'Join FRIENDS of Caroline Hospice for the Jingle Jog 5K and Christmas in July Party at Coosaw Point River Club, a family fun event on Friday, July 27, from 6-9 p.m.\r\nThe Jingle Jog 5K Run/Walk and 1 mile Fun Walk registration starts at 5:30 p.m., race starts at 6 p.m. The Jingle Jog is $25 for adults. Register online at www.active.com or download form at www.festivaloftreesbeaufort.com.\r\nIt may be hard to believe, but there will be SNOW! Yes, Snow in July from 7 to 9 p.m. Entertainment will be by Drysdale Entertainment and the band the Side Street Walkers will perform.\r\nOther events include swimming, water slides, jump house and kids games.\r\nBarbecue will be from Palmetto Smokehouse as well as Pepsi products, water, and Peanut Butter &amp; Jelly Sandwiches and snacks from provided by Hobbit Hills Preschools.\r\nChristmas in July tickets for adults are  $10, kids ages 12-5 are $5, and kids under 5 are free. Get your tickets today. Call 525-6257.\r\nFor an additional charge, beer, wine Bruster’s Real Ice Cream, and vodka snow cones will be available.\r\nFRIENDS of Caroline Hospice is a nonprofit, United Way organization that has been serving Beaufort residents for more than 32 years. FRIENDS was founded by Beaufortonians wishing to help a dying friend. FRIENDS does not accept money from patients, their families, insurance companies or Medicare and Medicaid. The nonprofit relies solely on support from the community to operate.\r\nFor more information, contact 843-525-6257 or visit the website www.friendsofcarolinehospice.org.', 'Stay cool with Christmas in July and a Jingle Jog', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'stay-cool-with-christmas-in-july-and-a-jingle-jog', '', '', '2012-07-19 10:23:09', '2012-07-19 14:23:09', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7473', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7474, 4, '2012-07-19 10:23:49', '2012-07-19 14:23:49', 'Bridges Preparatory School was approved by the South Carolina Public Charter School District to open fall of 2013. This state sponsored public school will be free of charge. Bridges Preparatory will open with grades Kindergarten through sixth, adding an additional grade each fall through 12th grade.\r\nAccording to the approved charter, Bridges Preparatory School’s curriculum will be STEM infused (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), and teachers will be trained in the Paidiai Method.  In addition to being a nationally affiliated Paidiai school, each child will have an Individualized Learning Plan to accommodate different types of learners. This, along with character based education and a 20:1 student-teacher ratio, is what the members of the Bridges Preparatory school committee proposed to the charter school district.\r\nThe location is yet to be determined, but properties north of the Broad River are currently under review.\r\nApplications for students entering grades Kindergarten through sixth all of 2013 will be available mid-August. Because Bridges Prep is sponsored by the state, students from outside Beaufort County are also eligible to apply.\r\nA Head of School Search Committee is currently being formed.  Interested applicants are encouraged to send resumes to info@bridgespreparatoryschool.org.\r\nBridges Prep funding comes from the public charter school district, led by Superintendent Dr. Wayne Brazell.\r\nFor more information, visit www.bridgespreparatoryschool.org  or email info@bridgespreparatoryschool.org.', 'State charter school approved to open Fall 2013 in Beaufort area', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'state-charter-school-approved-to-open-fall-2013-in-beaufort-area', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:03:57', '2018-07-12 15:03:57', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7474', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7475, 4, '2012-07-19 10:24:46', '2012-07-19 14:24:46', 'By Cherimie Crane Weatherford\r\nThe storm fades destruction paramount and all that remains is the necessary clean up, recovery and humble attempts to salvage the remains of dignity, pride, and often, reputation.\r\nDebris clutters the hallways as you try in earnest to put together the pieces of the clouded hours. Evidence of climatic chaos and confusion are found at every turn. Just days ago, home was a place of solace. Now it is a place of surrender and shame. Reaching for hydration and squinting through the medicine cabinet, the realization settles in — it is Monday after Water Festival.\r\nThis day was a thing of certainty, although the aftershock seems worse than expected. The solemn vow made just one year ago was shattered after the tornado of temptation twirled through our peaceful little town and took absolutely no prisoners.\r\nIt was but opening night, the first weekend, and already the apologies, the frenzy of phone calls, the “oh my what have I done’s?” and the unmistakable physical fatigue plagues even the most reserved of residents.\r\nBattered and bruised from the ballet of boats, and disoriented from the dinner party turned dance party, you can only hope it is your home in which you awake. Flashes of humiliation, moments of madness, and surmountable suspicion of mild to moderate misconduct haunt a heavy head.\r\nAs if the devastation of reality isn’t brutal enough, there are still many more days are left to endure. How can an event so anxiously anticipated cause such turmoil? Almost 365 days of training, conditioning and rebuilding of reputation is simply no match for the phantom of Water Festival folly. One drink turns into seven, a simple foot-tap turns into dancing with scars, and seemingly coherent conversation morphs into sunburned babble. This beast of burden shows no mercy and never discriminates. Neither background nor bank account matters, no one is safe and no one is spared. Dignity damned as the days turn into nights and the nights turn into front page news.\r\nAll that is left is to find the phone, sort through the tale of the text messages, account for survivors, commence the apologizing and prepare for the next seven days of detailed debauchery.\r\nAcceptance is imperative, hiding is pointless. Water Festival is a rite of passage, an unforgiving obligation, an event that separates the novice from the noble and then lands them both on the coveted pages of Mug Faces. It is the rule and the exception, it is friend and foe. Suit up, dear friends, hold fast to your heritage and your attorney. It is Water Festival, and it is upon us.', 'It is friend and foe, rule and exception. It is Water Festival', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'it-is-friend-and-foe-rule-and-exception-it-is-water-festival', '', '', '2012-07-19 10:24:46', '2012-07-19 14:24:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7475', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7476, 4, '2012-07-19 10:25:34', '2012-07-19 14:25:34', 'By Terry Sweeney\r\nYou know, I’ve noticed that although a big chunk of Beaufortonians jump into the Water Festival with both feet and a beer in each hand, another segment of the local population can’t wait till what they term the “Water Pest” is over.\r\nOut at the sandbar — while bikini-clad SandBarbies and their sunburnt, six-packin’ Kens are groovin’ from boat to boat at one of South Carolina’s funnest floating parties — back on shore, many locals’  houses are already closed up tight and their disgruntled owners far away from the crowds, the traffic and the tourists that make this, in their minds, the once-a-year water torture they dread.\r\nWho’s right?  As a professional Happy Wino, I decided to weigh each side. I’m certainly not against folks havin’ fun and getting silly, but I also see how a pontoon boat full of uninsured out-of-town drunks headed full speed toward your expensive vintage Chris Craft can be cause for concern.\r\nStill, with all the great dances, street food, crafts, contests and shows, I think each year the festival keeps getting better. More of the local folks I talked to are proudly showing up and seem more willing than ever to be part of this Lowcountry tradition that has stood the test of time. (OK, maybe it wasn’t always standing for the test. Maybe it passed out and fell over a few times, but more importantly it got back up and is once again going strong.)\r\nBut still, I don’t want to ignore the legitimate squawks that are water- festering among a small curmudgeony minority of my fellow citizens. So to them, I say, hey ... it could be worse.\r\nCheck out these five real festivals I discovered online at John Birdsall’s clever SFoodie  blog. You might just find our Water Festival ain’t so bad after all.\r\n1. West Virginia Roadkill Cook-Off\r\nSeptember\r\nMarlington, W.Va.\r\nIn decades past (hell, centuries past) dishes like squirrel gravy over biscuits, stewed bear, and fried possum were Appalachian staples — on the days you were lucky. Now they’re stars of a kind of annual Pocahontas County crafts fair-slash-hootenanny, celebrating what organizers call Country Road Vittles. Take me home.\r\n2. Turkey Testicle Festival\r\nOctober/November\r\nByron, Ill.\r\nBelieve it or not, this isn’t the only fest devoted to the man (well, foul) parts of the iconic American bird, but the one here claims to be the oldest. You can nibble on the delicacies dipped in beer batter and fried — indeed, beer is a big part of the TT Festival, if only so attendees can work up the (forgive us) balls to dig in. Maybe the most disturbing part of the whole fest? Turkey nuggets are said to be roughly human-sized. Major eww.\r\n3. Waurika Rattlesnake Hunt\r\nApril\r\nWaurika, Okla.\r\nStart making plans for next spring’s 49th annual fangfest, which, like past hunts, should include karaoke, a longest-snake competition (last year’s winner was a shudder-inducing 68 inches), and — oh, yeah — snake snacks: hunks of deep-fried rattler on a stick. You can score raw snake meat from the festival butcher shop, so be sure and bring a cooler. And, who knows, you just might be crowned Rattlesnake Hunt King or Queen.\r\n4. Waikiki Spam Jam\r\nApril\r\nKalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, Hi.\r\nSorry, canned-meat lovers, you missed this year’s fest: a kind of sprawling block party devoted to everybody’s favorite processed protein. There’s Spam-themed swag, performances, even dishes from restaurants adapting the stuff to dishes way beyond Spam musubi. Spamakopita anyone?\r\n5. Bugfest\r\nSeptember\r\nNorth Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, N.C.\r\nIt’s not every museum that can bring you into such intimate contact with its exhibits — like, as intimate as your esophagus. One of many national entophile celebrations of the six- (and other) legged critters, this one features Café Insecta, a smorgasbord of bug treats cooked up by local restaurants (see picture): grasshopper and collard fritters, cicadas alla romana (bug-studded pizzas), and cream of asparagus and katydid soup. Katy so did not.\r\nCheers!  See ya’ at the sandbar!', 'Water Festival: Love it or leave it', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'water-festival-love-it-or-leave-it', '', '', '2012-07-19 10:25:34', '2012-07-19 14:25:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7476', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7477, 4, '2012-07-19 10:26:26', '2012-07-19 14:26:26', 'Community meeting on St. Helena Island\r\nBeaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner will moderate a community meeting Wednesday, July 25, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Helena Elementary School.  The community is invited to attend this open forum to discuss criminal activity on St. Helena Island.\r\n\r\nBeaufort to replace playground equipment\r\nDamaged play equipment at Beaufort’s Pigeon Point playground will be repaired under warranty with the hope of having it ready for kids by mid-September, city officials said.\r\nThe multipurpose play stations were installed in 2006 when Beaufort upgraded the park on Pigeon Point Road. In early June, though, wooden support posts were found to be rotting.\r\n“Our public works team noticed the problem on June 1 and we have dismantled that particular piece of play equipment for safety reasons,” said Eliza Hill, Beaufort’s landscape architect. “It’s a shame that this happened right as summer vacation started, and we feel bad for the children who haven’t been able to play at Pigeon Point Park.”\r\nThe decaying materials are covered under the manufacturer’s warranty and will be replaced without charge other than labor, said Isiah Smalls, Beaufort’s director of public works.\r\nBeaufort City Manager Scott Dadson said the repairs are a priority for the city. “We value our parks and playgrounds and the Pigeon Point Park has been exceptionally popular with the younger children even since it re-opened in 2006,” he said. “We’ll get the equipment fixed and back in the swing as soon as possible.”\r\n\r\nNew Crimestoppers number for county\r\nEffective as of Friday, July 13, Beaufort County residents will have a new number to dial to reach Crimestoppers, a statewide program dedicated to receiving and disseminating information to law enforcement agencies.\r\nAnytime, day or night, citizens can call the Crimestoppers hotline at 1-888-CRIME-SC (274-6372) to provide any tips they may have to contribute to ongoing criminal investigations. Should information lead to an arrest or major development in an investigation, the providing caller will be eligible to receive a cash reward.\r\nCitizens also have the option of sending information online at sccrimestoppers.com or by texting TIPSC and their message to CRIMES (274637).', 'News briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'news-briefs-15', '', '', '2012-07-19 10:26:26', '2012-07-19 14:26:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7477', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7478, 4, '2012-07-19 10:27:19', '2012-07-19 14:27:19', 'By Jack Sparacino\r\nLike a lot of people, I’ve become a “selective noticer” over the years.  There are whole categories of things I tend to gloss over, minimize, or just ignore.  My wife used to say that I could practically trip over a dead body coming home from work and it would barely register.  Other things really do get my undivided attention, like exactly where my line is and how fast it’s moving when I’m fishing for sea trout.  And some stuff falls in between, subject to a “cursory perusal,” as a fellow student once put it right before we all burst out laughing.  But as a result of reading the riveting Jack Reacher series by mystery writer extraordinaire Lee Child, I’ve been trying to hone my noticing skills.  Sort of a thinly veiled, early New Year’s resolution.\r\nNot that I can quickly absorb, Reacher-like, every micro detail in a new situation, and assess every threat or opportunity.  Far from it.  But I’m working on getting just a little better.  Several recent drives to MUSC in Charleston helped put my new objective to the test. Here are a few things I managed to notice without swerving off the road (or even slowing down).\r\n1. Not that all dirt HAS to be brown or sandy, but we sure do have expansive stretches of downright red earth.  It looks like crushed bricks or copper dust.  Makes me wonder whether you can grow anything in it.  How about red potatoes?  Red beets?  Red cabbage?  How about good old rhubarb?\r\n2. There are more roadside fireworks stores to choose from than exist in maybe all of New England.  I wonder if the owners know each other. Do they have special sales from time to time?  Can you get written instructions on how to use their products safely? Is it OK to leave them locked in your car on a hot day?\r\n3. Good golly Miss Molly, there ARE Indian restaurants within a two hour radius of Beaufort!  How nice to see one right on Route 17.  You can practically smell the tandoori chicken and those great curry sauces from your car. Hey, what time is my appointment? Did they say it was OK to come in with a full stomach?\r\n4. You’ve got to love the sign that warns that “bridge freezes before road.”  The first time I noticed this sign, my temperature gage showed it was 95 degrees outside. The forecast called for more of the same relentless heat, pretty much indefinitely.  Wonder if the bridge also melts before the road does.\r\n5. Passing a company whose sign indicated “specialty products” really sparked my interest. Countless companies make just plain regular products, but how many make specialty ones?  It just prompts one’s imagination to run wild.  Finally, a place to buy spare parts for my time machine — maybe a special gamma ray deflecting, titanium alloy rear view mirror to really trick it out.  Or how about a hand held device with “specialty” apps for detecting creatures from other planets?  OK, back down to Earth. Maybe just a cordless vacuum cleaner. Or how about a five gallon bucket with a cushioned bottom so you could sit on it more comfortably?\r\n6. Who knew there were motels that charged as little as $24 a day?  So THAT’s why they had the word “budget” on their sign. Of course, you could hold out for a seriously higher rate at luxury palaces like The Charleston Place, a terrific hotel with all kinds of amenities, but what’s not to like about $24 bucks? That’s only about the price of a shirt. I’m assuming you get air conditioning and a TV.  Hopefully crisp sheets and a working shower with those little soaps. Maybe free coffee and a newspaper, or is that pushing things?\r\n7. As you begin to get near the Ashley River Memorial Bridge that takes you into downtown Charleston, you see lots of brick houses lining both sides of Route 17. Smaller ones on the right, larger homes on the left.  This is a happy sight insofar as brick houses suggest strength and stability.  I’m guessing they are relatively resistant to storm damage, maybe even provide better insulation against temperature extremes. In any case, they’re sure nice to look at.\r\nThe Lowcountry is just a great place to live, and for a lot of reasons. This includes our relative proximity to Charleston, one of the most charming small cities in the country. While I can think of more entertaining things to do up there than undergo various medical tests and procedures at MUSC, the drive itself can be a welcome distraction.  Especially if you’re trying to focus on focusing.  And many of the journeys we all take in life are truly more important than our destinations.  Or so I’m noticing.', 'Noticing my way to Charleston', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'noticing-my-way-to-charleston', '', '', '2012-07-19 10:27:19', '2012-07-19 14:27:19', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7478', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7480, 4, '2012-07-19 10:34:23', '2012-07-19 14:34:23', 'By Cpl. Rubin J.Tan\r\nUSS ENTERPRISE, At Sea — A large gray mechanical tail moves from left to right, while various metal flaps raise and lower like a bird preparing for flight. An F/A-18 Hornet’s twin engines roar to life before launching out over the sea.\r\nMarine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 airframes division ensures each of the panels and fasteners are properly prepared to soar off the flight deck of the USS Enterprise.\r\nThe USS Enterprise is currently embarked on its final journey before being decommissioned after more than 50 years of service.\r\n“Our responsibility to maintain the aircraft can range from everything that deals with its structure, hydraulic systems, flight controls, landing gear and arresting gear,” said Cpl. James Miller, a VMFA-251 airframes quality assurance representative. “Being on the carrier brings on many new responsibilities such as the arresting hook to catch the trap while landing.\r\n“This is good because we get to experience so much more while on an aircraft carrier,” continued Miller, a native of Rolling Meadows, Ill.\r\nThe squadron is currently supporting maritime security operations and Operation Enduring Freedom while deployed on the aircraft carrier. In the event of an electrical malfunction during a mission, pilots rely on the aircraft’s ability to operate and maneuver like a vehicle without power steering.\r\nThis function relies on airframe Marines performing proper maintenance on the aircraft’s pneumatics, technology used to transfer various gases, and panels used to control the aircraft speed and orientation.\r\n“This job is great because I love working with my hands and getting dirty,” said Cpl. Andrew Mitkowski, VMFA-251 airframe collateral duty inspector. “Our work orders can take anywhere from a few minutes to days of constant maintenance.”\r\nEven though the division does not work on issues such as engine repair, they must assist in the installment of engines due to panels, brackets and housings that have to be moved.\r\n“There is no better place to learn about your job than a deployed environment,” said Mitkowski, a native of Stroudsburg, Pa.\r\nMission success and pilots’ lives are entrusted on the work of airframes division Marines every day, making sure there is never a feather out of place on these birds of prey out at sea.', 'Spreading Wings: Airframe division keeps Hornets flying at sea ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'spreading-wings-airframe-division-keeps-hornets-flying-at-sea', '', '', '2012-07-19 10:34:23', '2012-07-19 14:34:23', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7480', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7482, 4, '2012-07-19 10:37:21', '2012-07-19 14:37:21', 'Street Music on Paris Avenue is a free concert series that is a gift from the Town of Port Royal and produced by ARTworks, the arts council of Beaufort, Port Royal and the Sea Islands. All the concerts are free at 6pm, bring your chairs and dancing shoes. The rain location is The Shed, adjacent to the street venue, in Old Village Port Royal. For more information, contact ARTworks at 843-279-2787, <a href=\"http://www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org\">www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org</a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Saturday, August 11 at 6 p.m.</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Gas House Gorillas</strong>\r\n\r\nGorillas loose on Paris Avenue! Rick Fink and his Gas House Gorillas bring their olio-slicked Jump Blues, <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Gas-House-Gorillas.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7483\" title=\"Gas House Gorillas\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Gas-House-Gorillas-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" /></a>Gypsy Swing, early Rock ‘n Roll, Cajun music and even the occasional funk groove to Old Village Port Royal. The band\'s name is taken from a Bugs Bunny cartoon, and these apes live up to it: tattooed tenor Rick Fink, Stu Newman on guitar, Crusher Carmean on bass fiddle, saxsmith Seltzer Jim Davis and drumthwackin\' Eddie Everett are the souls of integrity when it comes to rockin’ the joint in classic fashion. \"All. I. Can. Say. Is. Wow.\" — Maria Miaoulis, Jazzville\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Saturday, August 25 @ 6pm</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Zac Harmon: Music is Medicine</strong>\r\n\r\nBorn and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Harmon is a disciple of the Farish Street blues sound. During the 50’s and 60’s Harmon hung out at his father’s pharmacy on Farish, soaking up the aura and sounds of the musician customers while developing his skills as a guitarist, organist and vocalist. His career encompasses guitaring for Z.Z Hill, Dorothy Moore, McKinley Mitchell and Sam Myers; crafting songs for Karyn White, Freddie Jackson, Evelyn “Champagne” King, The Whispers, Cherrelle, K.C. &amp; Jo Jo, The Mississippi Mass Choir and Children’s Choir, Alexander O’Neal and the O’Jays. His 2002 album, Live at Babe &amp; Ricky\'s Inn, is an electrifying testimonial, featuring eight original songs that embody the Mississippi blues sound. In 2004 he won The Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge. \"Harmon and his Mid-South Blues Revue slammed the blues to the ground and blew the roof off the joint, which was especially impressive as this venue was outdoors. The first tune made the hair on the back of my neck stand up, always a good sign.\" - Mike Ross, Edmonton Sun.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Saturday, September 8 @ 6pm</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Members of the Savannah Jazz Orchestra play Ella, Sinatra &amp; More~ a jazz quintet including jazz vocalist Terry Herron, and trombonist and Savannah favorite Teddy Adams</strong>. Born in Savannah in 1941, Teddy Adams is one of the first inductees in the Savannah Coastal Jazz Association Hall of Fame. He is on the Board of Directors for the Coastal Jazz Association, and co-leads the Savannah Jazz Orchestra. He has performed around the world (including attending a music conservatory started Sadao Watanabe in Tokyo) with Cab Calloway, Irene Reid, James Moody, Clark Terry, Jeanie Bryson, Johnny Lytle, Joey DeFrancesco, Ernie Andrews, Wynard Harper, Ben Riley, Doug Carn, Dave Steinmeyer, Pete Minger, Delbert Felix, just to name a few. \"Teddy Adams is a jazzer\'s trombonist– his straight-ahead jazz perfomances are crafted from in-depth musical experience and knowledge. He emotes– he blows cool and hot, smooth and rough– always within the context of the musical piece being performed. When Teddy plays, you always know it\'s him.\" — WE Murphy, Jazz Journalist Association\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Saturday, September 22 @ 6pm</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>The Kruger Brothers</strong>\r\n\r\nJazz. Classical. Bluegrass. The music of the Kruger Brothers is all of that and more, as they celebrate the best of what music can be: exciting, engaging, intelligent, and delightful. Now living in North Carolina, the brothers Jens and Uwe were born and raised in Europe and performing by the time they were 11 and 12 years old. Joel Landsberg, a native of NYC joined the brothers in the early 90s. Jens Kruger (banjo, vocals), Uwe Kruger (guitar, lead vocals), and Joel Landsberg (bass, vocals) personify the spirit of exploration and innovation that forms the core of the American musical tradition. The National Endowment for the Arts supported them with a grant for Music from the Spring, a symphonic suite composed and orchestrated by Jens. In 2010, the Kruger Brothers premiered a new work for banjo, guitar, bass and string quartet titled \"An Appalachian Concerto.” “The Kruger Brothers are just about as fine a band as I’ve ever played with...I love to play music with them.\" –Doc Watson.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nARTworks is the community arts center of Beaufort, the coolest arts council in the Carolinas, and applies the many creative tools of The Arts to strengthen artists, and enrich audiences, collectors, and visitors through high quality arts experiences and arts education programs 365 days a year. ARTworks is located at 2127 Boundary Street, in Beaufort Town Center, SC 29902, <a href=\"http://www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org\">http://www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org</a>, 843-379-2787.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Street Music on  Paris Avenue returns', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'street-music-on-paris-avenue-returns-2', '', '', '2012-07-19 10:37:21', '2012-07-19 14:37:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7482', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(7485, 4, '2012-07-19 15:10:44', '2012-07-19 19:10:44', 'The beautiful and moving DragonBoat Beaufort Christening and Remembrance ceremonies were held at the Water Festival last Saturday afternoon. As the brand new 48’ dragon boat docked at Beaufort’s Downtown Marina, high priestess Mary Ann Mikell asked Dick Stewart to paint in the eyes in the traditional DragonBoat\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7486\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC00091.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7486\" title=\"DSC00091\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC00091-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> DragonBoat Beaufort takes to the water.[/caption]\r\n\r\n“Awakening” ceremony for race readiness. His wife then poured Champagne over her bow, christened her “Braveheart” and pronounced her ready to race on her cancer survivor mission.\r\nOnce awakened, Braveheart put on an DragonBoat Exhibition of precision paddling and racing for Water Festival spectators highlighted by the traditional Survivor’s Ceremony. Each of the 20 paddlers, the Helm and the Drummer dropped a red carnation into the Beaufort River as the name of a friend or a loved one lost to this ubiquitous disease was called out to the crowd.\r\nDragonBoat Beaufort is a nonprofit that sprang into being when several Beaufortonians saw the “Awaken\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7487\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC00086.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7487\" title=\"DSC00086\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC00086-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Champagne is poured over the bow.[/caption]\r\n\r\nthe Dragon” documentary winner at this year’s Beaufort Film Festival. In just under five months, a dynamic team has formed and raised enough money to buy their first boat to activate their mission of promoting physical and mental wellness among cancer survivors and their community. DragonBoat Beaufort currently fields a team of male and female cancer survivors and their supporters and is looking for new recruits for a second boat that has been pledged. The team will be competing in Lake Lanier, Ga., and Trophy Lake, Johns Island, festivals this September.\r\nHere are some pictures from the event by Andrew Nicholls.', 'Christening ceremony ‘awakens the dragon’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'christening-ceremony-awakens-the-dragon', '', '', '2012-07-19 15:10:44', '2012-07-19 19:10:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7485', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7489, 4, '2012-07-19 15:35:04', '2012-07-19 19:35:04', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\nDebbi Covington had record sales at her ‘Celebrate Everything’ book signing event at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club the other night. She said, “Thank you! I’m overwhelmed by the number of friends and customers who attended our soirée and cookbook signing!\" Congrats also goes to Paul Nurnberg who did the beautiful food photographs as well as the cover of the book. Just shows you what can happen when two great Beaufort talents come together.  Good luck on your book tour, Debbi. Here are some pics for you from Susan DeLoach.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0009.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7490\" title=\"3M3A0009\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0009-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0025.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7491\" title=\"3M3A0025\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0025-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7492\" title=\"3M3A0012\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0012-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0011.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7493\" title=\"3M3A0011\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0011-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0014.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7494\" title=\"3M3A0014\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0014-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0023.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7495\" title=\"3M3A0023\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0023-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0026.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7496\" title=\"3M3A0026\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0026-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0030.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7497\" title=\"3M3A0030\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0030-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0027.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7498\" title=\"3M3A0027\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3M3A0027-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>', 'Local chef cooks up fun at book signing', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'local-chef-cooks-up-fun-at-book-signing', '', '', '2012-07-19 15:35:04', '2012-07-19 19:35:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7489', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7499, 4, '2012-07-19 15:36:31', '2012-07-19 19:36:31', 'By Whitney McDaniel\r\nRegardless of whether you’re a man or a woman, Social Security will not — and was never designed to — provide all of the income you’ll need to live comfortably during retirement. At best, your income from Social Security will supplement that from other sources. So if you’re planning to factor Social Security into your retirement plan, you should learn all you can about how to enhance your benefits.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WhitneyMcDaniel2010.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7500\" title=\"WhitneyMcDaniel2010\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WhitneyMcDaniel2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"200\" /></a>For females, however, there are some unique factors to consider in the equation. Because Social Security generally has annual cost-of-living adjustments, you have an inflation-protected benefit for as long as you live — and for women, those increases are vital since women generally live longer than men. In addition, Social Security provides dependent benefits to spouses, divorced spouses, elderly widows and widows with young children.\r\nWhile Social Security is neutral with respect to gender (individuals with identical earnings histories are treated with the same in terms of benefits), the following 2008 numbers released by the Social Security Administration Office of Research and Statistics highlight how certain demographic characteristics of women compare with the entire population.\r\n• Women reaching age 65 need to prepare for approximately 20 more years of living expenses. Females represented 57 percent of all Social Security beneficiaries age 62 and older and approximately 69 percent of beneficiaries age 85 and older.\r\n• The average annual Social Security income received by women 65 years and older was $11,337, compared to $14,822 for men.\r\n• For unmarried women age 65 and older (including widows), Social Security comprised 50 percent of their total income.\r\n• Of all elderly, unmarried women receiving Social Security benefits, 46 percent relied on Social Security for 90 percent or more of their income.\r\n• Of the women who were employed fulltime, only 51 percent participated in an employer-sponsored private sector plan.\r\nAdditionally, women generally received lower pension benefits than men due to their relatively lower earnings. Probably none of this comes as a surprise, considering that the statistics are directly related to the realities surrounding women earning less and spending more time out of the work force than men.\r\nSo how do women offset this gap? By getting retirement plans in place so that Social Security benefits are an income supplement and not a mainstay. With longer life expectancies than men, women tend to live more years in retirement and have a greater chance of exhausting other sources of income.\r\n\r\n<em>*Source: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 2009</em>\r\n<em>This article was written by Wells Fargo Advisors and provided courtesy of Whitney McDaniel, CFP®, AAMS®, Financial Advisor in Beaufort, SC at 843-524-1114.</em>\r\n<em>Wells Fargo Advisors does not render legal or tax advice. While this information is not intended to replace your discussions with your tax/legal advisor, it may help you to comprehend the tax implications of your investments and plan tax-efficiently going forward. The material is solely for informational purposes and is not a solicitation or an offer to buy any security or instrument or to participate in any trading strategy.</em>\r\n<em>Investments in securities and insurance products are: NOT FDIC-INSURED/NOT BANK-GUARANTEED/MAY LOSE VALUE</em>\r\n<em>Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Member SIPC, is a registered broker-dealer and a separate non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo &amp; Company.</em>', 'Social Security: A woman’s perspective', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'social-security-a-womans-perspective', '', '', '2012-07-19 15:36:31', '2012-07-19 19:36:31', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7499', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7501, 4, '2012-07-19 15:38:07', '2012-07-19 19:38:07', 'Robert DeLoach, vice president of Beaufort Engineering Services Incorporated (BES Inc.), was awarded the 2012 Lifetime of Leadership Award by the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce. Mr. DeLoach is one of only 10 recipients to have received the award from the chamber.\r\nWith the exception of his time in college and his service in the Navy during WWII, Mr. DeLoach has lived in\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7502\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Business-Robert-DeLoach-bw.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7502\" title=\"Business-Robert DeLoach bw\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Business-Robert-DeLoach-bw-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Robert DeLoach with family and coworkers at the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce’s annual Civitas award ceremony at Dataw Island Clubhouse on June 29.[/caption]\r\n\r\nBeaufort since his birth in 1926.  For 37 years Mr. DeLoach was employed as a mechanical engineer by the Department of Defense at Parris Island. Upon his retirement, he received the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, the highest medal awarded by the Department of Defense during peacetime to a civilian.\r\nMr. DeLoach has been affiliated with BES Inc. for the last 36 years. During his tenure with the company, BES Inc. has grown from one office in Beaufort into a regional company with five offices throughout the Southeast with over 50 employees.\r\nIn the last 61 years, Mr. DeLoach has mentored over five generations of new engineers and countless office staff, been on the board of directors, and held the position of president or another appointed or elected position in close to 15 different community organizations in Beaufort.', 'DeLoach gets lifetime of leadership award', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'deloach-gets-lifetime-of-leadership-award', '', '', '2012-07-19 15:38:07', '2012-07-19 19:38:07', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7501', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7503, 4, '2012-07-19 15:40:42', '2012-07-19 19:40:42', 'By Danette Vernon\r\nYou hit the gym after work, and for dinner you have brown rice, grilled salmon, and a salad. Then you sit down to a little TV before bed. After all, after an eight hour day at the office, you’ve earned it! Or maybe you eschew television for a game of Solitaire on your computer while posting on Facebook and checking your email. Either way, you may spend the whole evening just relaxing.\r\nIf that’s your day, well, despite your best efforts, you may be on your way to a heart attack, diabetes and a host of back ills. You might want to consider standing up as you read this. Why?\r\nSitting for long periods of time, “promotes a lack of whole body muscle movement,” which Swedish-based researchers say is the more correct way to define sedentary behavior.\r\nEven if you exercise regularly or take an evening walk every night, as a woman, your risk of metabolic syndrome, a precursor to diabetes and heart disease, jumps 26 percent for every extra hour at day’s end that you sit in front of the TV or your computer.\r\nBut isn’t sitting down after a long day at work one of the fruits of life? Well, not if you’ve been sitting all day (more than 7.4 hours). Even after only four hours of sitting per day, you’re on your way to being “fat,” and maybe even to an early death, as genes regulating the amount of glucose and fat in the body start to shut down in just that brief a period of time.\r\nA study in the International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders suggests people with a low level of hours of sitting per day, less than 4.7 hours, were less likely to be overweight. Conversely, other studies show that rates of heart disease, diabetes and obesity are doubled and even tripled in people who sit a lot.\r\nPart of the problem is sitting stops the circulation of lipase, an enzyme that absorbs fats. So instead of being absorbed by your muscles, when you’re sitting, fat recirculates in your bloodstream where it may end up stored as body fat, clogging arteries or contributing to disease. In fact, simply standing up as opposed to sitting engages muscles and helps your body process fat and cholesterol in a positive way, regardless of the amount of exercise you do.\r\nPeople who live to be a 100 don’t exercise per se, they incorporate exercise into everyday living. So use the stairs, get up and walk around, change position every 20 minutes or so while at work. Develop a way to use a standing position while you use your computer at work or home. Stand up while watching TV or reading. It doesn’t matter how, just please stand up!\r\n\r\n<em>Moment of Wellness with Danette Vernon at Therapeutic Solutions: Offering a unique approach to your active health care needs using a variety of healing modalities, nutritional and wellness coaching to empower you to a new state of health and well-being. 73 Sams Point Road, 524-2554.</em>', 'Please stand up', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'please-stand-up', '', '', '2012-07-19 15:40:42', '2012-07-19 19:40:42', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7503', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7504, 4, '2012-07-19 15:42:18', '2012-07-19 19:42:18', '“Your Sister’s Sister” from The Indie Series presented by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center For the Arts Wednesday, July 25 at 2 p.m.\r\n<strong>Synopsis:</strong> A year after his brother Tom’s death, Jack is still struggling emotionally. When he makes a scene at a memorial party, Tom’s best friend, Iris, offers up her father’s cabin on an island in the Pacific Northwest so Jack can seek resolution in solitude. Once there, however, he runs into Iris’ sister Hannah who is reeling from the abrupt end of a seven-year relationship and finds solace in Tom’s unexpected presence. A blurry evening of drinking concludes with an unplanned sexual happening, made even more embarrassing by Iris’ sudden presence at the cabin the next morning. A twisting tale of ever-complicated relationships is set in motion with hilarious and emotional consequences. The outcome of the triangle is in doubt from beginning to end.\r\n<strong>Ratings &amp; Reviews</strong>:  Internet rating sites, IMDb: 6.7; Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 86/Audience: 80 Very Good marks. Critics: USA Today: “...romantic, funny, surprising and thoroughly involving ... a rare film”; Wall Street Journal: “... lovely tale of swirling feelings was shot in a mere 12 days, on a budget that must have been minuscule. A couple of minutes after it’s started, though, you know you’re in the presence of people who will surprise and delight you.”\r\n<strong>Previewer Comments:</strong> This is a warm dramatic comedy that is acted so well you will understand and identify with each character and their situation intimately. The scenery is beautiful, the relationship issues real and deep with emotion and layers of conflict. This film is acted so naturally and the character’s dialogue works so well, you will feel like a fly on the wall experiencing real people, real emotions, and real issues. Featured and well reviewed at many Indie film showings in U.S. and Canada, it now has reached limited distribution in the U.S. and UK. Try not to miss it.\r\n<strong>Rated:</strong> R for language and some sexual content.\r\nTickets for adults are $7, seniors $6, students $5. Call USCB Center for the Arts box office at 843-521-4145 or purchase day of performance. Box office opens one hour prior to show time.\r\n\r\n<em>Dennis Tavernetti is a resident of St. Helena Island and retired to the Lowcountry having a lifelong interest in the arts. He encouraged USCB ‘s Center for the Arts to investigate the possibility of utilizing new technology to bring  Indie, World and Documentary HD films to Beaufort.</em>', 'The Indie Film Corner: \"Your Sister\'s Sister\"', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-indie-film-corner-your-sisters-sister', '', '', '2012-07-19 15:42:18', '2012-07-19 19:42:18', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7504', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7505, 4, '2012-07-19 15:43:50', '2012-07-19 19:43:50', '<strong></strong>I agree wholeheartedly with the comments recently published in Lowcountry Broil suggesting some needed improvements to the entrance of Beaufort’s National Cemetery.  While the cemetery is well maintained and offers appropriate and solemn homage to our honored dead, visitors are greeted by a view of the maintenance facility and associated heavy equipment. This seems unnecessary and inappropriate considering the natural beauty of the site and its important purpose. It should be possible to identify a less obtrusive location on the grounds and relocate these maintenance facilities particularly given the recent expansion of the acreage, yet it may ultimately fall to local citizens to bring this concern to the attention of city fathers and the VA.\r\nThere are other locales in Beaufort we see every day that could benefit from similar improvements. While other residents may have their own list, I can’t help but think that the city could upgrade the landscaping and maintenance of the three city-owned cemeteries bordering Boundary Street as, in the same vein, the Sixteen Gates cemetery across from K-Mart could benefit from a wall rather than a rusting wire fence to demarcate its property.  Even USCB could enhance its prominent campus location both on Carteret and New streets through more comprehensive landscaping.\r\nBeauty is in the eye of the beholder, however we share common responsibilities to enhance the appearance of the town we love. It’s not so much a matter of money as it is about focusing on where citizens and institutions can make sensible improvements.\r\n\r\n<em>Sound Off: Did you get a boot on your car parking downtown or is the traffic light on your street ridiculously slow? Or would you like to thank a stranger for a random act of kindness? Here’s your chance to sound off about what you love and hate. Send your comments to LowcountryBroil@gmail.com and you could see them in our new column called Lowcountry Broil. Don’t worry: They’re all anonymous.</em>', 'Lowcountry Broil: Enhancing the appearance of our city is a shared responsibility ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lowcountry-broil-enhancing-the-appearance-of-our-city-is-a-shared-responsibility', '', '', '2012-07-19 15:43:50', '2012-07-19 19:43:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7505', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7506, 4, '2012-07-19 15:45:02', '2012-07-19 19:45:02', 'By Pamela Brownstein\r\nWanted: A smart, friendly, funny, caring nanny who cooks, cleans my house, teaches my baby to walk and talk, sings songs in a British accent about helping the medicine go down, has a cheery disposition about working for free, then flies home using her umbrella.\r\nOh, wait a second. I just described Mary Poppins. I forgot she’s a fictional character. Still, when it comes to babysitters, she sets some pretty high standards.\r\nEven though she’s not real, my situation is: Realizing that I won’t be able to take care of my baby and work at the same time. I have been fortunate that I have been able to juggle both, since I work from home, and for the first six months, my baby had fairly simple needs, and he’s really sweet and good.\r\nBut now at six and a half months, Wolfe is a busy boy. He is eating baby food and moving all over the place (not at the same time, obviously). These are awesome milestones — I love to feed him new flavors and watch him get sweet potatoes all over his face, or smile as he tries to crawl into the dog’s cage — but they’re not exactly conducive to deadlines, and this juggling act is taking its toll on me and is not fair to him.\r\nIt’s a decision every working mom has to face eventually: Finding the right daycare provider.\r\nI know there are a lot of good daycare facilities in Beaufort, but I have yet to explore them seriously. What I really want is someone who watches kids at her house, a flexible home-y environment. But I have yet to find that yet.\r\nSo if you know of anyone who fits that description, tell her I’m in the market for good care. Otherwise, if you see Mary Poppins on your rooftop, let her know I’m hoping she drops by my house soon.\r\n\r\n<em>Pam\'s POV: Pamela Brownstein is a 5-foot-tall Scorpio who loves Beaufort and is trying to figure out this whole parenting thing. You can contact her at theislandnews@gmail.com.</em>', 'The Baby Diaries: What to do when he’s on the move', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-baby-diaries-what-to-do-when-hes-on-the-move', '', '', '2012-07-19 15:45:02', '2012-07-19 19:45:02', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7506', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7507, 4, '2012-07-19 15:46:28', '2012-07-19 19:46:28', '<em>Contest Theme: Beaufort County Birds &amp; Their Habitats</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Beaufort County Birds and Their Habitats</em> is the theme for Beaufort County’s annual photo contest and photographers have until September 4 to submit pictures of birds and/or selected habitat locations.\r\n\r\nWinning photos will be used to create a 2013 calendar, which will serve as a public information tool regarding the County’s Rural and Critical Land Preservation Program.\r\n\r\nThe contest has been held every year since 2005. It began shortly after Beaufort County Administrator Gary Kubic was hired. He said this year’s theme will appeal to birders and anyone else who appreciates the outdoor beauty of Beaufort County.\r\n\r\n“The enthusiasm generated each year among local photographers for this project has been very rewarding. We want to be flexible, though, so we have given photographers the option of shooting specific scenic habitat locations if they wish. They do not have to submit photos of birds unless they want to. The contest has always been a lot of fun for photographers and for my staff and me.\r\n\r\n“We are working with local Audubon Club members who will help provide informative content within the calendar and identify species that will appear in the winning photos,” Kubic said.\r\n\r\nPhotos of birds may be taken anywhere within the physical boundaries of Beaufort County – from Port Royal’s Cypress Wetlands to Hunting Island State Park, Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge or one’s own backyard. Photos of habitat locations (with or without birds) must be taken at one or more of the following Beaufort County Rural and Critical Land sites: Ihly Farm near MCAS in northern Beaufort County, the Trumps site on Factory Creek on Lady’s Island, Crystal Lake on Lady’s Island, The Green in Beaufort’s Old Point, the Barringer tract and Ft. Fremont on St. Helena Island, the Buddy and Zoo Landing on Station Creek, Widgeon Point on Lemon Island, Altamaha Town Heritage Preserve, Okatie Preserve, New Riverside and Pinckney Colony in greater Bluffton, the Bluffton Oyster Company, Stoney Preserve and the Mitchellville Road Beach Parcel on Hilton Head Island.\r\n\r\nMaps and directions to the selected sites may be found at the Beaufort County website: <a href=\"http://www.bcgov.net\">www.bcgov.net</a>. The information will be posted on one of the large graphic sliders on the home page.\r\n\r\nLegal waivers are required for some sites because they are not yet open to the public and are still in their wild state. County leaders warn they could present a danger from snake bites, poisonous plants, unseen holes or stumps or other hazards. Those who enter these properties to take photos are advised to do so with a friend.\r\n\r\nUp to 3 photos of any combination of birds and or sites may be entered in the contest. All photos must include the name of the photographer and the location of the shot on the back of the print. Both 8 x 10 prints and digital images are required. Images must be in jpeg format and at least 300 dpi. Photos will not be returned. They must be submitted on disc and mailed with prints and required forms to:\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Photo Contest\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Administrator\r\n\r\nPO Drawer 1228\r\n\r\nBeaufort, SC 29901-1228\r\n\r\nFor more information, call (843) 575-5196.', 'Photos sought for 2013 Land Preservation Calendar', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'photos-sought-for-2013-land-preservation-calendar', '', '', '2012-07-19 15:46:28', '2012-07-19 19:46:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7507', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7508, 4, '2012-07-19 15:48:11', '2012-07-19 19:48:11', 'The Burton Fire District held a ceremony recently promoting seven of its members to new ranks including a new officer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7509\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/News-Burton-Fire-District_Promotions_071012.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7509\" title=\"News-Burton Fire District_Promotions_071012\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/News-Burton-Fire-District_Promotions_071012-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Engineer Justin Blankenship (left) receives his promotion to lieutenant from Burton Fire Chief Harry Rountree.[/caption]\r\n\r\nFirefighter Justin Blankenship was promoted from Engineer to Lieutenant and will now serve as an engine company officer. Lieutenant Blankenship is a ten year veteran of the Burton Fire District and has been decorated for actions on the emergency scene as well as assisting with the Blue Angle’s crash.\r\nFirefighter II Brandon Thompson, Andrew Wright, Jedidiah Huth, Chad Coates, Kahn Sejour, and Matthew Pennington were promoted to their current rank. All firefighters were required to pass both written and practical examinations that met both local and national standards’ for firefighting.\r\n“We are proud of all the newly promoted firefighters,” said Burton Fire Chief Harry Rountree. “The demands on our personnel are growing with increased emergency calls along with the dynamics of those calls which involve everything from medical situations to hazardous materials. Our promotional process is very demanding to ensure our personnel can meet those challenges for those we serve. Great job to all!”', 'Burton Fire District celebrates promotions', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'burton-fire-district-celebrates-promotions', '', '', '2012-07-19 15:48:11', '2012-07-19 19:48:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7508', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7517, 4, '2012-07-26 05:31:51', '2012-07-26 09:31:51', 'When Sherman came to live with me, he was already a very old shambling wreck of an Old Yeller dog.  Just to look at him was to know he wasn’t going to finish out the year. I set about to make his last days more comfortable. Of the many items added to Sherman’s food bowl every day — coconut oil, cinnamon, turmeric, Omega 3s, and milk thistle — there’s one I couldn’t leave out: hawthorn.\r\nHawthorn (Crataegus species), is a tonic herb that has been used for centuries to improve cardiac function and output. Hawthorn does not initiate any immediate changes in heart function, but does so very gently over time, without adding stress or interfering with other body functions. Hawthorn helps support the heart and cardiovascular system in ways that no food or drug can.\r\nHundreds of scientific studies have validated hawthorn’s usefulness as a heart tonic well known for dilating both coronary vessels and vessels of the brain and helping to increase circulation and the transport of nutrients and oxygen throughout the body.  It does this in a very clever fashion: while it acts to dilate major vessels, it also increases blood flow from the heart to compensate for any reduction of arterial blood volume. In other words, it helps the body push more blood around by increasing cardiac output and decreasing blood flow resistance in the arteries, i.e., more blood flow at less pressure. This has been shown in studies performed with dogs, especially when used in small doses over an extended period.\r\nHawthorn also serves as a blood pressure regulator. Although the mechanisms of this activity baffle herbalists and scientists alike, the herb tends to gently elevate low blood pressure, and decrease high blood pressure. A neat trick, especially when we consider the fact that hawthorn does this while increasing cardiac output. By helping with dilation of coronary arteries and strengthening heartbeat, hawthorn improves blood circulation without adversely effecting blood pressure.\r\nAnother well-documented benefit of hawthorn is its ability to steady and strengthen a weak or erratic heartbeat — such as that of elderly or energetically challenged dogs. In human applications hawthorn has been used as an alternative to anti-arrhythmia drugs like digitalis, and to improve the effects of that and other cardiac drugs. For my dog friends I recommend hawthorn in virtually any case where damage to the heart muscle has resulted from heartworm infestation, bacterial or viral infections, or protracted chemotherapy.\r\nYou may lucky enough to have a hawthorn tree near your home and luckier, too, to have a dog that likes red fruit, so you can pick the ripe berries and feed them as “tonic treats.” If you’re not sure what your red berry tree is, be sure to check it out with a gardener friend or the Clemson extension.\r\nWhen the berries become fully ripe and bright red, they can be picked, dried on a clean sheet of paper, and ground with a mortar or pestle (be forewarned that they kill small coffee grinders!) into a coarse powder. The powder can then be added to your Best Friend’s diet at a rate of one teaspoon per pound of food fed each day. You can also make a tea with about one teaspoon of dried berries and a cup of hot water and pour it over his food.\r\nWhen combined with a good natural diet and other tonic herbs, hawthorn will act exactly as an herbal heart tonic should — to fill the special cardiac needs in the golden years of an animal’s life.', '10 Healing Herbs for Hounds and Humans: #4: Lets hear it for Hawthorn', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '10-healing-herbs-for-hounds-and-humans-4-lets-hear-it-for-hawthorn', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:31:51', '2012-07-26 09:31:51', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7517', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7518, 4, '2012-07-26 05:33:25', '2012-07-26 09:33:25', 'By Flannery Woodward\r\nWhen I think of the summers of my childhood, they tend to run together into one long, hot, humid Beaufort day. They are like something out of a novel that less fortunate souls who did not grow up in Beaufort could only dream of, and that they might mistake as pure fiction.\r\nSomething about the summer of 1999 brings it forward in my memory, but not because of any specific instance, rather a general feeling of independence and maturing that I could not associate with any other summer. It was the summer before my eighth grade year, and I knew that I was going back to rule Lady’s Island Middle School. But before it could come to a close, I planned to milk every single ounce of sunlight out of every last afternoon and steal a few hours each evening, too.\r\nEach day began in a similar fashion. Rather than sleeping in, our mom had us up and going at about 8 or 9 a.m. She is a firm believer that sleeping in is a waste of a vacation. My sister, Westly, was still too young to come enjoy most of the activities that my brother, Ellison, and I had on the agenda for the day, but I would rush upstairs and scarf down a bowl of cereal with the two of them. Then Ellison and I would call the neighbors across the street, Sarah and Becca. We alternated days during the week: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we swam for several hours off of their dock, which had a small sandbar right across the way. Tuesdays and Thursdays we took kayaks and canoes out from our dock and explored new streams or creeks through the marshes. We packed lunches so that we could stay gone all morning through the early part of the afternoon, then, exhausted and sunburned from a day out on the salt marsh, we would pull ourselves back home and shower. Usually, Mom would have to come rub aloe on one of us while fussing that we needed to reapply sunscreen more often out there.\r\nAfter a quick snack, the girls would come back over to our house to play a board game on the screen porch. Some days we would go toss the cast net and pull in a few shrimp. I could usually talk Mom into letting me test my culinary skills on them, while the rest of the bunch picked out a movie for us to watch with dinner. Even my test recipes tasted great after a day in the sun!\r\nDuring the weekends, Dad let me take the boat out by myself for the first time that summer. He wouldn’t let me go too far or for too long, but with a few friends and a cooler of sodas, carrots, watermelon, and cold fried chicken or Publix subs onboard, we could drive around near the Yacht Club dock. Some girls would tan across the bow of the boat, while others laughed and took pictures. If we wanted to tube, Dad would have to come out and drive while we spotted our friends back there bouncing through the waves. Sometimes we could talk a parent into dropping us off at the Downtown Marina to get a smoothie from Common Ground or an ice cream from Plums. Those weekends we also tried to meet up at Fuji’s or The Upper Crust for dinner before walking across the street to the Lady’s Island Cinema to catch the new summer blockbusters.\r\nBut since this was also a summer of maturing and new responsibility, some nights I had to decline the invite so that I could make some babysitting money. Of course, my parents got first dibs on me as a babysitter, but there were a few other families that I helped out, too. Some of my favorite families let me bring my sister with me so that she could play with the kids. I also tried to earn a few extra dollars around the house doing odd jobs for my parents. I knew that I would have to have my own money for the movie and dinner.\r\nBy the time the summer had come to a close, my skin was bronze, my dark brown hair had blonde streaks, and my muscles were lean and toned from a summer spent on the water. I never needed to go anywhere else during the summer, never needed a wild vacation to an exotic destination. I had that in my own backyard. In fact, as a college student I often invited friends back to my hometown to enjoy the Beaufort River, Water Festival, Fripp Island excursions and many of the other pleasures of the Lowcountry. I can also say that those friends were NEVER disappointed by their trip, no matter how long or how short.\r\nBeaufort gave me many wonderful and treasured memories, but those of the summers spent with friends and family are the most beautiful.\r\n\r\n<em>This moment in Beaufort’s history is an excerpt from the book “Beaufort ... Then and Now,” an anthology of memories compiled by Holly Kearns Lambert. Copies of this book may be purchased at Beaufort Book Store. For information or to contribute your memory, contact Holly at lowcountrymemories@hotmail.com or beaufortmemories@gmail.com.</em>', 'History with Holly: Teenage summer fun in Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'history-with-holly-teenage-summer-fun-in-beaufort', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:33:25', '2012-07-26 09:33:25', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7518', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7519, 4, '2012-07-26 05:34:43', '2012-07-26 09:34:43', 'By Harlene Deane\r\nThis healthy and quick (about one hour from prep to table) chicken dish is one of my favorite “go to” recipes. Pick up the veggies at one of our local farmers markets or hit Dempsey’s Farm on your way home from the beach!\r\n\r\nGrilled Chicken and Ratatouille\r\n\r\nIngredients\r\n• 2 medium zucchini, halved lengthwise\r\n• 1 medium Japanese eggplant, halved lengthwise*\r\n• 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch-wide strips\r\n• 1 red onion, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch-wide wedges (leave root ends intact)\r\n• 2 medium tomatoes, halved crosswise\r\n• 2 tablespoons olive oil\r\n• 6 skinless boneless chicken breast halves (about 3 pounds)\r\n• 1/3 cup thinly sliced basil\r\n• 1 1/2 teaspoons red wine vinegar\r\n\r\nDirections\r\nPrepare grill (medium-high heat). Place first 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Drizzle oil over and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper; toss to coat. Grill veggies until tender and slightly charred. Transfer to cutting board. Place chicken breasts in same large bowl. Turn to coat with any remaining oil in bowl. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Grill chicken, covered, until cooked through, about 6 minutes per side. Let rest for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, coarsely chop veggies and transfer to another large bowl. Add basil and vinegar and toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Slice chicken crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices; serve with ratatouille. Serves 6. Recipe can easily be cut in\r\nhalf to serve 2-3 or use leftovers for a salad the next day.\r\n*can’t find Japanese eggplant? Leave it out!! Enjoy!', 'the home chef on ... healthy dinners', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-home-chef-on-healthy-dinners', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:34:43', '2012-07-26 09:34:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7519', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7520, 4, '2012-07-26 05:36:33', '2012-07-26 09:36:33', 'Mark your calendars now for a great shopping opportunity.\r\nThis year’s Nearly New Sale is Aug. 9, 10 and 11 at the Parish Church of St. Helena in the Parish Hall, 507 Newcastle St. in downtown Beaufort.\r\nGently used clothing for men, women and children will be available at bargain prices, along with shoes, accessories like belts and scarves, pocketbooks and designer outfits.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7521\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07.07.2012-volunteers-4.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7521\" title=\"07.07.2012 volunteers 4\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07.07.2012-volunteers-4-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" /></a> Nearly New volunteers, from left, Skyler Hughes, Nancy Byers, Chairwoman Patti O’Leary and Sophie O’Leary go through some donated items for the sale.[/caption]\r\n\r\nProceeds from the sale go to church missions, and unsold clothing is donated to community organizations.\r\n“We are doing this for the community, serving God and sharing God’s love,” said this year’s Nearly New chairman, Patti O’Leary.  She and co-chairs Roz Dixon, Joy Locke and Christine Seabrook are heading up the sale this year for the Parish Church Women of St. Helena’s.\r\nShopping hours are:\r\n• 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday,\r\nAug. 9;\r\n• 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday,\r\nAug. 10; and\r\n• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday,\r\nAug. 11.\r\nClothing, shoes and accessories can be donated through Monday, July 30. Bring your donations, clean and folded or on hangers, to the parish hall bookstore entrance and you’ll be directed where to take them.\r\nFor more information, contact Patti O’Leary at 846-6825 or poleary2621@charter.net or visit www.sthelenas1712.org.', 'Nearly New Sale at Parish Church of St. Helena', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'nearly-new-sale-at-parish-church-of-st-helena', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:36:33', '2012-07-26 09:36:33', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7520', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7801, 4, '2012-08-28 15:37:16', '2012-08-28 19:37:16', 'BEAUFORT, SC (August 28, 2012) – The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is investigating ANOTHER<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/home_invasion.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7798\" title=\"home_invasion\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/home_invasion-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> home\r\ninvasion that occurred at a Beaufort residence yesterday morning.\r\n\r\nAt approximately 11 am yesterday, Sheriff’s deputies met with a 28-year old female who advised that two\r\nunknown black males had entered her home at Independent Mobile Home Park, held her at gunpoint, and\r\nrobbed the residence of various electronics.\r\n\r\nThe victim advised she and her children (ages 5 and 7) were in the living room when they heard a noise at the\r\nback door. She then saw the two men, one armed with a handgun, come through the door. The children ran to a\r\nbedroom and the suspects grabbed the victim, forcing her back to the bedroom with them.\r\n\r\nThe suspects then forced her children into a bedroom closet, ordered her to sit on the bed and threatened to\r\nkill her if she called law enforcement. One suspect held her at gunpoint while the other rummaged through the\r\nhome. Both then fled, leaving her and the children unharmed. After hearing a vehicle leave, the victim gathered\r\nher children and fled the residence to call 911.\r\n\r\nThe suspects were described as two black males, one tall and skinny, approximately 6’00”, wearing a red shirt\r\nand blue jean shorts. The other was described as short and chubby, approximately 5’01”, bald, and wearing a\r\nwhite shirt, blue jeans, and a white hat.\r\n\r\nThe Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to contact Investigator Cpl. B. Burns at 843-255-3426 or\r\nthe Beaufort County Dispatch Center at 843-524-2777.\r\n\r\nMAKE THE CALL, STAY ANONYMOUS, EARN a REWARD: To report crime, citizens can call Crimestoppers\r\nat 1-888-CRIME-SC (274-6372) or text the word TIPSC with a message to CRIMES (274637).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Another Home Invasion in Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'another-home-invasion-on-ladys-island', '', '', '2012-08-28 18:07:14', '2012-08-28 22:07:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7801', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(7523, 4, '2012-07-26 05:39:59', '2012-07-26 09:39:59', 'By Celia Strong\r\n\r\nWell, this week’s wine has one of the very best wine stories ever. And, thank goodness, the story should help us remember the name. It will. It will.\r\nWe’re off to Italy, the west coast, midway between the top and the bottom, or to be more graphic, the front of the knee of the Italian boot. Here is where we find the region known as Latium or Lazio. Both of these names refer to the origins of Italian everything from this region. Latium is from the word “Latin,” and it is in this region that the city of Rome is located. Originally, Latium was just a small triangle of fertile, volcanic soil where a tribe of Latins lived.  The original Latium was located on the bank, east and south, of the Tiber River. As the city of Rome expanded, mostly through conquests of its neighbors, Latium became larger until it was almost twice as big. The ancient language of Latium become Latin which in turn evolved into Italian.\r\nOur wine is a white and is, legally, a blend of three grapes.  The main one, which must be at least 65% of the blend, is Trebbiano. We have looked at this variety before. It is the second most widely planted grape in the world. In Italy, Trebbiano accounts for at least part of about one third of all their white wines. The history of Trebbiano goes back to Roman times, and, even then, its high acidity made it a desirable part of their wines.\r\nThe second grape in our wine is Malvasia. This is a white variety that originated probably in Greece and thrives around the Mediterranean. There are several versions of this grape, not quite clones really, and that makes its history a bit difficult. Some say the name Malvasia is derived from Monemvasia, a Venetian fortress on the coast of Laconia, known in Italian as Malvasia. The Italians did so much trading in and out of this port that wine shops in Venice were called “malvasie.”  A competing story says the name came from the district of Malevizi, near the city of Heraklion (Hercules’ hometown?). In any case, most of the versions of this grape are related to Malvasia Bianca. Throughout Italy, Malvaisa is blended with Trebbiano to add flavor and texture to the wines.  For our wine, this week,  Malvasia is 20% of the blend.\r\nThe third variety in our wine is allowed to be no more than 20% of the blend. This is a grape that you may never hear mentioned again — Roscetto. It is an ancient variety that really is very rare.  Roscetto is a low yield grape, not very many in a bunch and not many bunches on a vine, and so unknown except in the Latium region, that it’s hard to find information on it. Reportedly, it has high sugar and high acid levels.\r\nBut, enough of the grapes. On to our wine and its story! Officially, our wine’s name is Est! Est!! Est!!! Di Montefiascone. The shortened version is just Est! Est!! Est!!!  (Easy to say but a real pain to type!)  Montefiascone is a sub-region centered around the commune of the same name in the province of Viterbo in Latium. There are about 1,000 acres of vines that are used to make this wine. Italian DOC wine status was given to this wine in 1966, and it is this DOC law that dictates the blend. (Not all DOC Est! Est!! Est!! wines include Roscetto in their blend, but ours does.) The finished wine must have a minimum alcohol level of 11%.\r\nThe story, finally, behind the name of Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone has been around for centuries. Unfortunately, it has been changed and adjusted and modified many times, and I suppose at this point we have to assume it’s not all true. The basic story goes that a Catholic bishop was traveling to Rome.  Some versions say it was a German bishop going to see the Pope, some say it was a Flemish bishop going for the coronation of Henry V as Holy Roman Emperor. But, as he travelled, the bishop sent a servant on the road ahead of him to check out the wines at roadside inns he was going to pass. If the wine was good enough, the servant was told to write “Est” (Latin for “It is.”) on the inn’s wall, door or fence. That way the Bishop, who liked his wine, would know where he could have a pleasant dinner each night. Legend has it that the servant thought the wine in Montefiascone was so good that he wrote Est! Est!! Est!! on the door of the inn there. One version of the story even has the bishop not traveling any further than Montefiascone, never completing his trip because he liked the local wine so much and spent the rest of his life in that town.\r\nAs much fun as the name of this wine is, it has always been hard to find. A thousand acres is not that much land to make all that much wine. But, lucky us, one is available for us this summer. It’s made by Falesco, a winery founded in 1979 by two brothers, Riccardo and Renzo Cotarella. Their goal was to focus on and promote the uniqueness and tradition of native varieties and their versatility with international varieties.  Located near Orvieto in the region off Umbria, they’re just across the border from Latium. They do, though, maintain a cellar in Latium for the production of their Est! Est!! Est!!!\r\nThis wine is straw colored with fresh acidity and good structure. Its nose has hints of flowers and fruits, all light and subtle and delicate. It is a great summer wine for easy sipping and light meals. My personal suspicion is that the bishop must have been traveling in hot weather, or at least his servant was hot on the day he got to Montefiascone.  And that is my donation to the Est! Est!! Est!!! story. This wine is truly lovely in warm weather!  Really, it is! And what fun to sip some and think up your own pieces and parts to the legend.  Enjoy.', 'Est! Est!! Est!!! (It is! Really! Really!! Really!!!)', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'est-est-est-it-is-really-really-really', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:39:59', '2012-07-26 09:39:59', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7523', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7524, 4, '2012-07-26 05:42:36', '2012-07-26 09:42:36', '[caption id=\"attachment_7525\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DAR-7-12.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7525\" title=\"DAR 7-12\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DAR-7-12-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Pictured from left is Charlene Shufelt (Regent), Nancy Crowther (Past Regent), Anne Heyward (descendant of Thomas Heyward, Jr.), and Linda Kay MacDonald.[/caption]\r\n\r\nMembers of the Thomas Heyward, Jr.  Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution attended the 26th annual pilgrimage to Thomas Heyward, Jr.’s grave Saturday, June 30. The program was sponsored by Sons of the American Revolution Chapters of Beaufort (Governor Paul Hamilton Chapter) and Jasper Counties (Dr. George Mosse Chapter, Host Chapter). This yearly tribute celebrates the contributions made to the founding of our country by this signer of the Declaration of Independence — a patriot, statesman, soldier and jurist.', 'Pilgrimage to honor Thomas Heyward Jr.', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'pilgrimage-to-honor-thomas-heyward-jr', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:42:36', '2012-07-26 09:42:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7524', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7526, 4, '2012-07-26 05:43:58', '2012-07-26 09:43:58', '[caption id=\"attachment_7527\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Lifestyle-2012-Colonial-Dames-XVII-Century-New-Member-Cilla-Dukes.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7527\" title=\"Lifestyle-2012 Colonial Dames XVII Century New Member Cilla Dukes\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Lifestyle-2012-Colonial-Dames-XVII-Century-New-Member-Cilla-Dukes-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" /></a> On June 25, the Dr. Henry Woodward Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century welcomed Priscilla Dukes as a new member. An Executive Board meeting was held at the Cat Island Grill where Dukes was presented her new member pin and certificate. The next regular meeting of the chapter will be held in October and hosted by Doadie Evans. Anyone interested in learning more about the national organization and local chapter should contact Anita Henson at 843-524-1256. Pictured above, from left, is Priscilla Dukes, Registrar Betty Waskiewicz, and President Anita Henson. Photo by Hedy Williams.[/caption]', 'Dames welcome Dukes', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'dames-welcome-dukes', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:43:58', '2012-07-26 09:43:58', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7526', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7528, 4, '2012-07-26 05:44:46', '2012-07-26 09:44:46', 'The Beaufort County School District is teaming up with Hargray and other corporate sponsors to hold a pair of “Back-to-School Expos” designed to give students and their families a day of fun, food, door prizes and valuable information about the upcoming school year.\r\nThe annual expos are scheduled for the next two Saturdays — at Whale Branch Early College High School on July 28 and at Bluffton High School on August 4. Both events will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and free transportation will be provided from several centralized locations.\r\nStudents and their families are encouraged to attend the events, which will feature:\r\n• Forums for teens that focus on this year’s anti-bullying theme:  “Respect and Responsibility — Building a Safe and Caring Community.”\r\n• Booths operated by district schools that can supply information about school activities.\r\n• Door prizes that will include iPads and Kindle Fires donated by Hargray.\r\n• Free school supplies for students, courtesy of Walmart.\r\n• Free blood pressure and blood glucose screenings provided by Doctor’s Express.\r\n• Ronald McDonald Mobile Care will provide information on dental hygiene.\r\n• Performances by WTOC-TV celebrity “Magic Marc.”\r\n• Special sessions designed to energize and inspire students and families as they begin the new school year. These sessions will be conducted by Leading to Change, a Charlotte professional development and training company with corporate clients across the Southeast.\r\n“Students and their families will find a wealth of useful information at this year’s expos,” said Superintendent Valerie Truesdale. “Our corporate, civic and faith-based partners have contributed their time and resources, and they have really worked with the district to help make sure that the events are a big success.”\r\n“This is Hargray’s third year partnering with the Beaufort County School District on the Back-to-School Expo,” said Eddie Andrews, Director of Marketing for Hargray. “Having the opportunity to show our support to students and families from throughout the community makes this a truly rewarding experience for us each year.”\r\nFor families needing transportation to the July 28 expo at Whale Branch Early College High School, school buses will make pickups at St. Helena Elementary School (8 a.m.), Lady’s Island Intermediate and Middle School (8:20 a.m.) and Beaufort Elementary School (8:40 a.m.).\r\nFor more information on the two expos, contact Lakinsha Petty (322-5451) at the Beaufort County School District.', 'Back-to-School Expos hope to attract families', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'back-to-school-expos-hope-to-attract-families', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:03:57', '2018-07-12 15:03:57', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7528', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7529, 4, '2012-07-26 05:45:41', '2012-07-26 09:45:41', 'By Cherimie Crane Weatherford\r\n\r\nWeek after week my eyes stare at a blank canvas with certain defeat. I organize closets, polish silverware, scrub door knobs and practice perfecting my less-than-stellar plank pose with the humble hopes of catching the fleeting thought or idea that will engage, inspire and perhaps entertain.\r\nThis week I have been given the gift of life meaning that I have lived some of the most human, most ordinarily outstanding, most awkwardly awful, and miraculously mundane moments one can experience, leaving me with a wealth of words worthy of writing. I attended Beaufort Water Festival.\r\nThe challenge presented in this gift of ordinary proportions is the simple quandary of what to write and what to preserve for future ration. Certainly there will be weeks where monotony prevails, leaving me lost with blank screen scrutiny and simply nothing to note. Quite possibly the past week was a luxury of lunacy that should be respected and reserved. Then again, Water Festival does come around each year, bringing with it a windstorm of wonder and endless material primed for printed banter.\r\nImpossible to choose just one occurrence, one topic, or one moment to share, I shall briefly list the three most colorful — carefully changing the names to protect the not so innocent, the incredibly inappropriate, and the beautifully Beaufort moments that only those with the salt-stained address can understand.\r\n1. My Most Unusual Day as Queen: Spending the majority of my life envying the fabulously female type all the while playing in the mud and trading tiaras for tool boxes, being named Queen of anything was quite shocking. It seems as though the title brings with it no obligation, no explanation and to my genuine mounting despair, no free fried chicken. However, with my rivaled royalty I did gain substantial awkward encounters and a free lifetime supply of jokes. No doubt there is honor being bowed down to in the frozen foods section of Publix. Having strangers salute you while searching for toilet paper is obviously a thing of beauty. I am River Queen and I shall embrace it; however, I may need to find a new venue for shopping.\r\n2. There Is No Comfortable Sandbar Greeting: Working in real estate and specifically the construction and development arena, my days are spent mostly in the company of men. Most of the time, I am for all practical purposes, one of the guys. They know me as the clumsy but capable girl in boots and our relationship, although odd, works for the most part in peaceful unison. Then, I see them on the sandbar. There is just no appropriate greeting for coworkers wearing bikinis or even worse, a Speedo. The handshake seems a bit formal and the jovial hug is just too much darn information. Professionalism has no power against the slippery sun-screened, wind-blown Bud light beholder. Bikinis do not come with pockets, nor do they come with co-worker cover ups in case of emergency. It just doesn’t matter who you are, once you are standing half dressed with your coworker, life changes.\r\n3. The “It Wasn’t Me, But I Need You to Come Get Me Real Quick” call from a friend while being escorted by the dedicated men and women of DNR. Just when you think it is safe to bid the dramatic day farewell, melt comfortably into your bed with hopes of peaceful slumber, the familiar ringtone pierces the silence like a machete. Ignoring the urgent call isn’t a possibility. It is a duty, an obligation, an unspoken agreement among friends — if you are conscious and you receive the Come Get Me Call, it is time to act. The captured party awaits your arrival and your arrival proves to be a welcomed sign to both captive and capturer. This topic alone can fill pages on end.\r\nAs much as I would enjoy elaborating on each event, there simply isn’t enough room. Possibly there will be a book one day that will give credit to the momentous moments, the awfully awkward and the incredibly odd days that are abundant and readily available to all in our small tenacious town. Until then, the Queen shall take her sunscreen streaked skin, her gallon of necessary water and her memories of yet another Beaufort South Carolina Water Festival to bed. Sweet dreams and silent cell phones, even if for just one night.', 'The Queen, the Greeting and the call from DNR', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-queen-the-greeting-and-the-call-from-dnr', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:45:41', '2012-07-26 09:45:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7529', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7530, 4, '2012-07-26 05:46:30', '2012-07-26 09:46:30', 'By Jack Sparacino\r\nWell, there’s nothing like a summer break to get your perspective back and reach a few more conclusions about the vital issues in life.  Here are a few that dawned on me recently.\r\n1. Sure, it gets cold down here sometimes but obviously it’s more likely to be quite warm or at least comfortable. When I see older people walking around wearing a nice looking coat when it’s 80 degrees, I can only conclude they’re not just trying to be fashionable.  Maybe for every year past 60 the air feels a half a degree or so cooler than it really is.\r\n2. We may be overlooking the inherent beauty of harp music as the music and advertising people keep us focused on rock and roll. Harpo Marx (1888-1964) was well known for his expert, even concert level performances.  In Marx Brothers movies, of course, they were a signature part of his act.  Even in an otherwise fairly forgettable film they made late in their careers in 1946, “Night in Casablanca,” Harpo played a lovely solo toward the end of the film that still endears him to us some 65 years later.\r\n3. Apparently almost anything can be used as a weapon. This is made abundantly clear in Lee Child’s amazing Jack Reacher mystery series as Reacher manages to pound the bad guys to a pulp using everything from his fists to pool cues. In one book, he manages to overcome 6 to 1 odds in a bar by hurling bar stools at the evil doers.\r\n4. Bagels may be just about the most perfect anytime food.  They’re just plain good to great 24 hours a day.  With eggs in the morning, made into a sandwich for lunch or dinner, maybe a late night snack.  Seems like you can put almost anything on them and they practically smile back at you.\r\n5. Is somebody getting to the bottom of all those bogus warning lights in cars?  You know, like the “check engine” light which seems to often signify nothing.  And what about my car’s persistent warning that I’ve lost a headlight when there’s not a thing wrong with them?  Maybe there should just be a little “F.A.” (False Alarm) light that goes on to let you know for sure that there’s nothing going on.\r\n6. Speaking of cars, lots of people love the smell of a new car, maybe mostly because they like the idea of having a new car and anything associated with it just takes on the positive aura.  This may account for my having developed a liking for the smell of new sneakers right out of the box.  Or a new bike.  Maybe it’s a transportation thing.\r\n7. I’m almost ready to start believing in voodoo. How else to explain why so many of us walk confidently to a room for something but by the time we get there we can’t remember what it was.  Then as soon as you leave to go back to where you came from, that escaped thought comes right back at you.  Out of nowhere, it seems, since there’s seldom someone right there giving you hints.  Or how about when you start to blow your lawn or driveway and right away the wind changes direction and blows everything right back at you? What’s that all about?\r\n8. A bow tie is one of those garments that is so geeky looking it’s almost cool, at least on men. On women, they can look great, even without a sequined top hat.\r\n9. Calling something “Mickey Mouse” to signify that it’s trivial or worthless does a great disservice to all the great things Walt’s little mouse has accomplished over the past 75 years and his happy personality.  I say we turn “Mickey Mouse” into a compliment at our earliest convenience.\r\n10. Among a dog’s many talents is the apparent ability to tell when people are sick. A growing body of credible research seems to demonstrate that dogs can sniff out various cancers and even Type 1 diabetes.  Their amazing sense of smell and the ability to detect odors in the low parts-per-billion range once again point to dogs’ incredible ability to enrich people’s lives.\r\nOK, that’s my list, time to go back outside. Could look for a good used harp or a bagel.  Do I need a coat?  Maybe just a fright wig and a horn.', '80 degrees and you’re wearing a coat?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '80-degrees-and-youre-wearing-a-coat', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:46:30', '2012-07-26 09:46:30', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7530', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7531, 4, '2012-07-26 05:49:27', '2012-07-26 09:49:27', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\nMidwestern born Matthew Pieper moved to San Francisco when he was 6 years old when his dad got a job working for the Grateful Dead. (And yes, Matthew was lucky enough to attend more than 250 Dead concerts for free while growing up).\r\nIn San Francisco, from an early age he also got to experience a world of different cuisines, from Indian to Chinese to Italian and more. Amazingly, his first job in the hospitality industry came his way when he was just 10 years old.\r\nSays Matthew, “I used to help the valets open the passenger doors at a restaurant in San Francisco named Basta Pasta. I had this little white sports coat I used to wear. I would open the ladies’ doors for them and, delighted, they would tip me.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7532\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Profile-Mathew-Pieper.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7532\" title=\"Profile-Mathew Pieper\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Profile-Mathew-Pieper-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> Matthew Pieper knows good wine and the importance of smart, friendly service.[/caption]\r\n\r\nI thought it was the coolest thing ever. My mom would freak out when I would come home at 10 years old with a $100 bucks in my pocket for helping out for three hours.”\r\nAfter high school and jobs here and there, in the spring of 2002, Matthew decided to visit his sister Jennifer who had moved to the little town of Beaufort, South Carolina.\r\n“I instantly fell in love with this charming coastal town and knew I was going to stick around here for quite some time,” he said.\r\nHe got his first job downtown at Ollie’s restaurant. After that, he got a job as Bar Manager at The Beaufort Inn.\r\nSays Matthew, “The Beaufort Inn is where I found my passion for the hospitality business and a love for fine food and wine. Not only did The Beaufort Inn spark something inside of me, but it is where I met my best friend and now wife, Anya Chase (who was the Front Desk Manager)”.\r\nMatthew and Anya found they both shared a great love of food, wine and people.\r\nIn 2005, they decided to take a trip across America in an R.V. to explore the different food cultures and people and get hospitality jobs along the way. Their travels took them through 37 states and 12 national parks.\r\nWorking in Napa Valley, California, and Boulder, Colorado, were two particularly formative experiences for them.\r\nMatthew said, “In Napa I worked at Auberge du Soleil then for Philippe Jeanty working at two of his restaurants — PJ’s Steakhouse and Bistro Jeanty. Anya worked at Dean &amp; Deluca in the Cheese and Charcuterie Department. I also worked part time at Hurley’s Restaurant for Bob Hurley. In Boulder, Colorado, I worked at Q’s Restaurant in the Historic Boulderado Hotel, and Anya was the front desk manager of the St. Julien Hotel.”\r\nThey learned a lot on their journey about the different regions of our country and how the differing local food and wine can be a particular reflection of that area.\r\nIn 2009 they decided to move back to Beaufort to be closer to Anya’s parents, Gerry and Suzan Chase, whom Matthew describes as “the most amazing in-laws a man could ever have.”\r\nAnya began working as the manager of the Rhett House Inn and Matthew became a popular waiter at the new Breakwater Restaurant.  After that he became manager of the restaurant at the Tooting Egret Bistro.\r\nHe will now be the new bar manager for the soon to open Old Bull Tavern at 205 West Street, in the old Breakwater space between Emily’s and Plums. Chef John Marshall from Charleston is the owner of the new gastropub.\r\nSays Matthew, “I am really excited about this new adventure. I love being behind the bar and the energy that encompasses it. It is a controlled chaos that the faint of heart need not apply. Multitasking while still holding a conversation are some of the challenges. But watching smiling faces enjoying great food, wine and cocktails make it totally worth while. The relationships you form with patrons and getting to know so many different people make it one of the most amazing jobs. Beaufort is definitely in for a treat.”\r\nMatthew and Anya live on Battery Creek and enjoy cooking at home with friends and family, kayaking the scenic waterways around Beaufort and just hanging out on the dock enjoying the majestic sunsets that Beaufort has to offer.\r\nSays Matthew about his chosen career, “What I love about the hospitality industry is creating those magical moments. Whether it is a special occasion or just a night on the town, it is about connecting with your patrons and making each and every person feel special and their leaving feeling that way. It is about creating memories that people can share for a lifetime.”\r\nYou can visit Matthew at the bar of The Old Bull Tavern when it opens in mid-August, Tuesday through Saturday.', 'Raising the bar: Matthew Pieper  brings a new level of hospitality to Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'raising-the-bar-matthew-pieper-brings-a-new-level-of-hospitality-to-beaufort', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:49:27', '2012-07-26 09:49:27', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7531', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7533, 4, '2012-07-26 05:50:28', '2012-07-26 09:50:28', 'By Terry Sweeney\r\nWell, Water Fest is over and out and so this week Beaufort slept peacefully by night and quietly tip-toed about its business by day. The tsunami of beer and wine and vodka and bourbon that washed over our little island left surprisingly little damage in its wake.  At least no one I know was detained by local authorities and asked to model an unflattering orange jumpsuit that — let’s face it — clashes horribly with eyes that are bloodshot red.\r\nThe visiting boats that filled our river have magically melted away into the mist and floated off to other liquid celebrations in other coastal towns; leaving folks with a handful of trinkets and souvenir T-shirts but more importantly with a boatload of memories. Unless, of course, they can’t remember a thing!\r\nLike the introspective week that follows New Years Eve, we locals usually take stock of ourselves and often brim over with resolutions about next year’s Water Festival. Here are a few that I overheard while walking around town in the sober light of day following last week’s festival.\r\n1. “Next year I’m keeping my top on!” (This woman had white hair and granny glasses — I’m not kidding!)\r\n2. “I’m not giving him a ride home from Water Fest ever again! I don’t mind hosing throw-up off a boat, but in my glove compartment? Really?! I mean now if I get pulled over, how am I supposed to hand a cop a registration and insurance card that both reek of beer?!”\r\n3. “Next year, I’m leaving town before Water Festival even starts. At least that’s what Judge Tupper told me I’m doing.”\r\n4. ”How did my wife end up with a sunburn there of all places?!  No sandbar with the girls for her next year! “\r\n5. ”Next year, I’m not gonna mix my booze. Just alcohol, no food. It’s eaten’ that makes you sick!”\r\n6. “I’m not ‘Magic Mike’ dancing on the sandbar next year! I came to with only two lousy dollars stuffed down my shorts. I must suck!”\r\n7. “I lost my house keys, my phone, my sandals and a cooler full of beer. Next year I’m just gonna have to keep an eye on my cooler. That’s all there is to it!”', 'Wining down', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'wining-down', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:50:28', '2012-07-26 09:50:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7533', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7534, 4, '2012-07-26 05:55:27', '2012-07-26 09:55:27', 'By Pamela Brownstein\r\nOn a steamy summer evening, the Lunch Bunch waited with other happy and hungry Beaufortonians on a line that wrapped around Bay Street for a chance to sample the always awesome Frogmore Stew served last Thursday at Water Festival’s Lowcountry Supper.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7535\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC_0745.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7535\" title=\"DSC_0745\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC_0745-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> A plate of Frogmore Stew.[/caption]\r\n\r\nMembers of the Rotary Club and other volunteers had prepared approximately 1,400 pounds of local shrimp, 1,100 pounds of sausage, 3,500 ears of corn on the cob and 350 gallons of iced tea. There was also plenty of cole slaw, rolls with butter and refreshing slices of watermelon. We all agreed that the food was excellent, maybe even better than last year.\r\nIt’s also a family friendly event, so it was great time to introduce 6-month-old Wolfe to his first taste of Water Festival. Crowds gathered and ate in Waterfront Park and enjoyed live music from the Broke Locals and Too Much Sylvia. We were also treated to a performance by The Whistlers — past commodores donning fun costumes and dancing on stage.\r\nSo much hard work and preparation goes into making and serving this meal, we appreciate the efforts of all those involved for a yummy success.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC_0737.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7536\" title=\"DSC_0737\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC_0737-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC_0721.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7537\" title=\"DSC_0721\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC_0721-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7538\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC_0732.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7538\" title=\"DSC_0732\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC_0732-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> Members of the Rotary Club and other volunteers serve shrimp, sausage, cole slaw, corn on the cob and rolls with butter at Water Festival’s Lowcountry Supper. Photos by Daniel Brownstein.[/caption]', 'The Lunch Bunch joins thousands in Waterfront Park for a taste of Lowcountry Supper', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-lunch-bunch-joins-thousands-in-waterfront-park-for-a-taste-of-lowcountry-supper', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:55:27', '2012-07-26 09:55:27', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7534', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7539, 4, '2012-07-26 05:56:42', '2012-07-26 09:56:42', 'By Dennis Tavernetti\r\n“Small, Beautiful Moving Parts” from The Indie Series presented by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center For the Arts on Monday, July 30, at 2 p.m.\r\nSynopsis: When technophile Sarah Sparks becomes pregnant, despite her boyfriend’s pure enthusiasm, her uncertainties about motherhood trigger an impulsive road trip to the source of her anxiety: her long-estranged mother living remotely, far away and off line. A committed tech-geek, she begins to fear that she is more interested in ultrasound technology than her baby. Is this normal? Where are her more normal emotional feelings and interests? Did technology chew them up? Is she better off without them?\r\nRatings &amp; Reviews: Internet rating sites, IMDb: 4.0; Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 50/Audience: 33. Not average marks, but it was a winner of one film festival top award. Critics: New York Daily News: “ ‘Small, Beautifully Moving Parts’ is a tiny, sweet gem.” Film Journal International: “Highly agreeable, funny and bright study of a pregnant woman all at sea in a world where wireless options seem to outweigh human ones in her life.”\r\nPreviewer Comments: As you can see from the ratings, this film is not going to appeal to everyone, but it does have merit as it questions today’s society reliance on technology, rather than actual face to face human interaction, unencumbered by techie stuff. I say hurray for the end of the iPhone searching while having dinner out with friends! The best thing about this film is that it raises the issue that today’s techie generation has a difficult time communicating one on one, and need to start talking and feeling emotionally face to face, without the interference of overly available technology interfaces that they can hide behind. Most times it is better to relate without devices.\r\nRated: Not rated, but likely can be considered to be PG 13.\r\nTickets for adults are $7, seniors $6, students $5. Call USCB Center for the Arts box office at 843-521-4145 or purchase day of performance. Box office opens one hour prior to show time.\r\nDennis Tavernetti is a resident of St. Helena Island and retired to the Lowcountry having a lifelong interest in the arts. He encouraged USCB’s Center for the Arts to investigate the possibility of utilizing new technology to bring  Indie, World and Documentary HD films to Beaufort, which are normally only screened in major metropolitan cities.', 'The Indie Film Corner: \"Small, Beautiful Moving Parts\"', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-indie-film-corner-small-beautiful-moving-parts', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:56:42', '2012-07-26 09:56:42', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7539', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7540, 4, '2012-07-26 05:58:10', '2012-07-26 09:58:10', 'Lowcountry Chorale looking for director\r\nThe Lowcountry Chorale is a non-profit, mixed-voice chorus that has provided a singular, popular brand of music to the greater Beaufort community for the past 15 years.  Its twice-a-year concerts held at St. John’s Lutheran Church have drawn increasingly enthusiastic audiences.\r\nThe chorale’s long-time music director recently announced that he will soon leave the area.  The chorale is urgently seeking an interim director as it heads into rehearsals for its upcoming fall/holiday performances. Experience in leading a choral group is preferred. For more information or expressions of interest in the position, please contact 812-8644.\r\n\r\nAuditions being held for ‘Honky Tonk Angels’\r\nUSCB Center for the Arts and the Beaufort Theatre Company are seeking three female actors for the cast of “Honky Tonk Angels” (Dreamgirls? Dixie Chicks? or a little bit Nunsense?)\r\nThis rollicking country/pop  musical comedy follows the hilarious escapades of a female singing group in Honky Tonk Heaven. Songs include “9-5,” “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “Stand by Your Man,” “Harper Valley PTA” and “I Will Always Love You.”\r\nThe audition will be held on Tuesday, July 31 at 6 p.m., at the University of South Carolina Beaufort Center for the Arts.\r\nRoles available are: Angela, a Texas housewife in her mid thirties. She has a great sense of humor and a fiercely independent streak. She identifies with Roseanne,  “an earth-mother comedienne.”  Darlene is a young woman from the deep South in her late twenties, early thirties. She is pretty, sweet and simple, a young woman who grew up in a coal-mining town in West Virginia and the Mississippi Delta.  Sue Ellen, a Los Angeles career woman in her mid to late thirties.  She is “citified” country girl,  smart, very attractive, sexy and frustrated. She dances, roller skates, and twirls a baton if possible. The performance is scheduled for October 20 – 28.\r\nThose auditioning should arrive promptly to fill out forms and provide a non-refundable photograph. The rest of the audition will consist of performing two prepared songs (bring your own back-up CD or sheet music in the key you wish to sing) and readings from the script. For more information, call the USCB CFA office 843-521-4145.\r\n\r\nFilm festival supports Muslim women’s voices\r\nAs part of the upcoming “One County Reads One Country” project, the Beaufort County Library will host a short film festival titled “Women’s Voices From the Muslim World” at the USCB Center for the Arts on Sunday, August 12 at 2 p.m. Immediately following will be a panel discussion led by university scholars.\r\nThe films are part of an ambitious filmmaking project undertaken by the nonprofit organization, Women’s Voices Now (www.womensvoicesnow.org),  to record the personal stories about women living in Muslim countries — their lives, hopes, struggles, and solutions. The organization is led by a team of professionals experienced in the fields of film, human rights, law, corporate management and the Near East.\r\nThis event is made possible through the receipt of a federal Library Services and Technology Act grant administered through the South Carolina State Library.\r\nProgram is free. For a full listing of One County Reads One Country events, go to www.beaufortcountylibrary.org/ocroc and click on directory of events.\r\n\r\nPhotography Club of Beaufort has meeting\r\nThe Photography Club of Beaufort will have Bluffton photographer Marge Agin as its guest speaker for its August meeting. Marge’s program is “Out Of The Box In Photoshop.”  She will show how to enhance average or even exceptional photos using Photoshop techniques. Marge will begin with a slide show that compares before and after images using the computer and Photoshop and talk about the equipment she uses and her workflow patterns.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7541\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Arts-Photo-club.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7541\" title=\"Arts-Photo club\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Arts-Photo-club-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Bluffton photographer Marge Agin.[/caption]\r\n\r\nMarge Agin’s work is an art form that encompasses the use of digital camera equipment and computer capabilities. Her finished work combines talent, imagination and unique techniques that she will share with the audience.\r\nHer professional career began in Southern California where she worked as an event photographer, photographic illustrator and portrait photographer, specializing in outdoor photography.\r\nToday, Marge works exclusively in fine arts photography and her travels have taken her around the world.  Presently residing in Palmetto Bluff, her images revolve around the scenery of the Lowcountry.\r\nMarge is the author of the new book “Bluffton, Changing Tides” which will be offered for sale prior and after the meeting. This book is both historical and eccentric, “full of character and characters”, admits Marge. In it she captures the essence of life along the May River and the magic of what makes Bluffton a special place to live and visit. She also has published a book on Palmetto Bluff.\r\nThe meeting is August 13 at 7 p.m. in ARTworks in the Jean Ribaut Square on Boundary Street in Beaufort.  The pubic is invited to attend. For more information, visit www.photoclubbeaufort.com.', 'Arts happenings', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'arts-happenings', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:58:10', '2012-07-26 09:58:10', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7540', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7542, 4, '2012-07-26 05:59:35', '2012-07-26 09:59:35', 'The featured artist from August 5 through September 15 at the Beaufort Art Association is Carol Newsome. Carol first started painting in watercolor and that is her first love, but she has branched out to oil and acrylic. Some of each medium will be seen at her show.\r\nCarol’s inspiration to paint comes from the beautiful surroundings of the Lowcountry.\r\n“I can step outside and see live oaks with Spanish moss hanging from the branches, Palmetto trees, Dogwoods, marshes and rivers, not to mention the short drive to Hunting Island Beach or the Waterfront Park downtown. The Southern Magnolia is one of my favorite flowers to paint.”\r\nSince she started painting 15 years ago, she always looks at nature and objects as a painting or determines how she can create a painting out of what she sees.\r\nCarol takes her own photos of nature and sometimes combines parts of photos to make a painting. She also pays close attention to light and shadows and this attention to detail is portrayed in her work.\r\nCarol grew up in a small town in Eastern Kentucky. After graduating from Wayland High School, she married and started a family. After having her first child, she moved to Charleston, and then her family grew to six. She lived in Charleston for 11 years. Her husband’s job then brought the family to Beaufort and Carol has lived here since 1975.\r\nCarol got a job at Lipsitz department store in downtown Beaufort and worked there for seven years before getting a job at Belk as supervisor in the men’s department where she worked for 17 years. When she retired she was free to paint. She spends lots of time in her art studio. She loves teaching her grandchildren to paint and draw.\r\nCarol has taken many workshops during the past 15 years and has had many well-known instructors including Steve Quiller, Linda Baker and Betty Carr. She has learned different techniques from each of her instructors.\r\nCarol also gets inspirations and motivations from her family and a group of her artist friends who meet once a week and paint together.\r\nCarol is an award-winning artist and her work can be seen around town at the University of South Carolina Beaufort, Atmosphere, Beaufort Art Association Satellite Galleries, Beaufort OB-GYN and the Lowcountry Medical Group.', 'Lowcountry Inspirations', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lowcountry-inspirations', '', '', '2012-07-26 05:59:35', '2012-07-26 09:59:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7542', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7544, 4, '2012-07-26 06:00:55', '2012-07-26 10:00:55', 'By Will McCullough\r\nI only buy cheap sunglasses. I mean really cheap. We’re talking single digits. The reason I only purchase the most inexpensive shades possible is because I have a track record, which spans decades, of quickly breaking them. As a matter of fact, when I broke my last pair a few months ago, I swore I wouldn’t buy any more unless I could find a seemingly unbreakable pair for under $20.\r\nThe reason I share the above information with you is because, about three weeks ago, Deena and I were walking along the shores of the Beaufort sandbar together, and she found a pair of beat up old sunglasses buried in the surf. Broken and covered in scratches, they looked like they’d been bouncing along the bottom of the river for months. With the exception of our boat, the sandbar was completely empty and, had it not been for the friends we had with us, the sunglasses in question would have quickly found their way into our trash.\r\n“Those are Costa Del Mar sunglasses!” our friend exclaimed. For the record, this meant nothing to me. The only time I honestly get excited about fashion is when Marvel Comics releases a new superhero T-shirt. However, the catch here was that, while I’d personally never heard of “Costa Del Whatever,” my friend had. And, not only had he heard of these fancy high dollar shades, he knew that they came with a lifetime warranty for replacement against breakage. In a nutshell, he had detailed knowledge, based on personal interest and experience, about a topic that just might prove valuable to me.\r\nIn the world of real estate, we agents often find ourselves in a comparable situation. We’ll work with a buyer who has finally found the property of their dreams, made an offer, received a contract and then asked us the inevitable questions. What closing attorney should I use? What lender should I use?  What inspectors should I use?\r\nUnfortunately, despite the fact that we local agents work with a wide range of supporting entities and definitely have personal opinions on who is best equipped to help you, the truth of the matter is that recommending a specific lender, attorney or inspector would be a violation of our ethics standards. We simply are not permitted to recommend, or attempt to sway you, in the direction of any secondary provider of real estate related services. In short, even though I know for a fact that the real estate lender, attorney or inspector equivalent of “Costa Del Mar” rocks, I can’t recommend them to you above the real estate equivalent of “Sunglasses-R-Us.”\r\nWhat I can do, however, is give you a list of the general criteria I find important in selecting supporting entities for my own personal real estate transactions.\r\nWithin arms reach: For my personal transactions, I prefer to utilize an entity where I have a specific individual, with whom I have established a trusted personal relationship, as my point of contact. In short, I want to be able to walk into their office and speak to them face to face when I have a question or problem related to their facet of a transaction. While email may be a convenient form of communication, so is a “choke-slam.” I recommend keeping your ability and options to directly communicate open.\r\nExperienced: I’m not just talking about overall years of experience as in the case of an entity that serves at a national level; I’m talking about someone who has served successfully in the hyper-local market as well.  Do they know the Beaufort market like the back of their hand as it relates to their aspect of real estate transactions? Are they respected in the community? Do they have past local clients who would recommend them? Don’t be afraid to ask.\r\nReachable: This one is easy. Your transaction is important to you. It should be equally important to those who guide you through a closing. If your initial calls or emails are not returned in a timely manner, you may want to shop around.  The last few years have been tough on agents, lenders, attorneys and inspectors alike.  Don’t settle for someone who does not display their appreciation for your business via timely responses.\r\nFrankness: Despite misguided popular opinion otherwise, the customer is not always right. Sometimes they’re dead wrong and I personally want to utilize an attorney, lender or inspector who can, in a tactful manner, explain to me that my preconceptions are incorrect or unrealistic when that’s the case. A good supporting entity exists to serve your best interests in a transaction, even in the rare cases when their opinion of “your best interests” is hard to hear.\r\nIn closing, while your agent will likely give you a list of several lenders, attorneys and inspectors to choose from, it’s your responsibility to find the entity that fits your scenario the best.\r\nAnd speaking of “fit,” as it turns out, Costa Del Mar sunglasses not only fit well, but coincidentally, only cost about $19 shipping and handling to be replaced/repaired by the factory!\r\n\r\n<em>Will and Deena McCullough of Lowcountry Real Estate can be reached directly at 843-441-8286 or via email at RealEstate@BeaufortSC.net.</em>', 'Attorneys, lenders and cool shades', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'attorneys-lenders-and-cool-shades', '', '', '2012-07-26 06:00:55', '2012-07-26 10:00:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7544', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(7545, 4, '2012-07-26 06:01:43', '2012-07-26 10:01:43', 'By Mark Siegel, MD, FAAO\r\nAs an ophthalmologist, I literally treat thousands of patients with glaucoma. Over the years, I’ve been asked by numerous patients if smoking marijuana can treat their glaucoma. After all, medical marijuana has been promoted as a treatment for many diseases. But does it really work?\r\nTo answer that question, first you need a little background. Glaucoma is an eye condition in which the optic nerve becomes damaged over time, reducing peripheral vision. It sometimes leads to blindness. One cause of optic nerve damage in glaucoma is higher-than-normal pressure within the eye (intraocular pressure or “IOP”).\r\nCurrently, the only way to control glaucoma and prevent vision loss is to lower your IOP levels. Your ophthalmologist can treat glaucoma with medication, such as prescription eye drops, laser or surgery, depending on the type of glaucoma and how severe it is.\r\nThe idea that marijuana can be helpful in treating glaucoma dates to the 1970s. Studies conducted then showed that smoking marijuana lowered the IOP of people with glaucoma. As a result of this research, additional studies were conducted examining whether marijuana or its active ingredient, a compound known as THC, could be used to keep IOP lowered. This research was supported by the National Eye Institute, a division of the federal National Institutes of Health.\r\nThe research found that when marijuana is smoked or when a form of its active ingredient is taken as a pill or by injection, it does lower IOP. However, it only lowers IOP for a short period of time — about three or four hours.\r\nThis short period of time is a major drawback for the use of marijuana as a glaucoma treatment. Because glaucoma needs to be treated 24 hours a day, you would need to smoke marijuana six to eight times a day around the clock to receive the benefit of a consistently lowered IOP. Because of marijuana’s mood-altering effect, smoking so much of it daily would leave you too impaired to drive, operate equipment or function at the peak of your mental ability.\r\nThe effect that marijuana has on your ability to function is not the only side effect from the drug, however. Marijuana cigarettes contain hundreds of compounds that damage the lungs. Research has shown that regular and frequent use of marijuana, particularly in high doses, can cause problems with short-term memory and concentration.\r\nAs scientists learn more about glaucoma, they have also come to understand that IOP is not the only factor that damages the optic nerve. Recent studies characterize glaucoma as a neurologic disease similar to Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s. And, there is increasing evidence that reduced flow of blood to the optic nerve may also cause damage in patients with glaucoma. Unfortunately, marijuana not only lowers IOP, but it lowers blood pressure throughout the body. As a result, it has the potential to lower the blood flow to the optic nerve, effectively canceling out the benefit of a lowered IOP.\r\nScientists are still exploring whether the active ingredients in marijuana may yet offer a glaucoma treatment. However, such developments require much more research and are many years from becoming a reality.\r\nSo, while marijuana can temporarily lower your IOP, it’s not recommended for treating glaucoma. Prescription medication and surgical treatments have been tested and proven as effective treatments for the condition. Speak with your ophthalmologist to find the option that is best for you', 'Marijuana and glaucoma: Separating fact and fiction', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'marijuana-and-glaucoma-separating-fact-and-fiction', '', '', '2012-07-26 06:01:43', '2012-07-26 10:01:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7545', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7546, 4, '2012-07-26 06:03:09', '2012-07-26 10:03:09', 'By Martha O’Regan\r\nHave you truly wrapped your brain around the fact that we are electromagnetic beings? We are both electric (energy) and magnetic, yet we are humans, not robots or computers.  Our left brain wants to know what it sees and see what it knows so we want to see ourselves as physical structures, we want to keep it simple because it’s what we know.  While keeping it simple, let’s have a little fun with the electric aspect.\r\nThink of yourself as a rechargeable battery that, provided you got a good nights’ sleep, is fully charged to begin each day.  You have wires that come off of you that are either sending or receiving energy, depending on what you are plugged into.\r\nThink about the people in your life who are “sucking the life out of you” as well as the ones who are “charging you up.” Tune into how you regularly react — is frustration often draining you dry or do you get a boost from finding the good in most situations? What about the fuel you put into your body? Is your body using too much energy to digest large lunches or process multiple cups of coffee or are you nourishing it with healthy choices that are actually replenishing your resources?\r\nWho are you choosing to listen to on a regular basis? Are they feeding your soul or just filling your head with nonsensical data? What about your thoughts — are they full of self-doubt, judgment or worry? Or, are they thoughts of joy and gratitude for even the little things in life?\r\nSo, what circuits are you choosing?  Are any in “overload” or just plain “blown”? Do you hear yourself say, “I am so tired,” “I am totally drained” or “I just don’t have any energy”? If so, tune into what you are plugged into and decide to unplug from the non-essential circuits. Instead of allowing someone or something to pull energy from you, just visualize yourself pulling the plug and thinking, “Nope, I’m not going to plug into that today.” Then, stay grounded (pun intended) — don’t plug it back in.  Instead, take a breath and think about plugging into something that cranks up your spirit.\r\nAs electromagnetic beings, we are designed to recharge from the earth’s electromagnetic fields.  Science now tells us that due to advancements of shoes, roads, cars, floors and second story bedrooms, we are not as “plugged in” to the earth as the countless generations before us.  We aren’t receiving the earth’s energy as those who walked the planet in bare feet or slept on the ground for thousands of years. Additionally, we as a society have been made to fear the sun and dirt, taking us further away from natural resources that our body thrives on.\r\nWe are now being encouraged to “earth,” to take our shoes off and walk in the grass, dirt, sand or surf for 15-30 minutes a day to recharge our battery.  Who would have thought the word earth would become a verb? Through personal experience, I will say that it works. If you hear yourself say, “I am so tired” and it’s only 2 in the afternoon, take your shoes off and head outside.  Walk or stand for as long your break will allow you — try for at least 10 minutes, then resume your day.  You may just be surprised. I know I was.\r\nWe’ll cover the “magnetic you” in the next article. Until then, stay charged! Live Well ... Have Fun!\r\n\r\n<em>Therapeutic Solutions Offering a unique approach to your active health care needs using a variety of healing modalities, nutritional and wellness coaching to empower you to a new state of health and well-being. 73 Sams Point Road, 524-2554.</em>', 'What are you plugged in to?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-are-you-plugged-in-to', '', '', '2012-07-26 06:03:09', '2012-07-26 10:03:09', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7546', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7547, 4, '2012-07-26 06:03:55', '2012-07-26 10:03:55', 'By State Farm agents\r\nSome motorists don’t respect bikers. Some bikers don’t think the laws apply to them. But the truth is, both parties share the responsibility for reducing the risk of collision and injury on the road. These simple actions can help keep everyone safe.\r\n\r\nSafety Steps for Drivers\r\n• If possible, slow down when driving near cyclists and avoid honking your horn.\r\n• Keep a safe distance between your car and a cyclist when passing. Try to increase the distance when you’re traveling at faster speeds.\r\n• After passing a cyclist, make sure you can see him/her in your rearview mirror before you return to the right lane.\r\n• When you’re parked on the street, check for cyclists before you open your car door.\r\n• Yield to bikes as you would other vehicles.\r\n• Scan bike lanes before making right turns.\r\n• Avoid distractions (such as cell phones) that could keep you from noticing a cyclist.\r\n\r\nSafety Steps for Cyclists\r\n• Wear a helmet.\r\n• Obey all traffic laws, signs and signals.\r\n• Ride with traffic in the farthest-right lane.\r\n• Travel single-file when biking with others.\r\n• Make eye contact with drivers so you both know you’ve seen one another.\r\n• Use hand signals to notify drivers of your intention to stop or turn.\r\n• Think visibility! Wear brightly colored clothing and outfit your bike with the proper lights and reflectors.\r\n• When possible, travel three feet away from parked vehicles.\r\n• Practice extra caution around large trucks and buses, and be sure to avoid their blind spots. If you can’t see their mirrors, they can’t see you.\r\nDriving and riding defensively is one of the most important steps drivers and cyclists can take to help ensure one another’s safety. Whether you’re navigating a bike or a car, always pay attention and be ready to deal with hazards.\r\nLearn more about sharing the road from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the League of American Bicyclists.', 'Can cars and bikes safely coexist?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'can-cars-and-bikes-safely-coexist', '', '', '2012-07-26 06:03:55', '2012-07-26 10:03:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7547', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7548, 4, '2012-07-26 06:04:56', '2012-07-26 10:04:56', 'Traffic Enforcement Team to hold safety checkpoint on Friday, July 27\r\nMembers of the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Enforcement Team will be conducting a traffic safety checkpoint on Friday, July 27, from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m.\r\nCheckpoint will be held at the following location:\r\n• SC 170 at US 278 (westbound lanes only)\r\nThis Public Safety Checkpoint will be conducted to enforce ALL South Carolina State Laws, with emphasis on violations related to driver’s licenses, vehicle registrations and insurance. Drivers passing through the checkpoint will be asked to produce their driver’s license, registration and proof of insurance for their vehicle.', 'Traffic Enforcement Team to hold safety checkpoint', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'traffic-enforcement-team-to-hold-safety-checkpoint', '', '', '2012-07-26 06:04:56', '2012-07-26 10:04:56', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7548', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7549, 4, '2012-07-26 06:05:32', '2012-07-26 10:05:32', 'Highlighting the strategic value and cost efficiencies of Beaufort and Port Royal’s three military installations, members of Beaufort’s Military Enhancement Committee took their message to Washington, DC, last week.\r\nCommittee members were scheduled to meet with members of South Carolina’s Congressional delegation, including Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), and with Rep. Jack Kingston  (R-GA) who represents counties involved with the Marine Corps’ Townsend Bombing Range.\r\nThe Tuesday-Wednesday meetings also included a session in the Marine Corps’ Commandant’s office and with staff at the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. Both are involved in the push against sequestration.\r\n“We have a dawn to dusk schedule, we have a lot of people to meet and a lot of details to cover, but we are excited about the mission,” said Col. John Payne, chairman of the Beaufort County Military Enhancement Committee.\r\n“This is a fact-sharing trip,” Payne said. “With the issue of sequestration hanging over the Department of Defense and this nation, with tightening budgets and the likelihood of a BRAC that could close or re-align installations, we want to be sure as many people as possible in Washington understand the military value and the cost-effectiveness of our three installations.”\r\nKey points to be shared in D.C. include:\r\n• The Tri-Command at Beaufort is a national asset with military facilities capable of expansion to increase cost-efficiency, joint-basing and training opportunities, and military value;\r\n• Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort will be the Corps’ only F-35B training center, enjoys protected air space and local zoning prevents land encroachment, and provides unparalleled training with an inland bombing range, ocean TACTs range both within the local flying area;\r\n• Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island has the capacity to train more than double the number of recruits and provides multiple onsite rifle and pistol ranges, field training facilities and the Crucible training, all on an island protected from encroachment by marshes, creeks and Port Royal Sound;\r\n• Naval Hospital Beaufort provides medical and dental care to MCAS Beaufort and 17,000 annual MCRD Parris Island recruits, plus estimated 8 percent of the local population who are DoD retirees and dependents.\r\nThose training- and cost-efficiencies, and capacities to expand, are critically important because of increased federal budget pressures, including sequestration, Payne said.\r\nAs a result of the failure of the Super Committee to reach agreement on budget reduction measures, the Congress enacted a “sequestration” process to begin Jan. 1, 2013, which will cut approximately $600 billion from the Department of Defense over the next 10 years — on top of the agreed-to Defense Department reduction of about $500 billion.\r\nWorse still, the sequestration cuts are across-the-board, affecting every element of the military, said Col. Jack Snider, vice-chairman of the Military Enhancement Committee and a former F/A-18 pilot and commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.\r\nResidents can visit www.beaufortmec.com to find a complete list of S.C. Congressional emails, key points and sample letters regarding the potential defense cuts. The chamber, Beaufort County Council and others are urging grassroots opposition to sequestration.\r\nMembers of the MEC also were scheduled to meet with representatives of Lockheed-Martin, maker of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and of the Aerospace Industries Association.\r\n“Our military installations are cost-effective and don’t face encroachment or development pressures,” said Blakely Williams, president of the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce. “They provide unique and valuable training to our military. That’s the message we need to be sure our leaders in Washington and Columbia understand.\r\n“Every community with a military base receives economic benefits,” she said. “We are no different there — but we are different in that we can quantify the cost-efficiencies and training efficiencies at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and at Naval Hospital-Beaufort.\r\n“Looking at the value, the opportunities to expand and the efficiencies, it makes sense for the military to be in Beaufort,” she said.', 'Military enhancement committee takes its case to Washington, DC ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'military-enhancement-committee-takes-its-case-to-washington-dc', '', '', '2012-07-26 06:05:32', '2012-07-26 10:05:32', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7549', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7550, 4, '2012-07-26 06:06:11', '2012-07-26 10:06:11', 'The Beaufort Fund of Coastal Community Foundation now has 2012-2013 grant applications available.  The Beaufort Fund is a permanent funding resource managed by Coastal Community Foundation which benefits charitable programming in Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper counties.\r\nGrant requests of up to $15,000 each will be accepted from any nonprofit organization, as long as its work benefits citizens in the four-county area served by the fund. The application deadline is August 17.\r\nBegun in 1998 with a multi-million dollar gift by an anonymous Beaufort-area family, The Beaufort Fund has awarded more than $5 million in grants to nonprofit organizations working in the fields of education, basic human needs, conservation, health, community development and the arts.  In those 14 years of Beaufort Fund grantmaking, 635 awards have been made, impacting 161 grantee organizations. This year, the fund expects to award $500,000 to area nonprofits.\r\nDecisions about grants from the Beaufort Fund will be made by the Coastal Community Foundation with recommendations from an Advisory Committee of four-county area residents.\r\nThe deadline for applying is Friday, August 17. Computer friendly applications are available at http://www.coastalcommunityfoundation.org/pdf/beaufort_application.doc.\r\nCharitable organizations may also request a copy of the complete application guidelines by calling the Community Foundation at 843- 379-3400, or by emailing at Edna@CoastalCommunityFoundation.org.\r\nEstablished in 1974, Coastal Community Foundation is a public grant making foundation fostering philanthropy for the lasting good of the community. In its 38-year history, the foundation has awarded more than $100 million in grants.\r\nLast year, foundation funds generated nearly $10 million for charitable programming, community projects, educational initiatives and scholarships. To learn more, go to www.coastalcommunityfoundation.org.', 'The Beaufort Fund’s grant applications are available', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-beaufort-funds-grant-applications-are-available', '', '', '2012-07-26 06:06:11', '2012-07-26 10:06:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7550', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7551, 4, '2012-07-26 06:07:35', '2012-07-26 10:07:35', 'Beaufort is one of just 17 communities nationwide to earn an EPA grant that will help reduce flooding and drainage problems in the city’s historic Northwest Quadrant, Beaufort and EPA leaders announced.\r\nThe grant, valued at $50,000, will identify green infrastructure practices appropriate for the Northwest Quadrant and develop conceptual designs for priority projects to address flooding and help preserve the nearby marsh and Beaufort River ecosystems.\r\nThe Northwest Quadrant is an historic neighborhood established following the Civil War by freed slaves looking for work and stability.\r\n“Not only will this grant improve drainage conditions in the Northwest Quadrant, but the solutions are aligned with our ‘green’ approach and also will probably apply to other flood-prone areas of Beaufort,” City Manager Scott Dadson said last Thursday.\r\nWith the EPA assistance, the city will create appropriate tools for the Northwest Quadrant that functionally improve the stormwater conditions and aesthetically improve the community.\r\n\r\nIn other stormwater-related news, the Beaufort City Council unanimously voted to raise the stormwater utility fee from $65 to $105 per year for taxpayers.', 'Beaufort receives stormwater grant', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-receives-stormwater-grant', '', '', '2012-07-26 06:07:35', '2012-07-26 10:07:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7551', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7552, 4, '2012-07-26 06:09:01', '2012-07-26 10:09:01', 'Five computers and large desk monitors seized by the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office will help young men learn and study for the GED at AMIkids Beaufort.\r\n“This is a wonderful gift by our partner, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office,” said former AMIkids Beaufort Chairman Mike Ingram. “Putting this technology in front of our young men is one more way that we can help get them back on the\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7553\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/News-Sheriff-donates-computers-to-AMIkids-Beaufort.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7553\" title=\"News-Sheriff donates computers to AMIkids Beaufort\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/News-Sheriff-donates-computers-to-AMIkids-Beaufort-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> From left: James Rivers, executive director AMIkids Beaufort; Billy Crumpton, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office; Jim Walton, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office; and Mike Ingram, past chair, AMIkids Beaufort.[/caption]\r\n\r\nright path to a brighter future.”\r\nAMIkids is part of a national program that helps troubled youth through a variety of programs, including alternative education. The locally-managed program recently started a welding program for its students in partnership with TCL, enabling young men who had non-violent run-ins with the law to leave with a GED and welding certifications.\r\nCrews delivered the equipment Friday and students will be using the new computers this week, said James Rivers, executive director at AMIkids Beaufort, formerly known as Beaufort Marine Institute.\r\nThe five desktop computers were seized in September during a raid at HEST Sweepstakes in Bluffton. After their hard drives were wiped clean and new operating systems were installed, the sheriff’s office delivered the computers Friday to the AMIkids facility in Dale.', 'Seized computers find new home to help teens at AMIkids', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'seized-computers-find-new-home-to-help-teens-at-amikids', '', '', '2012-07-26 06:09:01', '2012-07-26 10:09:01', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7552', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7554, 4, '2012-07-26 06:11:27', '2012-07-26 10:11:27', 'In the case of virtual summer school, each Boys &amp; Girls Club in Beaufort County — Beaufort, Bluffton, Hilton Head Island and Sheldon — offers Compass Learning thanks to a partnership with the Beaufort County School District.\r\n“This partnership with the school district has helped even the academic playing field for our club members, for different parts of the county and for clubs that have fewer resources,”  Chris Protz, executive director for the Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry, said.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7555\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/BGCLC.XzavierBryan.VirtualSummerSchool.Sheldon.072012.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7555\" title=\"BGCLC.XzavierBryan.VirtualSummerSchool.Sheldon.072012\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/BGCLC.XzavierBryan.VirtualSummerSchool.Sheldon.072012-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> Xzavier Bryan, 12, works on the computer at the Sheldon Boys &amp; Girls Club. For Xzavier, 50 hours of class work are just another part of his summer.[/caption]\r\n\r\nClub members at the Boys &amp; Girls Club of Sheldon are in a one-room building that is owned by Beaufort County. Protz said the partnership with the school district included loaning 14 computers to the Sheldon club. Without the use of these computers, Protz said, the Sheldon club would not have the resources to offer the program.\r\n\r\nXzavier Bryan, 12, of Sheldon, wants to be an architect when he grows up but for now, his “x” and “y” intercepts with math slopes are causing him difficulty.\r\nAt the Sheldon Club, each student practices their assignments for 1.5 hours a day.  For Xzavier, these 50 hours of class work are just another part of his summer.\r\n“It’s nice because I won’t lose all the memory as I go into the next school year,” Bryan said. “It’s like a class, just another learning experience.  I don’t see this as a chore, just another summer activity.”\r\nDebry Thompson, unit director at the Boys &amp; Girls Club of Sheldon, said, “A lot of the members here are being raised by their grandparents or parents who aren’t educated. This virtual learning program helps our students and our region keep pace with others.”\r\n“We are thankful for this partnership for several reasons,” Protz said. “The most important one is our county’s students are getting the boost they need so they can move forward academically, in their own confidence and in their lives.”\r\nIn addition to the school district loaning 14 computers to the Boys &amp; Girls Club of Sheldon, it also loaned 20 computers to the Boys &amp; Girls Club of Beaufort. The district also provides part-time staff members to each club location to help administer and evaluate the program.\r\nCompass Learning:  The Basic\r\nEach student in the Compass Learning program has a username and password.  Once logged into the program, each student has a lesson plan tailored for his or her skills in math and language arts.  The program offers lessons, exercises and tests for each module. Once a student passes each lesson, he or she can advance to the next lesson.  The program includes earphones so the students can hear a virtual teacher instructing the lessons.\r\nFor more information regarding the program, please contact Cory Tressler, Director of Virtual Learning for the Beaufort County School District.', 'Virtual Summer School', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'virtual-summer-school', '', '', '2012-07-26 06:11:27', '2012-07-26 10:11:27', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7554', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7556, 4, '2012-07-26 06:13:24', '2012-07-26 10:13:24', 'After five years as superintendent of the Beaufort County School District, Valerie Truesdale has announced that she plans to retire from her position.  She has accepted an offer from the 140,000-student Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system to oversee its technology programs.\r\nAfter announcing her retirement from Beaufort County last week, Truesdale interviewed for the North Carolina position on Monday. Her appointment was announced Tuesday night after the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted its approval, and she will begin work in October.\r\nHer new job will place her closer to her family, a major reason she cited last week for her retirement.  Two of her three children, and two of her grandchildren, live in the Charlotte area and will be attending public schools there.\r\n“I am immensely proud of our schools’ progress in Beaufort County,” she said.  “We have excellent teachers, staff and school and district leaders with the skills and commitment needed to ensure that every learner reads on grade level, meets state standards and is well prepared for college, career or the military.”\r\nShe also said that recently approved changes in South Carolina’s state’s retirement system would make it financially advantageous for her to retire.\r\nThe Beaufort County Board of Education has not yet met to discuss plans to replace Truesdale.\r\nTruesdale marks her 30th year as an educator, including serving as a high school teacher, an assistant principal, a high school principal, a senior executive at the South Carolina Department of Education, a district chief instructional officer and as district superintendent in Oconee and Beaufort counties.  She was named South Carolina’s Superintendent of the Year in 2009 and the American Association of School Administrators’ first Women in School Leadership award recipient in 2010.  Earlier this summer, she received the William B. Harley Lifetime Achievement Award from the South Carolina Association of School Administrators.\r\nDr. Truesdale was selected as Beaufort County’s district superintendent in 2007, and although student poverty rates increased and budgets have been reduced during the past five years, student achievement has improved on numerous state and federal measures.', 'Superintendent Truesdale to retire from Beaufort, will assume leadership role at school system in North Carolina', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'superintendent-truesdale-to-retire-from-beaufort-will-assume-leadership-role-at-school-system-in-north-carolina', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:03:57', '2018-07-12 15:03:57', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7556', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7557, 4, '2012-07-26 06:23:29', '2012-07-26 10:23:29', '[caption id=\"attachment_7558\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Cover1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7558\" title=\"WF-Cover1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Cover1-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" /></a> Courtney McDermitt makes sure the girls keep up as they walk in the annual Water Festival parade. Photo by Bob Sofaly[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7559\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Cover2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7559\" title=\"Bed Race, 8\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Cover2-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" /></a> The Beaufort/Jasper Comp. Health team races down Bay Street to the finish line Friday afternoon during the annual Beaufort Water Festival Bed Race.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7560\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Cover3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7560\" title=\"WF-Cover3\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Cover3-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" /></a> Mayor Billy Keyserling waves to the crowd as he and Beaufort City Council make their way down Bay Street during the annual Water Festival parade.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7561\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Bed-Race1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7561\" title=\"Bed Raced 7\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Bed-Race1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Marines from VMFA-122 take their bed to a winning time of 1:08.1 to be named the Water Festival Bed Race champions.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Air-Show1.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7562\" title=\"WF-Air Show1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Air-Show1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Air-Show4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7563\" title=\"WF-Air Show4\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Air-Show4-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Parade-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7564\" title=\"WF Parade, 1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Parade-1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Parade-7.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7565\" title=\"WF Parade, 7\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Parade-7-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Parade-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7566\" title=\"WF Parade, 3\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Parade-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Parde-5.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7567\" title=\"WF Parde, 5\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WF-Parde-5-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC6402.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7568\" title=\"Beauty queens of all ages participated in Saturday\'s Water Festival parade.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC6402-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" /></a>', 'Water Festival: Looking back on a final fun weekend', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'water-festival-looking-back-on-a-final-fun-weekend', '', '', '2012-07-26 06:23:29', '2012-07-26 10:23:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7557', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7569, 4, '2012-07-26 06:27:35', '2012-07-26 10:27:35', 'After leading the parade of vessels for the Blessing of the Fleet at last Sunday’s Water Festival finale, DragonBoat Beaufort’s Braveheart got some good news. Mayor Billy Keyserling came over to the Expo booth to announce that DBB was\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7570\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7570\" title=\"-3\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> The Commodore, on board with the Pirettes, prepares to drop the remembrance bouquet into the Beaufort River.[/caption]\r\n\r\nthe winner of the Judge’s Choice Award and that the group would be receiving a donation of $100 from Water Festival. What a great accomplishment.\r\nDragonBoat Beaufort would like to thank: Everyone on the team, including the paddlers; John, who steered the boat beautifully through her paces; coaches Greg and Kyle; the Tent Team; Ro and Ray for the last minute scramble to get your tent; to Bonnie B. who engages strangers as if they were lifelong friends; to Erica for preparing taste treats with her wonderful Dragon Breath Chow Chow; to Lee and Jesse for being there the whole day and helping us sell our wares; to Monica for her constant help and recruitment efforts; and to Richard Darby, Bernie Moscovitz and Clare Taylor for capturing it all on camera.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7571\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/4.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7571\" title=\"-4\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> The remembrance bouquet drifts past Beaufort’s new dragonboat, Braveheart, the lead boat in the Blessing of the Fleet parade.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7572\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7572\" title=\"-5\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/5-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" /></a> The DragonBoat Beaufort Tent Team on hearing their boat won the Judge’s Award for Best Boat in the Water Festival’s Blessing of the Fleet. From left: Erica Dickerson, Monica Codman-Nicholls, Clare Taylor, Mayor Billy Keyserling, Bonnie Breitenbecher and Lee Burkett.[/caption]', 'Sunday Blessing of the Fleet', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sunday-blessing-of-the-fleet', '', '', '2012-07-26 06:27:35', '2012-07-26 10:27:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7569', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7573, 4, '2012-07-26 06:47:29', '2012-07-26 10:47:29', 'By Lanier Laney\r\nGood spirits were all around as three generations of friends and their families, plus many former esteemed commodores, joined Erin Dean, Jim Grimsley, and Ned Tupper for their fun annual Water Festival Parade Party at their office on the corner of Bay and Carteret streets last weekend. It’s neat how an event like Water Festival has turned into the “yearly reunion time” for so many local families. There was much oohing and aahing at all the new babies, and a great time was had by all!  Here are some photos for you. Recognize anybody?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7574\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0111.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7574\" title=\"IMG_0111\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0111-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> The law office of Tupper, Grimsley and Dean on the corner of Bay and Carteret streets.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_01131.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7577\" title=\"IMG_0113\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_01131-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0117.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7578\" title=\"IMG_0117\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0117-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_01121.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7579\" title=\"IMG_0112\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_01121-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0107.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7580\" title=\"IMG_0107\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0107-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0132.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7581\" title=\"IMG_0132\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0132-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_01281.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7584\" title=\"IMG_0128\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_01281-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0134.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7582\" title=\"IMG_0134\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0134-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a 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(7595, 4, '2012-08-02 05:05:37', '2012-08-02 09:05:37', 'Parkinson’s Support Group meets monthly\r\nHow can you help someone with Parkinson’s disease who has fallen? If you would like to find out, Occupational Therapist Candace Grose of Sea Island Rehabilitation will answer that question and more at the Parkinson’s Support Group of the Lowcountry’s next meeting on Thursday, Aug. 2, at 1:30 p.m. The support group meetings are held at Helena House on Paris Avenue in Port Royal on the first Thursday of every month. They are free and open to the public. For more information or to arrange transportation, contact Rose Ewing or Eric Fennell at Helena House at 843- 982-0233 or email rewing@alcco.com.\r\n\r\nChamber of Commerce holds upcoming events\r\n• Thursday, August 2, at 8:30 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Beaufort a discussion will focus on tools and resources for small businesses to promote growth and sustainability. This is a first step in supporting a “No more local business closing” trend. Come meet fellow small business owners at this free event. The kick off 30 minuted presentation will be “PIE: The Sweet Side of Business.” Presenter Sylvia C. Williams is the President of Align Education Consultants, LLC, a locally based workforce management training provider. As an educator and FastTrac facilitator, she helps individuals and businesses get on the fast track to meeting their professional and organizational goals\r\n• Business After Hours welcoming new members will be Thursday, Aug. 9, at 5:30 p.m. at The Arsenal. For more information, contact Renee Faucher 525-8537 or renee@beaufortsc.org.\r\n\r\nBlack Chamber of Commerce hosts event\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce will have its First Friday Networking Event hosted by Betty Strickland of Barefoot Farms on August 3 at Barefoot Farms located at 939 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island, from 6 to 8 p.m.  All members and the public are invited. Cost $5 members and $10 non-members.  Details, call 986-1102.\r\n\r\nLunch and Learn series free in Port Royal\r\nThe Lunch and Learn series is held at Port Royal Farmers Market, Heritage Park, Port Royal. The Saturday, open-air classes at the gazebo are free, just bring a folding chair. The classes begin at 11:30 a.m. and are presented by the Lowcountry Master Gardeners Association. Here’s a full schedule:\r\nAugust 4: Night Blooming Flowers.  Ever wonder why some flowers bloom only at night?  Master Gardener Sandra Educate will showcase flowers that really shine — at night.\r\n\r\nFree SC safety course held for young hunters\r\nAttention all South Carolina hunter wannabees: A free SC DNR-approved, instructor-led, one-day Hunter Safety Education course and test is mandatory for all SC residents and nonresidents born after June 30, 1979, to obtain a state hunting license. Presented by Parris Island Rod &amp; Gun Club on Saturday, August 4, at Moose Lodge #1855, 350 Broad River Boulevard, Beaufort. There’s a 7 a.m. start, food and drink will be provided. Pass the course and walk out with a temporary hunter education card. Reserve your seat now: Call Danny Vinson, 843-812-1984 or Jim VanDam, 843-252-2846. Young hunters ages 11 and up are invited — a great father-daughter/son activity. The SC DNR Hunter Education Program is dedicated to safe enjoyment of our outdoors. Students learn about responsibility and ethics in the field, wildlife conservation and firearms safety. Visit http://www.dnr.sc.gov/education/hunted.html for more information.\r\n\r\nSign up today for High Power Soccer camp\r\nShell Point Baptist Church High Power Soccer camp will be held Sunday, August 5 until Thursday, August 9, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The cost is $6. For more information, please cal 843-247-2823. The church is located at 871 Parris Island Gateway, Beaufort.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Soil &amp; Water board to have meeting\r\nBeaufort Soil &amp; Water Conservation District Board meeting will be held August 9 at 5 p.m. at 817 Paris Avenue, Port Royal. Agenda includes routine staff and partnership reports for the month of July 2012 and planning for Local Work Group meeting to prioritize resource concerns within the watershed that will prioritize USDA/NRCS cost share applications. For more information, call 522-8100.\r\n\r\nCity offers Affordable Housing workshop\r\nAn Affordable Housing Program Workshop will be held Wednesday, August 15, at 10 a.m. at the City of Beaufort City Hall, 1911 Boundary Street, in the 2nd Floor Council Chambers. The workshop is free, but please register by emailing shirley@lowcountryhousingtrust.org. Learn how to apply for $7,500 in subsidy for First-time Homebuyers, $7,500 in subsidy for Community Stability Homebuyers, $15,000 in subsidy for Purchase of Bank Owned Property, $15,000 in subsidy for Energy Efficiency &amp; Weatherization, $15,000 in subsidy for Accessibility Rehabilitation, Special Financing and $4,000 in Down Payment Assistance.\r\n\r\nSt. Peter holds session for ‘Returning Catholics’\r\n“Everything you ever wanted to ask about returning to the Catholic Church, but were afraid to ask”: For those thinking about returning to the practice of their faith, as well as for those newly returned, St. Peter Catholic Church will have a Question/Answer session on Saturday, August 18, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, in the Adult Education Room of the Parish.  This can be a great opportunity for persons to ask those questions. St.  Peter Church further offers to returning Catholics a series of weekly presentations, before Christmas and Easter.  These sessions also include time for questions and discussions that will be helpful.  For more information, contact deborahm@catholic.org.\r\n\r\nAugust events held at the Lobeco library\r\n• Anyone interested in learning how to plant a fall garden is invited to join us on Tuesday, August 21, at 4:30 p.m. Clemson Horticultural Agent Laura Lee Rose will be here to tell you when and how to get started to extend your harvest until it’s time to plant next spring.\r\n• Children ages 4-11 are invited on Tuesday, August 28, at 4:30 p.m. to listen to Arab Folktales. Part one of the “One County Reads One Country” program, this unique storytime experience will give children a chance to learn more about another culture.\r\nThe Lobeco Branch of the Beaufort County Public Library is located at 1862 Trask Parkway, Lobeco. For more information, call 843-255-6479.\r\n\r\nARTworks auditions\r\nfor ‘The Misanthrope’\r\nAuditions are August 22 and 23rd at 7 .p.m. for “The Misanthrope” by Moliere, a comedy of manners in verse, in an original translation by Daniel H. Daniels at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center. The production is this November, roles are for high school ages and up. ARTworks is the community arts center in Beaufort, at 2127 Boundary Street. Call 379-2787 or visit www.artworksinbeaufort.org.\r\n\r\nSunset and Tapas event raises money for Habitat\r\nSunset and Tapas will be held to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity on August 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Beaufort Yacht Club. Entertainment will be provided by Amanda Brewer. Tickets are $35 and include hors d’oeuvres, a wine/beer ticket, entertainment and a beautiful sunset. A silent auction includes a week at the Inn at Aspen, 65’ yacht voyage to Hilton Head and dinner at the SC Yacht Club, rounds of golf at Chechessee and Spring Island Clubs, unique hand-crafted items from the Lowcountry, and more.  Tickets can be purchased by contacting Habitat at 522-3500 or Ryan@LowcountryHabitat.org. The home is being sponsored by Cat Island and Royal Pines neighborhoods.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Women’s Center offers support\r\nIf you are a post-abortion woman struggling through the pain of issues relating to an abortion experience, there is healing and hope. The Beaufort Women’s Center is offering abortion recovery assistance through “Healing Hearts,” a 10-week support group that will meet at the Center on Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 9 p.m. beginning September 6. All inquiries are confidential. Seating is limited so call 843-525-0300 today and let the healing begin. Ask for Susanne or Donna for more details.\r\n\r\nWanted: Used Medical equipment donations\r\nThe Lending Room is a local community service organization offering used medical rehabilitation equipment to those in need. They accept donations of equipment and are currently in need of wheelchairs, transport chairs, bedside commodes, shower chairs, shower benches, walkers, canes and quad canes to support this essential community service. Please contact The Lending Room at 524-2554 or drop equipment off at Therapeutic Solutions, 73 Sams Point Road, Lady’s Island.\r\n\r\nAugust events planned at Beaufort library\r\n• Lecture: “Grandmas and Mummies: Age and Aging in Clyde Edgerton’s fiction,” presented by visiting professor Dr. Jan Gretlund: Tuesday, August 7, at 4 p.m. Visiting lecturer Jan Nordby Gretlund will discuss aging in the Carolinas as evidenced in Clyde Edgerton’s 11 novels. The lecture will include information gleaned from interviews Gretlund conducted with author Clyde Edgerton. Nordby Gretlund is Chair of the Center for American Studies, University of Southern Denmark.\r\n• Second Saturday Movie Matinee:\r\nSaturday, August 13, at 2 p.m. there will be a free showing of “The Lorax” (PG). Popcorn and soda are provided.\r\n• Investment Fraud for Seniors luncheon seminar: Wednesday, August 22, at 11 a.m. The SC Attorney General’s office will present an information session to teach senior citizens how to identify the tips and tactics fraudsters use in financial scams. Lunch is provided at no charge. Registration is required. To register, contact the Beaufort Branch Library at 843-255-6458 or via email at refdesk@bcgov.net.\r\nFor questions, please contact Amanda Brewer at 255-6439 or by email at abrewer@bcgov.net.', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-51', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:05:37', '2012-08-02 09:05:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7595', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7596, 4, '2012-08-02 05:07:01', '2012-08-02 09:07:01', 'By Tracie Korol\r\n\r\nA massage therapist friend of mine has a houseful of Irish wolfhounds. She decorates her office with photos of her canine family. While on her table one day I noticed photo of one of her dogs, a full-body profile, covered in socks head to tail.  Socks? The story: after a run in the fields, Seamus came inside and flumped down on the pile of dirty laundry.  Later, when he sauntered into the living room, covered in socks, my friend realized that underneath the socks, he was also completely covered in burrs. Combing out burrs is usually a dog lover’s introduction to burdock. (Burdock was the inspiration for Velcro fasteners!)\r\nBut beyond being a grooming aggravation, as an herbal remedy, burdock (known also as gobo root or Arctium lappa) has been used for centuries to treat a host of ailments. It is in the daisy family of biennial thistles. This means it blooms and flowers every two years. It grows by ditches and watersides and by the highways almost everywhere.\r\nMedicinally, burdock root is thought of as a ‘liver herb’ used as a tonic for its immune-strengthening capabilities. It has been used for centuries as a diuretic and to clear the blood of toxins by stimulating perspiration. When applied topically, it is used to relieve certain skin conditions, such as psoriasis, acne and eczema. Burdock is also being used to lower blood sugar, to treat digestive troubles, minor skin infections, colds, sore throat, flu, HIV and rheumatoid arthritis and to stimulate bile production. Historically, burdock has also been used to treat cancer. In 2006, researchers at the Institute Natural Medicine at Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University in Japan noted that arctigenin, found in burdock, inhibited cancer cell viability.\r\nBoth, the fresh, grated root or the mashed fresh leaves can be applied as a poultice to wounds, bruises and badly healing sores. Simultaneously, a tea or decoction of the root can be used internally to facilitate inner cleansing and support liver and kidneys. Burdock root and nettle root extract are said to be helpful to prevent loss of hair.\r\nAs a staple in Japanese and macrobiotic diets, burdock is eaten as vegetable — it tastes somewhat like a parsnip, can be prepared as any tuber, and dogs usually enjoy the slightly sweet flavor. If I don’t feel like harvesting my own, I can occasionally find fresh burdock at upscale heath/grocery stores and frozen, at Asian markets. It’s low in calories and rich in trace minerals including potassium, phosphorous, chromium, cobalt, iron, magnesium, silicon, zinc, thiamine and sodium. It’s a very healthy food. Burdock also contains inulin, the latest health food craze. Currently, inulin is promoted primarily as a pre-biotic and as a fiber supplement. Prebiotics are defined as: non-digestible food ingredients that beneficially affect the host by selectively stimulating the growth and/or activity of one or a limited number of bacteria in the colon, and thus improve host — you, your dog — health.\r\nBurdock help to “coordinate” the metabolism so that everything is working “in sync”. The result is a generalized improvement in the body’s metabolic functions, which in turn increases the efficiency by which nutrients are absorbed and energy is used. This increased efficiency allows us, and our Best Friends, to more fully experience the vibrancy of well-being.\r\nA caution: If you are allergic to plants in the daisy family, like ragweed and chrysanthemums, you may also have an allergy to burdock.', '10 Healing Herbs for Hounds and Humans: #5: Burdock, more than the burrs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '10-healing-herbs-for-hounds-and-humans-5-burdock-more-than-the-burrs', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:07:01', '2012-08-02 09:07:01', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7596', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7597, 4, '2012-08-02 05:15:12', '2012-08-02 09:15:12', 'By Celia Strong\r\nFinally, finally, finally.  As many times as any one of us has needed a wine for a dessert course, now is the first time in years that we have one for all desserts. I know that’s a big claim to make but it’s true.  And imagine this — it isn’t expensive, it’s in a really pretty bottle, and some of us may even like it for other than dessert. Sounds pretty close to perfect to me.  So, lucky us, here we go to learn about our newly discovered wine.\r\nIt’s Italian this week. (I know, again.  But let’s face it, wines that work in Italy work pretty well here too. Hot weather, lots of seafood, enthusiastic wine drinkers.   Makes sense to me.) So, we’re back to Emilia-Romagna. You might remember the Lambrusco red wine from several months ago? Same region, same winery actually, but new grape variety, different style and color.  And this time our wine is from a small part of the region, Modena. Modena is the name of a city and of a province. The city is located on the south side of the Po Valley. Centuries ago, when it was just a town, it was the seat of an archbishop. Now, it is best known as “the capital of engines,” automobile to be precise, because the factories of Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and Maserati were at some point all in this city. <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cavicchioli-malvasia-sweet_bt.png\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7598\" title=\"cavicchioli-malvasia-sweet_bt\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cavicchioli-malvasia-sweet_bt-106x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"300\" /></a>Today, all their headquarters except Lamborghini are in Modena, and Lamborghini’s is still close by. Ferrari at one point made a “360 Modena” model and one of their special colors was “Modena yellow.”\r\nIn addition, Modena’s claims to fame include the University of Modena, which was founded in 1175, one of the first in Italy, and today has strong economic, medicine and law programs. The Baroque Ducal Palace, which was started in 1634, is now a military academy, museum and library  For us foodies, Modena is the home of Balsamic vinegar. (Don’t forget, too, the region is Emilia-Romagna, source for Romano cheese.) And let’s not miss all the salamis, hams and meats from a very diversified Modena cuisine. One well known salami, Cotechino, dates back to about 1511 when part of Modena was under siege and its residents learned to use and preserve less than best cuts of meat.  Tortellini, a little square pasta, stuffed with meat or cheese, and folded over on itself also comes from Modena.  Famous people from Modena include Mary of Modena, the Queen consort of England and Scotland and operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti.\r\nNow that we’re all good and hungry, and well versed on Modena, let’s look, quickly, at our grape.  Malvasia. This variety is thought to have ancient origins, And, if you remember, just last week it was the second grape in our Est! Est!! Est!!! wine. It came from around the Mediterranean and spread to most of Italy, usually as a blending grape. It is mostly a white variety, although there are small bits of a red version still. It makes still wines, sweet and dry and fortified wines. Its biggest claims to fame include Vin Santo, an Italian dessert wine enjoyed for biscotti dipping, and Malmsey Madeira.  (Madeira is one of the Mediterranean islands the grape came from originally.) Usually, the grape grows best in dry climates on slopes that encourage good soil drainage. The vines can produce very high yields so judicious pruning is important for better grapes and wines. The white Malvasia grapes, which is what we’re doing this week, have deep color and good aromatics.\r\nSo, on to our winery. Cavicchioli. The Cavicchioli family has been growing grapes in the San Prospero province of Modena for over a century. In 1928, Umberto Cavicchioli started bottling wines under his own name. Today, his two grandsons, brothers Sandro and Claudio, still work in the family business — Sandro works in the commercial operations and Claudia is the winemaker. The family is one of the largest landowners in the Modena DO with almost 200 acres. By owning this much land, the Cavicchiolis can concentrate on and control the way the grapes they use are grown — specific pruning systems, low yields, degree of ripeness at harvest — all planned to make high quality wines. They are best known for their wonderful Lambruscos, sweet, dry, sparkling, frizzante, red and white. (You may remember our past visit to Cavicchioli Lambrusco, a semi-sweet frizzante red wine that went so well will spicy foods?)\r\nThe Modena region is the center of Lambrusco production, but we’re moving on a step for this week’s wine. Otherwise, why all the news about Malvasia grapes, right?  Cavicchili 1928 Sparkling White is made from 100% Malvasia grapes grown on the Emilian hills. The “1928” part of the name commemorates the first year that the family name was used on its wine labels.\r\nThis wine is light straw colored with a consistent creamy froth (the foam at the top of the glass when the wine is poured) and small bubbles. It is aromatic and perfumy, like Malvasia wines should be with apricot and peach flavors. And, yes, it is a sweeter style sparkling wine.  But, let’s not get all worked up about the sweet thing. As I started out, this wine is finally the answer for anyone who needs a good, not expensive, dessert style wine. The rule is, when matching a dessert course with a wine, that the wine has to always be sweeter than the dessert.  But, there is also the added problem of a specific dessert with a specific wine. It’s just as complicated as any other course, and, yet, we’ve usually had to settle for some third, fourth or fifth choice.  Or go without. No fun when you’re planning a good dinner. Cavicchioli 1928 Sparkling White is our answer. It’s sweet enough for any dessert but not so sweet that we can’t enjoy a second glass at the end of the evening.  The bubbles keep it refreshing beyond words. Even with just some fresh fruit, this wine can be perfect.  And fun!  And the bottle is beautiful.\r\nSo, even if you’re not having that dinner party tonight, keep this wine’s name handy. It will be the perfect answer for all of us one day, and, finally, finally, finally, we have our perfect, perfect, perfect dessert wine. And it’s just $9.99. Sounds perfect to me!  Enjoy.', 'A dessert wine perfect for all desserts', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-dessert-wine-perfect-for-all-desserts', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:15:12', '2012-08-02 09:15:12', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7597', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7599, 4, '2012-08-02 05:22:13', '2012-08-02 09:22:13', 'By Pamela Brownstein\r\nI absolutely adore sushi. Since my first California roll at a little Japanese restaurant in New Jersey, I have been\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7602\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSC_0762.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7602\" title=\"DSC_0762\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSC_0762-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> The staff, including Chef Choy, right, and his wife and restaurant manager, Monica.[/caption]\r\n\r\nhooked. I love to try new combinations, and the rolls at Sushi Sakana are not only innovative and beautifully presented, but they taste so wonderful.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7600\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSC_0737.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7600\" title=\"DSC_0737\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSC_0737-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Kani Salad made with seaweed salad, crab masago, cucumbers and avocado.[/caption]\r\n\r\nOwner Monica is vivacious and friendly and goes out of her way to make sure her customers are satisfied. She served the Lunch Bunch so many amazing dishes, I was in sushi heaven.\r\nWe started with a Kani salad, which is layers of cucumbers, seaweed salad, crab masago and avocados. It was so light, and each bite was different and delightful, it’s a great summer dish.\r\nThen Monica brought out her signature item: The Birthday Roll that comes wrapped in foil with a slight flame underneath. The foil opens to reveal a warm roll with crab, cream cheese and topped with spicy mayo sauce — your taste buds will be celebrating.\r\nWe sampled a spicy fried salmon roll with avocado, eel sauce and spicy mayo sauce, that Nikki really enjoyed, even though she doesn’t like salmon!\r\nNext there was the Stacey roll with shrimp tempura, crab, red snapper and avocado; as\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7601\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSC_0752.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7601\" title=\"DSC_0752\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSC_0752-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> The beautiful Birthday Roll is revealed.[/caption]\r\n\r\nwell as the baked Beverly roll.\r\nThen we were treated to the elaborate Richard roll: cream cheese, crab and avocado on the inside, topped with salmon, mozzarella cheese, sweet cheese, eel sauce and spicy mayo sauce, then baked. Talk about tasty! My favorite was the Ted roll that is made with a whole soft shell crab.\r\nThe restaurant is celebrating three years this month, so in honor of the anniversary, they are having a half-price sushi special from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. from August 6-11.\r\nSushi Sakana is located at 860 Parris Island Gateway, in the BiLo shopping center. They are open for lunch Monday through Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and dinner, 4:30 to 9:30 p.m.; Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and 4:30 to 10 p.m. Call 843-379-5300.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7603\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSC_0759.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7603\" title=\"DSC_0759\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSC_0759-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> The Stacey Roll and the Beverley Roll, and a decorative tree made from tempura.[/caption]', 'Taking sushi to the next level with creativity and superb ingredients at Sushi Sakana', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'taking-sushi-to-the-next-level-with-creativity-and-superb-ingredients-at-sushi-sakana', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:22:13', '2012-08-02 09:22:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7599', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7604, 4, '2012-08-02 05:23:33', '2012-08-02 09:23:33', 'By Thomas Pratt\r\nThe most memorable part of growing up in the Lowcountry is the sounds and smells. For example: The smell of pluff mud rounding Bellamy Curve at low tide on a really hot summer day; of being so hot that you couldn’t wait for the tide to come in so you would crawl out to the water on your stomach, avoiding the oyster shells; crabbing with a crab line and a chicken neck; water skiing for hours and never see another boat on Lucy Point Creek; driving all over Beaufort County in a Model A, thinking that no one knew who was driving; hunting with Clyde Priester all over Beaufort County, getting really hungry and drinking a hot 7-Up and eating vienna sausages and saltines that had been under the seat of his Jeep so long that carbon dating would need to be used to determine their age; watching Mac Bellamy, Johnny Jones and innumerable others observing the task I was performing with as many sets of instruction as there were supervisors; learning that there was beer other than Pabst Blue Ribbon; spending endless hours with Melvin Lane hunting in the morning, skiing in the afternoon and driving over to Hilton Head at night; duck hunting at Combahee Plantation with my father; and learning how to play pool and foosball at Harvey’s Backdoor (the other stuff I learned with Clyde and the Silo crowd).\r\nThe memories have never left and neither has the thought of coming back.\r\n\r\n<em>Beaufort Then &amp; Now: This moment in Beaufort’s history is an excerpt from the book “Beaufort ... Then and Now,” an anthology of memories compiled by Holly Kearns Lambert. Copies of this book may be purchased at Beaufort Book Store. For information or to contribute your memory, contact Holly at lowcountrymemories@hotmail.com or beaufortmemories@gmail.com.</em>', 'History with Holly: Familiar sounds, smells and sites', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'history-with-holly-familiar-sounds-smells-and-sites', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:23:33', '2012-08-02 09:23:33', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7604', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7605, 4, '2012-08-02 05:25:02', '2012-08-02 09:25:02', 'The newly formed trustees for the Collaborative Organization of Services for Youth (COSY) recently made their first contribution to a Coastal Community Foundation Endowment Fund established by the COSY Board of Directors for continuation of the initiative’s mission to coordinate services for Beaufort County’s at-risk youth and their families.\r\nThe COSY Board, which includes representatives from multiple county and state service agencies, created the Endowment Fund as well as a special trust fund to be managed by the trustees.\r\nFounding Trustees are USCB Professor James Glasson, Beaufort businesswoman Natalie Daise and Hilton Head Island businesswoman Kimberly Dukes-Clark.\r\nFor more information about COSY, contact Fred Leyda, Beaufort County Human Services Director, at 843-521-3152 or fleyda@uscb.edu.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7606\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/COSY-Trust-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7606\" title=\"COSY Trust photo\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/COSY-Trust-photo-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" /></a> Edna Crews, Regional Director for the Coastal Community Foundation, accepts a check from the Collaborative Organization of Services for Youth (COSY) Trustee Natalie Daise while members of the COSY Board of Directors and Human Services Director Fred Leyda look on.[/caption]', 'Getting COSY', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'getting-cosy', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:25:02', '2012-08-02 09:25:02', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7605', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7607, 4, '2012-08-02 05:28:04', '2012-08-02 09:28:04', 'By Peggy Chandler\r\nMany Royal Pines residents are parents as well as grandparents and when the opportunity comes along to shine a light on one of those grandchildren, I am always happy to do so.\r\nAlex Bernier is the grandson of Carol and John Clark, Wade Hampton. Alex is part of the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine.  Upon his arrival, Alex was able to meet with his Medical Education Discussion (MED) group a small group with whom he will be meeting to discuss each activity throughout the Forum. Together, they participated in icebreakers and discussions to get to know each other a bit better. The participants will visit a medical school to gain\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7608\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Alex-Bernier.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7608\" title=\"Alex Bernier\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Alex-Bernier-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Alex Bernier[/caption]\r\n\r\nsome real insight into what it takes to be a medical student. The participants will learn what is expected of college students preparing for medical school and how students balance their workload and daily life as a med student. Throughout their stay, updates about the Forum are sent via e mail to parents so that the parents can follow along as Alex experiences life in the operating room by viewing a surgical broadcast of a total knee replacement. He will be able to communicate with surgeons and medical personnel in a real hospital operating room via live video conference. This interactivity allows the medical staff to communicate with the students and field questions while the procedure is being performed. A local surgeon will also be at the viewing site to offer a more detailed explanation of the surgery directly to the students. This surgical broadcast, produced exclusively for NYLF/MED, will provide Alex with a firsthand look at what it is truly like to perform surgery!  Our best wishes go to Alex and his family.\r\nIf you are looking for a fun night with good food and great music, stop in on Friday nights at Moondoggies in Port Royal where our Royal Pines resident Gary Stoeffler plays weekly.\r\nOur family recently hosted a McDonough Family Reunion at our house. We enjoyed the company of family members (brother) Kevin McDonough along\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7609\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Picture-658.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7609\" title=\"Picture 658\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Picture-658-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> The McDonough Family Reunion.[/caption]\r\n\r\nwith his wife Kathy and daughter Katie who traveled from Kentucky; (niece) Kelly McDonough Wells with husband Matthew and children Spencer, Maggie and Evan from Oklahoma; (nephew) David McKimmey with his family Melissa and Savannah from Kentucky; our son Rob with grandson Aaron from Virginia; and our daughter, Tracy, with grandson Jared from Greer.\r\nSome family members were unable to attend this year but maybe next year, since we had such a wonderful time enjoying Water Festival, Dockside and plenty of golf, beach, boat, and pool time, we may make this an annual event!', 'Little Bits of Royal Chatter: Summer fun with family', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'little-bits-of-royal-chatter-summer-fun-with-family', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:28:04', '2012-08-02 09:28:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7607', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7610, 4, '2012-08-02 05:30:08', '2012-08-02 09:30:08', '[caption id=\"attachment_7611\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ATW-Swim-team.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7611\" title=\"SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ATW-Swim-team-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> YMCA Tigersharks swim team.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAt the Carolina YMCA State Championship Swim Meet held on July 21 and 22, in Pickens, S.C., the Beaufort Tigersharks swam their way into placing third overall. This is the highest place at any championship meet that the Tigersharks have finished.', 'Athletes of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'athletes-of-the-week-7', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:30:08', '2012-08-02 09:30:08', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7610', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7612, 4, '2012-08-02 05:30:50', '2012-08-02 09:30:50', 'Upward Soccer is coming to Cornerstone Christian Church with practices beginning the week of September 4. Upward Sports is the world’s largest Christian sports league for children and provides the BEST sports experience for every child. Upward Sports teaches sport fundamentals in an environment of healthy competition, helping kids to develop skills for the sports arena and values for life.\r\nWith weekly practices and games limited to one-hour each, this league is family-friendly and fun for everyone! Register now online at www.beaufortscornerstone.org or in person during evaluations.  Each child must attend one evaluation.\r\nEvaluations are scheduled as follows:\r\n• Saturday, August 4, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.\r\n• Tuesday, August 7, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.\r\n• Thursday, August 9, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.\r\nEvaluations are held at 2301 First Boulevard in Beaufort. Each child will run a few short timed drills, and the scores received will create equally balanced skill levels on teams to ensure every child has a great sports experience. Come anytime during those hours, and make sure your child is wearing athletic shoes.  Allow 20 minutes per player to complete the evaluation.\r\nPractices begin the week of September 4 and the league ends November 3. Register early online today at www.beaufortscornerstone.org. For more information, visit www.upward.org or call Bryan Gates, 812-6491 and Tammy Gates, 812-5415.', 'Upward Sports now registering fall soccer league', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'upward-sports-now-registering-fall-soccer-league', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:30:50', '2012-08-02 09:30:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7612', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7613, 4, '2012-08-02 05:35:45', '2012-08-02 09:35:45', 'By Pamela Brownstein\r\n\r\nWhether you’re an experienced runner trying to improve your time or a novice who wants to start walking to get in shape, the Palmetto Running Company has you covered.\r\nThe new store that opened in July at 207 West Street features everything you need to put your best foot forward, from shoes to socks to shorts, all specialized to promote a comfortable, healthier run.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7614\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSC_0721.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7614\" title=\"DSC_0721\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSC_0721-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Christian Fyfe stands in front of the wall of shoes at the Palmetto Running Company’s new store on West Street.[/caption]\r\n\r\nOwner Rob Fyfe, who opened the first store in Bluffton in 2009, uses the latest technology to provide a customized process that fits customers based on their individual profiles.\r\n“What differentiates us is that we take the time with the client to put them in the right shoe,” said Rob.\r\nHis son, Christian, who works at the Beaufort store, said that when it comes to running, comfort is number one, especially when it comes to finding the most appropriate shoe.\r\nChristian said it’s important that everyone feels welcome, no matter their ability, and that the store offers training programs for those interested in not just running, but walking and jogging as well.\r\nRob looks forward to serving the Beaufort running community by starting organized group runs and providing clinics and training groups for different races throughout the year.\r\n“We’re trying to get the community more involved as a group,” Rob said. He wants to get people back into running, and he hopes the store will be a sort of headquarters for future group runs.\r\n“The location near Main Street was exactly what I was looking for. It just all came together,” said Rob.\r\nOriginally from Long Island, N.Y., father and son are avid runners. And although they may be fast on their feet, they both said they enjoy the slower pace of life in Beaufort County.\r\nFor more information, call 843-379-1018 or go online at www.palmettorunningcompany.com.', 'Palmetto Running Company takes off', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'palmetto-running-company-takes-off', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:35:45', '2012-08-02 09:35:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7613', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7615, 4, '2012-08-02 05:37:03', '2012-08-02 09:37:03', '[caption id=\"attachment_7616\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Sports-Badkatz-8-2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7616\" title=\"Sports-Badkatz 8-2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Sports-Badkatz-8-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> The 10 under Badkatz girls team placed second in WFC Beat The Bats In The Heat tourney from July 27-29. They will be traveling to the World Series in Myrtle Beach from August 5-12.[/caption]', 'Best at Bat', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'best-at-bat', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:37:03', '2012-08-02 09:37:03', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7615', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7617, 4, '2012-08-02 05:37:48', '2012-08-02 09:37:48', 'By Jack Sparacino\r\nI’ve enjoyed writing this column, from the silly or tongue in cheek to more serious pieces. The feedback I’ve received so far has been supportive and informative.  Much of it was from people who approached me on the street or in stores.  Or wrote to me from both coasts.  Here are some examples, starting with the subject of the column and ending, in some cases, with my comment on the comment in italics.\r\n\r\nRandom thoughts: pineapple wine.\r\nAfter I wondered why practically all wine is made from grapes, this note came in from the Pacific Northwest:\r\n“By the way, you can get pineapple wine in Hawaii.  I had it years ago and was expecting it to be sweet but it was rather dry.  I’m sure you can make wine out of any fruit that has sugar in it.”\r\nThanks, Mr. R., good to know!  Sounds like another good excuse to visit Hawaii.\r\nBiographies.\r\n“Jack, I have only a minute.  That piece was SUPERIOR.  No ifs, ands, or buts.  Where do you get the time — away from fishing — to do all this reading?”\r\nThanks so much, Jim.  Actually, I don’t read very fast at all, unfortunately, I’m just persistent. Same with fishing, I’m more persistent (or lucky) than good.\r\nRandom thoughts: grits.\r\n“Jack, nice article but you must not have had grits done right. We love ‘em and you should try again.”\r\nOK, Mrs. D., it’s on my list.  Promise.  What time should we come over?\r\nTime travel.\r\n“I LOVE this piece ... wild and wacky!  It would be a great assignment for a history class. It would really give the teacher some insight into what the kids learned.”\r\nAll of them.\r\n“Your sense of humor is like my husband’s, keep it up.”  “You think like me.”  “How do you do it?  Where does all that come from?”\r\nWell, imagine an old barn that’s stacked floor to ceiling with boxes of miscellaneous stuff.  That’s something like my brain. I just grab a box, so to speak, take a look inside to jog my memory, and then start typing.  Google really helps, too, when I only half remember something.\r\n“Just wanted to tell you how much I thoroughly enjoy reading these!!  I can hear your voice in my head as if you’re reading them to me — what a trip!  You have no idea how much I look forward to them.”\r\nClamsgiving.\r\n“The steamed clams over linguine were fantastic by the way.  Tried a recipe that added chorizo, clam juice, pepper flakes, and cream to the white wine and lemon juice.  Just a bit of a kick, though, and with all the garlic ... well, let’s just say you want to be in the company of good friends.”\r\nI didn’t think you could ever put too much garlic in a dish!\r\nOn the 10 best things since sliced bread:\r\n“Honorable mentions? HD TV, IPODs, the freezer, Gortex, flown in fresh vegetables and fruit.”\r\n“Jack, Great article. Never thought about the items you outlined.  Just one thing I can do without: CELL PHONES. You take your life in your hands when you go out in the car.”\r\n“Hey, Jack, you forgot to mention all the great pharmaceuticals that are now making people’s lives better by lowering cholesterol, improving their mental health, etc.  You should do an entire column on this.”\r\nThanks, Mr. B., I can see it now: “Pills ‘R Us”!\r\nOn my New Year’s resolutions:\r\n“I think I’ll just resolve to gain weight, at least that way I know I wouldn’t give up on it by January 16.  I could probably make that one last all year.”\r\nGee, Mrs. R., Let’s introduce you to Mr. B.  He may be able to recommend a weight loss (or gain) medication and one for keeping your sense of humor!\r\nOn “Have a Rice Day”:\r\n“This is great! Lots of interesting facts! You reminded me of a stop that M. and I made on our trip to Louisiana in early December.  We saw America’s oldest operating rice mill!  You may be interested to read the history on their website, http://www.conradricemill.com. It was really neat, and the rice was delicious!”\r\nOn “Shoot to Kill”:\r\n“Good job keeping the lessons from your cancer experience simple and to the point.  Hopefully it will motivate at least one additional man out there to get tested if he needs to and to catch the disease early so it can be cured.”\r\nThanks, Mr. M., that’s really the only reason I wrote it.  Let’s keep our eyes open.\r\nOn the 10 greatest pop songs:\r\n“My all time favorite is “What a Wonderful World”   by Louis Armstrong. Good article and it got me thinking. Thanks.”\r\n“A very good top 10.  I probably would have put a Beatles song in there because they were the most influential rock band of all time, in my opinion, but still a very respectable list.”\r\n“Some great songs.  Just curious, was the Eagles’ “Take It Easy” considered?”\r\nLeaving out the Beatles was a calculated risk—they were incredible.  That Eagles song was a real contender.  Next time we won’t fly by it so quickly.\r\nOn the 10 worst things since broccoli:\r\n“#3. Mosquitoes: I’ve often questioned their assignment on the planet. Once we cure cancer, they’re next up. Call it spending on infrastructure. Less is more. Sell it. #2. Yellow linoleum floor:  Just picturing it gives me the creeps. Looks so dirty you can feel it crawling. I can see half of it in my mind’s eye, but I know there is trash on the other half. I must have received more than a shot on one. Probably sat on one with a fifth of cheap vodka.”\r\n“FUN article.  I enjoyed reading it.”\r\n“Agree with many of your 10 worst but have to disagree on sake.  I bet you have only had the warm kind served at Japanese restaurants. Good sake will cost you at least $25 for a bottle and should be served at temps around 60 degrees.  It has a very nice flavor with lots of aroma.  I just had a sake tasting at my house.  We did six at various price ranges and they all tasted quite different. There’s a store here that only sells premium sake, nothing else.”\r\n“We must have similar palates — I also hate sea urchin, radishes and sake!  However, I am OK with fried clams.  In fact, a great place for them is Bob’s Clam Shack in Kittery, Maine (the first exit off of 95 once you get to Maine). If you ever find yourself in Maine, their lobstah rolls and fried haddock are also great!”\r\nOK, Laura, that does it — we’re on our way. Maybe I should bring along some fishing gear? (Right, and also remember to breathe.)\r\nThanks to all for your comments.  I’ve really enjoyed hearing from you.', 'Postcards from the edges (of the country)', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'postcards-from-the-edges-of-the-country', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:37:48', '2012-08-02 09:37:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7617', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7618, 4, '2012-08-02 05:38:42', '2012-08-02 09:38:42', 'Cooler-stealing thief angers marathon coach\r\nI am coaching a marathon training team for Team in Training, which is part of the Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society. My runners are training to run marathons AND fundraising to find cures for Leukemia, Lymphoma and other blood cancers.  Our training takes us all over Beaufort, Lady’s Island and Port Royal. So far our training has been great and we’re enjoying the beautiful scenery we have all around us, but this past weekend (on July 28), we had a cooler full of Gatorade stolen from us. The cooler was in the parking lot of the Dermatology Associates of the Lowcountry on Lady’s Island Drive and unfortunately this is not the first time a cooler has been stolen from us.\r\nNot only are you stealing from my runners, the Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society, and from me, but your theft of this cooler caused a dangerous situation for my team.  The cooler that was stolen was at mile 8 of a 12 mile run and our last hydration stop was at mile 4.  That’s 8 miles without a drink in this heat!\r\nThanks, thief, I hope you enjoyed the Gatorade! If anyone sees a blue screw top Coleman cooler marked “Team in Training,” it belongs to my team and it’s been stolen. Congratulate that person for being a true model citizen. There is nothing I hate more than a thief!\r\nIf this economy has affected you so bad that you need to steal a cooler from a nonprofit, come see me and I’ll give you the $9.97 so you buy your own cooler at Walmart.  I’ll even fill it with Gatorade!\r\n\r\nTaxpayer questions actions of City Council\r\nWell, thank you City Council for sticking it to your taxpayers once again, this time in the form of additional stormwater runoff FEES. My biggest objection being the fact that you call it a fee, but I still have to pay it. The way I look at it is if you make me pay something that I didn’t elect, then it’s a TAX.\r\nSecondly, I don’t feel like the stormwater project is as successful as we might be led to believe.  I like being able to turn on a spigot and get water so it eludes me as to why it is the object of our stormwater projects to get that stormwater to the nearest ditch and then to the river.  Let that water sink in the ground the way God intended.\r\n\r\n<em>Did you get a boot on your car parking downtown or is the traffic light on your street ridiculously slow? Or would you like to thank a stranger for a random act of kindness? Here’s your chance to sound off about what you love and hate. Send your comments to LowcountryBroil@gmail.com and you could see them in our new column called Lowcountry Broil. Don’t worry: They’re all anonymous.</em>', 'Lowcountry Broil', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lowcountry-broil-7', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:39:13', '2012-08-02 09:39:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7618', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(7619, 4, '2012-08-02 05:41:25', '2012-08-02 09:41:25', 'Holly Jahn is proof that once Beaufort gets a hold of you ... you must return!\r\n\r\nBy Lanier Laney\r\n\r\nI’ve heard the story over and over in Beaufort of people who grew up here then returned after many, many years away.  There’s something about this place, the people, the beauty, the water, that places a spell on all who visit or have lived here.\r\n\r\nHolly Healy Jahn moved to Beaufort in her teens when her military parents, Norman and June Healy, retired here.  Although she had lived many places, she felt instantly “at home” in Beaufort. She became best friends in middle school and high school with Rosemary and Kevin Cuppia, along with the Dempsey family, the Kilgores, the Sanders, “and so\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7620\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Profile-Mike-and-Holly-Jahn.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7620\" title=\"Profile-Mike and Holly Jahn\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Profile-Mike-and-Holly-Jahn-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Holly and Mike Jahn.[/caption]\r\n\r\nmany sweet people,” says Holly. She and Rosemary were bridesmaids in each other’s weddings.\r\nWhile in college in Columbia, Holly got a job at a bar and restaurant called Wits End in Five Points. One day, Mike, a liquor salesman, newly assigned to South Carolina, dropped by to show Holly his product line.\r\n“It’s not necessary to come by,” said Holly (who had a boyfriend at the time). “I just call in the order when I need it.”\r\nBut persistent Mike insisted on dropping by in person again and again over the months until the day he found out Holly had broken off her relationship with the cheating boyfriend and he finally got a shot to ask her out on a date. They moved in together four days later and have been married now for almost 27 blissful years!  Who says whirlwind romances don’t work?!\r\nThey left South Carolina soon after meeting for Mike’s new job in Florida, then off to the West Coast, finally settling in Paradise Valley, Arizona, for 20 years where Mike is now  executive vice president for Southern Wine and Spirits, covering both Arizona and New Mexico.\r\nSupportive wife Holly raised three beautiful children. Twins Claire and Grace Jahn are 22, fresh out of college, and now working for dad in Arizona. Their son Walter, 26, started out working for dad and now is a manager for Kendall Jackson Winery.\r\nSo with children now raised, Holly felt her longings for a return to Beaufort could finally be fulfilled. After renting a house for a month, two years ago, they bought a house with a dock on Baynard Street on The Point.\r\nI asked Holly what was the main thing that drew her back. “Charm, charm, charm, and the absence of people using the horn on their car!” says the vivacious Holly with a laugh. “Plus, I dearly missed all my friends I grew up with.”\r\nFortunately Mike, a Miami native, fell in love with Beaufort’s charms too but “is confused by the fact that everyone waves to him, even though they don’t know him,” says Holly with a smile.\r\nNow Holly and Mike “commute” between Arizona and Beaufort, with Holly spending at least 10 days of every month here.\r\nSays Holly, “We also like to spend the holidays here and bring the children, holidays seem so much more uncommercial here. There is real faith and the folks seem to see and appreciate the true meaning of the holiday. Having been on the West Coast for 25 years, the superficiality of it all tends to get very old. We both love the history in Beaufort.  You just don’t see that as much on the west coast. And you cannot get a good glass of sweet tea anywhere!”\r\nAdds Mike, “We both love the sense of community, kindness of the people, and the fact that Southern hospitality really does exist.”\r\nTheir plans for the future? “To escape to Beaufort as often as possible,” says Holly.\r\n“And throw more than our share of dinner parties with great friends and terrific wine!” adds Mike.\r\nSo join me in welcoming two great new additions to the Beaufort “social scene,” and be sure and wave at Mike, even if you don’t know him.', 'The homecoming of Holly and Mike Jahn', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-homecoming-of-holly-and-mike-jahn', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:41:25', '2012-08-02 09:41:25', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7619', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7622, 4, '2012-08-02 05:42:28', '2012-08-02 09:42:28', 'By Bill Evans\r\nThe budget has been submitted and approved by the Beaufort County Council for the 2012-13 school year. My intent here is to present some insights or background into the two primary issues that came up during the budget discussions. The millage increase met some understood resistance but, let’s shine a light on the background to the request. Although most saw the purchase of iPads as the primary reason for the increase, history for this really goes back to the last reassessment in 2009.\r\nWhen any governmental entity goes through a reassessment, one of the key concepts is maintaining revenue neutrality, that is, not realizing a windfall or a loss as a result of the action. In 2009, the school district, to my knowledge, was the only tax-supported organization that actually lost money; the district was rolled backed to 90.26 mills when it should have only been rolled backed to 93.26 to maintain a revenue neutral position (prior to reassessment the millage for operations was 102.6 mills). Although this had the result of forcing the board and administration to make some cuts that were probably necessary, it also meant that we lost about $3.5-$4 million dollars a year in revenue. Keep in mind that just like other governmental bodies, the school district has to absorb growth in services and mandated increases in health insurance, salaries as required by the state and other annual costs such as utilities or fuel for buses. These costs typically run between $3.5 and $6 million per year. When revenue stays the same, the district has to act just like you do with your personal accounts; we make decisions that ensure that we are not spending more than we are taking in (although we have had to use some of our reserves for just this reason over the last several years).\r\nThis year with the mandated increases from the state and continually rising costs in other areas, the district finally hit a wall in regards to cutting further the services it offers. Remember, during the last several years of lost revenue, the district has eliminated almost 200 jobs (more than 35 at the district office) and trimmed many successful or promising programs such as the reading, math and science coaches as well as the additional days at our three most challenged schools. Additionally, we closed one school and sought to consolidate others.\r\nAlthough the iPads were out there as the visible reason for the millage increase, in reality, it is my opinion that the district needed to try and “claw back” some of the lost millage from 2009. The point was made during the council’s discussion that this millage increase would be permanent. Keep in mind that the same rationale can be applied to the 2009 rollback which looked to be permanent as well.\r\nWith a new reassessment coming up in 2013, it would seem reasonable to have the 2009 reassessment adjusted for revenue neutrality before a new millage rate is established.\r\nDebate over iPads\r\nIn regards to the iPads themselves, there is room for debate. All of us see that continuing to grow technology skills and accessibility to technology is important to the growth of our students.\r\nThose who argued against the purchase of iPads at this time made some good points. They asked if the savings and capabilities are really there yet, or if there was enough availability of eBooks to replace textbooks as a means of realizing some savings. We know that this is coming.\r\nWe know that we will begin some initial savings by using less paper and requiring students to submit their work electronically. But what drove my decision-making was costs and available funds. We will not achieve all the potential savings this first year, but more and more, books and other expensive items will become available digitally. We had one time funds from federal sources to pay for about two-thirds of the iPads now. In a year or two, the costs might be lower but the entire bill would have to be paid with general fund dollars, those raised by millage charged only to a small group within our community, or by creating more debt under capital borrowing.\r\nI understand the frustration that non-resident homeowners and commercial property owners feel about the present system for supporting the operations of the school district; I too own rental property and see the increases. However, that is a problem that needs to be resolved in Columbia. Chairman Weston Newton of the County Council has argued this point for years; his election to the Statehouse, along with the continuing efforts by Sen. Davis, Rep. Erickson and the other members of our delegation, are the only way to fix this problem permanently.\r\nSchool board elections\r\nSpeaking of elections, that brings me to the substantial topic of the upcoming board elections this November. Many have spoken through letters to the editor, opinion pieces and blogs about the need to make wholesale changes to the board; that is an issue that the voters will have to decide. I am encouraged by the large number of contested elections for school board that will take place through the summer and into the fall.\r\nMy only charge to you, the voters, is to get to know the candidates, and I mean really get to know them. Require them to meet publicly in unbiased debates or question and answer sessions; require them to put their positions on budget, salaries, instructional programs, school choice, leadership, discipline, attendance zones, etc., in writing and out there to be reviewed, analyzed and subject to more discussion. Don’t support someone because you think you know what they may want to do. Make them tell you and then hold them to it if they are elected.\r\nAfter nearly two years, I can tell you it is more demanding than many think. Many of the issues are very complicated and on occasion you find yourself having to choose between two good solutions or possibly two not so good solutions. You have to think about the entire district — all 20,000 students and all 31 schools. What works well in one place may be a disaster in a different part of the county. You cannot be successful or represent the voters as a single agenda candidate.', 'From a member of the Beaufort County School Board: Budgets, iPads, elections and school-related issues', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'from-a-member-of-the-beaufort-county-school-board-budgets-ipads-elections-and-school-related-issues', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:03:56', '2018-07-12 15:03:56', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7622', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7623, 4, '2012-08-02 05:43:02', '2012-08-02 09:43:02', 'Representatives from Hargray Communications were on hand last Saturday to distribute new backpacks and gift cards to some very deserving students at the Beaufort County School District’s “Back-to-School Expo” at Whale Branch Early College High School.\r\nApproximately 200 students will start the new school year with a brand new backpack, as well as a $50 gift card from Walmart to spend on school supplies and uniforms. In addition, several other students received new iPads and Kindle Fires, also donated by Hargray.\r\n“This is our third year taking part as a lead sponsor of this great event,” said Eddie Andrews, Director of Marketing for Hargray. “And having the opportunity to show our support to students and families from throughout the community has made this a truly rewarding experience for us each year.”\r\nAdditional backpacks will be donated to students as part of Hargray’s Back-to-School Upgrade promotion, in which customers signing up or upgrading to 10Mbps Hargray High Speed Internet have the option of keeping the new backpack or donating it. The promotion runs through August 31. More information can be found at www.hargray.com.', 'Hargray donates new backpacks to students', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'hargray-donates-new-backpacks-to-students', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:03:56', '2018-07-12 15:03:56', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7623', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7624, 4, '2012-08-02 05:43:52', '2012-08-02 09:43:52', 'Nurses spend more time with patients who are facing the end of life than any other members of the health care team. Yet, studies have shown that many nurses feel inadequately prepared to provide the comprehensive care so important at the end of life.\r\nMore than 54,000 American veterans — mostly from World War II and Korea — die each month, and the Department of Veterans Affairs Hospice and Palliative Care Initiative (VAHPC) is trying the improve hospice and palliative care for them. Given that the number of Vietnam-era veterans over 65 will continue to grow through 2034, so too will the need for hospice and palliative care in the VA system.\r\nDr.  Rose Kearney-Nunnery, Ph.D., RN, visiting Professor and Department Chair for Nursing at the University of South Carolina Beaufort, has recently attended a national ELNEC-For Veterans “Train the Trainers” course. This two day course on end-of-life care was held in Glendale, California. This program titled “End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium — For Veterans Curriculum: Promoting Palliative Care For Veterans” is for nurses and nurse educators working in Veteran Administration (VA) facilities or other setting caring for veterans to provide education to other nurses that is specific to the care of veterans at the end of life.\r\nThis project is led by Betty R. Ferrell, RN, PhD, FAAN, FPCN (COH), and is collaboratively administered by City of Hope, The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in Washington, D.C., and the Department of Veteran Affairs.\r\nThe principal goal of the training program is to provide information on end-of-life/palliative care and resources to integrate end-of-life/palliative content to VA facilities. Course content was presented in several participatory formats including lecture, open forum discussion, small group activities, and training sessions.\r\nThe training program was conducted by a distinguished faculty of researchers, educators, authors, and leaders in the field of palliative care. Topic areas included roles of the nurse in end-of-life/palliative care; pain and symptom assessment and management; cultural considerations; communication; loss, grief, and bereavement; final hours of life; and achieving quality improvement.', 'Professor to educate on importance of veteran care', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'professor-to-educate-on-importance-of-veteran-care', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:43:52', '2012-08-02 09:43:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7624', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7625, 4, '2012-08-02 05:45:31', '2012-08-02 09:45:31', 'Beaufort Memorial Hospital has been recognized as one of the nation’s MOST WIRED according to the results of the 2012 Most Wired Survey released in the July issue of Hospitals &amp; Health Networks magazine.\r\nThe nation’s Most Wired hospitals are leveraging the adoption and use of health information technology (IT) to improve performance in a number of areas, expanding and adopting IT that protects patient data, and optimizes patient flow and communications, according to Health Care’s Most Wired 2012 Survey released recently.\r\n“Being named among the Most Wired Hospitals in the nation is truly an honor,” says BMH Chief Information Officer and Vice President for Information Technology Ed Ricks.  “We are continually adopting new technology to improve our quality of care, patient safety and business processes.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7626\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Health-BMH-IT.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7626\" title=\"Health-BMH IT\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Health-BMH-IT-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> The information technology (IT) staff at Beaufort Memorial Hospital.[/caption]\r\n\r\nBeaufort Memorial, which has been named to the “Most Wired” list for 10 consecutive years, was given high marks, ranking among only six South Carolina hospitals and 215 hospitals nationwide who met all four core areas required to earn the award. Over the past year the hospital has made significant advances, including:\r\n• Implementing Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) throughout the hospital to allow physicians to order tests, medications, and transmit information clearly and securely.\r\n• Connecting hospital systems to physician office Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) to ensure the availability and integrity of patient data, including lab, test and imaging results.\r\n• Virtualizing desktops so physicians and staff can securely move from workstation to workstation and quickly access patient data to make informed decisions about patient care.\r\nRicks points out that the selection criteria is focused on what hospitals are doing to comply with “Meaningful Use” requirements designed to help hospitals provide the highest level of quality and safety.\r\n“This award underscores our commitment to investing in solutions that help create efficiencies and keep our focus on delivering quality patient care,” he says.\r\nAmong the key findings this year:\r\n• Ninety-three percent of Most Wired hospitals employ intrusion detection systems to protect patient privacy and security of patient data, in comparison to seventy-seven percent of the total responders.\r\n• Seventy-four percent of Most Wired hospitals and 57 percent of all surveyed hospitals use automated patient flow systems.\r\n• Ninety percent of Most Wired hospitals and seventy three percent of all surveyed use performance improvement scorecards to help reduce inefficiencies.\r\n• One hundred percent of Most Wired hospitals check drug interactions and drug allergies when medications are ordered as a major step in reducing medication errors\r\n“As shown by these survey results, hospitals continue to demonstrate how IT not only can be used to improve patient care and safety but it is also a means to improve efficiency,” says Rich Umbdenstock, president and CEO of the AHA. “Hospitals receiving Most Wired recognition are truly representative of our nation’s hospitals and systems — rural and urban, small and large, teaching and non-teaching, and critical access hospitals geographically dispersed.”\r\nHealth Care’s Most Wired Survey, conducted between Jan. 15 and March 15, asked hospitals and health systems nationwide to answer questions regarding their IT initiatives. Respondents completed 662 surveys, representing 1,570 hospitals, or roughly 27 percent of all U.S. hospitals.', 'Beaufort Memorial Named Most Wired Hospital', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-memorial-named-most-wired-hospital', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:45:31', '2012-08-02 09:45:31', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7625', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7627, 4, '2012-08-02 05:47:42', '2012-08-02 09:47:42', 'By Lance Cpl. John Wilkes\r\nAircraft maintenance is a crucial part of completing the mission of military aviation.\r\nMany different types of wrench turning, welding and programming go into ensuring Marine Corps aircraft move troops, supplies and ordnance to their target.\r\nThree different levels of aircraft maintenance exist. The first and most basic level of maintenance is operational level.\r\n“Operational level maintenance includes basic aircraft maintenance, such as replacing the simple components on an F/A-18 Hornet, and can be dealt with at the squadron level,” said Staff Sgt. Barry Roberts, avionics controller with\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7628\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/IMG_9219.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7628\" title=\"IMG_9219\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/IMG_9219-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Lance Cpl. Latisha Gonzalez and Lance Cpl. Thomas Galloway, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31 aviation material screening unit Marines, inventory and inspect gear before sending it to a work center to be repaired. Each work center has a specialty and deals with all parts relating to that specialty.[/caption]\r\n\r\nMarine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31.\r\n“There is a lot that goes on here,” said Roberts. “From the processing of maintenance requests and the paperwork involved, to the repair of parts, there is a lot that goes on around here.”\r\nWhen maintenance cannot be completed at the squadron level the part in question is sent to main parts control. Marines with PC determine whether the maintenance needed is intermediate level or depot level maintenance.\r\n“All of the parts that come from squadrons get screened and checked for improper maintenance,” said Lance Cpl. Latisha Gonzalez, a Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31, aviation material screening Marine. “The part then gets sent to the proper work center where it can be repaired.”\r\nIntermediate level maintenance involves more complex maintenance on components while operational level maintenance mainly concerns the removal and replacement of components.\r\n“An example of I-level maintenance may be to repair an entire switchboard whereas O-level would be to repair a switch on the switchboard,” said Roberts.\r\nThere are many different work centers that each have a specialty for: radar gear, cables, airframes, avionics, hydraulics, digital displays, communication gear, ordnance, ground support equipment, and facilities.\r\nIntermediate level maintenance can be completed by MALS-31 aboard the Air Station. Any work the Marines cannot complete at the MALS then moves to the depot level, the highest level of maintenance.\r\n“I enjoy this job very much,” said Gonzalez. “We get to see the parts come and go, so we know we are making progress.”', 'Working behind the scenes: Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31 provides aircraft maintenance', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'working-behind-the-scenes-marine-aviation-logistics-squadron-31-provides-aircraft-maintenance', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:47:42', '2012-08-02 09:47:42', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7627', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7629, 4, '2012-08-02 05:48:35', '2012-08-02 09:48:35', 'Marc Fisher of Beaufort is one of 60 Clemson University musicians who traveled to London to perform at various venues around the city during the Summer Olympic Games\r\nClemson’s Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble are performing at Olympic venues to showcase their talents and American music to people from all over the world.\r\nFisher, who is majoring in production studies in performing arts, is a member of the jazz ensemble.\r\nThrough planning, hard work and fundraiser support, the students were able to formally accept the invitation. As London celebrates this global event by facilitating entertainment programs at Olympic Live Sites across its 33 boroughs, the tour allows Clemson students to be featured performers on the entertainment program being staged for millions of visitors and locals who will be in London during the games.\r\n“This is a unique opportunity for our band students not only to travel abroad and learn about new cultures, but to bring the Clemson spirit to people from all over the globe,” said Mark Spede, Clemson’s director of bands.\r\nNot only will the musicians perform, but they will learn about British culture and history on days set aside for sightseeing. The group will visit such places as London’s West End, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and Piccadilly Circus and will have the opportunity to attend Olympic events.', 'Beaufort musician goes to Olympics', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-musician-goes-to-olympics', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:48:35', '2012-08-02 09:48:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7629', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7630, 4, '2012-08-02 05:54:03', '2012-08-02 09:54:03', 'By Pamela Brownstein\r\nMain Street Beaufort, USA and Historic Beaufort Foundation (HBF) presented a fabulous meal and venue at the second installation of the Supper Society last Thursday.\r\nI was unable to attend the first event, but after seeing all the amazing pictures, I made sure to get my tickets in advance for the second supper.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Secret-Supper-2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7631\" title=\"Secret Supper 2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Secret-Supper-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>After dropping off our baby at a friend’s house, my husband and I set off, not really knowing what to expect, but happy to be spending time as a couple.\r\nWe made a stop at Bill’s Liquors on Lady’s Island since the dinner is BYOB (Palmetto Ale for him, pinot grigio for me) and continued onto St. Helena Island. We turned down one road, then onto a long, dirt driveway that ended at Oaks Plantation, 66 Godley Road. I had ever heard of the place, let alone visited, so its beauty at first sight was captivating.\r\nBuilt in 1855, the restored house has gorgeous views of the marsh and surrounding waterways. The venue is available for events, and would be a perfect setting for a wedding.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7632\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSCF4150.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7632\" title=\"DSCF4150\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSCF4150-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Delicious Tomato Salad with fresh red and yellow tomatoes, butter beans with ranch dressing drizzled over it.[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt was also a super setting for our supper. The guests mingled and yummy appetizers were passed around the pool. The July weather seemed oppressive at first, but with a nice breeze, good company and chilled wine, I hardly noticed the heat.\r\nThen once the food was served, I was totally captivated by the delicious dishes. Chefs Stephanie Capers of Sweetgrass Restaurant and Sherri Whitmire of Gullah-N-Geechie Mahn Tours were culinary wizards, using local ingredients to prepare an incredible tomato salad, whiskey glazed smoked pork chops and an awesome Carolina Gold rice pudding made with peaches for dessert.\r\nBefore we ate, LaNelle Fabian of Main Street Beaufort explained to the 50 or so diners seated at the long tables under a tent in the backyard that the money raised will go toward grants that will help fix historic homes. “You’re here for a good cause, so enjoy your supper,” she said.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7633\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSCF4056.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7633\" title=\"DSCF4056\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSCF4056-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" /></a> Drinks and appetizers around the pool at the Oaks Plantation on St. Helena Island.[/caption]', 'Supper Society reigns supreme', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'supper-society-reigns-supreme', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:54:03', '2012-08-02 09:54:03', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7630', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7634, 4, '2012-08-02 05:58:35', '2012-08-02 09:58:35', 'By Lanier Laney\r\nAfter many years as a dark and vacant building, the historic home on The Point called “the Castle” was recently bought by two fun and accomplished Virginians, news that has thrilled many Beaufortonians.\r\nSays Elizabeth Locke, “John and I are terrifically excited about spending time in Beaufort. My heart quite literally\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7636\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/John-Staelin-Elizabeth-Locke.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7636\" title=\"John Staelin &amp; Elizabeth Locke\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/John-Staelin-Elizabeth-Locke-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> John Staelin &amp; Elizabeth Locke.[/caption]\r\n\r\nskipped a beat when I first saw the Castle. It was just love at first sight. And I feel the same way about Beaufort — how can you not want to live in a town where the trees have right of way over the asphalt? The people we have met have been very welcoming and we look forward to the time we will be spending at the Castle.”\r\nA Virginia native, Elizabeth is quite a renowned designer. After getting a degree in Italian Literature from Duke and the University of Florence, she started an accessories business in Italy and later worked as a contributing editor for Town and Country Magazine for six years. She started her own design business in Virginia in 1988 to much acclaim and now all the ladies know Elizabeth’s work.\r\nWelcome to Beaufort, Elizabeth Locke and John Staelin!', 'Beaufort welcomes Elizabeth Locke and John Staelin', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-welcomes-elizabeth-locke-and-john-staelin', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:58:35', '2012-08-02 09:58:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7634', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7637, 4, '2012-08-02 05:59:35', '2012-08-02 09:59:35', '<strong>Congrats to Griffin Market Restaurant and Bar</strong>\r\nRiccardo Bonino and Chef Laura Bonino were recently named by Wine Spectator Magazine as having one of the most notable wine lists in South Carolina. The restaurant specializes in Italian wines and many are quite affordable.\r\n\r\n<strong>A French cooking class + Asheville, N.C. — What could be a better pairing?</strong>\r\nYou might have seen her on “Good Morning America” or heard her on NPR. Susan Hermann Loomis is the author of nine award-winning books, including the best-selling “French Farmhouse Cookbook.” She was born in America, but lives and has a very famous cooking school in Normandy, France, (so her classes are easily understandable for Americans).  She’s coming to Asheville, N.C., Sept. 11-13 for a three-day cooking class that will also explore the wonderful artisan food producers of Asheville. The price for the three-day class — which includes three hands-on classes, three meals, and a field trip with samples — is $1,200. The cost for an evening class is $295. To sign up and for questions, contact cookingclasses@onruetatin.com. To read more about Susan, visit www.onruetatin.com.', 'In other foodie news ...', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'in-other-foodie-news', '', '', '2012-08-02 05:59:35', '2012-08-02 09:59:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7637', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7638, 4, '2012-08-02 06:06:04', '2012-08-02 10:06:04', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\nDick and Sharon Stewart hosted a lovely launch party at his Marketplace Loft on Bay Street for donors as well as future sponsor candidates of  DragonBoat Beaufort. Kudos to founders Amy Kraft, Kyle Faucher, Mary Ann Thomas, Clare Taylor, Bernie Moscovitz and Kate Mcclintock. Wine and beer were generously provided by Doug Massalon of Bill’s Liquors, and the delicious food was provided by Bethany Hewitt of Southern Graces. Here are some pics for you.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7639\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/left-to-right-amy-kraft-kyle-faucher-mary-ann-thomas-clare-taylor-bernie-moscovitz-kate-mcclintock-not-pictured.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7639\" title=\"(left to right) amy kraft, kyle faucher, mary ann thomas, clare taylor, bernie moscovitz  --kate mcclintock (not pictured)\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/left-to-right-amy-kraft-kyle-faucher-mary-ann-thomas-clare-taylor-bernie-moscovitz-kate-mcclintock-not-pictured-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> From left: Amy Kraft, Kyle Faucher, Mary Ann Thomas, Clare Taylor and Bernie Moscovitz.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7640\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/3-DRAGETTES-Mary-Ann-Mikell-Erica-Dickerson-Cindy-Jacobus.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7640\" title=\"3 DRAGETTES--Mary Ann Mikell, Erica Dickerson, Cindy Jacobus\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/3-DRAGETTES-Mary-Ann-Mikell-Erica-Dickerson-Cindy-Jacobus-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Mary Ann Mikell, Erica Dickerson and Cindy Jacobus.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7643\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Doris-Bland-Monica-Codman-Nicholls.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7643\" title=\"Doris Bland &amp; Monica Codman-Nicholls\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Doris-Bland-Monica-Codman-Nicholls-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" /></a> Doris Bland and Monica Codman-Nicholls.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7642\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Ray-and-Jerry-Stocks.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7642\" title=\"Ray and Jerry Stocks\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Ray-and-Jerry-Stocks-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" /></a> Ray and Jerry Stocks[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7644\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Mary-Strick-and-Janice-Fulp1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7644\" title=\"Mary Strick and Janice Fulp\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Mary-Strick-and-Janice-Fulp1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Mary Strick and Janice Fulp.[/caption]', 'Launch party celebrates DragonBoat Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'launch-party-celebrates-dragonboat-beaufort', '', '', '2012-08-02 06:06:04', '2012-08-02 10:06:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7638', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7645, 4, '2012-08-02 06:07:29', '2012-08-02 10:07:29', 'By Dennis Tavernetti\r\n<strong>“Monsieur Lazhar” from The World Series presented by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center For the Arts Monday, August 6 at 4 p.m.</strong>\r\nSynopsis: In Montreal, an elementary school teacher dies abruptly. Bachir Lazhar, a 55-year-old Algerian immigrant, goes to the school to offer his services as a substitute teacher. Quickly hired to replace the deceased, he finds himself in an establishment in crisis, while going through his own personal tragedy. The cultural gap between Bachir and his class is made immediately apparent when he gives them a dictation exercise that is beyond them. Little by little, he learns to better know this group of shaken, but endearing kids like Alice and Simon, the two charismatic pupils particularly affected by their teacher’s death. While the class goes through the healing process, nobody in the school is aware of Bachir’s painful past nor do they suspect that he is at risk of being deported at any moment.\r\nRatings &amp; Reviews:  Internet rating sites, IMDb: 7.6; Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 97/Audience: 92 Outstanding Marks! Critics: New York Times: “Like no other film about middle school life ...”; Wall Street Journal: “...wisdom and grace ... quiet beauty...”; NPR: “... just terrific.”\r\nPreviewer Comments: This Canadian film in French with English subtitles is a wonderful experience and portrays the impact of a human tragedy on others and how a single person can trigger understanding, recovery and healing by reaching deep inside and utilizing their own caring and hope.  It is also a fine reminder that in most things where we give our heart fully, we usually receive more in return.\r\nRated: PG13.\r\n\r\n<strong>“Goodbye First Love” from The World Series presented by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center For the Arts on Wednesday, August 8 at 6:30 p.m.</strong>\r\nSynopsis:  Fifteen-year-old Camille is a serious, intensely focused girl who has fallen in love with cheerful Sullivan, an older boy who reciprocates her feelings, mostly, but wants to be free to explore the world. When he leaves her to travel through South America, she is devastated. But over the next eight years, she develops into a more fully formed woman, with new interests and a new loves — and the possibility that she’ll be less defenseless when Sullivan enters her life again. Filled with scenes that showcase an extraordinary ability to evoke moods and feelings, the film takes the story of a girl’s first romance and makes it into a singular experience that feels uniquely personal.\r\nRatings &amp; Reviews:  Internet rating sites, IMDb: 6.2; Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 80/Audience: 60 Good marks. Critics: Roger Ebert: “... fascinating”; UK Guardian: “... outstanding film”; Daily Telegraph: “... convincing and memorable.”\r\nPreviewer Comments:  This French film in French, with English subtitles, is about a girl’s first love, and all her loves after, until she meets the first one again. It is interesting to understand that the reasons for loving one or another person are impossible to quantify and if they are, how they can change over time as we mature and gain more experience.  More than anything else, this film demonstrates that love is normally fickle, changing, and can be different at different times in our lives.\r\nRated: Not rated, but likely to be R due to sexuality.\r\nTickets for adults are $7, seniors $6, students $5. Call USCB Center for the Arts box office at 843-521-4145 or purchase day of performance. Box office opens an hour before the show.\r\nDennis Tavernetti is a resident of St. Helena Island and retired to the Lowcountry having a lifelong interest in the arts.', 'The Indie Film Corner: \'Monsieur Lazhar\' and \'Goodbye First Love\'', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-indie-film-corner-monsieur-lazhar-and-goodbye-first-love', '', '', '2012-08-02 06:07:29', '2012-08-02 10:07:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7645', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7646, 4, '2012-08-02 06:08:32', '2012-08-02 10:08:32', '‘Lucia de Lammermoor’ Met Opera Encores\r\nAnna Netrebko sings the title role of Donizetti’s bel canto tragedy in her Met role debut, with Piotr Beczala as her lover, Edgardo. Mariusz Kwiecien is her tyrannical brother. Mary Zimmerman’s hit production, first seen in 2007, is staged as a Victorian ghost story. Estimated running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes.\r\n• Time and date: August 2, at 6:30 p.m.\r\n• Price: Adults $15, Ollii Members and Students $10.\r\n\r\n‘Phantom of the Opera’ at Albert Hall tribute\r\nTo mark its 25th Anniversary year, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh present “The Phantom of the Opera” in a fully-staged, lavish production, set in the sumptuous Victorian splendor of the Royal Albert Hall. More than 200 original and current cast members will pay special tribute to “the music of the night.”\r\n• Time and date: Tuesday, August 7 at 6:30 p,m.\r\n• Price: Adults $10, Senior/Military  $8, Students $6\r\n\r\n‘Der Rosenkavalier’ Met Opera HD encore\r\nStrauss’s comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in 18th Century Vienna stars Renée Fleming as the aristocratic Marschallin and Susan Graham in the trouser role of her young lover. Edo de Waart conducts a cast that also includes Kristinn Sigmundsson and Thomas Allen. The opera is 3 hours and 20 minutes.\r\n• Time and date: August 9 at 6:30 p.m.\r\n• Price: Adults $15, Olli Members and Students  $10.\r\n\r\nCome see a live version of  ‘Love Never Dies’\r\nCome and enjoy the fully staged pre-recorded performance of “Love Never Dies” captured from The Regent Theatre in Melbourne, Australia.\r\n• Time and date: Tuesday, August 14 at 6:30 p.m.\r\n\r\n‘Don Gionvana’  Met Opera live encores\r\nMariusz Kwiecien is the world’s most famous lover in Michael Grandage’s new production, led by Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi. The lineup of refined Mozartians also includes Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Ramón Vargas, and Luca Pisaroni.\r\n• Time and date: Thursday, August 16 at 6:30 p.m.\r\n• Price: Adults $15, Olli Members and Students $10\r\n\r\nUSCB Center for the Arts is located at 801 Carteret Street, Beaufort. To contact the box office, call 843-521-4145 or bhargrov@uscb.edu. For more information about the events at the Center for the Arts, visit www.USCBcenterforthearts.com.', 'August art events at USCB Center for the Arts', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'august-art-events-at-uscb-center-for-the-arts', '', '', '2012-08-02 06:08:32', '2012-08-02 10:08:32', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7646', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7647, 4, '2012-08-02 06:11:00', '2012-08-02 10:11:00', 'No mistake about it — it’s summer time on St. Helena Island with heat and more heat at the Red Piano Too Art Gallery’s Annual Summer Show. Be sure to mark your calendar for Saturday, August 4, from 1-5 p.m. at the gallery “Where Art is Joy”.\r\nThis year’s featured artist, Shirley “SA” Hunter has been a gallery “regular” for many years. Hunter, a Florida native, relocated to the Georgia Sea Islands at age 9. Her family and The Gullah People would be instrumental as a frame of reference for the type of art she would eventually paint. She classifies her work as “family life that warms the heart” and “folk art with a twist.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7648\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"222\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Art-Red-Piano-Too.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-7648\" title=\"Art-Red Piano Too\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Art-Red-Piano-Too-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" /></a> From the featured artist, Shirley \"SA\" Hunter.[/caption]\r\n\r\nShirley’s husband, who died almost five years ago, was her major fan and inspiration. During her husband’s illness and his subsequent death, she lost her interest and inspiration for art. She did not paint for five or six years. Motivation and encouragement from her large support system eventually moved her to return to her passion. She re-emerged to create paintings that are bursting with life and color. These new paintings are happy and delightful celebrations.\r\nMrs. Hunter is a self-taught artist who began painting in 1995 at age 50. She says she “at first wanted to paint landscapes.” Her work quickly evolved to painting her family memories and the Gullah lifestyle. “I just kept drawing people,” she said.\r\nThe renowned artist Bill Hendrix once told her, “Paint what you know and you will grow,” and grow she did.\r\nWorking in oil paint she has created a wonderful, colorful and animated collection. Her style draws the viewer into the lives of ordinary people as they go about the activities of daily life. The viewer is drawn in to the point of forming a personal relationship with the subject — getting caught up in the memory and story that Mrs. Hunter so artfully depicts.\r\nGallery owner Mary Inabinett Mack says, “It was a delightful day at The Red Piano Too Art Gallery when we learned that Shirley “S.A.” Hunter was sufficiently motivated to return to creating her ‘Art that is Joy.’  ”\r\nA large number of “gallery regulars” will join Mrs. Hunter at the Annual Summer Show. Many of the artists are well known to the :Lowcountry art collector. They include Allen Fireall, James Denmark, Charles Desaussure, Diane Britton-Dunham, Cassandra Gillens, Irene Tison, Helen Stewart, Della Wells, Johnnie Griner, Jeffery Day, James Connor, W.J Wilkie, Victoria Smalls, Reggie Frazier, Mary Hanby, Johnnie Simmons, and Julia Neil. Demetric Denmark, Sonnell Thompson, Cassandra White, Dan Ciecelski, Toni Chireco, Tanya Craig, Bobbi Watson, Jo Watson, and quilter/musician/painter/storyteller Mrs. Dorothy Montgomery.\r\nAuthors, always an integral part of the show, will be available to discuss and sign their books.\r\nSome of the invited authors are Pierre McGowan, H.H. “Bubba” Von Harten, Earl S. Cooler, Doctor Emory Campbell, Pat Branning, Bonnie Stanard, and Ninti and Kijani Bynum and others.\r\nFormer gallery partner, Elayne Scott has returned to work at the gallery. She says, “The Summer Show provides an opportunity for the many artists exhibiting in the gallery to come together, meet, and exchange ideas.”\r\n“Many of the participating artists first exhibited their work in The Red Piano Too art Gallery and went on to be nationally and internationally recognized,” Mary Mack added.\r\nAt age 75, Mack keeps the gallery open because art has been her passion for more than 50 years and because the gallery provides an opportunity for new artists to exhibit their work. The gallery is a showcase for established as well as new artists.\r\nThe Red Piano Too Art Gallery began 20 years ago and has become a Lowcountry institution. The “Summer Show” serves as a public exhibit and as an appreciation day for the artists.\r\nFor more information, call The Red Piano Too Art Gallery at 843-838-2241 or e-mail redpianotoo@islc.net. The gallery is located at 870 Sea island Parkway, St. Helena Island, SC.', 'Red Piano Too Gallery hosts \'Where Art is Joy\'', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'red-piano-too-gallery-hosts-where-art-is-joy', '', '', '2012-08-02 06:11:00', '2012-08-02 10:11:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7647', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(7649, 4, '2012-08-02 06:13:14', '2012-08-02 10:13:14', 'The Green Herring Art Gallery is hosting a special art exhibit called “Mother to Son” on Saturday, August 4, from 4 to 8 p.m.\r\nThe show will feature two St. Helena Island native artists who just happen to be mother, Victoria A. Smalls, and son, Christopher A. Smalls.\r\nInspired by the writings and poems of Langston Hughes and especially the poem titled “Mother to Son”, Victoria wanted to create this exhibit with her son.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7650\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Mother-Son.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7650\" title=\"Mother &amp;  Son\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Mother-Son-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Christopher and Victoria Smalls.[/caption]\r\n\r\nVictoria is a self-taught artist who has been painting with pastels for 10 years. A recurrent subject used in her paintings is that of faces with varying hues that are in a tranquil, peaceful and contemplative state.  “My ‘Contemplation Faces’, will always be a focal point integrated into my paintings.  They are who I am, a magnificent blend of Gullah, English and Irish,” says Victoria. Other components that make and inspire Victoria in her art work are her family, her beloved Lowcountry, her home and environment.\r\nShe surrounds herself at home with the beautiful creations, paintings, photos, baskets, sculptures created by Lowcountry artists and a must have, music. It is in this setting where she is able to create.\r\nVictoria Smalls is now the History and Culture Coordinator at Penn Center on St. Helena\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7651\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/VictoriaSmallsVoyagetoParadisePastel.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7651\" title=\"VictoriaSmallsVoyagetoParadisePastel\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/VictoriaSmallsVoyagetoParadisePastel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> \'Voyage to Paradise\' by Victoria Smalls.[/caption]\r\n\r\nIsland. She  is the proud mother of Christopher Smalls, 19, who is a junior at Winthrop University majoring in Fine Arts. As a member of the Winthrop Chorale, he enjoys singing and music when he’s not creating artwork.\r\nHe is inspired by nature, music, folk art, Gullah culture and his coastal home. Christopher loves to incorporate different mediums in his art and exploring the interaction between media.\r\nHe has become known for sketching with pen and ink and painting in old books — an art form known as “Altered Books.”\r\n“When looking at Christopher’s art from the earlier years up to now you can see how he has become more sophisticated in his works, said his mother.\r\nThe public is invited to attend a “meet and greet” artists reception free at the Green Herring Galley, 1001 Bay Street from 4 to 8 p.m. on August 4. For more information, call 843-812-4662.', 'Green Herring Gallery hosts ‘Mother to Son’ exhibit', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'green-herring-gallery-hosts-mother-to-son-exhibit', '', '', '2012-08-02 06:13:14', '2012-08-02 10:13:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=7649', 0, 'post', '', 0);
