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(40304, 4, '2019-06-11 10:30:05', '2019-06-11 14:30:05', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By BILL RAUCH</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You know you’re writing a story the government doesn’t want to see in print when you ask the Beaufort City Man ager to provide you with some city expenditures, and the next day you get an email from the City Attorney saying the government wants $87/hr. for researching the information. The City Attorney’s hourly rate is about twice $87/hr.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That’s the first chapter of this story.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Did I pay?<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No. The numbers here are all public information in the sense they have been published here or elsewhere and not refuted, or that they are tucked away in the city’s website. I dug them out myself, and in one case with the help of my friend, another former Beaufort mayor, David Taub.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here’s the story. And it is easy to see why the government doesn’t want it told.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The City of Beaufort paid $1.8million, much of which it borrowed, to purchase The Beaufort Commerce&nbsp; Park out by the Air Station now seven years ago. The City has now paid an additional quarter of a million dollars in interest payments to finance the borrowed portion of the purchase price.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Moreover the city has paid for paving, streetlights, electrical upgrades, sewer, gas availability, and broadband access for the park, capital expenditures that taken together exceed $150,000.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, the city has paid to maintain the Commerce Park (mowing, policing, signage etc) out of its operating budget, costs that are difficult to break out but which certainly exceed $50,000 over the past seven years.<br> So that’s altogether an easy $2,250,000 the City has in the park.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now, given that Mayor Keyserling’s stated purpose for purchasing the park in 2012 was to create jobs, as the government puts the finishing touches on its upcoming budget what has the city got to show after seven years for those dollars? How’s the return on investment (ROI) looking?<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to materials furnished by the Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation, there are two businesses currently operating out of the park: Oliver’s Bush-hogging and Clean Burning which together employ 16, and Limuli Laboratories that employs three people full-time and 12 seasonally. Oliver opened up in 2005, and Limuli arrived after the city took ownership.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The unpleasant reality is therefore that the city’s move to buy the 158 acre park seven years ago has resulted in there being three new full-time jobs at the park. To be brutally businesslike about it, it is fair to say therefore that the three Limuli jobs have come at the cost to the city’s taxpayers of $775,000 each.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Oh yes, there are nowadays, as there have always been, prospects. I remember four years ago my friend Beaufort City Councilwoman Donnie Beer saying when she was running for re-election: “You have to be patient.”<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ROI could change. Or of course it could get worse. But now there’s broadband. Now there’s sewer. Under a new federal law now 60 percent of the park is a South Carolina Opportunity Zone, meaning that under some circumstances capital gains taxes can be sheltered by investing there.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And, yes, there are investors interested in investing there, according to Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation Executive Director John O’Toole. O’Toole has, for example an investor standing by to build a 50,000 sq. ft. spec building in the park, if Beaufort County will provide him with sufficient Incentives. He has a couple of other — undoubtedly Opportunity Zone — investors on the line too, he says. If anyone can pull the city’s bacon out of the fire, it’s O’Toole.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But these would be buildings being built to shelter taxes. They are not employers standing by to move jobs into the park.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p> The employers, the recent record shows, seem often to prefer Bluffton where incidentally there is another spec building poised to request incentives from the county.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“How many spec buildings should we be building?” one county councilman asked last week. “I didn’t know we were even in that business.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Bill Rauch was the mayor of Beaufort from 1999-2008. Email Bill at TheRauchReport@gmail.com.</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort’s Commerce Park still adrift in the doldrums ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beauforts-commerce-park-still-adrift-in-the-doldrums%e2%80%a8', '', '', '2019-06-12 10:33:05', '2019-06-12 14:33:05', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40304', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40308, 4, '2019-06-11 07:52:27', '2019-06-11 11:52:27', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The lights will be shining bright at Burton Wells Park in Beaufort this weekend, as two Dixie Youth Baseball all-star tournaments get underway.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Burton Wells will host the District 8 tournaments for the Minors (9-10) and O-Zone (11-12) divisions beginning Friday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The O-Zone tournament will feature Colleton County versus Bluffton in the first game at 6 p.m., followed by Hilton Head versus host Beaufort at 8 p.m. Play continues through Monday’s championship game with the winning team advancing to the state tournament in Bluffton next month.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Host Beaufort drew a first-round bye in the Minors tournament and will face the winner of Friday’s 6 p.m. matchup between Bluffton American and Bluffton National at 10 a.m. Saturday. Hilton Head will face Colleton County in Friday’s second game at 8 p.m. The district champion will advance to the state tournament from July 13-18 in Anderson.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The AA Machine Pitch (7-8) district tournament is slated to begin June 21 in Walterboro with the top two teams advancing to the state tournament July 6-9 in Florence. Beaufort will open against Hilton Head at 8 p.m. on June 21.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Youth baseball all-star tourneys begin Friday', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'youth-baseball-all-star-tourneys-begin-friday', '', '', '2019-06-13 07:53:26', '2019-06-13 11:53:26', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40308', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40310, 4, '2019-06-11 07:53:37', '2019-06-11 11:53:37', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The marathon that is the qualifying process for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo is still in the early stages, but Beaufort’s CJ Cummings has put himself in excellent position to see his dream become a reality.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After his performance at the IWF Youth World Championships earlier this month in Fiji, Cummings climbed to the top of the IWF’s qualification rankings — not just for the 73kg weight class, but across all weight classes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cummings’ absolute ranking score of 3016.5507 points gives him a cushion of more than 208 points over the No. 2 lifter on the list —&nbsp;Akbar Djuraev of Uzbekistan —roughly equivalent to the gap between second place and seventh.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cummings’ nearest competitor in the 73kg weight class is China’s Zhiyong Shi, who is ranked ninth. Four other 73kg lifters are ranked in the top 25 and another seven are ranked from 26th through 36th.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“With over a year to go before the Olympics and many more qualifying competitions to come, it means that CJ is in a good place at present,” said Team Beaufort coach Ray Jones. “When you look at the different weight classes, CJ‘s is the most competitive and we would not want it any other way. Picture it as a marathon — there is still a lot more race till the finish line.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cummings’ next competition is the Junior Pan American Championships later this month in Havana, Cuba.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Cummings tops latest Olympic qualifying list', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cummings-tops-latest-olympic-qualifying-list', '', '', '2019-06-13 07:54:19', '2019-06-13 11:54:19', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40310', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40313, 4, '2019-06-11 08:00:09', '2019-06-11 12:00:09', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The state of South Carolina on Monday, June 10, announced the award of a contract for a new statewide voting system.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After a lengthy evaluation of numerous proposals, an evaluation panel unanimously selected the Election Systems and Software (ES&amp;S) ExpressVote voting system. The new paper-based system will replace the state’s aging paperless system that has been in place since 2004.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This is an exciting day for the future of elections in South Carolina,” Marci Andino, executive director of the State Election Commission, said in a release. “This system will not only provide voters with a dependable system for years to come, but it will also greatly enhance the security and resilience of our election process.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We will now be able to audit paper ballots to verify results. This is a significant measure that will go a long way in providing voters and election officials the assurance that every vote is counted just as the voter intended.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ExpressVote ballot-marking device provides voters with the familiarity of a touchscreen combined with the security of a paper ballot. Voters will navigate the ballot and make selections using a touchscreen. After verifying selections, voters will print their paper ballot.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Voters will then have the opportunity to review the paper ballot before inserting it into a scanner. The scanner counts the votes, and the paper ballot is automatically dropped into a ballot box. Votes are recorded on the scanner, and the paper ballots are saved for auditing and verification of results.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The award was made after a six-month procurement process overseen by the S.C. Department of Administration and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. An evaluation panel made up of the five members of the State Election Commission considered a total of seven proposals including both hand-marked and ballot-marking systems from three voting system providers.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Our job was to find the best system out there for the voters of South Carolina,” John Wells, Chairman of the State Election Commission, said. “We were looking for a system that is secure, accurate, accessible, auditable, transparent, reliable and easy for poll managers and voters to use. Over the course of our six-week review, we read the proposals, participated in the demonstrations, and heard from industry experts. In the end, one clearly stood out above the rest.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The panel was advised by state and private cybersecurity experts, advocates for voters with disabilities, experts on accessible technology, national voting system technology consultants, and county and state election administrators. After deliberation and independent scoring by panel members, the panel unanimously selected the ExpressVote voting system as being the most advantageous to the voters of South Carolina.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The cost of the system is approximately $51 million. The system will be implemented this year and be used to conduct all elections after January 1, 2020.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more on South Carolina’s new statewide voting system, visit <a href=\"https://www.scvotes.org/new-voting-system-faqs\">https://www.scvotes.org/new-voting-system-faqs</a>.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'State selects new paper-based voting system', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'state-selects-new-paper-based-voting-system', '', '', '2019-06-13 08:04:38', '2019-06-13 12:04:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40313', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40316, 4, '2019-06-11 08:00:49', '2019-06-11 12:00:49', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More than 80 residents, invited by the Sea Island Coalition to a meeting to discuss traffic plans for Sunset Blvd., turned out June 4 loaded with questions and ideas for managing traffic in the riverfront neighborhood.<br>\nAfter a brief review of the Lady\'s Island Plan by Sea Island Coalition\'s Chuck Newton and Robert Merchant of the County Community Development Department, County Engineer Robert McFee chaired a session designed to get residents\' views of future traffic management on Sunset Boulevard, which currently carries about 3,000 vehicles per day.<br>\nThe large group was divided into three smaller groups during the event, during which residents charted concerns on flip charts for discussions. Concerns and ideas from fell into four general categories: Traffic \"calming,\" traffic enforcement, environmental/character preservation and volume management.<br>\nOf 154 votes cast on different ideas during the meeting, environmental and \"character preservation\" issues led the list, with 40 percent of total votes. Volume management concerns fell into second place (28 percent) with traffic calming garnering 17 percent of responses and traffic enforcement registering 15 percent.<br>\nMcFee told the group that its input was important, as no work has yet been done on Sunset Blvd. projects approved in a county-wide funding referendum last November. The only one of the nine projects approved by voters on which design work is under way is a new right-turn-only lane at Sam\'s Point Road southbound at the Sea Island Parkway.<br>\n\"We appreciate everyone taking time out of their schedules to review this project with us,” McFee said in a release. “Real work on Sunset Blvd is likely 18 months away, and I assure you that comments from tonight\'s meeting will provide guidance for the process.\"<br>\nMcFee noted that there would be additional opportunities for public input before work would begin on any Sunset Blvd projects.<br>\nTo read more about The Lady\'s Island Plan and the Lady\'s Island Corridor Traffic Study, visit https://tinyurl.com/y6o5dafx.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Sunset Blvd. residents turn out for ‘ideas’ meeting', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sunset-blvd-residents-turn-out-for-ideas-meeting', '', '', '2019-06-13 08:04:04', '2019-06-13 12:04:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40316', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40318, 4, '2019-06-11 08:01:26', '2019-06-11 12:01:26', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Council Chairman Stu Rodman has announced that Sarah Brock has been appointed Clerk to Council, a position which is responsible for myriad essential support functions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The role includes legal compliance with the notice, preparation, and minutes of all council meetings and public hearings. The Clerk to Council also maintains all agendas, minutes, ordinances, resolutions, records and other legal documents associated with County Council.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Further, the role involves ensuring compliance with state and federal laws, including the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts. The Clerk to Council is also responsible for handling attendance and record-keeping for County Council regular and committee meetings and oversees the administration of the oath-of-office for all newly-elected officials.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“On behalf of Beaufort County Council, we extend a warm welcome to Sarah. Her competencies and skills match well to the challenges of being Clerk to Council,” Council Chairman Stu Rodman said in a release.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Vice Chairman Paul Sommerville echoed Rodman’s sentiments and added that Sarah’s strong educational and work background make her an exceptional choice.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sarah is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communications and the Charleston School of Law with a Juris Doctorate Degree.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Her professional experience includes WTOC-TV, PruittHealth, the law firm of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth and Detrick, and most recently, the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sarah and her husband Michael, an investigator with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, have two children. Her community service includes participating in organizations such as the Beaufort County School District Choices Program, Boys and Girls Club of Jasper County, Lowcountry Young Professionals and the Lions Club.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sarah is a former member of the Board of Directors for Riverview Charter School and a past president of the Business Networking International, Beaufort Chapter.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Both Rodman and Sommerville, on behalf of County Council, indicated their thanks and appreciation to Sue Rainey for 36 years of loyal and dedicated service as Clerk to Council. After retiring from the County, Rainey continued her public service on a part-time basis to help ensure a smooth transition.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'County Council appoints Sarah Brock as clerk', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'county-council-appoints-sarah-brock-as-clerk', '', '', '2019-06-13 08:03:23', '2019-06-13 12:03:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40318', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40320, 4, '2019-06-11 08:01:48', '2019-06-11 12:01:48', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Brent Cooper has grown accustomed to collecting accolades from the Association of Directory Publishers, but the owner of Lady’s Island-based CPC was floored by the recognition his company received at the trade group’s annual convention earlier this month.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 2019 edition of the Lowcountry Phone Directory won eight awards in the international competition for Yellow Pages publishers, including Directory of the Year for phone books with a distribution of 50,001 or more.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, Cooper’s company was named Publisher of the Year, and he was re-elected to a three-year term on the ADP’s board of directors during the annual convention in New Orleans.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I feel like we hit the jackpot,” Cooper said in a release. “We go to a lot of effort to make sure the Lowcountry Phone Directory is something special, and to have that effort recognized by our industry peers is very gratifying.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Lowcountry Phone Directory has won several ADP Gold Book Awards in recent years, and the 2019 prize haul was the biggest yet. By claiming six first-place awards and one second-place in various categories, CPC also won an additional prize — the points competition for Publisher of the Year.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Brent Cooper and his employees should be very proud of the awards they won,” said Cindi Aldrich, president and CEO of ADP. “His company exemplifies the excellent creativity used to effectively market his directories and his advertisers’ products and services.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to the directory and publisher of the year competitions, the Lowcountry Phone Directory took first place in:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Excellence in Marketing Magazine and Newspaper;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Excellence in Marketing Outdoors;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Excellence in Cover Design, Print;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Excellence in Cover Design, Product Branding;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Excellence in Directory Ad Effectiveness, Design and Print</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The directory finished second in the Excellence in Marketing Sales Support Collateral competition.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>ADP was founded in 1898 and includes members from the U.S., Canada and other nations.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Its Gold Book Awards are a jury- and peer-voted recognition of outstanding Yellow Pages production and marketing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>CPC is owned and operated by Cooper, the company’s founder and a Beaufort native.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Lowcountry Phone Directory wins 8 national awards', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-phone-directory-wins-8-national-awards', '', '', '2019-06-13 08:02:48', '2019-06-13 12:02:48', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40320', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40322, 4, '2019-06-11 08:04:43', '2019-06-11 12:04:43', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted the 2019 Civitas Awards Celebration presented by Lockheed Martin and Servpro on Friday, June 7. The annual Civitas Awards recognize outstanding businesses, organizations, and individuals who are exemplary in our region.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 2019 award recipients:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Outstanding Lowcountry Young Professional, sponsored by University of South Carolina Beaufort:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Patrick Cunningham</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Outstanding Leadership Beaufort Alumnus, sponsored by Alliance Consulting Engineers:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ross Vezin</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Outstanding Employee, sponsored by Beaufort Memorial Hospital:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kendra Twitty, CAPA of Beaufort</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tourism Leadership, sponsored by the Greater Beaufort-Port Royal Convention &amp; Visitors Bureau:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pat Conroy Literary Center</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Outstanding Nonprofit, sponsored by Hargray:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Adaptive Golf Experience</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Excellence in Free Enterprise, sponsored by Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Seaside Grown</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Regional Economic Impact, sponsored by Merrill Lynch-Bank of America:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Alpha Genesis, Inc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Junior Enlisted Service Member of the Year, sponsored by Lockheed Martin:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>LCpl Ashanti Washington</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year, sponsored by Lockheed Martin:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cpl Kathryn Adams</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lifetime of Leadership, sponsored by Previous Lifetime of Leadership Recipients:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ed Duryea<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Civitas award winners announced for 2019', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'civitas-award-winners-announced-for-2019', '', '', '2019-06-13 08:06:00', '2019-06-13 12:06:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40322', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40324, 4, '2019-06-13 08:07:32', '2019-06-13 12:07:32', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Julie Jones has been selected as the new Chief Financial Officer of Beaufort Academy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Julie Jones brings an excellent and diverse finance background to the position,” Beaufort Academy Head of School Dan Durbin said in a release. “We are looking forward to her leadership in our finance department.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jones, a current BA parent and head swim coach, holds two Bachelor’s degrees – one in Journalism and Mass Communications, another in Accounting, graduating Cum Laude.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most recently, Jones held the position of Cash Manager for the cast-iron cookware company Le Creuset. For more than two years, Jones worked in the company\'s corporate office located in Early Branch, managing the banking relationships and vendor/customer accounts for their wholesale division, and 90 Le Creuset retail stores.<br>\nJones, and her husband, Jake, have two children attending Beaufort Academy – Claire, a rising 5th grader, and Trevor, a rising 7th grader.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"We chose Beaufort Academy for our children because we were drawn to the close-knit environment,\" says Julie. \"We love being part of a family within the community, one that truly cares about their student\'s future and educational successes. The BA atmosphere reflects the essential characteristics of leadership not only within the school, but beyond campus in the Beaufort community.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am proud to not only be a BA parent and coach, but to also serve as the new CFO, an integral part of Beaufort Academy\'s future.\"<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Jones tabbed as new Beaufort Academy CFO', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'jones-tabbed-as-new-beaufort-academy-cfo', '', '', '2019-06-13 08:07:33', '2019-06-13 12:07:33', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40324', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40327, 4, '2019-06-13 08:09:38', '2019-06-13 12:09:38', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A Beaufort High School senior was named Wednesday, June 5 as the Beaufort County School District\'s third National Merit Scholarship winner.<br>\nAlan Wiser\'s national recognition came in the latest round of announcements by the National Merit Scholarship Corp.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>May River High\'s Faith Shupard and Hilton Head Island High\'s Meaghan Lyons were named in earlier announcements.<br> Wiser competed with 15,000 national finalists to earn one of 7,600 college scholarships worth more than $31 million. The new round of announcements covers scholarships sponsored by specific colleges and universities.<br> <br>Wiser\'s scholarship will be funded by Clemson University, where he plans to study computer science.<br><br> \"Alan is a terrific young man with a very bright future, and we\'re very proud of him,\" Interim Superintendent Herb Berg said.<br> <br>About 1.6 million high school juniors from more than 22,000 American high schools entered the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.<br> <br>To advance to the final round of competition, each semifinalist had to submit a detailed application that provided information about the student\'s academic record, participation in school and community activities, leadership abilities, honors and awards.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, each semifinalist had to be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay and earn SAT scores that confirmed the student\'s earlier score on the qualifying test.<br>\nEventual scholarship winners were the finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort High senior is district\'s 3rd National Merit Scholar', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-high-senior-is-districts-3rd-national-merit-scholar', '', '', '2019-06-13 08:09:40', '2019-06-13 12:09:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40327', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40330, 4, '2019-06-13 08:11:41', '2019-06-13 12:11:41', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ten Whale Branch Early College High School seniors picked up their high school diplomas Wednesday, June 5 having already earned two years of college course credits.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The students took advantage of a partnership with the Technical College of the Lowcountry that allows Whale Branch students to take college courses – and earn two-year associate’s degrees – while still in high school at no cost to themselves or their parents.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The TCL degree represents a two-year head-start as the students work toward earning a Bachelor’s degree or entering the workforce.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Five Whale Branch seniors actually earned “double” TCL associate’s degrees in both Arts and Science. They are Nathan Everly, Jakhiya McKee, Allie Rodgers, Christopher Sanders, and Tamira Singleton.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Five seniors earned associate’s degrees in Arts. They are Jaren Anthony Cantorna, Tynaysia Evans, Hezekiah Jackson, Kalen Stokes, and Nia Sutton.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nine other seniors will graduate from Whale Branch on June 5 with college certificates for completing significant college-level coursework at TCL: Carlos Cave, Keona Dopson, Jamari Evans, Jaheem Hazel, Isayra Leija Hernandez, Christopher Lyons, Trevaughn Nelson, Marion Smalls and Stephen Triplett.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The joint WBECHS-TCL initiative is completing its eighth year. While any district student can take college-level courses at TCL, Whale Branch’s instructional program is built around its TCL partnership. Eighteen percent of this year’s graduates completed college classes and earned college credits.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Whale Branch’s early college program gives students the ability to earn a four-year college degree in just two years,” said Interim Superintendent Herb Berg. “That represents a tremendous financial advantage for students and their families.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Brooke Everly, who graduated from Whale Branch in 2016 with double associates degrees from TCL, went on to graduate from The Citadel in 2018 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, then graduated from The Citadel Graduate College on May 4 with a Master’s in Arts Degree in Biology.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>College courses are offered on site at Whale Branch, and students (as early as Grade 9 if they qualify) have the option of taking additional courses at the TCL campus. Among some of the most popular college courses are Probability and Statistics, College Algebra, Western Civilization and English Composition I.<br><br><em>From left, Jakhiya McKee, Tamira Singleton, Christopher Sanders, Allie Rodgers, Nathan Everly</em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Whale Branch seniors earn two-year college degrees', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'whale-branch-seniors-earn-two-year-college-degrees', '', '', '2019-06-13 08:11:44', '2019-06-13 12:11:44', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40330', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40333, 4, '2019-06-11 08:12:36', '2019-06-11 12:12:36', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>American Legion Beaufort Post 9 has awarded scholarships to six area Class of 2019 high school graduates headed to accredited colleges and universities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Katherine Reilly (Wofford College), Emily Oldham (College of Charleston), David Mathai (Babson College), Carolyn Moss (South Carolina), Margaret Aimar (St. Andrews) and Mary Cooper (South Carolina) each received a substantial scholarship from the American Legion.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The graduates have to apply for the scholarships. The high schools in Post 9’s area – Beaufort High School, Beaufort Academy and John Paul II – were contacted and asked for applicants. Beaufort High did not submit any applicants this year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reilly and Oldham attended John Paul II. The rest attended Beaufort Academy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Post 9 awards college scholarships to students who demonstrate an understanding of what it means to be a good citizen of the United States. The awards are based on the number of scholarships awarded up to a maximum of $5000 for 2019, as determined by the Executive Committee.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The scholarships will be paid directly to the accredited schools to which the applicants are registered to attend. &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All applications become the property of The American Legion, Beaufort Post 9 and the awarding decisions are made by the Executive Committee of Post 9.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Applications must include a copy of applicant’s latest transcript indicating the current GPA, and a letter of recommendation from a faculty member of the applicant’s school. Letter(s) of recommendation from each community volunteer organization and/or job supervisor, if applicable, are also required.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The community letter(s) should include the applicant’s position, the number of hours worked each week, and the number of months applicant was active.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'American Legion gives scholarships to 6 local graduates', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'american-legion-gives-scholarships-to-6-local-graduates', '', '', '2019-06-13 08:14:59', '2019-06-13 12:14:59', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40333', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40335, 4, '2019-06-13 08:24:06', '2019-06-13 12:24:06', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>Pillars of History Project commemorates combination of Beaufort, Robert Smalls and St. Helena schools into modern-day Beaufort High School</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By MIKE MCCOMBS</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Several hundred people gathered Saturday, June 8 at Beaufort High School to celebrate the unveiling of the Pillars of History project.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The project, consisting of four informational and commemorative columns at Beaufort High, honors the 1971 formation of Beaufort High through the integration-driven consolidation of the old Beaufort High School (the Tidal Waves), Robert Smalls High (the Generals) and St. Helena School (the Eagles).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The project was the brainchild of longtime Beaufort High School track coach Herbert Glaze. Glaze began teaching at the school a year after integration in 1972 and has been there for 47 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It was something I wanted to do from some time ago to let people see the significance and the history of how the three schools came together,” Glaze said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":40337,\"align\":\"left\",\"width\":379,\"height\":548} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/RES1535-706x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40337\" width=\"379\" height=\"548\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Glaze said most students and faculty know little of the history of the three schools, including one teacher who has been at the school for 18 years ans told him she had no idea.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When integration came, the school board voted 4-3 to name the new school Beaufort High School, taking the name of the all-white school. They also voted to have the school adopt the green and white colors of Robert Smalls and the Eagles mascot of St. Helena.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Numerous faculty, staff and students from the three schools attended the ceremony.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Many came to speak and reflected on what happened. It was very positive and very good,” Glaze said. “I think it was pretty successful. People are talking about it in a positive way. The pillars reflect the formation of the school, and I hope it is something that will stay there.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Beaufort High is one of the unique schools in the state because of the way they came together to form one.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Top: Three former school principals light their candles to form one unified Beaufort High School during the Pillars of History ceremony Saturday at BHS. From left are Jonathan Francis, Jr. representing his father who was principal at St. Helena School; Ellen Richardson of Robert Smalls High; Billy Dunford, principal of Beaufort High and Charity Summer, current principal of Beaufort High. <strong>Photo by Bob Sofaly </strong></em><br><br><em>Center: Herbert Glaze unveils one of the Pillars of History during the Pillars of History ceremony on Saturday, June 8 at Beaufort High School. Seated at left is former BHS principal Jonathan Francis Jr. who’s father was principal at St. Helena School, which integrated with two other schools to form the current Beaufort High School. <strong>Photo by Bob Sofaly</strong></em><br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'And the 3 became 1', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'and-the-3-became-1', '', '', '2019-06-13 08:24:08', '2019-06-13 12:24:08', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40335', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40339, 4, '2019-06-13 08:25:58', '2019-06-13 12:25:58', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There was a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday, June 8 for a new security gate at the Beaufort County Airport.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The celebration came after a year-long fundraising campaign and installation by the Beaufort Aviation Association. Twenty-eight donors contributed a total of $23,700 allowing the gate to be constructed and installed without any public funding.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to Beaufort Aviation Association president James Atkins, the security gate prevents unauthorized vehicles from entering the airport and reduces the potential of vandalism, terrorism and theft from the aircraft hangars.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The gate should mean no more unauthorized vehicles on the ramp, taxiway or runway, which could have become a problem with the increased traffic on Airport Circle, which runs in front of the relatively new Lady’s Island Walmart.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“There are certainly more people in the area due to Walmart and the associated development,” Beaufort County Airport director Jon Rembold said in an email. “We haven’t had any serious issues but we would rather be proactive when it comes to the safety of the public.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort County Airport, located at 39 Airport Circle on Lady’s Island, is a county-owned, public-use airport three nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Beaufort. It is also known as Frogmore Island Airport or Frogmore Intranational Airport.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort County Airport celebrates new security gate', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-county-airport-celebrates-new-security-gate', '', '', '2019-06-13 08:26:00', '2019-06-13 12:26:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40339', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40342, 4, '2019-06-13 08:27:39', '2019-06-13 12:27:39', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As part of the Y’s commitment to reduce drowning rates and keep kids safe in and around the water, the Beaufort–Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry will provide scholarships for swim instruction and water safety to children from underserved communities in Beaufort and Jasper counties in 2019.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fatal drowning is the second-leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 14. In ethnically diverse communities, the youth drowning rate is two to three times higher than the national average, according to a USA Swimming study.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Additionally, 64 percent of African-American children, 45 percent of Latino children, and 40 percent of Caucasian children have no or low swimming ability.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Educating children how to be safe around water is just as important as teaching them to look both ways before they cross the street,” Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director at the Wardle Family YMCA, said in a release. “The Y teaches children of all ages and backgrounds that water should be fun, not feared, and this practice not only saves lives it builds confidence.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Y has been a leader in providing swim lessons and water safety for more than 100 years, pioneering group swim lessons in 1906. The Wardle Family YMCA continues to help youth and adults experience the joy and benefits of swimming, so they can be healthy, confident and secure in the water.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To learn more about Wardle Family YMCA swim programs including lessons, swim team, and Aqua Camp, contact Lou Bergen at 843-522-9622, ext. 236 or <a href=\"mailto:l.bergen@wardlefamilyymca.org\">l.bergen@wardlefamilyymca.org</a>.<br>\n<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'YMCA providing 100 scholarships for swim lessons', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ymca-providing-100-scholarships-for-swim-lessons', '', '', '2019-06-13 08:27:42', '2019-06-13 12:27:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40342', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40345, 4, '2019-06-13 08:29:46', '2019-06-13 12:29:46', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A Beaufort man who once served time in state prison will now serve a 10-year federal sentence for firearms offenses.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wade Deon McKeithen, 36, pleaded guilty in January and was sentenced Friday, May 31 for two counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Senior U.S. District Judge Margaret B. Seymour of Charleston sentenced McKeithen to 10 yearsin prison, five years for each count. The sentences are to be served consecutively.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Carra Henderson of the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office prosecutedthe case, part of a longstanding partnership to target career criminals in Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Colleton and Allendale counties. The partnership between the Solicitor’s Office and U.S. Attorney’s Office began in 2015 and has resulted in convictions against 38 defendants.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It allows Henderson to prosecute 14th Circuit offenders in federal court, where penalties for gun,drug and organized-crime offenses are typically more severe than in state courts. Henderson was the first state-level prosecutor in South Carolina to be fully embedded with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While on parole in 2015, McKeithen ran from police during a traffic stop and crashed the Chevy Impala he was driving into a drainage ditch. Cocaine, Oxycodone and a methamphetamine mixture were found in the Chevy, along with a .40-caliber handgun and ammunition.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During a subsequent traffic stop in October 2016, Beaufort Police found cash, drug paraphernalia, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and a loaded 9 mm handgun and magazine with 16 rounds in a vehicle that McKeithen was a passenger.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The vehicle was pulled over for violating a curfew during Hurricane Matthew.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>McKeithen’s criminal history includes 12 years in a state prison for armed robbery with a deadlyweapon, and assault and battery with intent to kill. <br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Prosecution partnership sends Beaufort man back to prison', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'prosecution-partnership-sends-beaufort-man-back-to-prison', '', '', '2019-06-13 08:29:49', '2019-06-13 12:29:49', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40345', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40379, 4, '2019-06-19 06:36:03', '2019-06-19 10:36:03', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By DAVID TAUB</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I am a critic of poor decisions made by Beaufort’s government, particularly for ill-considered projects that cost taxpayers lots of dollars without much return.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Recently, City Councilman Stephen Murray, and Shelley Barratt, of the Beaufort Digital Corridor (BDC) gave me a guided tour. I was pleasantly surprised and much impressed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2014, the City of Beaufort bought the building at 500 Carteret Street for $1.25 million, to be used for parking and possibly a small parking garage.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Public opinion was strongly opposed to a parking garage at that location, and consequently it died on the vine. Currently, parking is used by BDC occupants and some spaces for the city’s general use.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The city considered several incubator/tech-focused projects that could occupy the on-site building after appropriate upfitting to re-purpose it.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s City Fathers decided to emulate Charleston’s successful high-tech “digital corridor,” contracting with them for the first year’s management, thereby avoiding problems that often plague de novo startups.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The BDC is a stand-alone corporation formed under the 501.c.6 rules of the IRS; it is not a subdivision of city government. The BDC’s mission is to nurture and provide support to technology entrepreneurs. To that end, It offers networking opportunities, continuing education and member-driven programs to help grow the tech economy locally.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It provides office space, and other support resources, such as a conference room, meeting space, teaching space and a kitchen, and numerous technology programs. Twice a year BDC conducts a two-week training camp, and frequent seminars in related high-tech subjects.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These types of entrepreneurial operations typically are small, usually one- to four-person companies.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They do not directly generate lots of jobs by hiring outside employees. Each tenant pays rent, based on size, and each company pays for its own city business licenses.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Because the building is city owned, no property taxes are generated; currently, BDC uses about 5,000 square feet, about one-third of the total.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BDC generates modest income from the rental of offices, conference or meeting space, parking, membership in BDC and donations.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All 10 offices downstairs are occupied and BDC is negotiating with the city for expansion.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Other benefits accrue from having a dynamic nucleus of high-tech industries in downtown Beaufort. For example, BDC provides training for high school and college students in this critically important arena, at low or no cost, which helps prepare our local students for entry into the highly competitive global marketplace that now requires competency in high-tech skills.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Additionally, there are six co-working desks available on a first come/first served basis. Users must provide their own hardware; sometimes technical assistance may be available.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How much did starting BDC cost the city taxpayers?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since BDC uses one-third of the space, about $412,500 can be allocated to BDC for the building’s purchase. Loss of property taxes, about $7,000/year, tally about $21,000 to-date.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The city underwrote a one-year management contract ($150,000) and provides yearly support for operations of $50,000, about $150,000 for the past three years.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These basic costs total about $733,500.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I have long expounded on the importance for Beaufort’s decision makers to conduct sophisticated cost/benefit analyses before launching major costly projects.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But sometimes particular projects do not easily lend themselves to side-by-side comparisons of quantitative metrics — dollars out vs dollars in — and the BDC may well fit that model.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So-called “intangible” benefits are almost impossible to quantify, yet they may be singularly important aspects of any meaningful analysis; e.g., contributing to the high-tech education of our local student body.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One office is occupied by a USC Beaufort professor, and BDC has strong professional interfaces with USCB and TCL.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It seems that the BDC is still in its infancy, and therefore too early yet to conclude that this was a good or bad investment of our tax dollars.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For the moment, this may well be one of the “good” stories of how Beaufort has spent your taxes. It seems to me that the preliminary assessment would be on the positive side.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you haven’t visited the BDC, I encourage you to do so. You may be impressed.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: How local government spends your money', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-how-local-government-spends-your-money', '', '', '2019-06-19 06:36:05', '2019-06-19 10:36:05', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40379', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40381, 4, '2019-06-19 06:37:39', '2019-06-19 10:37:39', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort students graduate from USC Aiken</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Six Beaufort students are among the University of South Carolina Aiken’s graduates for May 2019:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Cheyanne Gray, of Beaufort, SC, 29907, earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Eriq Moultrie, of Beaufort, SC, 29906, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Deja Moultrie, of Beaufort, SC, 29906, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Breyanna Sheppard, of Beaufort, SC, 29906, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Fatima Watson, of Beaufort, SC, 29906, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Johnathan Wright, of Beaufort, SC, 29901, earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Business Administration.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort\'s Rentz graduates from Mount Union </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Saturday, May 18, Tyler Rentz of Beaufort graduated from the University of Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio. Rentz graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Multi-Platform Software Development. Rentz was one of more than 400 graduate and undergraduate students who participated in the University of Mount Union\'s 173rd Commencement Ceremony.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'School Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'school-briefs-45', '', '', '2019-06-19 06:37:41', '2019-06-19 10:37:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40381', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40383, 4, '2019-06-19 06:39:05', '2019-06-19 10:39:05', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort-Jasper Water &amp; Sewer Authority (BJWSA) reports that in excess of 5,000 gallons of wastewater was released from a 14-inch transmission main into a tidal creek on the Sea Island Parkway. The overflow occurred due to a force main failure.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BJWSA crews responded to the overflow, and took appropriate cleanup/repair action to stop the overflow. Signs were posted in the area to inform the public.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BJWSA notified the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC), and is working in conjunction with SCDHEC to address any effects caused by the overflow.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>SCDHEC was to evaluate the effects of the overflow on the shellfish harvesting areas located in the area of the overflow and will issue advisories if needed.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you see or suspect any type of spill from the sewer collection system, please contact BJWSA at 987-9200. For more information, please visit <a href=\"http://www.bjwsa.org/\">www.bjwsa.org</a>.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BJWSA: More than 5,000 gallons of wastewater spills into creek', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bjwsa-more-than-5000-gallons-of-wastewater-spills-into-creek', '', '', '2019-06-19 06:39:06', '2019-06-19 10:39:06', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40383', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40386, 4, '2019-06-19 06:40:23', '2019-06-19 10:40:23', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Council has acquired three properties this past year through the Purchase of Fee Simple interest by the County’s <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjE3LjcwODA2OTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjE3LjcwODA2OTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4NDA0MiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;http://ruralandcritical.org/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Rural and Critical Land Preservation Program</a>.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The fee simple purchase grants the County full ownership of all interests in the acquired property. The county currently has contracted with the <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjE3LjcwODA2OTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjE3LjcwODA2OTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4NDA0MiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https://openlandtrust.org/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Beaufort County Open Land Trust</a> for land acquisition services.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The three properties are:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>– Bailey Memorial Park: This large parcel of almost 55 acres, is dedicated for conservation with a combination of mixed upland and wetland forested habitats. Located in the Alljoy neighborhood in the Town of Bluffton, Bailey Memorial Park will improve stormwater retention while at the same time be available to the public as part of the County’s Passive Park program.</li><li>– Okatie Highway Island: Almost 5 acres of land off Highway 170, the island is a preserve of mixed hardwood-pine forest, maritime forest, and salt marsh within the Port Royal Sound basin and ideal for the protection of water quality and wildlife habitat.</li><li>– Whitehall Park: Nearly 10 acres on Lady’s Island with the purpose of conservation of the old growth live oak canopy along the Beaufort River for the public benefit and enjoyment of the property as a passive park.</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, contact Beaufort County’s Passive Parks Manager Stefanie Nagid at <a href=\"mailto:snagid@bcgov.net\">snagid@bcgov.net</a> or 843-255-2152.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'County has acquired 3 pieces of land over past year', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'county-has-acquired-3-pieces-of-land-over-past-year', '', '', '2019-06-19 06:40:26', '2019-06-19 10:40:26', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40386', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40388, 4, '2019-06-19 06:41:02', '2019-06-19 10:41:02', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. Thursday, June 20 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island to mark the completion of a 10-megawatt, $91 million distributed energy generation project at Parris Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Marine Corps partnered with <a href=\"http://ameresco.com/\">Ameresco</a> to complete major energy infrastructure upgrades to improve security and resiliency across the 8,000-acre campus. This included the installation of a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant, nearly 20,000 solar modules and microgrid with intelligent controls and battery storage.<br>\nThis project came at no upfront cost to the Marine Corps. Funded by an energy saving performance contract (ESPC), Ameresco was responsible for the initial expenses and will be paid back over time with Parris Island’s energy cost savings.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Parris Island will save an estimated $6.9 million annually, with a 75 percetn reduction in electricity demand because of its on-site energy assets.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'MCRD Parris Island gets major power upgrades', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'mcrd-parris-island-gets-major-power-upgrades', '', '', '2019-06-19 06:41:04', '2019-06-19 10:41:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40388', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40391, 4, '2019-06-19 06:43:59', '2019-06-19 10:43:59', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By LAURA KAPONER</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The turning point in my recovery was attending my first NAMI Connections meeting. <br><br>In March 2015, I experienced my most severe episode of mental illness which ultimately led me to relocate from New York to South Carolina to be closer to my primary support system, my parents.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My parents offer me an abundance of love and support, but because they are not mentally ill themselves or trained mental health professionals, the type of support they can provide had its limitations. <br><br>I had been aware of NAMI’s existence for several years yet I have never pursued any of their programs while living in New York. It took a couple months after my move south to build up the courage to attend one of their Connections meetings. I’ll be honest, I was nervous.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The majority of my previous experiences with other mentally ill people were not positive, so I was unsure what to expect. For weeks, when Wednesday night would come around,&nbsp; I found one lame excuse or another why I couldn’t make it to the meeting that night until the day I ran out of excuses.<br><br>This was a point in my life where I was out of work, living with family and had no direction in my life. The shame ran deep because I wasn’t measuring up to society’s or even my own expectations of where I should be at that point in my life.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On top of that I had made the decision to keep the mental illnesses in my life private because this was my fresh start, I didn’t want to be that mentally ill person.<br><br>At the time, the meetings were held at a local college campus in the library in a room not too different from a fish bowl in that half the walls were windows. Punctuality is a gift/curse of mine, I was extremely early. As I apprehensively walked in to the room, I immediately chose a seat near the door anticipating a quick escape when necessary.<br><br>It was not at all like I thought it would be. The facilitators, who are peers trained to lead the meeting, welcomed me with warm smiles and introductions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Each seat had a handout that explained the parameters of the meetings. I let out a deep breath because this really wasn’t so scary after all. A little bit of order in the midst of my chaotic and confusing life was a much welcomed change.<br><br>The beginning of the Connections meeting has a set structure, and then after that, it’s an open group discussion. I was surrounded by people who had similar experiences to my own yet were from all different walks of life and in varying stages of their own recovery.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This felt like a safe place for me, free of judgment and full of support. It quickly became apparent to me that no matter what else was going on in my life, these weekly meetings could be a home base for me. <br>\nIt was through these NAMI Connections meetings that I first discovered the concept and practice of peer support. This by no means replaced my need for professional intervention -- it was a nice compliment to it.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At these meetings I gained mentors who later on became good friends and, at the same time, lost the shame I had been carrying around with me for so long. I saw others in the group living openly with their illnesses, sharing their stories publicly and taking the lessons they learned to help others. <br><br>I found that my own experiences had value to others in the meetings and in helping others in their recoveries, I was able to help myself in my own recovery.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Relationships and jobs came and went over the next four years, but NAMI was a constant. The only real negative thing about NAMI is that not nearly enough people know about it or the impact it could play in someone’s recovery. <br><br>The turning point in my recovery was attending my first NAMI Connections meeting nearly four years ago. I would not be where I am today if I had never walked into that room.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'NAMI Connections meetings were my turning point', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'nami-connections-meetings-were-my-turning-point', '', '', '2019-06-22 07:44:34', '2019-06-22 11:44:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40391', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40393, 4, '2019-06-19 06:45:03', '2019-06-19 10:45:03', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By CELIA STRONG<br></h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wine drinkers are often creatures of habit. They might like one grape variety but not another.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They might like any Chardonnay with oak aging somewhere in its production. They might swear they don’t like any wine from a certain country. Or a certain winery.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since the goal is to learn more about wines, and have fun doing it, some habits are just going to have to</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>be negated. And, once the first habit is broken, how easy to do more negating!&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During hot summer weather, officially this week, many wine drinkers cling to their Pinot Grigios to get through the heat and humidity. Mostly Italian and American.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But bet no one ever thinks of a German Pinot Grigio! A delicious bad habit breaker!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Villa Wolf Pinot Gris is from the Pfalz region of Germany in the southeastern part of the country. It is one of the wines from the J. L. Wolf Estate which is run by Dr. Ernst Loosen.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Pfalz is the second largest wine region in Germany, and the Loosen name and reputation for quality wines from there is very highly regarded.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Villa Wolf winery was established in 1756. With an actual villa built on the site in 1843. Dr Loosen took control of Villa Wolf winery and wines in 1996.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pinot Grigio, or Pinot Gris, is not the norm in German wine production. Habit breaker.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Often, in this country, it is called by other names – Grauburgunder or Rülander.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Grown in Germany, this variety tends to be harvested early to exploit the grapes’ acidity and minimize its overt fruitiness. Much like with many Italian producers.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Germany has only about 12,000 acres planted with Pinot Gris.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Made from 100% Pinot Gris, the Villa Wolf grapes are sustainably grown according to strict German environmental regulations.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Extensive, day-by-day attention to the estate’s vineyards makes it possible for every vintage to produce quality wines.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Vine training, pruning, shading, and hand-harvesting are all needed for healthy crops. And quality wines. These Pinot Gris grapes are fermented in a combination of stainless steel (for intense fruit aromas and flavors), large neutral oak casks (for depth and complexity) and concrete tanks.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The wines from all three fermentations are blended, lightly filtered and, then, bottled bottled. Malolactic fermentation is avoided, to maintain crispness and balanced flavors. This Pinot Gris is fuller bodied, dry and fresh. And unoaked. It is a light gold color, with aromas and flavors of citrus rinds,</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>peaches, apples and melons. And, some floral qualities. All zesty and fresh in your mouth.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The finished wine has 12.5 percent alcohol, higher than most German wines.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So, the Pinot Grigio, or Pinot Gris, habit is safe. Phew! An excellent variety to choose for the summer heat. Just negating the habitual Italian and American as the only choices.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What fun. For $11.99. Enjoy.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The perfect wine habit negator', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-perfect-wine-habit-negator', '', '', '2019-06-19 06:45:06', '2019-06-19 10:45:06', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40393', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(40395, 4, '2019-06-19 06:46:31', '2019-06-19 10:46:31', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dragonboat Beaufort is hosting its 7th annual <a href=\"https://www.dragonboat-raceday.com/event-schedule.php\">DragonBoat Race Day</a> on Saturday, June 22 at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in beautiful downtown Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The dragon boat races will take place from approximately 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The day starts with an opening ceremony which includes the emotional “Carnation Ceremony,” which honors those who have lost their battle to cancer. Cancer survivors share their experiences and end the Ceremony with “tossing” their carnations in the Beaufort River in remembrance.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Teams of paddlers will then race on the Beaufort River throughout the day in search of victory and more importantly, to raise money for local cancer patients.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Teams are formed from local businesses, community groups, friends and will be joined on the water by a number of “Club” teams who travel in from throughout the southeastern United States. Teams will be placed in different divisions based on heat times and will also include separate divisions for Cancer Survivor Division, Senior Division, Community Division, etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The mixed Cancer Survivor Division will be the showcase for our heroes and heroines, who honor the spirit of DragonBoat Race Day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Teams will be fundraising as part of the competition. Individuals and teams that raise the most will be recognized at the Grand Medal Ceremony at the conclusion of the day.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The proceeds from the fundraising effort fuel DragonBoat Beaufort’s two-pronged mission. The first is to fund financial grants to individuals who live, work, or receive cancer treatment in Beaufort County.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Secondly, to fund the ongoing activities of DragonBoat Beaufort’s paddling program.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Dragonboat races return to Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'dragonboat-races-return-to-beaufort', '', '', '2019-06-19 06:46:33', '2019-06-19 10:46:33', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40395', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40397, 4, '2019-06-19 06:47:39', '2019-06-19 10:47:39', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Home2 Suites By Hilton to celebrate grand opening</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Thursday, June 20, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the grand opening of the new Home2 Suites By Hilton in Beaufort. The celebration kicks off at 5 p.m., and the official ribbon cutting ceremony takes place at 5:30 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Home2 Suites invites the public to attend the event from 5-7 p.m. Guests can enjoy hors d\'oeuvres and enter to win door prizes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001j8Alm6Q3mQQgaLBe1sL5uuy7Y3p1z1WK4cflGCpGJuTRy8oeuR80PN0Sd11hVqeXZxfuVvaYGB_Q1dXI5jAJHdwWaW9TQjtI2uOJKNYLMb_iHcDcytuCZE-8uWw8cIXjZElp_h28VMFxxmI0v14jpXE92b07OcleHRamLHDRAaTLs3ho9VfY67s-613BY4vGKyb2UgnFU5gICbiQedbVca2lGT77YJMMbg5jFyGHQn9-CBuOJ88L9g==&amp;c=buv-TgKZtKs_MZjh50IQFFsQu4Zg2bVLkSSIJYvBMm_pQRfC2ZhbLA==&amp;ch=K5VCxjyt2zJgKoPSeoMAV3YiYq7lQntihcviOMQAU20TKpDSu_65KA==\">Home2 Suites</a> is a modern extended stay brand featuring innovative elements and amenities. Visit their new location at 3658 Trask Parkway in Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Huddle House in Beaufort offering a sweet deal</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Tuesday, June 25, in celebration of its second annual National Sweet Cakes Day, Huddle House in Beaufort, located at 92 Sea Island Parkway, is serving free old-fashioned buttermilk sweet cake pancakes to customers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The offer is extended to Huddle House email and SMS club members and Huddle House social media followers who present the offer on their phone or with a printed email.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Customers can sign up at <a href=\"https://www.huddlehouse.com/club/\">https://www.huddlehouse.com/club/</a> or follow Huddle House on Facebook (<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuddleHouse/\">www.facebook.com/HuddleHouse/</a>) or Twitter (@HuddleHouse).<br> <br>Huddle House, founded 54 years ago, has more than 400 locations open or in development. For ore information, visit <a href=\"http://www.huddlehouse.com/\">www.huddlehouse.com</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Help homeless families at Fat Patties</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fat Patties Beaufort, located at 831 Parris Island Gateway, is hosting Community Giveback Night on Tuesday, June 25.<br>\nStop by and have dinner between 5 and 10 p.m. and 10 percent of the proceeds will go to help homeless families with Family Promise of Beaufort County.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Weichert Realtors welcome Francine Cook</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Weichert Realtors Coastal Properties Owners/Brokers-in-Charge Joe and Karen Ryan welcome Francine Cook to the agency\'s sales team.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Francine earned a bachelor\'s degree in Social Science from the University of Maryland and has enjoyed a career in the wireless telecommunications industry. Two years ago, she and her husband moved to Beaufort and Francine began her real estate career.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Francine is based in the Beaufort office and can be reached at 803-448-3470.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Business Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'business-briefs-21', '', '', '2019-06-19 06:47:42', '2019-06-19 10:47:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40397', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40399, 4, '2019-06-19 06:52:00', '2019-06-19 10:52:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek High School has promoted varsity girls basketball coach Sarah Hayes to fill its athletic director position vacated by Wayne Alston’s departure earlier this month.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Alston left after one year at the helm of the Dolphins’ athletics department to take the district AD position for Colleton County schools.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hayes should bring stability to the position — she was valedictorian of Battery Creek’s Class of 2002 and a member of the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Sarah has worked hard to progress in her career and is just an incredible fit for this position,” BCHS Principal Chad Cox said. “She has an outstanding resume and is truly and example for everyone in the Battery Creek community. She is Battery Creek.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After playing basketball and earning dual undergraduate degrees at Brown University, where she was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year as a freshman and Ivy League Player of the Year as a senior, Hayes played professionally in Germany for five years. She returned stateside in 2011 and spent two years as an assistant basketball coach at Carnegie Mellon University before returning to her alma mater in 2013 to teach social studies and coach basketball.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hayes led the Dolphins to the playoffs in each of her four seasons as a head coach, including a region title in 2017. She also served as an assistant athletic director the past three years. She also earned a master’s in athletic administration from Ohio University in 2018.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I\'m excited to have the opportunity to lead the athletic department at Battery Creek High School,” Hayes said. “I’m a proud alum who bleeds blue and gold. The athletic department at our school is moving in the right direction, and I\'m proud to continue in our pursuit to be one of the best in the state.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One of Hayes’ first orders of business will be replacing herself as varsity girls basketball coach — the Beaufort County School District prohibits athletic directors from also serving as head coaches.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Hayes takes over as AD at Battery Creek', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'hayes-takes-over-as-ad-at-battery-creek', '', '', '2019-06-19 06:52:03', '2019-06-19 10:52:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40399', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40401, 4, '2019-06-19 06:54:28', '2019-06-19 10:54:28', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s Jerry Bruns won the 13-14 age division and Hilton Head’s JT Herman finished second in the 15-18 division at the Heritage Classic Foundation SCGA Junior Championship played June 11-12 at Country Club of Lexington.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bruns took a one-shot lead in the final round and held on for a one-shot victory over Adam Hunt of Columbia despite a rocky start to his final round. Bruns made a double bogey on his second hole of the day and was 3-over through 12 holes before steadying himself and making six straight pars to nail down the victory.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Herman fired a 3-under-par 69 in the final round — tied for the best round of the day in the 15-18 division — to forge a tie with Daniel Island’s Austin Scott at 5-under-par, but Scott defeated Herman on the second playoff hole to claim the title.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Herman secured a spot on the Palmetto State’s roster for the&nbsp;Georgia–South Carolina Team Matches – the longest running junior matches in the country – at the Country Club of Spartanburg in July.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Bruns captures age group title at SCGA Junior', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bruns-captures-age-group-title-at-scga-junior', '', '', '2019-06-19 06:54:30', '2019-06-19 10:54:30', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40401', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40404, 4, '2019-06-19 06:57:06', '2019-06-19 10:57:06', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>About 250 kids turned out Saturday morning at Whale Branch Early College High School for former Warriors star Dee Delaney’s inaugural football camp.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Delaney, who went on to star at The Citadel and the University of Miami before spending time with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins last season, offered the camp for free and recruited some of his former teammates to help out, including Clemson defensive lineman Nyles Pinckney.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s just an opportunity for the kids to get out and have fun and learn,” Delaney said. “I’ve always wanted to do a camp —&nbsp;something I never really had growing up. I want the kids to see that somebody from their neighborhood made it out and they can too.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Delaney appeared in two games for the Jaguars last season before being claimed off waivers by the Dolphins in December. Miami cut the 24-year-old defensive back in May, but he worked out for the Kansas City Chiefs last week and hopes to be in an NFL training camp this summer.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Delaney draws big crowd for first camp', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'delaney-draws-big-crowd-for-first-camp', '', '', '2019-06-19 06:57:07', '2019-06-19 10:57:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40404', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40407, 4, '2019-06-19 06:59:41', '2019-06-19 10:59:41', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s all-star baseball teams each went 0-2 in Dixie Youth Baseball District 8 play at Burton Wells Park over the weekend.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The host team drew a first-round bye in the Minors (9-10) tournament but was unable to take advantage, falling 16-1 to Bluffton American on Saturday and 11-0 to Bluffton National on Sunday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bluffton American won its first two games and was slated to play Hilton Head for the district championship on Tuesday with the winner advancing to the state tournament July 12-18 in Anderson.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the Ozone (11-12) tournament, Beaufort dropped its opener 5-1 to Hilton Head on Friday, then fell to eventual runner-up Colleton County on Saturday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bluffton National defeated Colleton County 9-5 for the championship Monday night, earning a berth in the state tourney from July 12-18 at Oscar Frazier Park in Bluffton. Bluffton American received a host bid to the state tournament.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Next up is the AA Machine Pitch (7-8) district tournament beginning Friday in Walterboro. Beaufort opens against Hilton Head at 6 p.m. Friday at ACE Basic Sports Complex.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Photo by Bob Sofaly</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort teams bounced from all-star tourneys', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-teams-bounced-from-all-star-tourneys', '', '', '2019-06-19 06:59:44', '2019-06-19 10:59:44', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40407', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40410, 4, '2019-06-19 07:07:16', '2019-06-19 11:07:16', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Pat Conroy Literary Center will host author Jessica Handler for a reading and discussion of her debut novel The Magnetic Girl at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, at 5:30 p.m.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Handler learned creative writing from the late Pat Conroy when he served as a guest instructor at the Paideia School in Atlanta, just prior to the publication of his first novel, The Great Santini. Handler, the author of two memoirs, published her debut novel The Magnetic Girl in April of this year.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, located at 905 Port Republic Street, will host Handler for a reading and discussion of her novel.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Free and open to the public, the discussion will be followed by a book signing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Magnetic Girl has been named one of Wall Street Journal\'s Ten Books You\'ll Want to Read this Spring, an Indie Next Pick, and a Spring Okra Pick of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Set in rural north Georgia two decades after the Civil War, the novel follows 13-year-old Lulu Hurst. Lulu reaches high into her father’s bookshelf and pulls out an obscure book, The Truth of Mesmeric Influence.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Deemed gangly and undesirable, Lulu wants more than a lifetime of caring for her disabled baby brother, Leo, with whom she shares a profound and supernatural mental connection.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lulu begins to “captivate” her friends and family, controlling their thoughts and actions for brief moments at a time. After Lulu convinces a cousin she conducts electricity with her touch, her father sees a unique opportunity. He grooms his tall and indelicate daughter into an electrifying new woman: The Magnetic Girl. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lulu travels the Eastern seaboard, captivating enthusiastic crowds by lifting grown men in parlor chairs and throwing them across the stage with her “electrical charge.”<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Magnetic Girl is set at a time when the emerging presence of electricity raised suspicions about the other-worldly gospel of Spiritualism, and when women’s desire for political, cultural, and sexual presence electrified the country. The Magnetic Girl is a unique portrait of a forgotten period in history, seen through the story of one young woman’s power over her family, her community, and ultimately, herself.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To learn more about the Conroy Center, please visit www.patconroyliterarycenter.org. <br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Conroy Center welcomes Handler, The Magnetic Girl', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'conroy-center-welcomes-handler-the-magnetic-girl', '', '', '2019-06-19 07:07:17', '2019-06-19 11:07:17', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40410', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40413, 4, '2019-06-19 07:10:02', '2019-06-19 11:10:02', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lady’s Island resident Jayantibbai “Jay” C. Patel, is the recipient of the Rotary Club of Beaufort’s most prestigious award, The Rotary Bowl.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The award was presented by Rotary Club of Beaufort President Robert Allen at the club’s June 12 luncheon.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Rotary Bowl is awarded to a member of the Rotary Club of Beaufort who has distinguished himself or herself by exemplifying the ideals of Rotary: “Service Above Self.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Bowl was first awarded in 1936 and in the 83 years since, it has been awarded only 50 times. Prior to Jay Patel, the Bowl was last awarded to Rotarian Nick Hunt in 2017.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Patel was cited for his philanthropy, contributions to the Beaufort community and also his continuous active participation in the many projects and endeavors of Rotary since joining the Club in 1989.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Lady’s Island’s Patel wins Rotary’s top award', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ladys-islands-patel-wins-rotarys-top-award', '', '', '2019-06-19 07:10:03', '2019-06-19 11:10:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40413', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40416, 4, '2019-06-19 07:15:23', '2019-06-19 11:15:23', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lawrence, “Larry” or “Fritz” Hynson of Pigeon Point passed away Wednesday, June 12 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital after an extended illness.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A native of Bronxville, N.Y., Larry arrived in Beaufort to visit his friend Nick Maher in 1996 and he stayed. For 24 years he was back-up for Roger Alley at Blackstone’s, both on Bay Street and when it relocated to Scott Street. He was also a regular at Common Ground Coffee Shop where he and his associates would gather in the morning and discuss the events of the world.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Before Beaufort, he pursued an education at Salisbury School in Connecticut, University of California at Berkley and the University of Wisconsin. Larry served in the U.S. Marines in Japan from 1956-58 and then worked in sales and marketing development with various companies.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He is survived by a son, Ellis Hynson and wife of Mt. Pleasant, long-time friend Ellen Osmanski and his canine companion Torrey who was also known to many on Bay Street thanks to their daily walks.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Larry loved snow skiing, bridge, working on his family genealogy and Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Funeral services at the National Cemetery will be announced.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lawrence, “Larry” or “Fritz” Hynson&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'OBITUARY: Lawrence, “Larry” or “Fritz” Hynson', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'obituary-lawrence-larry-or-fritz-hynson', '', '', '2019-06-19 07:15:26', '2019-06-19 11:15:26', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40416', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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Registration is now open for this limited seating opportunity.\n\nThe course will be held at the Beaufort Digital Corridor’s BASEcamp facility from 9 a.m. until noon, Monday-Friday, July 15-19.\n\nAmong the topics will be game strategy, puzzle design and a final project.\n\nThis is a special curriculum by Seth Konoza, an animation, game design and computer science educator at Beaufort High School. Students are introduced to the theory, tools, and practice required to create their own games.\n\nHelping students to discover a passion for game design, computer science and coding, Game On! presents kids with the possibility of continuing their education in technology.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\n\nProgram manager Shelley Barratt adds, “In our third season of offering this course, we are well aware\n\nof the tech skills that the newer generation gains early on. The goal is to offer other skills — like\n\ncritical thinking and user experience — to augment that, and the real work commences once\n\nthey follow that curiosity throughout their education and into a potential tech career.”\n\nEco Camp celebrates 30th year\nBeaufort Conservation District will have its 30th Eco Camp July 22-26th. \"The Best of Eco Camp\" will feature favorite programs from years past with a focus on our coastal ecosystem. Elementary students will examine critters found in oyster reefs, pluff mud, and dock fouling, dissect fish, do a mock dolphin necropsy, as well as practice shrimp net casting. Campers will see local live critters, learn about butterflies, safety and first aid. Friday the students will tour the Port Royal Sound Maritime Museum and take a marsh walk. All campers will receive a T-shirt to decorate and have lunch on Friday sponsored by the Farm Bureau Women\'s Committee. Please sign up by July 9 to get this years T-shirt. For details, call 843-255-7306 or visit <a href=\"http://beaufortconservationdistrict.org/\">beaufortconservationdistrict.org</a>.\n\nJune Beaufort Drum Circle Dates\nAll are invited to share some good vibes with the Beaufort S.C. Drum Circle. The Drum Circle gathers every second Monday of the month from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and every fourth Thursday of the month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Our final June event will be Thursday, June 27 at the Contemplative Garden in Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in downtown Beaufort.\n\nEveryone is welcome to attend this family friendly event. No experience is necessary. Rain or shine. Please bring a chair, a friend, and maybe an extra drum or hand percussion instrument if you have one to share.\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.\n\nRun, Forrest, Run: 25th Anniversary Celebration and Screening\n\nJoin the Beaufort County Public Library on July 6 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the classic film “Forrest Gump,” which was filmed in Beaufort.\n\nThe free event begins with behind-the-scenes content, trivia, treats, and the chance to win a prize from The Chocolate Tree from 12:30-1:30 p.m., followed by a free screening of the film from 1:30-4 p.m.\n\nFor more information, please call 843-255-6458. Ask how to borrow the book (or the sequel),\n\n100 Women Who Care Beaufort to meet\n\nA meeting from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, marks the third meeting in the fifth year for 100 Women Who Care Beaufort. Founded by Jeneane Ryan, this organization brings together women four times a year to choose a deserving, non-profit organization in Northern Beaufort County to receive $100 from each member. Since 2015, this organization has raised $254,105.\n\nPlease consider attending this meeting in the Fellowship Hall at First Presbyterian Church of Beaufort, 1201 North Street.\n\nFor more information, call 703-472-1780.\n\nHunting Island Lighthouse tours\n\nClimb the only Lighthouse in South Carolina open to the public and learn about the workings and history of the Lighthouse at Hunting Island State Park.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\n\nJoin Keeper Ted and tour guides any Thursday in June at 10 a.m. You must be 44-inches tall to climb. Cost is $2 per person. Call the Nature Center at 843-838-7437 for reservations. Park entry fees apply.\n\nFriends of Hunting Island’s Tuesday Turtle Talks\n\nThe Friends of Hunting island announce the 2019 Tuesday Turtle Talks running Tuesday, June 11 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>\n\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>\n\nAfter the talk, participants can join TTT host Peggy Willenberg on a short beach walk. All ages are invited to attend this educational and engaging program.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\n\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.\n\nYMCA to offer CPR classes\n\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: June 22, July 20, August 17, September 7, September 19, and November 23.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\n\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\n\nBeaufort Heritage Explorers Camp at the Santa Elena History Center\n\nImmerse your child in a week of interesting local history from 1566 to the 1900s at the Beaufort Heritage Explorers summer camp at the Santa Elena History Center, hosted by the <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/santaelenafoundation/\">Santa Elena History Center</a>, <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/reconstructionbeaufort/\">The Second Founding of America: Reconstruction Beaufort</a> and the <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HistoricBeaufortFoundation/\">Historic Beaufort Foundation</a>.\n\nDates are June 20-28 or July 29-Aug. 2, 9<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>a.m.-1 p.m. Each day concludes with lunch from 12:15 p.m. until pick up with lunch provided on Friday.\nThe cost is $150 per child with all proceeds benefit participating nonprofits. There are 15 openings for rising 3rd grade through rising 5th grade and 15 openings for rising 6th grade through rising 8th grade.\nThere must be a minimum of 10 per age group registered by June 15. For more information or to register, visit <a href=\"https://santa-elena.org/new-summer-camp-for-2019/\">https://santa-elena.org/new-summer-camp-for-2019/</a>.\n\nJune activities at Hunting Island State Park\n\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>\n\nMondays: Tie dye, 11 a.m.; Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.\n\nTuesdays: Sea Turtle Tracks, 10:30 a.m.; CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Beach Walk, 3 p.m.\n\nWednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.; Stepping Stones, 2 p.m.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\n\nThursdays: Interpretive lighthouse tour, 10 a.m.; Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.\n\nFridays: Lowcountry reptiles, 11 a.m.; Fish printing, 2 p.m.\n\nSaturdays: Turtle time, 11 a.m.; Creatures of the Night, 2:30 p.m. (June 27); Sharks!, 3 p.m. (June 29)\n\nFor a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”\n\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.\n\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.\n\nGet moving with Beaufort Track Club\n\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. 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Registration is now open for this limited seating opportunity.\r\n\r\nThe course will be held at the Beaufort Digital Corridor’s BASEcamp facility from 9 a.m. until noon, Monday-Friday, July 15-19.\r\n\r\nAmong the topics will be game strategy, puzzle design and a final project.\r\n\r\nThis is a special curriculum by Seth Konoza, an animation, game design and computer science educator at Beaufort High School. Students are introduced to the theory, tools, and practice required to create their own games.\r\n\r\nHelping students to discover a passion for game design, computer science and coding, Game On! presents kids with the possibility of continuing their education in technology.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nProgram manager Shelley Barratt adds, “In our third season of offering this course, we are well aware&nbsp;of the tech skills that the newer generation gains early on. The goal is to offer other skills — like&nbsp;critical thinking and user experience — to augment that, and the real work commences once&nbsp;they follow that curiosity throughout their education and into a potential tech career.”\r\n\r\n<strong>Eco Camp celebrates 30th year</strong>\r\nBeaufort Conservation District will have its 30th Eco Camp July 22-26th. \"The Best of Eco Camp\" will feature favorite programs from years past with a focus on our coastal ecosystem. Elementary students will examine critters found in oyster reefs, pluff mud, and dock fouling, dissect fish, do a mock dolphin necropsy, as well as practice shrimp net casting. Campers will see local live critters, learn about butterflies, safety and first aid. Friday the students will tour the Port Royal Sound Maritime Museum and take a marsh walk. All campers will receive a T-shirt to decorate and have lunch on Friday sponsored by the Farm Bureau Women\'s Committee. Please sign up by July 9 to get this years T-shirt. For details, call 843-255-7306 or visit <a href=\"http://beaufortconservationdistrict.org/\">beaufortconservationdistrict.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>June Beaufort Drum Circle Dates</strong>\r\nAll are invited to share some good vibes with the Beaufort S.C. Drum Circle. The Drum Circle gathers every second Monday of the month from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and every fourth Thursday of the month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Our final June event will be Thursday, June 27 at the Contemplative Garden in Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in downtown Beaufort.\r\n\r\nEveryone is welcome to attend this family friendly event. No experience is necessary. Rain or shine. Please bring a chair, a friend, and maybe an extra drum or hand percussion instrument if you have one to share.\r\nFor questions or to join our mailing list, please email us at <a href=\"mailto:beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com\">beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com</a> or contact us on our Facebook page Beaufort SC Drum Circle.\r\n\r\n<strong>Run, Forrest, Run: 25th Anniversary Celebration and Screening</strong>\r\n\r\nJoin the Beaufort County Public Library on July 6 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the classic film “Forrest Gump,” which was filmed in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nThe free event begins with behind-the-scenes content, trivia, treats, and the chance to win a prize from The Chocolate Tree from 12:30-1:30 p.m., followed by a free screening of the film from 1:30-4 p.m.\r\n\r\nFor more information, please call 843-255-6458. Ask how to borrow the book (or the sequel),\r\n\r\n<strong>100 Women Who Care Beaufort to meet</strong>\r\n\r\nA meeting from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, marks the third meeting in the fifth year for 100 Women Who Care Beaufort. Founded by Jeneane Ryan, this organization brings together women four times a year to choose a deserving, non-profit organization in Northern Beaufort County to receive $100 from each member. Since 2015, this organization has raised $254,105.\r\n\r\nPlease consider attending this meeting in the Fellowship Hall at First Presbyterian Church of Beaufort, 1201 North Street.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call 703-472-1780.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hunting Island Lighthouse tours</strong>\r\n\r\nClimb the only Lighthouse in South Carolina open to the public and learn about the workings and history of the Lighthouse at Hunting Island State Park.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nJoin Keeper Ted and tour guides any Thursday in June at 10 a.m. You must be 44-inches tall to climb. Cost is $2 per person. Call the Nature Center at 843-838-7437 for reservations. Park entry fees apply.\r\n\r\n<strong>Friends of Hunting Island’s Tuesday Turtle Talks</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Friends of Hunting island announce the 2019 Tuesday Turtle Talks running Tuesday, June 11 through Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 10:30am at the picnic shelter by the Lighthouse. There is no fee for the TTT, but the park entry fee does apply.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEach week various topics will be discussed including the natural history of loggerhead turtles, what happens when the turtles come to Hunting Island to lay their eggs, and the conservation and challenges specific to a barrier island such as Hunting Island State Park. Participation, ideas and questions are always welcome.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter the talk, participants can join TTT host Peggy Willenberg on a short beach walk. All ages are invited to attend this educational and engaging program.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd for early risers: If you want to join a turtle patrol to check out loggerhead nests, come to the Visitor’s Center parking lot at 6 a.m. sharp any day of the week, and talk with a volunteer in an orange shirt to join a group for that day’s patrol. All ages welcome.\r\n\r\n<strong>YMCA to offer CPR classes</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: June 22, July 20, August 17, September 7, September 19, and November 23.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Heritage Explorers Camp at the Santa Elena History Center</strong>\r\n\r\nImmerse your child in a week of interesting local history from 1566 to the 1900s at the Beaufort Heritage Explorers summer camp at the Santa Elena History Center, hosted by the <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/santaelenafoundation/\">Santa Elena History Center</a>, <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/reconstructionbeaufort/\">The Second Founding of America: Reconstruction Beaufort</a> and the <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HistoricBeaufortFoundation/\">Historic Beaufort Foundation</a>.\r\n\r\nDates are June 20-28 or July 29-Aug. 2, 9<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>a.m.-1 p.m. Each day concludes with lunch from 12:15 p.m. until pick up with lunch provided on Friday.\r\nThe cost is $150 per child with all proceeds benefit participating nonprofits. There are 15 openings for rising 3rd grade through rising 5th grade and 15 openings for rising 6th grade through rising 8th grade.\r\nThere must be a minimum of 10 per age group registered by June 15. For more information or to register, visit <a href=\"https://santa-elena.org/new-summer-camp-for-2019/\">https://santa-elena.org/new-summer-camp-for-2019/</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>June activities at Hunting Island State Park</strong>\r\n\r\nThere are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMondays: Tie dye, 11 a.m.; Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nTuesdays: Sea Turtle Tracks, 10:30 a.m.; CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Beach Walk, 3 p.m.\r\n\r\nWednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.; Stepping Stones, 2 p.m.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThursdays: Interpretive lighthouse tour, 10 a.m.; Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.\r\n\r\nFridays: Lowcountry reptiles, 11 a.m.; Fish printing, 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nSaturdays: Turtle time, 11 a.m.; Creatures of the Night, 2:30 p.m. (June 27); Sharks!, 3 p.m. (June 29)\r\n\r\nFor a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”\r\n\r\nAll are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Get moving with Beaufort Track Club</strong>\r\n\r\nJoin the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.\r\n\r\nVisit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.', 'What to Do', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-to-do-183', '', '', '2019-06-27 08:56:00', '2019-06-27 12:56:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40480', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40482, 4, '2019-06-27 08:59:57', '2019-06-27 12:59:57', '<h4>By SCOTT GRABER</h4>\r\nIt is Saturday morning and it’s early — 5 a.m. — and I’m drinking my first cup of coffee. It is my intent to spend part of the day in the yard with Joe Morrall, and I know that if we are to get any mowing, mulching or leaf blowing accomplished it’s got to get done before 10. It’s got to get done by then because we have descended into our season of heat and despair. We’ve descended into Purgatory.\r\n\r\nBut this morning I’ve got the Wall Street Journal, which features a book review of a forthcoming title called “Smokin\' Joe,” which is about Joe Frazier — Beaufort’s native son.\r\n\r\nRight after I moved to town I went to work for a law firm called Dowling, Dowling, Sanders and Dukes — then the second-largest law firm in South Carolina. While I was there Joe Frazier decided he was going to buy his mother a plantation in Beaufort County.\r\n\r\nI had grown up watching the Friday Night Fights on television — Archie Moore, Jersey Joe Walcott, Floyd Patterson and Sugar Ray Robinson as presented by Gillette Blue Blades. And I made certain that when Smokin’ Joe was in the office, for whatever reason, I was also in the house.\r\n\r\nBut it would be an exaggeration to say that we were friends. I think I might have helped with the documents, maybe not, but in the end I did get a signed photograph, which I have to this day.\r\n\r\nMy friend Bernie Schein had a closer, better relationship with Joe Frazier.\r\n\r\nIt’s hard to imagine the corner grocery stores that once inhabited almost every block in downtown Beaufort. Yes, Beaufort had it’s A&amp;P, and a Piggly Wiggly for its gentry, but corner groceries often owned by recently arrived Jewish people, served a commercial and social function. Bernie’s father, Morris Schein, owned Schein’s Grocery on Bladen Street.\r\n\r\nBy the time Bernie was 5 years old he was working behind the counter. And at noon, when his father was eating his “dinner” at their nearby home, Bernie was alone in the store. One day Joe Frazier, then 5, came into the grocery and bought a Milky Way candy bar. Bernie smiled, and was courteous, because his father, Morris, had taught him to treat their customers, black or white, with courtesy. But, wait, I’ll let Bernie tell his own story.\r\n\r\n“In fact, it was in this neighborhood, as I so frequently boasted to Pat (Conroy) and anyone else who would listen, that I whipped Joe Frazier’s ass. Yep, Joe Frazier, the late great nemesis of Muhammed Ali. Joe and I were both about 5 then, two skinny little kids. He lived just down the street from daddy’s store and he would come in Saturday morning for a Coke and a Milky Way. We were playing outside behind the store, and we got into a little tussle over one of those Milky Ways. I was trying to get him to ‘half’ it with me, after which, defeated and humiliated, he stood up, looked directly in my eyes — I’lll never forget it — pointed his finger at me, and said ‘You better watch out, Bernie Schein, because one of these days I’m going to be the heavyweight champion of the world.’ ”\r\n\r\nWe will never really know what actually happened that day in 1948. There was nothing reportable or remarkable about this post-WWII scrap between two “skinny little kids,” but my friend Bernie tells this and other stories in his soon-to-be-published book, “Pat Conroy—Our Lifelong Friendship.”\r\n\r\nBernie Schein and Pat Conroy were friends. Lifelong friends. And Bernie tells the story of that uneven, up-and-down friendship with candor. He tells about the Beaufort years culminating in the Daufuskie trial and Pat’s departure; the Atlanta years when Pat ascended into celebrity; and the events that led to their years-long estrangement.&nbsp;And some will wonder why Bernie is parsing out this relationship for the world to see.\r\n\r\nWriting down the details of a friendship helps one understand the elements of that friendship. Remembering the meals, road trips and the late-night conversations is hard. But in the end we all want to isolate the underlying facts for the important, essential relationships in our lives. Why did I love this guy? Was my affection returned? How did he shape my life? Did I shape his?\r\n\r\n“Pat Conroy—Our Lifelong Friendship” will be available on Sept. 3, and you’ll be able to read the story and decide for yourself whether you believe Bernie Schein whipped Smokin’ Joe.', 'Required reading on some of Beaufort’s more memorable characters', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'required-reading-on-some-of-beauforts-more-memorable-characters', '', '', '2019-06-27 08:59:57', '2019-06-27 12:59:57', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40482', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40485, 4, '2019-06-27 09:02:00', '2019-06-27 13:02:00', '<h4>By LEE SCOTT</h4>\r\nIt finally happened. There I was at the Department of Motor Vehicles getting my license renewed when the clerk said, “Ok, time for the vision screening.”\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\nHere was my dilemma. If I squinted hard in the masked eye test area, I could probably guess most of the letters and she would never know it. But there was something else she did not know, and that is the inevitable had happened within the past few years and it had nothing to do with my driver’s license. It was my eyes. First it was the speedometer. I really couldn’t tell what speed I was driving unless I squinted, which is not good when you are driving 65 miles per hour. I started to wear my reading glasses around my neck, so I could grab them easily to read the instrument panel. Then I realized that all the signs along the highway seemed to be getting smaller.\r\n\r\n“Guess what?,” my far-sighted spouse said. “Your eyes are going!”\r\n\r\nSo off to the optometrist to get an eye test. When she looked at my drug store glasses she smiled.\r\n\r\n“Those just are not strong enough anymore. And besides you have some other problems with your vision. Your distant vision is going, too.”\r\n\r\nShe wrote a prescription for a pair of glasses that would allow me to see both the speedometer and the road signs.\r\n\r\nMy parents called them bifocals, but now eyeglass marketing companies have changed the name to multi-focals. It doesn’t sound like “old people” glasses. Whatever the name, I needed them in order to drive safely.\r\n\r\nThe experience reminded me of my friend’s 6-year-old son, who came home from school one day with a note from his teacher. She felt that he was squinting too much in class and that maybe he needed his eyes checked. The parents were very surprised since neither of them wore glasses, but they took him in for an eye exam. Sure enough, he needed glasses. He told his parents he could see the leaves on far away trees. I knew how he felt.\r\n\r\nThe new multi-focals allowed me to read all the road signs for gas stations, fast food places, and hotels when driving down the highway. I realized I had been limiting myself to just reading the giant billboards.\r\n\r\nAs I stood there in front of the clerk at the DMV I admitted I could not read any of the letters without my glasses.\r\n\r\nAnd so, for the first in my life, I have a restriction on my driver’s license. She smiled and said, “I hope there are a lot more people out there like you.”\r\n\r\n“Me too!,” I said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Flunking the Eye Exam', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'flunking-the-eye-exam', '', '', '2019-06-27 09:02:00', '2019-06-27 13:02:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40485', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40488, 4, '2019-06-27 09:03:20', '2019-06-27 13:03:20', 'The Dixie Youth Ozone State Tournament and the South Carolina Junior Boys and the Dixie Boys State Tournament are coming to Oscar Frazier Park in Bluffton beginning Friday, July 12 through Wednesday, July 24.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Parks and Recreation Department is seeking volunteers to help with scorekeeping, announcing, and selling concessions and merchandise during the tournament.\r\n\r\nVolunteer announcers are needed on the following days:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Saturday, July 13th – Morning and Afternoon</li>\r\n 	<li>Sunday, July 14th – Afternoon</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, July 15th – Night</li>\r\n 	<li>Tuesday, July 16th – Night</li>\r\n 	<li>Wednesday, July 17th – Night</li>\r\n 	<li>Thursday, July 18th – Morning (possible Afternoon)</li>\r\n 	<li>Saturday, July 20th – All Day and Night</li>\r\n 	<li>Sunday, July 21st – All Day and Night</li>\r\n 	<li>Monday, July 22nd – Night</li>\r\n 	<li>Tuesday, July 23rd – Night</li>\r\n 	<li>Wednesday, July 24th – Night</li>\r\n 	<li>Thursday, July 25th – Morning (possible Afternoon)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nGames will be covered by The County Channel and available to watch live. Watch all programming for The County Channel on Comcast channel 2, Hargray channels 9 and 113, and Spectrum channel 1304. Viewers can also watch programming live and on-demand at The County Channel’s website.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the tournaments, volunteering, or sponsorship, please contact Matt Watts at 843-255-6686 or Shannon Loper at 843-255- 6684. For more information on Parks and Recreation programs and activities, call 843-255-6710 or visit www.bcscrec.com.', 'Volunteers needed for Dixie Baseball tournaments', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'volunteers-needed-for-dixie-baseball-tournaments', '', '', '2019-06-27 09:03:20', '2019-06-27 13:03:20', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40488', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40490, 4, '2019-06-27 09:04:41', '2019-06-27 13:04:41', 'South Carolina anglers will have the opportunity to provide input on the future management of and regulations for cobia in the Southeast at a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 1, at the Port Royal Foundation Maritime Center in Okatie.\r\n\r\nThe cobia is a large, striking gamefish popular among anglers and seafood lovers. The management of cobia recently passed from the federal level to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), an interstate deliberative body that was formed by Atlantic coast states (including South Carolina) in 1942 to cooperatively manage nearshore fishery resources. Many other fish species are already managed this way, including species such as red drum, spotted seatrout, and summer flounder.\r\n\r\nThe ASMFC is in the process of drafting and approving changes to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic cobia and is seeking input from anglers and other interested parties across the Southeast. Hearings have already been held in Virginia and North Carolina; South Carolina’s July 1 meeting represents the last opportunity to provide comments in person.\r\n\r\nWritten comments will be accepted until 5&nbsp; p.m. on July 15 and should be sent to Dr. Michael Schmidtke, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, 1050 N. Highland St, Suite A-N, Arlington, VA 22201, or at comments@asmfc.org (Subject line: Cobia Amd 1).\r\n\r\nAn ASMFC representative and biologists from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will be on hand at the July 1 meeting to provide an overview of the management options for addressing issues identified in the Interstate Cobia Fishery Management Plan, answer questions, and seek public feedback.\r\n\r\nSouth Carolina is home to a unique group of cobia that spawn only in our southern bays and sounds. That makes input from local anglers and conservationists particularly important to ensuring South Carolina interests are well represented as the new cobia management plan is developed and finalized.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWHAT: Public meeting to collect input on regional management of cobia\r\n\r\nWHEN: Monday, July 1, 6 p.m.\r\n\r\nWHERE: Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center, 310 Okatie Highway, Okatie, SC 29909', 'Weigh in on the future of cobia in the Southeast', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'weigh-in-on-the-future-of-cobia-in-the-southeast', '', '', '2019-06-27 09:04:41', '2019-06-27 13:04:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40490', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40492, 4, '2019-06-27 09:05:33', '2019-06-27 13:05:33', 'Beaufort’s all-stars came up just short of earning a berth in the state tournament, going 2-2 in the Dixie Youth Baseball District 8 AA Machine Pitch (7-8) Tournament in Walterboro.\r\n\r\nBeaufort held off a fierce sixth-inning rally from Hilton Head to claim a 13-10 victory in its opener Friday. Beaufort used a seven-run third to lead 13-3 entering the bottom of the sixth before Hilton Head plated seven runs. Landen Davis, William Thompson, and Adam O’Dorazio all hit home runs, and Marshall Rhoten and Reeve Simmons each had three hits and two RBIs to lead Beaufort.\r\n\r\nAfter being rained out Saturday, a 14-3 loss to Bluffton American on Sunday sent Beaufort into an elimination game against Colleton County later that evening. Hayes Tanner, Rawles Moore, and William Thompson each had a hit and an RBI for Beaufort in the defeat.\r\n\r\nBeaufort stayed alive with a 15-8 win over Colleton, using five runs in the first and six in the second to build an insurmountable lead. Reeve Simmons was 3-for-3 with an inside-the-park home run and six RBIs, Marshall Rhoten was 3-for-3 with two inside-the-park home runs and four RBIs, and Joshua Martin was 3-for-3 with an inside-the-park homer and two RBIs to lead Beaufort. Cooper Gustwick added two hits and two RBIs, Hogan Wareham was 2-for-2 with an RBI, and Tanner and Landen Davis each added two hits.\r\n\r\nBut Bluffton American handed Beaufort its second loss, 13-2 on Monday. Gustwick had two hits and an RBI, and Rhoten added two hits in the finale.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Beaufort AA All-Stars fall one win short of state bid', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-aa-all-stars-fall-one-win-short-of-state-bid', '', '', '2019-06-27 09:05:33', '2019-06-27 13:05:33', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40492', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40495, 4, '2019-06-27 09:06:42', '2019-06-27 13:06:42', 'Hayden Price of Beaufort has been named to the Dean\'s List at the University of New Hampshire for earning high honors for the spring 2019 semester. Price is majoring in History.\r\n\r\nStudents named to the Dean\'s List at the University of New Hampshire are students who have earned recognition through their superior scholastic performance during a semester enrolled in a full-time course load (12 or more graded credits). Highest honors are awarded to students who earn a semester grade point average of 3.85 or better out of a possible 4.0. Students with a 3.65 to 3.84 average are awarded high honors and students whose grade point average is 3.5 through 3.64 are awarded honors', 'Beaufort’s Price named to University of New Hampshire\'s Dean\'s List', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beauforts-price-named-to-university-of-new-hampshires-deans-list', '', '', '2019-06-27 09:06:42', '2019-06-27 13:06:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40495', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40497, 4, '2019-06-27 09:07:27', '2019-06-27 13:07:27', 'United Way of the Lowcountry is currently collecting school supplies and donations as part of Operation Backpack, an initiative of United Way of the Lowcountry’s Women United that provides local students in need with backpacks full of school supplies and uniform shirts to start school.&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWomen United works with school social workers to identify students in need who are not served by another agency to help fill the gap.&nbsp;Operation Backpack provided school supplies and uniform shirts to more than 1,000 students throughout Beaufort and Jasper counties last school year. This year, the program is expanding once again to help nearly 1,250 local students.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWomen United is collecting school supplies as well as monetary donations. School supplies can be dropped off at United Way of the Lowcountry offices in Beaufort and Bluffton as well as various locations throughout the Lowcountry through Aug. 1.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe list of school supplies include: Pocket Folders (2 pockets); Crayola Washable Markers; No. 2 Pencils (box of 12 count); Colored Pencils; Ruler (12 inch, clear if possible); Glue Sticks; Composition Notebooks (marble); Index cards; Highlighter (Yellow); Hand Sanitizer; Box of Facial Tissue; Crayons (24 count); Filler Paper; Zipper-Seal Quart and Gallon Bags; Wet Wipes; Roll of Paper Towels; Expo Dry Erase Markers; Beach Towels.\r\n\r\nMonetary donations and gift cards will be used to purchase size-specific school uniform shirts and additional school supplies. Monetary donations can be made online at www.uwlowcountry.org or by texting BACKPACK2019 to 71777. Checks should be made out to United Way of the Lowcountry with \"Operation Backpack\" in the memo.\r\n\r\nGift cards and checks should be mailed to:\r\n\r\nUnited Way of the Lowcountry&nbsp;\r\n\r\nP.O. Box 202\r\n\r\nBeaufort, SC&nbsp; 29901\r\n\r\nDonation boxes have been placed at various locations throughout the Lowcountry including:&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort</strong>\r\n\r\nSugarBelle - 905 Boundary Street\r\n\r\nUnited Way of the Lowcountry Office - 1277 Ribaut Road\r\n\r\n<strong>Bluffton</strong>\r\n\r\nUnited Way of the Lowcountry Office - 10 Buckingham Plantation Dr. Suite D\r\n\r\nSynovus Bank - 3 Belfair Village Drive\r\n\r\nCarolina Heritage Insurance - 198 Okatie Village Drive, Suite 102\r\n\r\n<strong>Hilton Head Island </strong>\r\n\r\nSynovus Bank - 210 Central Avenue\r\n\r\nCarolina Heritage Insurance - 92 N Main Street, Suite C\r\n\r\nMay River Dermatology - 25 Hospital Center Commons, Suite 200\r\n\r\n<strong>Lady\'s Island</strong>\r\n\r\nRetreat at Lady\'s Island - 9 Sunset Blvd\r\n\r\n<strong>Okatie</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort Jasper Water &amp; Sewer Authority - 6 Snake Road\r\n\r\n<strong>Port Royal</strong>\r\n\r\nMay River Dermatology - 1813 Richmond Avenue\r\n\r\nYMCA - 1801 Richmond Avenue\r\n\r\nCorner Perk - 1628 Paris Avenue\r\n\r\n<strong>Hardeeville</strong>\r\n\r\nJasper County Chamber of Commerce - 36 Main Street\r\n\r\n<strong>Ridgeland </strong>\r\n\r\nJasper County Chamber of Commerce - 403 Russell Street\r\n\r\nFor more information - visit www.uwlowcountry.org or contact Jaime Dailey-Vergara at jdaileyvergara@uwlowcountry.org or 843.982.', 'United Way collecting school supplies for Operation Backpack', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'united-way-collecting-school-supplies-for-operation-backpack', '', '', '2019-06-27 09:07:27', '2019-06-27 13:07:27', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40497', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40499, 4, '2019-06-27 09:10:01', '2019-06-27 13:10:01', '<h4>By HERB BERG</h4>\r\nWhen I arrived at the Beaufort County School District a year ago, my first impression was that a community with so much wealth could do better for its students. I leave with that impression confirmed and intensified.&nbsp; We can – we must – do better.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy concern is not the potential of our students, the talents of our teachers or the capabilities of our administrators. I’m very proud of all they’ve achieved and the improvements we’ve made together despite the odds against success. One obvious example is seven straight years of improved high school graduation rates.\r\n\r\nRather, the heart of the problem is a statewide school funding system that’s placed South Carolina 41<sup>st</sup>in the nation (according to U.S. News and World Report) in the quality of its Pre-K through Grade 12 education system.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe roots of this funding system date back to 1999, when the South Carolina Supreme Court held that the state’s constitution requires only that each student have a “minimally adequate education.”&nbsp; With that phrase, the high court set a new low in educational expectations.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nPerhaps spurred on by this underachiever mindset, the state in 2006 switched from funding schools with property taxes to funding them from an increase in the sales tax.&nbsp; The modest sales-tax boost has never generated enough revenue to offset funds lost from property taxes.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis misguided move impacts poor districts the hardest, but Beaufort County is not immune.&nbsp; Despite many outward signs of wealth here, 56 percent of our students live in poverty.&nbsp; English is the second language for about 17 percent of students.&nbsp; These children need assistance and services that our sales tax system fails to fully fund.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMaking matters worse, teacher and administrator turnover is high as educators quit in frustration over pay that’s too low and work challenges that are too big.\r\n\r\nAt the same time, we desperately need repairs to aging buildings and more school rooms for an expanding population. Yet Beaufort County residents have voted twice against raising capital funds for schools in the last three years. In fact, we haven’t passed a bond vote in 11 years, even as other growing school districts have passed referenda every four or five years to keep pace with change.\r\n\r\nHow do we overcome these challenges?&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe begin with what we can control.&nbsp; In November, county voters will consider a $344 million bond referendum that would allow us to improve building security, repair leaking roofs, broken air conditioning systems, and aging athletic facilities, and address overcrowding at May River High and River Ridge Academy.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe cost to resident home owners? Nine dollars a month, less than the price of a movie ticket.\r\n\r\nAt the state level, the South Carolina General Assembly should raise starting teacher salaries that currently begin at just $35,000 a year. That’s not enough to afford apartment rent in Beaufort County, which has the state’s highest cost of living.&nbsp; Let’s raise beginning teacher salaries to $45,000 so they need spend no more than 30 percent of after-tax income for rent, as budget experts recommend. Let them live with the dignity they have earned as professionals.\r\n\r\nWe have come a long way in the past year toward restoring public trust and confidence in our school board and school system. I know my successor, Dr. Frank Rodriguez, will build and expand on this progress. I like him, trust him and believe in him. You will, too.&nbsp;&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI leave knowing we’re moving in the right direction with a talented new leader who will keep us on track, and that our students will – much sooner than later – have the high-quality education they deserve.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Herb Berg has served as Beaufort County’s interim superintendent for the past year. </em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'School district has many challenges but much potential', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'school-district-has-many-challenges-but-much-potential', '', '', '2019-06-27 09:10:01', '2019-06-27 13:10:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40499', 0, 'post', '', 0);

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(40551, 4, '2019-07-02 14:07:47', '2019-07-02 18:07:47', '<strong>YA Everlasting Book Club</strong>\r\n\r\nIf you are an adult or teen who enjoys reading Young Adult Literature, this book club is for you. All meetings begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Beaufort Branch Library on Scott Street downtown and are free to the public.\r\n\r\nUpcoming book discussions: July 10 – For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig; Aug. 14 – Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro.\r\n\r\n<strong>Registration open for game design and development classes</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Digital Corridor announces a second summer camp sessions of Game On! – game design and development geared toward middle and high school students. Registration is now open for this limited seating opportunity.\r\n\r\nThe course will be held at the Beaufort Digital Corridor’s BASEcamp facility from 9 a.m. until noon, Monday-Friday, July 15-19.\r\n\r\nAmong the topics will be game strategy, puzzle design and a final project.\r\n\r\nThis is a special curriculum by Seth Konoza, an animation, game design and computer science educator at Beaufort High School. Students are introduced to the theory, tools, and practice required to create their own games.\r\n\r\nHelping students to discover a passion for game design, computer science and coding, Game On! presents kids with the possibility of continuing their education in technology.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nProgram manager Shelley Barratt adds, “In our third season of offering this course, we are well aware of the tech skills that the newer generation gains early on. The goal is to offer other skills — like critical thinking and user experience — to augment that, and the real work commences once they follow that curiosity throughout their education and into a potential tech career.”\r\n\r\n<strong>Eco Camp celebrates 30th year</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort Conservation District will have its 30th Eco Camp July 22-26th. \"The Best of Eco Camp\" will feature favorite programs from years past with a focus on our coastal ecosystem. Elementary students will examine critters found in oyster reefs, pluff mud, and dock fouling, dissect fish, do a mock dolphin necropsy, as well as practice shrimp net casting. Campers will see local live critters, learn about butterflies, safety and first aid. Friday the students will tour the Port Royal Sound Maritime Museum and take a marsh walk. All campers will receive a T-shirt to decorate and have lunch on Friday sponsored by the Farm Bureau Women\'s Committee. Please sign up by July 9 to get this years T-shirt. For details, call 843-255-7306 or visit <a href=\"http://beaufortconservationdistrict.org/\">beaufortconservationdistrict.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>June Beaufort Drum Circle Dates</strong>\r\nAll are invited to share some good vibes with the Beaufort S.C. Drum Circle. The Drum Circle gathers every second Monday of the month from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and every fourth Thursday of the month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This month’s events will be Monday, July 8 and Thursday, July 25 at the Contemplative Garden in Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in downtown Beaufort.\r\n\r\nEveryone is welcome to attend this family friendly event. No experience is necessary. Rain or shine. Please bring a chair, a friend, and maybe an extra drum or hand percussion instrument if you have one to share.\r\nFor questions or to join our mailing list, please email us at <a href=\"mailto:beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com\">beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com</a> or contact us on our Facebook page Beaufort SC Drum Circle.\r\n\r\n<strong>Run, Forrest, Run: 25th Anniversary Celebration and Screening</strong>\r\n\r\nJoin the Beaufort County Public Library on July 6 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the classic film “Forrest Gump,” which was filmed in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nThe free event begins with behind-the-scenes content, trivia, treats, and the chance to win a prize from The Chocolate Tree from 12:30-1:30 p.m., followed by a free screening of the film from 1:30-4 p.m.\r\n\r\nFor more information, please call 843-255-6458. Ask how to borrow the book (or the sequel).\r\n\r\n<strong>100 Women Who Care Beaufort to meet</strong>\r\n\r\nA meeting from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, marks the third meeting in the fifth year for 100 Women Who Care Beaufort. Founded by Jeneane Ryan, this organization brings together women four times a year to choose a deserving, non-profit organization in Northern Beaufort County to receive $100 from each member. Since 2015, this organization has raised $254,105.\r\n\r\nPlease consider attending this meeting in the Fellowship Hall at First Presbyterian Church of Beaufort, 1201 North Street. For more information, call 703-472-1780.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hunting Island Lighthouse tours</strong>\r\n\r\nClimb the only Lighthouse in South Carolina open to the public and learn about the workings and history of the Lighthouse at Hunting Island State Park.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nJoin Keeper Ted and tour guides at 10 a.m. July 4, 11 and 25. You must be 44-inches tall to climb. Cost is $2 per person. Call the Nature Center at 843-838-7437 for reservations. Park entry fees apply.\r\n\r\nRiverview Baptist Church 2019 Vacation Bible School\r\nRiverview Baptist Church, at 2209 Boundary Street, invites all community youth, Pre-K through 12th grade, to join them for Vacation Bible School, \"In The Wild\" , beginning July 22 and running through July 26. The program will be held from 5:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. each night. For more information, please contact VBS Director Deb Solze at 843-524-6441.\r\n\r\n<strong>Friends of Hunting Island’s Tuesday Turtle Talks</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Friends of Hunting island announce the 2019 Tuesday Turtle Talks running through Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 10:30am at the picnic shelter by the Lighthouse. There is no fee for the TTT, but the park entry fee does apply.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEach week various topics will be discussed including the natural history of loggerhead turtles, what happens when the turtles come to Hunting Island to lay their eggs, and the conservation and challenges specific to a barrier island such as Hunting Island State Park. Participation, ideas and questions are always welcome.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter the talk, participants can join TTT host Peggy Willenberg on a short beach walk. All ages are invited to attend this educational and engaging program.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd for early risers: If you want to join a turtle patrol to check out loggerhead nests, come to the Visitor’s Center parking lot at 6 a.m. sharp any day of the week, and talk with a volunteer in an orange shirt to join a group for that day’s patrol. All ages welcome.\r\n\r\n<strong>YMCA to offer CPR classes</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: July 20, Aug. 17, Sept. 7, Sept. 19, and Nov. 23.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Heritage Explorers Camp at the Santa Elena History Center</strong>\r\n\r\nImmerse your child in a week of interesting local history from 1566 to the 1900s at the Beaufort Heritage Explorers summer camp at the Santa Elena History Center, hosted by the <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/santaelenafoundation/\">Santa Elena History Center</a>, <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/reconstructionbeaufort/\">The Second Founding of America: Reconstruction Beaufort</a> and the <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HistoricBeaufortFoundation/\">Historic Beaufort Foundation</a>.\r\n\r\nDates are July 29-Aug. 2, 9<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>a.m.-1 p.m. Each day concludes with lunch from 12:15 p.m. until pick up with lunch provided on Friday.\r\nThe cost is $150 per child with all proceeds benefit participating nonprofits. There are 15 openings for rising 3rd grade through rising 5th grade and 15 openings for rising 6th grade through rising 8th grade.\r\nThere must be a minimum of 10 per age group registered by June 15. For more information or to register, visit <a href=\"https://santa-elena.org/new-summer-camp-for-2019/\">https://santa-elena.org/new-summer-camp-for-2019/</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>July activities at Hunting Island State Park</strong>\r\n\r\nThere are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMondays: Tie dye, 11 a.m.; Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nTuesdays: Sea Turtle Tracks, 10:30 a.m.; World Snake Day Program, noon (July 16); CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Native American Dreamcatchers, 2 p.m. (July 23, 30); Beach Walk, 3 p.m.; Full moon lighthouse climb, 8 p.m. (July 16)\r\n\r\nWednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.; Stepping Stones, 2 p.m.; Sea Safari, 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nThursdays: Interpretive lighthouse tour, 10 a.m. (July 4, 11, 25); Recycling 101, 11 a.m. (July 18); Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.\r\n\r\nFridays: Lowcountry reptiles, 11 a.m.; Fish printing, 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nSaturdays: Turtle time, 11 a.m. (July 6, 20); Sharks! 11 a.m. (July 13, 27); Beading Frenzy! 2 p.m. (July 6, 20); Creatures of the Night, 2:30 p.m. (July 13, 27).\r\n\r\nFor a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”\r\n\r\nAll are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.\r\n\r\n<strong>Get moving with Beaufort Track Club</strong>\r\n\r\nJoin the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.\r\n\r\nVisit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-to-do-184', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:11:31', '2019-07-03 18:11:31', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40551', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40553, 4, '2019-07-02 14:13:12', '2019-07-02 18:13:12', '<h4>By RICHARD ECKSTROM</h4>\r\nA school in Colorado Springs, Colo., was shuttered.\r\nIn Three Rivers, Ore., the school board shortened the school year five days and laid off employees.\r\nSchools in Louisville, Ky., will no longer have police stationed in them under a city budget pending approval this week – a plan that would also close two libraries and cut 88 jobs.\r\nThe city of Harvey, Ill., laid off 40 police officers and firefighters.\r\nIn the nearby village of Norridge, Ill., property taxes shot up 35 percent. In San Francisco, they increased $298 annually.\r\nOfficials in Central Falls, R.I., asked retired city employees to voluntarily take a 50 percent cut in their already-earned retirement benefits. The retirees refused but the town cut them anyway – as part of a Chapter 9 bankruptcy plan.\r\nAs I’ve been sounding the alarm for the past two decades about South Carolina’s worsening pension funding crisis, I’m sometimes asked what it all means – what are the real-world consequences to the average person?\r\nEach of the above is a direct, tangible consequence of neglecting growth in public pension debt until only drastic options are left: steep cuts in vital services, hefty tax hikes or, most unconscionable of all, defaulting on promises made to retired public employees.\r\n\r\nThese are just some of the examples I’ve learned of. And aside from the Central Falls case, they don’t include those municipal governments which have either successfully or unsuccessfully sought bankruptcy protection from creditors – in states that allow it – such as Detroit and Stockton, Calif.\r\nSouth Carolina’s retirement plans face a funding shortfall of at least $24 billion. That’s a lot of money – three times more than our current general fund budget. Making up such a shortfall will be painful all around, and the pain will increase annually as we ignore it and let it fester.\r\nIn 2017, the Legislature passed what was framed as step one of a two-part fix. It addressed the issue the only way it seems to know how – by pumping more taxpayer dollars into the system. But while more money was certainly needed, truly fixing the problem would require major structural changes – reforms for which lawmakers lacked the political will. So, step two never happened.\r\nAnd when it came time to consider what to do with last year’s $177 million revenue surplus, applying money toward the pension shortfall – our state’s most serious long-term problem – simply didn’t make the Legislature’s list of “priorities.”\r\nWhich brings me to a couple of questions I got last week from someone who’d heard me recently speak about this. Why don’t S.C. politicians seem to take the pension problem seriously? And what will it take to spur state leaders into action?\r\nTo the first question, I’d offer that there are a couple of reasons — primary among them that, historically, politicians have always figured they’d be long gone from office by the time this financial time bomb detonates. Blissfully ignoring it makes it a problem for future politicians to deal with, a burden for future generations to shoulder.\r\nYet other states have started to realize that time is no longer an ally. The day of reckoning is arriving.\r\nAnother reason for down-playing this problem is because it isn’t the kind of bread-and-butter issue that easily appeals to voters.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut make no mistake: This $24 billion problem stands to impact the issues you care about most, whatever they are. It threatens our local schools, our police and fire protection, our street maintenance, our wallets, and our quality of life.\r\nThe question “What will it take?” is a harder one, but I hope people will consider the examples I’ve cited about the high cost of inaction. Then, pick up the phone. Call your House and Senate representatives. Make sure they know what’s at stake, and that you’re paying attention.\r\nIn government, change never comes easy. But it never comes at all unless people demand it.\r\nI’ve been warning about our broken retirement system since the early 2000s, and there was a time when I’d preface my comments with, “I don’t want to alarm you, but …”\r\nThe time bomb has been ticking away since. It’s certainly time to be alarmed by the enormous debt facing our retiree pension fund.\r\n\r\n<em>Richard Eckstrom is a CPA and the state’s Comptroller.</em>', 'It’s time to be alarmed about our pension system debt', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'its-time-to-be-alarmed-about-our-pension-system-debt', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:15:23', '2019-07-03 18:15:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40553', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40555, 4, '2019-07-02 14:18:29', '2019-07-02 18:18:29', '<h4>By SCOTT GRABER</h4>\r\nAlthough American newspapers currently face an existential crisis they still observe certain norms — “If it bleeds it leads.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd on Father’s Day, one can expect an essay on fatherhood.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIt is usually a predictable listing of the life lessons the writer’s father taught him or her. These are lessons the writer did not understand or appreciate until the writer became a father in his own right.\r\n\r\nOne can expect to read these essays and, yes, wipe back a small tear as he or she thinks back on his or her relationship with their father.\r\n\r\nThis morning I read the Beaufort Gazette’s Father’s Day offering as presented by Gina Barreca who teaches English at the University of Connecticut. Sure enough the first part of her ‘Letter to Dad’ was the expected homage, the missing of a man who sometimes listened to “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” and “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” as father and daughter drove through the verdant Connecticut countryside.\r\n\r\nBut as Gina’s piece winds down to its inevitable, predictable conclusion, there is a change in tone.\r\n\r\n“The odd thing is, of course, that I didn’t like you when I was a little kid. I saw you only as the person who made my mother sad. In part that was because I hardly knew you, since you worked six and sometimes seven days a week at the family business sewing and selling bedspreads and curtains, leaving before I was awake and returning home only an hour or so before I went to bed.\r\n\r\n“The other contributing factor to my sense of distance and of wariness, however, is that I believe you really were a lousy husband to my Mom. There’s no reason not to be honest now, right, Dad? She didn’t trust you and probably had reason not to. I was her ally, and you were the opposition, if not the enemy.\r\n\r\n“When she died, young, sad and unreconciled to life, you and I were left in what had become a lonely and dreary house to sift through the wreckage.”\r\n\r\nWhoa! This is not the Splenda-tasting essay that one expects on Father’s Day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“You really were a lousy husband to my Mom,” was not the sentiment this reader was expecting.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut now, now I was interested in Gina Barreca and her father. All of which made me think back to a recent wedding in Dawsonville, Ga.\r\n\r\nIt was my nephew’s wedding which was also attended by my younger brother and sister.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIn the course of the reception — and after three maybe four glasses of Chardonnay — I approached my brother and asked him to tell me about his rocky relationship with our father. He was willing to talk and soon we were comparing notes about the arguments and the (occasional) fights we both had with the old man.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSoon we were joined by my sister who sometimes witnessed the father-son conflict.\r\n\r\nAs we watched the father of the bride dance with his departing daughter (“The Way You Look Tonight”) the three of us talked about our father’s anger. But as the DJ moved from Tony Bennett to Taylor Swift we realized that the three of us now saw our father in a more sympathetic light.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWe now see a man, just back from World War II, trying to make up for lost time. A young man who lost his innocence tending to American casualties in Manila. A father trying to give his children a shrapnel-free adolescence — something he had lost somewhere between the Aleutian Islands and the Philippines.\r\n\r\nBy the time I was 17, my father was attached to the Surgical Research Unit at Brook Army Medical Center. He was doing burn research and was getting himself published in medical journals.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut then he decided that we — my mother and my siblings — ought to move to Europe while he was in the Army. And so he got himself transferred to a small laboratory in Germany, did routine lab work, but took us to Vienna, London or Barcelona almost every weekend.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMy brother and sister agree that our father put his professional ambition on hold — for at least a year — in order to get to know us better.\r\n\r\nGina Barreca’s letter to her deceased father begs the question — Is it possible to rebound and reboot after a thoroughly disastrous marriage?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nApparently so. Gina Barreca writes about the years following her mother’s death.\r\n\r\n“And we did (create a bond) in ways that forged the father/daughter relationship that had never before existed. I hope you can hear me now, or read me, or sense my wave in your direction. You did the best you could to become a good father to a tough daughter, and I did my best to make you proud. We did just fine, Dad. Just fine.”', 'As it gets older, sometimes a father’s story changes', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'as-it-gets-older-sometimes-a-fathers-story-changes', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:28:20', '2019-07-03 18:28:20', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40555', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40557, 4, '2019-07-02 14:28:30', '2019-07-02 18:28:30', '<h4>By LEE SCOTT</h4>\r\nIn a recent car ride with two siblings who are in their seventies, I was serenaded with a rendition of their childhood summer camp song.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThey had been driving along talking about their summers, and camp, and the cold swims that were required at 8 each morning, when they broke into the Sherwood Forest song.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nNow these two had not seen the camp since the 1950s, and yet here they were in 2019, singing the entire song – all four stanzas. I thought it would never end, and yet I was excited for them, because I consider this one of the greatest advantages of having a sibling; another human being who spent their early years growing up with you.\r\n\r\nHere they were, 60 years later, bringing back their joint childhood memories.\r\n\r\nIt seems like most of us move away from our siblings when we turn 18 and begin our own lives. Then spouses, children, and careers take priority and siblings are only seen on holidays or maybe summer vacations.\r\n\r\nThese two siblings had not lived near one another since the mid-1960s, and yet now, they call each other regularly and try to visit each other several times a year.\r\n\r\nFor me, my six surviving siblings are people who can bring back a childhood memory in a second. References to songs, games and movies are easy to recall when the seven of us get together, which seems more frequent now that all our children are grown.\r\n\r\nEven in my neighborhood, there are multiples sets of siblings who retired near one another. Brothers who played baseball in their youth are now out on the golf course. Sisters now play tennis and compare stories about their grandchildren.\r\n\r\nI distinctly recall as a child how much I wanted to get away from my siblings. But now that one of them is gone, our times together seem more valuable.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBesides, we still love to humiliate each other in front of other people. The child remains in each of us.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nNow I tell my kids who are in their 40s and busy with their owns lives, that some day they too will reconnect and recall memories of their time together.\r\n\r\nAs the two Sherwood Forest campers finally came to the end of their song, they burst out laughing. It was then that I heard the sound of the children they once were together. Sixty years fell away in a heartbeat.\r\n\r\nMaybe you have not talked to a sibling in a while. But the July 4 holiday is coming up, and if you cannot get together, you might want to call and at least reminisce.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBesides, you may just find yourself laughing like a kid again.', 'Siblings are treasures for a lifetime', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'siblings-are-treasures-for-a-lifetime', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:29:35', '2019-07-03 18:29:35', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40557', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40559, 4, '2019-07-02 14:31:27', '2019-07-02 18:31:27', 'Two Beaufort County all-star baseball teams featuring players from Bluffton and Beaufort are set to compete in their respective state tournaments from July 19-24 at Bluffton’s Oscar Frazier Park.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County will have host teams in both the Dixie Junior Boys and Dixie Boys state tournaments.\r\n\r\nHere’s a look at the local teams who will compete for state championships:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>DIXIE BOYS (14U)</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort County</strong>\r\n\r\nQualification: Host\r\n\r\nRoster: Christopher Burns, Cooper Davis, Colin Elliott, Nicholas Fowlkes, Ryan Giles, Thomas Gilmore, Garrett Greenwalt, Lucas Hamilton, Peter Hughes, Gavin Kirsch, Mason Kirsch, Emilio Mendoza, Robert Winburn\r\n\r\nCoaches: Chauncey Campbell, Josh Kirsch\r\n\r\nTournament site: Oscar Frazier Park, Bluffton\r\n\r\nTournament dates: July 19-24\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>DIXIE JUNIOR BOYS (13U)</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort County</strong>\r\n\r\nQualification: Host\r\n\r\nRoster: Jadyn Andrews, Kevin Brown Jr., Logan Brutcher, William Corn, Braydon Dinner, Owen Harwell, Kyler McKeever, Hudson Mullen, Ross Putnam, Dietrich Shuford, Creed Smith, Joab Stephens, Carter Zareva\r\n\r\nCoaches: Eddie Rodriguez, Scott Mullen, Tim Brutcher\r\n\r\nTournament site: Oscar Frazier Park, Bluffton\r\n\r\nTournament dates: July 19-24', 'Beaufort County all-stars to compete in state tourneys', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-county-all-stars-to-compete-in-state-tourneys', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:44:43', '2019-07-03 18:44:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40559', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40561, 4, '2019-07-02 14:46:37', '2019-07-02 18:46:37', 'A number of hoops stars from northern Beaufort County were recognized for their stellar performances with spots on the All-Lowco Basketball teams released this week by LowcoSports.com.\r\n\r\n<strong>2018-19 All-Lowco Girls Basketball Team Presented by Lowcountry Heat Basketball</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>COACH OF THE YEAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Jermaine Bigham, MRHS —</strong>After scanning through the All-Lowco Team selections below, the reasoning for Bigham getting the Coach of the Year nod will come into focus. The Sharks claimed the Region 8-3A title and reached the third round of the Class 3A playoffs in just their third season of existence despite boasting just one second-team All-Lowco player and two honorable mention selections. They were able to do so because Bigham got them to buy into playing outstanding team defense, allowing only 33.4 points per game and at one point holding five straight opponents under 30.\r\n\r\n<strong>Runner-up: </strong>Kenny Conroy, HHCA\r\n\r\n<strong>PLAYER OF THE YEAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Tkai DeVore, JPII —</strong>The only strike against DeVore was her level of competition, as the Golden Warriors played a relatively weak SCISA schedule. But the stats speak for themselves. The versatile 5-foot-8 junior averaged 20.8 points, 11 rebounds, and 5.5 steals and racked up 14 double-doubles in 21 games, including 21 points and 10 rebounds in a loss to eventual state champion Hilton Head Christian Academy. And she proved she can do it against a higher level of competition when she poured in 28 points to go with seven boards against Region 7-4A champion Hilton Head High.\r\n\r\n<strong>Runner-up:</strong>Marlaysia Westbrook, RHHS\r\n\r\n<strong>FIRST TEAM ALL-LOWCO</strong>\r\n\r\nJasmine Campbell, Jr., F, HHCA —&nbsp;10.5 ppg, 8.6 rpg\r\n\r\nDominant post presence led Eagles to SCISA 2A state title\r\n\r\nTkai DeVore, Jr., G/F, JPII —&nbsp;20.8 ppg, 11 rpg, 5.5 spg\r\n\r\nArea’s best pure scorer put up big numbers despite defenses keying on her\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTrinity Feltner, Sr., G, HHIHS — 10.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.5 apg\r\n\r\nRegion 7-4A Player of the Year and All-State pick was leader on region championship squad\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBrielle McCarthy, Jr., G, HHCA —&nbsp;11 ppg, 4.5 apg, 2.5 spg\r\n\r\nOne of area’s best defenders also put up solid offensive numbers for state champs\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMarlaysia Westbrook, Jr., F, RHHS — 17.6 ppg, 10.6 rpg\r\n\r\nRegion 8-3A Player of the Year and All-State selection for Jaguars\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>SECOND TEAM ALL-LOWCO</strong>\r\n\r\nTatyana Aiken, Jr., G, BLHS — 11.9 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 4.2 spg\r\n\r\nJossie Frazier, Sr., G, HHCA — 13 ppg, 5 rpg, 3 apg\r\n\r\nAmelia Huebel, Jr., C, BA — 17.2 ppg, 13 rpg\r\n\r\nBrittany Linton, Soph., F, BHS — 11.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg\r\n\r\nChynna Sneed, Jr., F, MRHS — 9.8 ppg, 8 rpg\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>HONORABLE MENTION</strong>\r\n\r\nJordan Bigham, Soph., F, MRHS\r\n\r\nAllayah Bryan, Sr., F, BLHS\r\n\r\nKristen Fielding, Soph., F, HHIHS\r\n\r\nJasmine Hamilton, Jr., F, JPII\r\n\r\nEmilyAnn Hiers, G, BA\r\n\r\nEmonee Johnson, Soph., G/F, BCHS\r\n\r\nOlivia Light, Sr., G/F, HHP\r\n\r\nEmma Peluso, Jr., G, MRHS\r\n\r\nMiley Ray, Jr., G, HHIHS\r\n\r\nStarr Reed, Jr., G/F, BCHS\r\n\r\nKenzie Ryan, Fr., F, HHIHS\r\n\r\nDior Shelton, Soph., G, HHCA\r\n\r\nLenasia Singletary, Sr., F, RHHS\r\n\r\nLayla Warren, Soph., G, BHS\r\n\r\nDarien Watkins, Sr., G, BHS\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>2018-19 All-Lowco Boys Basketball Team Presented By Beaufort Hustle Basketball</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>COACH OF THE YEAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Jerry Faulkner, HHP —</strong>After a legendary coaching career in the Charlotte area, Faulkner has become a household name in the Lowcountry in recent years, and now he has a state title to add to his local resume. The Dolphins lost two of their first three games before reeling off 21 straight, culminating with a 57-43 win over Shannon Forest Christian in the SCISA 2A championship game.\r\n\r\n<strong>Runner-up:</strong>Jeremiah Faber, RHHS\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>PLAYER OF THE YEAR</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Rashamel Butler, RHHS —</strong>The area’s most prolific scorer, Butler was named the Class 3A Co-Player of the Year after leading the Jaguars to a second consecutive state runner-up finish as a senior. The versatile guard averaged 22.1 points, 9.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 3.6 steals and earned a scholarship to play at NJCAA Division II Monroe Community College in New York next season.\r\n\r\n<strong>Runner-up:</strong>Avern Montaque, HHP\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>FIRST TEAM ALL-LOWCO</strong>\r\n\r\nNy\'Gel Boozer, Sr., G, RHHS — 15.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg\r\n\r\nAirport transfer played key role in Jaguars’ playoff run\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRashamel Butler, Sr., G, RHHS — 22.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 5.3 apg, 3.6 spg\r\n\r\nClass 3A Co-Player of the Year led Jags to state finals for second straight year\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHarry Cash, Jr., F, MRHS — 14.2 ppg, 8.8 rpg\r\n\r\nSharks’ leading scorer and rebounder was key defender at top of press\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDawson Coleman, Jr., G, BA — 17.1 ppg, 10.2 rpg\r\n\r\nVersatile player led team in scoring, rebounding, and blocks and surpassed 1,000 career points this season\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAvern Montaque, Sr., F, HHP — 17.6 ppg, 10.2 rpg, 3 spg\r\n\r\nDominant post presence led Dolphins to SCISA 2A title\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>SECOND TEAM ALL-LOWCO</strong>\r\n\r\nDevin Butler, Sr., G, RHHS —&nbsp;13.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.1 spg\r\n\r\nShawn Chisolm, Jr., F, WB — 13 ppg, 8 rpg, 3 apg\r\n\r\nLee Kirkland, Jr., F, BLHS — 9.8 ppg, 12 rpg\r\n\r\nDonovan Raines, Sr., F, BLHS — 12 ppg, 8 rpg\r\n\r\nHaddith Stewart, Sr., G, HHP — 18 ppg, 4 rpg\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>HONORABLE MENTION</strong>\r\n\r\nTyrone Calloway, Jr., G, HHP\r\n\r\nFloyd Hargrove, Jr., G, HHCA\r\n\r\nJack Hegan, Sr., G, MRHS\r\n\r\nTrae Heyward, Sr., G, BHS\r\n\r\nDeshawn Martin, Sr., G, MRHS\r\n\r\nStone McDonald, Jr., F, HHP\r\n\r\nDavis Molloy, Sr., G, HHIHS\r\n\r\nGaston Moore, Jr., G/F, HHIHS\r\n\r\nJosh Patterson, Sr., F, MRHS\r\n\r\nNick Pringle, Jr., F/C, WB\r\n\r\nJaylen Reeves, Soph., G, BA\r\n\r\nJamaad Rivers, Jr., G, BHS\r\n\r\nSam Summa, Soph., F, JPII\r\n\r\nJaQuan Watson, Sr., G, WB\r\n\r\nRonald Zimmerman, Sr., F, RHHS\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'All-Lowco Basketball teams announced', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'all-lowco-basketball-teams-announced', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:46:53', '2019-07-03 18:46:53', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40561', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40563, 4, '2019-07-02 14:49:04', '2019-07-02 18:49:04', 'The 2020 South Carolina Wildlife/Hampton Wildlife Fund photo contest will start earlier than usual and will come with an <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzAxLjc1ODgxNzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzAxLjc1ODgxNzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4OTExNSZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;http://www.scwildlife.com/photocontest/rules.html?utm_content=&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_name=&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;utm_term=\">updated set of categories</a> and rules, as well as <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzAxLjc1ODgxNzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzAxLjc1ODgxNzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4OTExNSZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKKSYVSirdSRiIp3fstUFJfb8z00IvWzmMY4o-RSNvPKJ9wg/closedform?utm_content=&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_name=&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;utm_term=\">a new online submission process</a> this year.\r\n\r\nEntries will be accepted starting July 15. The deadline to enter is 5 p.m. Oct. 15.\r\n\r\nPhotos must have been taken in South Carolina, and entrants must hold the rights to the photographs they enter. Photos may not have been previously submitted to (or taken on assignment for) South Carolina Wildlife.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEmployees of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and their immediate families are ineligible.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEntrants may submit a maximum of three photos in up to three subcategories: Native Wildlife Species (portraits and behavior), Birds, Insects, Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians, Nature, Landscapes, Patterns and textures in nature , Plant Life (wild-growing plants and foliage native to S.C.), Weather (seasons and weather occurrences in nature), Recreation, Hunting, Fishing (saltwater and freshwater), Nature/Outdoor Recreation (hiking, camping, boating and other nature-related outdoor activities) and Sporting Dogs (training, dogs in action).\r\n\r\nAll submissions will only be accepted through the <a href=\"https://forms.gle/nwC6kXEok79DJh1U7\">online SCWildlife.com contest form</a>. Email entries sent to staff will not be accepted.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBy entering the contest, photographers grant lifetime usage rights of entered images to South Carolina Wildlife magazine, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the Harry Hampton Memorial Wildlife Fund. This agreement does not in any way limit the right of the photographer to print, publish, display or sell the image.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nPhotos will be judged based on the following criteria: impact, sharpness, composition, exposure, lighting and difficulty.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWinning entries will appear in a gallery at SCWildlife.com. Contest photographs will also be on display at the Palmetto Sportsmen\'s Classic in March and showcased via social media.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nJudges reserve the right to decide whether a category merits any or all awards. Prizes will be awarded to the top-winning photographer in each category. Prize details will be announced here on SCWildlife.com.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSome entries may be selected to appear in the annual South Carolina Wildlife July-August calendar issue or other editions. Photographers will receive a copy of the issue if their photo has been selected.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nUpload your entries through SCW\'s new digital submission site. Photos must be in JPG format and at least 2MB in size. Entrants may submit no more than three entries total across the 12 categories.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhen submitting your entries, please leave out watermarks to help us keep our judging process anonymous and make winning photos ready for print. Entries may be disqualified based on their degree of photo manipulation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'S.C. Wildlife photo contest gets under way soon', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 's-c-wildlife-photo-contest-gets-under-way-soon', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:50:04', '2019-07-03 18:50:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40563', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40565, 4, '2019-07-02 14:50:31', '2019-07-02 18:50:31', 'Hilton Head Island resident Michele Dayton has been awarded the 2019 Colden R. Battey Scholarship by the Nemours Wildlife Foundation in Yemassee.\r\nThe $4,000 scholarship is named for Beaufort attorney and Nemours Wildlife Foundation board chairman Colden R. Battey, Jr. in recognition of his dedication to wildlife conservation and education.\r\nThe scholarship provides a University of South Carolina Beaufort student an internship which includes housing, a salary and experience in the field working on a research project with a Nemours Wildlife Foundation graduate student.\r\n\r\nDayton, originally from Long Island, N.Y., graduated this spring from the USCB with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology concentrating on coastal ecology and conservation. She is now assisting with several research projects including the study of movements and behavior of alligators in urban communities and the investigation of the use of wetland habitats by predators such as bobcats.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nDayton is quick to say these experiences, which she could not have received in a classroom, have helped make her aware of the many opportunities available to wildlife biologists.\r\nThe scholarship recipient is selected by the chair and faculty of USCB’s Department of Natural Sciences in consultation with the dean of the School of Science and Mathematics, Joe Staton.\r\n“We invite students to apply based on major focus, academic success and intellectual maturity,” Staton, who is also a professor of Biology/Marine Science, said.\r\n\r\nThe Nemours Wildlife Foundation is a private operating 501(c)(3) foundation established by Laura and Eugene duPont in 1995. The Foundation’s mission is to be a leader in land stewardship, scientific investigations, and education relating to wildlife and natural resources conservation. More information can be found at <a href=\"http://www.nemourswildlife.org/\">www.nemourswildlife.org</a>.', 'Hilton Head’s Dayton wins Battey Scholarship', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'hilton-heads-dayton-wins-battey-scholarship', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:51:18', '2019-07-03 18:51:18', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40565', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(40568, 4, '2019-07-02 14:51:58', '2019-07-02 18:51:58', '<strong>County offices, facilities closed for July 4</strong>\r\n\r\nAll <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4NzAwNSZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Beaufort County</a> offices, to include <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4NzAwNSZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/solid-waste-and-recycle/convenience-centers.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Convenience Centers</a>, <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4NzAwNSZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;102&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.beaufortcountylibrary.org/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Library branches</a>, and <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjI2LjczODgzNDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4NzAwNSZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;103&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.bcscrec.com/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Parks and Recreation</a> facilities (except the Charles “Lind” Brown outdoor pool) will be closed July 4 in observance of the Independence Day holiday. All facilities will open according to their regular schedules July 5. Residents are encouraged to plan accordingly.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lowcountry VITA providing tax preparation services</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Lowcountry Area VITA Coalition, in partnership with the United Way of the Lowcountry, Inc., and the Beaufort County Human Service Alliance is now providing extended tax preparation services in Beaufort and Bluffton for prior year returns (2015-2017), amended returns and late 2018 filings.\r\n\r\nAppointments are available at the following locations between 1:30-4:30 p.m.:\r\n\r\n– Beaufort Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort (second Tuesday of the month, July 9, Aug. 13, Sept. 10, Oct. 8)\r\n– Bluffton Library, 120 Palmetto Way, Bluffton (third Tuesday of the month, July 16, Aug. 20, Sept. 17,\r\nOct. 15)\r\n\r\nThese dates are by appointment only. Visit <a href=\"http://www.vitalowcountry.org/\">www.vitalowcountry.org</a> to schedule your appointment for any of the above dates.\r\n\r\nPlease bring a photo ID and social security cards for all persons on the return. Additionally, clients should bring the following to the tax preparation site: A complete copy of last year’s return (not required but helpful to the tax preparer), all 2018 informational statements (including but not limited to wage statements - Form(s) W-2, interest and dividend statements - Form(s) 1099INT and 1099DIV, mortgage interest statements - Form(s) 1098, pension and social security statements - Form(s) 1099R and SSA-1099, and tuition payments statements - Form(s) 1098-T), information on deductions and bank account number and routing number to deposit your refund&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo learn more about the Lowcountry Area VITA program or to volunteer, please contact Theresa Jackson at 843-321-9071 or <a href=\"mailto:lowcountryvitacoalition@gmail.com\">lowcountryvitacoalition@gmail.com</a>. You may also visit our website at <a href=\"http://www.vitalowcountry.org/\">www.vitalowcountry.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Coastline discusses programs, services available for veterans</strong>\r\n\r\nA new episode of The County Channel’s series <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjI4Ljc0ODE2MTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjI4Ljc0ODE2MTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4Nzk0MyZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&amp;reload=9&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;v=CzOwF-rFUJ4\">Coastline</a> discusses the programs and services available to veterans living in Beaufort County as well as the incredible history of Beaufort National Cemetery. Joining host Suzanne Larson is Beaufort County Veterans Affairs Officer Carl Wedler, Veterans Affairs Counselors Damian Ashcraft and Walt Field, and Beaufort National Cemetery Director Christopher Hickey.\r\n\r\nCoastline airs on The County Channel Sundays at 9:30 a.m., Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m., Thursdays at 8 p.m., and Fridays at 9 a.m. Coastline is a monthly news show filmed in-studio and produced by The County Channel.\r\n\r\nWatch all programming for The County Channel on Comcast Ch. 2, Hargray Chs. 9 and 113, and Spectrum Ch. 1304. Viewers can also watch programming live and on-demand at <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjI4Ljc0ODE2MTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjI4Ljc0ODE2MTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4Nzk0MyZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/the-county-channel/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">The County Channel’s website</a> at <a href=\"http://www.beaufortcountysc.gov/\">www.beaufortcountysc.gov</a><a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjI4Ljc0ODE2MTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjI4Ljc0ODE2MTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ4Nzk0MyZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;102&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">.</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>County Accommodations Tax Board accepting grant applications</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Accommodations Tax Board is now accepting applications from organizations in Beaufort County wanting to receive grants from the 2 percent state accommodations tax fund.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSouth Carolina law allows for a 2 percent tax levy on the rental of all transient accommodations to help provide financial support to promote tourism and fund tourism-related activities in municipalities and counties within the state.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAs a result, individuals staying overnight in hotels, motels, inns, and vacation rentals pay 2 percent in addition to the statewide sales tax and any local sales and use tax applied to their lodging cost.\r\n\r\nThe current year application (2019/2020) is available online.\r\n\r\nApplications will not be accepted if received incomplete or after 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9. Questions regarding the application process should be directed to Linda Maietta at 843-255-2297 or <a href=\"mailto:atax@bcgov.net\">atax@bcgov.net</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club will meet July 11</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club’s July meeting will be held Thursday, July 11, 2019 at the Beaufort Yacht Club on Lady’s Island off Meridian Road.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe social begins at 6:30 p.m.; the meeting at 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nOur July guest speaker is Bryan Frazier, a marine biologist with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, where he has been conducting research on sharks since 2001. His research focuses on studying habitat use and dynamics of estuarine and coastal fishes focusing on sharks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHe is the principal investigator of several seasonal surveys investigating estuarine and coastal abundance of sharks in South Carolina. Current research projects include movement ecology of bonnethead and tiger sharks, life history of bonnethead and spinner sharks, distribution and trophic ecology of scalloped and Carolina hammerheads and post-release mortality of blacktip sharks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFrazier’s overall research focuses on providing data critical to effective management of shark populations in the United States.\r\n\r\n<strong>Episcopal Church hosting Open Conversation</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Episcopal Church in South Carolina will host a public Open Conversation in Beaufort from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11 at St. John’s Lutheran Church at 157 Ladys Island Drive.\r\n\r\nTECSC is offering this Open Conversation to provide information, listen, and answer questions about the life and ministry of our diocese and faith communities.\r\nLed by Bishop Skip Adams of TECSC, the Open Conversation will include other clergy and lay leaders, including Archdeacon Callie Walpole and the Rev. Bill Coyne, Diocesan Missioner for Returning Congregations.\r\n\r\nThe event is open to the public, and will be of special interest to people who attend Episcopal/Anglican churches in the region, including those affected by the 2017 state Supreme Court decision to return the property of the Diocese of South Carolina and 29 parishes to The Episcopal Church.\r\n\r\n“We encourage people in parishes who are affected by the court ruling to bring their questions and concerns to this Open Conversation,” Coyne said. “This is an opportunity to engage with one another with an open heart as we walk the road toward reconciliation together.”', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-115', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:54:44', '2019-07-03 18:54:44', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40568', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40572, 4, '2019-07-02 14:55:35', '2019-07-02 18:55:35', '<h4>By CELIA STRONG</h4>\r\nThe white wine is here. And just in time.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nNot just because new white wines become a priority for some wine drinkers in the hot summer months. But, also, because the complete set of a brand is now available. Red. Rosé. And, finally, the white.\r\n\r\nGerberas’ white wine comes the Aragon region in Spain. Like its red and rosé cousins, Aragon is located in northeastern Spain. It stretches from the Pyrenees Mountains south to the Iberian plateau. (The whole of Spain and Portugal is the Iberian Peninsula.)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCatalonia is to the east of Aragon, and Rioja, Navarra and Castilla y Leon are to its west. All other Spanish wine regions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Ebro River, the largest and most important in Spain, flows eastward through Aragon. And defines the various Aragon wine areas in its valley.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe name Aragon comes from either a smaller river in the region with the same name, or from the Basque word “Aragoi” that means “high valley.”\r\n\r\nThe climate of Aragon is moderate with the vineyard elevations determining how moderate. Recently, a Cava DO status was granted in Aragon. (Cava is the designation for Spanish sparkling wines, mostly from the Catalonia region.) There are several wine DOs in Aragon – Somontano, Cariñena, Calatayud, Campo de Borjia.\r\n\r\nGerberas Bianco is made from 100 percent Macabeo. This variety is also known as Viura, Macabeu, Lardot and about a dozen lesser known more localized names.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBesides large plantings in northeastern Spain in the Rioja and Cava producing areas, it is also grown in the Languedoc-Rousillon area of France. It is often used in blends, but as more modern winemaking techniques are adopted, like stainless steel and temperature controlled fermentations, it is making wonderful wines on its own.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIts wines tend to have a bone dryness, light to medium bodies, moderate acidity and not too high alcohol levels. The flavors include honeydew melons, lime peels, lemon verbena, tarragon and hazelnuts.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nJanis Robinson, an icon in wine tasting and wine writing, calls Macabeo the “Cinderella” grape. Because, in recent years, it has been “discovered” as capable of making excellent wines.\r\n\r\nGerberas Macabeo follows Gerberas Garnacha and Gerberas Garnacha Rosé as a great sipping, food friendly everyday affordable wine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe grapes for it are grown in alluvial soils in the foothills of the Moncayo mountain. After harvesting and crush, the must is chilled for a short time with the skins.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFermentation is long and slow, in stainless steel tanks, at controlled temperatures between 71 and 79 degrees Fahrenheit. The finished wine is delicate with fruity and floral notes. Ripe peaches. Lemons. Lime zest. Stone fruits. Nuts. White flowers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAll come together in a very dry, light, but definitely textured body. The palate is clean and fresh and exhilarating.\r\n\r\nPerfect as an aperitif, but it also pairs well with grilled fish, shellfish, sushi, baked chicken, salads, pasta with seafood white sauces or just olive oil and grated cheese, pizzas with anchovies and olive oil, fried foods, pesto, risotto, and lots of cheeses – Manchego, Monterey Jack, Mozzarella, Gouda, Triple Cremes. Pretty much summer foods.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd it’s easy to find with the yellow gerberas daisy on its label. It’s finally here. For $9.99. Enjoy.', 'Finally, the white is here', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'finally-the-white-is-here', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:56:57', '2019-07-03 18:56:57', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40572', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40575, 4, '2019-07-02 14:57:11', '2019-07-02 18:57:11', 'On Wednesday, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the grand opening of the new Synergy Cycling Studio in Habersham. The celebration kicks off at noon, and the official ribbon cutting ceremony takes place at 12:30 p.m.\r\n\r\nSynergy Cycling Studio invites the public to attend the event from noon until 1 p.m. Meet the instructors, tour the facility, and enjoy light snacks and beverages.\r\n\r\nSynergy Cycling Studio is an indoor cycling facility offering spin classes geared towards any fitness level. The studio is a small, local business with a hands-on staff. They\'re located at 20 Market in the Habersham Marketplace and at <a href=\"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012lJXDpNk-tIBhXGpdMr7j2BfPTnQTeqQ--ZIxYkqJglQXPxgoqHwmi4JnZEVZI1CQjrc5mkCt8q3q49L-MAsU4hYtMZaXkpAVCYlBiqVYL8XYIyPU_IfCYGxMHOpZ2nWxjK2VT4Ihn1od0hkSvIB63oaCM61lCnFsVf91-z11AmQ46A5hxOC3w==&amp;c=KGCnDE_C70ED6BF5bGbbNC7rHrkJ8c0Ui9ZmJzSau-szIoL1pmg1PQ==&amp;ch=fVPvED-_S3oNgD95DexUoaIOR7yS3LzNZ-MUHlNuX9gsPSMrQgboHQ==\">SynergyCyclingStudio.com</a>.', 'Synergy Cycling Studio to celebrate grand opening', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'synergy-cycling-studio-to-celebrate-grand-opening', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:57:41', '2019-07-03 18:57:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40575', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40578, 4, '2019-07-02 14:57:57', '2019-07-02 18:57:57', 'Leadership Beaufort has announced 32 confirmed participants for its Class of 2020.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEstablished in 1985, Leadership Beaufort builds community trustee leadership through an in-depth view of cultural, economic, historic, social, educational, environmental and government resources, according to the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce website.\r\n\r\nLeadership Beaufort connects participants with prominent civic, business and government leaders.\r\n\r\nAccording to the website, applications are taken during April and May of each year and are due to the Chamber office the Friday before Memorial Day. After an interview process, participants of the class are typically announced by the first week in July.\r\n\r\nThe Leadership Beaufort Class of 2020 includes: Jimmy Banton, USMC, MCAS Beaufort; Robert Blok, Retired; James Brown, U.S. Naval Hospital; N’Kia Campbell, Beaufort County Schools; Allison Canning, Technical College of the Lowcountry; Cheryl D’Angelo, Ballenger Realty; Michael Carbiener, Secession Golf Club; Kim Farlow, Farlow Communications; Josh Fisher, USMC, MCAS Beaufort; Shawn Flood, Beaufort Jasper Water &amp; Sewer Authority; Anna Graham, Creative Interiors Carpet One; Becky Hall, Hargray Communications; Rich Holihan, Holihan Associates; Clint Holmes, City of Beaufort Fire Dept.; Evans Janvier, USMC, Retired; Jake Jones, Securitas Critical Infrastructure Services; Annette Jussame, Norsk Titanium; Chanel Lewis, Beaufort County; Jess Longo, Individual; Lynn McGee, USC Beaufort; Matt St. Clair, City of Beaufort; Connie Schroyer, Beaufort County Human Services Dept.; Daniella Squicquero, The Beaufort Life; Richard Stoner, Problem Solvers; Morgan Stuard, Marine Corps Community Services; Allyson Thornton, Companion Foundation; Lisa Traver, Marine Corps Community Services; Urbie West, The Greenery; DeLauren White, Boys &amp; Girls Club; Kathy Whitehead, Retired; Denny Wiener, Retired; Matthew Woelke, Beaufort County Parks &amp; Recreation.', 'Leadership Beaufort announces Class of 2020', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'leadership-beaufort-announces-class-of-2020-2', '', '', '2019-07-03 14:58:35', '2019-07-03 18:58:35', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40578', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40580, 4, '2019-07-02 14:59:42', '2019-07-02 18:59:42', 'In the cutline for the photo that ran under the headline “PADDLEPOWER” on Page A1 of the June 27-July 3 edition of The Island News, the name of the church affiliated with the pictured dragon boat is misstated. The pictured boat, belonging to the Parish Paddlers, is affiliated with the Parish Church of St. Helena.', 'CORRECTION', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'correction', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:00:30', '2019-07-03 19:00:30', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40580', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40582, 4, '2019-07-02 15:05:39', '2019-07-02 19:05:39', 'Two Beaufort weightlifting phenoms added to their impressive resumes with championship performances in the past week.\r\n\r\nCJ Cummings continued his push for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team with another record-smashing performance Thursday at the Junior Pan-American Weightlifting Championships in Havana, Cuba, and Dade Stanley made the most of his final USA Weightlifting Youth National Championships, sweeping his weight class Sunday in Anaheim, California.\r\n\r\nCummings set 15 records in the 73kg weight class while winning gold in the clean and jerk and overall competitions and taking silver in the snatch.\r\n\r\nThe 19-year-old star posted totals of 154kg in the snatch and 193kg in the clean for a 347kg total. All three marks represented new junior and senior Pan-American records, as well as junior and senior American records and junior world records.\r\n\r\nThe Junior Pan-American Championships are a gold event for the qualification process for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Cummings already was the top-ranked lifter in any weight class following a dominant performance earlier this month at the Pan-American Championships, where he also broke 15 records.\r\n\r\nStanley claimed all three gold medals in the 81kg weight class at the Youth National Championships, and he did so with relative ease, clinching all three golds with a lift of 145kg on his first clean and jerk attempt. Stanley also hit a 135kg snatch for a 280kg total, easily outpacing the competition by 23kg in the snatch, 3kg in the clean, and 26kg overall.\r\n\r\nStanley was the runner-up for best lifter in the 16-17 age group.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Above: Dade Stanley</strong></em>', 'Cummings, Stanley rack up more titles', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cummings-stanley-rack-up-more-titles', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:06:50', '2019-07-03 19:06:50', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40582', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40587, 4, '2019-07-02 15:09:40', '2019-07-02 19:09:40', 'U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has added Beaufort resident Elijah Stacks to his office in Washington, D.C. as a summer intern.\r\n\r\nStacks is a rising senior at Liberty University majoring in Government, International Relations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“I’m excited to welcome Elijah to the office. He has been a great asset to the team, and I appreciate his service to the people of South Carolina,” Scott said in a release. “He has shown professionalism and maturity in handling all of his work assignments. We enjoy having him on the team, and I hope that his experience on Capitol Hill will be useful as he decides his next adventure to embark on.”\r\n\r\nCongressional internships have two focuses: education and service.\r\n\r\nStacks will spend the majority of his time serving the people of South Carolina — he is one of the first points of contact in the office, greeting and guiding visitors, taking constituent phone calls, providing information and sharing constituent feedback with the senator. He guides tours of the Capitol for visitors from the state and is the presence from home whose goal it is to make South Carolinians feel welcome at the Senate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe other focus of Senator Scott’s internship program is education. Interns have the opportunity to work on specialized projects with staff in their areas of interest.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWith a focus in international relations, Elijah is interested in foreign affairs and armed services. He has worked closely with members of our policy team and has had the opportunity to work on research projects and attended briefings and hearings held at the Senate.\r\n\r\n“My internship with Senator Scott has been a fantastic opportunity to experience the legislative process first-hand,” Stacks said in a release. “From attending hearings to assisting with research to listening to the opinions of South Carolina constituents, it has been the experience of a lifetime to work on Capitol Hill and to serve the Senator and people of South Carolina.”', 'Beaufort’s Stacks joins Scott’s office as intern', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beauforts-stacks-joins-scotts-office-as-intern', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:10:46', '2019-07-03 19:10:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40587', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40590, 4, '2019-07-02 15:10:53', '2019-07-02 19:10:53', 'The Burton Fire District, MCAS Beaufort Fire Department, and Beaufort County EMS, responded Friday, June 26 to a blazing gazebo fire threatening a local home.\r\n\r\nJust before 3 p.m. Friday, Burton and MCAS Beaufort firefighters responded to a reported house fire on Laurel Street E. Firefighters arrived on scene not to find a house on fire, but a gazebo in the rear of the home fully ablaze and threatening the home.\r\n\r\nPlacing themselves between the home and the fire, firefighters quickly pushed back and knocked down the flames. The fire was quickly extinguished. No injuries were reported and the home was not damaged.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHomeowners were not home at the time. The fire is under investigation.\r\n\r\nThis fire came on the heels of a house fire earlier in the morning for Burton fire crews that displaced a family of five.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;\r\n\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<em>Firefighters from Burton and MCAS Beaufort attack a gazebo that caught fire and threatened a home on Friday, June 26.</em>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'Gazebo fire threatens Burton home', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'gazebo-fire-threatens-burton-home', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:12:50', '2019-07-03 19:12:50', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40590', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40593, 4, '2019-07-02 15:13:47', '2019-07-02 19:13:47', 'Several area firefighters were recognized for saving lives in 2018 during the S.C. Firefighters’ Association annual banquet Saturday night in Columbia.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhile responding to emergencies and saving lives is something firefighters across the nation do every day, occasionally situations arise where the amount of danger presented, or the difficult challenges faced, rise to a level where special recognition is deserved.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFrom humanitarian missions to rescues, firefighters received the following state awards for their actions:\r\n\r\nMedal of Valor – Burton Engineer Austin Causey and Colleton County firefighter Conner Hutto received the state’s Medal of Valor for a June rescue of five people from a building collapse during extreme weather. Both responded as volunteer firefighters for the Hampton fire dept.\r\n\r\nMeritorious Action Medal – Burton and MCAS Beaufort firefighters received a Meritorious Action medal for rescuing a trapped driver from a flaming vehicle and treating multiple critically injured occupants from a November motor vehicle collision.\r\n\r\nMeritorious Action Medal – Burton firefighters received a Meritorious Action medal for an August rescue of a man trapped beneath his mobile home which collapsed on him after being struck by a vehicle. Firefighters had to act quickly and creatively to rescue the critically injured man.\r\n\r\nMeritorious Action Medal – Fripp Island firefighter Brittney Thorson and Lady’s Island Fire Lieutenant Keith Kersey received a Meritorious Action medal for the water rescue from an overturned boat off Harbor Island under difficult conditions.\r\n\r\nCitizenship Award – Burton Fire Captain Bobby Davidson received the state’s Citizenship Award for his humanitarian work with his family on the Asaph Project which has reduced the loss of life of children in Kibera, Kenya while increasing educational levels.', 'Area firefighters honored at annual SC Firefighters Association event', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'area-firefighters-honored-at-annual-sc-firefighters-association-event', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:17:25', '2019-07-03 19:17:25', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40593', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40597, 4, '2019-07-02 15:17:34', '2019-07-02 19:17:34', 'Back in the day, when “the real rock and roll” ruled, Beaufort’s Melody Makers were one of the most sought after beach bands in the state.\r\n\r\nLocal folks wax nostalgic remembering beach parties, teen romance and shagging the night away to high-energy music. As far as history goes, the band was an important part of growing up in Beaufort.&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNow the beat goes on thanks to a special exhibit at Beaufort History Museum featuring photos, instruments, amplifiers and framed albums of the Melody Makers biggest hits.\r\n\r\nA reception with refreshments will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11, 2019 at the Museum. “Singing Fred Gauch,” along with other past band members, will be there to reminisce with friends and guests.\r\n\r\nAdmission is free and the public is invited.\r\n\r\n“Regardless of where you grew up, there was that one special band, that first slow dance, that first beer”, said Mary Lou Brewton, a local native and vice president of the Museum’s Board of Directors. “In Beaufort we had many great bands, but none have had the longevity of the Melody Makers. From Bailey’s, Oakgrove and the Varnville Pool, the Melody Makers and that sweet Carolina Beach music rocked our youth away.”\r\n\r\nThe Melody Makers exhibit is currently open and will be available until through August.\r\n\r\nSpecial themed exhibits are ongoing at the Museum, which is also completely renovating its principal Exhibit Hall. Phase I of the renovation opened in the spring of 2018.\r\n\r\nPhase II, which will offer interactive displays and innovative digital opportunities to explore Beaufort’s 500-year history, will open later this year.\r\n\r\n“When baby boomers go into museums, we are shocked to see our grandparents’ and parents’ artifacts. Now we are them,” Brewton said. She is also co-chairman of the Museum’s Collection Committee and she is encouraging people to preserve photos, books and artifacts, which tell the story of our past. “If people have artifacts they would like to share, we will help them find a home for them,” she said.\r\n\r\nBeaufort History Museum, located on the second floor of the historic Arsenal at 713 Craven Street, has evolved to focus specifically on the history of the Beaufort District. It strives to manage and display artifacts and documents held by the City of Beaufort, telling the compelling stories of this area from the early 16th Century to the modern era.\r\n\r\nThe Museum’s hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday – Saturday. Docents are on duty to provide information and conduct tours. Admission is $7 per visitor ($6 for Seniors). Children and active military are admitted free of charge.\r\n\r\nPlease visit <a href=\"http://www.beauforthistorymuseum.com/\">www.beauforthistorymuseum.com</a> or BHM’s Facebook page for updates and news from the Museum.', 'Beaufort History Museum spotlights local Melody Makers', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-history-museum-spotlights-local-melody-makers', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:19:48', '2019-07-03 19:19:48', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40597', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40601, 4, '2019-07-02 15:20:19', '2019-07-02 19:20:19', '<h2>Local players vie to be cornhole kings of 64<sup>th</sup> Beaufort Water Festival</h2>\r\n<h4>By BOB SOFALY</h4>\r\nWith opening ceremonies for the 64th annual Beaufort Water Festival only a week away, 36 teams in two different brackets took over The Shed in Port Royal on Saturday for the annual cornhole tournament.\r\n\r\nSeven teams entered in a just-for-fun bracket, but 29 teams entered to win some of the $1,500 total purse available in the competitive bracket.\r\n\r\nNoah Weaton and Matthew Jorrells were the big winners, coming out on top in the competitive division. They won 10 matches against just one loss.\r\n\r\nThe duo of Brannon Gregory and Robert Guthery finished second, followed by Drew Richardson and Hunter Yaklin in third place.\r\n\r\nIn the recreational division, Jeremy Wilton and Daniel Buchanan were the champions. Kandace Daughtry and Ethan James were second, while Travis Belflower and Tyler Payne were third.\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Twenty-nine teams signed up during the annual Water Festival Cornhole Tournament Saturday at The Shed in Port Royal.<strong> Photo by Bob Sofaly</strong></em>', 'Bags & Boards', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bags-boards', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:26:26', '2019-07-03 19:26:26', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40601', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40607, 4, '2019-07-02 15:27:10', '2019-07-02 19:27:10', 'The Classic Car and Truck Club of Beaufort is joining organizers across the country to celebrate the 10th annual SEMA Collector Car Appreciation Day by holding their monthly cruise-in from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 12 at Grayco on Lady’s Island.\r\nThe Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) declared July 12, 2019, as \"Collector Car Appreciation Day.\" As a result, hundreds of car-related events are taking place across the country during the month of July.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe events aim to raise awareness of the vital role that automotive restoration and collection plays in American society. As a uniquely American pastime that serves as the inspiration for everything from music and photography to cinema and fashion, the automotive industry has made a positive impact on the American economy and in serving technological advancements for more than 100 years.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Classic Car and Truck Club of Beaufort is proud to be celebrating this important day. Everyone is welcome to participate by registering a car or being a spectator.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Grayco Cruise-In will be one of hundreds of car events taking place across the United States and Canada to celebrate “Collector Car Appreciation Day.”', 'Classic Car and Truck Club of Beaufort joins nationwide event', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'classic-car-and-truck-club-of-beaufort-joins-nationwide-event', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:27:34', '2019-07-03 19:27:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40607', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40609, 4, '2019-07-02 15:27:56', '2019-07-02 19:27:56', '<h2>Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association’s July First Friday event is made in America</h2>\r\nJuly’s First Friday Event, hosted by The Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association, will be a family-focused evening of good old-fashioned fun, “Made in America”.\r\n\r\nBusinesses along Bay Street and the downtown business core will be decked out in red, white, and blue and the spirit of Old Glory will fill the streets.\r\n\r\nMerchants and restaurants will be open for “late-night” shopping and dining for the event which runs from 5 to 8 p.m.\r\n\r\nAt the clock tower on Bay Street, a special letter-of-thanks-writing booth will be set up, and all are welcome to participate in a gesture of gratitude by writing a card or letter of thanks and well wishes to new Parris Island Marine recruits and graduates.\r\n\r\nThere will be a backdrop photo station for those who would like to pose or take a patriotic selfie or group photo with friends and family. John Sundrla will be the feature entertainer for the evening and share his unique musical styling.\r\n\r\nFirst Friday is a perfect reason to visit downtown – to have a great meal, check out unique shops, galleries, and specialty stores while enjoying free entertainment and activities.\r\n\r\nParticipating businesses will feature promotions, demonstrations and specials throughout the evening.\r\n\r\nAll are encouraged to come and celebrate with friends and neighbors and share in supporting the downtown business community, which helps maintain a vibrant local economy.\r\n\r\nThis and all First Friday events are free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nFor information, contact the Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association at <a href=\"mailto:dbmerchantsassociation@gmail.com\">dbmerchantsassociation@gmail.com</a>.', 'First Friday', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'first-friday', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:32:43', '2019-07-03 19:32:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40609', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40612, 4, '2019-07-02 15:38:14', '2019-07-02 19:38:14', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nVisitors to the Hunting Island Lighthouse could see a “closed for repairs” sign on the 160-year-old historic structure due to significant restoration work that could start as late as next year or first of 2021, park officials say.\r\n\r\nThe work on the lighthouse at Hunting Island State Park is needed due to normal “wear and tear” of the popular visitor destination which, along with five miles of pristine beaches, is the park’s primary draw, said Dawn Dawson-House, a spokeswoman for the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.\r\n\r\nBut exactly what that work will entail and when it will begin remains “speculative” since funding for the project has yet to go through the legislative or permitting process, Dawson-House said.\r\n\r\n“We just know this is what our assessment said is needed, but again, it’s too early to tell when work will begin and what all that will involve,” she said.\r\n\r\nAn assessment of the lighthouse conducted by a Charleston engineering firm last year, found the lighthouse is in need of repair work due to cracks throughout its brick masonry and corrosion to cast iron found in both in the interior and on the structure’s exterior skin.\r\n\r\nThe firm made a number of long-term conservation recommendations as well as immediate safety suggestions such as limiting the total number of visitors allowed inside the lighthouse at any given time.\r\n\r\nThe agency will seek funding for the project – which could cost $3 million – for its 2020 – 2021 fiscal year, Dawson-House confirmed.\r\n\r\nThe lighthouse renovation joins a list of other projects planned in the wake of devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew in 2016, including a beach restoration project expected to cost $11 million and begin in November.\r\n\r\nDawson-House said usually when a project of this nature is green lighted, the parks system will pick a time when the least amount of visitor traffic will be passing through.\r\n\r\n“For Hunting Island, this is usually somewhere after the winter holidays in either January or February,” she said.', 'Hunting Island Lighthouse restoration could begin in late 2020', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'hunting-island-lighthouse-restoration-could-begin-in-late-2020', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:43:20', '2019-07-03 19:43:20', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40612', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40615, 4, '2019-07-03 15:39:31', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '<h4>By MIKE McCOMBS</h4>\nS.C. State representative Nancy Mace announced on Wednesday, June 26 that she is running for the 1<sup>st</sup> Congressional District seat currently held by Democrat Joe Cunningham.\n\nMace joins Mt. Pleasant’s Kathy Landing in seeking the Republican nomination in the 2020 primary.\n\n“I believe Republicans will win back the First Congressional District with the right type of candidate; someone who is supportive of the President especially on infrastructure and immigration; someone who has a solid record of true fiscally conservative values; but also a conservationist who believes in preserving the beauty and quality of life in the Lowcountry,” Mace said in a release.\n\nMace currently represents the 99<sup>th</sup> district – Hanahan, northeast Mt. Pleasant and Daniel Island – in the S.C. Statehouse. She won the seat in a runoff over Mark Smith in a special election to replace the indicted Jimmy Merrill in 2017. She was re-elected last year, easily holding off Democratic challenger Jen Gibson.\n\nPrior to her statehouse tenure, Mace ran for Lindsay Graham’s Senate seat in 2014, finishing fifth in the Republican primary with 6.19 percent of the vote. She did land a key endorsement, however, from the National Association for Gun Rights.\n\nMace was a Coalitions Director and Field Director for Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. during the 2016 presidential primaries. She worked in seven different states and was involved in the S.C. Republican primary for the 1st Congressional District, where Trump-supported Katie Arrington defeated incumbent Mark Sanford.\n\n“I look forward to meeting and speaking with voters in SC-1 to hear about their thoughts and their ideas,” Mace said in a release. “I want to learn what is most important to them, their families and their businesses, because in the end, we are all in this together.”\n\nIn the announcement that she’s running for the 1<sup>st</sup> Congressional District seat, Mace cites infrastructure, Constitutional rights, the border wall and increased border security as priorities.\n\n“We simply cannot allow radical politicians in Washington to turn America into a socialist country,” Mace said. “My legislative record shows I will stand up for the Lowcountry. I will stand up for my beliefs and my constituents even when it means bucking the party line.”\nMace, a Goose Creek native and Stratford High School graduate, graduated magna cum laude from The Citadel, where she was the school’s first female graduate from its Corps of Cadets in 1999. She later earned a masters degree in Mass Communication from the University of Georgia.\nIn 2001, she authored “In The Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel.”\n\nHer business experience includes corporate technology consulting and commercial real estate. She has two children.', 'Mace joins race for Cunningham’s House seat', '', 'draft', 'closed', 'closed', '', '', '', '', '2019-07-03 15:39:31', '2019-07-03 19:39:31', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40615', 0, 'post', '', 0);

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(40666, 4, '2019-07-10 13:26:51', '2019-07-10 17:26:51', '<h4>By DAVID TAUB</h4>\r\nMy home was built between 1775 and 1780 and is often referred to as the Independence House.\r\n\r\nDaily, we fly the Betsy Ross flag because it is the most appropriate one for the historic antiquity of my house, located in Beaufort’s Historic District.\r\n\r\nSadly, Ross’s Revolutionary-period flag, which contains 13 stars arranged in a circle against a background of red and white stripes has become a raging controversy.\r\n\r\nAs soon as Nike abdicated its autonomy and left good common sense at the starting line, the media lit up like fireworks even before the Fourth of July.\r\n\r\nGurus of every political/social stripe had an opinion. The more rational pundits and historians told the history of how other American symbols have changed over time, and sadly how some have been kidnapped by special interest groups, such as the KKK, as their own special idol.\r\n\r\nDoes flying Ross’s flag on the front of my historic home make my wife and me racists, which most certainly we are not? How did this moronic foolishness come to pass?\r\n\r\nHistorians have frequently warned us of the falsity of trying to understand complex events in history by viewing them in the context of modern ethos, instead of through the values defining their own time. This axiom is critical to understanding the contradictions of Thomas Jefferson’s famous words in the opening stanzas of the Declaration of Independence, and America’s dark period of slavery.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe introduction of slaves to the colonies came under and through British rule. By the time the Declaration of Independence was signed and published, there were over a half-million slaves in America, out of a total population of about 2.5 million.\r\n\r\nThe Declaration of Independence spoke elegantly and explicitly on behalf of the 13 colonies, each colony a gift from the Kings of pax Britannica.\r\n\r\nGeorge Washington invited Betsy Ross to sew a flag that reflected that constituency; 13 former colonies now united in singular nationhood. Ross’ flag symbolizes that historic reality.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhat is the symbolism embodied in every American flag flying over the Republic before the end of slavery?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nShould we condemn these great American icons as racist symbols because slavery existed at that time?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nShould we believe that only US flags since the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, (passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865) validate the great American dream articulated by Jefferson at the beginning of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence: “We holds these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal …”?\r\n\r\nA first lesson provided in Anthropology 101 is that in every culture “symbols” are very important to the society and mark the identity of the peoples who have adopted them. It is no different in America today.\r\n\r\nIn the modern world, every society, culture and empire has used national (and nationalistic) symbols to their own end; some to good, but many others to evil, pursuits.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOur national flags are the most important symbols in America’s lexicon of icons. Many patriots of all colors, religions and beliefs have given their lives to protect and defend what these flags symbolize, which includes our freedom and democracy. Our flag is the “holy grail” for us, and we must passionately resist all attempts to conflate it with white supremacy, racism and bigotry.\r\n\r\nToday, the fallacy of “race” and the racism that permeates from this toxic mythology, is alive and virulent in America. We face many difficult issues, not the least of which is an ugly resurgence in racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAbraham Lincoln, perhaps our greatest president, opined presciently: “To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLet us now not be cowards. It is time for all Americans to rededicate ourselves to the most righteous Judeo-Christian virtues of our shared American values and mores.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLet us be courageous in the face of the evils of bigoted hatred that infect our society. We cannot remain silent; rather we must vigorously repudiate these poisonous curses.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWe must demand that our leaders do likewise, just as we must demand it of ourselves and our brothers and sisters.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Betsy Ross: American heroine or racist icon?', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'betsy-ross-american-heroine-or-racist-icon', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:26:51', '2019-07-10 17:26:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40666', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40668, 4, '2019-07-10 13:34:22', '2019-07-10 17:34:22', '<h4>By SCOTT GRABER</h4>\r\nIt is Saturday morning and a thunderstorm is passing over Port Royal. Normally, I would be happy about the plunging temperature, the wind and rain in July. But Saturday morning is when I bathe and barber my yard with help from my friend, Joe Morrall.\r\n\r\nSaturday morning is also when I get the Wall Street Journal’s “Review.” Lately I’ve come to rely on their book reviews although they are skewed to non-fiction — war and rumors of war — and less comprehensive when it comes to new fiction.\r\n\r\nThis morning, there is a review of \"A Primer for Forgetting\" by Lewis Hyde (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, $26) which makes the case that certain things should be forgotten.\r\n\r\n“Bad remembering causes time to clot. Bad remembering can be an error of content (we remember the wrong things) or an error of action (we remember for wrong reasons). Time is, ought to be, fluid and to be fluent within time, we must let a lot of life drop away.”\r\n\r\nSeveral weeks ago, I corralled my brother and sister (in the midst of a wedding reception) and made them talk about my father’s anger. Then, a week after the wedding, I invited both of them to dinner and peppered them with a list of prepared questions — “Did our mother really love our father?”\r\n\r\nAs I approach 75 years on this troubled planet, I am obsessed with my past and the parts of that past that have disappeared.\r\n\r\nWhich brings me to my college classmate, Johnny Sams, who sailed into Beaufort a couple of nights ago and invited me and my wife onto his sleek, state-of-the-art yacht for wine and conversation. I readily agreed.\r\n\r\nJohnny was not only a classmate, but was also in my company, India, and succeeded in every way that I failed. He got promoted — eventually going up to 3rd Battalion Staff — and went on to earn three stars in the US Air Force. And so, for nearly four hours, we sat on his boat and talked about our time together at The Citadel.\r\n\r\nMy experience at the Citadel was uneven. I went to the military school against the advice of my father — “You’ll never make it,” he told me when I broached the idea. And the following year — my plebe year — is one I have tried to forget.\r\n\r\nI was singled-out as a person who did not belong in the Corps of Cadets. Several of the cadre tried their best to get me to leave the school.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd every now and then, especially when I read a book like “A Sense of Honor” by James Webb, those plebe year memories come back at me like a migraine headache.\r\n\r\nThe memories that lurk in my consciousness are not the push-ups, pull-ups and late night sweat parties. What remain are the whispered insults, by the upperclassmen, that one is a “douche-bag” while standing in an over-heated room trying to hold an M-1 rifle at arm’s length. What still lives (in chemical form) in my brain is the idea that I was defective and unworthy.\r\n\r\nLewis Hyde believes — and let me be clear, I haven’t yet read his book — that “forgetfulness is not always a disaster. It can be a balm, a blessing, a way of forgiveness and rebirth.”\r\n\r\nBut what does he say about collective forgetfulness? What about forgetting the removal of the Cherokee peoples to Oklahoma? Or the internment of the Japanese in World War II? Or the importation of Africans to the American South?\r\n\r\nHyde has a high regard for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that followed the end of apartheid in South Africa. He said this process ‘worked’ (he is careful to point out its shortcomings) because it involved a “shared understanding of what happened, public confession, and some sense of justice.”\r\n\r\nSo it seems we’ve come round to the Roman Catholic ritual of confessing of our sins, getting absolution, and then doing penance in the form of prayer — “Hail Mary full of grace. Blessed art thou among women ...”\r\n\r\nBut there is a distinction between the Catholic version and what is now under discussion as relates to the sins of slavery. The first is whispered to a priest, in the darkness and is veiled with anonymity. The second is a public acknowledgment of guilt and the award of damages — called reparations.\r\n\r\nAt the moment, between 55 and 60 percent of Americans are unwilling to confess the sins of their fathers if penance involves reparations. Years ago — when I was a Roman — I might have been reluctant if the priest had said, “And for your penance, Scott, make a good act of contrition and leave a $100 check — payable to the Sodality of Our Lady of Fatima — in the collection plate next Sunday.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Sometimes forgetfulness is good', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sometimes-forgetfulness-is-good', '', '', '2019-07-11 13:45:56', '2019-07-11 17:45:56', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40668', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40670, 4, '2019-07-10 13:37:04', '2019-07-10 17:37:04', '<h4>By LEE SCOTT</h4>\r\nIn 1984, I had my waist-length hair cut up to my chin. My hairdresser did not want to do it, because she said if I didn’t like it, I would never come back to her. She was right, I never went back, but it had more to do with the fact that I moved, not her.\r\n\r\nRecently I decided to cut my shoulder length hair much shorter and Kelly, my hairdresser, questioned whether she should be the one to do it. I told her that regardless of my reaction, I promised her I would not blame her.\r\n\r\nAs she cut away, it felt strange to see all that hair on the floor. And for someone who has basically had the same hairdo for 35 years, the shorter hair felt so much different.\r\n\r\nI have spoken to other women who have changed their hairdo and they have said that the oddest part is walking by a mirror. “WHAT! Who is that?”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThat is how I felt. There is suddenly a stranger in the mirror.\r\n\r\nBut there are advantages to having short hair. You do not have to use as much shampoo, and your hair dries quickly too.\r\n\r\nWhen my hairdresser suggested I buy hair butter to style my new hair, it just sounded wrong. But she showed me how to use it after she cut my hair. A little dab here in your hands, rub your hands back and forth and slide it through your hair.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhen I went to the drug store to buy some, I discovered an assortment of products for short hair. Never having been a “hair product” consumer, I found the whole section unnerving. They call them styling products.\r\n\r\nFirst, I saw the hair butter, but there was also hair paste and hair gels all with multiple categories like, fine hair, thick hair, curly hair. I learned that the hair gels are good for stiffening your hair, and hair paste is a good hair styling product. Unfortunately, when I tried on the butter for the first time, I had to wash my hair again.\r\n\r\nIt reminded me of the Brylcreem my brother used when we were kids. “A little dab will do ya” was the commercial rhyme back then.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIt was said to style, shine and condition a man’s/boy’s hair. I always thought it looked a bit greasy, but maybe he was not doing the little dab that was recommended.\r\n\r\nIt has taken me some time to get used to the short haircut, but now I understand how people like the rock singer “Pink” can manipulate their short hair. This new hairdo might be more fun after all.\r\n\r\nI’m thinking maybe a new spike look for the summer.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nDon’t worry Kelly, I’ll be back.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'A little dab will do ya', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'a-little-dab-will-do-ya', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:37:04', '2019-07-10 17:37:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40670', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40672, 4, '2019-07-10 13:38:36', '2019-07-10 17:38:36', '<h4>By RICHARD ECKSTROM</h4>\r\nMost of us probably remember learning things in high school that we rarely if ever use as adults – like how to calculate the area of a trapezoid or how to solve a quadratic equation.\r\nYet nearly all of us do, at some point, need to take out a loan, carefully manage our finances to survive lean times, or save for retirement.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, the basic financial literacy needed to master these challenges isn’t required learning in South Carolina. The result? We allow financial illiteracy to thrive.\r\nThat would change under a bill proposed in the S.C. Legislature earlier this year. The measure would create a standalone, half-semester financial literacy course for South Carolina high schools. Passing it would be required to graduate.\r\n\r\nThe lessons in finance currently offered in S.C. schools are sandwiched into other courses and aren’t required to graduate. That’s not good enough.\r\nState lawmakers – who adjourned without taking up the bill during the 2019 session – should make it a priority next year.\r\n\r\nI couldn’t help but think about the importance of financial literacy recently while following a particular discussion in Congress. The topic being discussed was student loan debt, and some were arguing for taxpayers to pick up the tab.\r\n\r\nIt\'s become extremely common for college students to accumulate very high levels of student loan debt – in the hope that, through hard work, their debt will one day get paid off. But it’s apparent that because they don’t fully grasp financial basics, too many students have taken on greater debt burdens than they can sensibly bear.\r\nWhat’s the solution?\r\n\r\nArguments for having taxpayers wipe out student debt are misguided at best, but what has emerged from the student debt debate is a strong case for requiring better money-management education in our high schools.\r\nConsider the results of a recent international study by financial analysts at Standard &amp; Poor’s: The United States, the world’s largest economy, ranks an unimpressive 14th place globally with only 57 percent of U.S. adults considered financially literate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThat places us behind us most European countries and only slightly ahead of Bhutan, a slightly-developed country in the mountains of South Asia.\r\nA study conducted by the National Financial Educators Council shows South Carolina’s young people running about the national average when it comes to financial literacy. But our goal should be to be better than average.\r\n\r\nThere’s a nationwide movement to make passing a standalone financial literacy course mandatory for a high school diploma, though it appears slow to catch on: Only five states have the kind of requirement now under consideration in South Carolina. That’s a shame.\r\n\r\nWe should do what it takes to ensure that South Carolina students are solidly grounded in financial basics like budgeting, maintaining good credit scores, calculating interest rates, differentiating good debt from bad debt, saving for retirement, and detecting financial scams. That’s the stuff they need to know to keep from getting in debt over their heads.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd it’s more important than ever in a time when cash transactions are increasingly replaced by waving a smart phone – making it easier to rack up debt without fully realizing it.\r\n\r\nTo overlook the importance of sound financial literacy is to release into the real world too many adults who are unable to manage money wisely – and even worse, too many members of Congress who are unable to do so.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nRichard Eckstrom is a CPA and the state’s comptroller.', 'Focus on financial literacy will help young people', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'focus-on-financial-literacy-will-help-young-people', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:38:36', '2019-07-10 17:38:36', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40672', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40678, 4, '2019-07-10 13:40:44', '2019-07-10 17:40:44', 'After a stellar first half in the minors, Beaufort High alumnus Asher Wojciechowski is back in the bigs with the Baltimore Orioles.\r\n\r\nWojciechowski did not pitch in the majors last season and had not made a big-league start since Aug. 23, 2017, before Baltimore acquired him from Cleveland earlier this month and plugged him into a struggling rotation.\r\n\r\n“I loved his aggressiveness,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde told The Baltimore Sun after Wojciechowski’s first start July 2 at Tampa Bay. “I thought he showed a good fastball, a good, hard slider. I liked the way he pounded the zone and threw strikes. Good presence on the mound. Did a nice job keeping us in the game into the sixth inning.”\r\n\r\nWojciechowski was outstanding in 15 starts for Triple-A Columbus, going 8-2 with a 3.61 ERA —&nbsp;the second-best in the International League — and 82 strikeouts in 84 2/3 innings. In his first two starts for the Orioles, he is 0-2 with a 6.52 ERA and 12 strikeouts across 9 2/3 innings.\r\n\r\nA 2010 first-round pick of the Toronto Blue Jays coming out of The Citadel, Wojciechowski made his major-league debut with the Houston Astros in 2015 and reached the majors again with the Cincinnati Reds in 2017. He is 63-46 with a 4.03 ERA across 10 minor-league seasons and 4-6 with a 6.62 ERA in 32 games (13 starts) in the majors.', 'Wojciechowski back in majors', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'wojciechowski-back-in-majors', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:40:44', '2019-07-10 17:40:44', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40678', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40680, 4, '2019-07-10 13:42:52', '2019-07-10 17:42:52', '<strong>County Council’s Dawson holding public meeting July 14</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Council Member <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzA1Ljc3MjYwNjEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzA1Ljc3MjYwNjEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ5MDY5NiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/council/council-members/dawson-gerald.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Gerald Dawson (District 1)</a> will hold a public meeting at 5 p.m., Sunday, July 14 at the Burton Wells Recreation Center, 1 Middleton Recreation Drive, Beaufort.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe purpose of the meeting is to primarily discuss changing the zoning at 126 Broad River Boulevard from Neighborhood Mixed Use to Regional Center Mixed Use to allow design flexibility for a proposed apartment project.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nA guest speaker will be Eric Greenway, Beaufort County’s Director of Community Development.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nResidents do not need to register in advance for the meeting. For more information, please contact Dawson at <a href=\"mailto:gdawson@bcgov.net\">gdawson@bcgov.net</a>, 843-255-2192 or by mail at c/o Clerk to Council, Beaufort County, P.O. Drawer 1228, Beaufort, SC 29901.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club will meet Thursday</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club’s July meeting will be held Thursday at the Beaufort Yacht Club on Lady’s Island off Meridian Road.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe social begins at 6:30 p.m.; the meeting at 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nOur July guest speaker is Bryan Frazier, a marine biologist with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, where he has been conducting research on sharks since 2001. His research focuses on studying habitat use and dynamics of estuarine and coastal fishes focusing on sharks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHe is the principal investigator of several seasonal surveys investigating estuarine and coastal abundance of sharks in South Carolina. Current research projects include movement ecology of bonnethead and tiger sharks, life history of bonnethead and spinner sharks, distribution and trophic ecology of scalloped and Carolina hammerheads and post-release mortality of blacktip sharks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFrazier’s overall research focuses on providing data critical to effective management of shark populations in the United States.\r\n\r\n<strong>Episcopal Church hosting Open Conversation</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Episcopal Church in South Carolina will host a public Open Conversation in Beaufort from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at St. John’s Lutheran Church at 157 Lady’s Island Drive.\r\n\r\nTECSC is offering this Open Conversation to provide information, listen, and answer questions about the life and ministry of our diocese and faith communities.\r\nLed by Bishop Skip Adams of TECSC, the Open Conversation will include other clergy and lay leaders, including Archdeacon Callie Walpole and the Rev. Bill Coyne, Diocesan Missioner for Returning Congregations.\r\n\r\nThe event is open to the public, and will be of special interest to people who attend Episcopal/Anglican churches in the region, including those affected by the 2017 state Supreme Court decision to return the property of the Diocese of South Carolina and 29 parishes to The Episcopal Church.\r\n\r\n“We encourage people in parishes who are affected by the court ruling to bring their questions and concerns to this Open Conversation,” Coyne said. “This is an opportunity to engage with one another with an open heart as we walk the road toward reconciliation together.”\r\n\r\n<strong>County Accommodations Tax Board accepting grant applications</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Accommodations Tax Board is now accepting applications from organizations in Beaufort County wanting to receive grants from the 2 percent state accommodations tax fund.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSouth Carolina law allows for a 2 percent tax levy on the rental of all transient accommodations to help provide financial support to promote tourism and fund tourism-related activities in municipalities and counties within the state.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAs a result, individuals staying overnight in hotels, motels, inns, and vacation rentals pay 2 percent in addition to the statewide sales tax and any local sales and use tax applied to their lodging cost.\r\n\r\nThe current year application (2019/2020) is available online.\r\n\r\nApplications will not be accepted if received incomplete or after 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9. Questions regarding the application process should be directed to Linda Maietta at 843-255-2297 or <a href=\"mailto:atax@bcgov.net\">atax@bcgov.net</a>.', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-116', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:42:52', '2019-07-10 17:42:52', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40680', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40682, 4, '2019-07-10 13:44:12', '2019-07-10 17:44:12', 'U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham, who represents the First Congressional District of S.C., released a statement Monday, July 8 in response to the S.C. Department of Health &amp; Environmental Control’s (DHEC) decision that concluded seismic testing permits from WesternGeco in federal waters off of South Carolina are not consistent with the policies of the S.C. Coastal Management Program.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCunningham had previously sent a <a href=\"https://cunningham.house.gov/sites/cunningham.house.gov/files/wysiwyg_uploaded/Cunningham%20Letter_WesternGeco__0.pdf\">letter</a> to DHEC expressing his strong opposition to WesternGeco’s application.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“WesternGeco’s proposed seismic airgun blasting activities would violate our coastal management program and policies, which are vital to protecting the Lowcountry’s vibrant natural resources,” Cunningham said in a statement. “DHEC’s decision that WesternGeco’s application for a seismic testing permit is inconsistent with the policies of these programs is a key decision in the fight against offshore drilling and seismic airgun blasting. A diverse group of voices made their opposition to the issuance of seismic testing permits known – including over 1700 individual public comments – and it’s obvious our state heard them loud and clear. I applaud DHEC for taking into account the views of South Carolinians and Lowcountry residents.”<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“The state of South Carolina has ruled on our side, but we also need federal action. I urge Congress to pass my bill, H.R. 1941, which would permanently ban offshore drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, as soon as possible.”', 'Cunningham supports SC DHEC seismic testing ruling', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cunningham-supports-sc-dhec-seismic-testing-ruling', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:44:12', '2019-07-10 17:44:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40682', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40684, 4, '2019-07-10 13:45:33', '2019-07-10 17:45:33', 'The morning of July 4, family members of David Sharp, 78, reported him missing from his Lucy Creek, Lady\'s Island residence. Sharp’s family advised that they saw him the previous night before they went to bed, but could not find him when they woke in the morning.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSharp’s family indicated that he may have gone out on his dock, after they went to bed last night.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Sheriff\'s Office deputies searched the area surrounding Sharp\'s home and his dock, but were unable to locate him. Deputies called for the Sheriff\'s Office Aviation Unit — helicopter — to respond and assist in the search.\r\n\r\nWithin minutes, the Aviation Unit\'s helicopter was in flight over the Lucy Creek area, where its tactical flying officer and pilot observed a human body submerged in the water in proximity to Sharp’s dock.\r\nThe South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) was notified and responded with one of its boats. SCDNR personnel recovered the body of an adult male — identified a short time later as David Sharp by the Beaufort County Coroner\'s Office — from Lucy Creek.\r\n\r\nInitially, there were no indications of foul play in the disappearance/death of Sharp. A forensic autopsy was to be performed at the Medical University of South Carolina to aid in the determination of the cause of Sharp\'s death.', 'Lady’s Island man missing, found dead July 4', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ladys-island-man-missing-found-dead-july-4', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:45:33', '2019-07-10 17:45:33', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40684', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40686, 4, '2019-07-10 13:46:26', '2019-07-10 17:46:26', 'Beaufort County Council has announced that it has have organized a task force of council members to study and recommend procedures surrounding communications and transparency.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCouncilman Michael Covert has been appointed by Council Chairman Stu Rodman to serve as the Chairman of the newly created Communications and Transparency Task Force of Beaufort County Council.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nServing along with Covert will be Council members Gerald Dawson, Chris Hervochon, York Glover Sr., and Mark Lawson. Clerk of Council Sarah Brock and an appointee form the county administration will also serve.\r\n\r\nThe task force has been created due to the overwhelming response over the last few months surrounding the issue of transparency on Beaufort County Council.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“Accountability and transparency are the foundations of a democracy,” Covert said in a release. “The citizens of Beaufort County have a distinct right and privilege to know exactly what their government is doing and through transparency of such, we, as publicly elected officials, can be held accountable.”\r\n\r\nThe meetings will be publicly announced and held in open session. All members of the public are welcome to attend. Covert can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:mcovert@bcgov.net\">mcovert@bcgov.net</a> or 843-305-0600.', 'County Council announces task force to address communications and transparency', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'county-council-announces-task-force-to-address-communications-and-transparency', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:46:26', '2019-07-10 17:46:26', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40686', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40689, 4, '2019-07-10 13:48:11', '2019-07-10 17:48:11', '<h4>By CELIA STRONG</h4>\r\nAlways a favorite. Especially if the new is sort of similar to others.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSort of a bit different so it stands out and on its own. At a good price so trying it is easy. Trying it a lot is also easy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nComes from a known winery so it’s not a total stranger. Yes, new, but comfortable. Like comfort food.\r\n\r\nSo, beginning with from where.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWashington State is not the “where” that comes to mind first for Pinot Grigios. This state is known for Merlots and Cabernets, and, for white wines. Riesling is its star. Followed by Chardonnay.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut previous lessons have covered the rise in popularity of Pinot Grigio. And its ability to make good wines wherever it is grown.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe first wine grapevines were planted in the state in 1825, at Fort Vancouver. Unfortunately, there is no record of any wines being made from these first plantings.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nGerman and Italian immigrants, in the 1860s and 1870s were the first who are known to have definitely made wines in Washington. In 1917, Washington was one of the first states to usher in Prohibition.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAfter that, their modern wine industry did not reboot until the 1950s.\r\n\r\nGrape growing in Washington is very much controlled by the geography across different parts of the state. The Cascade Mountains keep marine influences from the Pacific Ocean and the Puget Sound from reaching eastern Washington, where conditions are almost desert-like. Irrigation is allowed, though. Frosts and hard freezes can cause a lot of destruction to the vines.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOn the good side, the soils in the vineyards’ soils are sandy, stone-studded, lava, and along with the dryness, all together make unfriendly conditions for many vineyard diseases. Like phylloxera. Pinot Grigio, when grown in cooler climates like Washington State, has higher levels of natural fruit acids, a good thing, and a spicy tang in its flavors. Cooler temperature fermentation enhances the freshness and fruitiness of its wines.\r\n\r\nHogue Cellars was founded in 1982 by Mike and Gary Hogue. They are located in the Columbia Valley, Washington’s premiere grape growing region. Warm summer days and cool nights over the growing season lets the grapes ripen fully and still maintain their natural acidity.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe grapes are harvested at night or very early morning so they are cool. This preserves their fresh fruit flavors. After a gentle whole-berry pressing, fermentation is done in stainless steel tanks at 48 to 57 degrees Fahrenheit.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSeventy percent of the grapes for this wine are grown in the cooler Yakima Valley. Eighteen percent come from Snipes Mountain and 12 percent from Columbia Valley.\r\n\r\nSmall amounts of Gewurztraminer (to support the Pinot Grigio’s natural spiciness), and Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Muscat Canelli (all to enhance the fruit flavors) are added in.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThis wine is light to medium bodied, with a pale yellow color. Even served very cold it has aromas and flavors that include lemons, yellow and green apples, melons, nectarines, peaches, ginger, orange blossoms and honeysuckle. And a distinct minerality with its lingering acidity finish.\r\n\r\nGrown in a cooler climate but perfect for warm weather. A perfect comfort wine. For $8.99 at Bill’s Liquors. Enjoy.', 'Comfort wine is a new Pinot Grigio', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'comfort-wine-is-a-new-pinot-grigio', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:48:11', '2019-07-10 17:48:11', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40689', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40693, 4, '2019-07-10 13:49:07', '2019-07-10 17:49:07', 'Seriously, could their be a better job in the world than judging barbecue?\r\n\r\nIf your answer is no, or even maybe, keep reading.\r\n\r\nThe S.C. Barbecue Association (SCBA) will hold a class July 27 in Columbia to train new barbecue judges. The class will be run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the recreation hall at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, located at 1715 Bull St.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nRegistration is open to members of the SCBA, and memberships are available for $35 for an individual or $60 for a family. Seminar cost is $50 per person, which includes, of course, a catered barbecue lunch.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe all-day seminar is the first step in becoming a SCBA Certified Barbecue Judge. After completing the class, potential judges will continue their training with hands-on experience as novice judges at three SCBA-sanctioned barbecue competitions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCompetitions are held around the state at festivals and fairs, as well as other community events or stand-alone barbecue contests.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThose interested in becoming SCBA certified judges and attending the July 27 seminar should email SCBA President Jim Wellman at <a href=\"mailto:jwellman@scbarbeque.com\">jwellman@scbarbeque.com</a> to request an SCBA membership application and judging seminar registration form.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nYou may also apply and register online at <a href=\"http://www.scbarbecue.com/\">www.scbarbecue.com</a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'Certified barbecue judging class coming to Columbia', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'certified-barbecue-judging-class-coming-to-columbia', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:49:07', '2019-07-10 17:49:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40693', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40695, 4, '2019-07-10 13:52:36', '2019-07-10 17:52:36', 'Harvard University Teaching Fellow and Charleston native, Sunn m\'Chaeux, the \"Gullah Teacha,\" will give a presentation at 6 p.m. Thursday on the Gullah language at the historic Penn Center’s Frissell&nbsp; Community House on St. Helena Island.\r\n\r\nThe second of two community presentations offered by Mr. m\'Cheaux, the event is especially designed for community members, teachers, and Gullah Geechee folk.\r\n\r\nThe Gullah language is the only distinctly African creole language in the United States. Gullah began as a simplified form of communication among people of different languages including European and diverse African ethnic groups.\r\n\r\nThe cost of admission at is $15 for adults, $10 for teachers and $5 for students, ages 8-21.\r\n\r\nWhile in residence, Mr. m\'Cheaux will engage in a private Gullah class with area youth participating in Penn Center\'s Summer Enrichment Camp. Camp teachers, counselors and students are extremely excited to discover more about their our Gullah language. Penn Center believes that this opportunity will empower the youth to appreciate their own language.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nPenn Center is delighted to present these opportunities to the community, to discover and learn more about the Gullah Geechee people. For 157 years, Penn Center has been an epicenter of African American education, historic and cultural preservation, and social justice, for tens of thousands of descendants of formerly enslaved West and Central Africans living in the Sea Islands, known as the Gullah Geechee people. The Gullah people are remarkable for being the African American community that has preserved more of its African cultural heritage than any other.\r\n\r\nFor more information about Penn Center\'s programs visit <a href=\"http://www.penncenter.com/\">www.penncenter.com</a>, call 843-838-8554 or email <a href=\"mailto:info@penncenter.com\">info@penncenter.com</a>.', 'Penn Center guest celebrates the Gullah language', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'penn-center-guest-celebrates-the-gullah-language', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:52:36', '2019-07-10 17:52:36', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40695', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40698, 4, '2019-07-10 13:54:04', '2019-07-10 17:54:04', 'Chris Cox, the Mount Pleasant man who founded the group Bikers for Trump, announced in a Facebook post Sunday evening that he is running for the First Congressional District seat currently held by Joe Cunningham.\r\n\r\n“Sometimes we find ourselves at a crossroads and other times we put ourselves at a crossroads,” Cox said in his statement on the group’s Facebook page. “… I couldn’t be more proud of the friends and patriots I served beside in our successful 2016 effort to elect and, now, our 2020 effort to re-elect President Donald Trump. Now, in my effort to continue to support President Trump and our great country, I am stepping things up.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“After the 2018 election, I returned home to Lowcountry of South Carolina, disappointed in the election of a liberal Democrat to represent me and my neighbors in Congress. So, to continue my fight to support President Trump and his agenda, I am announcing my run for the First Congressional District of South Carolina.”\r\n\r\nCox has never run for office but has worked for former Vice President Dan Quayle and N.C. Senator Elizabeth Dole. He joins a crowded race for the Republican bid to oust Cunningham.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIn addition to local candidates Mike Covert, a Beaufort County Councilman and business owner, and Logan Cunningham, a Beaufort County teacher, Mount Pleasant Town Councilwoman Kathy Landing and state Rep. Nancy Mace are also in the running.', 'Bikers for Trump leader joins race for Cunningham’s seat', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bikers-for-trump-leader-joins-race-for-cunninghams-seat', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:54:04', '2019-07-10 17:54:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40698', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40748, 4, '2019-07-18 21:41:23', '2019-07-19 01:41:23', 'By BOB SOFALY\r\n\r\nAs the old saying goes, any landing you can walk away from is a good one.\r\n\r\nMike Rainey of Beaufort proved it to be accurate.\r\n\r\nRainey’s 1943 De Havilland&nbsp; Tiger Moth suffered a damaged propeller during a Thursday afternoon flight around Beaufort and&nbsp; landed on Cat Island’s golf course.\r\n\r\nA foot-long piece of the outer edge of the 72-inch laminated prop splintered off; “it started to really vibrate” he said.\r\n\r\nRainey said a most pilots are always looking for a place to land during a flight for that “just in case” scenario.\r\n\r\n“I probably could have made to Beaufort County Airport on Lady’s Island. But I decided to be safe and put down on the 18th fairway of Cat Island golf course,” he said. “It was really vibrating!”\r\n\r\nRainey, a 20-year veteran Marine Corps fighter pilot, said the old plane was made to take off and land in grassy fields. “It was not problem,\" he said. “I circled around (the fairways) and saw only an alligator and deer near the green. I came in, landed, and must have scared them off.”\r\n\r\nRainey said he would put a cover over the cockpit in case of thunderstorms.\r\n\r\n“I have another prop at home. I’ll go get it, swap props and take off in an hour.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Top: Mike Rainey secures his 1943 De Havilland Tiger Moth after an unscheduled landing on the 18th fairway of Cat Island’s golf course on Thursday, July 18. <strong>Photos by Bob Sofaly</strong></em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3838.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-40752\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3838-1024x476.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"474\"></a> <a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3852.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-40751\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3852-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\"></a> <a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3846.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-40750\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3846-1024x739.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"736\"></a>', 'Rainey lands vintage plane on Cat Island golf course', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'rainey-lands-vintage-plane-on-cat-island-golf-course', '', '', '2019-07-18 21:41:23', '2019-07-19 01:41:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40748', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40702, 4, '2019-07-10 13:55:42', '2019-07-10 17:55:42', 'With motor vehicle collisions on the rise in 2019, the Burton Fire District continues to stress the importance of seatbelt use, proper restraint of children and caution at intersections.\r\n\r\nIn the years 2018 and 2019, from the January 1st to July 1st time period, the Burton Fire District has seen a 31 percent increase in motor vehicle collisions from 115 in 2018 to 151 in 2019, and a 47 percent increase in those with injuries from 62 in 2018 to 91 in 2019.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nDuring this time period in 2018, there were four collisions in which trapped occupants needed to be rescued, and in 2019 there have been five.\r\n\r\nBurton fire officials note that not only has the number of vehicle collisions with injuries increased, so has the number of patients requiring immediate medical attention, as well as the extent of those injuries.\r\n\r\n“It seems when we arrive on scene now, that the number of seriously injured patients who require immediate attention has increased,” Burton Fire Lieutenant/Paramedic Alex Murray said in a release. “This has required more resources with higher medical training to respond to the scene to operate rescue equipment, assist with the injured occupants, and eliminate potential hazards like gas leaks and charged electrical systems.”\r\n\r\nMurray stresses firefighters do not conduct traffic investigation so the causes of these collisions are not known. However, what is known is that many of these collisions resulting in trapped occupants, serious injuries, and fatalities, have occurred at intersections. Additionally, lack of seatbelt use is also a common denominator, he added.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>', 'Motor vehicle collisions continue to rise for Burton FD', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'motor-vehicle-collisions-continue-to-rise-for-burton-fd', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:55:42', '2019-07-10 17:55:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40702', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40705, 4, '2019-07-09 13:55:59', '2019-07-09 17:55:59', 'Hopeful Horizons offers support groups on a weekly basis for survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse in Beaufort, Bluffton and Okatie.\r\n\r\nSurvivors can come together to share their experiences, inspire one another and build new relationships. Hopeful Horizons offer a judgement-free, confidential environment for survivors to feel safe and empowered.\r\n\r\nThe domestic violence survivors’ group meets weekly in Beaufort and Bluffton. The sexual assault survivors’ group meets weekly in Okatie. Please call 800-868-2632 for details.\r\n\r\nHopeful Horizons is a children\'s advocacy, domestic violence and rape crisis center that works to create safer communities by changing the culture of violence and offering a path to healing. The organization provides safety, hope and healing to survivors through evidence-based practices, outreach, prevention and education.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHopeful Horizons serves Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties. For more information on the mission and vision of Hopeful Horizons, visit <a href=\"http://www.hopefulhorizons.org/\">www.hopefulhorizons.org</a>.', 'Support groups available for survivors of domestic violence, sexual abuse', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'support-groups-available-for-survivors-of-domestic-violence-sexual-abuse', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:56:51', '2019-07-10 17:56:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40705', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(40707, 4, '2019-07-10 13:58:55', '2019-07-10 17:58:55', 'To help meet the high demand for weight loss programs in the Lowcountry, Beaufort Memorial Hospital has launched Healthy Weight, a physician-supervised service designed to help overweight patients drop unwanted pounds and keep them off.\r\n\r\nThe goal is to achieve and maintain a healthy weight to reduce the risk of overweight- and obesity-associated conditions, including Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, stroke, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and some cancers.\r\n\r\nLed by board-certified obesity medicine specialist Dr. Yvette-Marie Pellegrino of Beaufort Memorial Lady’s Island Internal Medicine, Healthy Weight takes a holistic approach to weight loss, focusing on nutrition, exercise, behavior and medication.\r\n\r\n“This is not your typical cookie-cutter weight loss program,” Pellegrino said. “We look at the patient’s health history, lifestyle and obstacles to losing weight and then develop an individualized plan that makes sense for that patient.”\r\n\r\nPatients are asked to fill out a detailed questionnaire covering everything from previous diets they have tried to behaviors affecting their eating habits. They also need to provide a brief food journal.\r\n\r\nAt the first visit with the doctor, the patient will undergo a physical exam and biometric screening to establish a medical baseline. Depending on the patient’s health condition, further testing may be required. It could include blood work, an EKG or sleep study.\r\n\r\nWorking with a registered dietitian, Pellegrino will recommend a meal plan that fits the patient’s specific needs, work schedule and home life. Because exercise is also a key component of the program, Beaufort Memorial is offering Healthy Weight patients a special six-month LifeFit Wellness Center package that includes access to the hospital’s gym, group classes and eight sessions with a wellness coach at the significantly reduced rate of $200.\r\n\r\nAs part of their long-term maintenance plan, patients also may be prescribed medication to regulate hormones or insulin, slow down digestion or target binge-eating disorders.\r\n\r\n“The majority of people who get on diets to lose weight will gain it back, plus 10 percent more,” Pellegrino said. “What we’re doing is not a short-term plan but realistic and ongoing lifestyle changes to maintain a healthy weight.”\r\n\r\nBy following the program, patients are expected to lose one to two pounds per week. Studies have shown people who lose weight gradually and steadily are more successful at keeping the weight off.\r\n\r\nPellegrino, who is also board-certified in family medicine, will also treat any comorbidity issues, including diabetes, arthritis and depression.\r\n\r\nTo participate in the program, patients should have a body mass equal to or greater than 25. For more information, call Beaufort Memorial Lady’s Island Internal Medicine at 843-522-7240.', 'Beaufort Memorial starts physician-supervised weight loss program', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-memorial-starts-physician-supervised-weight-loss-program', '', '', '2019-07-10 13:58:55', '2019-07-10 17:58:55', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40707', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40711, 4, '2019-07-10 14:10:39', '2019-07-10 18:10:39', '<h4>By RON CALLARI</h4>\r\nHabersham’s Marketplace is a step back in time, accented by shops, bistros and dining facilities, featuring artisanal products and tasty cuisine. To its distinguished list of culinary options, add the new Lily &amp; Lou’s Eatery and Market, which is filling the space formerly occupied by Lazy Susan’s Cafe &amp; Creperie.\r\n\r\nThe new co-owners, Kate and Jack Cosentino recently relocated from Minnesota with the idea that a work/live residence just might be the right fit at this point in their careers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAccording to Kate, who ran a successful photography studio, she believed neither she nor her husband were actually ready for retirement.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“Jack, having recently left his high-pressure job as a medical consulting CEO, and I were looking to&nbsp;the future,” she said. “We took a road trip south with the goal to scout out what might catch our fancy when we did officially retire.”\r\n\r\nFlorida was their first thought, but it was dismissed after several follow-up visits, which eventually “opened our eyes to South Carolina.”\r\n\r\n“Let’s get our hands dirty, and make pretty,” noted Kate whimsically. “Why not?”\r\n\r\nJack loves to cook – gyros are just one of his specialties – and Kate was always a baker at heart. Now, they have their chance.\r\n\r\nThey have decided to keep the cafe and market format, as they felt that type of facility was needed not only for Habersham residents, but Beaufort at large.\r\n\r\n<strong>A soft opening</strong>\r\n\r\nThey have held a “soft opening,” which garnered them feedback from first-time diners.\r\n\r\nDismissing a grand opening, Kate and Jack wanted to open their doors in a casual manner. They wanted to meet their new neighbors, as they would if they invited them to their home.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“No Yelp, nor NextDoor marketing push,” Kate said. “We wanted to have conversations as to how to improve their dining experience for their patronage and well as their new staff.”\r\n\r\nThey created breakfast and lunch menus, and having just secured a wine and beer license, they will soon be offering cigars, wine and charcuterie offerings in the evenings.\r\n\r\nSomething that Beaufortonians will be happy to learn, the Cosentinos also decided to be one of the few restaurants in town to be opened daily, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. They will also man a market for convenience items, such as milk, butter, sauces and some of the ingredients used in their menus.\r\n\r\n<strong>Survey says</strong>\r\n\r\nFor breakfast, the jury is in, and hands down the “Ooey Gooey Carmel Pecan Roll” is the most popular item. Gluten-free, it is a brown sugar- honey- and cinnamon-glazed sticky roll, smothered with southern pecans.\r\n\r\nAccording to Kate, “the best and most popular lunch item thus far is their “Naughty Greek.” While Greek-style, this one is marinated for 2 days, hand-stacked, slow cooked and cut traditionally from a vertical rotisserie. It is served on a warm pita with pickled onions, cucumbers and a to-die-for tzatziki.\r\n\r\nWith a catchy play on words, a “Shamwich” features Kate and Jack’s signature egg soufflé, with thick cut bacon, cheddar cheese and Dijonnaise mustard, served on a ciabatta roll.\r\n\r\nFor diners relocating from the North, they’ll be happy to know Lily &amp; Lou’s will be serving New York Bagels, toasted with butter and/or cream cheese.', 'Lily & Lou\'s takes up residence in Habersham', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lily-lous-takes-up-residence-in-habersham', '', '', '2019-07-10 14:10:39', '2019-07-10 18:10:39', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40711', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40715, 4, '2019-07-10 14:20:04', '2019-07-10 18:20:04', '<h4>By BOB SOFALY</h4>\r\nThings are done a little differently in the Land’s End Community on St. Helena Island.\r\n\r\nThe annual Fourth of July Golf Cart Parade was no exception. It was held on Saturday, July 6,\r\n\r\nso everyone had a chance to participate.\r\n\r\nThis year’s theme was Southern Hospitality.\r\n\r\nY’all come back now. Ya hear!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3007.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-40720\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3007-1024x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"338\"></a> <a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3017.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-40719\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES3017-1024x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"338\"></a>', 'Everyone loves a parade', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'everyone-loves-a-parade-2', '', '', '2019-07-10 14:20:04', '2019-07-10 18:20:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40715', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40722, 4, '2019-07-10 14:31:41', '2019-07-10 18:31:41', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nU.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham toured several Reconstruction Era National Historical Park sites in Beaufort on Tuesday, July 2, as part of a scheduled visit that included a group of student journalists.\r\n\r\nAbout 20 people, including volunteers, park staff and a group of area students, gathered at the park’s visitor center in the Old Beaufort Firehouse on Carteret Street for the tour’s kickoff.\r\n\r\nFormerly known as the Reconstruction Era National Monument, the site, which includes four properties throughout Beaufort County, was re-designated a national historical park in 2017 by then President Barack Obama.\r\n\r\nCunningham, who worked with U.S. Rep. James Clyburn on the legislation to rename and expand the park, spoke for about 25 minutes, while the students shot video as part of an educational program associated with the project.\r\n\r\nThe Congressman reflected on the period in time, sometimes referred to as the most misunderstood period in American history by historians, and what it means to South Carolina.\r\n\r\n“This country has some scars on it, especially the South,” he said. “But it’s important to tell it in an objective way and in an honest way that this is where we’ve come from, but this is where we’re going.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to the Old Beaufort Firehouse, the group toured Darrah Hall and the Brick Church on the grounds of the historic Penn Center on St. Helena Island. Camp Saxton in Port Royal, is part of the park’s listed sites, but not currently open to the public.\r\n\r\nWith the help of more than 100 local, regional and national advisors, Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling has spearheaded the project’s outreach in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nKeyserling said one of the advisory group’s first areas of focus has been to develop educational components, such as the Story Catchers program which brought the students to the Old Firehouse on Tuesday.\r\n\r\nThe group wanted to do something “organic”, he said, that would help take the lessons of Reconstruction across South Carolina and beyond.\r\n\r\n“Teaching students the untold story of the second founding of America will serve as the model to help transform the country with lessons that started here in Beaufort,” Keyserling said.\r\n\r\nThe program, which teaches students real-world journalism and documentary-style skills, will equip students with the ability to share and pass on the area’s history to others. The group recently made a 60-minute documentary featuring a play about Harriett Tubman that was researched, written and performed by Beaufort Middle School students.\r\n\r\nThe initiative will also include a “Teaching the Teachers” program with the first session to start beginning July 17 in Beaufort. Teachers who attend the program will be presented with a new curriculum along with ideas on teaching Reconstruction.\r\n\r\nThe initiative’s educational programs are just the launch pad for national and even international study, Keyserling said.\r\n\r\nIn addition, the group is working to build a network of other Reconstruction-era sites or possible sites across the region that will enhance and help tell the story of Reconstruction and its impact on American history.\r\n\r\n“One of the things we’re all challenged with, is while putting so much focus on Beaufort, we don’t get to say it all happened in Beaufort,” Keyserling said. “But all of these things will serve as the pilot program and each of the pieces are now in place and are working.”\r\n\r\nJohn Flemming, a rising junior at Beaufort High School, was one of eight students that followed Cunningham on Tuesday, documenting the event.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES2691.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-40724 alignleft\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RES2691-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"466\"></a>Flemming said his family has lived in Beaufort for multiple generations. He was particularly excited to learn of Beaufort’s own Robert Smalls.\r\n\r\n“It makes me feel connected to my hometown,” he said.\r\n\r\nBorn into slavery, Smalls stole a Confederate boat, sailed it past Charleston’s forts and turned it over to Union forces.\r\n\r\n“There are so many good people here,” said Flemming. “Some aspects (of the era) are obviously a real blemish on our history, but you have to take the good with the bad – like Robert Smalls. He is a great American who came from Beaufort.”\r\n\r\nOthers who spoke to the tour group included National Park Service Superintendent Scott Teodorski, Board and Interim Director for the Penn Center, Marion Burns, and Michael Allen, a 32-year veteran of the National Park Service.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>\r\n\r\nTop: U.S. Congressman Joe Cunningham, D-SC makes his remarks while Superintendent Scott Teodorski, of the Reconstruction Era National Historic Park looks on.\r\n</em><em>Bottom: The Rev. Abraham Murray of Brick Baptist Church near Penn Center on St. Helena Island, address those participating in the Reconstruction Era tour of of Penn Center. Seated at left is U.S. Congressman Joe Cunningham, D-SC.</em>\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Photos by Bob Sofaly</strong></em>', 'Cunningham tours Beaufort’s National Historic Monument', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cunningham-tours-beauforts-national-historic-monument', '', '', '2019-07-10 14:31:41', '2019-07-10 18:31:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40722', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40728, 4, '2019-07-10 14:35:03', '2019-07-10 18:35:03', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nOn his recent visit to tour Reconstruction-era sites in Beaufort, U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham gave a one-on-one interview to The Island News.\r\n\r\nThe Congressman, who comes to Beaufort “at least once a month” where he has an office, discussed his visit along with the issues that are of importance to Beaufort residents.\r\n<h4>Now that you have toured these sites, what do you take away from what you saw and heard?</h4>\r\nCunningham: I think the key is preserving history and making sure we tell the history and not to politicize history, but tell it in an honest fashion even when it’s sometimes uncomfortable.\r\n\r\nI was proud to work with the majority whip Clyburn in making sure the Reconstruction Era National Monument was incorporated into the National Park System. It’s been afforded all the protections that that gives it, and I think it’s a long time coming. I’ve been fortunate to be able to sponsor and co-sponsor so much legislation that’s already passed the house, and some of which has already been signed into law, and we’re just six months in to it.\r\n<h4>Have you had any critics or naysayers that have asked, “Why devote so much time or resources to this initiative?” or “Why is it important to learn about Reconstruction?”</h4>\r\nCunningham: No, and I think it’s an important chapter of our country’s history and what we went through, both the Reconstruction period and also the Redemption era, the period right after that.\r\n\r\nThe roles (those periods) played in the transformation of our country and the scars our country has from the Civil War and from Reconstruction and identifying those and learning more about them are important.\r\n\r\nJust like today, the children here coming to learn about it, every public school system around should learn about the Reconstruction period, and the role this era specifically played in American history. It will enrich us so and it’s important to pass that on to our children.\r\n<h4>In terms of Reconstruction but more broadly race relations in the country, what are your constituents here in Beaufort and the Lowcountry telling you is important to them and what are some of the other issues they want addressed?</h4>\r\nCunningham: Obviously that’s an important issue that we continue to address but the “kitchen table” issues that we hear the most about are reducing the price of prescription drugs. We are proud to have passed nine pieces of bipartisan legislation that take down the cost of prescription drugs.\r\n\r\nTaking care of our veterans (is another). (My district) has a huge veteran community especially down here in Beaufort, so we are proud to get the funds needed to take care of our veterans, but also taking care of the military as well.\r\n\r\nWe got over $30 million for the redevelopment of the (live-fire training) range for Parris Island. That wasn’t in President Trump’s budget, but it’s something we fought for and we got, and we’ve been delivering those results back to people here in the Lowcountry.\r\n<h4>What is the latest on the bill you filed to ban offshore oil drilling and seismic testing off the coast of South Carolina?</h4>\r\nCunningham: So that’s just fulfilling promises we made. We didn’t go out and just make a whole bunch of promises. I was very narrow in talking about the things I wanted to accomplish. I think that’s why people are tired of politicians, because they just promise them everything.\r\n\r\nI said, “I want to go up there and ban offshore drilling.” We had the bill and it passed out of committee. We’re going to bring it to the house floor later this summer, and we’re going to pass it. And so we’re doing exactly what we told people we were going to do.\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Scott Teodorski, center, Superintendent of Reconstruction Era National Historic Park, guides, Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling, left, and U.S. Congressman Joe Cunningham, D-SC, through the Reconstruction museum in Beaufort recently. <strong>Photo by Bob Sofaly</strong></em>', 'Cunningham discusses Reconstruction, ‘kitchen table’ issues and the latest on offshore drilling', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cunningham-discusses-reconstruction-kitchen-table-issues-and-the-latest-on-offshore-drilling', '', '', '2019-07-10 14:35:03', '2019-07-10 18:35:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40728', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40731, 4, '2019-07-09 14:35:30', '2019-07-09 18:35:30', 'Being a world-class athlete sometimes comes with an otherworldly price tag.\r\n\r\nBeaufort weightlifter Dade Stanley, fresh off sweeping gold at the USA Weightlifting Youth National Championships in Anaheim, California, needs a hand paying his way to represent Team USA at the 2019 Youth Pan American Championships in Ecuador next month.\r\n\r\nThe trip is one that has been funded by Team USA in most years, but because of preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the Youth Pan Ams trip is self-funded this year. That means Stanley and his coach, Team Beaufort founder Ray Jones, are paying for their airfare, lodging, meals, and other expenses out of pocket.\r\n\r\n“If you know me, you know I’m not one to ask for handouts. I’m generally the one giving them,” Stanley’s mother, Missy Moberly, wrote on a GoFundMe page aimed at raising $4,000 to help cover the costs. “But, this time, I need a little assistance!”\r\n\r\nStanley started lifting as something to do after school, but he quickly emerged as an elite talent, winning multiple national titles and breaking youth American records. He swept silver at the 2019 Youth World Championships to help Team USA claim the team title and earlier this month swept gold at the Youth National Championships.\r\n\r\n“We would be forever grateful for any help getting Dade and Coach Ray to Ecuador to represent Beaufort, South Carolina, and the USA next month,” Moberly wrote on GoFundMe. “It’s not every day you are selected to represent your country and proudly wear the American flag on your chest!”\r\n\r\nTo donate, visit www.gofundme.com/Dade-Stanley-Weightlifter or donate through Venmo to @Dade-Stanley-Weightlifter.', 'Stanley seeks funding for Youth Pan Ams', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'stanley-seeks-funding-for-youth-pan-ams', '', '', '2019-07-10 14:36:09', '2019-07-10 18:36:09', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40731', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40733, 4, '2019-07-10 14:40:05', '2019-07-10 18:40:05', '<h4>FRIDAY, JULY 12</h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Noon – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nOpening Ceremonies\r\n\r\nSponsored by The Preserve at Port Royal\r\n\r\nEntertainment: The Parris Island Marine Band &amp; Fireworks at Dusk\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. Gates open at 6 p.m., Ceremony at 7 p.m. Free shuttle service from the Beaufort County Government Center\r\n<h4>SATURDAY, JULY 13</h4>\r\nRaft Race\r\n\r\nSponsored by CPM Federal Credit Union<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 8:30 a.m. – Noon\r\n\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; </span>9 a.m. – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nBocce Tournament\r\n\r\nSponsored by Joco Construction and Sea Island Elevators<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park Main Field\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Play starts at 9 a.m.\r\n\r\nBadminton Tournament\r\n\r\nSponsored by A.C. Harvey’s Screenprinting<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park Stage Field\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Play starts at 9 a.m.\r\n\r\nChildren’s Toad Fishing Tournament\r\n\r\nSponsored by Plair Enterprises, Inc.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. 10 a.m. – Noon. Ages 12 and under only. Bring your own pole and tackle. Bait provided.\r\n\r\nSponsor’s Expo\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park Pavilion\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nShrimp Boat Tours\r\n\r\nSponsored by Sea Eagle Market Location: Waterfront Park Seawall\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. Noon – 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nConcert In The Park\r\n\r\nSponsored by Dick Broadcasting and Bob 106.9<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHeadline Performer: Tyler Farr\r\n\r\nOpening Act: EmilyAnn Roberts\r\n\r\nAlso Performing: Copper Chief<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $30. Gates open at 6 p.m., Show at 7 p.m. No strollers, coolers, outside food or beverages or professional photography. No Refunds. Free shuttle service from Beaufort County Government Center. Children age 5 and under free.\r\n<h4>SUNDAY, JULY 14<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.\r\n\r\nRiver Rally\r\n\r\nSponsored by Butler Marine<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Local Waters<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.\r\n\r\nChildren’s Day\r\n\r\nSponsored by Coastal Orthodontics<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Featuring games, activities, shows, bounce houses and prizes\r\n\r\nSki Show\r\n\r\nSponsored by Hargray<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. 1 p.m.\r\n\r\nTeen Dance\r\n\r\nSponsored by JOHN 3:16\r\n\r\nEntertainment: Veteran’s Pride Entertainment Services<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $10. 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. No entry after 8 p.m. (No re-entry allowed). Ages 13\r\n\r\n– 17 only, ID Required, Clutch purses only (6 inches x 9 inches). Please wear appropriate clothing. No refunds, outside food or beverages, or coolers.\r\n<h4>MONDAY, JULY 15<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nMotown Monday\r\n\r\nSponsored by South State Bank<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEntertainment: Deas-Guyz<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $15. Gates open 7 p.m., Show at 8 p.m. No refunds, outside food or beverages, or coolers. Free shuttle service from the Beaufort County Government Center. Children age 5 and under free.\r\n<h4>TUESDAY, JULY 16</h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nHometown Tuesday\r\n\r\nSponsored by FBC Mortgage, LLC<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHeadline Entertainment: Pluff Mud Players<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. Gates open 7 p.m., Show at 8 p.m. No outside food or beverages, or coolers\r\n<h4>WEDNESDAY, JULY 17</h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nTalent Show\r\n\r\nSponsored by Landon’s LP\r\n\r\nHosted by: The Preceptor Omega Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $10 or FREE with Official 2019 64th Annual Water Festival T-Shirt. Gates open at 6 p.m., Show at 7 p.m. No refunds, outside food or beverages, or coolers. Children age 5 and under free.\r\n<h4>THURSDAY, JULY 18<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nLowcountry Supper\r\n\r\nSponsored by Waste Pro<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHeadline Entertainment: 20 Ride\r\n\r\nOpening Entertainment: Andrew Beam<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFeaturing: The Whistlers\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $15. Gates open at 6 p.m. Supper served 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. No refunds, outside food or beverages, or coolers. Children age 5 and under free.\r\n<h4>FRIDAY, JULY 19<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nBed Race\r\n\r\nSponsored by Turnkey Vacation Rentals<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Corner of Bay &amp; Harrington\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $25 entry per team. 4:30 p.m. check-in, 5 p.m. start time. Same day registration based on space availability.\r\n\r\nRiver Dance\r\n\r\nSponsored by Beaufort Winlectric<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nHeadline Entertainment: Thunderstruck<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOpening Entertainment: Frogmore Stu<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $15. Gates open at 7 p.m., Show at 8 p.m. Must be 18 or older with valid ID to attend. No refunds, outside food or beverages, coolers or strollers.\r\n<h4>SATURDAY, JULY 20<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nWater Festival Grand Parade<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSponsored by Lowcountry Insurance<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOrganized by: The Beaufort Lions Club<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Downtown Beaufort\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. 10 a.m. – Noon\r\n\r\nNon-Profit Expo\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park Pavilion\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. Noon – 4 p.m.\r\n\r\nAir Show\r\n\r\nSponsored by Executive Flight Training<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Free. 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Stunt planes, parachutists, U.S. Coast Guard Search &amp; Rescue demo.\r\n\r\nCommodore’s Ball\r\n\r\nSponsored by Mike’s Marine<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEntertainment: The New Royals<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Waterfront Park\r\n\r\nEvent Details: $10. Gates open at 7 p.m., Show at 8 p.m. No refunds, outside food or beverages or coolers. Children age 5 and under free.\r\n<h4>SUNDAY, JULY 21<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></h4>\r\nFestival Arts &amp; Crafts Market<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLocation: Promenade at the Waterfront Park<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nEvent Details: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.\r\n\r\nBlessing of the Fleet and Parade of Boats\r\n\r\nSponsored by The Past Commodores of the Beaufort Water Festival\r\n\r\nLocation: Beaufort River in front of Waterfront Park Seawall\r\n\r\nEvent Details: Noon – 2 p.m. Free registration. Boats must register to be eligible for prizes. All applications must be at the judge’s table prior to noon.\r\n\r\nFestival Ends – 3 p.m. – See you next year!', '2019 BEAUFORT WATER FESTIVAL SCHEDULE', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2019-beaufort-water-festival-schedule', '', '', '2019-07-10 14:40:05', '2019-07-10 18:40:05', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40733', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40737, 4, '2019-07-10 14:44:00', '2019-07-10 18:44:00', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nThe 64th Annual Beaufort Water Festival kicks off Friday with all the pomp and circumstance of one of the state’s oldest and most venerable festivals.\r\n\r\nCompletely organized and run by an all-volunteer staff, the Water Festival features 10 days of music, art and family-fun activities.\r\n\r\nFrom the hilarious and must-see-to-believe hospital bed races, to one of the most spectacular fireworks shows in the region, the festival serves up a variety of Americana event goers aren’t likely to find anywhere else.\r\n\r\nCommodore Brian Patrick said he and organizers are particularly proud of this year’s theme, “For the Community, By the Community.”\r\n\r\n“We really wanted to highlight the fact that the festival is for the community, and everyone who puts it on are truly your neighbors, local law enforcement, military, our sponsors, all volunteers – everyone is from this community, and of course the people we put it on for,” Patrick said.\r\n\r\nAnd while Patrick said they obviously don’t have any control of the weather, they hoped to avoid a repeat of last year, when heavy rainfall caused organizers to cancel some performances and postpone the opening night’s fireworks show for several days.\r\n\r\nWith that in mind, Patrick said festival goers won’t want to miss the opening night ceremonies complete with The Parris Island Marine Band and fireworks at dusk on Friday.\r\n\r\nAnother crowd favorite is Saturday’s Concert in the Park. This year’s headliner is country music singer/ songwriter Tyler Farr.\r\n\r\nFarr’s most recent album, Suffer In Peace, released in 2015, debuted in the top five on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, and before that his album Redneck Crazy, released in 2013, made No. 2 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200, making Farr the only solo male country artist in the last 10 years whose first two studio albums debuted in the Billboard Top 200 Albums Top 5.\r\n\r\nEmily Ann Roberts, who fans may remember from Season 9 of The Voice, will open for Farr. Roberts has several Billboard singles and two No. 1 iTunes country songs to her name.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nTexas-based Copper Chief, a roots-country-rock band will also perform during the Saturday night concert.\r\n\r\n<strong>2019 BEAUFORT WATER FESTIVAL</strong>\r\n\r\nSaturday, July 12-Sunday, July 21\r\nWaterfront Park\r\nFor tickets or more information, visit <a href=\"http://www.bftwaterfestival.com\">www.bftwaterfestival.com</a>', 'For the community, by the community, Beaufort Water Festival back again', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'for-the-community-by-the-community-beaufort-water-festival-back-again', '', '', '2019-07-10 14:44:00', '2019-07-10 18:44:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40737', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40743, 4, '2019-07-04 14:15:01', '2019-07-04 18:15:01', 'I<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>am often asked about whether marijuana is a good treatment for glaucoma or if it’s good for your eyes. Sometimes the patients are embarrassed, but given the changing social attitude and legalization sweeping our country, I think it’s important to look at marijuana from a medical standpoint with an eye towards it’s effects on our eyes – pun intended.\r\n\r\nCannabis and currently available compounds derived from marijuana – like CBD – are not an adequate treatment for glaucoma, or any eye condition.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nTo treat glaucoma, eye pressure must be managed 24 hours a day. Marijuana is not a practical treatment for constant use.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd more research is still needed into the exact effects of cannabis and cannabis compounds on eye pressure and glaucoma.\r\n\r\nThe American Academy of Ophthalmology does not recommend marijuana or other cannabis products for the treatment of glaucoma. The American Glaucoma Society and the Canadian Ophthalmological Society agree.\r\n\r\nSeveral current, effective treatments for glaucoma are more reliable and safer than marijuana. If you have glaucoma, you should follow your ophthalmologist’s advice to get the treatment that’s right for you.\r\n\r\nThe bottom line about marijuana and glaucoma is: The largest association of eye physicians and surgeons in the world does not endorse cannabis or its derivatives as a glaucoma treatment.\r\n\r\nDo not self-medicate with marijuana in an attempt to treat glaucoma. You can lose your vision if you don’t have a reliable, effective treatment for glaucoma.\r\n\r\nSpeak with your ophthalmologist to find the glaucoma treatment option that’s best for you.\r\n\r\nTell your doctor if you do use marijuana regularly.\r\n\r\n<b>What is the connection between glaucoma and marijuana?</b>\r\n\r\nGlaucoma is an eye condition in which the optic nerve becomes damaged over time, first reducing peripheral vision before possibly leading to total blindness. One cause of optic nerve damage in glaucoma is higher-than-normal eye pressure (intraocular pressure or IOP).\r\n\r\nAs marijuana has been legalized for medical or recreational use in more U.S. states and Canada, it has become more visible and discussed as a possible treatment for many health conditions. Research in the 1970s and 1980s did show a measurable decrease in intraocular pressure for three or four hours after smoking cannabis or ingesting THC as a pill or injection.\r\n\r\nBut to treat glaucoma and save vision, eye pressure has to be controlled 24 hours a day.\r\n\r\nTo reduce intraocular pressure by 3 to 5 mm Hg — and maintain that reduction — you would have to ingest about 18 to 20 mg of THC six to eight times a day, every day. The possible negative effects on mood, mental clarity and (if smoked) lung health would be significant. You would not be able to drive, operate machinery or engage in many common activities.\r\n\r\nIn addition, the cost of using marijuana every three to four hours, every day makes it cost-prohibitive for most patients.\r\n\r\nAs a comparison, alcohol also has a moderate intraocular pressure-lowering effect for an hour or so after a drink. But no doctor would recommend that you drink alcohol every hour to treat glaucoma. Many other effective treatments are available that don\'t have the side-effects of alcohol.\r\n\r\n<b>Studies haven’t proven THC effective</b>\r\n\r\nStudies have been done on THC eye drops, pills and cigarettes. Eye drops led to burning, irritated eyes and were shown to not lower eye pressure.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nA sublingual (placed in the mouth under the tongue) THC compound found no reduction in intraocular pressure. For another study, glaucoma patients were offered THC-containing pills and/or cigarettes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWithin nine months all of them asked to stop due to side effects.\r\n\r\nAs scientists learn more about glaucoma, they have also come to understand that high intraocular pressure in the fluid at the front of the eye is not the only cause of optic nerve damage. Increasing evidence shows that reduced flow of blood to the optic nerve may also cause damage in patients with glaucoma.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMarijuana not only lowers eye pressure, it also lowers blood pressure throughout the body. As a result, marijuana has the potential to lower the blood flow to the optic nerve, effectively canceling out the benefit of lowered intraocular pressure.\r\n\r\n<b>What about CBD for glaucoma?</b>\r\n\r\nIn recent years, CBD has received a lot of attention and scrutiny. CBD is a derivative of cannabis that doesn’t have mood-altering effects. But just like cannabis that’s smoked or eaten, there is no accepted, current research that shows CBD to be an effective treatment for glaucoma.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIn fact, one recent study showed that CBD may actually increase IOP, which would make glaucoma worse.\r\n\r\n<b>What is the future of marijuana for glaucoma treatment?</b>\r\n\r\nCurrently, the only way to control glaucoma and prevent vision loss is to lower the pressure in your eye. Your ophthalmologist can treat glaucoma with medication, such as prescription eye drops, or surgery, depending on the type of glaucoma and how severe it is.\r\n\r\nScientists are exploring whether the active ingredients in marijuana may yet offer a glaucoma treatment.\r\n\r\nIf the effects of cannabis compounds can be isolated, made to be long-acting, and the side effects eliminated, they may lead to new treatments in the future. However, such developments require more research and are years away from becoming a reality.\r\n\r\n<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span><i>Dr. Mark Siegel is the medical director at Sea Island Ophthalmology at 111 High Tide Drive (off Midtown Drive near Low Country Medical Group). Visit www.seaislandophthalmology.com.</i>', 'Marijuana, glaucoma and your eyes', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'marijuana-glaucoma-and-your-eyes', '', '', '2019-07-15 14:16:01', '2019-07-15 18:16:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40743', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40754, 4, '2019-07-17 21:44:46', '2019-07-18 01:44:46', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA task force formed by members of Beaufort County Council to study and recommend transparency procedures was not in compliance with state laws governing open meetings, county officials have said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCounty Administrator Ashley Jacobs said she and members of the county’s legal team were advised by Beaufort County Assistant Attorney Christopher Inglese in an email that the newly created subcommittee was not properly formed and “wholly violative” of state FOIA laws, or laws that relate to the Freedom of Information Act.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nInglese advised the group after he and county council members received an earlier email from Council Chairman Stu Rodman announcing the creation of the task force.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the email to Jacobs, Inglese referenced South Carolina’s Code of Laws, Section 30-4-60, which governs open meetings. He also stated that any communication by council members announcing the formation of such a subcommittee amounted to a meeting and as such would need to follow proper procedures if council members wished to form the task force, Jacobs said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe formation of the task force was also announced in a press release sent to members of the media by Councilman Mike Covert’s office on the same day, Tuesday, July 9.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe release stated that Covert, who is running for South Carolina’s 1<sup>st</sup>Congressional District, was appointed by Rodman to serve as chairman of the “Communications and Transparency Task Force.” Also serving on the task force are council members Gerald Dawson, Chris Hervochon, York Glover Sr. and Mark Lawson, the release stated.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nJacobs forwarded Inglese’s email to council members on Thursday, July 11, informing them of the violation. As the county’s top executive, Jacobs said it is her job to advise council members and make recommendations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“But it is up to them to follow that guidance and follow the law,” she said. “I imagine that what they’ll do is add it to the agenda for the next council meeting as a discussion item.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nContacted about the misstep, Rodman said he plans to follow the advice of the county administrator and the county’s legal department.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“We’ll take it up at our next meeting, and whatever we have to do to make it happen legally, we’ll do it,” he said. “We want to do it the right way.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRodman described the way in which the committee was formed as a “non-issue.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“We try to be as transparent as we can be,” he said. “I’ve done several things since I’ve been chairman to make it even more transparent. I don’t know of any place where we’re not being transparent, so I think it’s making a mountain out of a molehill.”\r\n\r\nCovert agreed with Rodman on striving to be more transparent.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“We need to be as accountable and transparent as possible to the point of being beyond reproach,” he said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCovert said he was not made aware of the violation of the FOIA laws by the county’s legal department until after he had sent the press release announcing his appointment as chair to the task force.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“It’s not uncommon for an ad hoc committee to be formed, and according to the county attorney’s office there is a right way to do that, and we need to follow that.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“And that’s what the county legal department is there to do,” he went on to say. “Make sure everything is always accountable and transparent, so kudos to them for doing it and for catching it.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nJacobs, however, said she was unaware that a press release had been sent.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n“If he sent out something out, that was not authorized by the county,” she said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCounty Council is scheduled to meet on Monday, July 22.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Beaufort County officials: Creation of County Council ‘Transparency Task Force’ not in compliance with law', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-county-officials-creation-of-county-council-transparency-task-force-not-in-compliance-with-law', '', '', '2019-07-18 21:48:37', '2019-07-19 01:48:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40754', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(40756, 4, '2019-07-18 21:54:39', '2019-07-19 01:54:39', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nJudy Teas remembers Oct. 8, 2016 well. Not only was it the day Hurricane Matthew blew through Beaufort, it was the day water came gushing into her Mossy Oaks home.\r\n\r\n“I had 8 inches in my house, and my neighbor had 18 inches,” she said, shaking her head.\r\n\r\nAfter Matthew, Teas moved out of her childhood home of more than 50 years while repairs were made. She stayed out for nearly a year.\r\n\r\nIt’s a hardship many of Teas’ neighbors in the community east of Battery Creek have become all too familiar with as hurricanes, rising sea levels and major rain events like the one that hit the area on July 5 have made problems with low lying areas around Beaufort, already prone to flooding, even worse.\r\n\r\nOn Wednesday, July 10, Teas joined about 50 other mostly Mossy Oaks residents at Beaufort’s town hall for an update on the city’s flood plan.\r\n\r\nHeaded by Neal Pugliese, members of the Mossy Oaks Drainage Task Force took residents through a slide presentation outlining the “9+ Challenged Areas” that need to be addressed. Mossy Oaks topped the list.\r\n\r\n“We’ve got the money to go ahead and get this done, we just have to go through the administrative steps now,” said Pugliese.\r\n\r\nWhile the projected cost for the city’s flooding projects is estimated at $13 million, Mossy Oaks projects alone have been estimated at $6 million. So far, the city has received a total of $7.5 million for all of the projects from a $6 million bond and two community block grants totaling $1.5 million.\r\n\r\nAdministrative steps include permitting and go-aheads the task force is waiting on from various agencies including South Carolina’s Department of Transportation and Department of Health and Environmental Control.\r\n\r\nIn addition, a group of researchers from the University of South Carolina, College of Charleston, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium and Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessment is conducting an assessment of the city’s flooding issues. The same group is conducting a similar assessment for the county.\r\n\r\nFindings from those assessments are expected back in August and will help guide or tweak decisions on project work, Pugliese said.\r\n\r\nIn the meantime, the city has started cleanup work designed to alleviated clogged ditches. A recent cleanup of the Jane Way canal resulted in two, 30-foot dumpsters full of trash, yard debris, construction waste and old tires.\r\n\r\nProject officials also outlined plans for the work which were divided into two areas of focus.\r\n\r\nBasin I includes the “duck pond” off Battery Creek Road, the Jane Way Ditch, West Royal Oaks Ditch, Spanish Moss Trail, Upstream Culverts and Battery Creek Road.\r\n\r\nBasin II includes projects in the Broad Street Ditch, Gentry Woods Outfall, Southside Park Pond and additional projects along the Spanish Moss Trail and Battery Creek Road.\r\n\r\nFrom dredging the duck pond to raising Battery Creek Road and tying it back into driveways, the projects outlined involve an extensive punch list that will take place across 500 acres of affected watershed and multiple jurisdictions including the Army Corps of Engineers, Pugliese said.\r\n\r\nSome projects such as addressing the Southside Park pond will require both proactive and reactive measures, project officials said at the meeting, so not only will the pond be dredged but the city will also use traveling pumps to respond to standing water caused by high tides or major rain events.\r\n\r\nResidents at the meeting had a variety of concerns over illegal dumping in ditches that exacerbates drainage issues to concerns of how the work might impact wildlife in the area.\r\n\r\nProject officials said the city will be cracking down on code enforcement to dissuade illegal dumping and will work closely with DHEC to minimize any impact on the environment.\r\n\r\nPugliese said they’ve identified four scenarios that impact flooding in the community. Those are a low-tide/low-rain event; a low-tide/high-rain event; a high-tide/high-rain event and a major hurricane.\r\n\r\n“We’re going to be able to resolve three of the four scenarios,” he said referring to the first three.\r\n\r\nHurricanes can come not only with heavy rain or high tides, but can also include storm surge, and that would be a “significant event” which would require a city-wide response, Pugliese said.\r\n\r\nStill, he believes the measures will eventually lead to a solution to the decades-old problem of flooding in the area.\r\n\r\n“We believe these measures are going to take care of most of these events,” he said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Above: Neal Pugliese, chairman of Beaufort’s Mossy Oaks Drainage Task Force explains how certain points in the Mossy Oaks area became heavily flooded on July 5 after 3.5 inches of rain fell in two hours during high tide on a full moon and what steps the City is going to take give the flood-plagued area some relief. 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(40759, 4, '2019-07-18 22:03:02', '2019-07-19 02:03:02', 'More than 200 people attended a Lights for Liberty Vigil on Friday night in Beaufort in protest of U.S. detention camps along the sou<a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/U4xOsK08.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-40763 alignright\" src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/U4xOsK08-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\"></a>thern border.\r\n\r\nThe demonstration was part of a worldwide effort held in objection of the inhumane conditions faced by migrants.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe local effort was organized by the League of Women Voters Beaufort, Indivisible Beaufort and others.\r\n\r\nCatherine Forester, president of Beaufort’s League, said she was especially moved by the cruel actions toward the children of refugees.\r\n\r\n“We held a vigil to bring awareness to the deplorable action of the U.S. upon individuals fleeing their countries and coming to the U.S. for help,” she said. “These are children, and we have created a humanitarian crisis. We continue to disregard our own children and now we are inflicting the same neglect and unfathomable treatment to other\'s children.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n“Once again enough is enough. This administration has no plan to deal with this crisis nor does it look like they want to create a plan.”\r\n\r\nA news release from the Lights for Liberty organization stated the event was intended to bring thousands of Americans to detention camps across the country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by asylum seekers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe release said outraged people from around the country and the world planned to shine a light on the horrific abuses of the Trump administration in human detention camps.\r\n\r\nSpeakers included George Kanuck from Lowcountry Immigration Coalition, Pastor Roy Tripp from St. Mark\'s Episcopal Church Port Royal, and Rabbi TZiPi Radonsky. A march followed with participants shining flashlights and cellphones in a demonstration of solidarity and sympathy for those suffering in U.S. immigration camps.\r\n\r\n\"We must not use our children as political pawns,\" Forrester said.\r\n\r\nThe event in Beaufort was covered nationally by NPR.', 'Hundreds in Beaufort turn out to protest U.S. detention camps', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'hundreds-in-beaufort-turn-out-to-protest-u-s-detention-camps', '', '', '2019-07-19 11:36:18', '2019-07-19 15:36:18', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40759', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40766, 4, '2019-07-18 22:14:10', '2019-07-19 02:14:10', '<h4>Photo by BOB SOFALY</h4>\r\nBoy Scouts with Den 1 and Den 272, Troop 251 and 1712 all give the proper hand&nbsp;salute during the Posting of the Colors at the opening ceremonies for the 64th annual Beaufort&nbsp;Water Festival on Friday, July 12 at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. For a full schedule of events, visit www.bftwaterfestival.com&nbsp;', '64th Annual Water Festival off to great start', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', '64th-annual-water-festival-off-to-great-start', '', '', '2019-07-18 22:14:10', '2019-07-19 02:14:10', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40766', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(40776, 4, '2019-07-24 14:06:12', '2019-07-24 18:06:12', '<h4>By LEE SCOTT</h4>\r\nThree years ago, I wrote an article about getting an email from my granddaughter, who lives in Maryland. She asked me if I would like to be her summer pen-pal.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nI said yes and received her first letter in July of 2016.\r\n\r\nBut after a while, we realized we enjoyed the correspondence and have continued the practice. We still communicate through texting and Face Time, but our letters are more interesting and describe our activities and adventures, worries and travels, and include encouragement and love.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nUltimately, we are leaving miniature history lessons behind that maybe someday her grandchildren might read.\r\n\r\nAs grandparents, we often wonder what kind of legacy we will leave to our children and grandchildren, but I have discovered that letter writing is in itself a legacy. How I wish I had a description of my own grandmother’s daily activities, and her thought on politics and books. What a treat it would have been to learn, through her letters, from a woman who born in 1896, what it was like to see an airplane for the first time, to be able to vote and to listen to the first radio broadcasts.\r\n\r\nIn my most recent letter to my granddaughter, I wrote about being glued to the television set that summer day 50 years ago as Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon. I can still remember all my family watching breathlessly. What an accomplishment!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd when you think about the technology at the time, it is scary!\r\n\r\nI have described to her a life without the conveniences she takes for granted. Computers, cell phones, “blue tooth” anything, Wi-Fi, and a host of other inventions that have been around since she was born almost 12 years ago.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nNow I ask her to think of the inventions there might be that her own grandchildren will take for granted. Trips to the Disney Moon Park?\r\n\r\nMy encyclopedia set seems so archaic next to her “Hey Google.”\r\n\r\nMy dictionary is tedious compared to her auto correct.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhen I wrote her about some of my favorite songs, I realized that I still have words in my vocabulary that do not have any meaning to her like records, cassettes and CDs. Because all she has to do is download a song.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nMy 2006 car still has a six-CD player in the glove compartment and there is a stack of CDs in a case. Will my gas-powered engine be considered the Model T of its day?\r\n\r\nIt takes some time to sit down, and write to someone and many people have gotten away from letter writing. I understand, after all, a quick text is so easy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut remember the text will be gone someday, and a letter about your life may just outlive you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Learning history’s lessons through letters', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'learning-historys-lessons-through-letters', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:06:12', '2019-07-24 18:06:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40776', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40779, 4, '2019-07-24 14:09:24', '2019-07-24 18:09:24', '<h4>By SCOTT GRABER</h4>\r\nIt is Wednesday morning, and I’m sitting at the black, formica-topped shelf that separates our small dining room from our (smaller) kitchen. It’s still early, and I’m reasonably content with my coffee and my (Great Grains) cereal.\r\n\r\nIt’s the 4th of July, and I’m pondering the celebrants who will soon pour into Port Royal. The patriotic troop will park throughout town and then walk — sun block, beach towels and children in hand — to the beach.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nOnce at the beach there will be swimming and the eating of hot dogs and then, later on, fireworks courtesy of the Marine Corps and the town.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBut, alas, I won’t be among the happy throng.\r\n\r\nEvery 4th of July, my wife and I travel to the home of Pam and David Taub — in Beaufort — for a reading of the Declaration of Independence. The recital involves 10 or 15 people who read parts of Declaration; and then David Taub delivers a follow-up homily on the price of freedom.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAll of this talking is paired with thinly sliced flank steak and several glasses of Pinot Grigio.\r\n\r\nSome years ago I had a reading part. But, in a moment of miscalculation, I ad-libbed a short sermonette on (the widely misunderstood) King George III and why we might have stayed a part of the Commonwealth.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFor my mischief, reaction was swift — I was stripped of my reading part and demoted to ordinary guest. Tonight I will sip my Pinot and eat my thinly-sliced steak in silence.\r\n\r\nBut I wish I could talk because I’m truly worried about the ‘polarity’ between the Democrats and the Republicans; between the ‘Trumpistas’ and those who loath the former realtor; between North and South.\r\n\r\nAlthough I had a wandering, peripatetic youth, I was greatly influenced by my maternal grandmother who lived in Florence, S.C. Minnie Riddick Teachey was more of a mentor, and best friend, than a grandmother. And when I was 17 she became my refuge. It was during this time that I came to think of myself as ‘Southern.’\r\n\r\nIn the last couple of years I’ve noticed small things, magazine articles mostly — that take gratuitous shots at all things Southern.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nLast month there was article in the June 24 edition of the New Yorker that was a ‘take-down piece’ on the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Ga. Before that, there was Spying on the South by the late Tony Horwitz.\r\n\r\nThe concept of spying is to follow in the footsteps of Frederick Law Olmsted who did a ‘turn’ in the South 10 years before the Civil War.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nWhile Olmsted made three trips and was focused on slavery and its manifestations, Horwitz chooses the Creation Museum in Kentucky to get his insight into the Southern species. Then it\'s off to a ‘Louisiana Mudfest’ where hundreds gather to race monster trucks. After that it\'s a mule trip (in Texas) with a brutal and offensive mule-skinner named Buck.\r\n\r\nWell, you get the drift here — we mule-skinning, mud-racing Southerners are truly worthy of contempt.\r\n\r\nBut I also think the Scots-Irish who populate much of the American South have a persisting, corrosive distrust of the ‘elites’ who migrate from Williams or Brown into offices in Washington, DC, or to Wall Street in lower Manhattan. Although these Southern folks don’t usually write for the New Yorker or the Washington Post, they do vote. And these days they are sticking, velcro-like with Donald Trump.\r\n\r\nWhen I was in high school in Florence, I belonged to the student ‘chorale.’ In that capacity, I toured with our singing group north, ending up in Kingston, N.Y.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIt was here, in Kingston, where we performed our signature anthem — a slow, solemn, hymn-like rendition of Dixie. When we were finished there was mostly silence in the packed auditorium.\r\n\r\nThen members of the Kingston chorus began to file onto the stage — this was unplanned — and then their student director asked our student director if we would join them in Battle Hymn of the Republic.\r\n\r\nAs we stood together on that stage and bellowed “My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,” I noticed that just about everyone in the auditorium was crying.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnd in that fleeting moment, I felt a kinship with these northern students. And in that same moment, I felt very good about the United States of America.\r\n\r\nI wish I felt that way today.', 'I wish I felt that way today', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'i-wish-i-felt-that-way-today', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:09:24', '2019-07-24 18:09:24', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40779', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40781, 4, '2019-07-24 14:10:37', '2019-07-24 18:10:37', 'The Beaufort Hustle AAU basketball program took four teams to the USBA National Championship from July 16-20 in Raleigh, North Carolina.\r\n\r\nThe Hustle’s eighth-grade girls made the national quarterfinals, going 2-1 in pool play before falling to the Bluffton Bulls in bracket play. McKayla Washington led the Hustle at the offensive end, averaging 15 points per game.\r\n\r\nAfter going 1-2 in pool play, the 10th-grade boys made a strong run in bracket play, winning two games to reach the Bronze Bracket final. Elijah Fess led the team with 21 points per game in the tournament.\r\n\r\nThe 11th/12th-grade boys, coached by former Beaufort High standout Ryle Owens, also went 1-2 in pool play and split their first two games in bracket play, reaching the Bronze Bracket semifinals. Nate Perryman led the way with 17 points per game.\r\n\r\nThe ninth-grade boys went 0-3 in pool play and dropped their first game in bracket play.', 'Beaufort Hustle teams compete at USBA nationals', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-hustle-teams-compete-at-usba-nationals', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:10:37', '2019-07-24 18:10:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40781', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40785, 4, '2019-07-24 14:11:52', '2019-07-24 18:11:52', '<strong>Host team wins first two at Junior Boys state tourney</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe host Beaufort County All-Stars were one of two undefeated teams remaining in the Junior Dixie Boys (13U) State Tournament through Monday’s games at Oscar Frazier Park in Bluffton.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County team, made up of players from Beaufort and Bluffton, opened the tournament with a 21-0 rout of Moncks Corner on Saturday. After receiving a bye on Sunday, the host team held on for an 11-9 win over Sumter on Monday.\r\n\r\nKevin Brown allowed one hit over four scoreless innings, and Ross Putnam gave up just one hit over two frames of relief to finish off the shutout of Moncks Corner.\r\n\r\nKyler McKeever led the offensive outburst, going 3-for-5 with a homer, four runs, and five RBIs, while Dietrich Shuford was 2-for-4 with a double, three runs, and three RBIs, and Braydon Dineen was 3-for-3 with three runs and an RBI. Logan Brutcher and Will Corn each added two RBIs.\r\n\r\nAgainst Sumter, Beaufort County rallied from an early 4-0 hole and erased another four-run deficit later in the game to advance to remain one of two undefeated teams in the double-elimination tournament.\r\n\r\nBrutcher was 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, three RBIs, and three runs to lead Beaufort County at the plate. McKeever was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and two runs; Shuford was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs, and an RBI; and Brown was 2-for-4 with an RBI.\r\n\r\nBrutcher earned the win in relief, allowing one run and two hits over 2 1/3 innings with two strikeouts. McKeever nailed down the save with two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out two.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County was scheduled to face St. George in a matchup of unbeaten teams on Tuesday. The championship game of the double-elimination tournament was set for Thursday.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort County Dixie Boys eliminated early</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe host Beaufort County all-stars were bounced from the Dixie Boys (14U) State Tournament with back-to-back losses Saturday and Sunday at Oscar Frazier Park in Bluffton.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County opened the tournament with a 9-4 loss to North Myrtle Beach on Saturday and fell 23-13 to Seneca on Sunday in the double-elimination tournament.\r\n\r\nThe hosts fell behind 6-2 after four innings against North Myrtle Beach and couldn’t dig out of the hole. Lucas Hamilton was 2-for-3 with an RBI, Ryan Giles was 2-for-2 with a double, and Garrett Greenwalt drove in a run for Beaufort County. Hamilton started on the mound and took the loss.\r\n\r\nThe offense came around for Beaufort County on Sunday, but the pitching and defense couldn’t slow down Seneca, which scored at least two runs in each inning and broke open a tied game with an eight-run third inning. Peter Hughes was 3-for-3 with three RBIs, Cooper Davis was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs, and Giles was 2-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored to lead Beaufort County at the plate. Emilio Mendoza added a hit, two runs, and two RBIs. Nicholas Fowlkes was charged with the loss in relief.', 'Host team wins first two at Junior Boys state tourney', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'host-team-wins-first-two-at-junior-boys-state-tourney', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:11:52', '2019-07-24 18:11:52', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40785', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40787, 4, '2019-07-24 14:14:06', '2019-07-24 18:14:06', '<strong>McKenzie Blake awarded degree from Miami<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></strong>\r\n\r\nMcKenzie Blake of Beaufort was among more than 3,800 students from Miami (Ohio) University who received degrees during spring commencement exercises Saturday, May 18 in Oxford, Ohio.\r\n\r\nBlake graduated with a B.S. in Business, majoring in Supply Chain and Operations Management.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort’s Price named to New Hampshire Dean\'s List</strong>\r\n\r\nHayden Price of Beaufort has been named to the Dean\'s List at the University of New Hampshire for earning high honors for the spring 2019 semester. Price is majoring in History.\r\n\r\nStudents named to the Dean\'s List at the University of New Hampshire are students who have earned recognition through their superior scholastic performance during a semester enrolled in a full-time course load (12 or more graded credits). Highest honors are awarded to students who earn a semester grade point average of 3.85 or better out of a possible 4.0. Students with a 3.65 to 3.84 average are awarded high honors and students whose grade point average is 3.5 through 3.64 are awarded honors.\r\n\r\n<strong>Moultrie of Beaufort named to USC Aiken President\'s List</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort’s Deja Moultrie was named to the University of South Carolina Aiken President\'s List for Spring 2019. To earn this distinction, Moultrie had to be enrolled as a full-time student and maintain a 4.0 GPA.\r\n\r\nMoultrie\'s major is Sociology.\r\n\r\nUSC Aiken, a comprehensive university in the University of South Carolina system, offers undergraduate and master\'s degrees to more than 3,500 students in 50 programs of study.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort’s Gray, Moultrie earn USC Aiken honors</strong>\r\n\r\nThe University of South Carolina Aiken congratulates those students who made the Dean\'s List for Spring 2019. To earn this distinction, students must be enrolled full-time and maintain a GPA of at least 3.5.\r\n\r\nThe Spring 2019 Dean\'s List includes Cheyanne Gray of Beaufort whose major is Biology and Eriq Moultrie of Beaufort whose major is Communications.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort’s Thompson gets Valdosta State masters</strong>\r\n\r\nJalissa Thompson of Beaufort has earned the Master of Social Work from Valdosta State University.\r\n\r\nThompson was among more than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students who completed the requirements for their respective degrees during the Spring 2019 semester.\r\n\r\n<strong>Wheaton’s Myers makes Dean’s List</strong>\r\n\r\nWheaton College student Austin Myers of Beaufort was named to the Dean\'s List for the Spring 2019 semester.\r\n\r\nTo earn Dean\'s List honors at Wheaton, at undergraduate student must carry 12 or more credit hours and achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher on the 4.0 scale.\r\n\r\n<strong>Newberry Alpha Kappa Delta inducts Beaufort’s Negron as charter member<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span></strong>\r\n\r\nCierra Negron, of Beaufort, is among the charter members of Newberry College\'s new national honor society for sociology students. Alpha Kappa Delta\'s Nu of South Carolina chapter held its inaugural induction ceremony this spring at the college\'s Center for Teacher Education.\r\n\r\n\"This is an amazing opportunity for our students to be recognized for their hard work in the sociology program,\" said Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Naomi Simmons, the chapter\'s advisor. \"AKD provides a number of ways for students to be involved in research and in service to their college and the community.\"\r\n\r\nNegron was one of 11 members inducted.\r\n\r\nNewberry welcomes 2 locals into criminal justice honor society\r\n\r\nNewberry College has announced the addition of Alpha Phi Sigma as an academic honor society for criminal justice students. The Pi Gamma Rho chapter held its inaugural induction ceremony at the College\'s Center for Teacher Education earlier this spring.\r\n\r\nJonathan Saullo and Cierra Negron of Beaufort were inducted as charter members.\r\n\r\n\"We could not be prouder to be able to recognize our top criminal justice students for their achievement and further their potential,\" said Dr. Patrick Beatty, assistant professor of criminal justice and the chapter\'s advisor. \"This first class of inductees will have not only acknowledgement of their excellence, but also a network of resources to be successful in their chosen career paths.\"', 'School Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'school-briefs-46', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:14:06', '2019-07-24 18:14:06', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40787', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40791, 4, '2019-07-24 14:16:05', '2019-07-24 18:16:05', '<strong>Beaufort County offering free Narcan workshop</strong>\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzE5LjgyNjMxNTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzE5LjgyNjMxNTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ5NjM2MiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/alcohol-and-drug/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Beaufort County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Department</a> is offering a free workshop on Narcan training and distribution from 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 in the Community Meeting Room at the Beaufort County Disabilities and Special Needs Building at 100 Clear Water Way.\r\n\r\nThe training will include an overview of the opiate problem in Beaufort County, an orientation on how to administer Narcan, and instructions on how to obtain the medication without a prescription. There will also be an opportunity for qualifying community members to obtain Narcan free of charge through the Beaufort County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Department.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to reserve a spot, email <a href=\"mailto:sdonaldson@bcgov.net\">sdonaldson@bcgov.net</a>. For a complete list of programs and services, visit <a href=\"http://www.beaufortcountysc.gov/alcohol-and-drug\">www.beaufortcountysc.gov/alcohol-and-drug</a><a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzE5LjgyNjMxNTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzE5LjgyNjMxNTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ5NjM2MiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;102&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/alcohol-and-drug/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">.</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Councilman Dawson holding second public meeting</strong>\r\n\r\nAs a follow up to his public meeting held July 14, Beaufort County Councilman <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNzE5LjgyNDkzOTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNzE5LjgyNDkzOTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ5NjE3OSZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/council/council-members/dawson-gerald.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Gerald Dawson (District 1)</a> will hold a second public meeting at 5 p.m., Sunday, July 28. The meeting will be held at the Burton Wells Recreation Center.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe purpose of the meeting is to continue the discussion about the proposed zoning change at 126 Broad River Boulevard from Neighborhood Mixed Use to Regional Center Mixed Use to allow design flexibility for a proposed apartment project. The guest speaker will be Eric Greenway, Beaufort County’s Director of Community Development.\r\n\r\nResidents do not need to register in advance for the meeting. For more information, please contact Beaufort County Council Member Dawson at <a href=\"mailto:gdawson@bcgov.net\">gdawson@bcgov.net</a>, 843-255-2192 or by mail at c/o Clerk to Council, Beaufort County, P.O. Drawer 1228, Beaufort, S.C. 29901.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hurricane Preparedness 101</strong>\r\nLieutenant Colonel Neil Baxley of the Beaufort County Emergency Management Division will give a presentation on severe weather preparedness, Smart 911 services and essential planning at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5 at the Beaufort Branch of the Beaufort County Public Library System at 311 Scott St. The event is free. For more information, call 843-255-6458.', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-117', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:16:05', '2019-07-24 18:16:05', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40791', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40793, 4, '2019-07-24 14:17:07', '2019-07-24 18:17:07', 'Speakers at Indivisible Beaufort’s August meeting will take a closer look at the 2020 election including the problems created by gerrymandering.\r\n\r\nThe group will gather at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 at the St. Helena Library.\r\n\r\nMichael “Nathan” Campbell, a teacher at May River High School in Bluffton, will focus on gerrymandering and what it means to local voters.\r\n\r\nA native of West Virginia, Campbell came to Beaufort County seven years ago to teach at Whale Branch Early College High School. He currently runs the Youth in Government, Model United Nations and Academic World Quest programs at May River, in addition to being the Advanced Placement Coordinator.\r\n\r\nAlso speaking will be Ashley Crary Lidow with WREN – the Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network located in Columbia.\r\n\r\nLidow is Associate Director of Policy and Government Relations at WREN and the driving force behind the S.C. Coalition for Healthy Families. She earned her MA in Public Health at the University of South Carolina and was the 2014 Master’s Student of the Year for Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior.\r\n\r\nRichard Hricik, a Charleston lawyer who specializes in wrongful death suits, will speak on “Messaging and Framing of Issues.” He has taught Criminal Justice and Constitutional Law at Charleston Southern University.\r\n\r\nFor more information contact j<a href=\"mailto:JusticeIndivisibleBSC@gmail.com\">usticeIndivisibleBSC@gmail.com</a>.', 'Speakers announced for Indivisible Beaufort’s August meeting', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'speakers-announced-for-indivisible-beauforts-august-meeting', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:17:07', '2019-07-24 18:17:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40793', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40796, 4, '2019-07-24 14:18:14', '2019-07-24 18:18:14', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nThe Northern Beaufort County Regional Plan Implementation Committee is expected to take up the Lady’s Island Plan 2018 at their regular meeting this week.\r\n\r\nThe committee will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, July 26, in the Executive Conference Room of the Beaufort County Administration Building, at 100 Ribaut Road, in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nDeveloped in 2018, the plan was adopted by Beaufort County and City councils in April of this year and aims to address such growth and development issues on Lady’s Island as fill dirt restrictions, the impact of sea level increases and the growth boundary.\r\n\r\nRobert Merchant, Assistant Community Development Director for Beaufort County’s Development Department, said Friday’s meeting will primarily be used to discuss the implementation subcommittee.\r\n\r\nThe main committee, he said, already has its task force looking into the sea-level-rise and fill-ordinance issues.\r\n\r\n“We are already moving forward on those issues,” he said.', 'Committee to take up ‘Lady’s Island Plan 2018’ at Friday meeting', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'committee-to-take-up-ladys-island-plan-2018-at-friday-meeting', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:18:14', '2019-07-24 18:18:14', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40796', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40799, 4, '2019-07-24 14:19:23', '2019-07-24 18:19:23', '<strong>Agape Hospice offering grief support</strong>\r\nAgape Hospice is hosting a closed-ended, Grief Support Group for any adult who has experienced the death of a loved one. It does not matter how long ago the death occurred or the nature of the loss, you will be welcomed with open arms.\r\n\r\nThe group will meet from 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Agape Hospice at 1800 Paris Avenue in Port Royal for six consecutive weeks beginning Aug. 14. Group participants should plan to attend every session. Once the group begins, no new group members will be added.\r\n\r\nPlease contact grief counselor Cathy Campbell at 843-217-3312 or email <a href=\"mailto:cacampbell@agapehospice.com\">cacampbell@agapehospice.com</a> to register. There is no charge for attending this group.\r\nGrief is one of the most painful experiences we will ever have to endure. It actually changes who we are and how we feel about the world. It can take time to work through your emotions and even more time to adapt to a new life without your loved one.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nCome, join us for a time of sharing, learning, reflecting, and remembering. There are others who can understand your grief and relate to your experience. You are not alone.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lady’s Island Baptist hosting free health screenings</strong>\r\n\r\nMt. Carmel Baptist Church Med-I-Assist program, along with S.C. Department of Health and Evironmental Control, AccessHealth Lowcountry and Beaufort Memorial Hospital, will be providing free health screenings from 10:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday July 27 at Lady’s Island Baptist Church for those in need and wanting to get one or more screenings done.\r\n\r\nYou will be able to get the following screenings done: prostate, glucose (sugar), hypertension and/or cholesterol. Also Welvista Prescription Assistance, eye exams and eyeglass voucher will be available. For more information call 843-525-4081.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Health Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'health-briefs-12', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:19:23', '2019-07-24 18:19:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40799', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40802, 4, '2019-07-24 14:20:24', '2019-07-24 18:20:24', '<h4>By CELIA STRONG</h4>\r\nDiscovering a new wine, week after week, is definitely a great life plan.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSure, there’s a little bit of work that goes with it. Learning about it. Tasting it. But, not really any hardship there.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSonoma Valley, the source for this week’s new wine, has a great history with wine. In fact, it is known as the birthplace of the California wine industry.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe valley is located in the southeastern corner of Sonoma County, in the San Francisco Bay area. The city of Sonoma is in the valley and parts of Santa Rosa also.\r\n\r\nThere are some tidbits of history about this valley, though, that make it especially interesting.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBefore Spanish settlers, the coastal Miwok, Pomo and Wintun indigenous tribes inhabited what is now the Sonoma Valley. To them, it was known as the Valley of the Moon.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nIn 1823, Mission Solano was the northern most of 21 California missions controlled by Franciscan monks. But within two generations, the Spaniards had secularized the missions. And dispossessed the indigenous people from their lands.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe name Valley of the Moon was recorded in 1850, though. Also, author Jack London, claimed the name “Sonoma” was the Native American word for “Valley of the Moon.”\r\n\r\nLondon personally owned a ranch in the Valley of the Moon, where he and his descendants lived. In the 20th century, their back yard was a vineyard for the winery that eventually took the valley’s name.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe Madrone Estate, founded in 1863, is one of the oldest and most historic wine producing properties in Sonoma. It was purchased by the Stewart family in 2012, renovated, and dedicated to estate grown varietal wines. With the Valley of the Moon label.\r\n\r\nSonoma Valley wines are made from many grape varieties. This week there are two to look at.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nFirst, Pinot Blanc, a white grape that is a mutation of Pinot Noir. Despite its inauspicious beginnings, Pinot Blanc is a versatile grape that is used to make still, sparkling and dessert wines.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nBefore its true identity was known, it was often thought to be a lesser version of Chardonnay. Its wines are medium to full bodied with good acidity and can do well with oak aging. Their aromas and flavors include apples, pears, peaches, lemon zest, almonds, a touch of smokiness, some possible floral hints and a gravelly, minerally finish.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAlthough it is grown in most wine producing countries, Pinot Blanc is not a well known variety in the United States, not like in France and Germany, but it’s always worth seeking out for its uniqueness. (The ones we find are always good!)\r\n\r\nThe second variety for this week is Viognier.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nAnother white grape that produces fuller bodied, perfumy wines with peach, tangerine, honeysuckle and almonds and hazelnuts as its primary aromas and flavors. (It also has mango, rose and citrus notes.) Viognier wines tend to have a juicy, almost oily, texture and are very complex, with layers and layers of subtle nuances.\r\n\r\nValley of the Moon produces a blend from these two varieties. The grapes are fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks to preserve all the fresh fruit flavors and aromas.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe blend is 85 percent Pinot Blanc and 15 percent Viogneir. From Sonoma, Pinot Blanc leans toward tropical fruits. And with malolactic fermentation, these stay vibrant in this wine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nSonoma Viognier has a huge, lush mouthfeel and loads of floral character. A glass of this wine has lots of peach and honey, pineapple and a ginger spiciness.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nA totally unique wine that really is the bright side of the moon. For $12.99 at Bill’s Liquors. Enjoy.', 'Tasting the bright side of the moon', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'tasting-the-bright-side-of-the-moon', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:20:24', '2019-07-24 18:20:24', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40802', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40805, 4, '2019-07-24 14:21:20', '2019-07-24 18:21:20', 'On Friday, Aug. 2, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the grand opening of the new Firestone Complete Auto Care center with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The celebration starts at 11:30 a.m.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nThe ribbon cutting ceremony will kick off a weekend of festivities with free food and gifts and special pricing on tires and service. The store will register guests to win one of two $1,000 Firestone gift cards to be given away during the event.\r\n\r\nLearn more at <a href=\"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001S-fHTEa6c4903q0cfhC3_e7aE-ls4WfqLX5EnofIAkk_PgKyNEb6pZ2-Pi8oMni-0MJU3IuhJRMVTHQpkgtAUdFxSRLNsEvAYCR18pgpWVtUmj0fe0Isb7sW-X2Iqf1_LuUzcXDJoC0ugxcOuYZl_euPPyfkRy6Y_JEGU4fWfhaMc1jY9eZUlImE-aw8H0x8YAFCL5IfZjjhoVf4-6mlOPjlOERg2Y1aPpyzSaIwHBOZxUF4SL2d2Vvj44tAkTliuN-ktj3chuGiW7vpIzep-w==&amp;c=SSIEafdFthDM6H2g-jDQ23Jpvbrmr7TEtnFFn8pa-7-u0NMrZgtMlA==&amp;ch=9BB-rMmPh6WnfzcZ_SRddwK-Ru60HPgixKjw_VAsYJuX3H0H8DjvFw==\">FirestoneCompleteAutoCare.com</a> or call 843-765-4332 to book your auto repair or service at 155 Paris Island Gateway today.', 'Firestone Complete Auto Care celebrates grand opening', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'firestone-complete-auto-care-celebrates-grand-opening', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:21:20', '2019-07-24 18:21:20', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40805', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40807, 4, '2019-07-24 14:23:03', '2019-07-24 18:23:03', '<h4>By MINDY LUCAS</h4>\r\nThe newly formed Communications and Transparency Task Force was not on the Beaufort County Council meeting agenda for public discussion on Monday, July 22.\r\n\r\nThough he could not say whether the item would be added to the next regularly scheduled meeting on Aug. 26, Council Chairman Stu Rodman said that plans were “in the works” to add it for a future meeting.\r\n\r\nCounty officials had previously stated the formation of the board was in violation of state FOIA laws, or laws that relate to the Freedom of Information Act. This came after a press release issued by Councilman Mike Covert’s office on July 9, announced the creation of the “Communications and Transparency Task Force.”\r\n\r\nContacted about the misstep last week, Rodman said he planned to follow the advice of the county administrator and county’s legal department and “take it up” at the July 22 meeting.\r\n\r\n“…Whatever we have to do to make it happen legally, we’ll do it,” he said on July 15. “We want to do it the right way.”', 'Task force that violated FOIA laws not on council agenda Monday', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'task-force-that-violated-foia-laws-not-on-council-agenda-monday', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:23:03', '2019-07-24 18:23:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40807', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(40809, 4, '2019-07-24 14:25:54', '2019-07-24 18:25:54', 'The Croquet Club of Dataw Island was recognized by the U.S. Croquet Association (USCA) as the recipient of “First Place” in the National Croquet Day clubs competition. CCDI beat out hundreds of other croquet clubs and was selected best entry for National Croquet Day celebrations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nTo earn the award, the CCDI hosted a fantastic event, complete with the women dressing in period costumes, the gentlemen in their dapper best, and presentation of a “high tea” court side. The tea was followed by a friendly game of golf croquet on Dataw Island’s championship croquet lawns.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;</span>\r\n\r\nJackie Bauer, president of CCDI, accepted the National Croquet Day Outstanding Participation award on the club’s behalf.', 'Croquet Club of Dataw Island receives national award', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'croquet-club-of-dataw-island-receives-national-award', '', '', '2019-07-24 14:25:54', '2019-07-24 18:25:54', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=40809', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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