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(41014, 4, '2019-08-07 14:25:04', '2019-08-07 18:25:04', '<h4>Photo by Bob Sofaly</h4>\r\nKatherine Malutich, left, lets in small groups of students and their parents during the back-to-school event Saturday at Praise Assembly. The event featured health screenings, children’s activities, school supplies and fresh fruit and vegetables.', 'Back to School', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'back-to-school-2', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:25:04', '2019-08-07 18:25:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41014', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41017, 4, '2019-08-07 14:29:21', '2019-08-07 18:29:21', '<h4>Photo By BOB SOFALY</h4>\r\nWith the first day of school right around the corner, about 75 children converged in the pool July 31 at the Charles “Lind” Brown Neighborhood Activity Center on Green Street as they tried to beat the heat.\r\n\r\nPool manager Ruth Eklund said the popular pool traditionally closes after Labor Day, which is on Sept. 2. Once school starts, the pool will have reduced hours as most of the lifeguard staff has to go back to school as well, she said.\r\n\r\nEklund said the exact closure date hasn’t been set yet as the pool has only been open about a month because of recent repair work.\r\n\r\nAll 22,000 students in Beaufort County, from Pre-K to high school seniors, start school on Monday, Aug. 19.', 'Kids try to beat heat at pool as return to school draws near', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'kids-try-to-beat-heat-at-pool-as-return-to-school-draws-near', '', '', '2019-08-07 14:54:49', '2019-08-07 18:54:49', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41017', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41021, 4, '2019-08-07 15:14:07', '2019-08-07 19:14:07', 'Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority’s Board of Directors has chosen Michael Bell to serve as chair for the fiscal year 2020.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBell, a 27-year veteran of the board, represents the Town of Bluffton.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Baxley, Ga., native is a graduate of Albany State University. After a long career in the public school sector, he currently serves as registrar and PowerSchool administrator at Lowcountry Montessori School in Beaufort.\r\n\r\n“It is truly an honor to serve again as board chair of one of the most vital organizations within Beaufort and Jasper counties,” Bell said in a release. “During this tenure, we work cooperatively and fiduciarily with the general manager and staff to strategically plan for the impacts of the continued area growth with an eye toward costs, service delivery and safety. It is truly our mission to inspire trust and enhance the public health of all within our service area.”\r\n\r\nAssisting Bell as officers are Jimmy Baker as vice-chair (representing Beaufort County Delegation/Hilton Head) and Gregory Padgett as secretary/treasurer (City of Hardeeville). Other members are: Donna Altman (Beaufort County); Lorraine Bond (Jasper County Delegation); Brandy Gray (Town of Port Royal); Donald Manson (Beaufort County); R. Thayer Rivers, Jr. (Town of Ridgeland); Jerry Schulze (Beaufort County) and Dr. William Singleton (Jasper County Delegation).\r\n\r\nAndy Kinghorn is awaiting final approval by the governor to serve as the representative for the City of Beaufort.\r\n\r\nFor more information about BJWSA or its Board of Directors, visit <a href=\"http://bjwsa.org/\">bjwsa.org</a>.', 'BJWSA board picks Bell as chair', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bjwsa-board-picks-bell-as-chair', '', '', '2019-08-07 15:14:07', '2019-08-07 19:14:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41021', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41025, 4, '2019-08-07 15:17:04', '2019-08-07 19:17:04', 'Located between the Rustic Pup Boutique and Wishlist and across from Southern Sweets in Old Bay Marketplace at 917 Bay Street, Lily Beaufort will open its doors Friday.\r\n\r\nLily, inspired by French culture, is a unique, carefully-curated boutique with a French allure. It is all about cherishing and touting the elegant, delicate southern charms, associated with the very best of Beaufort’s Southern Belles.\r\n\r\nAt Lily, guests will find French parfum, artisan French jewelry, silk scarves, stationary, Lalique crystal, soaps, lotions and potions, and handbags, all curated by the shopkeeper who takes inspiration from French culture and incorporates the delicate airs of graceful Beaufort into Lily.\r\n\r\n“As shopkeeper, I have always had a love for all things French, Lily owner Kevin Borkowski said in a release. “I remember as a child, on a trip to Paris with my mother, how mesmerized I was by the parisienne beauté exceptionnelle and all the alluring objets de luxe. As Lily’s chief buyer, visual display merchandiser, luxury ambassador, and purveyor of life’s little luxuries, I believe in exceeding customer expectations and always going above and beyond what my patrons expect.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“The bottom line with life’s little luxuries is that they have to be the best”\r\n\r\nLily will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. For more information, call 843-379-3379, email at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@lilybeaufort.com\">info@lilybeaufort.com</a> or visit <a href=\"http://lilybeaufort.com/\">lilybeaufort.com</a>.', 'Lily Beaufort opening in Old Bay Marketplace', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lily-beaufort-opening-in-old-bay-marketplace', '', '', '2019-08-07 15:17:04', '2019-08-07 19:17:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41025', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41041, 4, '2019-08-07 15:25:36', '2019-08-07 19:25:36', 'Chris Hook snapped this photo of a double rainbow over the tall pine trees on Cat Island. The photo was taken from the rear of his home on Cat, looking toward Cowen Creek.', 'Lowcountry Life', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', '41041-2', '', '', '2019-08-07 15:26:38', '2019-08-07 19:26:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41041', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41045, 4, '2019-08-07 15:28:15', '2019-08-07 19:28:15', '<h4>By Mindy Lucas</h4>\r\nAn area firefighter responding to a suspicious fire in a residential area in Burton on July 31, was injured after helping to extinguish the blaze, a fire official has said.\r\n\r\nFire crews from the Burton Fire District and the Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department responding to the fire on Walker Circle around 6 p.m. found a mobile home “heavily involved” in flame, said Captain Daniel Byrne with the Burton Fire District.\r\n\r\nThe home, believed to have been abandoned, was within 50 yards of other homes in the neighborhood. High heat and humidity and thick vegetation growing on and around the home made it difficult for firefighters to respond, Byrne said.\r\n\r\nThe fire was fully extinguished within about an hour and investigators remained on the scene for several hours after, he said.\r\n\r\nThe injured firefighter suffered from minor burns. He was treated by EMS on the scene, then returned to fighting the fire.\r\n\r\nWhen reached by phone Monday, Byrne said he was otherwise doing fine.\r\n\r\nThe fire is being called suspicious and remains under investigation, Byrne said.\r\n\r\nAnyone with any information about the fire is asked to call the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office or the state arson hotline at 1-800-92-ARSON.', 'Firefighter injured in suspicious mobile home fire in Burton', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'firefighter-injured-in-suspicious-mobile-home-fire-in-burton', '', '', '2019-08-07 15:28:15', '2019-08-07 19:28:15', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41045', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41050, 4, '2019-08-07 15:32:15', '2019-08-07 19:32:15', '<h4>By Mike McCombs</h4>\r\nThough we’re still in the dog days of summer, it’s that time of year again – it’s football season.\r\n\r\nArea high school players took to the field this past week, beginning practice for a season that begins in less than three weeks.\r\n\r\nThe season kicks off for northern Beaufort County’s public school teams on Aug. 23. Whale Branch travels to rival Battery Creek, while Beaufort High takes on A.C. Flora in Columbia. Both games are at<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>7:30 p.m.\r\n\r\nThe next week, head coach Mark Clifford and Beaufort Academy open their defense of the SCISA 8-man state championship with a road game at Clarendon Hall.\r\n\r\nBetween now and then, area athletes will endure some grueling summer practices.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut it won’t be long before the officials are spotting the ball.', 'The Boys of Summer', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-boys-of-summer', '', '', '2019-08-07 15:32:15', '2019-08-07 19:32:15', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41050', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41054, 4, '2019-08-07 15:34:34', '2019-08-07 19:34:34', '<h4>By Mindy Lucas</h4>\r\nTwo water rescues within four days of each other have kept area first responders busy recently.\r\n\r\nThe first water rescue involved a 30-year-old woman who was rescued from the Beaufort River after she was swept away from a dock around 6 p.m. July 31, said Battalion Chief Ross Vezin with the City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department.\r\n\r\nIt was first thought the woman had jumped from the Woods Memorial Bridge after a 911 caller reported a person had jumped from the bridge.\r\n\r\nHowever, officers arriving on the scene at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park later learned the woman had decided to go for a swim from the city’s day dock.\r\n\r\nAccording to the officers, she was then “carried away by the current,” said Patrick Schmucker, a spokesman for the Beaufort Police Department.\r\n\r\nAn officer with the fire department spotted the woman drifting towards the Old Point neighborhood. The woman tried to cling to the piling beneath the bridge but the current was too much for her, Vezin said.\r\n\r\n“She couldn’t hold on and that’s when he saw her go under several times,” he said.\r\n\r\nFirefighters were eventually able to rescue the woman after throwing water rope rescue bags from a dock off Port Republic Street in Old Point, then jumping into the water to get to the woman as she passed by.\r\n\r\nThe woman was given medical care by EMS and taken to the hospital. It was not known what her condition was as of Monday night.\r\n\r\nThe City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department, the Lady’s Island/St. Helena Fire Department, Beaufort Water Search &amp; Rescue, Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department, City of Beaufort Police Department, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and Beaufort County EMS responded to the incident.\r\n\r\nThe second rescue, on Sunday, involved a 29-year-old man who became stranded on a sandbar off Hunting Island after the tide came in.\r\n\r\nFirefighters from the Lady’s Island-St. Helena Fire Department responded to the emergency around 9:15 a.m. after the man called 911, said Scott Harris a spokesman with the fire department.\r\n\r\nA Fripp Island firefighter was able to reach the man with the use of a jet ski and return him safely to shore, Harris said.\r\n\r\nThe man told first responders he was taking photos of birds on the sandbar when the tide came in behind him and cut him off from the island, Harris said.\r\n\r\nNo one was injured in the incident.', '2 rescued in separate water emergencies in Beaufort area', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2-rescued-in-separate-water-emergencies-in-beaufort-area', '', '', '2019-08-07 15:34:34', '2019-08-07 19:34:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41054', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41062, 4, '2019-08-13 13:07:53', '2019-08-13 17:07:53', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nA Bluffton woman walking her dog close to her Sun City home was bit by an alligator Monday night.\r\n\r\nThe 68-year-old woman was walking her dog in an area between her home and the neighbor’s in the retirement community when the incident occurred, said David Lucas, a public information coordinator with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.\r\n\r\nThe woman’s husband heard her yelling and ran outside to find she had been bitten on her leg and wrist.\r\n\r\nEMS responded to the scene and the woman was taken to a hospital in Savannah, Lucas said.\r\n\r\nThe alligator, which was roughly 8 to 9 feet long, was captured and removed by a state-contracted alligator control agent. It was in a nearby pond when it was captured, he said.\r\n\r\nThe attack follows a similar incident in August of 2018 when a Hilton Head Island woman, also walking her dog, was killed after an alligator dragged her into a lagoon at the Sea Pines Resort.\r\n\r\nThe dog was not injured in the incident.\r\n\r\nDNR is continuing to investigate.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>&nbsp;</em>\r\n\r\n<em>&nbsp;</em>\r\n\r\n<em>&nbsp;</em>\r\n\r\n<em>&nbsp;</em>', 'Bluffton woman walking dog bit by alligator', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bluffton-woman-walking-dog-bit-by-alligator', '', '', '2019-08-13 13:07:53', '2019-08-13 17:07:53', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41062', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41065, 4, '2019-08-14 12:27:45', '2019-08-14 16:27:45', '<strong>Fripp Island Marina to host Labor Day Fishing Tournament</strong>\r\n\r\nFripp Island Marina\'s 2019 Fishing Tournament will take place Aug. 29-31. Fisherman are invited to compete for a payout of more than $5000 in the traditional Labor Day event. Prizes will include largest in the King Mackerel and Spanish Mackerel categories and more. For more information, call 843-838-1517, register on our website at <a href=\"http://www.frippislandresort.com/\">www.frippislandresort.com</a> or contact us via email at <a href=\"mailto:kingfishtournament@gmail.com\">kingfishtournament@gmail.com</a>. Proceeds for the event go to benefit the Pledge The Pink initiative.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hair to Learn at the Beaufort County Library</strong>\r\n\r\nTosha Holmes, salon owner, cosmetology educator and hair care expert, answers questions about keeping your hair and scalp healthy. Includes a quick and easy style demonstration.\r\n\r\nCall 843-255-6458 to submit questions or for more information about this free event, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 26, 311 Scott Street.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mahjongg Interest Group at the Beaufort County Library</strong>\r\n\r\nEver wondered what mahjongg is? Join us to learn more or play a game, 4:30-5:45 p.m. Aug. 20, 311 Scott Street. Registration required.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCan’t make the meeting? Call and let us know of your interest. To register or for more information, contact the Reference Desk at 843-255-6458.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pat Conroy Center offers Anchorage retreat</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort’s Pat Conroy Literary Center’s Anchorage Retreat is set for Sept. 6-8.\r\n\r\nThe Southern Living-inspired event is an exclusive writers retreat weekend at the award-winning historic Anchorage 1770 Inn.\r\n\r\nParticipating writers will immerse themselves in a collaborative experience. In the retreat’s intimate setting, writers will get to know one another as well as the retreat’s instructors over a span of three days and two nights of workshops, discussions, writing prompts, readings, critiques, and social gatherings.\r\n\r\nThe distinguished faculty of award-winning writers and publishing professionals will share their insights and experiences.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThis year’s faculty includes novelists Kimberly Brock, Carla Damron, and Reavis Z. Wortham; memoirist and humorist Harrison Scott Key; biographer and book review editor Adam Parker; and literary agents Jeff Kleinman and Marly Rusoff.\r\n\r\nThe cost for the retreat is $1,500 per person and includes a two-night stay at the Anchorage 1770 Inn on Sept. 6-8, all retreat sessions, evening receptions on Friday and Saturday, breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday, and lunch on Saturday.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe registration fee will be billed in three equal installments to be paid in full by Sept. 6. Rooms are selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is now open and is limited to 15 participants.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to register, call the Anchorage 1770 Inn at 877-951-1770.\r\n\r\nProceeds benefit the year-round educational programming of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center.\r\n\r\n<strong>YMCA to offer CPR classes</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: Aug. 17, Sept. 7, Sept. 19, and Nov. 23.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org\r\n\r\n<strong>Activities at Hunting Island State Park</strong>\r\n\r\nThere are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSundays: Sand/candy art, 11 a.m.; Hunting Island Bingo, 2:30 p.m.; Shark tooth excursion, 4 p.m. (Aug. 18).\r\n\r\nMondays: Dolphin ecology kayak tour, 10 a.m. (Aug. 19); Tie dye, 11 a.m.; Marine mammals of S.C., 2 p.m. (Aug. 12, 26); Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nTuesdays: Turtle Talk, 10:30 a.m.; CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Native American Dreamcatchers, 2 p.m. (Aug. 13); Beach Walk, 3 p.m.\r\n\r\nWednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.; Stepping Stones, 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nThursdays: Dolphin ecology kayak tour, 7:30 a.m. (Aug. 15); Interpretive Lighthouse Tour, 10 a.m. (Aug. 15, 22, 29); Driftwood painting, 11 a.m. (Aug. 22, 29); Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.; Full-moon lighthouse climb, 8 p.m.\r\n\r\nFridays: Dolphin ecology kayak tour, 7:30 a.m. (Aug. 30); Lowcountry reptiles, 11 a.m.; Fish printing, 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nSaturdays: Sunrise lighthouse climb, 6:30 a.m. (Aug. 24); A walk in the woods, 11 a.m. (Aug. 24); Sharks! 11 a.m. (Aug. 17, 31); Creatures of the night, 2:30 p.m. (Aug. 17, 31)\r\n\r\nFor a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”\r\n\r\nAll are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Drum Circle</strong>\r\nAll are invited to share some good vibes with the Beaufort Drum Circle. The Drum Circle gathers every second Monday of the month, 5:30-7:00 p.m. and every fourth Thursday of the month, 7-8:30 p.m., in the Contemplative Garden at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in downtown Beaufort.\r\n\r\nThe remaining August Drum Circle date is Thursday, Aug. 22.\r\n\r\nEveryone is welcome to attend this family-friendly event. No experience is necessary. Rain or shine. Please bring a chair, a friend, and maybe an extra drum or hand percussion if you have one to share.\r\nFor questions or to join our mailing list, please email us at <a href=\"mailto:beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com\">beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com</a> or contact us on our Facebook page \"Beaufort SC Drum Circle\".\r\n\r\n<strong>Get moving with Beaufort Track Club</strong>\r\n\r\nJoin the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.\r\n\r\nVisit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Friends of Hunting Island’s Tuesday Turtle Talks</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Friends of Hunting island announce the 2019 Tuesday Turtle Talks running through Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 10:30am at the picnic shelter by the Lighthouse. There is no fee for the TTT, but the park entry fee does apply.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEach week various topics will be discussed including the natural history of loggerhead turtles, what happens when the turtles come to Hunting Island to lay their eggs, and the conservation and challenges specific to a barrier island such as Hunting Island State Park. Participation, ideas and questions are always welcome.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter the talk, participants can join TTT host Denise Parsick on a short beach walk. All ages are invited to attend this educational and engaging program.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd for early risers: If you want to join a turtle patrol to check out loggerhead nests, come to the Visitor’s Center parking lot at 6 a.m. sharp any day of the week, and talk with a volunteer in an orange shirt to join a group for that day’s patrol. All ages welcome.\r\n\r\n<strong>Local storytelling organization formed</strong>\r\n\r\nEvelene Stevenson, owner of the Spirit of Old Beaufort Tours, has formed a local storytelling organization, the Sea Isles Storytellers, which will be headquartered in the Sea Island Center at 876 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island.\r\n\r\nAll are invited to come to the first meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, which will be\r\n\r\nchristened by the Back Porch Storytellers from Charleston.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAll have stories to tell, and Stevenson wants an organization that listens and encourages those of all ages to tell a story, sing a song and listen to others tales.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nPlease send an email, including name and phone number, to seaislandcenter@gmail.com or call Evelene Stevenson at 843-271-2478.', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-to-do-188', '', '', '2019-08-14 12:27:45', '2019-08-14 16:27:45', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41065', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41067, 4, '2019-08-14 12:28:40', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'By SCOTT GRABER\n\nIt is Sunday morning and I’m sitting on my deck drinking my coffee and reading the Wall Street Journal — Weekend Edition.\n\nThis morning, the WSJ gives us an article on baseball caps and the grown men who wear them. The piece begins by describing a $21 cap with “Chinati stitched across the front in a neat sans serif font.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\n\nThis particular cap tells the world that one drove to Marfa, Texas — a town way off the beaten track — and spent time with the minimalist masterworks assembled by the Chinati Foundation. This cap is a what is called a ‘humblebrag.’\n\nOther humblebrag hats include headgear that say ‘Odeon,’ ‘Bohemian Grove,’ ‘Martha’s Vineyard’ and any cap that names any oyster bar in Abuja, Nigeria.\n\n“It’s a way to meet and sort of, I guess, notice other people who are at least like you in some ways,” said Brooks Riggins, 33, an advertising copywriter in Dallas who is partial to a hat from the One and Only Ocean Club, a since-renamed resort in the Bahamas.”\n\nFor many men, myself included, it is important to tell other people that one is well connected or extensively traveled.\n\n“I can’t help but notice you’re wearing a baseball cap that says ‘Ron Jon Surf Shop Myrtle Beach.’ Have you actually been to Myrtle Beach?”\n\nI must confess that I have a bald spot that sunburns easily so I have a reason for wearing a baseball cap. (But not backwards — there is no excuse for a man my age, of any age, wearing a cap backwards.) But I also know the sunburn excuse loses legitimacy in a darkened pub like Saltus, Breakwater or Circa 1875 in Savannah.\n\nIf the truth be told, I’ve never liked baseball caps because they emphasize the largeness of my already-too-large head.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\n\nBut the article in the Journal takes me back maybe 40 years, when Beaufort Memorial Hospital decided to have a fundraiser in the form of a cummerbund-and-gold-cufflink ball at the Lyceum on Parris Island.\n\nIn those days, I spent a lot of time with a friend, Roger Steele, and several days before the event we were talking about what we would be wearing to the Valentine’s Ball. In those days many of our friends were active duty Marines, and they, of course, would be wearing their colorful uniforms accessorized with medals.\n\n“It’s just not fair,” Roger said as we sat in his Teal Room. “We wear a black jacket, boring black slacks and maybe a cummerbund with a little color. They cover their chest with ribbons and medals.”\n\n“They earned them,” I replied, knowing that Roger had spent time in the Marine Corps when he was younger.\n\n“I got a medal for marksmanship,” he said. “But its not much to look at.”\n\n“Perhaps we could design our own,” I said. “Perhaps something to commemorate your teaching; and my time in court.”\n\nLater that evening I took a medal my father had won in 1939 (at the Ohio State Junior Tennis Tournament) and added a ribbon. Roger, who was not shy and far more creative in these matters, found a medallion the size of a beer coaster and added a ribbon that looped around his head in the manner of a Nobel Laureate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\n\nAnd of course, Roger created an appropriate story that I didn’t hear until I got to the ball and was dancing with Helen Harvey.\n\n“Did you know that Roger rescued a diplomat’s daughter,” she whispered in my ear.\n\n“When?” I replied, stunned that I had not heard about this particular rescue.\n\n“When he was living in Japan,” she said. “And tonight he’s wearing the medal given to him by the Prime Minister.”\n\nMany of us know that life is a daily, perhaps hourly, contest between self-esteem and self-loathing. For years I did my esteem-building by way of T-shirts that memorialized huge tuition payments (St. Lawrence University) or bad destination decisions (the Barbed Wire Museum in McLean, Texas). Regrettably there is a dress code problem with most T-shirts — you can’t wear them to weddings, funerals or to The Grey in Savannah.\n\nMy reluctance to wear a conversation-starting T-shirt is antique in this day of self-promotion on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.\n\nAnd self-esteem is a hungry creature requiring a constant stream of ‘likes.’<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\n\nAccording to recent statistics released by Facebook, the average daily user spends 41 minutes a day on Facebook — much of that time updating, or ‘curating,’ his or her resume.\n\nBut Facebook is a bridge too far for me.\n\nPostscript.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\n\nFor those of us lucky enough to have known Roger Steele the Olympic-sized medallion he designed years ago is just about right for the years he spent teaching children to draw; for the creativity he instilled in hundreds of college students; for his uncanny ability to make us laugh at ourselves and the world around us.', 'Humblebrags and self promotion can be tricky propositions', '', 'draft', 'closed', 'closed', '', '', '', '', '2019-08-14 12:28:40', '2019-08-14 16:28:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41067', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41068, 4, '2019-08-14 12:34:27', '2019-08-14 16:34:27', '<h4>By SCOTT GRABER</h4>\r\nIt is Sunday morning and I’m sitting on my deck drinking my coffee and reading the Wall Street Journal — Weekend Edition.\r\n\r\nThis morning, the WSJ gives us an article on baseball caps and the grown men who wear them. The piece begins by describing a $21 cap with “Chinati stitched across the front in a neat sans serif font.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThis particular cap tells the world that one drove to Marfa, Texas — a town way off the beaten track — and spent time with the minimalist masterworks assembled by the Chinati Foundation. This cap is a what is called a ‘humblebrag.’\r\n\r\nOther humblebrag hats include headgear that say ‘Odeon,’ ‘Bohemian Grove,’ ‘Martha’s Vineyard’ and any cap that names any oyster bar in Abuja, Nigeria.\r\n\r\n“It’s a way to meet and sort of, I guess, notice other people who are at least like you in some ways,” said Brooks Riggins, 33, an advertising copywriter in Dallas who is partial to a hat from the One and Only Ocean Club, a since-renamed resort in the Bahamas.\r\n\r\nFor many men, myself included, it is important to tell other people that one is well connected or extensively traveled.\r\n\r\n“I can’t help but notice you’re wearing a baseball cap that says ‘Ron Jon Surf Shop Myrtle Beach.’ Have you actually been to Myrtle Beach?”\r\n\r\nI must confess that I have a bald spot that sunburns easily so I have a reason for wearing a baseball cap. (But not backwards — there is no excuse for a man my age, or any age, wearing a cap backwards.) But I also know the sunburn excuse loses legitimacy in a darkened pub like Saltus, Breakwater or Circa 1875 in Savannah.\r\n\r\nIf the truth be told, I’ve never liked baseball caps because they emphasize the largeness of my already-too-large head.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut the article in the Journal takes me back maybe 40 years, when Beaufort Memorial Hospital decided to have a fundraiser in the form of a cummerbund-and-gold-cufflink ball at the Lyceum on Parris Island.\r\n\r\nIn those days, I spent a lot of time with a friend, Roger Steele, and several days before the event we were talking about what we would be wearing to the Valentine’s Ball. In those days many of our friends were active duty Marines, and they, of course, would be wearing their colorful uniforms accessorized with medals.\r\n\r\n“It’s just not fair,” Roger said as we sat in his Teal Room. “We wear a black jacket, boring black slacks and maybe a cummerbund with a little color. They cover their chest with ribbons and medals.”\r\n\r\n“They earned them,” I replied, knowing that Roger had spent time in the Marine Corps when he was younger.\r\n\r\n“I got a medal for marksmanship,” he said. “But it\'s not much to look at.”\r\n\r\n“Perhaps we could design our own,” I said. “Perhaps something to commemorate your teaching; and my time in court.”\r\n\r\nLater that evening I took a medal my father had won in 1939 (at the Ohio State Junior Tennis Tournament) and added a ribbon. Roger, who was not shy and far more creative in these matters, found a medallion the size of a beer coaster and added a ribbon that looped around his head in the manner of a Nobel Laureate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd of course, Roger created an appropriate story that I didn’t hear until I got to the ball and was dancing with Helen Harvey.\r\n\r\n“Did you know that Roger rescued a diplomat’s daughter,” she whispered in my ear.\r\n\r\n“When?” I replied, stunned that I had not heard about this particular rescue.\r\n\r\n“When he was living in Japan,” she said. “And tonight he’s wearing the medal given to him by the Prime Minister.”\r\n\r\nMany of us know that life is a daily, perhaps hourly, contest between self-esteem and self-loathing. For years I did my esteem-building by way of T-shirts that memorialized huge tuition payments (St. Lawrence University) or bad destination decisions (the Barbed Wire Museum in McLean, Texas). Regrettably there is a dress code problem with most T-shirts — you can’t wear them to weddings, funerals or to The Grey in Savannah.\r\n\r\nMy reluctance to wear a conversation-starting T-shirt is antique in this day of self-promotion on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.\r\n\r\nAnd self-esteem is a hungry creature requiring a constant stream of ‘likes.’<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAccording to recent statistics released by Facebook, the average daily user spends 41 minutes a day on Facebook — much of that time updating, or ‘curating,’ his or her resume.\r\n\r\nBut Facebook is a bridge too far for me.\r\n\r\nPostscript.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFor those of us lucky enough to have known Roger Steele the Olympic-sized medallion he designed years ago is just about right for the years he spent teaching children to draw; for the creativity he instilled in hundreds of college students; for his uncanny ability to make us laugh at ourselves and the world around us.', 'Humblebrags and self promotion can be tricky propositions', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'humblebrags-and-self-promotion-can-be-tricky-propositions', '', '', '2019-08-14 12:34:27', '2019-08-14 16:34:27', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41068', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41071, 4, '2019-08-14 12:35:55', '2019-08-14 16:35:55', '<h4>By LEE SCOTT</h4>\r\nIn a recent gathering with friends, one of the topics that came up involved tiaras. Each woman began to describe the tiaras they wore when they were young.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSome of the tiaras were for prom dances or worn with their princess costumes; and one woman said she had a small tiara for her wedding. That is when I chimed in “I have never had a princess crown, nor did I ever pretend to be a Princess.”\r\n\r\nI explained to the group that I was brought up with a brother, one year older, who pretty much dictated our play for years. My mother said she knew there would be trouble with us very early.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIt started when he was about 2 years old and I was around one. He climbed out of his crib and pushed the lever to slide my railing down so I could get out. She heard a noise and found us playing with some toys on the floor between the cribs.\r\n\r\nMy mother said my brother was just waiting for the day he would have a playmate and that day was the beginning of our shenanigans.\r\n\r\nBelieve me, when you have a brother so close in age, there is no room for Princess crowns. We played in puddles, made mud pies, and climbed trees. My two older sisters were the little princesses in the family. They wore matching dresses and had their hair permed. My mother could not get me to sit still long enough to ever perm my hair. They loved to dress up in their Holy Communion Dresses and put little crowns in their hair.\r\n\r\nIt was somewhere during my non-princess story, my friend Cindy decided, it was time I had a crown.\r\n\r\nA few days after the gathering Cindy showed up with a tiara for me.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“Every girl should have a tiara sometime in her life!”\r\n\r\nShe is right. Nowadays, it seems like every little girl is a Princess. Disney has created a world of little princesses with more than 12 Disney Princesses from which to choose.\r\n\r\nThere were only Cinderella and Snow White when I was little, and I do not remember wanting to be like either of them. After all, I had to do chores like Cinderella. And I compared my seven siblings to Snow White’s seven dwarfs. Forget the crown.\r\n\r\nAfter Cindy left my house, I dressed up in a long white dress, put on my tiara and asked my husband to take a picture.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“Why?” he asked.\r\n\r\nI just wanted to have evidence, that once in my life, I was dressed like Cinderella.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter a childhood of being the girl with the ashes on my clothes, I finally looked like I was going to the ball.', 'I never pretended I was the princess at the ball', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'i-never-pretended-i-was-the-princess-at-the-ball', '', '', '2019-08-14 12:35:55', '2019-08-14 16:35:55', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41071', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41073, 4, '2019-08-14 12:38:38', '2019-08-14 16:38:38', '<h4>By LAURA KAPONER</h4>\r\nRecently, I was at an appointment when the receptionist noticed I was dressed far nicer than my usual casual look and inquired why.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nI proudly told her I was working full time again, to which she wanted to know what I was doing.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMy pride swelled even further as I announced it was with the mentally ill population.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe frown on her face was instantaneous as she muttered her apologies. I knew that those with Mental Illnesses faced a horrible Stigma, but I was unaware Mental Health Professionals faced that Stigma as well.\r\nThis is where I am at a complete loss because I always thought working in the medical field was prestigious as in \"Your child is a doctor? You must be so proud!\"<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnother thought I had was that those who make a career out of serving others are honorable: military, firefighters, etc.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSo why is it that I am constantly having to explain to others that my career choice wasn\'t a last resort because I couldn\'t find anything else or anything “better?” Why do others feel sorry for me?\r\nWell before I ever dreamed of walking down this path, I felt mental health professionals were unsung heroes who were in the position on often pushing a boulder up a hill.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nInsurance companies treat mental health benefits separate from other medical benefits even though mental illnesses are, in fact, medical conditions. There are often much lower provider reimbursements in comparison to other medical professionals, lots of red tape involving authorizations and unrealistic visit limitations that force many in the field to go private in order to make a their career livable.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe result is less providers accepting insurances makes fewer cost efficient options for patients to receive the care they need.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBeing a mental health professional is by no means a flashy, high-profile or high-paying career in most instances, In my personal experience those who choose this path do so because of the genuine want to make a difference.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nGlamorous, hardly. Respectable, highly so.\r\nMental health facilities are closing all over the country, services becoming greatly reduced, yet the population keeps growing.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCurrently, 1 in 5 Americans will experience a mental illness in their lifetime. Just as those with cancer, diabetes, HIV, those with a mental illness need resources for survival that include professionals to help them manage their symptoms in hopes of having an opportunity at a more fulfilling life.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhere will these 1 in 5 end up without the help they need? Most likely in jail, on the streets or dead.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThat is what people should feel sorry about, not those working hard to prevent these horrible things from happening.\r\nFor most of my life I have felt insecure in the professional world often pushing through just to pay the bills. Working with the mentally ill is unlike anything I could have ever imagined for myself in the best possible way, because it is here I have the opportunity to take my first-hand knowledge to help my peers better navigate their own journeys. Hopefully, far less bumpy than mine was.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIn reality, it is I who feels sorry for anyone too ignorant to understand the important work that is being done to help make the world at large a much better place.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOne in 5 means your neighbors, your coworkers, your family and your friends. Mental health matters affect everyone.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThis is for all the mental health professionals who have helped me in the last 30 years. Because I would not have survived without you.\r\n\r\nThank you.', 'A thank you letter to mental health professionals', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'a-thank-you-letter-to-mental-health-professionals', '', '', '2019-08-14 12:38:38', '2019-08-14 16:38:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41073', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(41076, 4, '2019-08-14 12:39:23', '2019-08-14 16:39:23', '<strong>Join a multiple myeloma support group</strong>\r\n\r\nThere is a multiple myeloma support group in Okatie for the Beaufort, Bluffton, Hilton Head Island and Savannah areas that meets from 10 to 11:30 a.m. the fourth Saturday of each month at St. Luke\'s United Methodist Church on Okatie Highway. The International Myeloma Foundation helps support the group.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nInterested patients, caregivers, family and friends are encouraged to join. It’s an excellent way to meet and interact with other survivors and caregivers to learn the latest advances in treatment and management. For more information, contact Julie McKay at 843-729-8061 or <a href=\"mailto:TugboatJulie@yahoo.com\">TugboatJulie@yahoo.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Dr. Steven Kessel joins Friends of Caroline</strong>\r\n\r\nFriends of Caroline Palliative and Hospice Care is proud to announce the addition of a Co-Medical Director, Dr. Steven Kessel, to the team. Dr. Kessel joins Dr. Gordon Krueger, who has been working with Friends of Caroline for the past seven years.\r\n\r\nKessel grew up in a medical family with both his grandfather and father physicians. After completing medical school himself, Kessel spent a year volunteering in the Samoan Islands.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter backpacking around the world for a year, he settled down in West Virginia, practicing internal medicine. His career led him to Charlotte, N.C. and then to Beaufort, where he spent 18 of his 38 years providing care.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nDuring his early years of practice, Kessel was a member of Friends of Caroline.\r\n\r\n“I have continued to be impressed with the commitment of FOCH to their patients and the community in general,” Dr. Kessel said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“We are thrilled to have Dr. Kessel join our team. He is compassionate and very knowledgeable. The Lowcountry is lucky to have his ongoing care in this community,” Friends of Caroline Executive Director Lindsay Roberg said in a release.', 'Health Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'health-briefs-13', '', '', '2019-08-14 12:39:23', '2019-08-14 16:39:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41076', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41079, 4, '2019-08-14 12:41:11', '2019-08-14 16:41:11', 'CFRE International has named Jessica S. L. Chapman as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE). Chapman, Director of Development for the Child Abuse Prevention Association in Beaufort joins more than 6,300 professionals around the world who hold the CFRE designation.\r\n\r\nIndividuals granted the CFRE credential have met a series of standards set by CFRE International which include tenure in the profession, education, and demonstrated fundraising achievement. They have also passed a rigorous written examination testing the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of a fundraising executive, and have agreed to uphold Accountability Standards and the Donor Bill of Rights.\r\n\r\n“The CFRE credential was created to identify for the public and employers those individuals who possess the knowledge, skills, and commitment to perform fundraising duties in an effective and ethical manner,” CFRE International President and CEO Eva E. Aldrich said in a release. “As the certification is a voluntary achievement, the CFRE certification demonstrates a high level of commitment on the part of Jessica S L Chapman to the fundraising profession and the donors who are served.”\r\n\r\nCFRE recipients are awarded certification for a three-year period. To maintain certification status, certificants must demonstrate on-going fundraising employment and fundraising results and continue with their professional education.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEmployers and donors who work with CFREs know they are getting a professional who is committed to the best outcomes for their organization and has the requisite knowledge and skills.\r\n\r\nThe CFRE certification program is accredited by the American National Standards Institute and is the only accredited certification for fundraising professionals.', 'CAPA’s Chapman earns fundraising honor', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'capas-chapman-earns-fundraising-honor', '', '', '2019-08-14 12:41:11', '2019-08-14 16:41:11', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41079', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41082, 4, '2019-08-14 12:43:25', '2019-08-14 16:43:25', '<strong>USCB chancellor Panu earns Fulbright scholarship</strong>\r\n\r\nUSC Beaufort Chancellor Al M. Panu, Ph.D., has been selected to participate in the 2019-2020 Fulbright U.S. International Education Administrators Seminar in France in the fall.\r\nThe seminar is intended to familiarize higher education administrators in the U.S. with the higher education and research system of France. The seminar accomplishes this through briefings, campus visits, meetings with selected government officials, networking, cultural activities, and meetings with French international education professionals over a two-week period. It also includes tours of historical and cultural sites.\r\nA prestigious academic exchange program, the Fulbright international seminar was created to expand and strengthen relationships between the people of the United States and citizens of other nations as a means of promoting international understanding and cooperation.\r\nPanu is the sixth member of the USCB administration or faculty to earn a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research or teach in other countries.\r\n\r\n<strong>Battery Creek needs tissues, hand sanitizer\r\n</strong>\r\nThe Parent Teacher Student Organization (PTSO) at Battery Creek High School is collecting boxes of tissues and containers of hand sanitizer for classrooms. Donations may be left in the front office at BCHS. All donations should be dropped off by Aug. 16.\r\n\r\n<strong>Georgia Southern honors 4 students from Beaufort</strong>\r\n\r\nGeorgia Southern University recently recognized approximately 1,850 students for excellence in academics on the Spring 2019 President\'s List. To be eligible for the President\'s List, a student must have at least a 4.0 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 hours for the semester.\r\n\r\nKaeley Heath and Alexia Neal of Beaufort earned President’s List honors\r\n\r\nApproximately 3,300 students made the Spring 2019 Dean\'s List. To be eligible for the Dean\'s List, a student must have at least a 3.5 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 hours for the semester.\r\n\r\nBeaufort’s Haley Williams and Morgan Wood were honored on the Dean’s List.', 'School Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'school-briefs-47', '', '', '2019-08-14 12:43:25', '2019-08-14 16:43:25', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41082', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41084, 4, '2019-08-14 12:44:37', '2019-08-14 16:44:37', 'Three veteran administrators have been selected to lead district schools, while a fourth has been selected to become the district’s new chief instructional services officer.\r\n\r\nAll four recommendations by Superintendent Frank Rodriguez were approved Aug. 6 by the Beaufort County Board of Education.\r\n\r\nJoseph S. Shanklin Elementary School – Elizabeth Rivera, an assistant principal at Shanklin for the past six years, replaces Celeste LaVan, who left the district last month to become Director of Elementary Education for the Darlington County School District.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Middle School – Alvilda Graham, an assistant principal at district middle and high schools for the past six years, replaces Carole Ingram, who left the district in July after serving 15 years as Beaufort Middle’s principal.\r\n\r\nHilton Head Island High School – Steve Schidrich, a teacher at Hilton Head Island High for 13 years and an assistant principal at Bluffton Middle School for the past seven years, replaces Amanda O’Nan.\r\n\r\nDistrict Chief Instructional Services Officer – Mary Stratos, currently principal at Forest Hill Community High School in Palm Beach County, Fla., replaces Bonnie Almond, who left the district in June.\r\n\r\n“Every strong school district has strong leaders, and I’m confident that these four educators will be successful in their new roles,” Rodriguez said in a release. “They’re experienced, they understand the importance of hard work, they understand the value of teamwork, and their No. 1 priority will be ensuring that each and every student succeeds.”\r\n\r\nRivera (Shanklin Elementary) began her education career in 2002 as a math and science teacher at Robert Smalls Middle School, a position she held for seven years. She was honored as the school’s 2006-07 Teacher of the Year. Rivera worked for four years at Beaufort Elementary, first as an Advanced Math, Engineering and Science program teacher and later as a TAP Master Teacher.&nbsp; She was an assistant principal at Shanklin Elementary from 2013 to 2019.\r\n\r\nRivera earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from the University of South Carolina-Aiken and a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of South Carolina.\r\n\r\nGraham (Beaufort Middle) began her career teaching fifth-grade science and social studies – and later high school biology – in Florence. She went on to teach middle school science courses in Durham, N.C. before becoming a principal intern at an elementary school and later dean of students at a middle school in Durham. After moving to Beaufort County, she served as an assistant principal at Hilton Head Island Middle School from 2013-2015, and since 2015 has been an assistant principal at Hilton Head Island High School.\r\n\r\nGraham earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Claflin University in Orangeburg, a master’s degree in technology education from Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass. and a master’s degree in school administration from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She expects to complete work next year on an educational specialist degree from The Citadel in Charleston.\r\n\r\nSchidrich (Hilton Head Island High) began his career at Beach Channel High School in Rockaway, N.Y., where he taught social studies for three years. He worked at Hilton Head Island High from 1999 through 2012, serving as a social studies and International Baccalaureate teacher and later as a department head. He served on the school’s leadership team and helped to evaluate and mentor teachers. He has served as an assistant principal at Bluffton Middle School since 2012.\r\n\r\nSchidrich earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Baruch College of the City University of New York, as well as a master’s degree in secondary education-social studies from Queens College of the City University of New York.&nbsp; He also has completed the Master of Educational Administration program at the University of South Carolina.\r\n\r\nStratos (Chief Instructional Services Officer) began her teaching career as an adult education teacher in Haverstraw, N.Y. before teaching secondary-level bilingual language arts and social studies at the North Rockland School District in Thiells, N.Y. After relocating to South Florida, she worked as an English Language Learner coordinator at Gold Coast Community High School in West Palm Beach and later as a dropout prevention teacher in Delray Beach. For the past 21 years, she served in a variety of secondary-level assistant principal and principal positions at a diverse group of schools in Palm Beach County, Fla. She also served as an adjunct professor at Florida Atlantic University.\r\n\r\nStratos earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education/bilingual education from St. Thomas Aquinas College in New York, a master’s degree in English Speakers of Other Languages at Nova Southeastern University in Florida and an Ed.D. in Instructional Leadership from Nova Southeastern University. Her educational background also includes leadership studies at Barry University and organizational instructional studies at Teachers College at Columbia University.', 'School board approves selections of three principals, district chief instructional services officer', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'school-board-approves-selections-of-three-principals-district-chief-instructional-services-officer', '', '', '2019-08-14 12:44:37', '2019-08-14 16:44:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41084', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41087, 4, '2019-08-14 12:45:47', '2019-08-14 16:45:47', 'The Beaufort County School District is inaugurating a partnership with Purposity, a mobile app that allows users to identify community members in need and make donations to help them.\r\n\r\n“It’s a way to connect local people who need help with people who want to offer that help,” said Lakinsha Swinton, the school district’s Director of Student Services. “We have many people in Beaufort County who want to help those in need, but they don’t have reliable information about verifiable needs. This app bridges that gap and makes that connection.”\r\n\r\nPurposity founder Blake Canterbury said the app is all about providing useful information\r\n\r\n“We live in an age when we can make a doctor’s appointment right from our phone,” Canterbury said. “But we have no way of knowing if the family down the street has food on its table or if their children have shoes on their feet. Our belief is that if you knew your neighbor needed help, you’d help.”\r\n\r\nPurposity’s name is a mash-up of “purpose” and “generosity.”\r\n\r\nIn Beaufort County, the app will work with school social workers and parent liaisons who know families who need specific things. Social workers and parent liaisons will forward those needs to the school district’s Office of Student Services, which will review the needs and transmit them to Purposity.\r\n\r\nPurposity will take the list of items and put it into a database to be sent out to people who want to help. Once potential donors have downloaded the app and signed up, Purposity will send out a weekly notification with links to items on Amazon.com that specific community members need. Donors can then select a need and click “Meet the Need” to pay for the item, which will be sent directly to the appropriate school for distribution.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe process was created specifically to make sure the people receiving the items have been vetted, and donors can have a connection to the people they’re helping.', 'Purposity app will connect donors, students, families in need', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'purposity-app-will-connect-donors-students-families-in-need', '', '', '2019-08-14 12:45:47', '2019-08-14 16:45:47', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41087', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41090, 4, '2019-08-14 12:47:01', '2019-08-14 16:47:01', 'Moody’s Investors Service has again assigned the Beaufort County School District an Aa1 rating, which means that Beaufort County continues to hold the second-highest rating among South Carolina’s 82 school districts.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMoody’s cited the district’s “prudent fiscal management and effective long-range capital planning” as factors in assigning the high rating.\r\n\r\nOnly Greenville County – South Carolina’s largest school district, which is boosted by a business- and industry-heavy tax base – is rated higher than Beaufort County with a AAA designation.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the district’s effective fiscal management and long-range capital planning, Moody’s said the Aa1 rating “reflects the district’s sizeable tax base that benefits from a strong economy and ongoing population growth. The rating also incorporates the district’s moderate debt burden that could grow in the near term due to significant facility needs.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSuperintendent Frank Rodriguez said the Moody’s ratings would mean low interest rates for school bonds and also would serve to boost public confidence and trust in the district’s fiscal management.\r\n\r\n“We’re going to continue working hard to ensure that our community trusts us to make the best possible fiscal decisions to support our primary goal – and that is providing a world-class education for every student,” Rodriguez said in a release.', 'School district maintains excellent credit rating', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'school-district-maintains-excellent-credit-rating', '', '', '2019-08-14 12:47:01', '2019-08-14 16:47:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41090', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41093, 4, '2019-08-14 12:49:54', '2019-08-14 16:49:54', 'By WHITNEY MCDANIEL\r\n\r\nWhen financial markets fluctuate, even the calmest investors can start to question their financial strategies. But volatile markets can present opportunities, says Tracie McMillion, head of global asset allocation strategy for Wells Fargo Investment Institute (WFII).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“Financial markets are frequently volatile—that’s their nature,” she says. “Over longer periods of time, that volatility can add up to attractive portfolio growth.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMcMillion shares an analogy that compares this worry to seasickness: “If you stare at the waves directly ahead of you (the current financial market), the water may look bumpy and turbulent, and you might feel ill at ease. However, if you look outward at the horizon (your long-term investment goals), the ocean as a whole appears to be on a fairly even keel.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn addition to focusing on your financial horizon, here are some strategies you can use to help weather economically turbulent times.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li><strong> Match your investments to your time horizon.</strong>The simplest way to feel more comfortable about your investments is to align them with your financial calendar, no matter what happens in the financial world this month or year. For example, do you need some of your money fairly soon, or want it close at hand in case of an emergency? If so, McMillion says you should consider investments such as cash holdings and short-term bonds that shouldn’t lose much, if any, value over the short term.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn the other hand, if you won’t need some of your investment money until you retire multiple years in the future, equities or longer-term bonds are worth a closer look. Those investments carry more risks but also offer potentially better returns.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n 	<li><strong> Know what to expect from your assets. </strong>Some investors lose confidence because they don’t fully understand how their investments work. In that case, McMillion says, some knowledge of typical asset behavior is a good thing.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nConsider reading up on different types of investments and asking questions of your financial advisor. Once you know how your investments are more likely to perform in certain financial markets, you can help ensure that your investment strategy is in line with your tolerance for risk.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n 	<li><strong> Tune out the noise.</strong>By “noise” McMillion means the constant barrage of financial reports from the 24/7 news media. “It’s common for the financial markets to temporarily get a little bit messy as they sort through the current news cycle,” she says.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHowever, investors usually don’t need to react to the everyday financial news, no matter how topsy-turvy things may seem. “Remember: The U.S. news tends to report on a very small slice of available investments, particularly U.S. large company stocks,” she says. “Your portfolio, if it’s diversified as it should be, probably isn’t going up and down to the same degree as these stocks. Your portfolio changes are probably much more moderate.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n 	<li><strong> Regularly revisit your plan.</strong>There’s no such thing as a completely set-it-and-forget-it investment strategy, McMillion says. It’s always smart to check in regularly with your investment advisor. “Your life circumstances may change, or your financial goals could shift,” she says. “You’ll feel much more confident that your investments are doing their job if you review them regularly with your advisor.”</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Wells Fargo Investment Institute, Inc. is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a bank affiliate of Wells Fargo &amp; Company.</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r\n\r\nThis article was written by/for Wells Fargo Advisors and provided courtesy of Whitney McDaniel CFP®, AAMS®, Financial Advisor in Beaufort, SC at 843-524-1114.&nbsp; Any third-party posts, reviews or comments associated with this listing are not endorsed by Wells Fargo Advisors and do not necessarily represent the views of Whitney McDaniel or Wells Fargo Advisors and have not been reviewed by the Firm for completeness or accuracy.\r\n\r\n<strong>Investments in securities and insurance products are: NOT FDIC-INSURED/NOT BANK-GUARANTEED/MAY LOSE VALUE</strong>\r\n\r\nWells Fargo Advisors is a trade name used by Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, Member SIPC, a registered broker-dealer and non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo &amp; Company.\r\n\r\n© 2019 Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC. 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(41096, 4, '2019-08-14 13:32:20', '2019-08-14 17:32:20', 'The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette newspapers, produced in Bluffton and Charlotte and printed in Columbia, will no longer produce a Saturday print edition, according to an announcement published in the newspapers and online Aug. 6.\r\n\r\nBeginning Nov. 9, the newspapers will cease printing the Saturday edition and launch a Weekend Edition with expanded editions on Friday and Sunday. They will continue to publish news to their website and social media platforms on Saturday.\r\n\r\n“We are making this strategic change to invest in our future and to continue to be your source of news and information on all the platforms you choose,” the story reads.\r\n\r\nThe message to the readers is signed by Brian Tolley, general manager and executive editor of the Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette.\r\n\r\nThe newspapers are owned by the McClatchy Company.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Island Packet was founded as a weekly in 1970. The Beaufort Gazette was founded in 1897.', 'Beaufort Gazette killing Saturday print edition', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-gazette-killing-saturday-print-edition', '', '', '2019-08-14 13:32:20', '2019-08-14 17:32:20', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41096', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41098, 4, '2019-08-14 13:33:01', '2019-08-14 17:33:01', 'Thanks to additional airline capacity, Hilton Head Island Airport’s passenger boarding numbers are soaring. In fact, the Airport is experiencing record growth it has not experienced in decades.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMore than 96,000 passengers made their way through the Island’s Airport in the first half of 2019. Compared to the same time period in 2018, it is more than a 225 percent increase in passengers arriving and departing from Hilton Head Island.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIn 2018, the airport served a total of 78,795 (arriving/departing) passengers, which indicates the airport is well above target for a projected record year.\r\nAirport officials attribute the growth in passengers to new air service and added seat capacity, both products of passenger demand and the newly expanded runway at Hilton Head Island Airport, which opened in July 2018. The year has seen the addition of new route and seat capacity by American Airlines as well as the entry of Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, providing locals and visitors with a total of seven hub-destinations during the peak summer travel season.\r\n“The growth we’re seeing at the Airport goes to show how necessary these new flights were,” Airport Director Jon Rembold said in a release. “Whereas in the past, passengers had to often fly into an airport outside of the county and then drive, our new service options on American, United and Delta, allow passengers to fly into or out of Hilton Head Island Airport and truly start their vacation upon arriving. It’s a win-win for all of us.”\r\nAmerican, Delta, and United (seasonal) all offer passengers direct service to the island. Hilton Head Island Airport officials expect passenger boarding numbers to continue to soar throughout the remainder of 2019.\r\n“Interest in flying to our airport doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon and we love it,” Beaufort County Council Chairman Stu Rodman said. “The Airport is an economic engine and every month we have increased boardings provides direct influence on our local businesses and tourism to the region.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'First half of 2019 record-setting for Hilton Head Island Airport', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'first-half-of-2019-record-setting-for-hilton-head-island-airport', '', '', '2019-08-14 13:33:01', '2019-08-14 17:33:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41098', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41101, 4, '2019-08-14 13:33:54', '2019-08-14 17:33:54', '<h4>By Mindy Lucas</h4>\r\nA 60-foot-long shrimp boat tied up at a Port Royal dock sank on Tuesday, Aug. 6.\r\n\r\nThe Dream Catcher had been tied up for some time at the end of 11th Street in front of the Fish Camp restaurant when it started taking on water, Port Royal Town Manager Van Willis confirmed.\r\n\r\nThe Coast Guard, S.C. Department of Environment Health (DHEC) and the S.C. Department of Natural Resources responded to the scene.\r\n\r\nThe boat had about 10 gallons of diesel fuel in its tank at the time of the incident, said Chris Delcamp, with DHEC’s media relations department.\r\n\r\nWhile the fuel left an unsightly sheen on the water and odor in the air, the Coast Guard determined such a small amount would not require a cleanup.\r\n\r\n“It wasn’t substantial enough to require any type of mitigation,” Delcamp said.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, the Town of Port Royal is contemplating what its next move should be, Willis said when reached by phone on Monday.\r\n\r\nA diver may be brought in to tie off the submerged boat and a skiff may be used to pick up anything that breaks apart, he said.\r\n\r\n“We have several options and all of them are expensive,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe town manages the dock and wants to make sure the boat doesn’t do any damage to the dock or surrounding boats, he said.\r\n\r\nOfficials had tried to reach the owner but had not heard from him by press time on Monday.\r\n\r\n“Ultimately, it’s his responsibility,” Willis said. “And he will be billed or (given a) lien for any of the costs related to removing the boat.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to the shrimp boat, Willis said they had concerns about other derelict boats at the dock and were giving the owners two weeks to remove those boats.\r\n\r\n“This is supposed to be a working dock,” he said. “If you’re not working, you don’t need to be here.”', 'Shrimp boat sinks at Port Royal dock', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'shrimp-boat-sinks-at-port-royal-dock', '', '', '2019-08-14 13:33:54', '2019-08-14 17:33:54', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41101', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41104, 4, '2019-08-14 13:35:15', '2019-08-14 17:35:15', '<strong>Howard to host meet-and-greet with school board member, county administrator, school superintendent</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Council Member <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwODEyLjkwMTM3NDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwODEyLjkwMTM3NDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzUwNDkzNiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/council/council-members/howard-alice.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Alice Howard (District 4)</a> will host a joint meet and greet with Beaufort County Board of Education member <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwODEyLjkwMTM3NDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwODEyLjkwMTM3NDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzUwNDkzNiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;http://beaufortschools.net/cms/One.aspx?pageId=221217&amp;portalId=170925&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Tricia Fidrych (District 4)</a> from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28 at Beaufort Middle School at 2501 Mossy Oaks Road.\r\n\r\nGuests will be Beaufort County Administrator Ashley Jacobs and Beaufort County School Superintendent Dr. Frank Rodriguez.\r\nThe meeting will be held in the Multi-Purpose Room. The meeting is open to the general public.\r\nResidents do not need to register in advance for the meeting. For more information, please contact Howard by email at <a href=\"mailto:ahoward@bcgov.net\">ahoward@bcgov.net</a>, by phone at 843-255-2202 (office) or 843-986-7403 (mobile) or by mail at c/o Clerk to Council, Beaufort County, P.O, Box 1228 Beaufort, SC 29901.\r\n\r\n<strong>Federal government removes plutonium from S.C.</strong>\r\n\r\nOn Wednesday, Aug. 7 the U.S. Department of Energy provided notice that it has removed not less than one metric ton of plutonium from South Carolina in accordance with the injunction obtained by the State from Federal District Judge Michelle Childs.\r\n\r\nCongress passed a law requiring that the plutonium be removed from the Savannah River Site by January 1, 2016 if the Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Facility’s production objective was not met by January 1, 2014. That objective was not met, and the State of South Carolina sued the Department of Energy in 2016.\r\n\r\nThe District Court sided with the State and ordered that one metric ton of plutonium be removed by January 1, 2020. The Department of Energy appealed to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the District Court’s order.\r\n\r\nAttorney General Alan Wilson, who brought the lawsuit against the federal government and the Department of Energy, said in a release, “Today’s news that one ton of weapons-grade plutonium has been removed from the state is a victory for South Carolinians and the rule of law. The Department of Energy disregarded many of its obligations to the State, and this outcome confirms the State will not sit idly by while the Department does so. We will continue enforce the law and hold the federal government to its commitments to South Carolina and its citizens.”\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort returns to drought status</strong>\r\n\r\nThe S.C. Drought Response Committee, meeting via conference call on Aug. 12, upgraded the drought status for 33 counties in the state, and Beaufort County was one of nine counties upgraded from normal to incipient, the first level of drought. The others are Anderson, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Jasper, Oconee and Pickens.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort County spraying for mosquitoes</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Mosquito Control may conduct aerial and/or ground mosquito treatments through Aug. 16. Mosquito Control applies EPA-registered public health insecticide during ideal weather using low-flying aircraft throughout daylight hours and spray trucks from about 11 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. For additional information, contact Mosquito Control at 843-255-5800.\r\n\r\n<strong>New episode of Coastline focuses on storm prep</strong>\r\n\r\nA new episode of The County Channel’s series <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwODA5Ljg5NTA2MTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwODA5Ljg5NTA2MTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzUwNDA3NiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;v=SKT5pSDmQ5U\">Coastline</a> discusses the importance of storm preparation in case of natural disasters and evacuation. Discussion also covers the best way to stay informed with accurate emergency information, and how Beaufort County departments work together to prepare for emergency situations, to include evacuations and re-entry after a disaster.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nJoining host Suzanne Larson is Beaufort County Disaster Recovery Coordinator Pamela Cobb, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) Emergency Management Division (EMD) Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Neil Baxley, BCSO Public Information Officer Major Bob Bromage, and Ron Morales, Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Charleston.\r\n\r\nCoastline airs on The County Channel Sundays at 9:30 a.m., Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m., Thursdays at 8 p.m., and Fridays at 9 a.m. Coastline is a monthly news show filmed in-studio and produced by The County Channel.\r\n\r\nWatch all programming for The County Channel on Comcast Ch. 2, Hargray Chs. 9 and 113, and Spectrum Ch. 1304. Viewers can also watch programming live and on-demand at <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwODA5Ljg5NTA2MTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwODA5Ljg5NTA2MTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzUwNDA3NiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;105&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/the-county-channel/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">The County Channel’s website</a> at <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwODA5Ljg5NTA2MTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwODA5Ljg5NTA2MTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzUwNDA3NiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;106&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">www.beaufortcountysc.gov</a>.', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-120', '', '', '2019-08-14 13:35:15', '2019-08-14 17:35:15', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41104', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41106, 4, '2019-08-14 13:36:19', '2019-08-14 17:36:19', '<h4>By Mindy Lucas</h4>\r\nA Charleston-based recycling company is moving the manufacturing arm of its glass division to northern Beaufort County and plans to create between 45 to 50 jobs in the process.\r\n\r\nGlass WRX SC, a new company started by Fisher Recycling, will move into the 85,000 square-foot building at 302 Parker Drive, once occupied by manufacturer Parker Hannifin.\r\n\r\nFounded by Chris Fisher in 1992, Fisher Recycling makes kitchen countertops and other hard surfaces for use in homes and businesses out of the recycled glass it collects from across South Carolina and Georgia.\r\n\r\nThe company also recycles such materials as aluminum, plastic, office paper and cardboard at its collection plant based in Charleston’s Naval Shipyard.\r\n\r\nFisher said he plans to renovate the Beaufort building and make it completely solar powered. The site will also have a showroom floor.\r\n\r\n“The goal is to have all the equipment in by January 1, (of 2020),” he said.\r\n\r\nThe company plans to add 30 positions during its first year of operation and about 20 positions in its second year, for a total of 45 to 50 jobs. Those jobs will come with a starting pay of $18 an hour, he said.\r\n\r\nThe company is also looking to expand into air and water filtration systems, road surfaces and construction materials such as prefab interior walls – all made from recycled glass.\r\n\r\n“There are lots of new and exciting things we can do with glass,” Fisher said.\r\n\r\nTrying to find someone to fill the empty building off Trask Parkway has been in the works for more than a year, Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation executive director John O’Toole said.\r\n\r\nThe development group, which works to recruit companies to Beaufort, often works with the city and South Carolina’s Department of Commerce on tax-based incentive packages to make the area more attractive to potential businesses.\r\n\r\nIn addition, Beaufort has two “trump cards” that make it attractive for those looking to relocate or open a business here, he said.\r\n\r\n“We have a quality of life that’s indisputable and the work force here in particular is a factor,” he said.\r\n\r\nIncreased congestion in areas such as Charleston and Summerville have also played a role in why manufacturers like Glass WRX SC are choosing to go elsewhere, he said.\r\n\r\nGiven that, the challenge, he said, is to “keep things within scale” so that it does not negatively impact Beaufort’s quality of life.\r\n\r\n“I believe we project pretty clearly that we want companies that have a close loop system like this and aren’t going to adversely affect the environment,” he said. “And to have companies like (Glass WRX SC) that are going to improve the environment as well is a nice feather in our cap.”\r\n\r\nFisher has asked that the 37-acre property be annexed into the city so that the company can have access to city services and more favorable tax incentives, he said.\r\n\r\nIt is the only site within the Parker Drive industrial park not in the city, he added.\r\n\r\nThe company received preliminary approval from the Beaufort-Port Royal Metropolitan Planning Commission in July and hopes to receive final approval at the next city council meeting, Aug. 27.', 'Glass recycling business coming to Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'glass-recycling-business-coming-to-beaufort', '', '', '2019-08-14 13:36:19', '2019-08-14 17:36:19', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41106', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41108, 4, '2019-08-14 13:38:40', '2019-08-14 17:38:40', 'Rob Simmons ran away from the field to claim an 11-shot victory at the Beaufort City Championship over the weekend, capturing the title for a record fourth time.\r\n\r\nSimmons carded rounds of 67 and 66 for a 10-under-par total at Fripp Island Club, easily claiming the title over runner-up Matt O’Quinn. Defending champion Patrick Mitchell tied for third at 4-over.\r\n\r\nSimmons was the only player to break par Saturday on the Ocean Point course, as he carded six birdies and one bogey en route to a 67 and a six-shot lead entering the final round. Simmons didn’t let up on Sunday on the Ocean Creek course, making seven birdies and just one bogey to card a 66.\r\n\r\nSimmons, who previously won the event in 2011, 2014 and 2015, broke a tie with Mark Anderson for the most titles in the history of the tournament.\r\n\r\nDan Bostick won the pro division, shooting 1-over to hold off Jeff Pinckney by six shots.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>All-time Champions</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n1998: Mike Ingram\r\n\r\n1999: Patrick Mitchell\r\n\r\n2000: Mike Ingram\r\n\r\n2001: Mark Anderson\r\n\r\n2002: Gary Shimmin\r\n\r\n2003: Jeff Pinckney\r\n\r\n2004: Trey Testino\r\n\r\n2005: Terry Lanning\r\n\r\n2006: Char Cormier\r\n\r\n2007: Christian Sherbert\r\n\r\n2008: Mark Anderson\r\n\r\n2009: Mark Anderson\r\n\r\n2010: Char Cormier\r\n\r\n2011: Rob Simmons\r\n\r\n2012: JD Hoft\r\n\r\n2013: Reed Weatherford\r\n\r\n2014: Rob Simmons\r\n\r\n2015: Rob Simmons\r\n\r\n2016: Matt O’Quinn\r\n\r\n2017: Doug Weaver\r\n\r\n2018: Patrick Mitchell\r\n\r\n2019: Rob Simmons', 'Simmons reclaims City Championship', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'simmons-reclaims-city-championship', '', '', '2019-08-14 13:38:40', '2019-08-14 17:38:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41108', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41111, 4, '2019-08-14 13:39:23', '2019-08-14 17:39:23', 'Beaufort’s Mark Anderson will be back on the PGA Tour next month.\r\n\r\nAnderson officially regained his PGA Tour card for the 2019-20 season when the Korn Ferry Tour (formerly the Web.com Tour) season wrapped up Sunday.\r\n\r\nDespite playing only 13 events due to a broken ankle, Anderson finished 14th on the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season points list; the top 25 earn PGA Tour status for next season.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnderson put himself in position to earn a promotion when he won the Country Club de Bogota Championship in Colombia in February, but he played only one more event before reinjuring his ankle and missing more than two months.\r\n\r\nAnderson last played on the PGA Tour full-time in 2017, when he made only six cuts in 20 starts, though that included a 10th-place finish at the Puerto Rico Open.\r\n\r\nThe three-event Korn Ferry Tour Finals begin this week with the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship in Columbus, Ohio.', 'Anderson clinches PGA Tour card', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'anderson-clinches-pga-tour-card', '', '', '2019-08-14 13:39:23', '2019-08-14 17:39:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41111', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41114, 4, '2019-08-14 13:40:21', '2019-08-14 17:40:21', 'The Beaufort County All-Stars saw their run at the Dixie Junior Boys (13U) World Series end at the hands of a familiar rival Tuesday in Aiken.\r\n\r\nAfter advancing to the final four with a 16-1 win over Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on Tuesday morning, Beaufort County later lost 11-2 to Sumter — its fourth loss this postseason to the eventual champs.\r\n\r\nAfter back-to-back mercy-rule wins in elimination games, the offense kept rolling against Mississippi, as Beaufort County put up 13 runs in the second inning en route to a 16-1 win in three innings. Kyler McKeever was 3-for-4 with a double, three RBIs, and three runs to lead the offense and struck out three while allowing one unearned run over two innings to earn the win. Dietrich Shuford and Braydon Dineen each added a hit and two RBIs.\r\n\r\nThe win earned Beaufort County another shot at the Sumter team it defeated once in the state tournament, but Sumter maintained its upper-hand with a fourth consecutive win over its new rival.\r\n\r\nKevin Brown and Jadyn Andrews each went 2-for-3, and Logan Brutcher and Carter Zareva each had a hit and an RBI in the finale. Brown started on the mound and took the loss, allowing five runs (three earned) over three innings.\r\n\r\nAll four of Beaufort County’s losses came to Sumter — two in the state tournament and two in the World Series.', 'Beaufort County Junior Boys fall to eventual champion', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-county-junior-boys-fall-to-eventual-champion', '', '', '2019-08-14 13:40:21', '2019-08-14 17:40:21', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41114', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41117, 4, '2019-08-14 13:40:50', '2019-08-14 17:40:50', 'A trio of Lowcountry baseball stars helped their team to the championship in the Diamond Prospects Palmetto Games this weekend at Founders Park in Columbia.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High’s Rhogue Wallace and Paul Winland and former May River standout Cooper George helped the Southwest Gold team go 2-0 in the prestigious showcase event.\r\n\r\nThe team opened the weekend with a 13-1 win over Southeast Black, as George went 1-for-2; Winland was 0-for-1 with a walk, a run, and an RBI; and Wallace drew two walks.\r\n\r\nSouthwest Gold clinched the title with a dramatic 13-9 win over Northeast Red, scoring eight runs in the bottom of the ninth. Winland was 1-for-3 with a run and two RBIs, George was 0-for-1, and Wallace was 0-for-1 with a walk.\r\n\r\nThe Southwest Gold team was one of two that went undefeated, but it won the title based on the run-differential tiebreaker.', 'BHS stars help Southwest Gold claim Palmetto Games title', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bhs-stars-help-southwest-gold-claim-palmetto-games-title', '', '', '2019-08-14 13:40:50', '2019-08-14 17:40:50', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41117', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41119, 4, '2019-08-14 13:42:24', '2019-08-14 17:42:24', 'Beaufort Academy has hired veteran coach Bobby Smith to lead its boys basketball program, athletics director Nick Field said Tuesday.\r\n\r\nSmith has 45 years of coaching experience at the high school and college levels, Field said, and has compiled nearly 500 wins as a head coach while sending more than 100 players to NCAA Division I programs.\r\n\r\n“He’s a guy who knows how to put kids in college and knows how to win,” Field said. “He’s done it for a long time.”&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSmith spent two years as an assistant at Beaufort High School, working alongside Field and former head coach Nathan Livesay, who resigned from Beaufort Academy last month.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles expect to return 11 players from last year’s team that reached the SCISA 1A quarterfinals, including all-state player Dawson Coleman.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'BA names Smith new boys hoops coach', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ba-names-smith-new-boys-hoops-coach', '', '', '2019-08-14 13:42:24', '2019-08-14 17:42:24', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41119', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41123, 4, '2019-08-14 13:43:44', '2019-08-14 17:43:44', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\r\nIn the near future, there will be one more recreational way for families to spend their time in Beaufort, though exactly when that will be is unclear.\r\n\r\nAccording to their website and Facebook page, Glowcountry Indoor Mini Golf will be opening soon, the blacklit, air-conditioned indoor 18-hole course occupying the now-vacant building at 46 Robert Smalls Parkway, next to the Spanish Moss Trail.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIt is unclear when exactly that will be, and phone calls to the number provided on the website had not been returned as of press time.\r\n\r\nAfter originally announcing their presence in February, the owners have posted on the Glowcountry Indoor Mini Golf Facebook page twice in the past two weeks.\r\n\r\nOn Aug. 2, they announced they were coming soon.\r\n\r\n“Our goal is to bring affordable fun for all ages to our sweet small town!” the post read. “We hope that you are as excited as we are to have another fun option for families that isn\'t far away! Please share your excitement with us as well as your ideas! We aim to please and are always open to suggestion!\r\n\r\nTo stay up to date on our opening and other exciting events, like our page not just this post. For more information about all we have to offer please check out our website.”\r\n\r\nThen Aug. 7, they announced their location.\r\n\r\n“We\'re super excited to be located right on the Spanish Moss Trail!! Glowcountry Indoor Mini Golf will be a great place to stop and cool off during your walk, run or ride! Along with black light mini golf, we will also have a party space, concession counter, and retail, all AIR CONDITIONED!!”\r\n\r\nAccording to the website, rounds will be $10 for adults and $8 for kids 12 and younger, seniors 65 and older and heroes (first responders, military, teachers and nurses).\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit <a href=\"https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.glowcountryminigolf.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0jz1dORNF5lGuzv0Y64d11yRL9vP_RYY9bcZ86UovKX5lClcwbkcfKzdY&amp;h=AT1MEIFWu7s59I6nT6wqs82bKpDoTbjbiz_eaWVUjqHViXZxTsMWRHXGgrJJUCdbuiXfK-kUteq_M6yNQiyxQljpXb5okyse_l7yqjlyJr5WDVIRnKF55VEG7XjHfj03m66bnr_0j4UpRwvUE9efUfVH24mBq7FJzSyhbXioWV4ydxsKgp2t0Ze9Iqx7ehGxl6VvtNKKsTgc7qkXOt80qguU1-fMNFwgcgwVlevSvB-43-ay_z-ZkYX_xx7MyLujxKSnCuRiEJd7bakmTEy_Ns3JRSj0VfCuhMw6cJaJ2But0XcT4zjHFJL4LqqRXF1zzljQyfOjTM9oBEsyuiIcBHHpr2wHZCqIb4PD30LB-VqIHiriHgAy9f2AlleD4BKSa-sObSbLzk-A9_6-KLdHKCytJZg0c1Do1wdPcUqbmQePmxkwmqgl6sTcCNj0jG7mdCnFrAtO5qUpSoHfPVa3Sp0LX-AFR2C4N2WXSrYZznPPWIM0lMYTcWfr1qkHY_VOwNkJI2204S_LYgW5OUbhB9r4ory1q7c2TrigJnXyedv71wWET7Vovw8Rl3xknB1csUTx134NNH-rGDOtbNoReoS4kwz3uYZcIrHp9yVqbThIvXE5emSgiR-Sz3xmqTFLJB0\">www.glowcountryminigolf.com</a>.', 'Indoor mini golf course to open in Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'indoor-mini-golf-course-to-open-in-beaufort', '', '', '2019-08-14 13:43:44', '2019-08-14 17:43:44', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41123', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(41127, 4, '2019-08-14 13:46:51', '2019-08-14 17:46:51', 'Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone has been named the 68th president of the National District Attorneys Association.\r\n\r\nFormed in 1950, the NDAA has more than 5,100 members across the nation representing state and local prosecutors’ offices from both urban and rural districts, as well as large and small jurisdictions. The organization works with Congress on law enforcement and prosecution issues and trains prosecutors across the United States.\r\n\r\nStone’s agenda for the organization for the upcoming year is to work with Congress to fund the John R. Justice student loan forgiveness program.\r\n\r\n“There are people throughout the country who want to be career prosecutors and public defenders but cannot afford to do so due to crippling student loan debt,” Stone said in a release. “If we are to tackle some of <a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/StoneNDAAspeech.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-41129\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/StoneNDAAspeech-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\"></a>today’s most pressing criminal justice issues like the opioid crisis, we need both experienced prosecutors and public defenders and the John R. Justice program is one of those ways we can provide a career path for these public servants.”\r\n\r\nNext, Stone wants to create regional training facilities throughout the country.\r\n\r\n“The NDAA has trained thousands of prosecutors over the years with the only limitation being the offices ability to send their prosecutors to the classes,” Stone said.\r\n\r\nStone said he wants NDAA training to be available to all prosecution offices regardless of size or budget and aims to establish local training facilities.\r\n\r\n“This helps the prosecutors and the communities that they serve by bringing in top-notch national training,” he said.\r\n\r\nStone has already testified before the U.S. Senate concerning the dangers of child exploitation on the internet and has met with members of Congress concerning the funding of the John R. Justice program.\r\n\r\n“I am honored to hold this position,” he said. “The National District Attorneys Association has been the catalyst for a number of programs that we have put in place in the 14th Circuit. Our intelligence unit, our Special Victims Unit and our soon to be opened Family Justice Center are just some of the programs I learned about by serving on the NDAA board.”\r\n\r\nStone is only the second South Carolinian to serve as NDAA president. The first was the late Sixth Circuit Solicitor John Justice.\r\n\r\nThe 14th Judicial Circuit includes Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties.\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone, right, speaks during&nbsp;last week’s ceremony in Quebec City, Canada. National District Attorneys Association Executive Director Nelson O. Bunn, Jr. is at left. Stone joins the late John R. Justice, who was the&nbsp;6th Circuit solicitor for nearly three decades, as the only South Carolinians to head the NDAA,&nbsp;the country\'s only nonpartisan organization representing state and local prosecutors.</em>', 'Stone chosen to lead national prosecutors organization', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'stone-chosen-to-lead-national-prosecutors-organization', '', '', '2019-08-14 13:46:51', '2019-08-14 17:46:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41127', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41132, 4, '2019-08-14 13:49:40', '2019-08-14 17:49:40', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nA quick stop for a cold refreshment by firefighters proved to be too much for their fire truck last week.\r\n\r\nA crew with the City of Beaufort/ Town of Port Royal Fire Department had just stopped at the Parker’s gas station at the intersection of Savannah Highway and Parris Island Gateway when they noticed their truck seemed to be sinking.\r\n\r\nEngine 3 was carrying its normal capacity of 750 gallons of water at the time of the incident which occurred around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 8, said Ross Vezin with the fire department.\r\n\r\nThere was no indication that a sinkhole lurked beneath the asphalt when the firefighters pulled into the parking lot, he said.\r\n\r\n“They pulled the break like they normally do, got out and it just sank all at once. Thankfully they were all out at the time,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe truck sank 18 inches before coming to a rest on its front axle.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe fire crew called in a reserve engine from another station so they could respond to emergencies in the area, and Engine 3 was pulled free from the sinkhole by a heavy duty wrecker from Interstate Towing, Vezin said.\r\n\r\nThe hole has been covered with a metal plate and the South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating.', 'Sinkhole opens up beneath fire truck in Port Royal', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sinkhole-opens-up-beneath-fire-truck-in-port-royal', '', '', '2019-08-15 08:53:13', '2019-08-15 12:53:13', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41132', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41138, 4, '2019-08-14 13:51:59', '2019-08-14 17:51:59', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nA trio of Lady’s Island Middle School students came out winners in a recent statewide video contest on Reconstruction.\r\n\r\nAlexander Tielens, Noah Henry and Parth Patel were the only winners from Beaufort County in the SCETV-sponsored “Deconstruct the Reconstruction Contest.”\r\n\r\nThe contest was held in conjunction with the April premier of the PBS documentary “Reconstruction: America After the Civil War” by renowned filmmaker, author and historian Henry Louis Gates.\r\n\r\n“Lady’s Island Middle School and our community are very proud of the boys as they collaborated through this project,” Lady’s Island Middle School teacher Scott Shipsey said.\r\n\r\nThe students were responsible for creating, editing and uploading the video to the SCETV website, Shipsey said.\r\n\r\nThe winners were announced in a live, virtual classroom event with Gates. The students won an iPad and the honor of having their video placed in the SCETV video files library.\r\n\r\nThe video can be viewed at <a href=\"https://www.scetv.org/reconstruction\">https://www.scetv.org/reconstruction</a>.', 'Lady’s Island Middle School students win SCETV contest on Reconstruction', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ladys-island-middle-school-students-win-scetv-contest-on-reconstructio', '', '', '2019-08-15 08:56:40', '2019-08-15 12:56:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41138', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41142, 4, '2019-08-14 13:57:03', '2019-08-14 17:57:03', 'Photo by BOB SOFALY\r\n\r\nMore than a dozen volunteers and a hand full of Beaufort/Port Royal firefighters stuffed new backpacks with school supplies during the United Way’s Operation Backpack on Tuesday, Aug. 6, at the United Way on Ribaut Road.', 'Operation Backpack', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'operation-backpack', '', '', '2019-08-14 13:57:03', '2019-08-14 17:57:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41142', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41145, 4, '2019-08-14 13:59:36', '2019-08-14 17:59:36', 'The shrimp boats near the Fishcamp Restaurant in Port Royal are docked for the evening in this photo by Ron Callari.', 'Lowcountry Life', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-life-107', '', '', '2019-08-14 13:59:36', '2019-08-14 17:59:36', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41145', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41148, 4, '2019-08-14 14:04:49', '2019-08-14 18:04:49', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\r\nWhen Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren visited Whale Branch Middle School in April, she vowed she would return to Beaufort County before the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.\r\n\r\nShe hasn’t made it yet, but her campaign is putting down roots here, opening a SC For Warren campaign office Saturday at 129 Burton Hill Road, Suite J.\r\n\r\nAbout 50 people showed up to celebrate the opening.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“Elizabeth has a plan for South Carolina,” Warren campaign state director Alycia Albergottie said in a release. “As part of the next phase of our grassroots movement, we are opening five offices across the <a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_2064.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-41151\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_2064-1024x781.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"726\" height=\"553\"></a>Palmetto State from the Upstate to the Lowcountry to give supporters a chance to join the fight for big structural change that is needed to make our government work for every American.”\r\n\r\nPhil Leventis, who represented the 35<sup>th</sup> district in the S.C. Senate from 1980 to 2012, was on hand to talk to thank supporters and tell them, and anyone else interested in listening, about Warren’s qualifications.\r\n\r\n“Senator Warren is just eminently qualified (to be president) based on her life experience, which is broad,” Leventis said, citing Warren’s roles as a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, public school teacher and defender of the everyday American consumer.\r\n\r\nLeventis defended Warren from opponents who have tried to characterize her as a socialist and opposed to free markets.\r\n\r\n“Capitalism is open markets, not markets that are influenced by monopolies and the like. When Adam Smith, in 1776, the year our country was born, published “A Wealth of Nations,” he said there always has to be a leviathan in a marketplace so that nobody will get a monopoly, and if it’s beginning to happen, that leviathan will level the playing field for everyone,” Leventis said. “That’s what Senator Warren wants to do. And if people try to mischaracterize that, well, they’re dead wrong. Because, as she’s fond of saying, and I’m very much impressed by it, she has a plan for that.”\r\n\r\n“I have a plan for that,” has become a common phrase uttered on the campaign trail by Warren. She has written and made publicly available plans for everything from immigration reform and health care to the opioid crisis and gun violence.\r\n\r\nIn one room of the office, Warren’s numerous plans are available for interested people to read. On one wall was a poster where those in attendance Saturday were asked to note which plans were the most important to them. Immigration and health care were two early leaders.\r\n\r\nThere are four full-time staff members at the office, which will maintain regular hours Tuesday through Saturday. Campaign paraphernalia – signs, stickers, posters, shirts, etc. – will be available soon.\r\n\r\nLeventis pointed out how important is was that so many gave up time on their Saturday to show up for this event. Leadership doesn’t begin in Washington, he said. America is a grassroots nation.\r\n\r\n“The road to the White House begins in rooms like this,” he said.\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Supporters and volunteers gather for a group photo Saturday after the opening of Elizabeth Warren’s campaign office in Beaufort. Photo by Leila Mohaideen.</em>', 'Warren campaign opens office in Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'warren-campaign-opens-office-in-beaufort', '', '', '2019-08-14 14:04:49', '2019-08-14 18:04:49', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41148', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41153, 4, '2019-08-14 14:17:06', '2019-08-14 18:17:06', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\r\nJaime Harrison was adamant.\r\n\r\n“This race,” he said, “is not about Lindsay Graham.”\r\n\r\nThat didn’t mean Harrison had anything glowing to say about South Carolina’s senior Republican senator.\r\n\r\nHarrison, the Democratic candidate for Graham’s Senate seat in the 2020 election, met with 50 or so supporters for a brunch fundraiser Saturday morning at the home of Jane and Lloyd Sidwell in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nMost of Harrison’s message was bright. But that didn’t mean he had anything sunny to say about Graham, who in an about face from two years ago, has become one of President Trump’s most loyal supporters.\r\n\r\n“I never thought I’d be quoting (conservative pundit) George Will, but George Will said it perfectly,” Harrison said. “Lindsay Graham is a political windsock. He doesn’t care about his best friend John McCain or Donald Trump. He does what’s in the best interest of Lindsay Graham.”\r\n\r\nHarrison said that Graham’s silence in the face of Trump’s constant barbs aimed at McCain and his legacy was telling of what kind of person Graham is.\r\n\r\n“If he does that to his best friend,” Harrison said, “what will he do to all of us?”\r\n\r\nThe son of a single teenage mom from Orangeburg and raised by his grandparents, Harrison defied the odds, attending Yale University and then Georgetown Law School. He eventually became the youngest, as well as the first black head of the S.C. Democratic Party.\r\n\r\nRebuilding trust and giving people hope – these are the things Harrison believes he has to do to have a shot a winning a Senate seat in a solid red state.\r\n\r\nHarrison pointed out there are 200,000 unregistered African-American voters in South Carolina. There are 50,000 unregistered Latino voters, as well. And there are close to 150,000 voters who voted for Barack Obama for president and haven’t voted since.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIf Democrats hope to win, Harrison said, they must get these people to the polls. He stressed getting help to the communities that need it the most and serving constituents, something he said South Carolina’s current senators – Graham, in particular – don’t do well.\r\n\r\nIn contrast, Harrison pointed out it was Strom Thurmond – ironically a longtime segregationist and a Republican – who answered his mother’s letter and assisted her in finding a job.\r\n\r\nHarrison unveiled “Harrison Helps,” his plan to “show and not just tell the folks” by networking with supporters to help constituents in need even before the election.\r\n\r\nAnd he stressed common sense.\r\n\r\n“If you talk common sense to people and let them know you’re grounded in reality,” Harrison said, “they may not agree with me on everything, but they’ll know I’ll always tell them the truth.”\r\n\r\nWhen asked about the way the Senate is being run, Harrison had harsh words for majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Graham.\r\n\r\n“When you have two mass shootings that have taken place like they did, you would have thought that Congress would have run to go back into session to do something to address that,” Harrison said. “The American people are in need. We need our representatives to do something. What’s Lindsay Graham doing? He’s golfing with the president this weekend. He sent his thoughts and prayers and he’s golfing with the president.”\r\n\r\nHarrison called Graham and McConnell out for refusing to address legislation written by S.C. congressmen Joe Cunningham and Jim Clyburn to close the Charleston loophole.\r\n\r\n“You would have thought that (Graham), a United States Senator from South Carolina, who had nine of his constituents murdered, one of them a state senator, would have ... out of deference and respect for the nine folks who lost their lives here in South Carolina, those families, he should have said, I don’t agree with this legislation, but out of respect for my constituents and their families, I will allow consideration and discussion of in the judiciary committee of the United States Senate. And what has he said? No.”\r\n\r\nIn the end, Harrison said, it’s time for Graham to do his job and represent all of the people of South Carolina.\r\n\r\n“Time and time again, this guy has shown disrespect. And, you know, enough is enough. Who do you serve? Do you represent yourself? Or do you represent the people of South Carolina?” Harrison asked. “I don’t need to be on TV. I don’t need to be on Fox News. I don’t need to fly on Air Force One. What I need to do … if I put my hand on the Bible to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, to represent the people of South Carolina, then, dammit, that’s the job.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“Right now, we have someone who wants to do all these other things and be relevant and be important and be the best friend of the president, but that’s not why we sent him to Washington, D.C. You can do that and still do your job, but he’s not doing his job.”\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Jaime Harrison with Island News editor Mike McCombs</em>', 'Democrat says Graham simply not representing all South Carolinians', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'democrat-says-graham-simply-not-representing-all-south-carolinians', '', '', '2019-08-15 13:30:41', '2019-08-15 17:30:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41153', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41157, 4, '2019-08-14 14:19:49', '2019-08-14 18:19:49', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\r\nAdd two more names to the list of Democratic candidates for president who will have made the trip to Beaufort County.\r\n\r\nAndrew Yang and Pete Buttigieg will visit this week.\r\n\r\nYang will speak Thursday at the North of the Broad Democratic Club meeting at the Grand Army of the Republic Hall at 706 Newcastle Street.\r\n\r\nThe gathering and greeting begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by the meeting at 7 p.m., but Yang probably won’t speak until roughly 7:45 p.m.\r\n\r\nButtigieg will hold a rally from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Saturday. The rally is tentatively slated to be held at Whale Branch Middle School. Plans for the location have not been finalized. Follow YourIslandNews.com for potential updates.\r\n\r\nYang is known for his signature policy, called the “Freedom Dividend.” The Freedom Dividend is a form of Universal Basic Income (UBI), where all Americans 18 and older would receive $1,000 a month.<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Yang.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-41058\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Yang-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"375\"></a>\r\n\r\nAccording to Yang, this will soften the blow of an increasingly difficult U.S. labor landscape as a result of current and future job elimination due to automation. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nYang’s two other major platform issues are Medicare for all and human-centered capitalism.\r\n\r\nThe founder of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_for_America\">Venture for America</a> (VFA), a non-profit that focuses on creating jobs in struggling American cities, Yang is pro-choice, opposes discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identification and wants the United States to rejoin the Paris Climate Accords.\r\n\r\nSpeaking before Yang will be the scheduled special speaker, Gloria Holmes, PhD, a professor at the University of South Carolina Beaufort. She teaches on \"Cultural Diversity in Education,\" preparing students to demonstrate an understanding of the depth and breadth of cultural diversity within the United States.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nButtigieg, the current mayor of South Bend, Ind., is a Rhodes Scholar and one of three combat veterans trying to earn the Democratic nomination. He was in U.S. Naval Intelligence and served in Afghanistan.\r\n\r\nAmong his platform planks are support for reducing income inequality, support for organized labor, universal background checks for firearm purchases, pro-environmental policies and support for the Equality Act.\r\n\r\nButtigieg wants to preserve DACA – the “dreamers” program for children of undocumented immigrants – end gerrymandering, overturn Citizens United and do away with the electoral college.\r\n\r\n<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>Yang and Buttigieg join a growing list of 2020 candidates who have visited Beaufort County since the spring. Previous candidates to swing through the Lowcountry include Beto O’Rourke, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, John Hickenlooper and Marianne Williamson.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAbove: Pete Buttigieg and Andrew Yang', 'Yang, Buttigieg bringing campaigns for president to Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'yang-buttigieg-bringing-campaigns-for-president-to-beaufort', '', '', '2019-08-14 14:19:49', '2019-08-14 18:19:49', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41157', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41159, 4, '2019-08-14 14:30:43', '2019-08-14 18:30:43', 'U.S. Marine Capt. Anneliese Satz left her legacy on the Marine Corps’ F-35B Program when she became the first female Marine to complete the F-35B Basic Course on June 27.\r\nFlying is nothing new to Satz — prior to joining the Marine Corps, she earned her commercial pilots license flying a Robinson R44 Helicopter which she attributes to preparing her for a career in military aviation.\r\nOver the last four years, Satz, 29, has completed Aviation Pre-flight Indoctrination in Pensacola, Fla., Primary Flight Training in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she learned to fly the T-6 Texan II, then to Meridian, Miss., where she flew the T-45C Goshawk advanced jet training aircraft.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nUpon completing her initial trainings, she was assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, the “Warlords,” to train on her assigned fleet aircraft: the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, the world’s first supersonic STOVL stealth aircraft. It’s designed to operate from austere, short-field bases and a range of air-capable ships operating near front-line combat zones.\r\n\r\n“At each of my training schools I did my best,” said Satz, a Boise, Idaho native. “I truly believe that showing up prepared and working diligently are two major keys to success.”\r\nAfter arriving to MCAS Beaufort in July of 2018, she took her first flight in the F-35B in October that year.\r\n\r\n“The first flight in an F-35 is by yourself,” she said. “The syllabus thoroughly prepares you for that first time you take off and for every flight after that, it’s an exhilarating experience.”\r\nDuring her four years of training, Satz earned more than 300 flight hours, spent a significant amount of time practicing in simulators while also studying for written and practical application exams; and although training and learning never stops, she will now be assigned to her first operational unit, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, the Green Knights in Iwakuni, Japan.\r\n\r\n“I’m very grateful for the instructors, the maintainers, and countless others at 501 who lent me their expertise and time while I was going through the syllabus,” Satz said. “This is a phenomenal program made possible by all of their hard work. I am thankful to have had the opportunity to learn from all of them. I am incredibly excited to get to VMFA-121 and look forward to the opportunity to serve in the Fleet Marine Forces.”\r\n\r\n<em>Photo by Sgt. Ashley Phillips</em>', 'MCAS Beaufort’s Satz 1st female Marine to complete F-35 training', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'mcas-beauforts-satz-1st-female-marine-to-complete-f-35-training', '', '', '2019-08-14 14:30:43', '2019-08-14 18:30:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41159', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41168, 4, '2019-08-21 07:06:52', '2019-08-21 11:06:52', '<strong>Fripp Island Marina to host Labor Day Fishing Tournament</strong>\r\nFripp Island Marina\'s 2019 Fishing Tournament will take place Aug. 29-31. Fisherman are invited to compete for a payout of more than $5000 in the traditional Labor Day event. Prizes will include largest in the King Mackerel and Spanish Mackerel categories and more. For more information, call 843-838-1517, register on our website at <a href=\"http://www.frippislandresort.com/\">www.frippislandresort.com</a> or contact us via email at <a href=\"mailto:kingfishtournament@gmail.com\">kingfishtournament@gmail.com</a>. Proceeds for the event go to benefit the Pledge The Pink initiative.\r\n\r\n<strong>Play soccer at the YMCA</strong>\r\n\r\n2019 YMCA Adult Soccer league registration is open at The Wardle Family Y located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal. Ages 18 and older. Games begin Sept. 8. Cost is $45 for Y members; $55 for non-members; $300 per team. For additional information, contact Mike Woods, Y Sports Director, at 843-522-9622, ext. 244. Register at the Y or <a href=\"http://beaufort-jasperymca.org/\">beaufort-jasperymca.org</a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Hair to Learn at the Beaufort County Library</strong>\r\n\r\nTosha Holmes, salon owner, cosmetology educator and hair care expert, answers questions about keeping your hair and scalp healthy. Includes a quick and easy style demonstration.\r\n\r\nCall 843-255-6458 to submit questions or for more information about this free event, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 26, 311 Scott Street.\r\n\r\n<strong>Moon Over Buffalo continues run</strong>\r\n\r\nCoastal Stage Productions’ production of Moon Over Buffalo continues at AmVets at 1831 Ribaut Road in Port Royal. There are evening shows (8 p.m.) scheduled for Aug. 23 and 24. and matinees (2 p.m.) set for Aug. 24 and 25. Tickets are $25 in advance and available by calling 843-717-2175 or online at <a href=\"https://moonportroyal.bpt.me/\">https://moonportroyal.bpt.me/</a>. Tickets are $22 for groups of 10 or more and $27 at the door. Students are $20.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sportfishing and Diving Club to meet Sept. 12</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club’s September meeting will be held Thursday, Sept. 12 at the Beaufort Yacht Club on Lady’s Island off Meridian Road. The social begins at 6:30 p.m., and the meeting starts at 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nBob Martore, manager of S.C. Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division Office of Fisheries Management, will be the guest presenter. His department has developed a new underwater video of State reefs; the new artificial reef booklets will also be available to Club members and guests. Please be on the lookout for notification of the deployment of a 106 foot tugboat at the Betsy Ross Reef. Congratulations again to Maddie Benfield for winning the $50 weigh-in drawing in July sponsored by Butler Marine. Guests are welcomed, and you do not need a reservation. For additional information,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>contact Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2122 or email <a href=\"mailto:fgibson@islc.net\">fgibson@islc.net</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pat Conroy Center offers Anchorage retreat</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort’s Pat Conroy Literary Center’s Anchorage Retreat is set for Sept. 6-8.\r\n\r\nThe Southern Living-inspired event is an exclusive writers retreat weekend at the award-winning historic Anchorage 1770 Inn.\r\n\r\nParticipating writers will immerse themselves in a collaborative experience. In the retreat’s intimate setting, writers will get to know one another as well as the retreat’s instructors over a span of three days and two nights of workshops, discussions, writing prompts, readings, critiques, and social gatherings.\r\n\r\nThe distinguished faculty of award-winning writers and publishing professionals will share their insights and experiences.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThis year’s faculty includes novelists Kimberly Brock, Carla Damron, and Reavis Z. Wortham; memoirist and humorist Harrison Scott Key; biographer and book review editor Adam Parker; and literary agents Jeff Kleinman and Marly Rusoff.\r\n\r\nThe cost for the retreat is $1,500 per person and includes a two-night stay at the Anchorage 1770 Inn on Sept. 6-8, all retreat sessions, evening receptions on Friday and Saturday, breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday, and lunch on Saturday.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe registration fee will be billed in three equal installments to be paid in full by Sept. 6. Rooms are selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is now open and is limited to 15 participants.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to register, call the Anchorage 1770 Inn at 877-951-1770.\r\n\r\nProceeds benefit the year-round educational programming of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center.\r\n\r\n<strong>YMCA to offer CPR classes</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: Sept. 7, Sept. 19, and Nov. 23.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org\r\n\r\n<strong>Activities at Hunting Island State Park</strong>\r\n\r\nThere are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSundays: Sand/candy art, 11 a.m.; Hunting Island Bingo, 2:30 p.m.\r\n\r\nMondays: Tie dye, 11 a.m.; Marine mammals of S.C., 2 p.m. (Aug. 26); Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nTuesdays: Turtle Talk, 10:30 a.m.; CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Beach Walk, 3 p.m.\r\n\r\nWednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.; Stepping Stones, 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nThursdays: Interpretive Lighthouse Tour, 10 a.m. (Aug. 22, 29); Driftwood painting, 11 a.m. (Aug. 22, 29); Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.; Full-moon lighthouse climb, 8 p.m.\r\n\r\nFridays: Dolphin ecology kayak tour, 7:30 a.m. (Aug. 30); Lowcountry reptiles, 11 a.m.; Fish printing, 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nSaturdays: Sunrise lighthouse climb, 6:30 a.m. (Aug. 24); A walk in the woods, 11 a.m. (Aug. 24); Sharks! 11 a.m. (Aug. 31); Creatures of the night, 2:30 p.m. (Aug. 31)\r\n\r\nFor a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”\r\n\r\nAll are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Drum Circle</strong>\r\nAll are invited to share some good vibes with the Beaufort Drum Circle. The Drum Circle gathers every second Monday of the month, 5:30-7:00 p.m. and every fourth Thursday of the month, 7-8:30 p.m., in the Contemplative Garden at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in downtown Beaufort.\r\n\r\nThe remaining August Drum Circle date is Thursday, Aug. 22.\r\n\r\nEveryone is welcome to attend this family-friendly event. No experience is necessary. Rain or shine. Please bring a chair, a friend, and maybe an extra drum or hand percussion if you have one to share.\r\nFor questions or to join our mailing list, please email us at <a href=\"mailto:beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com\">beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com</a> or contact us on our Facebook page \"Beaufort SC Drum Circle.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Christian Women’s Connection</strong>\r\n\r\nPlease join the Beaufort Christian Women’s Connection for their fall catered luncheon and program Thursday, Sept. 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Sea Island Presbyterian Church, 81 Lady’s Island Drive. Nuances will feature a fashion show. Shannon Kaprive will speak on her journey on Becoming God’s Masterpiece. Cost is $18. Please reserve you spot by Sept. 13 by calling, texting or emailing Marti Myers at 843-321-0962 or <a href=\"mailto:puddlesportia@gmail.com\">puddlesportia@gmail.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Get moving with Beaufort Track Club</strong>\r\n\r\nJoin the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.\r\n\r\nVisit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Friends of Hunting Island’s Tuesday Turtle Talks</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Friends of Hunting island announce the 2019 Tuesday Turtle Talks running through Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 10:30am at the picnic shelter by the Lighthouse. There is no fee for the TTT, but the park entry fee does apply.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEach week various topics will be discussed including the natural history of loggerhead turtles, what happens when the turtles come to Hunting Island to lay their eggs, and the conservation and challenges specific to a barrier island such as Hunting Island State Park. Participation, ideas and questions are always welcome.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter the talk, participants can join TTT host Denise Parsick on a short beach walk. All ages are invited to attend this educational and engaging program.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd for early risers: If you want to join a turtle patrol to check out loggerhead nests, come to the Visitor’s Center parking lot at 6 a.m. sharp any day of the week, and talk with a volunteer in an orange shirt to join a group for that day’s patrol. All ages welcome.\r\n\r\n<strong>Local storytelling organization formed</strong>\r\n\r\nEvelene Stevenson, owner of the Spirit of Old Beaufort Tours, has formed a local storytelling organization, the Sea Isles Storytellers, which will be headquartered in the Sea Island Center at 876 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island.\r\n\r\nAll are invited to come to the first meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, which will be&nbsp;christened by the Back Porch Storytellers from Charleston.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAll have stories to tell, and Stevenson wants an organization that listens and encourages those of all ages to tell a story, sing a song and listen to others tales.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nPlease send an email, including name and phone number, to seaislandcenter@gmail.com or call Evelene Stevenson at 843-271-2478.', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-to-do-189', '', '', '2019-08-21 07:06:52', '2019-08-21 11:06:52', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41168', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41171, 4, '2019-08-21 07:11:32', '2019-08-21 11:11:32', '<h4>By SCOTT GRABER</h4>\r\nIt is Sunday morning and I’m in Mobjack, Va. Mobjack is north of Norfolk in what is called the Virginia Tidewater.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThis area — Mathews and Gloucester counties — is thinly developed and has struggled with keeping its high school graduates from leaving for Richmond, Norfolk and Washington as soon as they get their diplomas. Both counties envy nearby Williamsburg and Yorktown where millions of tourists tour the Governor’s Palace or climb around the British breastworks.\r\n\r\nGloucester and Mathews Counties are not without history, and recently the National Park Service agreed to create a new national park at the site of Werowocomoco — an important American indian settlement.\r\n\r\nWerowocomoco is located on a bluff on the York River and was home base for Powhatan, father of Pocahontas. We all remember that Pocahontas, a beautiful Indian maiden, saved the English map-making explorer, John Smith, from having his brains bashed-out after he was captured.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe story of Powhatan, Pocahontas, John Smith and the clash of cultures is the story that the National Park Service intends to tell. And the folks in this part of the Virginia Tidewater are obviously happy about this prospect.\r\n\r\nAlthough there is a statue of Pocahontas in Gloucester County, Werowocomoco does not exist in any physical sense. There is not a single dwelling place; or chieftain’s lodge; or timber palisade. There is only a large, empty field that is no different from thousands of other fallow fields around Mathews and Gloucester counties.\r\n\r\nThere are no “improvements” because the Virginia Indians did not believe in permanent dwellings. They wore little clothing and did not believe in sofas, chairs, dining room tables or anything else that would impede their movement.\r\n\r\nBut if the truth is told by the Park Service, this is not a happy story. It is the story of mistrust, misadventure and lost opportunities. It is the story of the invasion of coastal Virginia by English settlers and the fighting, killing and starvation that came with this effort. Though there were moments of generosity and a few attempts (by both sides) to work out a peaceful relationship.\r\n\r\nFor a time it appeared that Powhatan would win — and not by force of arms. The English settlers simply could not feed themselves. While the Indians were adept at foraging for food, the settlers were not. Nor were they good at fishing or growing corn.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThey waited, behind their wooden barricades, for ships to arrive with supplies from England. While they waited they pleaded for food from the Indians. With the exception of one or two local tribes — the Chicahominy people in particular — food was not forthcoming. Many of the settlers starved to death while scanning the horizon for ships with food.\r\n\r\nBetween 1606 and 1630 the successful settlement of Virginia was in doubt. The number of settlers who crossed the Atlantic was modest, and many of them died of starvation and disease. Powhatan was content to contain the flow and let them starve to death. But after 1630 the small, erratic stream of “invaders” became a torrent that overwhelmed the native Americans.\r\n\r\n“The ancient ways of using the land got no respect from the newcomers,” writes Helen Rountree in her book, Pocahontas, Powhatan and Opechancanough. “They knew to shift their houses and fields at intervals, rather than wearing out the land by overfarming (supposedly that was “using it properly”) so they were labelled “nomads.”\r\n\r\nThe English settlers, for their part, believed this land was “empty,” and the Indians did not have a proper title, and therefore they could simply possess it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nPossession is codified in our current law — called “adverse possession” — and goes back to the Code of Hammurabi and Roman Law. The time of possession varied, but eventually 12 years of continuous occupation was enough to depose the original owners.\r\n\r\nIn 1644, Chief Opechancanough made a last-ditch effort to throw out the English. The chief had heard that there was civil war in England and believed that the King would not be able to resupply the Virginia settlers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOpechancanough struck in the spring of that year killing many. But after the initial assault the settlers who survived began to fight back. They established new forts, further inland, where counter-attacks were launched against the Indians. Eventually, Opechancanough was captured and imprisoned at Jamestown.\r\n\r\nBut what sealed the deal was the discovery, by John Rolfe, that imported Orinoco tobacco would thrive in Virginia’s coastal soil. Tobacco brought a tsunami of new settlers seeking to make their fortune. This is precisely what the Crown wanted out of its Virginia colony.', 'Virginia Indians simply couldn’t stop ‘invasion’ of English settlers', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'virginia-indians-simply-couldnt-stop-invasion-of-english-settlers', '', '', '2019-08-21 07:11:32', '2019-08-21 11:11:32', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41171', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41174, 4, '2019-08-21 07:13:01', '2019-08-21 11:13:01', '<h4>By LEE SCOTT</h4>\r\nAround the world, there are people who get off work and immediately head for the local bars or pubs. It is usually between 5 and 7 p.m. when people attend Happy Hour. Some bars have moved that time up an hour in order to accommodate those who take off work early.\r\n\r\nIt made me start wondering how the term Happy Hour came about. I mean when you think about it, a lot of people are stressed at the end of a workday. The strain of commuting, the long hours, and the job itself takes a toll on folks and by the end of the day, well, there are a lot of cranky people out there. Shouldn’t it be called Cranky Hour?\r\n\r\nIt seems that the end-of-the-day crankiness is inherent in all of us. Ask any new parent, caring for an infant and they will tell you that the rough part of the day for a baby (and parent) is between 5 and 7. Maybe we are all just programmed to be exhausted at this time of day. Whining, crying, and being generally out of sorts seems the norm.\r\n\r\nI did discover that the first referenced mention of Happy Hour appears in Shakespeare’s King Henry V where he says“, Therefore, my lords, omit no happy hour/that may give furtherance to our expedition.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut I’m not sure he meant it as the time of the day we think of nowadays. However, there might have been a sign outside of the local British Ale house at the time saying “1 pence for a pot of ale and free biscuits.”\r\n\r\nHistory also suggests that the term may have originated from women’s social clubs as early as the 1880s. They were called Happy Hour Social Clubs. This makes a lot of sense to me since those women were the ones stuck with the crying babies from 5 to 7 p.m., although the reference does not necessarily address the whole alcohol connection.\r\n\r\nI am not sure when restaurants and bars realized they could advertise lower costs drinks and free appetizers to accommodate those workers who were hitting their cranky hour. But why not capitalize on what appears to be a universal need. They may have decided that calling it “cranky hour” had a negative connotation and the term Happy Hour is much more palatable.\r\n\r\nSo even if you do not drink, or maybe you are a light drinker like me, you can still have that time at the end of the day, where you are able to turn the cranky hour into a Happy Hour.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMy husband and I do, because even at our age, we can still get a little cranky.', 'Is it Happy Hour or cranky hour?', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'is-it-happy-hour-or-cranky-hour', '', '', '2019-08-21 07:13:01', '2019-08-21 11:13:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41174', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(41176, 4, '2019-08-21 07:15:46', '2019-08-21 11:15:46', '<strong>Sen. Graham to be honored by Beaufort County Republicans</strong>\r\n\r\nU.S. Senator Lindsey Graham will be honored with the Robert Smalls Leadership Award at the Beaufort County republican Party Awards Dinner to be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27 at the Hampton Hall Clubhouse in Bluffton.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nTickets are $100 per individual and $175 per couple and include 2020 membership in the Beaufort County Republican Party. Sponsorships are also available.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nVisit www.beaufortscgop.com by Sept. 20 to purchase tickets. Checks can be mailed to 20 Towne Drive, Suite 172, Bluffton, S.C., 29910. Proceeds will go to support Republican candidates.\r\n\r\n<strong>MCRD Parris Island to host historical uniform pageant Nov. 6</strong>\r\n\r\nMarine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island will host a historical uniform pageant Nov. 6 in observance of the 244th birthday of the United States Marine Corps.\r\n\r\nThe pageant will be held at 3 p.m. at the Depot’s All-Weather Training Facility.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nA variety of historical periods will be represented to include: the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the modern period. Marines will also re-enact the iconic flag raising at Iwo Jima.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, the pageant will also include a performance by the Parris Island Marine Band, the reading of Lt. Gen. John A. Lejeune’s birthday message, the reading of the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ birthday message and a cake-cutting ceremony.\r\n\r\n<strong>Landing Placed on top Republican list</strong>\r\n\r\nThe National Republican Congressional Committee announced today that Kathy Landing, Republican candidate for Congress in South Carolina’s 1st District, the seat currently held by Democrat Joe Cunningham, has been selected as an “On the Radar” candidate for the Committee’s 2020 Young Guns program.\r\n\r\nThe Youngs Gun program mentors and supports top-tier Republican candidates in races across the country and works to provide them with the necessary tools to run successful, winning campaigns against their Democratic opponents.\r\n\r\nThe program requires candidates to work towards specific goals and meet benchmarks throughout the election cycle to ensure their campaigns remain competitive, well-funded and communicative within their districts.\r\n\r\n<strong>County Councilman Glover holding meeting about Bay Point</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Council member <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwODE1LjkxNDM2NDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwODE1LjkxNDM2NDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzUwNjQ4NyZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.beaufortcountysc.gov/council/council-members/glover-york.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">York Glover (District 3)</a> will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3 about Bay Point Island development. The meeting will be held at the St. Helena Branch Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Sr. Road, St. Helena.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe guest speaker will be the developer of Bay Point Island.\r\n\r\nResidents do not need to register in advance for the meeting. For more information, please contact Beaufort County Council member Glover by email at <a href=\"mailto:yglover@bcgov.net\">yglover@bcgov.net</a>, by phone a: 843-986-7395 or by mail c/o Beaufort County Clerk to Council, P.O. Box 1228, Beaufort, S.C. 29901.\r\n\r\n<strong>S.C. AG Wilson suing opioid makers</strong>\r\n\r\nS.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Thursday, Aug. 15 that he has filed a lawsuit against three major opioid distributors for their part in the opioid crisis. This is the second phase of his deliberate approach to hold additional companies accountable for their role in fueling the epidemic.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIn his complaint, the Attorney General alleges Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen violated &nbsp;the S.C. Unfair Trade Practices Act and created a public nuisance, and seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties. The Attorney General previously filed suit on August 15, 2017 against opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue Pharma, Inc., and the Purdue Frederick Company.\r\n\r\n“This lawsuit seeks to hold these companies responsible for their part in the opioid crisis,” Wilson said. “These distributors flooded the State with dangerously addictive drugs, devastating families across South Carolina.”\r\n\r\nOpioid distributors, which purchase the drugs from manufacturers and sell and deliver them to pharmacies, have the legal duty of ensuring that all prescription medications are distributed properly and are not diverted for illegal use. Under S.C. and federal law, these companies must monitor, investigate, report and refuse to ship suspicious orders of opioids. Until recently, these defendants made almost no effort to do so, even shipping orders that were deemed suspicious.\r\n\r\n<strong>SCDNR board member honored</strong>\r\n\r\nAt an annual dinner for the S.C. Hunters and Land Owners for the Hungry, S.C. Department of Natural Resources board member Duane Swygert was presented the “Man of the Year” award for his outstanding service.\r\n\r\n“Duane has been instrumental in the expansion of S.C. Hunters for the Hungry’s statewide expansion efforts,” a news release from the organization said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe S.C. Hunters and Land Owners for the Hungry was established in 2004 as a 501c3 nonprofit organization. It was started by a group of hunters that wanted to give back to their community. Since its start, more than 500,000 pounds of harvested meat have been donated to those in food-insecure communities.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe organization supports 150 families on a monthly basis. Hunters or processors who are interested in donating can find more information at <a href=\"http://schuntersforthehungry.com/\">schuntersforthehungry.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>SC’s Parrish 2019 State Tourism Director of the Year<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></strong>\r\n\r\nDuane Parrish of the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism has been named national <a href=\"http://www.mmsend36.com/link.cfm?r=yvnj64Av0O_4ZbNTJsm3-A~~&amp;pe=OUjFG-2vilLt1kxxQVv4kDsxJw_VISjOtA7UdQDk3O1cNIxFLEN0yTRgavRBqQQg2oKyYWSILzwgthypS9pdhA~~&amp;t=dYYFqTY4sPCRL2L_uRXJ-Q~~\">State Tourism Director of the Year</a> for 2019.\r\n\r\nParrish was announced as the honoree before more than 1,000 destination marketing professionals at the U.S. Travel Association\'s annual <a href=\"http://www.mmsend36.com/link.cfm?r=yvnj64Av0O_4ZbNTJsm3-A~~&amp;pe=DtYh9IhHlZEfb6eRevyd6TJEG8q_j7EB0NIKzMrQPGtQXIQw1FH5pxMghenH_7gbN1bCBeX9JHATokzBt7MkQQ~~&amp;t=dYYFqTY4sPCRL2L_uRXJ-Q~~\">Educational Seminar for Tourism Organizations</a> (ESTO) conference in Austin, Texas. U.S. Travel\'s National Council of State Tourism Directors votes on the award annually ahead of ESTO.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n\"Duane Parrish has taken the South Carolina tourism industry to new levels of success,\" S.C. Governor Henry McMaster said in a release. \"Under his leadership, tourism has grown by more than 50 percent, becoming a $22.6 billion industry and employing one out of every 10 South Carolinians. Nobody is more deserving of this prestigious award than Duane, and we are proud that his peers have recognized him for his leadership and success.\"\r\n\r\nJust a few weeks ago, the S.C. State Park Service <a href=\"http://www.mmsend36.com/link.cfm?r=yvnj64Av0O_4ZbNTJsm3-A~~&amp;pe=0vICq_Yaer0XvIfKmM8pjmva2CdHx3jv1PxDtBnhQuWxHpWL-L7ilyRAzlNg5Rm47wORvKpc6e2Qx7KucTNQcg~~&amp;t=dYYFqTY4sPCRL2L_uRXJ-Q~~\">announced</a> record-setting revenue for the second year in a row, bringing in about $34 million. Ten years ago, the state park service was only able to cover 73 percent of its expenses and now covers 100 percent of its operational costs.', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-121', '', '', '2019-08-21 07:15:46', '2019-08-21 11:15:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41176', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41179, 4, '2019-08-21 07:16:40', '2019-08-21 11:16:40', '<h4>By CELIA STRONG</h4>\r\nOne beautiful aspect of French wines is they are unique to the regions in which they grow.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCalifornia has varietals that can be grown, from the same grape, throughout the country.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIn France, you can only have a Chardonnay from the Loire Valley. It is unique because it can only be produced from a grape grown there and a wine produced there.\r\n\r\nBut that doesn’t mean the Chardonnay grape cannot be grown outside of that valley.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nChardonnay is a green skinned grape grown in almost every wine producing country in the world. Chardonnay, more than most any other variety, reflects the soils and climates where it is grown –<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>the “terroir.” –<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>and is easily affected by the winemaker’s style – oak aging, stainless steel tanks, malolactic fermentation, etc.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIt is the second most widely grown grape in the world and is very malleable. France’s Burgundy region is home to some of the greatest Chardonnay wines ever, because of the soil and climate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut across France, on the Atlantic coast, a tiny community at the mouth of the Loire River has a unique soil and climate which produces Chardonnay grapes of a unique complexity.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThere are 87 different AC wine areas along the 350 miles of the Loire River, which runs from the just outside the Burgundy region out to the Atlantic. Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc and Muscadet are the primary white varieties.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMuscadet – originally known as Melon de Bourgogne – was originally thought to be the only grape grown at the river delta. But he Couillaud family, owners and producers of Chateau de Ragptière Muscadet, also make a Chardonnay from their Domaine de Bernier estate.\r\n\r\nDomaine de Bernier Chardonnay is not an AC level wine. Because the Loire Valley has no sites that are classified for AC Chardonnay.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut this Chardonnay is IGP classified. (Indication Geographique Protegée) IGP was a new classification in the French wine laws in 2010. It replaced both the VDQS and Vins de Pays levels.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIGP wines do control where qualified wines come from. So consumers are protected when they buy. Always important.\r\n\r\nThe Bernier Chardonnay was a pet project for members of the Couillard family. Because they felt the soil where their Muscadet grew was close in makeup to the soil of Chablis.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOne of Burgundy’s great sources for Chardonnay. The birth of unique! This wine is 100 percent Chardonnay, grown on rocky metamorphic and schist soil. Only about 5,000 cases are made each year, from 6,500 vines.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter harvest, the grapes are sorted on vibrating tables and, then, pressing is done with a pneumatic press. Fermentation is done completely in stainless steel tanks with 80 percent of the wine going through a malolactic fermentation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nNo oak aging, but the wine is aged on its lees. This adds weight and texture.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe finished Bernier Chardonnay is clean and crisp with fresh apple, pear and lemon aromas and flavors. And an intense minerality on its finish.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nA delicious “copy” of what Burgundy can produce, just from a totally unique source. For $11.99 at Bill’s Liquors. Also, totally unique. Enjoy.', 'Everything Burgandy from a totally unique source', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'everything-burgandy-from-a-totally-unique-source', '', '', '2019-08-21 07:16:40', '2019-08-21 11:16:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41179', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41181, 4, '2019-08-21 07:19:16', '2019-08-21 11:19:16', '<strong>Bathe celebrates one-year anniversary</strong>\r\n\r\nBathe of Beaufort will celebrate its one year anniversary from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24.\r\n\r\nThe public is invited to attend the celebration for an evening of fun. Guests can enjoy giveaways, catering by Saltus River Grill, and dessert bites made by Tout Sweet Macarons. The shop will also be unveiling their limited edition anniversary scent.\r\n\r\nBathe offers a complete line of handcrafted soap, bath, and body products made in Beaufort. The shop sources ingredients locally as often as possible and fills the products with nourishing oils and butters. Visit them at 210 Scott Street in downtown Beaufort or at <a href=\"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0018dTJ_s1zoVKAZaA6iU3nIq5o2C4PmVxiJVVlURou3-j_IZOMLtNdOjIap0KXgjde8lrB8rbMIE2bYk95oVKapEmcLU4WRKb7dTX0K397NmHjMDJtcsXxKQwXPLydAoFGyNo15GQR2ScvqxpGv8VLUDw2T6wpWPArnscdQjjpTCnfr0T9PfZBs6By490irlF8&amp;c=UqraIM3ME-pxShf1NuTwh5kNMru97cthA41j98mR33Q2qzcz0dIJ5w==&amp;ch=ox7SaqO1XdupnxoR5EbD7P2898oNXS95vzoAfJEnEyxPl6pvqP60pw==\">BatheinBeaufort.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Chamber of Commerce hosting Military Appreciation Day</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce is proud to host its annual <a href=\"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001zax5dhXx1MV10gyByDIuc9E56eyh8555cWcc28z8Fz1mNNGDJSF_YqbIMgH24zTOiFN_Po69cKMnkPoR0y5ERIodW51vg_rxvzRUwbRIXPuTbPSCVTKHlLPawDjVQpXHqry-RSWXh3dTW07PM_dslxegQDT7dsD5gGDAhUBWjP_E_G3k3F5evV3PK0C2Qw8KoKGv4b0I4332zyBb3Pep4FcSI8feQZSj&amp;c=EegesNY3IpAoynIX7PNOV_P7rWXfFeBUWjwIlbP040Yy8qo0ojS70A==&amp;ch=p9-ibNlBl7-eKt0NlCjcUygOlnEL92h-mxw5_chCRHE00SA-J9CEZQ==\">Military Appreciation Day</a> from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 at the Laurel Bay Welcome Center.\r\n\r\nThis event is a way, as a community, to say “thank you” to the military personnel and families who sacrifice so much for us on a daily basis.\r\n\r\nThe event is free and open to active-duty military and their families and features a fun atmosphere with food, drinks, music, and games.\r\n\r\nFor more info, please contact Janessa Lowery at <a href=\"mailto:Janessa@BeaufortChamber.org\">Janessa@BeaufortChamber.org</a> or 843-525-8537.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'Business Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'business-briefs-22', '', '', '2019-08-21 07:19:16', '2019-08-21 11:19:16', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41181', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41184, 4, '2019-08-21 07:35:37', '2019-08-21 11:35:37', '<strong>BATTERY CREEK</strong>\r\n\r\nA hulking presence at 6-foot-5 and 265 pounds, Battery Creek senior Padric Payne has a confession. He’s the second-smallest starter on the Dolphins’ offensive line.\r\n\r\n“Yeah,” Payne says. “We’re pretty big up front.”\r\n\r\nThe Dolphins hope improved size, experience, and depth in the trenches will be the key to a winning season in 2019. Battery Creek appeared to be on its way in coach Walter Wilson’s first season in 2017, going 4-6, but they slid backwards last season, winning only two games.\r\n\r\n“I have never been so humbled in my life,” Wilson said. “Sometimes you need that, because it gets you to look at the little tiny things that you may overlook when you felt you were on the way.”\r\n\r\nWith the humility came a renewed work ethic and attention to detail, as well as a commitment to get back to basics. With running back Trey Booth back in the fold and working behind that powerful offensive line, as well as a number of key returners on defense led by defensive end Brandon Wilson, the Dolphins’ gameplan will be simple.\r\n\r\n“Our plan is to play defense and run the ball,” Walter Wilson said. “That ain’t hard.”\r\n\r\n<strong>BATTERY CREEK DOLPHINS FOOTBALL</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Coach:</strong>Walter Wilson\r\n\r\n<strong>Record at BCHS:</strong>6-15 (3rd season)\r\n\r\n<strong>2018 record:</strong>2-9 overall, 2-2 region (lost in first round of Class 3A playoffs)\r\n\r\n<strong>Returning starters:</strong>12\r\n\r\n<strong>Offensive scheme:</strong>21 personnel\r\n\r\n<strong>Defensive scheme:</strong>4-3\r\n\r\n<strong>Top returners:</strong>DE/TE Brandon Wilson, WR/DB Kyseem Jabbar, WR/DB Elijah Dean, LB Justin Smalls, OL/DL Lucas Kinsey, OL/DL Toddie Gray\r\n\r\n<strong>Notable losses:</strong>LB/K Brandon Benke, WR Denarol Brown, QB/DB Jordan Gwyn\r\n\r\n<strong>PLAYER TO WATCH</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Trey Booth, RB:</strong>A powerful runner who carried the Dolphins to a win over May River two years ago, Booth sat out last season but is back for his senior campaign. With sophomore Jacove Anderson taking over at quarterback, Booth will be the focal point of the offense and have a chance to put up big numbers behind a bulky offensive line.\r\n\r\n<strong>BURNING QUESTION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Can the Dolphins stop the run?</strong>Wilson is excited to have enough depth on the line to avoid having linemen play both ways, but the question is whether there’s enough quality to shut down the strong running teams at the top of the region. If the Dolphins can answer in the affirmative, it could be a special season.\r\n\r\n<strong>REGION AND BEYOND</strong>\r\n\r\nMay River and Wade Hampton begin the season ranked in the top 10 in Class 3A, but they both have big holes to fill from last season. The Dolphins are in as good a position as anyone to be the team to close the gap and challenge for the region title.\r\n\r\n<strong>SCHEDULE</strong>\r\n\r\n8/23 — vs. Whale Branch\r\n\r\n8/30 — at Beaufort High\r\n\r\n9/6 — at Hilton Head High\r\n\r\n9/13 — at Woodland\r\n\r\n9/20 — Open\r\n\r\n9/27 — at Wade Hampton*\r\n\r\n10/4 — Creekside Christian\r\n\r\n10/11 — vs. Lake Marion*\r\n\r\n10/18 — at Ridgeland-Hardeeville*\r\n\r\n10/25 — vs. May River*\r\n\r\n11/1 — at Whale Branch\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*region opponent\r\n\r\n<strong>BEAUFORT ACADEMY</strong>\r\n\r\nNothing raises the level of excitement around a program like winning a state championship, but with great enthusiasm comes great expectations. Such is life at Beaufort Academy, where the Eagles are preparing to embark on their SCISA 8-man state title defense.\r\n\r\n“It’s a lot of pressure,” second-year BA coach Mark Clifford said. “Everybody knows who we are now. We realize that, and we realize that we can’t mistakes and we’ve got to be twice as good as we were last year.”\r\n\r\nThe Eagles’ offense will have a slightly different look after the departure of star running back De’Shaun Epps, but BA returns an experienced quarterback in Dawson Coleman, who has the benefit of a year playing in Clifford’s offense.\r\n\r\n“We’re way ahead of where we were last year,” Coleman said. “This time last year I was still learning the plays, but now we can start doing different reads at the line. It will change the game a lot.”\r\n\r\nBA also hopes to benefit from an influx of players who were already walking the hallways but had not shown an interest in playing football until the Eagles’ unexpected run to the state title last fall.\r\n\r\n“Everybody wants to be a part of it now,” Coleman said. “It’s definitely a different atmosphere.”&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>BEAUFORT ACADEMY EAGLES FOOTBALL</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Coach:</strong>Mark Clifford\r\n\r\n<strong>Record at BA:</strong>11-2 (2nd season)\r\n\r\n<strong>2018 record:</strong>11-2 overall, 6-1 region (SCISA 8-man state champions)\r\n\r\n<strong>Returning starters:</strong>5 offense, 5 defense\r\n\r\n<strong>Offensive scheme:</strong>Split Back\r\n\r\n<strong>Defensive scheme:</strong>4-2\r\n\r\n<strong>Top returners:</strong>QB Dawson Coleman, WR/DB William Tumlin, RB/LB Ja’Sean Lawson, RB/DE Elijah Fess\r\n\r\n<strong>Notable losses:</strong>LB Edward McCormick, OL/DL Daniel Richards, RB De’Shaun Epps\r\n\r\n<strong>PLAYER TO WATCH</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Dawson Coleman, QB:</strong>Coleman didn’t need to show off his skills very often last year thanks to a dominant running back, but the Eagles will need him to be more of a focal point in the offense this season. He’s more than capable — an outstanding multi-sport athlete who has an uncanny ability to read defenses, according to Clifford — and should be in line to put up big numbers both on the ground and through the air.\r\n\r\n<strong>BURNING QUESTION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Who will produce the big plays on offense?</strong>\r\n\r\nIt seemed every time the Eagles needed a big play last season, they could count on Epps to break a long run. With that explosiveness absent, they’ll need someone else to become the playmaker. Coleman is a capable passer and has some solid receivers, including William Tumlin, but BA will also need backs Ja’Sean Lawson and Elijah Fess to flourish in Clifford’s split-back system.\r\n\r\n<strong>REGION AND BEYOND</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Eagles face a daunting task in trying to repeat as state champs, especially with Epps out of the picture, but they have six games to work out the kinks before hosting perennial power Andrew Jackson in a state championship rematch on Oct. 11. The goal will be to again be in peak form at the end of the season in hopes of another magical playoff run.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>SCHEDULE</strong>\r\n\r\n8/23 — Open\r\n\r\n8/30 — at Clarendon Hall\r\n\r\n9/6 — vs. Laurens Academy\r\n\r\n9/13 — at Richard Winn Academy\r\n\r\n9/20 — at Holly Hill Academy*\r\n\r\n9/27 — vs. Northside Christian*\r\n\r\n10/4 — at St. John’s Christian*\r\n\r\n10/11 — vs. Andrew Jackson Academy*\r\n\r\n10/18 — vs. Cathedral Academy*\r\n\r\n10/25 — at Palmetto Christian*\r\n\r\n11/1 — vs. Patrick Henry*\r\n\r\n*region opponent\r\n\r\n<strong>BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL</strong>\r\n\r\nThe evolution of Beaufort High football continues with the Eagles’ entering a second consecutive season with a new head coach, and after a rare losing campaign a year ago, first-time head coach Bryce Lybrand has made it a focal point to incentivize giving maximum effort.\r\n\r\nLybrand noticed an improved work ethic during the offseason — an observation his players confirmed — and hopes to see if pay off in the form of more victories in 2019.\r\n\r\n“The kids have really bought into what we’re doing and why we’re doing it that way,” Lybrand said. “They’ve kind of bought into the concept of earning everything you get, and I’m really pleased with the effort.”\r\n\r\nAfter a 3-0 start a year ago, Beaufort lost five straight during a brutal stretch that included games against two Georgia powerhouses. The Eagles believe they are better prepared to face that difficult schedule this year, and they hope to do a better job of limiting the damage when things go wrong.\r\n\r\n“It’s all about weathering the storm,” Lybrand said. “Sometimes those games that we lost last year were because we didn’t handle adversity well. The biggest thing for us is making sure that when something bad happens it doesn’t affect us the next two or three plays down the line.”\r\n\r\nThe Eagles have loads of talent back on offense, including most of their offensive line and standout running back James Dagin, but the defense is a work in progress as players adjust to new and expanded roles.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>BEAUFORT HIGH EAGLES FOOTBALL</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Coach:</strong>Bryce Lybrand\r\n\r\n<strong>Record at BHS:</strong>0-0 (1st season)\r\n\r\n<strong>2018 record:</strong>5-6 overall, 2-1 region (lost in first round of Class 4A playoffs)\r\n\r\n<strong>Returning starters:</strong>6 offense, 3 defense\r\n\r\n<strong>Offensive scheme:</strong>Spread\r\n\r\n<strong>Defensive scheme:</strong>4-2-5\r\n\r\n<strong>Top returners:</strong>RB James Dagin, WR Matt Haley, OL Toby Strawderman, OL Henry Manley, OL Terrance Wilson, OL Caleb Hagood, LB/TE William Winburn, LB George Williams, S Kaedin Grissom\r\n\r\n<strong>Notable losses:</strong>LB Will Kelley, QB/S Jeffrey Smyth, OL/DL Chase Guynup, DL Dexter Ratliff, WR Reed Reichel, WR Trae Heyward\r\n\r\n<strong>PLAYER TO WATCH</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Tyler Haley, QB:</strong>The Eagles made it a point to get Haley playing time behind center in meaningful situations last season, and they hope to see the growing pains he experienced a year ago pay off now that he has fully taken the reins of the offense. The southpaw signal-caller has the potential to be a difference-maker, and his continued development could be the key to the Eagles’ success.\r\n\r\n<strong>BURNING QUESTION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Who will step up on defense?</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Eagles have a handful of starters back on defense, but they also have some gaping holes to fill, including the one previously occupied by All-Lowco Defensive Player of the Year Will Kelley. Stefan Wechsler steps into Kelley’s spot, while massive freshman defensive tackle Eamon Smalls figures to be an effective run-stopper at some point but will need to adjust to the Class 4A schedule after playing 8-man football at Beaufort Academy last season. The Eagles have plenty of talent to plug the holes, but it might take a few games for the defense to hit its stride.\r\n\r\n<strong>REGION AND BEYOND</strong>\r\n\r\nIn a region without a clear-cut favorite, the Eagles believe they have as much claim to being the frontrunner as anyone. With an experienced offensive line blocking for an explosive running back and a promising quarterback, the offense should be potent. If the defense rounds into form, the Eagles could be a factor in the postseason.\r\n\r\n<strong>SCHEDULE</strong>\r\n\r\n8/23 — at A.C. Flora\r\n\r\n8/30 — vs. Battery Creek\r\n\r\n9/6 — at Effingham County\r\n\r\n9/13 — at Wayne County\r\n\r\n9/20 — at Valdosta\r\n\r\n9/27 — vs. Blythewood\r\n\r\n10/4 — Open\r\n\r\n10/11 — vs. Bluffton*\r\n\r\n10/18 — vs. May River\r\n\r\n10/25 — at Hilton Head High*\r\n\r\n11/1 — at Colleton County*\r\n\r\n*region opponent\r\n\r\n<strong>WHALE BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL&nbsp;</strong>\r\n\r\nDespite sending a steady stream of players to the next level in recent years, Whale Branch football keeps reloading, and the Warriors hope to do the same this season.\r\n\r\nA year after losing 19 seniors — including five who will play on Saturdays this fall — Whale Branch is nonetheless confident it will be a factor in a loaded Region 5-2A.\r\n\r\n“We may be short on seniors this year, but the seniors we have are really confident in what we’re doing,” senior De’Arius Hazel said. “We’ve really got great chemistry, and great chemistry within a team can take you a long way.”\r\n\r\nThe Warriors hope that chemistry and the seniors’ leadership will help them mask a lack of depth, especially in the trenches, where players will be asked to contribute on both sides of the ball. Whale Branch also has to replace star running back Irvin Mulligan and its entire starting secondary.\r\n\r\n“We’re light on depth, but I’m pretty confident our first-line players can get the job done,” coach Jerry Hatcher said.\r\n\r\nOne area where the Warriors aren’t hurting for depth, though, is at quarterback, where Henry Tome and Jaylen Reeves have been battling for the starting job. Hatcher said both the speedster Reeves and the more polished passer Tome will see time at the position.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>WHALE BRANCH WARRIORS FOOTBALL&nbsp;</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Coach:</strong>Jerry Hatcher\r\n\r\n<strong>Record at WBECHS:</strong>44-34 (8th season)\r\n\r\n<strong>2018 record:</strong>7-5 overall, 2-3 region (reached second round of Class 2A playoffs)\r\n\r\n<strong>Returning starters:</strong>4 offense, 4 defense\r\n\r\n<strong>Offensive scheme:</strong>Split Back\r\n\r\n<strong>Defensive scheme:</strong>4-2-5\r\n\r\n<strong>Top returners:</strong>RB/LB De’Arius Hazel, RB/LB Jaquez Frazier, OL/DL Jahiem Fripp, K Henry Tome\r\n\r\n<strong>Notable losses:</strong>RB/LB Irvin Mulligan, DB Jaheem Hazel, DB Ky’Shon Hipp, DB Marion Smalls, OL/DL Daquan Griswold, QB/DB CJ Brown, OL Jamari Evans, DB Taqui Polite\r\n\r\n<strong>PLAYER TO WATCH</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>De’Arius Hazel, RB/LB:</strong>Hazel was a secondary option in the offense last season, garnering only 29 carries, but he averaged 6.8 yards per attempt and has shown an ability to break long runs in the preseason. He will need to be a bigger factor on both sides of the ball for the Warriors to have success this season.\r\n\r\n<strong>BURNING QUESTION</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Can the Warriors stop the pass?</strong>\r\n\r\nThe entire starting secondary was lost to graduation, and three of the four are playing college football. Fortunately for the Warriors, most of their region opponents feature run-heavy offenses, but they will face a couple of teams that like to air it out. The inexperienced secondary will need to get up to speed quickly and limit big plays through the air to keep the Warriors in games.\r\n\r\n<strong>REGION AND BEYOND</strong>\r\n\r\nWhale Branch plays in one of the toughest regions in the state in any classification, as frontrunners Barnwell and Bamberg-Ehrhardt both return plenty of firepower from last year’s strong teams and Woodland features an NCAA Division I commit on each side of the ball. The goal for the Warriors will be to weather the storm of region play, get into the playoffs, and see how far they can go.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>SCHEDULE</strong>\r\n\r\n8/23 — at Battery Creek\r\n\r\n8/30 — vs. Cross\r\n\r\n9/6 — vs. May River\r\n\r\n9/13 — at Ridgeland-Hardeeville\r\n\r\n9/20 — Open\r\n\r\n9/27 — vs. Philip Simmons\r\n\r\n10/4 — at Woodland*\r\n\r\n10/11 — vs. Barnwell*\r\n\r\n10/18 — vs. Allendale-Fairfax*\r\n\r\n10/25 — at Bamberg-Ehrhardt*\r\n\r\n11/1 — vs. Battery Creek\r\n\r\n*region opponent\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Beaufort Academy Eagles celebrate a 42-40 win over Andrew Jackson Academy (11-1) in the 2018&nbsp;SCISA 8-man state championship.</em>', '2019 High School Football Previews', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2019-high-school-football-previews', '', '', '2019-08-21 07:35:37', '2019-08-21 11:35:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41184', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41189, 4, '2019-08-21 07:38:30', '2019-08-21 11:38:30', 'Students, educators, elected officials and community members celebrated the official opening of Whale Branch Early College High School’s new performing arts center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday.\r\n\r\nThe high school’s new 34,000-square-foot performing arts center can seat nearly 500 people and will be used not only for student performances, but also for community events.\r\n\r\n“This has been a long journey for our school and our community,” Whale Branch Principal Mona Lise Dickson said in a release. “We now have a beautiful facility we can use to give our students a professional-level environment that supports all of the performing arts, everything from band and drama productions to singing and dancing.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nStudent performers at Thursday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony included Amari Johnson and Lawren Caldwell, and speakers at the event included Student Body President Jameah Moore and Vice President Jamyah Moore, who are twins.\r\n\r\n“This is an exciting day, not only for Whale Branch Early College High but also for the entire Beaufort County School District,” Superintendent Frank Rodriguez said. “I’m sure this wonderful facility will host many outstanding student performances in the years to come.”\r\n\r\nThe performing arts center’s lobby is decorated with a large and colorful mural, “Marshland Landscape,” by famed Lowcountry artist Jonathan Green.', 'Whale Branch celebrates opening of new performing arts center', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'whale-branch-celebrates-opening-of-new-performing-arts-center', '', '', '2019-08-21 07:38:30', '2019-08-21 11:38:30', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41189', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41192, 4, '2019-08-21 07:41:25', '2019-08-21 11:41:25', '<h4>By BOB SOFALY</h4>\r\nMore than 100 University of South Carolina Beaufort students moved into their dormitory rooms Sunday in the Beaufort College Honors Housing Complex.\r\n\r\nThey were met with a small army of volunteers, both students and faculty, to help them move in quickly and get settled in their new environment.\r\n\r\nIn Beaufort, community volunteers represented the Baptist Church of Beaufort, Young Life, Beaufort Memorial Hospital and The Parish Church of St. Helena.\r\n\r\nEach family had a specific time in which to move their student.\r\n\r\nThere were few complaints and the morning went smoothly.\r\n\r\nMore than 1,000 students moved into USCB’s housing facilities county-wide. USCB boasts a student-body population of more than 2,100 students across the university’s three campuses (Beaufort, Bluffton and Hilton Head).', 'Scores of USC Beaufort students move into dorms Sunday', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', '41192-2', '', '', '2019-08-21 12:57:51', '2019-08-21 16:57:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41192', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41196, 4, '2019-08-21 07:42:35', '2019-08-21 11:42:35', 'Five classroom teachers have been named as finalists for Beaufort County’s 2019-2020 District Teacher of the Year.\r\n\r\nThe finalists are Michelle Gordon, math teacher at Bluffton High School; Denise Bell, fifth-grade teacher at Hilton Head Island Elementary School; Keisha Miller, fourth-grade teacher at Joseph S. Shanklin Elementary School; Vicki Shockley, special education teacher at Lady’s Island Middle School; and Jill Exley, kindergarten teacher at M.C. Riley Elementary School.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSuperintendent Frank Rodriguez made surprise visits to each of the finalists’ schools Monday and Tuesday to announce the five selections.\r\n\r\n“It has definitely been exciting to make these surprise visits and honor such deserving teachers,” Rodriguez said. “Their hard work and dedication has brought them well-deserved recognition, and we’re very proud of them.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe District Teacher of the Year will be announced next month at an awards ceremony.\r\n\r\nBecoming District Teacher of the Year is a three-step process that began when school-level teachers of the year were selected in April. Those wishing to compete for District Teacher of the Year submitted detailed applications in July.\r\n\r\nIn the second step, a selection committee consisting of parents, former educators and community leaders from across Beaufort County reviewed the applications and rated them using a numerical scoring system. The five highest-scoring applicants were named as finalists.\r\n\r\nIn the next step, the five finalists will be interviewed by a separate review committee again composed of judges from across the county. The judges will score candidates based on how well they respond to questions about their teaching experiences and also about current education issues. After those interviews, the panel will select a District Teacher of the Year to represent Beaufort County’s classroom professionals.\r\n\r\nThe current Teacher of the Year is H.E. McCracken social studies teacher Karen McKenzie.', 'School district announces Teacher of the Year finalists', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'school-district-announces-teacher-of-the-year-finalists', '', '', '2019-08-21 07:42:35', '2019-08-21 11:42:35', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41196', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41199, 4, '2019-08-21 07:43:55', '2019-08-21 11:43:55', 'Each year, the Rotary Club of Beaufort awards a $1,000 scholarship to a student who has chosen to further his or her education via technical training.\r\n\r\nAlyson Boggess has been selected this year based on the strength of her application. Boggess had received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and was also a licensed cosmetologist, but felt she could help people more as a nurse.\r\n\r\nWith the support of her husband, a Port Royal police officer, and her three children, she will begin studying nursing at the Technical College of the Lowcountry.\r\n\r\nThe vocational scholarship is just one of the recognition programs hosted by the Rotary Club of Beaufort, the oldest of Beaufort’s three Rotary clubs. The Club also recognizes outstanding military service members, outstanding law enforcement officers, and high school seniors for college scholarships.', 'Rotary Club gives $1,000 technical scholarship', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'rotary-club-gives-1000-technical-scholarship', '', '', '2019-08-21 07:43:55', '2019-08-21 11:43:55', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41199', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41202, 4, '2019-08-21 07:47:03', '2019-08-21 11:47:03', '<h4>By BOB SOFALY</h4>\r\nThe first day at a new job is often difficult, full of anxiety and fear of the unknown.\r\n\r\nFor Port Royal Elementary School’s Mahogany Bethea, 23, her entire career started with 16 sets of first-grade eyes staring back at her as if to say, “teach me, we dare ya!”\r\n\r\nSchool started for all Beaufort County School District students Monday, Aug. 19. Bethea, a recent graduate of the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Early Childhood Development program, said she was as ready as she was going to get.\r\n\r\n“I have two sisters and a brother who are all younger than me,” she said as she counted out crayons into little plastic boxes. “I just have to figure out (her students’) personalities and how they will relate to me.”\r\n\r\nBethea admitted that she has one fear.\r\n\r\n“What if I’m not able to connect with them?” she said.\r\n\r\nReady or not, Bethea hopes to mold them into good citizens and get them ready for the second grade.\r\n\r\n“I don’t have any preconceived ideas of what to expect,” she said. “But I am really looking forward to helping them learn.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'Back to School', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'back-to-school-3', '', '', '2019-08-21 07:47:04', '2019-08-21 11:47:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41202', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41206, 4, '2019-08-24 07:49:35', '2019-08-24 11:49:35', 'Five students from AMIkids Beaufort served as crew members with the Fishery Research Team on the Floating Classroom Research Vessel Orion in mid-August.\r\n\r\nThe young men served as crew with Captain Gene Clark and First Mate Jay Marshall on the Orion. They spent the day conducting experiments, catching fish and recording data to be shared with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. The research is part of a larger S.C. effort to help with conservation efforts.\r\n\r\n“This type of experience helps our young men get a better understanding of the coastal Lowcountry and to understand their role in conservation,” AMIkids Beaufort Board of Trustees chairman John Harris said in a release. “It’s also part of our local and national charter, as the non-profit Association of Marine Institutes.”\r\n\r\nAMIkids Beaufort is a residential facility in Dale that provides not only education but numerous hands-on educational opportunities, treatment and behavior modification.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAMIkids partners with community service projects throughout Beaufort County. The program serves young men assigned to the facility through the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice, and students work toward their high school equivalency diplomas.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFor the past six years, the young men also have been able to earn nationally-recognized welding and food service certificates to help them with job skills.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOn Aug. 10, the five AMIkids Beaufort students safely navigated Clark’s boat to the local research sites and, after anchoring, they measured the environmental conditions including ambient air temperature, water temperature, barometric pressure, tide flow and water depth, Clark said.\r\n\r\nThey used a Secchi disk to measure the water turbidity and a salinity refractometer to measure the salinity and specific gravity. After recording the data they fished the site to discover the fish types, sizes, and numbers inhabiting the area.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe AMIkids students and crew caught and released 27 fin fish including croakers, Southern kingfish, and an Atlantic Sharpnose shark. Three of the Southern kingfish were tagged prior to release.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“It’s a special opportunity for our young men, and it wouldn’t be possible without the good work and service of Captain Clark and Jay Marshall,” AMIkids Beaufort executive director Matt Kingdom said. “When these young men graduate from our program and return to their homes and move ahead to brighter futures, this is an experience they will carry with them.”\r\n\r\nTo learn more about AMIkids Beaufort, visit <a href=\"http://www.amikidsbeaufort.org/\">www.amikidsbeaufort.org</a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'AMIkids Beaufort students help with coastal research project for SCDNR', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'amikids-beaufort-students-help-with-coastal-research-project-for-scdnr', '', '', '2019-08-26 13:43:58', '2019-08-26 17:43:58', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41206', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41210, 4, '2019-08-21 07:51:22', '2019-08-21 11:51:22', 'The City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department and the Burton Fire District responded to a two-car, head-on collision at the intersection of Highway 170 and Parris Island Gateway Friday night at approximately 10:50 p.m.\r\n\r\nThe original dispatch report to fire units responding was that there was a female patient entrapped in the vehicle. The two vehicles involved in the collision were a Corvette and a mid-sized SUV. After units arrived on scene it was determined that there we no patients entrapped in the vehicle.\r\n\r\nFirefighters provided emergency medical care and secured hazards on the scene. The intersection was shut down for about an hour. One patient was transported by Beaufort County EMS with non-life-threatening injuries.\r\n\r\nThe City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department, the Burton Fire District, City of Beaufort Police Department, S.C.Highway Patrol, and Beaufort County EMS all responded to the incident.', 'Head-on collision draws Beaufort-area first responders', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'head-on-collision-draws-beaufort-area-first-responders', '', '', '2019-08-21 07:51:22', '2019-08-21 11:51:22', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41210', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41215, 4, '2019-08-21 08:03:04', '2019-08-21 12:03:04', '<h4>By Margaret Evans</h4>\r\nWhen I arrived a few minutes late for our gathering at Fishcamp on 11th Street, I was surprised to see the Lunch Bunch seated on the porch. It was August in Port Royal, after all. Nobody had warned me to wear my bathing suit.\r\n\r\nI needn’t have worried. There were breezes off the water and fans over our heads, and we were perfectly cool as we perused the lunch menu.\r\n\r\nBut before we get to that, I must confess that Fishcamp could serve me a plate of rocks and I’d enjoy myself. Why? Location, location, location.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nNestled alongside the historic Port of Port Royal shrimp docks, the place simply oozes character. With deepwater marsh and working shrimp boats on view from the expansive porch, and through the windows of <a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fish-Camp-GM-Tonya-Murphy-Chef-Garrett-Priester.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-41221\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fish-Camp-GM-Tonya-Murphy-Chef-Garrett-Priester-802x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"402\"></a>the pleasingly rustic interior, the restaurant radiates a laid-back hospitality that just&nbsp;makes you feel good. This is where you want to take your out-of-town guests for that “authentic” Lowcountry seafood dinner.\r\n\r\nBut we were here for lunch, and I was hungry.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSince the others were busy chatting with general manager Tonya Murphy and Chef Garrett Priester (right) I took advantage of their inattention and called dibs on the Fish Tacos. (We Lunch Bunchers avoid doubling up on orders; that way we get to try as many items as possible.)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBetty ordered next – t<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fish-Camp-Jalepeno-Hush-Puppies.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-41220 alignleft\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fish-Camp-Jalepeno-Hush-Puppies-1024x789.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"211\"></a>he Spinach Salad with Fried Oysters – and Jeff claimed the Fish ‘n Chips. Mike came in last with the Catch of the Day Fish Sandwich. (I think he really wanted the Fish Tacos, but hey, you snooze you lose.)\r\n\r\nWhile we waited for our meals, we sampled a couple of appetizers. The calamari was good, especially if you like yours tender and not too crunchy on the outside. Our favorite were the Jalapeno Hushpuppies, which were like no hushpuppies I’ve ever tasted. Not as spicy as the name suggests – just a little kick – and they’re wonderfully textured and delicious, especially slathered with Fishcamp’s homemade honey butter. Really something special.\r\n\r\nMike is our soup guy, and he started with the Chef’s Soup of the Day, Tomato Crab Bisque, which he immediately deemed “amazing.” Between bites, he elaborated, calling it “incredibly fresh, rich, and tomatoey.”\r\n\r\nAnd now the entrees were arriving.\r\n\r\nBetty raved about her Spinach Salad, chock-full of yummy stuff like red onions, cucumbers, goat cheese, dried cranberries, and candied Georgia pecans. And then there was the icing on the cake – or oysters on the salad, as it were. “I asked for fried oysters on top – it wasn’t on the menu – and they said ‘sure’!” This answer made Betty very happy, as did the fried oysters, which were superb.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fish-Camp-Fish-Chips.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-41224 alignleft\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fish-Camp-Fish-Chips-1024x786.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"277\"></a>Jeff is a Fish ‘n Chips fan from way back, and he’s sampled the dish all over the Western world … including Beaufort. Fishcamp’s version stacked up nicely, with tasty, flaky flounder and “just the right ratio of breading to fish.” The fries were good, and the coleslaw sweet and crunchy, just the way I like it. (Yes, I picked on his plate. He’s used to it.)\r\n\r\nMike thoroughly enjoyed his Catch of the Day Fish Sandwich, and was particularly glad the Mahi wasn’t over-fried. (You can also get it grilled or blackened.) Served with lettuce and tomato on a pretzel bun, what’s not to love?\r\n\r\nLast, but certainly not least, my Fish Tacos. I’ve rarely met a fish taco I didn’t like, but these were truly outstanding. I had my fish grilled – again, fried and blackened are options – and it practically melted in my<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fish-Camp-Fish-Tacos.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-41218\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fish-Camp-Fish-Tacos-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"324\"></a> mouth, along with the flavorful textures of roasted corn, black bean salsa, Calabrese chili aioli, and the aforementioned slaw. “Two thumbs up” is an understatement. Throw in a pinky.\r\n\r\nWe were all feeling fat and happy and ready for naps when our server broached the subject of dessert. “Oh no, we couldn’t possibly …” But of course, we did.\r\n\r\nFishcamp produces five different homemade desserts daily, and we felt it was our journalistic duty to sample each of them. The staff favorite is the Key Lime Pie, which took 30 attempts to perfect, according to Chef Priester. It was worth it! Perfection achieved.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fish-Camp-Bread-Pudding.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-41223 alignleft\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fish-Camp-Bread-Pudding-1024x742.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"302\"></a>My personal favorite, however, was the Bread Pudding – there are no words to describe it, so you’ll just have to try it – while others at the table were enamored of the Crème Brulee, the Oreo Lemon Cheese Cake, and the Peanut Butter Chocolate Mousse, respectively.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThere was literally something for everybody, and everybody indulged.\r\n\r\nAnd now we really were ready for naps.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAs we left the breezy porch, past the picturesque rope swings and the outdoor bar – where there’d be live music later – we thanked the friendly staff, bid the scenic view farewell, and vowed to return as soon as humanly possible.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMaybe happy hour?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Fishcamp on 11 th Street</strong>\r\n\r\n1699 11th Street\r\n\r\nPort Royal, S.C.\r\n\r\n843-379-2248\r\n\r\nwww.fishcampon11th.com\r\n\r\nOpen Seven Days a Week\r\n\r\nLunch 11 a.m.-4 p.m.\r\n\r\nSunday Brunch 11 a.m.-3 p.m.\r\n\r\nHappy Hour 4-6 p.m.\r\n\r\nDinner from 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nBar Open Late', 'The Lunch Bunch at Fishcamp on 11th Street', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-lunch-bunch-at-fishcamp-on-11th-street', '', '', '2019-08-22 07:41:37', '2019-08-22 11:41:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41215', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41229, 4, '2019-08-21 08:05:47', '2019-08-21 12:05:47', 'The City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department and the Burton Fire District responded to three confirmed structure fires between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m. Saturday afternoon during a heavy thunderstorm.\r\n\r\nTwo out of the three fires were at multi-family dwelling apartment complexes.\r\n\r\nThe first fire at approximately 5 p.m. was at Laurel Hill apartments in Port Royal.\r\n\r\nFirefighters arrived to find light smoke showing from the third floor. Firefighters were able assist with evacuating all residents in the apartment building and extinguish the fire.\r\n\r\nThe American Red Cross was requested to the scene for the resident of the of apartment being displaced from the fire.\r\n\r\nThe second fire was dispatched at approximately 6:15 p.m. at the Preserve of Port Royal Apartments.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe first arriving engine company reported smoke showing from the exterior of the apartment building.\r\n\r\nAfter units investigated, it was determined that the source of smoke was coming from the alarm panel in the breezeway of Building 300. The alarm panel and batteries for the system appeared to be charred from a lightening strike but the incident is under investigation at this time.\r\n\r\nThe third structure was dispatched at approximately 6:45 p.m. at Mystic Circle in the Mossy Oaks neighborhood. The first arriving engine company arrived on scene to find light smoke showing from the back of the residence.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter investigating the incident, it was determined that porch caught on fire, possibly from a lightning strike. Crews were able to extinguish the fire quickly and prevent the fire from spreading to the residence.\r\n\r\n“All crews did an exceptional job today on this busy afternoon” acting Battalion Chief Josh Doud said.\r\n\r\nThe City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department responded to a total of 15 emergency incidents Saturday. Beaufort/Port Royal units responded to five structure fires, five medical calls, three fire alarms, one elevator rescue, and one service call.', 'Fire departments were busy Saturday during storm', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'fire-departments-were-busy-saturday-during-storm', '', '', '2019-08-21 08:05:47', '2019-08-21 12:05:47', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41229', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41237, 4, '2019-08-21 08:10:33', '2019-08-21 12:10:33', '<h2>Recent annexation requests to ‘up-zone’ may signal things to come for Beaufort County</h2>\r\n<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nJanet Mulcahy still remembers how she felt when land along Sam’s Point Road was clear-cut for the 40-acre Oyster Bluff residential development near her Lady’s Island home.\r\n\r\nHaving moved to the island the year before to take care of her aging parents, Mulcahy was shocked at the sudden growth happening all around them.\r\n\r\nLand had already been cleared to make way for a new Publix and shopping plaza, which opened in 2014, then came the Oyster Bluff development in 2016, followed by a Walmart that same year – all within a few miles of the family’s home.\r\n\r\nSo when requests to annex and rezone two properties on either side of Sam’s Point Road came before the city of Beaufort in July, it was more than she could bear.\r\n\r\n“What is happening to our island?” an impassioned Mulcahy asked as she stood before members of the Beaufort-Port Royal Metropolitan Planning Commission on July 29. “It’s become the epicenter of let’s do everything.”\r\n\r\nHardly alone in her outrage, Mulcahy was joined by about a dozen other residents who voiced similar concerns at the meeting and were applauded by many more in attendance.\r\n\r\nUltimately, the commission voted to approve the two requests for annexation but paired back their accompanying zonings in favor of less density. The final decision rests with Beaufort’s city council which will take up the issue at its Aug. 27 meeting.\r\n\r\n<strong>Up-zoning and jurisdiction shopping</strong>\r\n\r\nSuch requests are troubling for area residents and critics of unfettered development who say annexation and “up-zoning” is being used by developers as a tactic for circumventing an area’s current zoning restrictions in favor of one that allows for denser housing or commercial development.\r\n\r\nWhat’s more, they say the requests to allow for denser zoning flies in the face of the recently adopted Lady’s Island Plan created to provide guidelines for growth and development on the island.\r\n\r\n“The Sea Island Corridor Coalition does not object to applications for annexation. We bristle a bit at the use of annexation for jurisdiction shopping,” said Chuck Newton at the July 29 meeting. Along with the Coastal Conservation League, the coalition led the effort to create the Lady’s Island Plan after the Walmart and Oyster Bluff projects caused public outcry.\r\n\r\nThe two bids for annexation taken up at the July 29 meeting were the first two “relevant applications” to come up since the Lady’s Island Plan was adopted in April, Newton said.\r\n\r\nThe coalition did not have an objection to the zoning requested for a collection of properties along Williams Street and Mayfair Court totaling 6.9 acres since it was similar to the current zoning of adjacent properties.\r\n\r\nHowever, the group had “serious concerns” with the annexing and rezoning of the other property, a 20-acre parcel at 44 and 50 Miller Drive East, Newton said at the meeting.\r\n\r\nThe property is “bounded on the east by marshes and water, and by the south by athletic fields and Lady’s Island Middle School. A large pond dominates the westerly half of the parcel. On the southwest and on the west and on the north are long-standing and fully developed residential neighborhoods,” he said. “For all intents and purposes, this parcel is an island in the middle of a residential neighborhood.”\r\n\r\n<strong>The usual process</strong>\r\n\r\nExacerbating the problem is the fact that annexation and rezoning are often inextricably linked. When a property owner asks to be annexed into a city, that city or municipality usually has to consider what the new zoning will be.\r\n\r\n“That is not an unusual process for cities across the state to follow,” said Scott Slatton, legislative and public policy advocate for the Municipal Association of South Carolina.\r\n\r\nThough how you take up the process is not spelled out in the law, he said.\r\n\r\n“It really is up to the city, and how you handle that process depends on the reaction you’re getting from residents, the public, property owners and also how much time and study you have to put into it,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe owner of the Miller Drive East property requested a change in zoning – from the county’s T3-HN to the city’s T4-N – which would have allowed for a mix of urban residential units and limited commercial development.\r\n\r\nMore specifically, the classification includes a “wide range of building types including, but not limited to, apartment buildings, mixed-use buildings, row-homes, duplexes, corner stores and both attached and detached single-family homes,” according to the Beaufort code.\r\n\r\nWhile Newton said it was true that no one knew what the property owner had in mind for the parcels, which is currently up for sale, it was “unlikely” she was applying for annexation and re-zoning if the intent was to build something similar to the surrounding homes already there.\r\n\r\n“Those are already permitted under the current zoning,” he said.\r\n\r\nHowever, Michael Mark, a commercial real estate broker who represented the property owner at the meeting, disagrees.\r\n\r\nMark said a change in zoning was needed for the “flexibility” it offers in building homes on the site.\r\n\r\nAs defined by the Lady’s Island Plan, the current property is in the “Village” which is described by the plan as being characteristically a mixed-use space.\r\n\r\n“We need the flexibility to make bigger lots and smaller lots,” he said. “If you tell me that every lot has to be a 100 by 150-foot lot or whatever size, you’re asking me to put a suburban neighborhood in the village neighborhood,” he said.\r\n\r\nWhile Mark said he could not say “right now” what the owner or a potential buyer plans to do with the property, he did say rumors of a 200-unit apartment complex were untrue.\r\n\r\n“There has never been a discussion that anything like that would happen,” he said.\r\n\r\nIn terms of annexation into the city, the owner made the request because she had “not been treated fairly by the county” in years past and “likes the way the city operates,” he said.\r\n\r\nWould the owner rescind her application to be annexed then, since the planning commission turned down the requested zoning?\r\n\r\n“It may impact going forward with the application,” he said.\r\n\r\n<strong>Circumventing the plan</strong>\r\n\r\nStill, there are those who remain concerned about unchecked development on the island and what these recent applications for annexation mean.\r\n\r\n“To me it’s a matter of clear intent,” said Steve Holland, who lives “around the corner” from the Williams Street and Mayfair Court properties and less than a mile from the Miller Drive East property.\r\n\r\nA Lady’s Island resident for 22 years, Holland said requests for annexation and zoning that allow for greater density signals a developer is interested in the land.\r\n\r\n“It’s as plain as the nose on your face,” he said by phone recently. “I think we are in the midst of watching how one circumvents the Lady’s Island Plan.”\r\n\r\nHolland, who attended many of the early community forums and planning sessions that led to the creation of the Lady’s Island Plan, was among those at the July 29 meeting who opposed the applications for annexation.\r\n\r\nHe said many residents who spent hundreds of hours putting together the plan were under the impression that developers would have to come before that group and disclose what they had in mind. One of the first meetings alone had more than 400 people in attendance, he said.\r\n\r\n“What was the point in all those meetings?” he said. “Were they nothing but theater?\r\n\r\nRobert Semmler, a member of the Beaufort-Port Royal Metropolitan Planning Commission who along with two other commission members sat on the steering committee for the Lady’s Island Plan, said the plan set forth specific guidelines for transparency and civic involvement.\r\n\r\nIt also asks that developers of major projects come before the community preservation committee.\r\n\r\n“It was not required but it was suggested or encouraged,” he said at the July 29 meeting. “And this is a major development if it gets rezoned the way it is versus the way it could be.”\r\n\r\nSemmler, who was the only member to vote against the annexation of the Miller Drive East property, said he was concerned that potential developers are bypassing the process for disclosing their plans to the community.\r\n\r\n“We don’t want to stop development … but my concerns are with rezoning and what we’re doing to that community,” he said at the meeting.\r\n\r\n“Once it’s rezoned, it’s out of our hands and they don’t have to come in front of the community preservation committee, they can go straight to city council,” he said. “… and we’re out of the picture and all of a sudden we have 200 apartments on Lady’s Island.”\r\n\r\nSemmler said he encouraged whoever is interested in the Miller Drive East property to come before the community preservation committee.\r\n\r\n“…And present their project and hear what the citizens say about it,” he said. “And that wasn’t done. It was bypassed completely.”\r\n\r\n<strong>Why annexation?</strong>\r\n\r\nSo why consider annexation at all? Is there an upside to it?\r\n\r\nFor municipalities, annexation is a way to expand its tax base and increase the services it’s able to offer its citizens, according to the Municipal Association of South Carolina.\r\n\r\nFavorable annexation can also attract jobs and businesses.\r\n\r\nA Charleston recycling company that recently announced the move of its manufacturing arm to Northern Beaufort County cited annexation as one of the reasons it was able to take over the building it plans to renovate there, vacated by another manufacturer.\r\n\r\nThe company, Glass WRX SC, asked that the 37-acre site be annexed so it could have access to city services and more favorable tax incentives, said CEO Chris Fisher. The company plans to hire between 45 to 50 workers over the next two years.\r\n\r\nHowever, critics of annexation say while the city may gain, those in the county are the ones who often lose.\r\n\r\n“Annexation for the city does mean increased revenue, and our contention is, and again we’re not opposed to annexation per se, but often that is their primary criteria for considering these things,” said Newton when reached later by phone.\r\n\r\nAnother part of the Lady’s Island Plan aims to address how far the city can expand its reach.\r\n\r\nThe plan aims to limit the footprint of urban and suburban growth by reducing the existing growth boundaries, because the more the city annexes the more it can continue to expand its reach since the question to annex a property often comes down to what is adjacent to it, Newton said.\r\n\r\n“…and because the city’s focus is on economic development, smart development and retention of moderate zoning often gets shortshrifted,” he said.\r\n\r\nSo while he thinks the city’s planning commission “did the right thing” in denying the requested zoning, he also thinks more work to incorporate the plan into the city and county’s planning processes needs to be done.\r\n\r\n“Part of the problem with the Lady’s Island Plan is that it’s been adopted, but there was to be an intergovernmental agreement among the county and city,” he said. “Not simply adopt the plan but implement it, and we’re working to get that done.”\r\n\r\n<strong>In search of protection</strong>\r\n\r\nIn the meantime, Janet Mulcahy has started a Facebook page for residents wanting to keep tabs on development projects in the area.\r\n\r\nShe says the community is “still very sore about what we saw happen,” referring to the Oyster Bluff development.\r\n\r\n“We saw a beautiful piece of land clear-cut and cookie cutter houses went in overnight,” she said. “All the oak trees, everything was gone and the wildlife was pushed out.”\r\n\r\nOyster Bluff was the wake up call for the once “sleepy island community,” she said. “That started a whole lot of people saying, ‘What is happening here?’ ”\r\n\r\nShe says now, with the recent applications for annexation, the perception is that Beaufort is trying to protect its historic flavor, while pushing city services, residential development, shopping and other commercial businesses outside the city to Lady’s Island.\r\n\r\n“They’re wanting to utilize Lady’s Island (for this) and that’s what’s frightening us,” she said.\r\n\r\nShe too wants to see the Lady’s Island Plan strengthened and wants to see greater protections afforded to the island.\r\n\r\n“Beaufort is protected because it is historic, and Saint Helena (Island) is protected because of its natural beauty. 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(41240, 4, '2019-08-21 08:13:29', '2019-08-21 12:13:29', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nSouth Carolina’s top prosecutor visited a Lowcountry private school recently to talk to students on their first day back about a range of topics.\r\n\r\nAlan Wilson was the guest speaker at Beaufort Academy’s traditional first-day convocation on Monday, Aug. 19.\r\n\r\nSpeaking to an assembly of about 170 students, from 5th through 12th grade, Wilson touched on themes of commitment, leadership and character.\r\n\r\n“Never be afraid to surround yourself with people who are better than you,” said Wilson recalling how, at age 37, he became the youngest state attorney general in the country.\r\n\r\nHe told students that leadership isn’t about perks and privileges, but service.\r\n\r\n“As a leader, it’s not your job to be the best. You have to humble yourself to learn from others,” he said.\r\n\r\nWilson also talked about human trafficking and the dangers of the Internet, two topics his office is leading the charge on combating in South Carolina through its affiliation with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.\r\n\r\nThe first day back for many of the students was also bittersweet, said Lisa Gallagher, the school’s director of communications, after the death of classmate Anna Grace Dennis.\r\n\r\nAn accomplished student athlete and National Honors Society inductee, Dennis died Aug. 5 from an epileptic seizure.\r\n\r\n“She was a friend to all of us,” Gallagher said choking back emotion at the assembly.\r\n\r\nThe school organized bereavement support groups for the students to participate in and had a grief counselor on hand on Monday,\r\n\r\nIn addition, the school planned to honor and remember Dennis later in the week with the release of 300 butterflies on the school’s softball field.\r\n\r\n<em>Above: S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson makes his remarks to Beaufort Academy students during the annual convocation on Monday, the first day of school.</em>', 'S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson gives address at Beaufort Academy convocation', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 's-c-attorney-general-alan-wilson-gives-address-at-beaufort-academy-convocation', '', '', '2019-08-21 08:13:29', '2019-08-21 12:13:29', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41240', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41243, 4, '2019-08-21 08:15:07', '2019-08-21 12:15:07', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\r\nAmong the 150 or so people who crowded around Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang on his campaign stop Thursday, Aug. 15 in Beaufort was a Lowcountry artist who made waves earlier this year with a painting of a different political figure.\r\n\r\nMent Nelson, a Beaufort-born, Hampton County-based artist, stopped by to hear what Yang had to say and to present him with a painting he finished of the candidate only a short time earlier in the day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“I’ve been following him on the internet. I saw him on The Breakfast Club. I saw him on the Joe Rogan podcast,” Nelson said. “He’s one of the only candidates who’s addressing AI, things like that. So I was just interested in that. And then, not too many people come to this area.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“I grew up here and lived here all my life, so I just like to take part in the culture and what’s going on.”\r\n\r\nNelson has also attended campaign rallies this year for Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders, among others.\r\n\r\nThe 30-year-old artist’s legal first name is Clementia. He was named after a family friend, the Rev. Clementia Pinckney, who was killed by a white supremacist in 2015 in a mass shooting at the Mother Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nNelson dropped out of Francis Marion University a decade ago but has made a name for himself as a painter – one that’s plugged into what’s going on through social media (@mentnelson on Twitter) and, in his words, tries to shine a light on his state and his culture.\r\n\r\nHis motto? “I make it cool to be from South Carolina.”\r\n\r\nAfter moving home with family in Varnville, he has seen his career grow. Last year, his work began to be featured in a traveling exhibit presented by the Smithsonian.\r\n\r\nBut it was earlier this year when many who hadn’t seen Nelson’s art got their first taste.\r\n\r\nInspired by Kanye West’s 2018 visit with Donald Trump at the White House – Make America Great Again hat and all – Nelson painted a watercolor of the pair complete with a smooch mark square on Trump’s cheek.\r\n\r\nNelson priced the painting, entitled “Kissin’ Up,” at $1 million, garnering him coverage on television and in newspapers across the country.\r\n\r\nThe buzz is what Nelson was after.\r\n\r\n“It’s mainly just talk, still. I haven’t gotten any inquiries,” Nelson said. “But it’s been helping me get my work out a lot more. Because it doesn’t really matter whether it sells or not – though it’d be really great if it did sell. For me it was just showing the people in my community you can price something at $1 million and with the technology, you never know where that story can travel to. My proof is having publications from all over the nation writing about it.”\r\n\r\nThe painting remains for sale on Nelson’s website – mentnelson.com – among other original pieces and prints, most selling for between $25 and $40.\r\n\r\nFor the most part, even though his work sometimes takes a political tone, Nelson says the response has been positive.\r\n\r\n“It’s mostly supportive, about 95 percent supportive, but you’re always going to have negative blowback, especially since I started doing political work,” he said. “You’re staring to get people from both sides starting to have something to say about it.\r\n\r\n“It’s something I’m prepared for, though. It comes with the territory. You’re always going to have controversy, people saying things.”', 'Lowcountry artist Ment Nelson stops in to hear Yang speak', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-artist-ment-nelson-stops-in-to-hear-yang-speak', '', '', '2019-08-21 08:15:07', '2019-08-21 12:15:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41243', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41246, 4, '2019-08-21 08:24:52', '2019-08-21 12:24:52', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\r\nThere were nearly 100 people packed into the Grand Army of the Republic Hall on Thursday night and Andrew Yang wasn’t even there, yet.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAs another 40 to 50 spectators gathered outside, it became increasingly clear that when Yang did arrive to speak at the North of the Broad Democratic Club’s monthly meeting, he wouldn’t be speaking inside.\r\n\r\nWhen he did arrive, he was greeted to a rock star-like reaction before gathering his supporters into a semicircle in the courtyard outside the building to pass along his message.\r\n\r\nThe good-natured Yang talked and joked his way through his life experiences that led him to the point where he is now, a presidential candidate who never expected to be a presidential candidate.<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3506.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-41250\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3506-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"369\"></a>\r\n\r\n“I’m not a career politician, I’m a career problem solver,” Yang said. “I never imagined I’d run for president.”\r\n\r\nYang believes in, as he calls it, “trickle up” economics. Pointing out that the “trickle down” version championed by Ronald Reagan and most Republicans since hasn’t worked for the middle class, Yang espoused his signature policy, the “Freedom Dividend.”\r\n\r\nThe Freedom Dividend is a form of Universal Basic Income (UBI), where all Americans 18 and older would receive $1,000 a month that would not be taxed.\r\n\r\nWhile the idea seems radical, Yang pointed out that the United States has come close to adopting similar policies several times in the past, including twice during the early 1970s when such a plan actually passed the House of Representatives.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3537.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-41249 alignleft\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3537-1024x1020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"433\"></a>“The fun thing about this campaign is there is a bit of a process where you’re digging into the ideas and you’re getting a sense of the history and the background and the rationale,” Yang said, “and I think more and more Americans are catching on to the idea that it’s not a radical idea, that it’s a deeply American idea that’s been with us for decades, maybe centuries. As more and more Americans open their eyes to that fact, then you’ll see the campaign grow and grow.”\r\n\r\nYang believes the UBI will soften the blow of an increasingly difficult U.S. labor landscape as a result of current and future job elimination due to automation. He believes the election of Donald Trump as president was directly related to the anxiety caused by the loss of such jobs that aren’t being replaced in the economy.\r\n\r\nHe pushed for simplifying the tax code, while eliminating the ability of big moneymakers like Amazon to get away with paying nothing, investing in infrastructure and preparing for sea-level rise and the most urgent effects of climate change.\r\n\r\nAnd he is for the U.S. resuming space exploration, but at this point, he said, the government should take a back seat to the private companies that are further along in research and development.\r\n\r\nYang, depending on which study you believe, is somewhere between fifth and 10<sup>th</sup> in the most recent polls. Yet, he’s optimistic that his camaign can make up the necessary ground before the primaries.\r\n\r\n“One great thing is that our data shows that we are less well known in South Carolina, than not just the other early states but in America,” Yang said. “So the fact that we’re as competitive as we are when most of America hasn’t heard about me and the campaign is really positive science, because the more people have heard about the campaign, the better we do. So the job is just to get the word out about us and the campaign.”\r\n\r\n<em>Above:</em>\r\n<em>Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang arrives outside the Grand Army of the Republic Hall in Beaufort on Thursday night, August 15.&nbsp;Photo by Harmony Cadien.</em>\r\n<em>Yang is greeted by Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling during the candidate’s tour of the Beaufort Black Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Jeff Evans.</em>\r\n<em>Yang joins in with the Family Slide Line Dancers while touring the facilities of the Beaufort Black Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Jeff Evans.</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Yang’s message popular enough to take it outside', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'yangs-message-popular-enough-to-take-it-outside', '', '', '2019-08-21 08:24:52', '2019-08-21 12:24:52', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41246', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41255, 4, '2019-08-21 08:32:45', '2019-08-21 12:32:45', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\r\nSally Hannock of Coosaw was one of the 600 or so people who came out Saturday to Whale Branch Middle School to hear South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg make his case to Lowcountry voters why he should be the Democrats’ choice to unseat Donald Trump as U.S. President in 2020.\r\n\r\nA Massachusetts native who moved to Beaufort two years ago, Hannock lists Buttigieg and Kamala Harris among her favorites so far, but she had been desperate to see Mayor Pete for the first time.\r\n\r\n“He’s smart and calm and clear,” Hannock said. “I just want to hear him. Anything he says has to be better than Trump. But he’s so smart. I just want to hear him.”<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/RES5202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-41259\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/RES5202-1024x711.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"351\"></a>\r\n\r\nAnd hear him she did.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“This country is running out of time,” Buttigieg said. “This election is about the future and our insistence that the future be better than the past.”\r\n\r\nHere’s a look at what Buttigieg had to say, both on his own and in response to questions:\r\n\r\n– “It’s time for a secretary of education that actually believes in public education,” he said.\r\n\r\nBetsy DeVos has been an abject failure, particularly for the students she claims to represent.\r\n\r\n– Patriotism, national security and God do not belong only to the Republican Party.\r\n\r\n“We get to speak up and nobody is going to question our loyalty to the republic,” Buttigieg said.\r\n\r\n– One of the biggest threats to our nation is white nationalist violence and it must be addressed as domestic terrorism.\r\n\r\n– “We have got to confront climate change as one of the biggest national security threats of our time,” he said.\r\n\r\n– Much like military service, we ought to give young Americans the opportunity to serve their nation through national civilian service. Buttigieg proposed creating a million paid public service jobs.\r\n\r\n– Like the Marshall Plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II, Buttigieg proposes a Douglas Plan that would create an equitable system (justice and economic) for black Americans. He said populating the current system with good people isn’t enough.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/RES5298.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-41256 alignleft\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/RES5298-1024x654.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"460\"></a>– “We are “running out of time to support rural America,” he said. The biggest issues are the closing of rural hospitals, a chronic teacher shortage and a lack of access to the Internet.\r\n\r\n– Dollars currently outvote people. It’s time for serious campaign finance reform.\r\n\r\n– We need to make government more representative. Getting rid of gerrymandering and the Electoral College is a start.\r\n\r\n– We need to work harder to address the problems in front of us. We have to deal with today’s problems so our children can focus on their own problems when they are actually in charge.\r\n\r\n– He expressed his support for Medicare for all who want it,\r\n\r\n“I believe in universal health care,” he said. “Every other country has figured this out. But how do we get there?”\r\n\r\nHe said the public option is better than the corporate option, but demonstrate it by leaving the corporate option. If the people see for themselves it is a better option, they’ll get there by their own choices.”\r\n\r\n– We have to do a better job of taking care of both the mental and physical health of our veterans. We made them a two-way promise. We have to provide better access to the VA facilities and programs. And we have to have a rural training program to better facilitate good care.\r\n\r\n– Buttigieg said he wouldn’t hesitate to use executive authority to undo all the bad executive orders of this president. Issues like family separation, the handcuffing of the EPA and overtime rules. However, “I would rather local cement these policies in through legislation.”\r\n\r\n– We have to rein in the NRA, Buttigieg said. “The kinds of weapons that I carried overseas have no place in our neighborhoods, he said. But the NRA’s own corruption is doing some of the job.”\r\n\r\n– And lastly, lobbyists are becoming too powerful. 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(41268, 4, '2019-08-22 11:35:36', '2019-08-22 15:35:36', 'Podiatry Associates of Beaufort, the practice of Drs. Michael Edwards, Jr., and Trenton Statler, has added a new physician to its staff.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_41269\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"272\"]<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DerekBarker0822.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-41269\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DerekBarker0822-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"336\"></a> Dr. Derek Barker[/caption]\r\n\r\nDr. Derek Barker is now seeing patients in the practice’s Beaufort and Bluffton locations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBoard-certified and a fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, Dr. Barker is a member of the medical staff at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. He comes to the Lowcountry from Michigan, where he has been practicing with Metro Health, an affiliate of the University of Michigan Health System, for the past six years. He was also a clinical assistant professor at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.\r\n\r\nA graduate of Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science in biomedical science, Dr. Barker received his medical degree from William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University in North Chicago, Ill.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHe completed his residency in podiatric medicine and surgery at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township, Mich., where he was chief resident and received extensive training in both conservative and surgical treatment of foot and ankle deformities, as well as wound care.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhile completing his training, Dr. Barker worked part time at a clinic for uninsured patients in the community.\r\n\r\nWith offices at 1084 Ribaut Road in Beaufort, and 167 Bluffton Road in Bluffton, Podiatry Associates of Beaufort provides a full range of foot and ankle care, including foot reconstruction, joint replacement and diabetic foot care, as well as treatment of fractures, heel pain, bunions, corns and calluses, ingrown toenails, hammertoe and other foot injuries and ailments.\r\n\r\nTo schedule an appointment with Dr. Barker, or any of the practice’s providers, call 843-524-0232.', 'Dr. Derek Barker joins Podiatry Associates of Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'dr-derek-barker-joins-podiatry-associates-of-beaufort', '', '', '2019-08-26 11:36:55', '2019-08-26 15:36:55', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41268', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41273, 4, '2019-08-28 13:47:14', '2019-08-28 17:47:14', '<strong>Fripp Island Marina to host Labor Day Fishing Tournament</strong>\r\nFripp Island Marina\'s 2019 Fishing Tournament will take place Aug. 29-31. Fisherman are invited to compete for a payout of more than $5000 in the traditional Labor Day event. Prizes will include largest in the King Mackerel and Spanish Mackerel categories and more. For more information, call 843-838-1517, register on our website at <a href=\"http://www.frippislandresort.com/\">www.frippislandresort.com</a> or contact us via email at <a href=\"mailto:kingfishtournament@gmail.com\">kingfishtournament@gmail.com</a>. Proceeds for the event go to benefit the Pledge The Pink initiative.\r\n\r\n<strong>Play soccer at the YMCA</strong>\r\n\r\n2019 YMCA Adult Soccer league registration is open at The Wardle Family Y located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal. Ages 18 and older. Games begin Sept. 8. Cost is $45 for Y members; $55 for non-members; $300 per team. For additional information, contact Mike Woods, Y Sports Director, at 843-522-9622, ext. 244. Register at the Y or <a href=\"http://beaufort-jasperymca.org/\">beaufort-jasperymca.org</a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Register for gymnastics at the YMCA</strong>\r\n\r\nYMCA Gymnastics registration is open at The Wardle Family Y located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal. Ages 6-13. Class begins Sept. 5 and ends Oct. 24. Cost is $110 for Y members, $130 for non-members. For additional info contact Mike Woods, Y Sports Director, at 843-522-9622, ext. 244. Register at the Y or <a href=\"http://beaufort-jasperymca.org/\">beaufort-jasperymca.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Register for YMCA youth indoor soccer<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></strong>\r\n\r\nRegistration for YMCA Youth Indoor Soccer is open thru Oct. 7 at The Wardle Family Y located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal. Ages 3-9. Season is Oct. 28-Dec. 20. Cost is $55 for Y members, $70 for non-members. For additional info, contact Mike Woods, Y Sports Director, at 843-522-9622, ext. 244. Register at the Y or <a href=\"http://beaufort-jasperymca.org/\">beaufort-jasperymca.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Register to be a Tiger Shark</strong>\r\n\r\nBYAC Tiger Sharks Swim Team registration is open for the 2019-2020 season. There are three levels of swim team for ages 5 and up who meet swim team group requirements: Shark Pups; Group 1; and Group 2. Evaluations on going on now for group placement. Learn more online at <a href=\"http://beaufort-jasperymca.org/\">beaufort-jasperymca.org</a> (click on Aquatics&gt;Swim Team), stop by the Y in Port Royal (1801 Richmond Ave.) or call the Y at 843-522-9622.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sportfishing and Diving Club to meet Sept. 12</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club’s September meeting will be held Thursday, Sept. 12 at the Beaufort Yacht Club on Lady’s Island off Meridian Road. The social begins at 6:30 p.m., and the meeting starts at 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nBob Martore, manager of S.C. Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division Office of Fisheries Management, will be the guest presenter. His department has developed a new underwater video of State reefs; the new artificial reef booklets will also be available to Club members and guests. Please be on the lookout for notification of the deployment of a 106 foot tugboat at the Betsy Ross Reef. Congratulations again to Maddie Benfield for winning the $50 weigh-in drawing in July sponsored by Butler Marine. Guests are welcomed, and you do not need a reservation. For additional information,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>contact Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2122 or email <a href=\"mailto:fgibson@islc.net\">fgibson@islc.net</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pat Conroy Center offers Anchorage retreat</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort’s Pat Conroy Literary Center’s Anchorage Retreat is set for Sept. 6-8.\r\n\r\nThe Southern Living-inspired event is an exclusive writers retreat weekend at the award-winning historic Anchorage 1770 Inn.\r\n\r\nParticipating writers will immerse themselves in a collaborative experience. In the retreat’s intimate setting, writers will get to know one another as well as the retreat’s instructors over a span of three days and two nights of workshops, discussions, writing prompts, readings, critiques, and social gatherings.\r\n\r\nThe distinguished faculty of award-winning writers and publishing professionals will share their insights and experiences.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThis year’s faculty includes novelists Kimberly Brock, Carla Damron, and Reavis Z. Wortham; memoirist and humorist Harrison Scott Key; biographer and book review editor Adam Parker; and literary agents Jeff Kleinman and Marly Rusoff.\r\n\r\nThe cost for the retreat is $1,500 per person and includes a two-night stay at the Anchorage 1770 Inn on Sept. 6-8, all retreat sessions, evening receptions on Friday and Saturday, breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday, and lunch on Saturday.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe registration fee will be billed in three equal installments to be paid in full by Sept. 6. Rooms are selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is now open and is limited to 15 participants.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to register, call the Anchorage 1770 Inn at 877-951-1770.\r\n\r\nProceeds benefit the year-round educational programming of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center.\r\n\r\n<strong>YMCA to offer CPR classes</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: Sept. 7, Sept. 19, and Nov. 23.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org\r\n\r\n<strong>Activities at Hunting Island State Park</strong>\r\n\r\nThere are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSundays: Sand/candy art, 11 a.m.; Hunting Island Bingo, 2:30 p.m.\r\n\r\nMondays: Tie dye, 11 a.m.; Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nTuesdays: Turtle Talk, 10:30 a.m.; CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Beach Walk, 3 p.m.\r\n\r\nWednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.; Stepping Stones, 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nThursdays: Interpretive Lighthouse Tour, 10 a.m. (Aug. 29); Driftwood painting, 11 a.m. (Aug. 29); Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.; Full-moon lighthouse climb, 8 p.m.\r\n\r\nFridays: Dolphin ecology kayak tour, 7:30 a.m. (Aug. 30); Lowcountry reptiles, 11 a.m.; Fish printing, 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nSaturdays: Sharks! 11 a.m. (Aug. 31); Creatures of the night, 2:30 p.m. (Aug. 31)\r\n\r\nFor a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”\r\n\r\nAll are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Christian Women’s Connection</strong>\r\n\r\nPlease join the Beaufort Christian Women’s Connection for their fall catered luncheon and program Thursday, Sept. 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Sea Island Presbyterian Church, 81 Lady’s Island Drive. Nuances will feature a fashion show. Shannon Kaprive will speak on her journey on Becoming God’s Masterpiece. Cost is $18. Please reserve you spot by Sept. 13 by calling, texting or emailing Marti Myers at 843-321-0962 or <a href=\"mailto:puddlesportia@gmail.com\">puddlesportia@gmail.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Get moving with Beaufort Track Club</strong>\r\n\r\nJoin the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.\r\n\r\nVisit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Maye River Quilters Quild</strong>\r\n\r\nOn the first Saturday of every month, the Maye River Quilters Guild meets at Palmetto Electric Cooperative, 1 Cooperative Way, Hardeeville. Members meet at 9:30 a.m. for social exchange. The meeting starts at 10 a.m. Please call 847-707-6034\r\n\r\n<strong>Friends of Hunting Island’s Tuesday Turtle Talks</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Friends of Hunting island announce the 2019 Tuesday Turtle Talks running through Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 10:30am at the picnic shelter by the Lighthouse. There is no fee for the TTT, but the park entry fee does apply.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEach week various topics will be discussed including the natural history of loggerhead turtles, what happens when the turtles come to Hunting Island to lay their eggs, and the conservation and challenges specific to a barrier island such as Hunting Island State Park. Participation, ideas and questions are always welcome.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter the talk, participants can join TTT host Denise Parsick on a short beach walk. All ages are invited to attend this educational and engaging program.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd for early risers: If you want to join a turtle patrol to check out loggerhead nests, come to the Visitor’s Center parking lot at 6 a.m. sharp any day of the week, and talk with a volunteer in an orange shirt to join a group for that day’s patrol. All ages welcome.\r\n\r\n<strong>Local storytelling organization formed</strong>\r\n\r\nEvelene Stevenson, owner of the Spirit of Old Beaufort Tours, has formed a local storytelling organization, the Sea Isles Storytellers, which will be headquartered in the Sea Island Center at 876 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island.\r\n\r\nAll are invited to come to the first meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, which will be&nbsp;christened by the Back Porch Storytellers from Charleston.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAll have stories to tell, and Stevenson wants an organization that listens and encourages those of all ages to tell a story, sing a song and listen to others tales.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nPlease send an email, including name and phone number, to seaislandcenter@gmail.com or call Evelene Stevenson at 843-271-2478.', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-to-do-190', '', '', '2019-08-28 13:47:14', '2019-08-28 17:47:14', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41273', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41275, 4, '2019-08-28 13:48:59', '2019-08-28 17:48:59', '<h4>By LEE SCOTT</h4>\r\nA few months ago, my husband’s phone rang, and I heard him answer it.\r\n\r\n“Oh, thank you for calling!” he said. “I have been so lonely with no one to talk to today.”\r\n\r\nBy the time I got to the kitchen to see what was going on, he had already hung up and was standing there laughing.&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“What was that all about? Who was on the phone?” I asked.\r\n\r\n“A marketer,” he responded, with a big grin on his face. “He laughed and then hung up.”\r\n\r\nIt seems my spouse had decided not to fight with the marketing industry, but to embrace it. I suggested that maybe he just not pick up the phone, but he thought it might be more fun to play with them.\r\n\r\nAnd so, began Mr. Scott’s Answering Service.\r\n\r\nI don’t know why his cell phone gets all the marketing calls and mine does not. Maybe it’s because his phone number was his old business line that he had transferred over. It might be listed in some business directory and a perfect target for solicitors.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhatever the reason, it was getting out of hand. He was getting at least five calls a day, primarily at lunch and dinner time.\r\n\r\nI started to pay more attention to his phone calls. I could always tell if it was a marketing company because his voice would change.\r\n\r\n“Bonjour! Comment allez-vouz?” His high school French struggling to say “Hi, how are you?” “Sacre Bleu” he would yell afterwards, “they hung up on me.”\r\n\r\nNext he would be the British Butler. “Mr. Scott is out sailing his yacht presently. Would you be so kind as to leave a message?”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHe was having so much fun. Some of them did get a kick out of him, but most of the time, they just hung up. After a while, he became more creative.\r\n\r\n“Hello, hello, I’m sorry I cannot hear you. Hello, oh wait a minute. I have to turn my hearing aid on.”\r\n\r\nIt was not long before we noticed that the calls started to die down. We would get through an entire dinner without one phone call.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHe was disappointed a bit because he had been practicing assorted dialects. I personally was glad to see the antics coming to an end. After all, aren’t these people trying to make a living.\r\n\r\nI think now, somewhere in the Great Marketing World, there is a huge sign that reads, “DO NOT CALL THIS PHONE! It is a prankster.”\r\n\r\nThe calls have not stopped entirely. We still have the occasional dinner interruptions. But I think they are the new trainees practicing the art of hanging up quickly.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter all, they do not want to get caught in Mr. Scott’s Answering Service.', 'Mr. Scott’s Answering Service is a tangled web', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'mr-scotts-answering-service-is-a-tangled-web', '', '', '2019-08-28 13:48:59', '2019-08-28 17:48:59', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41275', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41278, 4, '2019-08-28 13:49:56', '2019-08-28 17:49:56', '<h4>By SCOTT GRABER</h4>\r\nIt is Wednesday and I’m at (Massachusetts) Mile Marker 81.8 on the Appalachian Trail. I’m with Polly and Cathy — two retired women from Pennsylvania — to whom I’ve attached myself for a short 7.5-mile segment. Of the three of us, Polly is the most dedicated, having done 700 miles of the 2200-mile trail.\r\n\r\nPolly is not a through-hiker but is doing the entire length in segments. She walks for a week or two, then stops, goes home to Pennsylvania to recruit another companion to walk the next segment with her. Her current companion, Cathy, is 65-year-old retired medical assistant.\r\n\r\nI have always had this notion that one day I would buy myself an ultralight backpack, fill it with dehydrated, just-add-water risotto and walk from Springer Mountain (in Georgia) to Mt. Katahdin in Maine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nI have read the books and seen the movies (Walk in the Woods) and have thought that one day I would do this solitary, almost spiritual trek along the crest of the Appalachians.\r\n\r\nI was also inspired by Bruce Chatwin and his famous non fiction book, In Patagonia. This book details the South American travels of Chatwin — mostly on foot — meeting people and telling their stories.\r\n\r\n“I climbed a path and from the top looked up-stream towards Chile. I could see the river, glinting and sliding through bone white cliffs with strips of emerald cultivation either side. Away from the cliffs was the desert. There was no other sound than the wind, whirring through the thorns and whistling through the dead grass, and no other signs of life but a hawk and a black beetle easing over black stones.”\r\n\r\nBut In Patagonia is also an essay on being a nomad, traveling lightly, unencumbered by mortgage payments, family or Rotarian obligations.\r\n\r\n“The real home of man is not his house but the road. Life itself is a travel that has to be done on foot.”\r\n\r\nBecause I am only a temporary tag-along on this particular hike, I only have a USGS topographic map for guidance. It’s old and well-creased with brown contour lines that tell me when I will climb and when (mercifully) I will descend. I have had this map, for years, usually contemplating the landscape from the comfort of my black, Ikea-bought couch. I have also packed a Nature’s Path (organic) Breakfast Bar and a (Shop and Stop) tangerine.\r\n\r\nWhen I joined up, Polly looked at my bottle of Zephyrhills 100% Florida Spring Water and said, “You can’t drink this. There aren’t any electrolytes in this water.”\r\n\r\n“But it’s spring water,” I replied.\r\n\r\n“You’ve need electrolytes. I’ll give you some of mine.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to her electrolyte-enhanced water, Polly has an app that tells us where we are on the trail. This device also tells one the changes in elevation, distance travelled and time of arrival. From time to time I stop, look down at my stained, well-creased USGS map and say, “This must be Mt. Fitch.”\r\n\r\n“We’re past Mt Fitch — actually 43.4 meters past the summit — and we’ve got another 1366.6 meters until we reach Mt. Williams.”\r\n\r\nPolly and Cathy do not set a blistering pace — we are often overtaken by bearded through-hikers who seemed to be speed-walking up and down the Berkshire Mountains — but my companions are steady and determined and stop at regular intervals so I can catch my breath. For most of the morning I am fine.\r\n\r\nBut in the late afternoon, we are caught by a storm and the rain has made the stones slick and our long descent from Mt Prospect an unpredictable, tricky affair. As we slip/slide down the mountain my knees begin to ache, and my right ankle is giving me — as doctors often say — discomfort.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSo, inevitably, I begin to rethink my notion of a wandering, untethered, dehydrated-risotto life on the Appalachian Trail.\r\n\r\nBut the real pain is centered in my toes. They are being banged against the toe of my boots and are telling me that there will be anatomical consequences to my small adventure. Probably blisters and swelling. But I can take this pain because I know tonight there will be a shower, some rudimentary first aid and a glass of Aberlour Double Cask Matured Single Malt Scotch.\r\n\r\nFor Cathy and Polly tonight will be a tent, and tomorrow will be another 7 to 10 miles up and into Vermont’s Green Mountains.\r\n\r\nFor me, this 7.5-mile walk in the woods is enough to say, years from now to a newly-met stranger in a darkened bar, “You know I did a part of the Trail back in 2019 …”', 'You know, I did part of the Trail back in 2019', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'you-know-i-did-part-of-the-trail-back-in-2019', '', '', '2019-08-28 13:49:56', '2019-08-28 17:49:56', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41278', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41280, 4, '2019-08-28 13:50:42', '2019-08-28 17:50:42', '<h4>By RICHARD ECKSTROM</h4>\r\nI’ll start with the good news: I recently closed the books for the fiscal year that ended June 30, and even after some additional “contingent” spending at year-end the state finished with $350 million in surplus revenues.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnnual tax revenue totaled $8.8 billion, an increase of 8.6 percent over last year.\r\n\r\nThe state actually brought in a windfall of $755 million beyond what it had anticipated it would need to fund the $8.1 billion budget. But, not surprisingly, the General Assembly had already pre-committed to spend much of that windfall money.\r\n\r\nFirst, there were the tax rebates. After one fortunate Upstate South Carolinian stepped forward in March to claim a nearly $1.5 billion lottery jackpot, state tax collectors skimmed off their $61 million share in state taxes. Lawmakers then decided that, should there be excess revenue after the 2019 budget was funded, part of any surplus revenue would be used to send $50 tax rebate checks to over one million income tax return filers right before this coming Christmas.\r\n\r\nI suppose it’s always a good thing when politicians return money to taxpayers, even if it’s only $50 and even if most taxpayers would probably rather get real, longer-term tax relief instead of a small, one-time rebate. But theirs is hardly an efficient exercise; the Legislature approved $6 million – about $6 per tax return filer -- to send out the checks.\r\n\r\nInterestingly, taxpayers will be getting money back in one hand only to pay it back with the other to cover state retiree pension payments. More on that later.\r\n\r\nSecond, lawmakers approved $344 million in “supplemental” spending from any “leftover” revenue. This approval covers nearly 50 items of varying necessity – such as $7 million for a purely local Cultural and Arts Center, $6.5 million for “park revitalization,” $5 million for “professional services” for the Department of Administration, $2 million to renovate a state-owned boat landing on James Island, $1.2 million for advertising to promote tourism, $1 million for the “state aviation fund,” and numerous facility maintenance projects.\r\n\r\nSizing up these supplemental expenditures can be difficult, because their approval usually receives minimal scrutiny, very little debate (but great legislative horse trading), and their descriptions in the budget tend to be very vague. (See “professional services” above.)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThat’s a problem in itself. But what really concerns me about the supplemental spending is what it doesn\'t include: any money to cover our mounting pension fund shortfall.\r\n\r\nAnd therein is the bad news: State lawmakers continue to minimize our looming pension crisis, which I firmly believe is the most critical issue we face.\r\n\r\nI\'ve often used this space to warn about South Carolina\'s pension woes, but just to recap: Our state employee retirement systems face a $24 billion unfunded liability – meaning we currently owe $24 billion more in retirement benefits than we’ll have to cover them. Closing that gap is going to require some very, very tough decisions.\r\n\r\nIt’s going to have to happen sooner or later. But the longer we ignore the problem, the more dire our options will be. Across the country, states that have amassed and ignored large unfunded pension liabilities like ours have had to take drastic measures to deal with them – steep tax hikes, substantial cuts to vital services, sharp reductions in the hard-earned pensions of public retirees, and even municipal bankruptcies. That’s what happens when problems are swept under the rug.\r\n\r\nSo in announcing the $350 million surplus, I urged the legislature to apply at least some of it toward paying down our unfunded pension obligations – just as I did when I announced a revenue surplus a year ago. Last year’s plea fell on deaf ears. Let’s hope this time is different.\r\n\r\nCertainly, more money alone won’t fix our retirement system problems. Believe me when I tell you, broad structural reforms are needed to truly establish a sound footing for&nbsp;our retirement system.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut every bit we pay now will help us deal with some of the trials and pain ahead.\r\n\r\nRichard Eckstrom is a CPA and the state’s Comptroller.', 'SC must act wisely with $350 million surplus', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sc-must-act-wisely-with-350-million-surplus', '', '', '2019-08-28 13:50:42', '2019-08-28 17:50:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41280', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41282, 4, '2019-08-28 13:52:05', '2019-08-28 17:52:05', '<strong>VOLLEYBALL</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy defeated Palmetto Christian Academy to claim the Gold Division title at the PRTC Colleton County Volleyball Invitational on Saturday.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles dropped only one of 12 sets en route to the championship, sweeping Beaufort High’s junior varsity (25-14, 25-10), Cathedral Academy (25-19, 25-15), and Thomas Heyward (25-19, 25-16) in pool play and splitting with Beaufort High’s varsity (22-25, 25-17).\r\n\r\nBA then defeated Colleton Prep 25-11, 25-14 in the semifinals and swept Palmetto Christian 25-15, 25-21 in the championship match.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High won the Silver Division title, also winning 11 of its 12 sets but getting bumped to the Silver bracket on a tiebreaker with BA. The Eagles defeated Cathedral (25-18, 25-19) and Thomas Heyward (25-12, 25-14) and split with BA in pool play, then defeated Charleston Math &amp; Science (25-16, 25-14) and Philip Simmons (25-16, 25-16) in bracket play.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>CROSS COUNTRY</strong>\r\n\r\nHoly Trinity’s cross country team launched its season Saturday at the Saucony XC Kickoff Classic at Savannah’s Daffin Park.\r\n\r\nCollin Durham finished 28th with a 5K time of 17:34 to lead the Lions to a 12th-place finish among 24 teams in the boys standings.\r\n\r\nIzzy Hipple (24:15) placed 54th to lead Holy Trinity’s girls to a 13th-place finish among 16 teams.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Sports Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sports-briefs-19', '', '', '2019-08-28 13:52:05', '2019-08-28 17:52:05', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41282', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41284, 4, '2019-08-28 13:53:37', '2019-08-28 17:53:37', '<strong>Battery Creek at Beaufort High</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Dolphins haven’t beaten crosstown rival Beaufort High since 2003, which dates back before some of the players in this year’s clash were born. The Eagles’ average margin of victory during the streak is 33.1, so it hasn’t even been competitive. Could Battery Creek turn the tide this season and end the streak? Sure, but the Dolphins will have to play far more disciplined than they did in last week’s 9-6 loss to Whale Branch. Beaufort had a tough time running the ball in last week’s 37-21 loss at A.C. Flora, so look for the Eagles to try to exploit a Battery Creek secondary that was untested last week, facing only one pass attempt. The Dolphins couldn’t get anything going in the passing game last week, either, and they’ll need to be more balanced to end the streak.\r\n\r\n<strong>Prediction: Beaufort High 33, Battery Creek 6</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Cross at Whale Branch</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Warriors rolled to a 47-0 road win over the Trojans a year ago, but this year’s matchup will look completely different. The Trojans are a senior-laden team that opened the season with a 16-14 win over Burke, while the Warriors had to grind out a 9-6 win at Battery Creek as they break in a bevy of a new starters and players in larger roles. Whale Branch’s offense is awfully one-dimensional, but the power-speed combination of bruiser De’Arius Hazel and shifty quarterback Jaylen Reeves, combined with a hard-nosed defense, should be enough for the Warriors to improve to 2-0.\r\n\r\n<strong>Prediction: Whale Branch 27, Cross 12</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Academy at Clarendon Hall</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Eagles kick off their SCISA 8-man state title defense with a rematch of last year’s 52-33 loss in coach Mark Clifford’s BA debut. BA enjoyed a meteoric rise after dropping the opener to the Saints, but the Eagles have a number of key holes to fill from last year’s state championship squad, including star running back De’Shaun Epps and defensive leader Edward McCormick. BA will endure some growing pains early again this season, and Clarendon Hall is a tough team to open with, especially on the road.\r\n\r\n<strong>Prediction: Clarendon Hall 37, Beaufort Academy 33</strong>', 'High School Football Previews & Predictions', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'high-school-football-previews-predictions', '', '', '2019-08-28 13:53:37', '2019-08-28 17:53:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41284', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41287, 4, '2019-08-28 13:56:34', '2019-08-28 17:56:34', '<h4>By JUSTIN JARRETT\r\nLowcoSports.com</h4>\r\nIt wasn’t the kind of night Jerry Hatcher dreamed about on the eve of the season, but it didn’t rise to the level of nightmare, either.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHatcher and Whale Branch escaped with a 9-6 road win Friday over crosstown rival Battery Creek in a defensive struggle marked by sloppy play and penalties.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Dolphins dominated early, stopping the Warriors on their first series and quickly driving into Whale Branch territory before the first of their three turnovers. Keith Bing scooped up the fumble and returned it 60 yards to the 16, setting up Joseph Hicks for a 3-yard touchdown run to give the Warriors a 6-0 lead.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBattery Creek pulled even when Kyseem Jabar took a punt return 90 yards for a score with 3:53 left in the first half, but the Warriors drove into Dolphin territory and Henry Tome connected for a 30-yard field goal to put Whale Branch up 9-6 at halftime.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nNeither offense could move the ball effectively in the second half, as Whale Branch bottled up Trey Booth after three long runs early in the game and Battery Creek did a better job of containing quarterback Jaylen Reeves’ scrambles. Both teams also were plagued by untimely penalties and cramping on a muggy Lowcountry night.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Dolphins’ defense came up with a huge fourth-down stop to get the ball back on its own 23 with 1:24 left, but Jaden Jenkins intercepted a deep pass to clinch Whale Branch’s third consecutive win in the series.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Warriors (1-0) will try to keep rolling when they host Cross next Friday, while the Dolphins (0-1) travel to Beaufort High for another rivalry game.\r\n\r\n<em>The 2019 Battery Creek Dolphins take to the field. Photo by Bob Sofaly</em>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'Warriors Grind Out Win Over Dolphins', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'warriors-grind-out-win-over-dolphins', '', '', '2019-08-28 13:56:34', '2019-08-28 17:56:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41287', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41290, 4, '2019-08-28 13:58:18', '2019-08-28 17:58:18', 'Beaufort High was unable to secure Bryce Lybrand’s first win as a head coach Friday, falling 37-21 at A.C. Flora.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles put themselves in an early hole with two fumbles and trailed 21-0 early in the second quarter.\r\n\r\nAfter a lengthy lightning delay, James Dagin got the Eagles on the board with a 2-yard touchdown run, and he added a 95-yard kickoff return touchdown to pull Beaufort within 24-14 in the third quarter.\r\n\r\nTyler Haley threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Eddie Warren, and Kendrick Williams had two interceptions on defense for the Eagles.\r\n\r\n“I’m proud of the way our kids fought,” Lybrand said. “They played really hard.”\r\n\r\nBeaufort (0-1) hosts Battery Creek (0-1) next Friday.', 'Eagles Come Up Short In Lybrand’s Debut', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'eagles-come-up-short-in-lybrands-debut', '', '', '2019-08-28 13:58:18', '2019-08-28 17:58:18', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41290', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41293, 4, '2019-08-28 13:59:53', '2019-08-28 17:59:53', '<strong>Mitchell named to Limestone Spring Honor Roll<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></strong>\r\n\r\nSammy Mitchell of Beaufort was named to the Limestone College\'s Spring 2019 Honor Roll.\r\n\r\nSammy was among 130 students honored. To qualify, students must be enrolled full time and earn a GPA of at least 3.75.', 'School Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'school-briefs-48', '', '', '2019-08-28 13:59:53', '2019-08-28 17:59:53', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41293', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41295, 4, '2019-08-28 14:01:07', '2019-08-28 18:01:07', 'Parents and community members will have the opportunity to meet with new Beaufort County School District Superintendent Frank Rodriguez more than a half dozen times over the course of the fall.\r\n\r\nThe first of eight opportunities already took place Wednesday, Aug. 27 at Bluffton High School.\r\n\r\nRodriguez hopes to talk with parents, community members, teachers and administrators about what’s going well and what needs special attention in Beaufort schools.\r\n\r\n“I’m calling it ‘Listening and Learning,’ ” Rodriguez said. “These are opportunities for me to directly engage with parents and community members – to listen to them and learn what’s on their minds.”\r\n\r\nRodriguez said the information he gathers from the eight events will be incorporated into the district’s strategic planning process.\r\n\r\nThe full schedule of meetings will be:\r\n\r\n• Aug. 27 – Bluffton High, 6 p.m.\r\n\r\n• Aug. 29 – Hilton Head Island High, 6 p.m.\r\n\r\n• Sept. 5 – Battery Creek High, 6 p.m.\r\n\r\n• Sept. 10 – May River High, 6 p.m.\r\n\r\n• Sept. 12 – St. Helena Elementary, 6 p.m.\r\n\r\n• Sept. 19 – Bluffton Middle (Spanish speaking version), 6 p.m.\r\n\r\n• Sept. 24 – Whale Branch Early College High, 6 p.m.\r\n\r\n• Sept. 26 – Beaufort High, 6 p.m.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'Schedule set for superintendent’s ‘Listening and Learning\' Tour', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'schedule-set-for-superintendents-listening-and-learning-tour', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:01:07', '2019-08-28 18:01:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41295', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41297, 4, '2019-08-28 14:02:15', '2019-08-28 18:02:15', 'A series of youth draw deer hunts conducted jointly by Santee Cooper and the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) will be continued this fall.\r\n\r\nApplications are available now, with the deadline for submitting applications being Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. The public can call the Dennis Wildlife Center in Bonneau at 843-825-3387 to request an application.\r\n\r\nPast participants are encouraged to tell their friends about their experience to spread the word about this opportunity.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nParticipants must be 17 or younger and capable of safely handling a firearm. They must also be accompanied by an adult at least 21 years old. While the youth hunter and the adult sit together in the stand, only the youth may actually hunt or shoot.\r\n\r\nAll hunts take place in the afternoon from two-person stands located along the edges of wildlife openings that have been planted in oats, wheat, soybeans or peas. The areas hunted on youth draw hunts are located within Sandy Beach Wildlife Management Area and Cross Generating Station, both part of the Santee Cooper-owned Moultrie Hunt Unit.\r\n\r\nSCDNR’s Wildlife Management staff based out of the Dennis Wildlife Center in Bonneau work in partnership with Santee Cooper staff to manage the Moultrie Hunt Unit for all wildlife species, and to provide recreational opportunity for the public, especially youth who might be new to the outdoors.\r\n\r\nSCDNR and Santee Cooper staff give a hunting safety talk to all participants upon their arrival.\r\n\r\nThe hope is that young hunters will take a renewed energy away from a positive experience and continue to value the hunting tradition into adulthood.\r\n\r\nSantee Cooper not only owns the land on which these hunts are held, but provides funding for the property’s management, personnel to assist with the logistics of the hunts, T-shirts for hunt participants and conducts the drawing.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the draw youth hunts, youths are encouraged to hunt on the 800-acre Bluefield WMA, also part of the Moultrie Hunt Unit. Each youth must be 17 or younger, and accompanied by an adult who is at least 21. The youth must carry a firearm and hunt. Unlike the strictly youth-only draw hunts mentioned above, on Bluefield, the adult may also carry a firearm and hunt.', 'Youth deer draw hunts being conducted this fall', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'youth-deer-draw-hunts-being-conducted-this-fall', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:02:15', '2019-08-28 18:02:15', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41297', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41301, 4, '2019-08-28 14:03:32', '2019-08-28 18:03:32', 'The Beaufort County Treasurer’s Office began levying delinquent properties on Aug. 22.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThis is the process in which a Notice of Levy sign is affixed to a property as notification to the owner that the property taxes have not been paid. Not all properties will be posted.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThose that have signed and returned the Certified Delinquent Tax Notice or have paid the property taxes due, will not be posted.\r\n\r\nOn Sept. 4, an additional penalty of $25 will be added and personal checks will no longer be accepted.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Delinquent Tax Sale will take place on Monday, Oct. 7 at the Buckwalter Recreation Center in Bluffton. The taxes must be paid by 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4 to prevent the property from being auctioned at the Delinquent Tax Sale. No payments will be accepted for delinquent properties on the day of the auction.\r\n\r\nTo pay or for more information about the delinquency process, the tax sale or the Treasurer’s Office, you may visit www.BeaufortCountyTreasurer.com.', 'Posting of notice of levy on delinquent properties has started', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'posting-of-notice-of-levy-on-delinquent-properties-has-started', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:03:32', '2019-08-28 18:03:32', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41301', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(41303, 4, '2019-08-28 14:05:59', '2019-08-28 18:05:59', '<strong>County Offices closed for Labor Day</strong>\r\n\r\nAll <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwODIxLjkzMjgzNDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwODIxLjkzMjgzNDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjc3OTIwOCZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ0YXJnZXRpZD0mZmw9Jm12aWQ9JmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Beaufort County</a> offices, to include <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwODIxLjkzMjgzNDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwODIxLjkzMjgzNDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjc3OTIwOCZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ0YXJnZXRpZD0mZmw9Jm12aWQ9JmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/solid-waste-and-recycle/convenience-centers.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Convenience Centers</a>, <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwODIxLjkzMjgzNDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwODIxLjkzMjgzNDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjc3OTIwOCZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ0YXJnZXRpZD0mZmw9Jm12aWQ9JmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&amp;&amp;&amp;102&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.beaufortcountylibrary.org/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Library branches</a>, and <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwODIxLjkzMjgzNDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwODIxLjkzMjgzNDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjc3OTIwOCZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ0YXJnZXRpZD0mZmw9Jm12aWQ9JmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&amp;&amp;&amp;103&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.bcscrec.com/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Parks and Recreation</a> facilities (except the Charles “Lind” Brown outdoor pool) will be closed Monday, Sept. 2 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. All facilities will open according to their regular schedules Tuesday, Sept. 3. Residents are encouraged to plan accordingly.\r\n\r\nOperations at the <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwODIxLjkzMjgzNDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwODIxLjkzMjgzNDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjc3OTIwOCZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ0YXJnZXRpZD0mZmw9Jm12aWQ9JmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&amp;&amp;&amp;104&amp;&amp;&amp;http://www.hiltonheadairport.com/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Hilton Head Island Airport</a> and <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwODIxLjkzMjgzNDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwODIxLjkzMjgzNDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjc3OTIwOCZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ0YXJnZXRpZD0mZmw9Jm12aWQ9JmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&amp;&amp;&amp;105&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/beaufort-county-airport/index.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Beaufort County Airport on Lady’s Island</a> will be available during the holiday. Emergency services and law enforcement operations will remain available as normal.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mosquito spraying continues in county</strong>\r\n\r\nIn accordance with Federal/State regulations, please be advised Beaufort County Mosquito Control may conduct aerial and/or ground treatments through Friday, Aug. 30. Mosquito Control applies EPA-registered public health insecticide during ideal weather using low-flying aircraft throughout daylight hours and spray trucks from about 11 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.\r\n\r\nFor additional information, please contact Mosquito Control at (843) 255-5800.\r\n\r\n<strong>County offers free electronics recycling event Sept. 7</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Public Works Department Solid Waste and Recycling Office will host two free electronics recycling events for county residents. The next events will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the following locations on Saturday, Sept 7:\r\n\r\n– Beaufort County Public Works, 9 Benton Field Road, Bluffton<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n– Beaufort County Public Works, 140 Shanklin Road, Beaufort\r\n\r\nAny personal computers, laptops, CRT monitors, LCD monitors, CRT televisions, non-CRT televisions, printers, hard drives and miscellaneous electronics (microwaves, cell phones, radios, fax machines, and typewriters) will be accepted.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIf you have questions about Beaufort County recycling events, please call the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 843-255-2736 for more information or visit their website at <a href=\"http://www.beaufortcountysc.gov/recycle\">www.beaufortcountysc.gov/recycle</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Screening set to open for Beaufort seat on SCPSC</strong>\r\n\r\nThe State Regulation of Public Utilities Review Committee is beginning its screening process for Seats 1, 3, 5, and 7 of the South Carolina Public Service Commission.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Review Committee will be accepting applications for Seats 1, 3, 5, and 7 beginning Monday, Sept. 16 until noon Friday, Oct. 11. The Commission has jurisdiction over matters pertaining to investor-owned electric and gas utilities, water and wastewater companies, telecommunications companies, carriers of household goods and hazardous waste for disposal, taxicabs, and other motor vehicle passenger carriers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nA commissioner must have at least a baccalaureate degree and should have a background of substantial duration in one of the following areas: (a) energy; (b) telecommunications; (c) consumer protection and advocacy; (d) water and wastewater; (e) finance, economics, and statistics; (f) accounting; (g) engineering; or (h) law.\r\n\r\nThe Commission is composed of seven commissioners, one from each of the seven Congressional districts. The Commissioner for the First Public Service Commission District represents Charleston, Berkeley, Beaufort, Dorchester, and Colleton counties.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEach candidate is required to submit a completed application form no later than the Oct. 11 deadline. Applications will not be accepted after noon on Friday, Oct. Following the Oct. 11 filing deadline, the Review Committee will begin its background investigation of candidates. Candidates and potential candidates are subject to certain restrictions with respect to contacting members of the General Assembly.\r\n\r\nApplication forms may be obtained from the State Regulation of Public Utilities Review Committee, 102 Gressette Building, Post Office Box 142, Columbia, S.C. 29202, by contacting Heather Anderson at 803-212-6208 or heatheranderson@scsenate.gov, or by contacting Michelle McGee at 803-212-6634 or <a href=\"mailto:michellemcgee@scsenate.gov\">michellemcgee@scsenate.gov</a>.\r\n\r\nFor further information, contact Ms. Anderson or Ms. McGee, or the Review Committee’s website at:&nbsp; <a href=\"http://www.scstatehouse.gov/CommitteeInfo/PublicUtilitiesReviewComm/2019PublicServiceCommissionScreeningInfo.php\">www.scstatehouse.gov/CommitteeInfo/PublicUtilitiesReviewComm/2019PublicServiceCommissionScreeningInfo.php</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>SC AG Wilson joins fight against robocalls</strong>\r\n\r\nS.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson on Aug. 22 announced that as a result of a bipartisan, public/private coalition of 51 attorneys general and 12 phone companies he has joined, the phone companies have agreed to adopt eight principles to fight illegal robocalls. This agreement will help protect phone users from illegal robocalls and make it easier for attorneys general to investigate and prosecute bad actors.\r\n\r\n“Robocalls are frustrating for all of us because we all get them, and to make that frustration worse it’s very difficult for us to do anything about them at the state level,” Attorney General Wilson said. “This agreement should make a difference that will help us all because it all involves all 50 states and DC and the major cell phone companies.”\r\n\r\nThe coalition of attorneys general, led by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald, and Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, includes attorneys general from all 50 states and Washington, D.C.\r\n\r\nThe coalition of companies includes AT&amp;T, Bandwidth, CenturyLink, Charter, Comcast, Consolidated, Frontier, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, Verizon, and Windstream.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-122', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:05:59', '2019-08-28 18:05:59', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41303', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41305, 4, '2019-08-28 14:07:04', '2019-08-28 18:07:04', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nTwo Italian restaurants in the Beaufort area have closed within days of each other, according to those who worked at the local eateries.\r\n\r\nBriciole Bistro and Bakery, at 1281 Ribaut Road in Beaufort, abruptly closed on Friday, August 16 after only being open for a couple of months.\r\n\r\nWhen reached by phone, owner John Ragsdale, said he had no comment on the sudden closing.\r\n\r\nHowever, Executive Chef Allen Mathers confirmed employees were told on Friday around 5 p.m. that the restaurant was closing that night. The restaurant was closed within the hour, he said.\r\n\r\nIn addition, employees were told by Ragsdale he would make arrangements for them to receive their final paychecks the following Monday, Mathers said.\r\n\r\nHowever, on Monday, Mathers and the other roughly 20 employees received a group text stating that Ragsdale had filed for bankruptcy, and employees would need to go through the courts for their final paychecks.\r\n\r\n“I really wish I knew what was going on because we were doing great,” Mathers said.\r\n\r\nBella Luna Cafe, at 859 Sea Island Parkway, on St. Helena Island also closed recently.\r\n\r\nThe restaurant in a building owned by the Penn Center, next door to the Rodeway Inn St. Helena – Beaufort South, closed on Aug. 21, owner Maria Jackson confirmed.\r\n\r\nThe restaurant had been in business for 11 years, she said.\r\n\r\nJackson said she was evaluating her options and may consider reopening at another location.\r\n\r\nThe Penn Center is in talks with other restaurant owners interested in the space and expects to have someone take over the lease, which ended recently, in the next 30 days or so, said Marion Burns, interim executive director for the center.', 'Two Italian restaurants in Beaufort area close within days of each other', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'two-italian-restaurants-in-beaufort-area-close-within-days-of-each-other', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:07:04', '2019-08-28 18:07:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41305', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41307, 4, '2019-08-28 14:11:21', '2019-08-28 18:11:21', 'The Nourishing Health Acupuncture and Herbs Clinic is offering free acupuncture for veterans – including active duty, transitioning, their families and first responders – from 4 to 6 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays of every month at 1214 Prince Street in Beaufort. Walk-in clinic, no need to pre-register or call.', 'Free acupuncture for veterans', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'free-acupuncture-for-veterans', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:11:21', '2019-08-28 18:11:21', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41307', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41309, 4, '2019-08-28 14:13:22', '2019-08-28 18:13:22', '<h4>By CELIA STRONG</h4>\r\nCrackling and sparkling. Not words that are usually tied together, are they?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWe talk about sparkling. As it refers to wines, of course. Somehow, crackling seems a little off course.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut, maybe not. Let\'s do our lesson, taste our new wine, and see where we end up.\r\n\r\nIn the world of sparkling wines, there are several levels of quality and many sources for different styles. One detail of sparkling wines that we haven\'t covered much is the various degrees of sparkling that are made.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nNot all sparkling wines are as sparkling as all other sparkling wines. That means that some have more bubbles than others. And it\'s done on purpose.\r\n\r\nChampagne and traditional sparkling wines have bubbles that are made, in the bottle, from a second fermentation. The CO2 that is a byproduct of the second fermentation, is trapped in the sealed bottles and, with time, absorbed into the wine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLess expensive wines can be made with a secondary fermentation done in a sealed tank. Then, the wine is bottled, under pressure to preserve the bubbles.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEven less expensive sparkling wine is gassed. Wines are placed in sealed tanks, a hose of CO2 is placed below the surface of the wine and bubbles are shot into the wine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe quality of the wines and the size of their bubbles are partly how we judge them.\r\n\r\nBeyond these basic methods, though, are others. Minimally sparkling wines can be made by stopping the first fermentation and bottling the wine. Then, when the first (alcoholic) fermentation finishes in the bottle, the CO2 byproduct is caught and held inside. But, the amount of CO2 is less, so the quantity of bubbles in the wine is smaller.\r\n\r\nDespite the fact that we\'ve been trained to look for a lot of bubbles, there are advantages to having fewer. These wines are younger and fresher. Because they have only had one fermentation. And, they are less filling as we drink them.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nTruth be known, Champagne and good sparkling wines will never be replaced. It\'s just that sometimes, not-so-intense flavors and gasses is nice. Lighter and more refreshing.\r\n\r\nThese wines with less effervescence do have a name. Pétillant. (Pétillant translated from French means crackling or sparkling.)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nA bottle of Champagne, or a sparkling wine made by the same process, has about 75 pounds of pressure per square inch in it. Roughly two times a car tire.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMost crémant wines have about 35 pounds per square inch.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nPétillant wines drop by about half again. Not a flat tire, but sure not a full one either. Hence, less full feeling and less burbing.\r\n\r\nEasier to drink more of? Definitely. And you don\'t have to use a flute to help maintain the bubbles.\r\n\r\nOur pétillant comes from the Penedès region of Spain. Which makes it a Cava -- the Spanish wine law name for bubbly wines from this region.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nNinety percent of all the wines labeled \"Cava\" come from Penedès. The word \"cava\" means \"cellar\" and refers to the place and the length of time needed for a second fermentation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe main grape varieties for Cavas are Macabeo, Xarel-lo and Parellada. In recent years, Chardonnay Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot have been allowed.\r\n\r\nOur Cava Pétillant comes from Avinyó. A family owned winery with almost 100 acres of their own vines. They specialize in using the three main varieites for Cavas. And, they emphasize using estate grown grapes. Very rare for Cavas.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nTheir Pétillant is made from 80 percent Petit Gran Muscat (a distant relation to Moscato) and 20 percent Macabeo (also known as Viura which makes white Rioja wines).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe vines are up to 50 years old. At Avinyó, they call their Pétillant \"vi d\'agulla.\" The local dialect for \"prickly.\"<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe grapes are fermented in stainless steel and the bubbles come from a short second tank fermentation. It has bright almond and honeysuckle aromas with lemon peel flavors, a faint brininess and a stunning acidity.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIt is very dry and balanced in your mouth. This is a wine that does not have to be sipped. Sip vs drink. There is a distinct difference.\r\n\r\nCrackling. Sparkling. Prickling. Taste this wine and you won\'t care about the words. You\'ll just want another glass.\r\n\r\nThis is a wine for all seasons, but especially warm weather. For $11.99 at Bill’s. Enjoy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Crackling and sparkling: not as odd as it seems', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'crackling-and-sparkling-not-as-odd-as-it-seems', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:13:22', '2019-08-28 18:13:22', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41309', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41311, 4, '2019-08-28 14:14:42', '2019-08-28 18:14:42', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\r\nUsually, the word addict holds a negative connotation.\r\n\r\nIt’s not a good thing.\r\n\r\nBut for Paul Harris, 43, it refers to a nearly 30-year hobby, and he’s taking others down with him.\r\n\r\nHarris, a physical therapist in the U.S. Navy for 14 years and married with six children, is the founder of a group in Beaufort called the LowCountry Vinyl Addicts.\r\n\r\n“We are an eclectic group of vinyl record collectors, enthusiasts and music lovers who all share a similar passion about music recorded on vinyl,” Harris said.\r\n\r\nHarris said he’s been collecting vinyl since the age of 14.\r\n\r\n“My father had a great vinyl collection of 60s and 70s rock that he allowed me to play on his record player,” Harris said. “His collection expanded my appreciation for music records on vinyl.”\r\n\r\nHarris said most of the group met looking for vinyl records at local thrift stores, antique shops and record stores in Savannah and Charleston.\r\n\r\n“Earlier this year, I suggested to my friend and fellow record collector Chris (Bacon) the idea of getting together and listening to our favorite vinyl records,” he said.\r\n\r\n“We used to always run into each other when we were out and about at the local thrift and resale stores,” Bacon said. “After a few encounters, we started to realize that each of us knew others that did the same thing we were doing. He came up with the idea of starting the group earlier this year since there was nothing similar in the area.”\r\n\r\nBacon started young like Harris. He’s been collecting since he was 11 or 12.\r\n\r\n“I started DJing when I was 17 or 18,” he said. “I’m now 46 and have never stopped.”\r\n\r\nThe group debuted Vinyl Night in May at the Beaufort Cigar Lounge. The group has also met at NeverMore Books.\r\n\r\n“It was just a few of us at first, but we enjoyed a night of listening to some great records over pizza, drinks and cigars,” Haris said. “So far, we have been getting together monthly for Vinyl Night and it has been a hit with more and more people attending.”\r\n\r\nThe nights usually have a theme centered around a particular style of music – sometimes more than one – but all genres of music are always welcome.\r\n\r\n“We continue to keep it about listening to our favorite new and old vinyl while discussing music and record-hunting spots, both locally and beyond,” Harris said.\r\n\r\nThe group has made it’s way to social media, residing on Facebook (13 members at LowCountry Vinyl Addicts) and Instagram (@lowcountryvinyladdicts).\r\n\r\nThe next meeting of the Addicts will be Friday, Aug. 30 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Common Ground Coffee House. The theme of this meeting will include selections of jazz, blues and rock, particularly of the 1970s era, though all music is welcome.\r\n\r\nThere will also be records for sale.\r\n\r\nHarris hopes to see some new faces, whether people bring records or not.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“Come out and join us and listen to some great music on vinyl,” Harris said. “You are welcome to bring some records to play. But whether you have vinyl records or not, all are welcome to come and join us and listen to great music curated by the LowCountry Vinyl Addicts.”\r\n\r\nHarris is just hoping to get them hooked.', 'Passion for records evolves into record club, ‘vinyl night’', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'passion-for-records-evolves-into-record-club-vinyl-night', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:14:42', '2019-08-28 18:14:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41311', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41314, 4, '2019-08-28 14:18:53', '2019-08-28 18:18:53', 'The Lowcountry hasn’t always been considered one of the stronger parts of the Palmetto State for softball talent, but that might be changing thanks to the star-studded lineup that makes up the second annual All-Lowco Softball Team.\r\n\r\nLed by Class 3A state champion Battery Creek, this year’s collection of area standouts features six All-State honorees. And with four sophomores, four freshmen, and two eighth-graders among the 20 players honored, it looks like future All-Lowco Softball Teams will be just as talent-rich.\r\n\r\n<strong>COACH OF THE YEAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Chris Carr, Battery Creek</strong>\r\n\r\nIn his second and final season at Battery Creek, Carr led the Dolphins to the Class 3A state championship. Looking to build off a trip to the Lower State championship game in his first season, Carr challenged the Dolphins with a brutal early-season schedule and had them battle-tested for the playoffs. Battery Creek won its last 11 games, including an 8-0 mark in the postseason.\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\nPLAYER OF THE YEAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Alexis Ortiz, Battery Creek</strong>\r\n\r\nLike her coach, Ortiz is a repeat winner of this award. The Coker College signee was a force in the pitcher’s circle and at the plate, as she went 16-7 with a 1.05 ERA and hit .353 with 10 homers and 23 RBIs. Ortiz’s immense value was on display in the state championship clincher, tossing a one-hitter and hitting a home run in a 2-1 win over Union County.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>ALL-LOWCO FIRST TEAM</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\nC: Lillian Bearden, Sr., BHS</strong>\r\n\r\nClass 4A All-State pick hit .420 with three doubles, two homers, and 27 RBIs\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>INF: Kylee Gleason, Jr., MRHS</strong>\r\n\r\nGamecocks commit hit .683 with two homers, three triples and 36 stolen bases to earn All-State honors\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>INF: Emily Crosby, Sr., BCHS</strong>\r\n\r\nSpartanburg Methodist signee batted .500 with eight homers and 36 RBIs en route to All-State selection\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>INF: Ivy Bryan, Sr., THA</strong>\r\n\r\nRebels’ shortstop batted .632 with eight homers and 32 RBIs and played solid defense\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>INF: Reagan Marchant, Fr., HHIHS</strong>\r\n\r\nAll-State pick led Seahawks with .582 batting average, six homers, 30 RBIs, and 18 steals\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>OF: McKenzie Young, Sr., BCHS</strong>\r\n\r\nUSC Aiken signee hit .477 with 14 homers and 25 steals while rotating between outfield and catcher\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>OF: Madison Sanchez, Soph., BHS</strong>\r\n\r\nBatted .420 with 10 doubles, three homers and 18 RBIs\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>OF: Giovana Rodriguez, Soph., MRHS</strong>\r\n\r\nHit .414 with two homers and seven doubles and went 7-1 in the circle\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>UTL: Essence Champion, Sr., BHS</strong>\r\n\r\nVersatile player led area with 10 homers, batting .441 with nine doubles and 31 RBIs\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>P: Alexis Ortiz, Sr., BCHS</strong>\r\n\r\nRacked up 234 strikeouts and only 24 walks in 153.1 innings\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>HONORABLE MENTION</strong>\r\n\r\nIsabel Cannon, Fr., LCA\r\n\r\nJourneigh Doray, Jr., BCHS\r\n\r\nDanielle Dudley, Sr., THA\r\n\r\nAbigail Hayes, Fr., THA\r\n\r\nKelsey Hill, Sr., BCHS\r\n\r\nJayla Quick, Soph., BLHS\r\n\r\nParker Ray, 8th, BLHS\r\n\r\nCassandra Ruhl, Soph., HHIHS\r\n\r\nKatie Ryan, 8th, BLHS\r\n\r\nGabby Ximenez, Fr., MRHS\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Player of the Year, Alexis Ortiz</em>', 'All-Lowco Softball 2019', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'all-lowco-softball-2019', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:18:53', '2019-08-28 18:18:53', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41314', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41317, 4, '2019-08-28 14:21:12', '2019-08-28 18:21:12', 'Beaufort Academy senior basketball player Dawson Coleman was honored Monday with a banner recognizing him reaching the milestone of 1,000 career points.\r\n\r\nThe banner was presented at the conclusion of the school’s annual Convocation at the start of the first day of school Monday by former head basketball coach Chip Dinkins, who coached Coleman through the 9<sup>th</sup> grade, and Frampton Harper, a 1985 graduate and the school’s all-time leading scorer with more than 1,800 career points.\r\n\r\nDawson becomes the fourth player to join the 1,000-point club in the last 10 years. He joins Miranda Weslake (class of 2014), Luke Harper (class of 2017) and Kevin Williams (class of 2017).\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Dawson Coleman, left, a senior at Beaufort Academy, helps former head basketball coach Chip Dinkins and former Eagles star Frampton Harper unroll the banner for Coleman, who has scored 1,020 career points entering this school year. The banner was presented at the conclusion of the school’s annual Convocation at the start of the first day of school Monday. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</em>', 'BA honors Coleman among basketball greats', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ba-honors-coleman-among-basketball-greats', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:21:12', '2019-08-28 18:21:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41317', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41321, 4, '2019-08-28 14:23:39', '2019-08-28 18:23:39', 'Late in the evening Wednesday, Aug. 21, the Burton Fire District, MCAS Fire Department, and Beaufort County EMS responded to a motor vehicle accident on Trask Parkway in which a vehicle rolled over ejecting all three occupants.\r\n\r\nJust before 10 p.m., Burton firefighters and BC EMS responded to a reported motor vehicle accident on Trask Parkway by Shelter Church Road. Reports stated one vehicle had rolled over and the occupants were ejected – lying in the roadway. Burton firefighters immediately requested additional units from the MCAS Fire Department to assist.\r\n\r\nBurton firefighters arrived on scene to a two-vehicle accident with one vehicle, a SUV, rolled upon its roof, with its three occupants, an adult and two children, lying in the roadway. The adult and an infant appeared to have serious to critical injuries.\r\n\r\nBurton Fire District and MCAS Fire Department EMTs and paramedics began treating the injured occupants until BC EMS arrived. All three were transported from the scene by BC and MCAS EMS units.\r\n\r\nOccupants from the second vehicle appeared uninjured and declined medical treatment.\r\n\r\nFor Burton firefighters, this was the second motor vehicle collision in the same day involving a vehicle rolling over. Earlier that morning, just after 2:30 a.m., the same Burton firefighters responded to a single-vehicle collision only a few miles away on Bruce K Smalls Rd.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Burton Fire District has responded to 201 motor vehicle collisions this year, and Burton firefighters have had to rescue trapped occupants in eight of those incidents.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'Three ejected from crash on Trask Parkway', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'three-ejected-from-crash-on-trask-parkway', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:23:39', '2019-08-28 18:23:39', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41321', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41326, 4, '2019-08-28 14:24:45', '2019-08-28 18:24:45', 'The Lowcountry Food Bank (LCFB) conducted a dedication ceremony and Sysco food-packing event Aug. 21 at the LCFB in Charleston to celebrate the new Sysco produce cooler the company donated.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe produce cooler space has enabled the LCFB to source additional produce to feed those in the Lowcountry community who struggle with hunger. Since the Sysco cooler was installed, the LCFB has increased its capacity to source more than 22 additional tractor-trailer loads of produce. This new cooler also enhances the longevity of the produce distributed by the LCFB.\r\n\r\n\"Sysco\'s generous commitment, with this new fresh produce cooler, allows us to serve food-insecure children, families and seniors and ensure they have access to nutritious, fresh produce,\" LCFB President and CEO Pat Walker said. \"The new Sysco produce cooler makes it possible for us to source more fresh fruits and vegetables than ever before and ultimately get more nutritious food to our neighbors who are most at-risk of food insecurity.\"\r\n\r\nTom Propps, Sysco Foodservices Columbia President, said, \"It is an honor to serve the community where our associates live. We are proud to serve the Lowcountry Food Bank, and we look forward to many years of partnership. I want to thank our Sysco associates for taking time out of their work day today to help pack food for our community.\"\r\n\r\nThe Lowcountry Food Bank serves the 10 coastal counties of South Carolina and distributed more than 30.5 million pounds of food in 2018. For more information go to <a href=\"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001uPlxv49lraobtWAu19pRUPloROEp8CMMjDKwVNnv-2OB5AU1HY0xC3bowDseYzRnu_QmLDN3pOz9Hg_XldPecZ2m9axsaOKq7zPDcQOW4Lg8y9n7sSZUjYgL9JGH3jhsKxi9UPmyB2060FNuIGvw8R1cQmCJzXQy-RNdIQVmZ2nDIE6enPURXQ==&amp;c=oZHAKz4V62cHrR7rr3nDkHUybNuI4Pc-TOaitH8AjqOyW4SykBAmqg==&amp;ch=TE9uYqBgRbJQD9YIwcWKFj7CwQD35_Pv5mFmeXo8sHYrIlyLytOdTA==\">lowcountryfoodbank.org</a>.', 'Lowcountry Food Bank dedicates new Sysco cooler', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-food-bank-dedicates-new-sysco-cooler', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:24:45', '2019-08-28 18:24:45', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41326', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41329, 4, '2019-08-28 14:31:39', '2019-08-28 18:31:39', '<strong>Photos by BOB SOFALY</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Greater Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Atlantic Marine Corps Communities, held its annual Military Appreciation Day on Saturday, Aug. 24 at Laurel Bay military housing area.\r\n\r\nMilitary Appreciation Day is a free event for all military families as a thank you for their service and sacrifices. Active duty and retired military, along with their spouses and children. were treated to lots of games and food and help <a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/RES0176.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-41333 alignleft\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/RES0176-1024x887.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"400\"></a>from local businesses.\r\n\r\nThe Chamber thanks the many sponsors that helped to make the day a success, including 4-Star sponsors: Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Butler Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, RAM and Lockheed-Martin.\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Brinlee Miller seems to be giving the photographer the “back off” look during the annual Military Appreciation Day on Saturday at the Laurel Bay military housing center. Brinlee’s mom, Julianna Miller, said she has several older brothers and knows how to take care of herself.\r\n</em>\r\n<em>Left: It wouldn’t be official without Tux the Clown there to give twisted balloon animals to the children. Here, Tux (John Craig) uses a mechanical device to blow up another of the endless number of balloons needed to put smiles on children’s faces.\r\n</em>\r\n\r\n<em>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n</em>', 'Chamber hosts Military Appreciation Day', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'chamber-hosts-military-appreciation-day', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:31:40', '2019-08-28 18:31:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41329', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41336, 4, '2019-08-28 14:37:28', '2019-08-28 18:37:28', 'USC Beaufort Center for the Arts and Fane Productions is proud to present Margaret Atwood live on stage and in cinemas on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. in celebration of the global publication of The Testaments, Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to her seminal work, The Handmaid’s Tale.\r\n\r\nMargaret Atwood: Live in Cinemas will be broadcast to more than 1,000 cinemas across the globe,\r\n\r\nincluding cinemas throughout the U.S., United Kingdom and Canada, with delayed screenings planned in Australia and New Zealand.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“I am delighted that the launch of The Testaments will take place not only in London on Sept. 10, but also by live-streaming to over 1000 cinemas around the world,” Atwood said. “I can’t be in all the places at once in my analogue body, but I look forward to being with so many readers via the big screen.”\r\n\r\nFilmed live from the National Theatre in London, BBC journalist and New York Times best-selling author Samira Ahmed will interview Atwood about her remarkable career, her diverse range of works and why she has returned to her handmaid story, 34 years later. The event, presented in partnership with Equality Now will include a number of special guests.\r\n\r\nTickets are available at the door and on sale now at uscbcenterforthearts.com. All seats are $18. USCB Center for the Arts is located at 801 Carteret Street in Historic Downtown Beaufort.', 'Atwood to celebrate publication of The Testaments on big screen', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'atwood-to-celebrate-publication-of-the-testaments-on-big-screen', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:37:28', '2019-08-28 18:37:28', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41336', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41342, 4, '2019-08-28 14:40:12', '2019-08-28 18:40:12', 'The Pat Conroy Literary Center and NeverMore Books will host Susan Cushman, author of the newly released short story collection Friends of the Library, for a book discussion on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 5 p.m.\r\n\r\nFree and open to the public, the event will be held at NeverMore Books (702 Craven St., Beaufort) and followed by a book signing.\r\nCushman’s fifth book, Friends of the Library is a collection of linked short stories. When Adele Covington becomes an author in her sixties, she goes on a book tour to speak to the Friends of the Library groups in 10 small towns in her home state of Mississippi.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nChasing her personal demons through the Christ-haunted South of her childhood, Adele befriends an eclectic group of wounded people and decides to tell their stories. From Eupora to Meridian, from a budding artist with an abusive husband to a seven-year-old with a rare form of cancer, each story contains elements of hope and healing and honors the heart, soul, and history of the Magnolia State.\r\n\r\nAuthor<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>Cassandra King Conroy called the book, “A beautifully wrought hymn of praise to readers and book-lovers in the most sacred of places, the libraries where we find both.”\r\n\r\nCushman is the author of the novel Cherry Bomb and the memoir Tangles and Plaques: A Mother and Daughter Face Alzheimer\'s, as well as editor of two anthologies, A Second Blooming: Becoming the Women We Are Meant to Be and Southern Writers on Writing. She lives in Memphis with her husband.', 'Conroy Center hosts author Cushman Sept. 17 at NeverMore Books', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'conroy-center-hosts-author-cushman-sept-17-at-nevermore-books', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:40:12', '2019-08-28 18:40:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41342', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41347, 4, '2019-08-28 14:42:33', '2019-08-28 18:42:33', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\r\nLakinsha Swinton was excited. She couldn’t wait to get back to Beaufort County and share what she’d found.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County School District’s Director of Student Services, Swinton is a member of the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth. She was attending a conference in Anaheim, Calif., last November when Swinton’s interest was piqued by something discussed in one of her sessions – the app Purposity.\r\n\r\n“I knew the moment I heard about it, this is perfect for us,” she said on the phone a couple weeks ago. “We live in such a generous community.”\r\n\r\nPurposity, rolled out by the school district the second week in August, allows users to identify community members in need, in this case Beaufort County School District students, and make donations to help them.\r\n\r\nSchool district social workers and parents who know families who need specific things will forward those needs to the school district’s Office of Student Services.\r\n\r\nJust identifying those needs is progress. Often these needs slip through the cracks. And those who could or would help, simply never get the opportunity.\r\n\r\nA perfect example are the needs related to “the number of homeless kids that live in the community that the community might not know about,” Swinton said.\r\n\r\nNow, the Office of Student Services will review those needs and transmit them to Purposity. And from there, Purposity users can help – anonymously – address those needs.\r\n\r\nSwinton, excited, wanted the app to be well received and used appropriately. So the school district didn’t rush to commit to the program.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nInstead, Swinton spent a lot of time in a lot of conversations with, not just school leaders, but community leaders across the county. A long list. They discussed the process and what the app could mean for the community.\r\n\r\n“It’s been something that I’m very proud to see our community rally behind,” Swinton said.\r\n\r\nSwinton doesn’t want the community to think the district is just asking for anything. But she is clear that a lot of needs can be filled.\r\n\r\nShe gave an example of a student somewhere else that was living in a homeless shelter but wanted to go on an eighth-grade field trip with her class. Purposity allowed those who could to help the girl get things she needed associated with the trip.\r\n\r\nThe app covers anything from school supplies to school uniforms to an alarm clock to an umbrella to needs at home.\r\n\r\n“There is no limit to what can be posted as long as it is a benefit to those in our community,” Swinton said. “The needs are submitted at the school level, approved at the district level, and then the Purposity is kind of that third set of eyes to look at it.”\r\n\r\nThe only real restriction is that whatever is posted must be available through one of Purposity’s partners, such as Amazon.\r\n\r\nBut the result is people who want to lend a helping hand to those in their own community who need it can now do so. You know, that whole helping your neighbor thing.\r\n\r\nNeeds are vetted. There’s no one panhandling all day and living it up that night.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd the people on the receiving end are children. They didn’t create their situation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nToo often in the news business, we are often accused of sharing only the bad news.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThat’s not so, here. What Swinton and the school district and people who help out the students in our community who need a hand are doing … if that’s not good news, then I don’t know what is.\r\n\r\nSwinton initially hoped for 500 followers in the first month for Beaufort County. The district is already at 660.\r\n\r\n“I didn’t necessarily have a goal,” Swinton said. “For me, I just wanted to see needs being met. If we’re meeting needs, I’m happy, regardless of the number of users we have.”\r\n\r\n“Any amount of good is a good thing for our community.”\r\n\r\nMike McCombs is the editor of The Island News. He can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:TheIslandNews@gmail.com\">TheIslandNews@gmail.com</a>.\r\n\r\nINSTRUCTIONS\r\n\r\nDownload the Purposity app from the App Store or Google Play, input your contact information and location (Beaufort County), then look under “Organizations,” then select and follow “Beaufort County Schools.”', 'Purposity: Any amount of good is good for Beaufort Co. kids', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'purposity-any-amount-of-good-is-good-for-beaufort-co-kids', '', '', '2019-08-28 15:04:47', '2019-08-28 19:04:47', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41347', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41354, 4, '2019-08-28 14:45:14', '2019-08-28 18:45:14', 'As most everyone who lives along the coast knows, hurricane season is often spent waiting and watching.\r\n\r\nTropical Storm Dorian could become the first hurricane of the season, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.\r\n\r\nThe fourth tropical storm of the season passed over Barbados late Monday night and was expected to come near Puerto Rico by Wednesday where it could pick up strength and become a low-grade Category 1 hurricane.\r\n\r\nThe National Hurricane Center is advising those in the Bahamas and Florida to expect “high impacts” from wind and rain this weekend and have hurricane plans in place.\r\n\r\n– By Mindy Lucas\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Atlantic coast keeps an eye on Tropical Storm Dorian', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'atlantic-coast-keeps-an-eye-on-tropical-storm-dorian', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:45:14', '2019-08-28 18:45:14', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41354', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(41356, 4, '2019-08-28 14:47:38', '2019-08-28 18:47:38', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nAn RV park featuring hundreds of camp sites could be coming to Callawassie Drive in Okatie.\r\n\r\nOkatie-based Kenneth Scott Builders, Inc. is planning to turn a 56-acre property about a half mile from S.C. Highway 170 into an RV park for at least 105 RV sites, possibly more.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Development Department gave conceptual approval to the Phase I of the “Okatie RV Resort” at its Wednesday, Aug. 21 meeting.\r\n\r\nWhile earlier plans called for as many as 300 RV pads to be built over two phases, that number may now be limited to fewer sites as the development department works out details with the company’s engineering firm and the firm seeks stormwater and encroachment permits from various state agencies.\r\n\r\nIn the meantime, plans for the property at 68 Callawassie Drive have many in the surrounding communities upset.\r\n\r\n“Callawassie Drive right now handles 2,000 vehicles a day and to allow large, oversized vehicles on a small road particularly if there are breakdowns could cause problems,” said Patrick Parkinson, who is on the board of directors for the Callawassie Property Owners Association.\r\n\r\nThe board is strongly opposed to the project for a “variety of reasons” and believes an RV park of that size will change the rural look of the area, he said.\r\n\r\nThose on the Spring Island board are also working in opposition to the project, according to the island’s general manager/chief operating officer Bill Griffon.\r\n\r\n“Due to concerns over traffic and environmental impacts,” Griffon said by phone on Monday.\r\n\r\nA recent traffic study submitted by members of the community opposed to the project, outlined several areas of concern including limited sight distances on parts of the two-lane road, speeding and traffic congestion.\r\n\r\nIn addition, Kenneth Scott Builders are looking at accessing the park by way of Gaston Plantation Road, a dirt road that would need to be widened and improved, the development department said. Easements granting access would also be required from property owners along the road.\r\n\r\nA letter from the engineering firm to the department stated that access to Gaston Plantation Road is only intended for the resort’s staff and not for public access.\r\n\r\nEric Greenway, director of the county’s community development department, said most of the items in the community’s traffic study were items they “already knew about” and that the study did not change the county’s position from a development review standpoint.\r\n\r\nGreenway also suggested that members of the community submit the traffic study to the S.C. Department of Transportation, the agency which is ultimately responsible for giving any final approvals on encroachment.\r\n\r\nThe development department gave conceptual approval of the RV park’s Phase I at the Aug. 21 meeting pending the receipt of these permits and permits addressing stormwater runoff.\r\n\r\nStill, others are concerned about the environmental impact the project could have on the area’s watershed.\r\n\r\nAt Beaufort County Council’s Aug. 26 meeting, about a half dozen residents went before the county to voice opposition to the project and more than 2,000 had signed an online petition by Monday night. The online petition stated that “many trees have already been removed from the land and they plan to remove even more.”\r\n\r\nHowever, Greenway said the county had used historic aerial photography and sent its own naturalist, a certified arborist, to determine timbering had not occurred within the last two years.\r\n\r\nOthers remain upset over a project they say could attract transient housing.\r\n\r\n“I think it’s going to cause a lot of problems with trespassing,” said Mary Jeans Otto whose property backs up to the site for the proposed RV park. “We have acres of lakes back there, but there are no trails … there’s no fishing, there’s no beach, people are going to get restless and pour over onto our property.”\r\n\r\nOtto said in addition to impacting area wetlands, she is concerned that those who camped in the park will actually be construction workers living in the park long-term.\r\n\r\n“We believe it’s going to be transient housing for possibly some of these new, big developments going in. And transient housing brings crime and lower property values,” she said.\r\n\r\nIt is unclear if the RV park will set rules for the campers’ length of stay. Calls to Kenneth Scott Builders were not returned as of press time.', 'Proposed RV park has many in surrounding Okatie community upset', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'proposed-rv-park-has-many-in-surrounding-okatie-community-upset', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:47:38', '2019-08-28 18:47:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41356', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41360, 4, '2019-08-28 14:53:00', '2019-08-28 18:53:00', '<h2>‘Rookie’ teachers find their life’s work as the new school year kicks off in Beaufort County</h2>\r\n<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nAshley Kabel, or Ms. Kabel, as her kids know her, had a moment this week.\r\n\r\nWhen the new media specialist stepped foot inside Coosa Elementary on Lady’s Island this week, some of the students already knew her.\r\n\r\n“I subbed here last year so a lot of the kids said, ‘I remember you,’ ” she said from the school library on Thursday.\r\n\r\nTo see the light of recognition in their eyes was exciting for her. After all, Kabel had worked hard to get to this moment and now it was officially here.\r\n\r\n“This is only my first week, but I feel like I’ve learned so much already,” she said.\r\n\r\nOne of 80 teachers completely new to the field of education in Beaufort County this year, Kabel is hardly alone in her “rookie” status.\r\n\r\nFinding and retaining high-quality teachers is “a big challenge,” not only for Beaufort County but everywhere, said Jim Foster, the school district’s director of communications.\r\n\r\n“Every year we have veteran teachers who retire, or who move to teaching jobs in other districts, or who just decide to leave the profession,” Foster said. “Combine that with our increasing student enrollment, and you have a situation where you’re constantly recruiting, constantly working to retain the folks we already have.”\r\n\r\nIn fact, the start of this year’s school year in Beaufort County comes just more than three months after some 10,000 teachers and their supporters gathered at South Carolina’s state capital.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8669.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-41362\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8669-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"395\"></a>Many took personal days in order to attend the rally in which teachers asked the state legislature for better working conditions, smaller classroom sizes and better pay among other requests.\r\n\r\nIn Beaufort County, Foster said the district has a “good mix” of veteran teachers and those who are new to the teaching profession altogether.\r\n\r\nFor some, like Kabel, a career in education meant finally realizing her dream to work with young children. She began looking for a career while in college that would allow her to work with “lots of different students” and had even considered school counseling.\r\n\r\nKabel went on to work in event planning for awhile but finally decided to return to school for a masters in library science. She completed her internship at Mossy Oaks and before long, landed the media specialist job at Coosa.\r\n\r\n“It was a door that just opened and seemed very serendipitous,” she said.\r\n\r\nFor others like Philip Boynton, a first-grade teacher at Mossy Oaks Elementary, it was his very first job out of college.\r\n\r\n“I’m very transparent with my kids,” said Boynton, who tells his students he too is new to the first grade. “They know I’m doing my best so they try to do their best.”\r\n\r\nBoynton said he began thinking about a career in teaching while a student himself. His high school speech teacher noticed how well he worked with her own children and encouraged him to consider teaching professionally.\r\n\r\n“I want to wake up every day and enjoy what I do,” he said. “Even if it’s just one student who says, ‘Hey I got this,\' my day is made. ”\r\n\r\nWhile Boynton and Kabel said they are not blind to the challenges teachers face, both cited the support they received from other teachers, mentors and the district – before entering the teaching profession and even in their first few days on the job.\r\n\r\n“I had a great mentor,” said Kabel, referring to fellow librarian and teacher Lynne Sunday. “I feel very supported here.”\r\n\r\nFor Boynton, his mentor at UNC-Charlotte, where he went to school, gave him two pieces of advice.\r\n\r\n“Be yourself. After all this is your classroom,\" she said. \"And ask for help if you need it,” he said. “I have no problem asking for help.”\r\n\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Media specialist Ashley Kabel left a corporate job for a chance to become a school librarian. She started her first year in education at Coosa Elementary. Photo by Mindy Lucas</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Philip Boynton, a new first-grade teacher at Mossy Oaks Elementary, was encouraged by a high school teacher to go into education. Photo by Mindy Lucas</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'New Kids on the Block', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'new-kids-on-the-block', '', '', '2019-08-28 14:53:00', '2019-08-28 18:53:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41360', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41464, 4, '2019-09-05 16:56:30', '2019-09-05 20:56:30', '<h4>By Mindy Lucas</h4>\r\nMany in the Lowcountry breathed a sigh of relief Thursday morning as Hurricane Dorian began to move out of the area and make its climb up the South Carolina coast leaving little damage in its wake compared to previous hurricanes.\r\n\r\nThe storm, which picked up strength overnight Wednesday becoming a Category 3 hurricane as it neared the Palmetto State, had many in the Lowcountry more than a little nervous about whether it would wobble or worse – make landfall somewhere in Beaufort County.\r\n\r\nFortunately, the storm continued to hug the coastline as predicted by earlier weather models, with an eye wall that stayed out at sea.\r\n\r\nBy early morning, outage maps for Beaufort County showed more than 20,000 residents were without power. However, by 3:15 p.m., that number had decreased to 10,895, according to Aimee Murray, a public affairs specialist with Dominion Energy. Of that number, about 4,000 alone were on St. Helena Island, Murray said.\r\n\r\nWhile there were no fires in Beaufort, the City of Beaufort/ Town of Port Royal Fire Department responded to 21 storm-related calls for downed trees or similar incidents, said department chief Reece Bertholf.\r\n\r\nHowever, in Burton, an early morning fire had fire crews with the Burton Fire District and Beaufort County Emergency Medical Services scrambling just as the hurricane’s outer bands were moving through the area.\r\n\r\nThe fire, at a house on Bonaire Circle in the Shell Point area, broke out around 4:30 a.m., said Captain Dan Byrne with the district.\r\n\r\nFirefighters arriving on the scene found a single family home with flames coming through the roof. While the blaze was brought under control quickly, high winds kept reigniting embers and driving flames, Byrne said.\r\n\r\nA man at the home was able to escape the fire and was uninjured, he said. The man has been displaced by the fire.\r\n\r\nFirefighters remained on the scene for over two hours making sure the blaze was fully extinguished.\r\n\r\nThe department also responded to more than 13 storm related calls, involving trees and downed power lines, and were called to four medical emergencies involving people experiencing breathing difficulties and chest pains, Byrne said.\r\n\r\nBy midday Thursday, there was little evidence of any major flooding in the downtown Beaufort Historic District and a few people could be seen walking through Waterfront Park.\r\n\r\nMost of the businesses along Bay Street appeared to have weathered the storm well and only one broken storm window from a second floor could be found along the sidewalk in front of Lowcountry Real Estate.\r\n\r\nHurricane Dorian follows Matthew in 2016, and Irma, in 2017, which caused considerable damage and flooding in the Lowcountry.\r\n\r\n<em>The Island News will continue to bring you updates as we learn more.</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Dorian grazes Beaufort, sea islands – leaves minimal damage compared to Irma, Matthew', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'dorian-grazes-beaufort-sea-islands-leaves-minimal-damage-compared-to-irma-matthew', '', '', '2019-09-05 16:56:30', '2019-09-05 20:56:30', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41464', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41365, 4, '2019-08-28 14:57:31', '2019-08-28 18:57:31', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\r\nDemocratic Presidential candidate Julian Castro will visit Beaufort for a “meet and greet” at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce at 711 Bladen Street.\r\n\r\nThe public is welcome and the candidate, according to a news release, wants to hear from the public about “your concerns for your family, our state and our nation.”\r\n\r\nA \"meet and greet\" is a rare opportunity to speak directly to a candidate in an intimate setting.\r\n\r\nA graduate of Stanford and Harvard Law School, Castro, the twin brother of Texas congressman Joaquin Castro, was mayor of San Antonio from 2009 to 2014, when he joined the cabinet of President Barack Obama as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.\r\n\r\nHe was the youngest member of Obama’s cabinet.\r\n\r\nWhile a supporter of the Paris Climate Accord and the Green New Deal, Castro has advocated in the past for an energy policy that includes fossil fuels. He supports Medicare for all and universal pre-kindergarten.\r\n\r\nCastro is pro-choice and supports tighter gun control, particularly an assault weapons ban. He includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants as part of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Immigration_Reform_Act_of_2007\">comprehensive immigration reform</a>.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month, Castro purchased an ad on Fox News during the Fox and Friends show to speak directly to President Donald Trump about the mass shooting in El Paso.\r\n\r\nCastro is qualified for the next Democratic debate, Sept. 12 in Houston.', 'Presidential candidate Castro hits Beaufort for a ‘meet and greet’', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'presidential-candidate-castro-hits-beaufort-for-a-meet-and-greet', '', '', '2019-08-28 15:03:22', '2019-08-28 19:03:22', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41365', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41377, 4, '2019-09-04 08:38:39', '2019-09-04 12:38:39', '<h4>By SCOTT GRABER</h4>\r\nIt’s Wednesday and I’m in the Freight Yard Pub in North Adams, Mass. It’s warm, 80 degrees, and the fireplace in the pub is not functioning.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut it’s this working fireplace, and a remarkably good chili, that bring me back to this bar on a regular basis.\r\n\r\nYesterday, my wife and I went to Arrowhead in Pittsfield, Mass. Arrowhead is the name of the farmstead where Herman Melville wrote Moby Dick while his early popularity (Typee) was beginning to evaporate. Eventually he would give up on writing, become a customs officer in New York City, and die in anonymity.\r\n\r\nBut as I moved from room to room — the guide telling us about Melville’s unhappy domestic life — my thoughts went to the only person I had ever known from Pittsfield, Mass. — John Luzis.\r\n\r\nI knew John was from Pittsfield because he had to pop-off at meals — mess was what we called it at The Citadel — and part of the pop-off process was to sit at attention and to deliver this and other bits of information. In those days the primary function of knobs was to to entertain the upperclassmen while they ate.\r\n\r\nAfrican-American women, called waitees, brought the food to the table. And at breakfast they always brought grits along with bacon, eggs and coffee.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOne morning, when the grits arrived, John declined and passed the bowl on to another classmate. Our Guidon Corporal, Felix Barcelo, took note and said, “What’s the matter, smackhead, you don’t like grits?”\r\n\r\n“No Sir, the smackhead does not care for grits, Sir,” John replied.\r\n\r\nI don’t remember what Felix said next, but he did say something to the waitee like, “And lets have another bowl of grits for the young man from Pittsfield, Massachusetts.”\r\n\r\nYou can probably imagine the scene as bowl after bowl of grits was dumped on John’s plate. However, at The Citadel, there was the belief that misery requires company, and so every freshmen, at that particular mess, also got a huge mound of grits that he was required to eat. The eating of these grits was followed by push-ups at the barracks and, I’m told by those who participated in this process, vomiting.\r\n\r\nThe eating of grits, in quantity, was actually one of the more benign activities at mess. What was feared, by every freshman, was being selected to run a “mission” on a nearby mess. A “mission” involved sliding on one’s belly under a series of tables, undetected, with a squeeze bottle of mayonnaise. Then applying that mayonnaise to the spit-shined shoes of those unknowing cadets sitting on that mess.\r\n\r\nRunning a successful mission gave the knob instant status, and for a freshman, some kind of status was important for long-term survival. But if you failed, if the above-seated cadets discovered the intruder below, it was appropriate they they dump every bowl, every jug of water, every condiment upon the head of the unhappy, unsuccessful sapper.\r\n\r\nJohn Luzis was not my best friend, but I do remember his Massachusetts accent, and that meant trouble for a cadet at the Southern, Confederate-connected military school. But he met, and bested that bias head-on. He survived the grits, the missions, the push-ups and the ridicule from the upperclassmen. After that first year he settled-into the rule-rigid culture at The Citadel and became a scholar — routinely appearing on the Honor Roll.\r\n\r\nAfter graduation, John was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant — he got Armor, which was an indication that he was outstanding cadet — and was sent to Korea.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIn those days Vietnam had little use for tanks and young Armor officers always went to Germany or Korea. In 1971, just weeks before he was scheduled to rotate home, John caught a ride on a helicopter. That helicopter crashed killing John and everyone else on board.\r\n\r\nSeveral years later, I was watching a television show called M*A*S*H* (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) starring Alan Alda. One particular program centered on the going home of the well-liked commanding officer, Henry Blake. After Blake says goodbye, his plane is shot down over the Sea of Japan.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nI can’t honestly say I connected Blake’s fictional death with John’s actual death. But I will always connect John Luzis with Pittsfield, Mass.\r\n\r\nAfter our visit to Arrowhead, I decided to see how John Luzis was remembered in Pittsfield. I went to the memorials listing the local war dead but was surprised that he doesn’t appear on the (war dead) memorials for Vietnam or Korea. (He died in Korea, not Vietnam, but was not killed during the Korean War). He also missed Citadel’s memorial to it’s fallen graduates because he was, apparently, on a training mission and not a combat mission.', 'John Luzis was lost to Pittsfield, Mass.', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'john-luzis-was-lost-to-pittsfield-mass', '', '', '2019-09-04 08:38:39', '2019-09-04 12:38:39', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41377', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41379, 4, '2019-09-04 08:39:47', '2019-09-04 12:39:47', '<h4>By LEE SCOTT</h4>\r\nWhen I first moved to Beaufort, I discovered there were crabs swimming around my dock.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nI was thrilled because I love eating crabs. As a former Maryland resident, I grew up on steamed crabs.\r\n\r\nSome of my favorite memories are the family crab feasts. When we got older, my brother bought a place on the water, and he and his buddies would catch crabs, fill the pots with boiling water and steam the crabs.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWe would cover the picnic tables with newspapers, and throw down some wooden hammers, then dump the steamed crabs (always seasoned with Bay Seasoning) and start eating. This was an all-day process with the meals running several hours. Of course, it always included corn on the cob and plenty of beer and wine.\r\n\r\nDreaming about my own crab feasts, I drove to Grayco and purchased a South Carolina Fishing License and bought a crab trap. My husband said that chicken necks would be good to entice the crabs into the traps. It worked, but the first ones I caught were too little and I had to throw them back in the water.\r\n\r\nThat is when I made a very big mistake. I named a crab. It was one day when the tide was going out and there was a huge blue crab hanging on the dock piling eating away at whatever was stuck on the piling.\r\n\r\n“Hi, Charlie,” I said. “What are you munching on down there?”\r\n\r\nBefore long I was watching Charlie and his family scrounge around the oyster shells. I watched them as they walked over the oysters and used their pincers to open oyster shells. Then I saw the larger ones chasing the small ones away. It was amazing to see how fast those crabs could move.\r\n\r\nMy spouse asked why the crab trap was lying in the backyard instead of hanging off the dock.\r\n\r\n“I cannot eat Charlie.” I confessed.\r\n\r\nThen I told him the story about Abraham Lincoln’s son Tad, who named a donated turkey – Jack; and did not want his father to have Jack killed for their Christmas dinner. So, Lincoln pardoned Jack, and the family had a different turkey for their dinner.\r\n\r\nMy spouse proceeded to tell me that I was quite the hypocrite since I still like to eat crabs. It’s true, I still love a good crab feast, also my husband’s homemade crab cakes, and the occasional flounder stuffed with crab imperial.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut those are the crabs that other people have caught, not the descendants of Charlie. Now my dock remains a home for Charlie’s family. And unlike the crab traps in our creek, put out by the local watermen, my crab trap remains a nautical ornament in my backyard.', 'Charlie the Crab and Jack the Turkey', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'charlie-the-crab-and-jack-the-turkey', '', '', '2019-09-04 08:39:47', '2019-09-04 12:39:47', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41379', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41382, 4, '2019-09-04 08:40:47', '2019-09-04 12:40:47', 'As of press time Tuesday, the Beaufort County School District and all area private schools had suspended all athletic practices and competitions indefinitely in anticipation of Hurricane Dorian’s arrival on the Lowcountry coast.\r\n\r\nWith the effects of the storm expected to be felt beginning Wednesday and the eye projected to pass near our coast early Thursday, athletic activities are unlikely to resume this week.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>TENNIS</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy girls tennis fell 7-2 to Colleton Prep on Thursday. Brycen Ambrose and Kate Luckey won singles matches for the Eagles in their season-opener.\r\n\r\nBA (0-1) hosts John Paul II on Sept. 10.\r\n\r\n<strong>Singles</strong>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Rianna Bailey (CP) def. Jayda Scheper 1-6, 7-5, 10-5</li>\r\n 	<li>Becca Martin (CP) def. Ansleigh Pingree 6-0, 6-3</li>\r\n 	<li>Brycen Ambrose (BA) def. Sidney Bailey 6-1, 6-4</li>\r\n 	<li>Kaylee Spears (CP) def. Tallie Pendarvis 6-0, 6-4</li>\r\n 	<li>Anne Hatcher White (CP) def. Gigi Pingree 6-4, 0-6, 10-5</li>\r\n 	<li>Kate Luckey (BA) def. Makayla Odum 7-5, 6-1</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<strong>Doubles</strong>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>R.Bailey/Martin (CP) def. Scheper/Ambrose 8-4</li>\r\n 	<li>S.Bailey/Spears (CP) def. A.Pingree/Pendarvis 9-7</li>\r\n 	<li>Odum/Hatcher (CP) def. G.Pingree/Addi Norris 8-3</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>VOLLEYBALL</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort High volleyball split a pair of matches Thursday, defeating Camden but falling to host Savannah Christian Prep.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles beat Camden 25-19, 25-13 behind five kills from Hayley Trader, four from Madison Gallion, and three each from Olive Renforth and Hannah Merchant.\r\n\r\nBeaufort suffered its first loss of the season in a 25-20, 25-19 defeat at the hands of the host Raiders despite Merchant’s eight kills. Renforth added four kills, and Gallion was 24-of-25 serving with six aces.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High swept visiting New Hampstead in its home opener Wednesday.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles won 25-8, 25-7, 25-13 behind a balanced offensive attack. Merchant led the way with nine kills, while Angel Johnson added eight and Renforth had six.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>••</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nBeaufort Academy volleyball rolled to a dominant win Thursday, sweeping Colleton Prep in three sets.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles won 25-8, 25-16, 25-17 in their region opener. Emily Ann Hiers dished out 15 assists, while Chase Vaigneur collected nine kills to go along with eight assists.\r\n\r\nMcKayla Willingham added eight kills and two blocks, Amelia Huebel contributed six aces and five kills, and Mary Hanna Hiers had a team-high 13 digs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>GIRLS GOLF</strong>\r\n\r\nMay River’s girls golf team claimed a win over its local rivals Thursday at the Legends at Parris Island golf course.\r\n\r\nThe Sharks carded a team score of 169 to edge Hilton Head High by 14 shots. Bluffton (225) was third, followed by Beaufort (230).\r\n\r\nSydney Bowes led the Sharks with a 2-under-par 34 to claim medalist honors by three shots over Beaufort High’s Izzy Stone.\r\n\r\nElissa Hooper (54), Joanne Straub (68), Molly Hooper (71), and Rylee Hill (72) rounded out the lineup for the Eagles.\r\n\r\nMay River also topped Hilton Head High by 11 strokes to win a tri-match Tuesday at Pinecrest Golf Course.\r\n\r\nThe Sharks posted a team score of 168, followed by the Seahawks at 185 and Beaufort High at 232.\r\n\r\nStone shot one-over 37 to lead Beaufort High and claim the low-medalist title by three shots over Bowes.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nElissa Hooper (60), Straub (67), Hill (68), and Kelly Guerrero (68) rounded out Beaufort’s scoring.', 'Sports Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sports-briefs-20', '', '', '2019-09-04 08:40:47', '2019-09-04 12:40:47', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41382', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41385, 4, '2019-09-04 08:41:43', '2019-09-04 12:41:43', 'Whale Branch improved to 2-0 with a dominant 28-0 victory over visiting Cross on Friday.\r\n\r\nAfter the Warriors opened the scoring with a safety, De’Arius Hazel broke a 90-yard touchdown run on the Warriors’ second possession and added a 30-yard TD run in the second quarter for a 14-0 halftime lead.\r\n\r\nJadon Grant and Jacquez Frazier each added touchdown runs in the second half, and the Warriors’ defense preserved the shutout with the help of an Amir Jenkins interception.\r\n\r\nHazel rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns on four carries and added seven tackles on defense. Frazier had a team-high 10 tackles and a sack.\r\n\r\nThe Warriors (2-0) host May River next Friday.', 'Warriors roll to shutout victory', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'warriors-roll-to-shutout-victory', '', '', '2019-09-04 08:41:43', '2019-09-04 12:41:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41385', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41388, 4, '2019-09-04 08:42:29', '2019-09-04 12:42:29', 'Beaufort Academy’s SCISA 8-man title defense got off to a rough start Friday.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles lost 50-22 at Clarendon Hall in their season-opener after quickly falling behind 20-0.\r\n\r\nElijah Fess’ 30-yard touchdown run and Dawson Coleman’s touchdown run and two-point conversion pass to William Tumlin pulled the Eagles within 20-14, but the Saints answered before halftime to make it 28-14 at the break.\r\n\r\nClarendon Hall reeled off 22 consecutive points to start the second half, extending its lead to 50-14 before Fess broke a 65-yard TD run and caught the two-point conversion pass from Coleman to cap the scoring.', 'Eagles grounded in opener', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'eagles-grounded-in-opener', '', '', '2019-09-04 08:42:29', '2019-09-04 12:42:29', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41388', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41390, 4, '2019-09-04 08:43:25', '2019-09-04 12:43:25', 'Sammy Mitchell of Beaufort was named to the Limestone College\'s Spring 2019 Honor Roll.&nbsp;Sammy was among 130 students honored. To qualify, students must be enrolled full time and earn a GPA of at least 3.75.', 'Mitchell named to Limestone Spring Honor Roll', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'mitchell-named-to-limestone-spring-honor-roll', '', '', '2019-09-04 08:43:25', '2019-09-04 12:43:25', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41390', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41394, 4, '2019-09-04 08:44:05', '2019-09-04 12:44:05', 'The monthly meeting of the League of Women Voters Beaufort Area is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12 at Beth Israel Synagogue on Scott St.\r\n\r\nMarie Smalls, Director of Beaufort County Voter Registration and Elections, will explain the county’s new voting system. The meeting is free and open to the public.', 'League of Women Voters Beaufort Area meeting Sept. 12', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'league-of-women-voters-beaufort-area-meeting-sept-12', '', '', '2019-09-04 08:44:32', '2019-09-04 12:44:32', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41394', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41396, 4, '2019-09-04 08:45:13', '2019-09-04 12:45:13', 'As Hurricane Dorian affected the community, Beaufort Memorial Hospital and its emergency room<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>remained open, while physician practices, outpatient services and surgeries, billing and medical records, and the Express Care clinic be closed through the end of the week.\r\n\r\nHowever, the hospital expanded access, as people needing non-emergency medical care can still connect with a doctor 24/7 by downloading the BMH Care Anywhere app or visiting BMHCareAnywhere.org. Beaufort Memorial will waive all fees for these virtual visits through Sept. 15. For a free visit, enter the code DORIAN on the payment screen.\r\n\r\nThe service will be available throughout the evacuation period and can also be accessed outside of South Carolina for those who left the area.\r\n\r\nFor the latest hospital updates visit <a href=\"http://www.beaufortmemorial.org/\">BeaufortMemorial.org</a>.', 'Beaufort Memorial expands access during storm', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-memorial-expands-access-during-storm', '', '', '2019-09-04 08:45:13', '2019-09-04 12:45:13', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41396', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41399, 4, '2019-09-04 08:46:39', '2019-09-04 12:46:39', 'Beaufort Memorial Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology Specialists has added a new physician to its medical staff. Tiffany Bersani, M.D., will be seeing patients in the practice’s two locations in Beaufort and Bluffton.\r\n\r\nBoard eligible in obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. Bersani recently completed her four-year OB-GYN residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., where she performed rotations in gynecology, obstetrics, gynecology oncology, reproductive endocrinology, urogynecology and maternal fetal medicine.\r\n\r\nA summa cum laude graduate of the University of Albany-State University of New York with a Bachelor of Science in biology, Dr. Bersani earned her medical degree from State University of New York Upstate in Syracuse.\r\n\r\nAt Beaufort Memorial Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology Specialists, Dr. Bersani will be working with board-certified OB-GYN specialists Drs. Christopher Benson, Marlena Masavage, Gregory Miller and Soldrea Thompson; nurse practitioners Maggie Bisceglia and Suzanne Wolf; and nurse midwife Catherine Tambroni-Parker. Dr. Eve Ashby also sees gynecology patients at Beaufort Memorial Lowcountry Medical Group.\r\n\r\nTo schedule an appointment with Dr. Bersani or any of the practice’s OB-GYN providers, please call 843-522-7820.', 'Dr. Tiffany Bersani joins Beaufort Memorial Obstetrics & Gynecology', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'dr-tiffany-bersani-joins-beaufort-memorial-obstetrics-gynecology', '', '', '2019-09-04 08:46:39', '2019-09-04 12:46:39', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41399', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41403, 4, '2019-09-04 08:47:24', '2019-09-04 12:47:24', 'Coastal Art Supply at 216 West Street in Beaufort has expanded to include an art gallery featuring local artists.\r\n\r\nOwners Cynthia and Ralph Zeiss have revitalized the supply section of the business, which now includes supplies for most art forms. The owners have now invited a selection of local artists to exhibit at their gallery.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFeatured art forms are painting – both oil and acrylic-- pottery, handmade jewelry, watercolor, silk and fiber art and scarves, photography, digitalized photography and mixed media.\r\n\r\nCoastal Art Supply will be serving beverages and appetizers from 5 to 8 p.m. during First Fridays and invite everyone to drop by.\r\n\r\nSome for the featured artists include: Belinda Bales, painter; Marge Boyle, photographer; Anne M. Jennings, photographer/illustrator; Daniel McSweeney, potter; Thomas Van Steenbergh, painter/ illustrator; Dennis Wilikins, painter; and Cynthia Zeiss, silk artist.\r\n\r\nRegular business hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information, call Coastal Art Supply and Gallery at 843-524-2787.', 'Beaufort’s Coastal Art Supply expands, adds gallery', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beauforts-coastal-art-supply-expands-adds-gallery', '', '', '2019-09-04 08:47:24', '2019-09-04 12:47:24', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41403', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41406, 4, '2019-09-04 08:50:52', '2019-09-04 12:50:52', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\r\nFor a bad day, it was pretty good.\r\n\r\nBeaufort’s Dade Stanley swept gold in the 81kg weight class Wednesday at the 2019 Youth Pan American Weightlifting Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador.\r\n\r\nThe competition was the last for Stanley in the Youth class. Despite the three golds, Stanley wasn’t happy with his lifts.\r\n\r\n“I love he is not satisfied and now he can do more,” Team Beaufort coach Ray Jones said.\r\n\r\nStanley easily won gold in the snatch with a 130kg lift — five kilograms more than the runner-up — before missing his attempt at 136kg, which would have broken the Youth Pan American record.\r\n\r\nHe then clinched the sweep on his first clean and jerk attempt, successfully lifting 150kg. Stanley hit 157kg on his second attempt but missed at 161kg on his final effort.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nStanley won the overall title by 30kg (66 pounds).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“It was a great experience all around,” Stanley said via text, “with some amazing people in an amazing country.”\r\n\r\nJones called it an “awesome day” but said Stanley having to follow himself meant little rest, making it hard to recover for the heavier lifts.\r\n\r\nAfter the performance, Jones said, Stanley had a prolonged drug testing period.\r\n\r\n“It took FOREVER,” Stanley texted. “We were waiting for about an hour, and when we finally went in there, I had to do blood and urine tests. (They) couldn’t find the vein very well and so the needle was in for a while, but after that, it was a breeze.”\r\n\r\nJones said for the short term, Stanley needed to sty healthy and train on the little things.\r\n\r\nHe should lift at the American Open in early December in Salt Lake City and hopefully lock in a spot on the Junior Worlds team in Egypt next March.', 'Going out golden', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'going-out-golden', '', '', '2019-09-04 08:50:52', '2019-09-04 12:50:52', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41406', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41410, 4, '2019-09-04 08:52:53', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'August’s installment of Island Girls Night Out was held at Carolina Realty of the Lowcountry in Port Royal.\n\n[ngg src=\"galleries\" display=\"basic_thumbnail\"]', 'August Island Girls Night Out', '', 'draft', 'closed', 'closed', '', '', '', '', '2019-09-04 08:52:53', '2019-09-04 12:52:53', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41410', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41412, 4, '2019-09-04 09:30:17', '2019-09-04 13:30:17', 'The Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association invites the community to kick off the weekend by celebrating Football in the South downtown during their monthly First Friday event, weather permitting.\r\n\r\nEveryone is encouraged to deck out in their favorite football jersey or team gear and come downtown to enjoy an evening of football traditions, live music, and late-night shopping and dining.\\\r\n\r\nPortions of Bay street and surrounding blocks downtown will be closed to traffic so everyone can safely and easily enjoy a stroll while exploring the eclectic blend of downtown shops, galleries and restaurants.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe event runs from 5 to 8 p.m., and like all First Friday events, is free, kid-friendly, and welcoming to all.\r\n\r\nSouls Harbor, (voted Beaufort’s favorite band), will provide live entertainment and The Beaufort Classic Car and Truck Club, along with the Sun City/Hilton Head Car Club, will have their restored and vintage vehicles on display. Members from each club will be on hand to talk about their cars and share information about their clubs.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nDowntown businesses and restaurants will feature promotions, demonstrations and special discounts throughout the evening. Many will have giveaways and goodies to share as well.\r\n\r\nA visit to downtown on a First Friday is a perfect way to start the weekend and spend time with friends and family visiting unique shops, galleries, and specialty stores. Shopping and dining locally is a fun way to support the economic vitality and growth of the community.\r\n\r\nFor information, contact Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association at<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span><a href=\"mailto:dbmerchantsassociation@gmail.com\">dbmerchantsassociation@gmail.com</a>', 'Downtown Merchants Association celebrates Football in The South at First Friday', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'downtown-merchants-association-celebrates-football-in-the-south-at-first-friday', '', '', '2019-09-04 09:30:17', '2019-09-04 13:30:17', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41412', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41443, 4, '2019-09-04 09:42:25', '2019-09-04 13:42:25', '<h2>All-you-can-eat goodies draw hundreds to Beaufort candy store</h2>\r\n<h4>By BOB SOFALY</h4>\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/RES5768.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-41444\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/RES5768-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"329\"></a>More than 350 people satisfied their sweet tooth by binging on chocolate Friday during the 35th annual All You Can Eat Night at The Chocolate Tree on Carteret Street.\r\n\r\nEvent organizers said more than 200 tickets for the first session were sold in advance of the event and another 150 tickets sold for the second session.\r\n\r\nParticipants were lined up down the block along both sides of the store. As staff and volunteers went in and out of the store, the smell of chocolate wafted out and moans of delight could heard.', 'Chocolate lovers flock to the Chocolate Tree', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'chocolate-lovers-flock-to-the-chocolate-tree', '', '', '2019-09-04 09:42:25', '2019-09-04 13:42:25', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41443', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41448, 4, '2019-09-04 10:00:33', '2019-09-04 14:00:33', '<h4>By BOB SOFALY</h4>\r\nA little weekend rain didn’t stop the 15th annual Lands End Woodland River Festival on Saturday on St. Helena Island.\r\n\r\nThough all the entertainment moved under awnings and cooks had a difficult time keeping their fires going, the smaller than average crowd was still enthusiastic with singing and storytelling in original Gullah language.\r\n\r\nAccording to the festival’s web page, the River Festival is a two-day family friendly and multicultural event celebrating the ancestry of the Gullah families who purchased hundreds of acres of the Lands End Woodland in the 1920s.\r\n\r\n<em>Aunt Perlie Sue (Anita Singleton) entertains a small crowd with her authentic Gullah/Geeche storytelling during the 15th annual Lands End Woodland River Festival on Saturday. <strong>Photo by Bob Sofaly</strong></em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Rain doesn’t stop Lands End Woodland River Festival', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'rain-doesnt-stop-lands-end-woodland-river-festival', '', '', '2019-09-04 10:00:33', '2019-09-04 14:00:33', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41448', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41456, 4, '2019-09-04 10:13:45', '2019-09-04 14:13:45', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nThe annexation of two Lady’s Island properties into the City of Beaufort that had Lady’s Island residents upset was given preliminary approval on first reading at the city’s regularly scheduled council meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 27.\r\n\r\nThe properties included a collection of parcels west of Sam’s Point Road along Williams Street and Mayfair Court totaling 6.9 acres and a larger 20-acre parcel east of Sam’s Point Road at 44 and 50 Miller Drive East.\r\n\r\nThe applications for annexation had residents in neighborhoods nearing the properties upset, with the lion’s share of the concerns focused mainly on the Miller Drive East property which includes a 5-acre lake.\r\n\r\nThe property’s owner had originally requested a denser zoning which would have allowed for “mixed use” including apartment buildings, which many in the semi-rural, single-family home community worried would not fit in with the size and character of the current neighborhood and would bring more traffic issues to an already congested part of the island.\r\n\r\nHowever, that zoning was initially denied by the Beaufort-Port Royal Metropolitan Planning Commission at its July 29 meeting in favor of zoning more in keeping with what was already in place.\r\n\r\nAt the city’s Aug. 27 meeting, both parcels were approved for annexation on first reading. However, both properties received different zonings than what was originally requested by their owners.\r\n\r\nThe Mayfair Court–Williams Street properties received a T3N zoning which would allow for residential housing of various types and sizes, while the Miller Drive East property received approval only for a T3S zoning. That zoning, which does not allow for apartment buildings, is meant to provide similar zoning to what is already in the area.\r\n\r\nCity Council members also requested that representatives for the Miller Drive East attend the next meeting and present their plans to the community. Approvals for annexation and zoning require two readings before receiving final approval.\r\n\r\nThat meeting is scheduled for Sept. 10.', 'City Council takes up annexation of Lady’s Island properties that upset residents', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'city-council-takes-up-annexation-of-ladys-island-properties-that-upset-residents', '', '', '2019-09-04 10:13:45', '2019-09-04 14:13:45', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41456', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41458, 4, '2019-09-04 10:19:54', '2019-09-04 14:19:54', '<h2>Presidential hopeful finds many Democratic voters still undecided</h2>\r\n<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nSally Domby, of Beaufort, and Donna Beer, of Okatie, waited along with dozens of others to have their pictures made with presidential hopeful Julian Castro, in town recently for a “meet and greet.”\r\n\r\nHeld at the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce on Friday, Aug. 31, the breakfast event drew somewhere between 200 and 250 people, who turned out to hear the Democratic candidate speak on a range of issues from gun control to immigration to education and the economy.\r\n\r\nAs Domby and Beer waited patiently in line, they talked about what they thought of Castro, who spoke for a little more than 30 minutes, and what they’d ultimately like to see in a president.\r\n\r\n“It would be nice to have someone thoughtful and reasonable and compassionate and intelligent,” said Domby.\r\n\r\nOn health care, Castro told those gathered he wanted to strengthen Medicare and make it available for those who want it, while allowing Americans who like their current plans to stay on those.\r\n\r\n“What I don’t believe is that the profit motive of “Big Pharma” or big insurance companies should ever determine whether someone gets care,” he said.\r\n\r\nOn the economy, Castro said he wants to raise minimum wage to at least $15 an hour and ensure the tax code rewards people who work for a living instead of rewarding profitable corporations who paid no federal tax.\r\n\r\n“If you work hard in our country, then by all means you should enjoy the rewards of that success,” he said. “But for the last 40 years, we’ve been asking less and less of the people at the top and of corporations and more and more of the middle class and the working poor and people who are poor.”\r\n\r\nOn immigration, Castro said President Trump was trying to “make immigrants the scapegoat for all the other things that people perceive are wrong in this country.”\r\n\r\nAmong his proposals, Castro wants to expand immigration courts, put undocumented immigrants who have not committed a serious crime on a pathway to citizenship, and fix the current immigration system.\r\n\r\nHe also called for a 21st-century Marshall plan for countries like Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.\r\n\r\n“So people can find safety and opportunity at home instead of having to come to the United States for those things,” he said.\r\n\r\nIn line after the event, Beer, a volunteer for the Warren campaign, said while she was backing the senator, she felt it was important to hear what all the candidates have to say.\r\n\r\n“Whoever wins the primary, we will get behind them,” she said.\r\n\r\nGetting behind whoever becomes the nominee seemed to be a common theme among those gathered Friday to hear the former San Antonio Mayor and Housing Secretary for President Obama.\r\n\r\nIt was a crowd interested in hearing what Castro had to say but not entirely committed to any one candidate either.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nDomby, for example, also likes Mass. 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Author Marianne Williamson also made a campaign stop in Beaufort in August.\r\n\r\nDale Friedman who attended Friday’s event, was also undecided but said the recent candidate visits are way to get a better idea of where each stands on such issues as gun control and immigration reform.\r\n\r\n“We will worry about electability as we get closer to the primary,” said the Beaufort native.\r\n\r\nSteve McIntyre, who was sitting next to Friedman, added that Democrats had “a lot of good choices and good candidates” to choose from.\r\n\r\n“I’d take of all of those over the current disaster,” he said.\r\n\r\nIn town visiting from New York City, McIntyre also said it was important for Democrats to “take back the Senate.”\r\n\r\n“I wish more people would talk about that,” he said.\r\n\r\nCastro will take the stage along with nine others for the third Democratic debate of the year to be held on Sept. 12 in Houston.\r\n<h4><strong>Julian Castro sat down for a one-on-one talk with The Island News on just a few of the more high profile issues of the race and what South Carolinians are telling him.</strong></h4>\r\nQ: You were in Columbia yesterday meeting with community leaders there on gun control. How do you think people here, in a state that traditionally votes Republican but that went through the horrific Charleston church shootings, have received your message and your plan to end gun violence?\r\n\r\nAmericans in every corner of the country are ready for common-sense gun safety legislation, because we’ve seen far too many of these incidents, whether it was in Charleston in 2015, or El Paso just a few weeks ago.\r\n\r\nPeople are tired of politicians who won’t stand up to the NRA and take action, even the most basic action like universal background checks to keep all of our families safer. A good example of that is after the Dayton incident, Governor Mike DeWine of Ohio stood up in front of a crowd to deliver remarks about what had happened. It was very telling that a crowd of both Democrats and Republicans shouted him down by saying, “Do something. Do something.”\r\n\r\nWe’re in a new era when it comes to Americans demanding action on gun safety legislation, and that’s begun to change the way that especially public servants on the Democratic side have handled the issue. People are speaking out against the NRA much more frequently. I believe that it’s lost a lot of the aura of invisibility that it used to have, and folks realize we can have common sense gun legislation and still allow for people to go hunting and sporting and for home defense.\r\n\r\nQ.: With about 258,000 people, South Carolina’s Hispanic population is the 29th largest in the nation, according to the Pew. You have a proposal to decriminalize unauthorized border crossings. Do you think that’s the answer, or part of the solution to the immigration issue, and how does trying to solve the immediate problems with the crisis at the border fit in with that?\r\n\r\nA decriminalized way of doing it was the way that it was done for 60 years, even under Presidents Reagan and the first Bush.\r\n\r\nThis law that President Trump has weaponized to separate migrant parents from their little children is a law that, even though it was around, was never used. It’s very telling that Donald Trump has weaponized it.\r\n\r\nSo, I believe we can have consequences when someone crosses the border. We can deal with those consequences in a civil court instead of in a criminal context, because I want to guarantee that we never have these kinds of cruel family separations again. We can still accomplish the business of what we need to on immigration and keep our borders secure but not allow for the kind of cruelty that Donald Trump is showing.\r\n\r\nQ.: As the 10th candidate to qualify for the September debate, will you change your strategy now in order to set yourself apart from those candidates leading in the polls?\r\n\r\nThere’s no question this is a new phase in the campaign. Now that there are 10 candidates that the people are going to be focused on, it’s going to give all of the candidates an opportunity to articulate their vision for the country and define themselves.\r\n\r\nI’m not going to change anything radically in my campaign, but I am looking forward to the opportunity of providing contrast and letting people know what I’m about.\r\n\r\nI have focused a lot in this campaign on what families need to prosper in the 21st century. We’ve put out plans on housing, on education, on how we can expect more from wealthy corporations and people at the top, so that we can provide things in this country like universal healthcare and universal pre-K for 3- and 4-year-olds.\r\n\r\nSo I think that the more people are able to compare both my record and my vision for the future of the country against the other candidates, the better that I’m going to do.\r\n\r\nQ.: Education and an economic plan for working families are part of your platform and have been cornerstones of the Democratic party. How does that rank with your other platform messages of protecting animals and wildlife, housing and lead poisoning?\r\n\r\nThe way I’ve seen it is this is a long campaign and during the course of the campaign we’re releasing policy at different points. All of it is important because all of it relates to how we live our lives every day and so, I look forward to tackling the climate crisis soon, and we’re going to continue to speak on health care. There are just a number of issues and we’re releasing it about every two to three weeks now.\r\n\r\nQ.: Will we see you do more now to take on the front-runner, Joe Biden, or do you think it’s more important to stress electability and how to defeat President Trump?\r\n\r\nI think that Democratic candidates are very focused on beating Donald Trump and that’s where most of our focus is going to be.\r\n\r\nAt the same time, of course, there’s going to be some contrast among the candidates because that’s also how you let voters know what the differences are. I expect as we get into the fall and into the winter, there’s going to be more contrast among the candidates as well.\r\n\r\nQ.: On your visits here to the Palmetto State, what are South Carolinians telling you, whether they’re undecided or have told you they’re voting for you, is important to them?\r\n\r\nI think no matter where you go, including here in South Carolina, people talk about the basic issues they’re dealing with – health care, housing. I was in Columbia yesterday and heard a good bit about how much the rent had gone up there. And everybody wants to beat Donald Trump.\r\n\r\nSouth Carolina is interesting also because I think that the perception of this state has not caught up to the reality. There’s been a tremendous amount of investment, for instance, here. 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(41461, 4, '2019-09-04 10:24:14', '2019-09-04 14:24:14', '<h2>Some stay, some go as hurricane that thrashed Bahamas prompts State of Emergency, evacuation for Beaufort County</h2>\r\n<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\r\nImpatient and anxious. And with good reason to be so.\r\n\r\nThat’s how Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling describes waiting for a hurricane, in this case Hurricane Dorian. I agree, wholeheartedly.\r\n\r\nDorian translated from Greek means “maintains possessions well.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAs I write this, she is doing just that, maintaining that in her possession, moving slowly from the devastated Bahamas on an unknown path that will in some way or another cast a shadow on our life here. We are all possessed by her until she passes. Some, long after.\r\n\r\nBut by the time you read these words about waiting for Dorian, she will have likely already made her mark, whatever that may be, on Beaufort County. Hopefully you are all safe, well and have suffered as little loss as humanly possible.\r\n\r\nOn Sunday, S.C. Governor Henry McMaster ordered a mandatory evacuation of coastal areas, including Beaufort County, beginning Monday at noon.\r\n\r\nBut as expected, Beaufortonians are stubborn.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAs blue sunny skies belied the dark clouds to come on Tuesday, Beaufort resident Ken Szarek talked of his decision, like many, to stay put with his family. (Obviously, I’m still here, as well.)\r\n\r\n“The risk of going on the road is more than the risk of staying sheltered in place,” Szarek said. “it’s my first time staying. But I learned from the last couple times that maybe I should have stayed.”\r\n\r\nPreviously, Szarek would pack the family and drive to refuge with relatives in Asheville, N.C., normally a 4-hour drive or so. Last time, the drive took 10 hours.\r\n\r\n“With the amount of information that we get now, I can make a more informed decision than I could in previous hurricanes,” he said. “Obviously each hurricane is a different process.”\r\n\r\nHis house is stockpiled with food, water and a generator and the plan is to hunker down.\r\n\r\n“Nah, I’m staying here. There’s far more danger to my family on that road,” he said.\r\n\r\nCourtney Cadien felt differently. She left Monday for the panhandle and Gulf coast of Florida for a mini vacation.\r\n\r\n“It was a mandatory evacuation,” she said. “I didn’t want to be stuck in traffic, stuck without power. And there’s flooding. We have flooding in our neighborhood when it downpours.”\r\n\r\nNo matter what you and your family did, I hope it worked out and you’re safe and well.\r\n\r\nFor those that stayed, please share your stories, news, photos and videos with us at <a href=\"mailto:TheIslandNews@gmail.com\">TheIslandNews@gmail.com</a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n* * * * *\r\n\r\n–<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>Beaufort County School District schools will be closed until further notice, and a decision to reopen schools will be made based on when the governor lifts the evacuation order and after an evaluation of any damage to school buildings. A decision on reopening schools – as well as a decision on weather make-up days – will be communicated as quickly as possible.\r\n\r\n– Beaufort Memorial Hospital expanded access to virtual doctor visits. People needing non-emergency medical care can connect with a doctor by downloading the BMH Care Anywhere app or visiting BMHCareAnywhere.org. Beaufort Memorial will waive all fees through Sept. 15. For a free visit, enter the code DORIAN on the payment screen. The service will be available throughout the evacuation period and can also be accessed outside of South Carolina for those who left the area.\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Two employees with SP Plus, a subcontractor to the City of Beaufort in charge of parking meters, pay stations and collection of the funds, wrap on of the pay stations with plastic wrap and seal it all up with packing tape. Monday near the Downtown Marina. The two unidentified employees said that because of corporate rules they were not allowed to tell me their name, nor how many machines they were going to wrap up. <strong>Photo by Bob Sofaly</strong></em>', 'Riding the Storm Out', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'riding-the-storm-out', '', '', '2019-09-04 10:24:14', '2019-09-04 14:24:14', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41461', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(41469, 4, '2019-09-11 09:56:40', '2019-09-11 13:56:40', '<strong>Register for YMCA youth indoor soccer<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></strong>\r\n\r\nRegistration for YMCA Youth Indoor Soccer is open thru Oct. 7 at The Wardle Family Y located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal. Ages 3-9. Season is Oct. 28-Dec. 20. Cost is $55 for Y members, $70 for non-members. For additional info, contact Mike Woods, Y Sports Director, at 843-522-9622, ext. 244. Register at the Y or <a href=\"http://beaufort-jasperymca.org/\">beaufort-jasperymca.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Register to be a Tiger Shark</strong>\r\n\r\nBYAC Tiger Sharks Swim Team registration is open for the 2019-2020 season. There are three levels of swim team for ages 5 and up who meet swim team group requirements: Shark Pups; Group 1; and Group 2. Evaluations on going on now for group placement. Learn more online at <a href=\"http://beaufort-jasperymca.org/\">beaufort-jasperymca.org</a> (click on Aquatics&gt;Swim Team), stop by the Y in Port Royal (1801 Richmond Ave.) or call the Y at 843-522-9622.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sportfishing and Diving Club to meet Sept. 12</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club’s September meeting will be held Thursday, Sept. 12 at the Beaufort Yacht Club on Lady’s Island off Meridian Road. The social begins at 6:30 p.m., and the meeting starts at 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nBob Martore, manager of S.C. Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division Office of Fisheries Management, will be the guest presenter. His department has developed a new underwater video of State reefs; the new artificial reef booklets will also be available to Club members and guests. Please be on the lookout for notification of the deployment of a 106 foot tugboat at the Betsy Ross Reef. Congratulations again to Maddie Benfield for winning the $50 weigh-in drawing in July sponsored by Butler Marine. Guests are welcomed, and you do not need a reservation. For additional information,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>contact Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2122 or email <a href=\"mailto:fgibson@islc.net\">fgibson@islc.net</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>YMCA to offer CPR classes</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: Sept. 19, and Nov. 23.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org\r\n\r\n<strong>Activities at Hunting Island State Park</strong>\r\n\r\nThere are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSundays: Dolphin Ecology Kayak Tour, 8 a.m. (Sept. 29); Sand/candy art, 11 a.m.; Hunting Island Bingo, 2:30 p.m.; Shark Tooth Excursion, 4 p.m. (Sept. 29)\r\n\r\nMondays: Tie dye, 11 a.m.; Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nTuesdays: Marine Mammals of S.C., 11 a.m. (Sept. 17); CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Native American Dreamcatchers, 2 p.m. (Sept. 24); Beach Walk, 3 p.m.\r\n\r\nWednesdays: Sunrise Lighthouse Climb, 6:30 a.m. (Sept. 18), Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.; Stepping Stones, 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nThursdays: Interpretive Lighthouse Tour, 10 a.m. (Sept. 12); Driftwood painting, 11 a.m. (Sept. 19); CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.\r\n\r\nFridays: Lowcountry reptiles, 11 a.m. (Sept. 13, 27); Story River Dolphin Cruise, noon (Sept. 13); Fish printing, 2 p.m.; Story River Dolphin Cruise, 5:30 p.m. (Sept. 13).\r\n\r\nSaturdays: A Walk In The Woods, 10 a.m. (Sept. 28); Story River Dolphin Cruise, noon (Sept. 14); Dolphin Ecology Kayak Tour, 12:30 p.m. (Sept. 21); Turtle Time, 1 p.m. (Sept. 21); Creatures of the night, 2:30 p.m. (Sept. 14, 28); Story River Dolphin Cruise, 5:30 p.m. (Sept. 14); Full Moon Lighthouse Climb, 7:30 p.m. (Sept. 14).\r\n\r\nFor a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”\r\n\r\nAll are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Christian Women’s Connection</strong>\r\n\r\nPlease join the Beaufort Christian Women’s Connection for their fall catered luncheon and program Thursday, Sept. 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Sea Island Presbyterian Church, 81 Lady’s Island Drive. Nuances will feature a fashion show. Shannon Kaprive will speak on her journey on Becoming God’s Masterpiece. Cost is $18. Please reserve you spot by Sept. 13 by calling, texting or emailing Marti Myers at 843-321-0962 or <a href=\"mailto:puddlesportia@gmail.com\">puddlesportia@gmail.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Get moving with Beaufort Track Club</strong>\r\n\r\nJoin the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.\r\n\r\nVisit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Maye River Quilters Quilters Guild</strong>\r\n\r\nOn the first Saturday of every month, the Maye River Quilters Guild meets at Palmetto Electric Cooperative, 1 Cooperative Way, Hardeeville. Members meet at 9:30 a.m. for social exchange. The meeting starts at 10 a.m. Please call 847-707-6034.\r\n\r\n<strong>USCB to host women’s empowerment event Sept. 14</strong>\r\n\r\nHeal Her, Inc. presents, Passionately, Perfectly …Purposed, an event for women, avidly driven toward mental health, support, and the art of healing. The event aims to share the life stories of other women from different walks of life and to celebrate womanhood, femininity, and vulnerability. Proceeds will benefit Heal Her, Inc. Restorative Women’s Retreats, a 501c3 non-profit that assists women with fully funded restorative retreat stays, to provide a healing and nurturing environment for whole body and soul replenishment. This year’s event will feature several guest speakers and panelists. Panelists will join in a live interactive discussion with the audience members.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nPassionately, Perfectly…Purposed will take place Sept. 14 at the USCB Center for the Arts at 805 Carteret Street. This year’s event will include FREE Childcare. Ticket prices start at $25 and are available now at <a href=\"http://www.takiya-lashaune.com/events\">www.Takiya-LaShaune.com/events</a>.\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit <a href=\"http://www.Takiya-LaShaune.com/events\">www.Takiya-LaShaune.com/events</a> or follow Heal Her, Inc. on Instagram and Facebook @healherinc.\r\n\r\n<strong>Seaside Stitchers return to action</strong>\r\n\r\nThe American Sewing Guild (ASG) is a notional Organization of sewing enthusiasts. The S.C. Central Savannah River Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has a neighborhood group in the Beaufort area named Seaside Stitchers, which hs returned from hiatus. The meetings are the third Monday of the month at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club at 1 p.m. September 16 will be the first meeting in the new meeting place.\r\n\r\nMonthly meetings are for everyone who sews. It is for sewers of a variety of skill levels and interests so anyone who has an interest in sewing is encouraged to attend and find out what ASG is all about. For more information, go to <a href=\"http://www.asg.org/\">www.ASG.org</a>. For more information about Seaside Stitchers, contact Sheila Tindall at 843-838-9473\r\n\r\n<strong>Monday night is Movie Night at USCB Center for the Arts</strong>\r\n\r\nMonday night is Movie Night at the USCB Center for the Arts, celebrating inspiring documentaries: Honeyland and Raise Hell: The Live and Times of Molly Ivins.\r\n\r\nMonday movies start at 7 p.m. and all seats are $7. Tickets can be purchased online at uscbcenterforthearts.com or at the door.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSeptember 23: Honeyland – Nestled in an isolated mountain region deep within the Balkans, Hatidze Muratova lives with her ailing mother in a village without roads, electricity or running water. She’s the last in a long line of wild beekeepers, eking out a living farming honey in small batches to be sold in the closest city – a mere four hours’ walk away. Hatidze’s peaceful existence is thrown into upheaval by the arrival of an itinerant family, with their roaring engines, seven rambunctious children and herd of cattle. Hatidze optimistically meets the promise of change with an open heart, it doesn’t take long however, before a conflict evolves that exposes the fundamental tension between nature and humanity, harmony and discord, exploitation and sustainability.\r\n\r\nSeptember 30: Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins – Raise Hell tells the story of media firebrand Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on the Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it. Her razor sharp wit left both sides of the aisle laughing, and craving ink in her columns. She knew the Bill of Rights was in peril, and said “Polarizing people is a good way to win an election and a good way to wreck a country.” Molly’s words have proved prescient.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Parkinson’s support group</strong>\r\nA support group for individuals with Parkinson’s Disease and carepartners meets the first Thursday of each month at the Beaufort Memorial Lifefit Wellness Center from 1:30 to 3 p.m. For more information, visit our Facebook page or call Ric at 843-525-1229.\r\n\r\n<strong>4th Touch A Truck Fundraiser</strong>\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"http://www.jslbeaufort.com/\">Junior Service League of Beaufort</a> will host its 4th Touch A Truck fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 16 in downtown Port Royal from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Paris Avenue. Cost of admission is $5 per person.\r\n\r\nTouch A Truck is a family event that offers a unique and interactive experience for children of all ages. Children will have the opportunity to see, touch, and safely explore their favorite vehicles that serve our community.\r\n\r\nThe event will feature many different types of equipment to explore, including a fire truck, ambulance, a Humvee, construction vehicles, and even a helicopter. The entertainment area will include a variety of activities including face painting, bounce-houses for kids and much more. And to round out the experience, enjoy music and fabulous food, drinks, and libations available for purchase.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIn the case of rain, the event will be postponed to Dec. 7. Pets are not allowed at the event.\r\n\r\nCall Brittany Rosson at 618-967-6815 or visit <a href=\"http://www.touchatruckbeaufort.com/\">www.touchatruckbeaufort.com</a> for more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Legal clinics at downtown library</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Library is offering free legal clinics at the downtown branch at 311 Scott St.\r\n\r\nEach clinic will feature a 30- to 40-minute lecture followed by an open question-and-answer session. All session run from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m.\r\n\r\nGet free answers concerning bankruptcy law (Sept. 16), wills, estates and probate (Sept. 30), Landlord/tenant law issues (Oct. 14) and family law issues (Oct. 28).\r\n\r\nFor more information, call the S.C. Bar Pro Bono Program at 803-799-6653, ext. 158 or 1-877-797-2227, ext. 158 or visit <a href=\"http://www.scbar.org/clinics\">www.scbar.org/clinics</a>.\r\n\r\nThe clinics are not designed to provide guidance on a specific situation. If you need legal advice on a specific situation, you will need to contact an attorney.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-to-do-191', '', '', '2019-09-11 09:56:40', '2019-09-11 13:56:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41469', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41471, 4, '2019-09-11 09:57:52', '2019-09-11 13:57:52', '<h4>By LEE SCOTT</h4>\r\nThere are things in my house that I totally forget about until I suddenly need them. Like the pair of leather gloves and the wool hat in the basket in my front hall.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nI see that basket every time I open the front hallway closet, but it is only when the temperature drops during the winter months when I am conscious of their existence.\r\n\r\nIt is also the same with the Scrabble, Monopoly, and Battleship games that are under the bed in the grandkids bunk room. I vacuum in there throughout the year, but don’t think about the games until the kids come and it’s a rainy day, and somebody says, “Let’s play some games.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIt is then that I direct them to the forgotten item spot.\r\n\r\nMore of these hidden objects appeared this past week. The weatherman said “Something might come up the coast,” and we started to make our plans.\r\n\r\nThat is when I remembered, there is a cabinet in our kitchen that holds our day-to-day dishes. We open those doors numerous times throughout the day. I never notice the maps and checklists taped to the inside of the doors.\r\n\r\nI put them up there when we first moved into our home. There are the Beaufort County emergency numbers, the South Carolina evacuation route map, and emergency checklists. There is also our own evacuation emergency plan, because ultimately the generic lists don’t take into consideration our own personal essentials like our senior dog’s supplies and our other personal items.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMy husband knows to fill up the cars with fuel and get cash, but the gas for our little generator is a necessity too. If the lights go out, we can hook up the fridge and TV set. We also are reminded to get the old television antenna out of the attic for when the cable is out.\r\n\r\nAs I grabbed some dinner plates to set my dinner table, I looked at my checklists taped on the doors.\r\n\r\n“I wanted to continue to ignore you,” I said sadly. “I wanted you to stay hidden from me, just like my leather gloves, my wool cap, and the grandkid’s games.”\r\n\r\nBut instead of ignoring them, I pulled the checklists down and made a copy of each one. I proceeded to make check marks next to the items I knew I wanted to take and checked off the preparations we had to make before we left our home.\r\n\r\nIt was kind of sad, but sometimes, the weather is unpredictable, and you might as well be prepared. Besides, before long, I will open my cabinet doors to get the breakfast dishes and the checklists will be once again, some of those forgotten items.', 'The forgotten items', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-forgotten-items', '', '', '2019-09-11 09:57:52', '2019-09-11 13:57:52', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41471', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(41474, 4, '2019-09-11 10:09:46', '2019-09-11 14:09:46', '<h4>By SCOTT GRABER</h4>\r\nIt is Friday night and I’m sitting in the first balcony of the Shubert Theatre having just seen Aaron Sorkin’s rendition of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”\r\n\r\nFor Southerners of my generation, Harper Lee’s novel was the fictional narrative that forever defined the complexity and the tragedy of race relations in the American South. When the movie was released in 1962 it gave a much wider audience a heartbreaking, hauntingly beautiful portrait of the characters who populated the Southern landscape in 1934. For many of us who saw this movie (in 1963) it didn’t seem all that fictional or dated.\r\n\r\nAt the center of the novel, and the movie, is Atticus Finch. He is a middle-aged widower trying to raise two precocious children (Scout and Jem) with the help of their African-American maid, Calpurnia. In the movie this small town lawyer living in lower Alabama is played by Gregory Peck.\r\n\r\nGregory Peck became — the instant we saw him in the role — the personification of a dignified, decent, conflicted Southern white man trying to remain dignified and decent in the segregated, unquestionably unequal, undeniably unfair society then existing in Depression-ravaged Alabama.\r\n\r\nWhen I first learned that Aaron Sorkin (of West Wing fame) was doing a remake, I assumed he was coming after Atticus Finch in an effort to diminish his dignity. I assumed he would use Harper Lee’s other novel, Go Set a Watchman, and rumors about Lee’s actual father to portray Atticus as less than noble. I assumed that Sorkin was going after the notion that there were decent, dignified white men living in the American South in 1934.\r\n\r\nI was wrong.\r\n\r\nI am here to say that the current remake of To Kill a Mockingbird has preserved the Gregory Peck persona — the notion there were Southern men who risked their livelihoods, the lives of their children, to protect their wrongly accused African American kinsmen. But I know that this notion (of decent and dignified White men) runs counter to the current commonly held view that no such men existed.\r\n\r\nIn Sorkin’s version, Atticus is played by Jeff Daniels of Newsroom fame. Daniels is the same troubled lawyer that we got in Gregory Peck.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut in Sorkin’s re-telling there is real tension between Atticus and his son, Jem. (In the movie it was Scout, the daughter, who was the ‘fighter’). In the play Jem is appalled when his father will not condemn or physically fight the play’s fulminating, frothing racist, Bob Ewell. He sees his father as weak. A coward.\r\n\r\nCalpurnia (in the play) is also angry at Atticus for his insistence that everyone, including the racist villain, deserves respect. In one hard-to-hear exchange, Atticus talks about the desperation of white farmers (this is the Depression) and how one must ‘crawl into their skin’ to understand their desperation and anger.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCalpurnia is not buying any of this and makes her exasperation with her boss clear. Her persona is a dramatic departure from the sweet-talking, substitute mother character that we got in the movie version. Both Jem and Calpurnia believe the Bob Ewell is the personification, the essence of evil.\r\n\r\nYears ago — this is a digression — I was working in Africa with my Congolese friend, Herve Miabiligana, and asked, “How do people like Mobutu Sese Seko, Robert Mugabe and Idi Amin happen? Why do they seem to happen most often in Africa?”\r\n\r\n“In this world, Scott, there is something called evil,” he said. “And evil has found a home in Mugabe and Mobutu.”\r\n\r\n“Really, Herve? Evil?” I said.\r\n\r\n“Yes,” he replied. “There is simply no other way to explain the horror they have brought to my people.”\r\n\r\nBut there is a danger in accepting the notion that some people are evil. That means that there is no negotiation, no compromise, no redemption for these folks.\r\n\r\nIf someone is evil, then you simply kill them. And in the novel, the movie and the play, Bob Ewell is dispatched, without regret, in the final scene.\r\n\r\nThroughout history we have seen what happens when political leaders persuade the public that some group — think Jews, Tutsis and Chinese Uygurs — is evil. This is not to say that people are never cruel, or catastrophically wrong.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut I’m not ready to believe that anyone, including the hate-spewing Bob Ewell, is acting under the direct influence of Satan. I cannot believe that Satan, or evil, can work his or its way into one’s subcutaneous tissue.\r\n\r\nAaron Sorkin’s play — like the movie — is narrated by his children, Jem and Scout. Their simple, child-like voices give the play an honesty and innocence. (I would have liked to have the musical score we got in the movie.)\r\n\r\nBut In the end, this version paints the picture of a thoughtful, decent man trying — trying his damnedest — to do the right thing.', 'It’s still the same Atticus Finch – decent and good', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'its-still-the-same-atticus-finch-decent-and-good', '', '', '2019-09-11 10:09:46', '2019-09-11 14:09:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=41474', 0, 'post', '', 0);
