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(30812, 4, '2017-01-05 09:59:24', '2017-01-05 14:59:24', '<b>New technology improves </b><b>service at county offices</b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County’s Myrtle Park offices in Bluffton have launched new technology that has been called “pleasantly innovative” by residents who have visited within the past two weeks.\r\n\r\nWhen residents step off of the elevator on the third floor of the Myrtle Park office building, they will encounter an interactive kiosk, followed by LED television screens, all part of the new ACF Technologies Q-Flow Software Solution, a lobby management system installed on Dec. 15.\r\n\r\nAccording to the ACF Technologies website, the new lobby management software provides a quick and simple check-in process along with multi-media options.\r\n\r\n“The launch of this innovative technology is one portion of our countywide plan to provide quality core services efficiently,” said county Administrator Gary Kubic. “We are excited to deliver a more satisfying experience to our residents.”\r\n\r\nThe system serves residents visiting the assessor, auditor, building codes, business license and treasurer offices.\r\n\r\n<b>Ornament can be on display year-round</b>\r\n\r\nWhether you take down your tree today or in a few weeks, there is one ornament that can remain on display all year long – the ABLE ornament.\r\n\r\n“This ornament is special,” said Sue Ann Bolick, ABLE Foundation chair, “not only because it’s enameled in brass and features bright, bold colors of the sea, and not simply because it is an ornament that can be displayed throughout the entire year. It’s special because it changes lives.”\r\n\r\nAll proceeds from ornament sales go towards Camp Treasure Chest, a summer camp for special needs children in Beaufort County.\r\n\r\n“Camp Treasure Chest is truly a life-changing experience for the campers,” said Erin Womack, Beaufort County Disabilities and Special Needs Family Support director. “Because of the specialized care needed, many of our campers would not be able to attend a summer camp in this area. This wouldn’t be possible without ABLE’s assistance, and without the funding from ornament sales.”\r\n\r\nThe boxed ornaments are being sold for $18 and are available for purchase by calling the ABLE Foundation at 843-592-1731; and at the Beaufort County Department of Disabilities and Special Needs at 100 Clearwater Way, Beaufort.\r\n\r\nFor more information on Camp Treasure Chest, the ABLE Foundation and ornaments, visit ablefoundationbc.org.\r\n\r\n<b>County: Christmas trees </b><b>won’t be picked up</b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County is advising its residents (excluding residents within Beaufort city limits) that Christmas trees are not considered storm debris and therefore are not allowed at the rights-of-way.\r\n\r\nTrees placed at the right-of-way will not be removed by the county’s debris removal contractor.\r\n\r\nChristmas trees can be disposed of at any County Convenience Center. All ornaments and lights must be removed prior to disposal.\r\n\r\nAll Class 1 waste (including real Christmas trees, small limbs, leaves and landscape trimmings) will be ground and recycled as boiler fuel.\r\n\r\nThe city of Beaufort collects Class 1 waste at the curb as part of its waste service. Citizens residing within the city can place real Christmas trees at the curb for collection.\r\n\r\n<b>Community foundation </b><b>adds 2 board members</b>\r\n\r\nThe Community Foundation of the Lowcountry has elected two new members to its board of directors.\r\n\r\nAllen Ward, of Bluffton, is president and principal of Ward Edwards Inc., a civil/environmental engineering and allied services firm headquartered in Beaufort County and serving coastal South Carolina and Georgia. He was a founding director of Atlantic Community Bank, chartered in 2006, for which he served on the compensation, credit and building committees.\r\n\r\nDavid Wetmore, of Hilton Head Island, currently serves as board chair for Grange Mutual Insurance Companies and Nationwide Mutual Funds Group. Early in his career he worked for KPMG, where he became a managing partner at age 35. He went on to become president and chair of several publicly-held software services companies, and later helped start an investment banking and venture capital fund serving the technology industry.\r\n\r\nSince 1994, the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry has been connecting people, resources and needs by helping build stronger communities and assisting donors in making a difference through\r\ncharitable giving.\r\n\r\nWith more than 300 charitable funds, combined assets totaling $63 million and grant-making and scholarships reaching $58 million, the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry is the largest source of unrestricted philanthropic resources dedicated to Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call 843-681-9100 or visit www.cf-lowcountry.org.\r\n\r\n<b>Sen. Tom Davis to speak at </b><b>Republican club meeting</b>\r\n\r\nThe Greater Bluffton Republican Club will hold its next meeting on Monday, Jan. 9, at Rose Hill Golf Club at 4 Clubhouse Drive in Bluffton.\r\n\r\nSen. Tom Davis, who was scheduled to speak at the December meeting, will give a legislative update and answer questions from the club members.\r\n\r\nThe social hour begins at 5 p.m. with the meeting to follow at 5:45 p.m. The public is welcome.\r\n\r\n<b>DirecTV, WJCL </b><b>break off ties</b>\r\n\r\nFollowing protracted negotiations, the efforts of Hearst Television, parent of WJCL, to achieve a new carriage agreement with DirecTV, reached an impasse, and, as a result, WJCL is now no longer being carried by DirecTV.\r\n\r\nThe channel impacted is 22.\r\n\r\nThe current carriage agreement expired at midnight Dec. 31.\r\n\r\n“Hearst has a long history of successfully concluding agreements with cable companies and other satellite distributors with no disruption of service to viewers,” noted WJCL president and general manager, Timothy J. Morrissey. “Unfortunately, the DirecTV negotiating team is seeking the right to carry our stations at below-market rates, which is neither fair nor reasonable given the significant investments we have made to deliver top-tier programming to our viewers.\r\n\r\n“We regret the inconvenience DirecTV’s demands have imposed on its subscribers, and we will keep you fully informed of developments.\r\n\r\n“We have not ‘blacked out’ our station,” Morrissey added. “You may continue to receive our station for free, over the air, and, where available, from your local cable or satellite operators.”\r\n\r\nViewers can determine the type of antenna needed to receive the signals of Hearst stations at www.antennaweb.org.\r\n\r\nTo contact DirecTV, call 800-531-5000.\r\n\r\n<b>County treasurer to </b><b>speak at LIBPA meeting</b>\r\n\r\nMaria Walls, Beaufort County treasurer, will be the guest speaker at the Tuesday, Jan. 10, meeting of the Lady’s Island Business and Professional Association.\r\n\r\nThe meeting will be held at 8 a.m. in the Beaufort County Realtor’s Association Headquarters located in the Palmetto Business Park (behind the BB&amp;T Bank on Lady’s Island Drive). The meeting is open to the public.\r\n\r\nWalls will discuss the challenges faced upon taking office; the functional relationship between the auditor and treasurer; results of a review of vehicle tax accounts; the biggest future challenge; and an opinion on whether the treasurer should be an elected or hired position.\r\n\r\n<b>Beach renourishment </b><b>project winds up</b>\r\n\r\nThe town of Hilton Head has completed the 2016 island-wide Beach Renourishment Project. The town\'s contractor, Weeks Marine Inc., completed sand placement activities in the overnight hours on Dec. 29.\r\n\r\nSince the start of the project in June 2016, more than 2.5 million cubic yards of sand have been placed along approximately 7 miles of shoreline.\r\n\r\nThe work includes damage reparations to some portions of the beach damaged by Hurricane Matthew.\r\n\r\nWeeks Marine plans to demobilize from the island within the next 30 days.', 'News briefs for January 5th-11th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'news-briefs-for-january-5th-11th', '', '', '2017-01-05 09:59:24', '2017-01-05 14:59:24', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30812', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30814, 4, '2017-01-05 09:59:59', '2017-01-05 14:59:59', 'For the past three years, during the month of December, the Beaufort alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. has donated bicycles to 22 girls and boys at the 11 elementary schools in its service area. This also honors the 22 founders of the sorority. The bicycles are donated by supporters of Beaufort alumnae as well as members of the community. The event was held at Plaza Theaters, and the children and their parents were invited to see a movie. They were presented with the bicycles after the movie.', 'Bicycles light up kids’ lives', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'bicycles-light-up-kids-lives', '', '', '2017-01-05 09:59:59', '2017-01-05 14:59:59', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30814', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30816, 4, '2017-01-05 10:01:16', '2017-01-05 15:01:16', '<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>GIRLS\' HIGH </b><b>SCHOOL BASKETBALL</b></span></p>\r\n<b>Lampkin leads Battery Creek past Marlboro County</b>\r\n\r\nWith Taquasha Lampkin delivering a double-double, Battery Creek pulled away to beat Marlboro County 63-34 in the opening round of the Carolina Invitational on Dec. 28.\r\n\r\nMarlboro County, an opponent from Bennettsville, found itself playing from behind throughout the tournament game.\r\n\r\nLampkin helped to lead Battery Creek with 14 points and a game-high 18 rebounds. She proved to be a force inside for Battery Creek any time she was on the court during the tournament contest.\r\n\r\nDaje Bartley led the productive Dolphins in scoring, posting a game-high 19 points. Bartley also recorded five steals as the Dolphins prevailed in the first round contest in the Carolina Invitational.\r\n\r\nAccompanying Lampkin and Bartley in double figures in the scoring column for Battery Creek, Brianna Tolbert, another reliable scorer, tossed in 16 points.\r\n\r\nIn addition to scoring 14 points and pulling down a game-best 18 rebounds, Lampkin dished out six assists and registered five steals for Battery Creek in the easy win.\r\n\r\nFollowing its opening round victory over Marlboro County, Battery Creek suffered back-to-back losses in the Carolina Invitational, falling to both Glynn Academy of Brunswick, Ga. and Coconut Creek, Fla. Glynn Academy beat Battery Creek 42-30 on Dec. 29. In the final round of the Carolina Invitational on Dec. 30, Coconut Creek defeated the Dolphins 43-32.\r\n\r\n<b>Moyd paces Beaufort High </b><b>in win over West Oak</b>\r\n\r\nLed by another solid performance from Naijuia Moyd, Beaufort High pulled away to defeat West Oak 61-38 in the opening round of the Carolina Invitational on Dec. 27.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles claimed their sixth straight victory.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High featured three scorers in double figures. Leading the Eagles to the win, Moyd poured in a game-high 19 points. Moyd also dished out eight assists as the Eagles prevailed in the tournament contest.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles excelled both offensively and defensively. Beaufort High held struggling West Oak to nine points in the first half. The Eagles took a 22-point lead into halftime.\r\n\r\nJoining Moyd in double figures and narrowly missing a double-double, Imari Smalls scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Eagles. In addition to her points and rebounds, Smalls dished out five assists and recorded five steals for the winning team.\r\n\r\nAccompanying Moyd and Smalls in double figures for the Eagles, Terrayah Williams tossed in 15 points. Williams was another solid all-around player for the Eagles, grabbing eight rebounds and recording six blocks.\r\n\r\nWith the win, Beaufort High improved to 8-2.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High advanced to meet St. Albans, W. Va. in a winners\' bracket game on Dec. 28.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High struggled to get going offensively against West Virginia powerhouse St. Albans in the second round of the Carolina Invitational. St. Albans pulled away to beat the Eagles 63-21 in the second round of the Carolina Invitational on Dec. 28.\r\n\r\nWith the loss, Beaufort High slipped to 8-3.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles were limited throughout the contest as St. Albans dominated.\r\n\r\nSt. Albans set the tone early, outscoring Beaufort High 17-6 in the first quarter. The Red Dragons took a commanding 37-11 lead into halftime and started the second half strong, outscoring Beaufort High 12-4 in the third quarter.\r\n\r\nFinishing strong, St. Albans outscored Beaufort High 14-6 in the final frame.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>BOYS\' HIGH </b><b>SCHOOL BASKETBALL </b></span></p>\r\n<b>John Paul II upends </b><b>Calhoun Academy, 65-53</b>\r\n\r\nJohn Paul II upended host Calhoun Academy 65-53 in a mid-season boys\' high school basketball game on Dec. 29.\r\n\r\nWith the win, John Paul II improved to 10-1.\r\n\r\nJohn Paul II, under the direction of head coach Stacy Benedik, boasts additional wins over Henry Academy, Colleton Prep Academy, Thomas Heyward Academy, Dorchester Academy, The Habersham School, Step of Faith Academy, Coastal Christian Prep, Orangeburg Prep and Andrew Jackson Academy.\r\n\r\nIn the 12-point win over rival Calhoun Academy, Rashad Battiste led the Golden Warriors with a game-high 22 points.\r\n\r\nAccompanying Battiste in double figures for the talented John Paul II boys\' basketball team, Lindsay Franklin netted 12 points.\r\n\r\nKarl Johnson narrowly missed reaching double figures, adding nine points for the Golden Warriors in the hard-fought win.\r\n\r\nRounding out the John Paul II individual scoring, Thomas Kender tossed in seven points.\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort High beats </b><b>Mauldin, 54-40</b>\r\n\r\nDajour Cleveland poured in a game-high 21 points to lead Beaufort High past Mauldin 54-40 in the semifinals of the Poinsettia Classic at Greenville on Dec. 28.\r\n\r\nWith the win, Beaufort High improved to 6-1 and advanced to the Poinsettia Classic championship game.\r\n\r\nAccompanying Cleveland in double figures for the Eagles, Orion Murray contributed 10 points.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles overcame a slow start. Mauldin, a well-rounded squad, excelled early, outscoring Beaufort High 13-9 in the first quarter. Beaufort High, however, battled back to lead 27-25 at halftime.\r\n\r\nUltimately, the Mavericks faced a deficit at the conclusion of each of the last three quarters. Mauldin was forced to play from behind in the second half, especially late.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles carried a 39-35 lead out of the third quarter and finished strong. Thriving late, Beaufort High outscored Mauldin 15-5 in the fourth quarter to pull away to win.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High moved on to meet tournament host Greenville in the title game of the Poinsettia Classic. The Eagles took a 6-1 record into the championship contest while Greenville stood perfect with an unblemished 9-0 mark prior to the opening tip of the highly-anticipated title tilt.', 'Sports briefs for January 5th-11th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sports-briefs-for-january-5th-11th', '', '', '2017-01-05 10:01:16', '2017-01-05 15:01:16', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30816', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30818, 4, '2017-01-05 10:02:11', '2017-01-05 15:02:11', 'Hurricane Matthew cannot hold the Sea Island Rotary Club down from bringing runners and paddlers a spectacular event at a different, but great, new location.\r\n\r\nAs many are aware, Hunting Island State Park is currently closed with the trails being the last to be reopen after post-hurricane repairs.\r\n\r\nSo, the 2017 SIRC race location will be held in and around Port Royal on Saturday, March 11.\r\n\r\nThe race will begin at The Sands with kayaks and paddleboards paddling about 6 miles on the waterway separating Port Royal and Parris Island Recruit Depot. Following the paddle, runners will be entertained by an approximately 4-mile run complete with challenges.\r\n\r\nParticipants can go solo, relay (one paddler and one runner) or team (tandem kayak with both paddling and running).\r\n\r\nThere will be separate award categories for male, female, mixed, kayak and paddleboards.\r\n\r\nThere will also be a post-race party.\r\n\r\nVisit www.huntingislandbiathlon.com.', 'Sea Island Rotary Club Adventure Biathlon is on', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sea-island-rotary-club-adventure-biathlon-is-on', '', '', '2017-01-05 10:02:11', '2017-01-05 15:02:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30818', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30821, 4, '2017-01-05 09:50:35', '2017-01-05 14:50:35', '<b>New Year’s Eve wreck </b><b>sends one to hospital</b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/laurel-bay.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30823\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30823\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/laurel-bay.jpg\" alt=\"laurel-bay\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBurton firefighters and Beaufort County EMS were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident on Laurel Bay Road just before 7 p.m. Dec. 31.\r\n\r\nInitial reports indicated people were trapped in the wreckage. Firefighters arrived on the scene to a two-passenger vehicle accident with moderate to heavy damage to both vehicles, but no trapped occupants.\r\n\r\nFirefighters assisted an injured driver who was transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital by Beaufort County EMS with non-life threatening injuries.\r\n\r\nNo other injuries were reported. The intersection of Laurel Bay and West Gate Circle was blocked for approximately 45 minutes while emergency crews assisted the injured driver and removed roadway hazards.\r\n\r\nThe Burton Fire District responded to 293 motor vehicle accidents in 2016, with eight of those accidents occurring on Laurel Bay Road.\r\n\r\nIn May, Burton firefighters responded to an accident at the intersection of Trask Parkway and Laurel Bay Road in which a motorcyclist was killed.\r\n\r\nIn September, firefighters responded to  an accident involving multiple motorcycles in which three cyclists were seriously injured, and two cyclists requiring a medical helicopter evacuation.\r\n\r\nIn October, firefighters responded to an accident in which three Battery Creek football players were seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident on Laurel Bay Road, with one occupant trapped and having to be rescued by firefighters.\r\n\r\n<b>Sheriff’s office looking for armed robbery suspect</b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/shell.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30824\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30824\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/shell.jpg\" alt=\"shell\" width=\"198\" height=\"240\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help in identifying the person who committed an armed robbery on Dec. 27 at the Shell Food Mart located at 3530 Trask Parkway in Burton.\r\n\r\nA man entered the store with a handgun and demanded money from the clerk. He ran toward the Spanish Moss Trail at the rear of the building.\r\n\r\nThe suspect is a black man, approximately 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 200 pounds and wearing a black hoodie and black pants with blue coloring.\r\n\r\nIf you have any information about the pictured individual or the incident, contact Investigator Malphrus at 843-255-3426, BCSO Dispatch at 843-524-2777, or Crimestoppers at 1-888-274-6372 to remain anonymous and collect a possible reward.\r\n\r\nIn a separate incident, an armed robbery took place at the Callawassie General store located at 1 Callawassie Drive on Dec. 17.\r\n\r\nA black male entered the store with a handgun and demanded money,  then fled the store in an unknown direction.\r\n\r\nThe black male was approximately 5 feet, 10 inches tall, and weighing between 160 to 170 pounds. He was wearing black pants with a blue sweater vest.\r\n\r\nAnyone with information regarding this incident is urged to call 843-524-2777.\r\n\r\n<b>No one injured in Dale shooting incident</b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Sheriff\'s Office deputies responded to a shooting incident on Dec. 31 at Coakley Road and Keans Neck Road in Dale.\r\n\r\nA male victim reported that while he was approaching a stop sign in his vehicle, an unknown adult African-American man pulled up next to him and fired several shots.\r\n\r\nAlthough his vehicle was struck multiple times, he was uninjured during the incident.\r\n\r\nThere was no further description of the subject or his vehicle.\r\n\r\nAnyone with information is encouraged to call Sgt. Brandon Disbrow at 843-255-3407 or CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CrimeSC to remain anonymous and for a possible reward.\r\n\r\n<b>Sheriff’s Office asks public for help in cold case</b>\r\n\r\nOn Feb. 22, 1986, Sarah Grace Glisson, 88, was found murdered in her Bluffton residence near where Rose Hill Plantation stands today.\r\n\r\nDuring the investigation it was learned Glisson, who was legally blind, lived alone and was routinely checked on by friends.\r\n\r\nWhen no one had heard from her, deputies were dispatched to check on her. Her residence was found in disarray and she was found tied up and deceased.\r\n\r\nGlisson, who was in frail health, died of suffocation as result of the location of the restraints on her body.\r\n\r\nExamination of forensic evidence did not identify any suspects, as technology at the time was limited.\r\n\r\nEvidence collected from the scene is currently being evaluated for additional forensic examination.\r\n\r\nA reward of up to $2,500 is being offered for information leading to an arrest in any Beaufort County cold case.\r\n\r\nNo matter how insignificant it may seem, any information offered in reference to a cold case could prove to be the missing link needed to solve the case.\r\n\r\nIf you have any information regarding this unsolved cold case, contact Capt. Bob Bromage at 843-255-3402, 843-816-8013 or robertb@bcgov.net.\r\n\r\nTo remain anonymous, call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC (274-6372).\r\n\r\n<b>Man shot in leg on </b><b>St. Helena Island</b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Sheriff\'s Office deputies responded to a residence on Storyteller Road on St. Helena Island on Dec. 31 regarding a fight between two men in the yard.\r\n\r\nWhile they were responding, reports of shots fired and a gunshot victim were received by the Sheriff\'s Office Emergency Dispatch.\r\n\r\nUpon arrival, deputies learned one of the two males involved in the fight had been shot in the leg.\r\n\r\nHe was transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital for treatment.\r\n\r\nAs of this time the victim has not cooperated with investigators.\r\n\r\nThe incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information is encouraged to call Sgt. Brandon Disbrow at 843-255-3407 or CrimeStoppers 1-888-CrimeSC to remain anonymous and for a possible reward.\r\n\r\n<b>Suspect wanted in </b><b>Eagle’s Pointe break-ins</b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/eaglespointe.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30822\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30822\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/eaglespointe.jpg\" alt=\"eaglespointe\" width=\"272\" height=\"367\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff\'s Office is seeking help from the public in identifying a male suspect involved in a recent series of Bluffton vehicle break-ins.\r\n\r\nImages were captured from a surveillance system of the suspect from a Dec. 19 vehicle break-in at Eagle\'s Pointe in Bluffton.\r\n\r\nAnyone knowing the identify of the person is asked to call Cpl. LaVan at 843-255-3313 or CrimeStoppers 1-888-CrimeSC to remain anonymous and for a possible reward.', 'Police blotter for January 5th-11th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'police-blotter-for-january-5th-11th', '', '', '2017-01-05 10:05:12', '2017-01-05 15:05:12', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30821', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30826, 4, '2017-01-05 10:07:01', '2017-01-05 15:07:01', '<h3>By Dr. Mark S. Siegel</h3>\r\nPrimary Open Angle Glaucoma is the most common type of glaucoma. An increase in eye pressure, intraocular pressure (IOP), occurs slowly over time, leading to vision loss. Higher IOP is thought to be the result of changes in the eye that lead to an obstruction in the outflow of fluid, called aqueous humor.\r\n\r\nLarge clinical studies have shown that, with reduction in IOP, optic nerve damage and progressive visual loss can be slowed or minimized.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Glaucoma therapies</b></p>\r\nCurrent drug treatments are directed towards lowering IOP. Treatments to reduce IOP rely on topical eye drop medications, laser and or conventional surgery.\r\n\r\nMany patients require more than one drug to control IOP, and despite effective current therapies, they don’t work for all patients.\r\n\r\nCurrent glaucoma medications reduce IOP by either reducing the production of fluid in the eye, or by increasing its outflow. Prostaglandins, which increase outflow, are now the most prescribed glaucoma treatment worldwide.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Glaucoma drugs</b></p>\r\nA new class of glaucoma drugs promises to act specifically on the eye’s drainage canals, called the trabecular meshwork, a main outflow and blockage site in glaucoma.\r\n\r\nRho kinase (ROCK) inhibitors target cells in the trabecular meshwork to enhance aqueous humor outflow. Aqueous humor is a clear fluid that maintains the intraocular pressure.\r\n\r\nIn research models of glaucoma, ROCK inhibitors have been shown to reduce cellular “stiffness” and enhance outflow through the trabecular meshwork, thereby reducing IOP. No drugs currently on the market enhance the eye’s fluid outflow in this way. Therefore this is a novel and unique target and approach to lowering IOP.\r\n\r\nROCK inhibitors are not yet approved and available for glaucoma patients.\r\n\r\nTwo U.S. companies, Aerie and Altheos, are currently in clinical research development with topical ROCK inhibitors to lower IOP.\r\n\r\nResearch data has shown that ROCK inhibition has the potential to offer neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects as well as enhance blood flow to the optic nerve, all of which could benefit glaucoma patients.\r\n\r\nThe ophthalmic community looks forward to and awaits the clinical research data as it becomes available for this potentially exciting class of drug compounds.', 'New class of glaucoma drugs in development', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-class-of-glaucoma-drugs-in-development', '', '', '2017-01-05 10:07:33', '2017-01-05 15:07:33', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30826', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30830, 4, '2017-01-05 10:09:29', '2017-01-05 15:09:29', '<em>Photo above: The top of page 8 of Beaufort’s 1959 Annual Report shows the initial concept drawing of what would later become the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. On the right are the municipal accomplishments the group wanted emphasized.</em>\r\n<h3>By Bill Rauch</h3>\r\nContemplating a new year and new beginnings, as we do this week, gives rise to recalling times past.\r\n\r\nIn my estimation the most forward-thinking Beaufort City Council of the past century was the 1958-59 group that was led by Mayor Angus Fordham. The other four were banker and Mayor pro tem (later mayor) F.W. (“Willie”) Scheper III, pharmacist Charles Aimar, and Bay Street retailers D.L. Koth and Meyer Schein. Uniquely, and to their credit, the group published an “Annual Report,” that was distributed in the April 30, 1959, Beaufort Gazette.\r\n\r\nThese guys had their act together.\r\n\r\nSaying “Today’s Dreams are Tomorrow’s Realities,” their report called for, among other civic improvements:\r\n\r\n• The construction of a municipal sewer system that they got right on and opened soon after on the Waddell Gardens parcel where the city’s beleaguered Southside Park stands now;\r\n\r\n• An improved waterfront that 15 years after they called for it became the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park;\r\n\r\n• “Improved Municipal Docking Facilities” that would become the downtown marina;\r\n\r\n• A street sweeper that wouldn’t finally be purchased until 2001;\r\n\r\n• And “construction of a modern City Hall” that would finally be brought online almost exactly 50 years after they called for it.\r\n\r\nCompare this to the current group’s long-term planning efforts. The most recent plan that is published on the city’s website is the now-discredited five-year-old Civic Master Plan that is actually little more than a proposed future zoning map.\r\n\r\nBut where’s the plan for how the new Boundary Street will be marketed and should develop once the construction is complete? There’s precious little about that in the original Boundary Street Plan.\r\n\r\nThe 1959 group, their annual report shows, had an Annexation Committee comprised of five civic leaders, two of whom were sitting city council members. The present group acts like “annexation” is a dirty word. Bluffton and Hilton Head each have their current strategic plans up on their websites. Both are actively growing, or trying to grow, their boundaries. So certainly is Port Royal. Is Beaufort’s current informal “make it like it was” approach a realistic strategy?\r\n\r\nMayor Fordham’s 1959 report says the city quadrupled yacht traffic from 1955-1958.\r\n\r\nThe city has gotten a grant to remake the outermost pier of its downtown marina. Good. The marina operator’s lease is up in two years.\r\n\r\nWhere’s the plan for maximizing Beaufort’s extraordinary natural advantage as a desirable stop-over location along the Intracoastal Waterway?\r\n\r\nThe city’s leaders say they want to create an atmosphere in Beaufort so that Beaufort’s young people don’t have to leave to get good jobs. Good. They’ve tried industrial development at the Commerce Park and high-tech development with the Carteret Street digital corridor project. More than $3 million has been spent on those initiatives with little, if any, tangible return.\r\n\r\nBoth decisions looked from the outside like spur-of-the-moment real estate buys.\r\n\r\nStepping beyond whim to professionalism, and trying to get the cart back behind the horse, if that’s the priority, why not put in the effort to get serious industrial development and high-tech development approaches into place? Get the school board, the Technical College of the Lowcountry, the chamber of commerce and the business community on board.\r\n\r\nWe can disagree on whether this is local government’s appropriate role.\r\n\r\nIf it’s the group’s priority, as it seems to be, then what better time than now to put the pieces into place?\r\n\r\nWith the flawed penny sales tax measure down the drain, a new administration in Washington and a new city council, what better time than now to look ahead? If we don’t, to paraphrase the 1959 group, “No dreams today will be no realities tomorrow.”', 'So ... uh ... what\'s the plan, Beaufort?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'so-uh-whats-the-plan-beaufort', '', '', '2017-01-08 14:13:40', '2017-01-08 19:13:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30830', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30833, 4, '2017-01-05 10:17:20', '2017-01-05 15:17:20', '<em>Photo above: Students from Holy Trinity School sing Christmas carols. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em>\r\n\r\nFriends and family members of students at Trinity Classical Christian School gathered together to watch the school’s fifth annual Christmas Program on Dec. 13 at Community Bible Church.\r\n\r\nThe service consisted of brief Christmas-related skits, reading of Christmas-related scripture and lots of carols sung by students and congregation alike.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30787\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1418\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0012-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30787\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30787\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0012-1.jpg\" alt=\"“Star Boy” (Levi Qualls), left, walks toward St. Lucia of Sweden (Laney Sheehan) during a brief skit prior to the singing of Sankta Lucia.\" width=\"1418\" height=\"2087\" /></a> “Star Boy” (Levi Qualls), left, walks toward St. Lucia of Sweden (Laney Sheehan) during a brief skit prior to the singing of Sankta Lucia.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30835\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1809\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0023.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30835\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30835\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0023.jpg\" alt=\"Friends and family take photos of their students on stage.\" width=\"1809\" height=\"1368\" /></a> Friends and family take photos of their students on stage.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30836\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1604\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0042.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30836\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30836\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0042.jpg\" alt=\"Teachers make sure their students are in the right place prior to sing Christmas carols.\" width=\"1604\" height=\"1935\" /></a> Teachers make sure their students are in the right place prior to sing Christmas carols.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30786\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2269\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0007-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30786\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30786\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0007-1.jpg\" alt=\"Caleb Baker, a first-grader at Holy Trinity school, gazes at his blue electronic candle while second-graders sing a Christmas carol.\" width=\"2269\" height=\"1452\" /></a> Caleb Baker, a first-grader at Holy Trinity school, gazes at his blue electronic candle while second-graders sing a Christmas carol.[/caption]', 'Trinity Classical Christian School puts on Christmas play', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'trinity-classical-christian-school-puts-on-christmas-play', '', '', '2017-01-05 10:17:37', '2017-01-05 15:17:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30833', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30838, 4, '2017-01-05 10:19:25', '2017-01-05 15:19:25', 'This picture was submitted by Liz Riggs to the Fripp Audubon Club. “One of my favorite pastimes is photographing the wildlife here on Fripp Island. This is a great blue heron shading himself under a tree on the banks of the pond across from the Ocean Creek Club House.\"\r\n\r\nTo submit a Lowcountry Life photo, you must be the photographer or have permission to submit the photo to be published in The Island News or The Bluffton News. Please submit high resolution photos and include a description and/or names of the people in the picture and the name of the photographer. Email your photos to theislandnews@gmail.com.', 'Lowcountry Life', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lowcountry-life-20', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:27:13', '2018-07-12 15:27:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30838', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30841, 4, '2017-01-05 10:21:34', '2017-01-05 15:21:34', '<em>Photo above: A woman does yoga at ArtiZen Yoga in Beaufort. Yoga teaches participants how to relax and how to be mindful. Photo courtesy of Mariah Robinson of ArtiZen Yoga.</em>\r\n<h3>By Kat Walsh</h3>\r\nIt’s that time of year. A new year means New Year’s resolutions.\r\n\r\nAnd if one of the items on your resolution list for 2017 includes something along the lines of “getting in shape and losing weight,” there’s good and bad news.\r\n\r\nThe bad news: Out of all the benefits you get from exercise, weight loss is the one that takes the longest for you to see. It takes so long, in fact, that most new exercisers will quit before the weight comes off.\r\n\r\nHowever, the good news is that the benefits to exercising go far beyond weight loss – and many you’ll notice immediately.\r\n\r\nResearchers are learning that exercise is, actually, medicine.\r\n\r\n“There is no pill that comes close to what exercise can do,” said human genomics researcher Claude Bouchard, in Time magazine’s The New Science of Exercise. “And if there was one, it would be extremely expensive.”\r\n\r\nHere are 10 compelling – some surprising – reasons to start exercising.\r\n\r\n<b>1. Be happier.</b>\r\n\r\nBy increasing blood flow to the brain and releasing endorphins, dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin, exercise influences brain chemistry in a positive way, reducing pain, lightening mood and relieving stress.\r\n\r\nIn 2000, researchers at Duke University compared the antidepressant effects of aerobic exercise to a popular antidepressant. The results: The group who exercised (40 minutes three to five days per week) experienced the greatest antidepressant effect.\r\n\r\n<b>2. Alleviate anxiety. </b>\r\n\r\nWhich do you think is better at relieving anxiety: a warm bubble bath or a 20-minute jog? Turns out, the warm and fuzzy chemicals that are released during and after that jog – or any exercise – can help people with anxiety calm down.\r\n\r\n<b>3. Improve confidence.</b>\r\n\r\n“I never thought I would be able to __________.” Fill in the blank. Whatever you previously aspired to, you can do with exercise. Whether it is running 1 mile, cycling through a spinning class or learning a new sport, you can find a new skill set and sense of self through exercise.\r\n\r\n“Running is an individual sport, so the results come directly from your efforts,” said Tim Wiez, ultra marathoner and owner of Grounded Running in Port Royal. “Ultimately, this increases self-esteem, resiliency and determination.”\r\n\r\n<b>4. Get creative.</b>\r\n\r\nPhilosopher and author Henry Thoreau said, “My thoughts began to flow the moment my legs began to move.\" Many successful creative people past and present are known to be avid and regular exercisers because they’ve all discovered that inspiration is often found in motion. It’s a fact backed up by research as well: Exercise is likely to help enhance your creative thinking.\r\n\r\n<b>5. Memory.</b>\r\n\r\nIf you’ve ever walked into a room only to forget why you entered, exercise may be what you need to remember. Publications from Science Daily to Harvard Health agree that regular exercise actually changes our brains to improve memory and thinking skills. The effect is particularly profound as we age. Studies also suggest that exercise is, as of now, the best way to prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.\r\n\r\n<b>6. Slow the aging process.</b>\r\n\r\nExercise has been shown to lengthen lifespan by as much as five years. Time magazine found several studies suggesting that moderate-intensity exercise may slow down the aging of cells.\r\n\r\n<b>7. Better looking skin. </b>\r\n\r\nForget the Botox and chemical peels – exercise can improve the appearance of your skin. Aerobic exercise revs up blood flow to the skin, delivering oxygen and nutrients that improve skin health and even help wounds heal faster.\r\n\r\n<b>8. Mindfulness.</b>\r\n\r\nExercise can also be a welcome mental break from the demands, drains and screens of everyday life. Whether you’re walking on a treadmill, riding a bicycle, rowing a boat or taking a yoga class, when you are exercising, you’re focused on that – and that alone.\r\n\r\n“Mindfulness is one of the biggest benefits of a yoga practice,” said Mariah Robinson, instructor at ArtiZen Yoga in Beaufort. “By learning to tune into your posture and breathing, you can gain control over mental fluctuations like anxiety, sadness and anger. Yoga teaches awareness so you can relax your muscles, take deep breaths and be present.”\r\n\r\n<b>9. Camraderie.</b>\r\n\r\nWhatever you’re interested in, odds are, others are too. And out of that common interest, friendships are formed. Cheryl Mansson, member of the Beaufort Rowing Club, calls the club a wonderful community, both in and out of the boat. And fellow member George Utter said, “I just enjoy and look forward to being around the kinds of folks who row with us.”\r\n\r\nNo matter what form of fitness fits your fancy, there are fellow friends to be found. If organized sports interest you, there are groups galore to choose from – running, cycling, rowing, tennis, basketball, softball and more. If going solo is more your style, you have a plethora of options both outside (the Spanish Moss Trail, bridge, beaches and parks) and indoors (exercise classes covering everything from boxing to barre fitness.)\r\n\r\n“I love seeing all the cars parked at the Cat Island Bridge, with their drivers walking the bridge and enjoying our beautiful scenery,” said Denice Davis, fitness director at the Wardle Family YMCA.  “Beaufort is always changing and there are more and more options for us to get moving, learn new skills and make new friends in the process.”\r\n\r\n<b>10. Sleep better.</b>\r\n\r\nStudies show that exercise can help you fall asleep faster and deepen your sleep.\r\n\r\nIf you’re looking to create a better version of yourself for 2017, instead of focusing of what exercise can help you lose, you might be more successful focusing on what it can help you gain.', 'Exercise: It’s not what you lose, but what you gain', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'exercise-its-not-what-you-lose-but-what-you-gain', '', '', '2017-01-05 10:23:31', '2017-01-05 15:23:31', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30841', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30845, 4, '2017-01-05 10:24:55', '2017-01-05 15:24:55', '<i>Editor’s note: The following was provided by the city of Beaufort.</i>\r\n\r\nFrom opening a new fire station to kicking off construction on Boundary Street to opening the long-awaited Southside dog park to launching an incubator for technology companies, progress was the key word for Beaufort in 2016.\r\n\r\n“After months and sometimes years of planning and review, it was refreshing to be able to open the new fire house on Ribaut Road to improve our fire department’s efficiency. On the other end, in December it was great to see all the families and pets enjoying the dog park,” Beaufort City Manager Bill Prokop said.\r\n\r\n“We have another year of work on Boundary Street, but that team has done an exceptional job of keeping the project on track and within budget,” he said. “While that work goes on, our city’s economy has a brighter future with our new incubator partnerships.”\r\n\r\n<b>The economy</b>\r\n\r\nMuch of the city’s work in 2016 – and before – focused on economic revitalization and growth.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Digital Corridor is an offshoot of the successful Charleston Digital Corridor. Located at 500 Carteret St., the remodeled office space targets small businesses focused on technology.\r\n\r\nAnother spinoff is the city’s branch of the Don Ryan Center of Innovation, based in Bluffton. The incubator will be housed in the first floor of Beaufort City Hall and will assist non-technology businesses in starting up.\r\n\r\nBoth business incubators have ribbon-cuttings scheduled for January and Prokop said he expects both will be busy in short order.\r\n\r\n“Between our preserved history and our protected environment, we have the ability to attract small and new businesses, especially those in the knowledge sector,” he said. “Sometimes all they need is a guiding hand to get started, and that’s what the Beaufort Digital Corridor and Don Ryan Center will provide.”\r\n\r\nThe anticipated opening of the new Walmart within the city limits on Lady’s Island and a new car dealership on Robert Smalls Parkway will bring additional jobs and revenues to the city.\r\n\r\nHighlights of 2016 include:\r\n\r\n• Construction started in early 2016 on the $32 million Boundary Street Improvement Corridor. The work includes moving overhead power and communications cables underground for safety and aesthetics, realigning the Boundary and Robert Smalls Parkway intersection and improving traffic signal intersections, including a new signal at Carolina Cove.\r\n\r\n• The Southside dog park, previously used as a water treatment site by the Beaufort-Jasper Water &amp; Sewer Authority, had been discussed for years by the community and the Beaufort City Council. In 2016, it became reality.\r\n\r\n“We had a lot of volunteer help in cleaning up the property, and our Public Works crew did wonderful work removing all the debris and tearing up old asphalt,” said Libby Anderson, planning director for Beaufort. “Open park space is an important part of Beaufort.”\r\n\r\n• Other highlights for city leaders in 2016 included expanding the popular Spanish Moss Trail; reviewing, once again, parking needs and possible solutions, including a potential parking garage; and adjusting the city business license ordinance to allow a more streamlined process for group events, and taking payments online for business licenses and the accommodations/hospitality taxes.\r\n\r\n• Beaufort voters returned incumbent Mike McFee to the Beaufort City Council alongside newcomer and downtown businesswoman Nan Sutton. They join Mayor Billy Keyserling, Phil Cromer and Stephen Murray on council.\r\n\r\n• In December, city leaders joined Rep. Jim Clyburn and National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis at historic Brick Baptist Church across from the Penn Center for a standing-room only public hearing of major support for a proposed Reconstruction Monument district to recognize local contributions to Reconstruction.\r\n\r\n• On the tragic side, fire destroyed the Black Chamber of Commerce office building just days after the November election. The structure was nearing completion on Bladen Street. Federal investigators determined the fire was an electrical accident.\r\n\r\n• In October, Hurricane Matthew changed the Lowcountry landscape, downing thousands of trees. Homes in Beaufort were damaged and the debris clean-up will continue into 2017, but thankfully no deaths or major injuries were reported from the Category 2 hurricane.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the city of Beaufort, visit www.cityofbeaufort.org.', 'City: 2016 was year of progress for Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'city-2016-was-year-of-progress-for-beaufort', '', '', '2017-01-05 10:24:55', '2017-01-05 15:24:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30845', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30847, 4, '2017-01-05 10:27:17', '2017-01-05 15:27:17', '<h3>By Kat Walsh</h3>\r\nTwo local politicians are retiring after a combined 80 years of serving the public.\r\n\r\nGeorge O’Kelley will step down after being on the Beaufort City Council for almost 40 years, while William “Bill” McBride, a Beaufort County Council member, also steps down after 40 years in office.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>George O’Kelley</b></p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30848\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"185\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GeorgeOKelley.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30848\"><img class=\" wp-image-30848\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GeorgeOKelley.jpg\" alt=\"George O’Kelley\" width=\"185\" height=\"273\" /></a> George O’Kelley[/caption]\r\n\r\nBeaufort would look and feel very different these days were it not for O’Kelley. As he steps down from Beaufort City Council after almost 40 years, he leaves behind a Beaufort quite unlike the one he first began serving as a council member in 1979.\r\n\r\n“George has always been a voice for Beaufort,” Mayor Billy Keyserling said.\r\n\r\nIn doing what he always thought best for the city, O’Kelley has had to occasionally take unpopular positions or argue against the majority. It’s the nature of the position, and O’Kelley takes it in stride.\r\n\r\n“I suppose the citizens will have to judge if I aided or helped Beaufort,” O’Kelley said. “I will say I cherish my years of service and hope I was a positive influence.\"\r\n\r\nIn his nearly four decades on the Beaufort City Council, O’Kelley has done everything from selecting the design of the Government Center to authoring legislation against smoking in city restaurants and texting while driving.\r\n\r\nAnd as a downtown businessman since 1975, he was one of the first to join the effort to revitalize Beaufort when shops were closing right and left.\r\n\r\nWhile much of his life has been spent helping the city and citizens of Beaufort, he is not a native son. O’Kelley came to Beaufort by way of Vietnam.\r\n\r\nAfter attending the Citadel, he graduated from the University of South Carolina Law School in 1968, right around the same time the draft began. So instead of joining a law firm, O’Kelley joined the Marine Corps, attending the Platoon Leaders Class program in Quantico, Va. After six months of training, he was sent to Vietnam.\r\n\r\nOne positive that happened during his time of service: He met his future wife. O’Kelley was home on leave from the Marine Corps, visiting a childhood friend in Columbia, when the opportunity for a blind date presented itself. The buddy wanted O’Kelley to meet his girlfriend’s roommate, Yancey Heins.\r\n\r\n“They fixed me up with a date and that was that.”\r\n\r\nAfter completing his service in Vietnam, O’Kelley was stationed at Parris Island - and never left. With medals and decorations including the Navy/Marine Achievement Medal, Vietnam Campaign and Combat Action Ribbon, O’Kelley retired as a lieutenant colonel and began his career as a lawyer.\r\n\r\nIn 1975, he opened his firm, O’Kelley and Fordham, at 715 Bay St., where he still practices today.\r\n\r\nAnd from that location, he has seen – and helped author – much of the story of downtown Beaufort’s revival.\r\n\r\nThe layout back then was different. “The Saltus building was Belk, there was Shines Department Store, Old Bay Market was Edwards Dime Store and I had a little hardware store on each corner of my block,”\r\nhe said.\r\n\r\nNightlife was different back then too – it was nonexistent. “Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, we didn’t have any night activity,” he said. “”At 6 o’clock they’d roll the sidewalks up.”\r\n\r\nO’Kelley believes one of the big positives that came out of his time on the Beaufort City Council is the growth of Beaufort’s downtown economy, even if that’s not always seen as a positive.\r\n\r\n“Now we have a thriving downtown scene with good shops and restaurants. Parking is something people talk a lot about, but believe me, I was here when there was always plenty of open parking spaces – but there weren’t many shops that people wanted to visit. That’s a bad place to be,” he said.\r\n\r\nO’Kelley’s last session as a member of City Council took place on Dec. 13.\r\n\r\n“How would I like to be remembered? I just hope I did some good things that have benefited our city and its people,” he said.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>William McBride</b></p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30849\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"200\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mcbride.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30849\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30849\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mcbride.jpg\" alt=\"William McBride\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" /></a> William McBride[/caption]\r\n\r\nDedicated. Rock-steady. Consistent. These are just a few of the words spoken to describe William “Bill” McBride during his final term on the Beaufort County Council.\r\n\r\nMcBride served a history-making term of 40 years, from 1976-2016, the longest term held by any council member in the history of the council.\r\n\r\nHis term length is not the only triumph that made Beaufort County history.\r\n\r\n“You were the first, and to date, the only African-American chairman and vice chairman of Beaufort County Council,” said Morris Campbell, former Beaufort County council member and retired Beaufort County Community Services director. “You always looked out for human and community services issues.”\r\n\r\nMcBride served in several leadership capacities as the County Council chairman from 1983-1984, County Council vice chairman from 1991-1992, South Carolina Association of Counties president in 1993 and County Council parliamentarian from 2001-2016.\r\n\r\nHe also served as a liaison for several boards, including the Beaufort/Jasper Water and Sewer Authority, Beaufort Memorial Hospital board, Joint Initiative Committee of County Council and board of education, and the Northern Regional Plan Implementation Steering Committee.\r\n\r\nDuring his tenure, he was a member of 21 committees, holding four chairmanships and seven vice chairmanships.\r\n\r\nAt his final council meeting on Dec. 12, several community leaders spoke about McBride’s years of service.\r\n\r\n“On behalf of more than 120 agencies comprising the Beaufort County Human Services Alliance, we thank you for always being concerned about the well-being of our community, humanity and heart,” said Fred Leyda, director of the Beaufort County Human Services Department, “and for caring about our residents at all stages of life.”\r\n\r\n“My priority was to take the people who felt they didn’t have the power to influence Beaufort County Council’s decisions, and make sure their voices were heard,” said McBride. “I made sure my votes were reflective of what was good for the entire county. 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(30851, 4, '2017-01-05 10:29:03', '2017-01-05 15:29:03', 'Proud parents Leayn Barber and Larry Kaczowka, of Port Royal, welcomed their new son, John Lance Barber-Kaczowka on Jan 1. The little guy arrived at 7:32 a.m. making him the first baby born in Beaufort County in the new year. The baby, who has one big sister Layn, was delivered at the hospital\'s Collins Birthing Center by Dr. Marlena Mattingly of Beaufort Memorial OB/GYN Specialists, weighing in at 8 pounds, 10 ounces. Photos by Charlotte Berkeley of Charlotte Berkeley Photography.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/new.year_.baby-secondary.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30853\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30853\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/new.year_.baby-secondary.jpg\" alt=\"new-year-baby-secondary\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2003\" /></a>', 'First baby of 2017 born at Beaufort Memorial', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'first-baby-of-2017-born-at-beaufort-memorial', '', '', '2017-01-05 10:29:48', '2017-01-05 15:29:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30851', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30916, 4, '2017-01-19 07:45:20', '2017-01-19 12:45:20', '<b>Carolina gold rice topic of history session</b>\r\n\r\nThe Historic Beaufort Foundation will present a Rice Culture Field Session on Saturday, Jan. 21.\r\n\r\nParticipants will hear the story of the re-introduction of Carolina gold rice from passionate duck hunters Dr. Richard Schulze Sr. and his son, who have accomplished this at their Turnbridge Plantation.\r\n\r\nThey will be joined by Glenn Roberts, renowned for sourcing and preserving historic ingredients available through Anson Mills.\r\n\r\nAfter visiting the fields at Turnbridge, participants will adjourn to Delta Plantation for lunch.\r\n\r\nField sessions are limited to 20 participants. They should dress for the weather and will need to provide their own transportation.\r\n\r\nThe cost is $125 per person for members; $150 for nonmembers. Lunch is included in each session. For more information, call 843-379-3331 or email info@historicbeaufort.org.\r\n\r\n<b>Mystery books on tap at </b><b>Lunch with Author series </b>\r\n\r\nLunch with the Author series, presented by the University of South Carolina Beaufort, will continue on Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Moss Creek Clubhouse in Bluffton.\r\n\r\nAuthor J.E. Thompson will speak about his mystery, “The Girl from Felony Bay” and the sequel “Disappearance At Hangman’s Bluff.”\r\n\r\nLunch will be served at noon. Tickets are $42.  Reservations are necessary and must be made by Sunday, Jan. 22. Reservations can be made online at www.USCBCenterForTheArts.com or by calling 843-521-4145.\r\n\r\n<b>Festival series to feature </b><b>renowned musicians </b>\r\n\r\nThe USCB Festival Series will present soprano Hyunah Yu, pianist Anna Polonsky, violinist Erin Keefe and cellist Edward Arron at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29.\r\n\r\nFor more information and tickets, visit www.uscb.edu/arts_cultural_events/festival_series.html.\r\n\r\n<b>Library offers variety of children’s programs</b>\r\n\r\nFollowing are some upcoming children’s programs at the Beaufort Branch Library at 311 Scott St.\r\n\r\n• Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?: Join the library for a couple of stories, a snowman craft and light snack. This is for ages 2-plus with adult caregiver. Registration is required. The event will be at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20.\r\n\r\n• Second Annual Chocolate Olympics: The Chocolate Olympics is making a comeback from last year. Join the games all involving chocolate. Eat, eat, and eat … and compete. This is for grades 6-12. The event will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23.\r\n\r\n• Do It Yourself Creation Station: Create and pick out items at creation stations. This is for ages 2-plus with an adult caregiver. The event will be held at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30.\r\n\r\n<b>Port Royal battle </b><b>lecture comes to library</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Branch Library will present a lecture on the Battle of Port Royal Sound at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24. The lecture is free, but advance registration is required. The library is at 311 Scott St. in Beaufort. This event is presented by the Beaufort History Museum. Visit www.beauforthistorymuseum.com.\r\n\r\n<b>Retirement planning focus of library program</b>\r\n\r\nSocial Security and Retirement Income Planning will be held from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at the Beaufort Branch Library at 311 Scott St. Guests will learn how to take full advantage of Social Security benefits and prepare for retirement.\r\n\r\n<b>Charles Street Gallery </b><b>to present Thompson art</b>\r\n\r\nKarol Thompson’s new works in graphite and pastels will be presented at the Charles Street Gallery in Beaufort. There will be an opening reception from 5:30-9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, and the exhibit will run through Saturday, Feb. 18.\r\n\r\nThe Charles Street Gallery is an established source for Lowcountry and international art, presented within a carefully renovated house surrounded by a lush garden in the middle of Beaufort’s historic district at 914 Charles St. 29902. Call 843-521-9054 or visit thecharlesstreetgallery.com.\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort Theatre Co. </b><b>will hold auditions</b>\r\n\r\nThe University of South Carolina Center for the Arts and the Beaufort Theatre Company are holding auditions for “A Tribute to Broadway” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the USCB Center for the Arts.\r\n\r\nThe show will be a musical journey through some of Broadway’s classic musicals (“Singing in the Rain” and “South Pacific”) to recent hits like “Wicked,” “Newsies” and more.\r\n\r\n“A Tribute to Broadway” is scheduled for March 11-13.\r\n\r\nAuditions are for ages 17 and up. Those auditioning should wear comfortable clothing and be prepared to sign 16 bars from a Broadway musical. They will also need to provide sheet music or prerecorded music. Musical theater experience is preferable but not required.\r\n\r\nFor additional information, call the Center for the Arts at 843-521-4145 or Anna Wheeler at 803-394-6999.\r\n\r\n<b>Chilly Bean Run </b><b>set for Feb. 4</b>\r\n\r\nThe 4th Annual Chilly Bean Run 5K and 10K and Chili Cookoff will be held Saturday, Feb. 4, at Coosaw Point in Beaufort. The event will start at 10:30 a.m. To register, visit www.chillybeanrun.com.\r\n\r\n<b>Red Dam Baptist </b><b>to host Snow Day </b>\r\n\r\nRed Dam Baptist Church, at 488 Red Dam Road in Hardeeville, will host a Snow Day from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4.\r\n\r\nThe event will include a 40-foot snow slide, music, marshmallow roasting, a crackling campfire, games, face painting, hot dogs, hot chocolate, lemonade, popcorn, snow cones, cookies, cupcakes, men\'s chili cook-off, ladies pie contest and more. The event is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<b>New production </b><b>to open at The Shed</b>\r\n\r\nCoastal Stage Productions is currently in rehearsals for “Sylvia,” which opens Friday, Feb. 10, at The Shed in Port Royal. The production cast and crew is comprised entirely of Beaufort and Jasper county volunteers. Coastal Stage Productions is a locally owned, traveling theater company based in Ridgeland. Tickets are available at www.sylviaportroyal.bpt.me\r\n\r\n<b>Conversation Café </b><b>is getting underway</b>\r\n\r\nStarting in February, the Beaufort County Library’s St. Helena Branch is the site of the latest opening in a nationwide movement of Conversation Cafés. This open group welcomes everyone to join in on respectful and friendly discussions of topics that matter.\r\n\r\nThe Café will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, and will continue to meet one evening per month at the library. Everyone is invited to attend this free event. No registration is necessary. The library is at 6355 Jonathan Francis Sr. Road.', 'What To Do the week of January 19th-25th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-the-week-of-january-19th-25th', '', '', '2017-01-19 07:46:07', '2017-01-19 12:46:07', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30916', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30859, 4, '2017-01-12 17:12:44', '2017-01-12 22:12:44', '<b>3-D paleontology </b><b>coming to Ridgeland</b>\r\n\r\nThe Morris Heritage Center will hold 3-D Paleontology: New Discoveries with Curator Matthew Gibson at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14. The discussion will be centered around the advanced in 3-D scanning and printing, which allows paleontologists to study and examine fossils without damaging the specimen.\r\n\r\nAttendees will learn about the Oligocene whale skulls and their scientific value as researchers take steps into the future to discover new species, new histories and new perspectives through the new era of 3-D scanning.\r\n\r\nThe center is at 10782 Jacob Smart Blvd. Visit www.morrisheritagecenter.org.\r\n\r\n<b>Resolution run/walk </b><b>to be held Jan. 14</b>\r\n\r\nThe Resolution Run 5K Walk or Run will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14. The event will be held on Marina Drive on Dataw Island and will benefit the Lowcountry Habitat for Humanity. The cost is $25 before Tuesday, Jan. 10. There are discounts for youth and military. Call 843-522-3500.\r\n\r\n<b>Wined It Up will feature jazz trio</b>\r\n\r\nJazz with the Debbie McDaniel Trio, featuring special guest trumpeter Jeff Shawd, will be held from 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Wined It Up at 705 Bay St. in Beaufort. Visit www.wineditup.net.\r\n\r\n<b>Trio treat to feature </b><b>trumpet, trombone, piano</b>\r\n\r\nThe Brass-hoppers are coming to Fripp Island. This trio of gifted musicians includes trumpeter Mary Bowden, trombonist Alexis Smith, and pianist Milana Strezeva.\r\n\r\nThese three women create an exquisite brass sound with a lush keyboard, hopping from classical music to jazz-inspired arrangements of popular tunes. The three musicians have performed as soloists and principals with major chamber and symphony orchestras all over the world.\r\n\r\nThe trio will be hosted by the Fripp Friends of Music at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, in the Community Center at 205 Tarpon Blvd.\r\n\r\nTickets at the door are $25 for adults; students get in free. Guests will get a free pass at the Fripp gate and are invited to a catered reception after the performance. Visit www.frippfriendsofmusic.com or call 843-263-5916.\r\n\r\n<b>Carolina gold rice topic of history session</b>\r\n\r\nThe Historic Beaufort Foundation will present a Rice Culture Field Session on Saturday, Jan. 21. Participants will hear the story of the re-introduction of Carolina gold rice from passionate duck hunters Dr. Richard Schulze Sr. and his son, who have accomplished this at their Turnbridge Plantation.\r\n\r\nThey will be joined by Glenn Roberts, renowned for sourcing and preserving historic ingredients available through Anson Mills.\r\n\r\nAfter visiting the fields at Turnbridge, participants will adjourn to Delta Plantation for lunch.\r\n\r\nField sessions are limited to 20 participants. They should dress for the weather and will need to provide their own transportation. The cost is $125 per person for members; $150 for nonmembers. Lunch is included in each session. For more information, call 843-379-3331 or email info@historicbeaufort.org.\r\n\r\n<b>Port Royal battle lecture comes to library</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Branch Library will present a lecture on the Battle of Port Royal Sound at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24. The lecture is free, but advance registration is required. The library is at 311 Scott St. in Beaufort. This event is presented by the Beaufort History Museum. Visit www.beauforthistorymuseum.com.', 'What To Do the week of January 12th-18th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-the-week-of-january-12th-18th', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:12:44', '2017-01-12 22:12:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30859', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30861, 4, '2017-01-12 17:14:09', '2017-01-12 22:14:09', '<h3>By the Lady’s Island Business and Professional Association</h3>\r\nJust before Christmas, the city of Beaufort announced that it was annexing Secession Golf Course on Gibbs Island.\r\n\r\nThe annexation consists of a club house, golf course, 15 member-owned cottages and 30 vacant residential lots. Also to be annexed are 10 businesses along Sea Island Parkway. The businesses include two banks (Wells Fargo and CBC National), the Filling Station, Butler Marine, a Shell gas station, the former movie theater adjacent to the high school, Zippy Lube, a dentist office, the Packing Shed (next to the Walmart site), and across the street, the property at the intersection of Lost Island Road and the Sea Island Parkway (the Dive Shop).\r\n\r\nThese annexations will be open to public comment at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, in the Beaufort City Council chamber at Beaufort City Hall.\r\n\r\nAre these annexations good or bad for the Lady’s Island community or do they make any real difference?\r\n\r\nBefore answering the question of how the proposed annexation affects Lady’s Island, a bit of history is in order.\r\n\r\nThe city of Beaufort has been annexing property on Lady’s Island for a good number of years.\r\n\r\nFor example, in 1999 it initiated annexation of Cane Island. It announced the proposed annexation on a Monday and on Tuesday the City Council took the first vote on the matter, causing a great deal of animosity between Beaufort County and the city.\r\n\r\nThe annexation of Cane Island led to annexation of a portion of Distant Island and eventually the present Walmart site.\r\n\r\nSince the Cane Island annexation, Beaufort has annexed other properties in the Lady’s Island Village Center.\r\n\r\nIn an effort to reduce animosity over annexation between the county and the northern municipalities, the Northern Regional Plan was developed. One of the key things the plan accomplished was the establishment of municipal growth boundaries in which annexation by municipalities was authorized.\r\n\r\nLady’s Island is within the city of Beaufort’s growth boundary and thus annexation of property on the island is proper and legal.\r\n\r\nThe present city administration prefers to annex only commercial property, but this could change with another administration. The recently announced annexations will increase the number of Lady’s Island businesses within the city of Beaufort.\r\n\r\nThe relationship between the county, Lady’s Island and the city of Beaufort has significantly improved since 1999.\r\n\r\nWhether the proposed annexations are good or bad for Lady’s Island depends on the attitude of the city of Beaufort in regard to provision of services.\r\n\r\nIf, in spite of not every business choosing to be in the city, the city takes the high road and cleans the streets and sidewalks, increases the level of police presence, considers traffic impacts of its actions and plans for a general upgrade of the commercial portion of Sea Island Parkway, it will be a very good thing.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County is not organized to provide municipal services of this type and is not going to provide them.\r\n\r\nIf, on the other hand, Lady’s Island is looked at simply as a source of revenue for the city of Beaufort, there is no benefit to the community in general from the additional annexations.\r\n\r\nTime will tell.', 'City to annex golf course, Lady’s Island businesses', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'city-to-annex-golf-course-ladys-island-businesses', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:14:24', '2017-01-12 22:14:24', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30861', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30863, 4, '2017-01-12 17:16:08', '2017-01-12 22:16:08', '<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>HIGH SCHOOL </b><b>BASKETBALL</b></span></p>\r\n<b>Lady Eagles defeat John Paul II, 41-34 </b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy moved ahead early and held on late to defeat John Paul II 41-34 in a girls\' high school basketball game on Jan. 6.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy featured two scorers in double figures.\r\n\r\nAmelia Huebel led Beaufort Academy with a game-high 16 points. Accompanying Huebel in double figures for the Lady Eagles, Mary Keane netted 12 points.\r\n\r\nFinishing one field goal short of reaching double figures in the scoring column, Emily Ann Hiers posted eight points for the Beaufort Academy girls\' basketball team in the victory.\r\n\r\nThe Lady Eagles played well as a unit, turning in a strong defensive performance.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy dominated early, outscoring John Paul II 23-10 in the\r\ninitial quarter.\r\n\r\nBut John Paul II managed to battle back before falling short late. The Golden Warriors outscored Beaufort Academy 19-11 in the final quarter.\r\n\r\nJohn Paul II didn\'t feature any scorers in double figures. Both Abigail Quinty and Mary Foster Guillard narrowly missed reaching double figures for the Golden Warriors, netting nine points apiece.\r\n\r\nFoster helped to keep John Paul II in the game with a stout inside performance, claiming 12 rebounds.\r\n\r\nQuinty chipped in eight rebounds for the Golden Warriors in the loss.\r\n\r\nJasmine Hamilton tossed in seven points and Lexie McIntosh posted six points for the Golden Warriors in the seven-point setback.\r\n\r\nIn other girls\' basketball news:\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Academy Lady Eagles fell behind early and couldn\'t recover from their slow start on the road at Thomas Heyward Academy on Wednesday, Jan. 4. Host Thomas Heyward Academy pulled away to beat Beaufort Academy 57-28.\r\n\r\nJamie Davis paced Thomas Heyward Academy with 22 points.\r\n\r\nIvy Bryan was the only other Thomas Heyward Academy player to reach double figures, chipping in 10 points in the winning effort.\r\n\r\nAlayna Delong narrowly missed double figures, netting nine points for the Rebels.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy was limited offensively and forced to play from behind throughout the contest.\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort High, May River split </b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort High and May River boys\' basketball and girls\' basketball teams split games on Jan. 7.\r\n\r\nIn a girls\' basketball game, visiting Beaufort High beat May River 48-41.\r\n\r\nHost May River managed to edge Beaufort High 55-53 on a buzzer-beater in the boys\' game.\r\n\r\nMore on each Beaufort High-May basketball matchup follows.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High 48, May River 41: Naijuia Moyd scored 21 points, grabbed six rebounds, recorded three steals and delivered a block to lead Beaufort High past May River 48-41 in a girls\' high school basketball game on Saturday.\r\n\r\nWith the win, Beaufort High improved to 10-4.\r\n\r\nMay River dropped to 2-11 with the loss.\r\n\r\nShannah Stewart, a seventh grader, led May River with 14 points.\r\n\r\nMay River 55, Beaufort High 53: Qwailel Turner delivered a game-winning shot to send Beaufort High past May River 55-53 in a boys\' basketball game.\r\n\r\nMay River improved to 8-5 overall with the win. With the loss, Beaufort High dropped to 6-5 overall.\r\n\r\nAvern Montaque paced May River with 17 points, six rebounds, one steal and one block.\r\n\r\nJai Morrow delivered 12 points, one rebound and one steal for the Sharks in the victory.\r\n\r\nDajour Cleveland led Beaufort High with a game-high 25 points, eight rebounds and five steals. Cleveland excelled for the Eagles in each half of the contest.\r\n\r\nDeron Robinson added eight points, four rebounds, three blocks and three steals for Beaufort High in the setback.\r\n\r\nMay River, a first-year team, continues to fare well on the hardwood.\r\n\r\n<b>Eagles have emotional win for head coach </b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Academy boys\' basketball team pulled off an emotional win.\r\n\r\nOn a night when Head Coach Chip Dinkins was absent due to having emergency open heart surgery less than 14 hours before tip-off, Beaufort Academy outlasted familiar rival John Paul II 70-68 at home in an important region matchup.\r\n\r\nDinkins was definitely on the minds of players, fans and coaches throughout the night, with the packed gym chanting \"Chip, Chip, Chip\" throughout the contest. It was an emotional contest for the host boys\' high school basketball program. Beaufort Academy assistant Coach Izell Sutton stepped up and filled Coach Dinkins\' role on the Eagles\' bench with Beaufort Academy Athletic Director Neal McCarty filling in as an assistant coach.\r\n\r\nThree Beaufort Academy players reached double figures in the scoring column. Kevin Williams paced Beaufort Academy with a game-high 30 points in the triumph.\r\n\r\nJoining Williams in double figures for the Eagles, Luke Harper contributed 14 points and Dawson Coleman posted 12 points as part of the victory.\r\n\r\nWith the win, Beaufort Academy improved to 6-2 overall and 2-1 in the region.\r\n\r\nAt the conclusion of the game, following the final buzzer, both boys\' high school basketball squads met at half court and formed a prayer circle for Dinkins.\r\n\r\nMcCarty confirmed that Dinkins was showing gradual improvement following his surgery.', 'Sports briefs for January 12th-19th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sports-briefs-for-january-12th-19th', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:16:08', '2017-01-12 22:16:08', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30863', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30865, 4, '2017-01-12 17:17:17', '2017-01-12 22:17:17', '<i>Editor’s note: “+Perspectives” is back and will be published every other week.</i>\r\n<h3>By Chris Suddeth</h3>\r\nRecently, I attended a writing clinic conducted by a dear friend of mine, and fellow contributor to +Perspectives column. The first prompt she chose for us was essentially the title of this first column.\r\n\r\nSo, I ask you, cherished readers, what would you do to change your life? I’m not asking you to write about it, although that would be helpful, but I am asking you to consider it as you’re reading this, what would you do?\r\n\r\nIn pondering this question, let’s put a few things aside, like money and going to the gym twice a day, every day.\r\n\r\nMoney was in my rough draft of this too, but seriously, if most people reading this won the Powerball today, the same core issues that plague our everyday lives would still be there. Am I good enough? Am I attractive enough? Do I work hard enough? Am I a strong enough? Am I considerate enough? Am I cutthroat enough? Am I enough? Whatever makes you feel less than is the answer. What lengths, within the legal realm of possibilities, would you go to?\r\n\r\nAs we review this litany of questions, consider a few base assumptions that can often lead to little more than “brain candy.”\r\n\r\nChanging my life wouldn’t be so hard if I only set the right intentions. But what are the right intentions? Should the duality of right and wrong come into play?\r\n\r\nKeep in mind, I’m not talking about ethics with this next question. What do you consider right and wrong when it comes to your personal decisions about you? Is smoking wrong or is it merely providing a distraction to much deeper issues, that when dealt with, allow smoking to become ashes in the wind? You are the only one you can control on God’s green Earth, so do your best to ignore the person on the yoga mat next to you.\r\n\r\nWhen did you decide your personal right and wrong? Who influenced this decision? What were their motivations for encouraging or discouraging you and what were your motivations behind your accepting or declining said encouragement or discouragement? Do the current circumstances of your life still apply?\r\n\r\nYou see where this is going? Human nature and the “Mad Men” of our world have convinced us we need to drive a certain car or wear a certain watch no matter the cost. (Be careful with those “no matter the cost, come hell or high water motivations.”)\r\n\r\nWe may even be convinced we need to sign up with a guru to “fix” whatever’s broken within. Gurus have their place, but never sign up with one that promises to fix you.\r\n\r\nYou are the only one that can fix you. You do the heavy lifting and we are merely the spotters. Ultimately, any guru needs to be leading you down the road to self-empowerment and becoming your own guru.\r\n\r\nWhen you marinate on what this life change looks like, be visceral in your description. It needs to have a look, smell, taste, texture and sound. Don’t forget that important sixth sense we all have, but mostly ignore.\r\n\r\nI understand this article poses more questions than answers, but when you become at ease with yourself, the questions fall away, leaving you with you. When you find you, that is a thing of beauty to behold and foster.\r\n\r\nIn this +Perspective column, it is our collective desire to provoke new lines of thought, reasoning, and action/inaction. As the name suggests, we intend to provide additional or positive perspectives on everyday issues from back pain to pains in the a$$, to birthing babies.\r\n\r\nMainstream therapy and medicine have their place, but I feel most of us can agree that there are serious holes that can only be filled by a holistic approach. Don’t take my word for it, just be open to new possibilities in shifting the perspective of your life.\r\n\r\n<i>Chris “Sutty” Suddeth was born in Greenville in 1975 and has lived his whole life in various locales within the state of South Carolina. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1998 with a minor in English literature. Writing began its siren song for him at the age of twelve while sitting on the rocks of Fripp Island, where he now lives with his wife and daughter. Sutty is a full-time Mr. Mom with his own holistic health business. He has been a practicing Reiki master for over six years and uses his passion and proficiency with energy work to inform his writing. Visit www.energynovelist.com.</i>', 'What would you do to change your life?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-would-you-do-to-change-your-life', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:17:17', '2017-01-12 22:17:17', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30865', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(30867, 4, '2017-01-12 17:18:30', '2017-01-12 22:18:30', '<b>Harbor Island rookery </b><b>needs help rebuilding</b>\r\n\r\nHarbor Island, which has one of coastal Carolina’s most important rookeries that provides nesting and roosting habitat for thousands of wading birds, was severely damaged during Hurricane Matthew and needs help with recovery.\r\n\r\nOf particular importance is a fresh water pond on Kelp Court that has been completely breeched by the storm surge. This breech caused the pond to be completely drained and controlled by tidal flow; the pond has changed from a freshwater pond to a tidal creek due to the loss of a section of the pond berm.\r\n\r\nThe repairs are being financed by a small group of the residents. They estimated $10,000 for the repairs, but final costs are closer to $14,000, and to date they have crowd-sourced approximately $6,000.\r\n\r\nTo help, visit worthwild.herokuapp.com/initiatives/61.\r\n\r\nThe site will be active until midnight Tuesday, Jan. 17.\r\n\r\n<b>Final pass for debris pickup underway for most of county</b>\r\n\r\nThe third and final pass for debris removal in Beaufort County began recently.\r\n\r\nThe final pass is expected to be complete by the end of February. Marine debris operations are expected to take longer.\r\n\r\nIn areas of the county where the county’s contractor has not yet completed the second pass, Ceres will continue to collect debris and will return later for a third and final pass. Any remaining hurricane-generated debris should be placed at the right-of-way.\r\n\r\nCeres has removed more than 1.5 million cubic yards of debris from public and private roads and rights-of-way throughout the county. At this time, it is expected that debris removal operations from rights-of-way should be complete by the end of February. Marine debris removal operations are expected to take longer.\r\n\r\nResidents are encouraged to visit the Beaufort County disaster recovery website at beaufortcountydisasterrecovery.net.', 'Hurricane Matthew news briefs for January 12th-18th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'hurricane-matthew-news-briefs-for-january-12th-18th', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:18:30', '2017-01-12 22:18:30', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30867', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30869, 4, '2017-01-12 17:20:28', '2017-01-12 22:20:28', 'Real estate writer, owner of B.I.C Ballenger Realty and former president of Beaufort County Association of Realtors Everett Ballenger provided this monthly chart on real estate sales in the Beaufort area for December 2016.', 'Residential sales for all of Northern Beaufort County', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'residential-sales-for-all-of-northern-beaufort-county', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:20:28', '2017-01-12 22:20:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30869', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30874, 4, '2017-01-12 17:20:20', '2017-01-12 22:20:20', 'A few days before Christmas, my spouse heard a knock at the front door. He opened it up and then slammed it immediately. I heard him shout, “Quick. Lock all the doors. Pull down the shades. There is an unwanted guest out there.”\r\n\r\nI peeked out the window and didn’t see a thing. “What are you talking about?”\r\n\r\n“It’s a cold. I feel it,” he said. “It’s knocking on the front door!”\r\n\r\nWe went into action. We swallowed down Airborne pills (a blast of Vitamin C to ward off the common cold) and drank hot herbal tea. I also made a pot of chicken soup for us. It worked at first. We could keep the common cold at bay and enjoy our company during the holidays.\r\n\r\nThen just as we were putting away the Christmas decorations and celebrating the New Year, it happened: My spouse woke up with a sore throat. “He’s here!” he shouted.\r\n\r\nI scrambled out of bed, popped in a few more Airborne pills, made some turkey noodle soup and pulled out the cherry throat lozenges … to no avail. The cold came on him with a vengeance.\r\n\r\nBefore you knew it, he had Vapo-rub out and boxes of tissues everywhere. In the meantime, I washed my hands raw with anti-bacterial soap and changed the air filters in the house, anything to make sure I did not catch the cold.\r\n\r\nBefore long, my medicated spouse started walking around the house reciting an old Dr. Seuss poem that I did not recognize. “Marvin K. Mooney, Will you please GO NOW. The times has come, the time is now. Just go, go, go! I don’t care how. You can go by foot, you can go by cow.”\r\n\r\nAnyway, you get the idea. He was seriously ready to have his cold end.\r\n\r\nSo, with cough syrup in hand he headed back to bed muttering about Marvin K. Mooney, while I continued to scrub everything he had touched.\r\n\r\nThen I found myself muttering to our uninvited guest myself. “The time has come, the time is now.”\r\n\r\nA few mornings later, he wandered into the living room with a cup of coffee in his hand and a smile on his face.\r\n\r\n“Now I am ready to recite the last few lines of the Marvin K. Mooney story.” he said, “The time has come. So Marvin went.”\r\n\r\nAt last, our uninvited guest was gone.', 'An uninvited guest makes an appearance', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'an-uninvited-guest-makes-an-appearance', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:20:20', '2017-01-12 22:20:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30874', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(30877, 4, '2017-01-12 17:21:38', '2017-01-12 22:21:38', '<b>Help available signing up </b><b>for Affordable Care Act </b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce will hold an Affordable Care Act (ACA) Last Blast Sign Up session for 2017 open enrollment on Saturday, Jan. 28.\r\n\r\nThe event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the chamber office at 801 Bladen St. in downtown Beaufort with mobile clinics on site for free healthcare screenings. The goal is to provide the community with the resources needed to sign up for affordable health insurance through the federal marketplace.\r\n\r\nCall 843-986-1102 for more information.\r\n\r\n<b>Red Cross has severe </b><b>winter blood shortage</b>\r\n\r\nThe American Red Cross has a severe winter blood shortage and is issuing an emergency call for blood donors to make a donation appointment now and help save patient lives.\r\n\r\nHectic holiday schedules for many regular blood donors contributed to about 37,000 fewer donations in November and December than what was needed.\r\n\r\n“Blood and platelet donations are critically needed in the coming days so that patients can continue to receive the lifesaving treatments they are counting on,” said Nick Gehrig, communications director, Red Cross Blood Services. “We encourage donors to invite a family member or friend to donate with them to help meet patient needs. Right now, blood and platelet donations are being distributed to hospitals faster than they are coming in.”\r\n\r\nFind a blood donation opportunity and schedule an appointment to donate by using the free Blood Donor App, visiting redcrossblood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).\r\n\r\n<b>CrossFit Beaufort donates </b><b>money from fundraiser</b>\r\n\r\nCrossFit Beaufort, a local fitness training facility, donated all proceeds from a recent weight loss challenge to families in need of holiday assistance. Its six week challenge began prior to Thanksgiving and ran well into the Christmas season.\r\n\r\nCrossFit Beaufort athletes were ecstatic to participate the moment they heard what the proceeds would be used for. The challenge was so successful that the athletes lost a total of 149.5 lbs, and raised a sum of $1,000.\r\n\r\nThe first-place winner, Steven Jeter, and second-place winner, Charlotte Cushman got to select two families that needed help in order to provide Christmas to their families.\r\n\r\nFor more information about CrossFit Beaufort, visit www.crossfitbeaufort.com.\r\n\r\n<b>Agapé Hospice achieves ACHC accreditation</b>\r\n\r\nAgapé Hospice of the Lowcountry has received accreditation status by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for hospice services.\r\n\r\nAchieving accreditation is a process where healthcare organizations demonstrate compliance with national standards. Accreditation by ACHC reflects an organization’s dedication and commitment to meeting standards that facilitate a higher level of performance and patient care.\r\n\r\nACHC is a not-for-profit organization that has stood as a symbol of quality and excellence since 1986. For more information about Agapé Hospice, visit AgapeHospice.com or call 1-800-411-AGAPÉ (2427).', 'Health briefs for January 12th-19th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'health-briefs-for-january-12th-19th', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:21:38', '2017-01-12 22:21:38', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30877', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30879, 4, '2017-01-12 17:23:24', '2017-01-12 22:23:24', 'Tom Brady, of Dataw Island, who took this shot, said, “As the weather turns cooler, Dataw Island is visited by a number of bald eagles that fish the ponds on the island. It’s always exciting to watch one of these magnificent birds swoop from its perch and pick up a fish.”\r\n\r\nTo submit a Lowcountry Life photo, you must be the photographer or have permission to submit the photo to be published in The Island News or The Bluffton News. Please submit high resolution photos and include a description and/or names of the people in the picture and the name of the photographer. Email your photos to theislandnews@gmail.com.', 'Lowcountry Life', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lowcountry-life-21', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:27:13', '2018-07-12 15:27:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30879', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30881, 4, '2017-01-12 17:23:35', '2017-01-12 22:23:35', '<b>Save the date for State of the Bases </b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce is encouraging people to save the date of Wednesday, Feb. 1, for the State of the Bases breakfast meeting. Attendees will hear updates from the military leaders of the three local military installations.\r\n\r\n<b>Business After Hours </b><b>being held Jan. 12</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will hold Business After Hours from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at Aqua Medspa and Salon at 2206 Mossy Oaks Road in Port Royal. This networking event will include food, drinks and raffle prizes. This event is free for members and $5 for guests.', 'Chamber Corner for January 12th-19th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chamber-corner-for-january-12th-19th', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:23:35', '2017-01-12 22:23:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30881', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30885, 4, '2017-01-12 17:10:44', '2017-01-12 22:10:44', '<b>New Year’s Day fire threatens home</b>\r\n\r\nAn outdoor fire, fed by a propane tank, fueled an illegal outdoor fire that threatened a nearby home on New Year’s Day.\r\n\r\nBurton firefighters were dispatched to a report of a house fire on Glaze Drive, and they arrived on scene to what was actually an illegal burning of a fallen tree from Hurricane Matthew that spread to a nearby shed. The shed was fully engulfed in flames, fueled by a propane tank. The fire was burning within 10 feet of a residence and spreading.\r\n\r\nThe blaze was extinguished before any damages to the home occurred. However, the shed was completely destroyed. Firefighters had difficulty accessing the residence due to fallen trees across the driveway from Hurricane Matthew and had to cut through a chain-link fence to reach the fire.\r\n\r\nNo injuries were reported. The city of Beaufort Fire Department also responded and assisted in extinguishing the fire.\r\n\r\nBurton fire officials remind citizens of Beaufort County that there is a burn ordinance governing the unincorporated areas of Beaufort County. Citizens living in incorporated areas are strongly encouraged to check with their local fire department for outdoor burning ordinances that affect them. Failure to adhere to any such ordinance could result in legal action and fines.\r\n\r\n<b>Sheriff\'s office recognizes </b><b>citizen\'s heroic actions</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is crediting a citizen for his heroic actions.\r\n\r\nAccording to a sheriff’s office report, on the afternoon of Dec. 7, 2016, while conducted an investigation on the second floor of the Econo Lodge on Boundary Street in Beaufort, investigators from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office encountered two aggressive men.\r\n\r\nWhen confronted, the men attacked the investigators and attempted to push them off the second-floor balcony. They then ran away.\r\n\r\nA lieutenant assigned to the Sheriff’s Office Investigations Section responded to the area to assist. He saw the two men in the parking lot near the Kmart shopping center, and when he confronted them, they attacked him.\r\n\r\nThe lieutenant attempted to bring them under control while they threw punches, hitting him in the head.\r\n\r\nWhile numerous other bystanders stood by and watched, Craig Reaves took immediate action and came to the lieutenant’s aid.\r\n\r\nThe lieutenant wrestled with one of the individuals on the ground while Reaves kept the other one at bay until backup deputies could arrive and take both into custody.\r\n\r\nConsequently, two violent  offenders  are  now  safely  in custody  as  a  direct  result  of Reaves intervention.\r\n\r\n“On behalf of the men and women of the Beaufort County Sheriff\'s Office, please join us in sharing our gratitude to Mr. Reaves for his heroic and timely actions, without which our lieutenant may have been seriously injured,” according to a sheriff’s office release.\r\n\r\n<b>Local lieutenant graduates </b><b>from FBI Academy</b>\r\n\r\nChristian Gozalez, formerly of the Beaufort Police Department and now a lieutenant with the Bluffton Police Department, graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigations National Academy (FBINAA) on Dec. 16, 2016.\r\n\r\nInternationally known for its academic excellence, the National Academy Program, held at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va., offers 11 weeks of advanced communication, leadership and fitness training for selected officers who have proven records as professionals within their agencies.\r\n\r\n“I’m very proud of Lt. Gonzales. Having gone through the program myself, I know how rigorous the program is, both mentally and physically. Lt. Gonzales is now equipped with knowledge and expertise that will help shape and mentor Bluffton Police officers,” said Bluffton Police Chief Joey Reynolds.\r\n\r\nGonzales currently serves as the lieutenant of the Emergency Management and Training Division. He began his law enforcement career as a military police officer in the United States Marine Corps in 1996. After four years, he moved to civilian law enforcement with the Beaufort Police Department.\r\n\r\nIn 2006, he joined the Bluffton Police Department and has since served in the Patrol and Investigations Divisions.\r\n\r\n<b>Two wrecks cause rollovers, minor injuries</b>\r\n\r\nThe Burton Fire District responded to back-to-back motor vehicle accidents on Jan. 3 with vehicles rolling over in both collisions and resulting in minor injuries.\r\n\r\nBurton firefighters responded to the first wreck just after 8:30 a.m. in front of the Enmark gas station on Trask Parkway.\r\n\r\nFirefighters arrived to a single-vehicle accident in which the passenger vehicle had rolled over. Both occupants in the vehicle had minor injuries and were not transported for medical care.\r\n\r\nOne northbound land of Trask Parkway was blocked while emergency crews assisted the occupants.\r\n\r\nBurton fire crews responded to the second wreck at the intersection of Parris Island Gateway and Mink Point Boulevard just after 9 a.m.\r\n\r\nThe two-vehicle collision between a Dodge Caravan and passenger vehicle resulted in the passenger vehicle rolling over multiple times. The occupants of the passenger vehicle, a mother and two children, who were all properly restrained, were uninjured. The driver of the Caravan left the scene.\r\n\r\nOne lane of Parris Island Gateway was blocked for approximately 45 minutes while emergency crews removed roadway hazards and assisted the family.\r\n\r\n<b>Emergency response </b><b>training coming to TCL</b>\r\n\r\nCommunity Emergency Response Team (CERT) training is being offered at the Technical College of the Lowcountry.\r\n\r\nThe program provides training to Beaufort County residents to increase self-sufficiency in a disaster. Participants also learn skills that will enable them to provide emergency assistance to their families and neighbors.\r\n\r\nCERT classes are free and are held at the Technical College of the Lowcountry (Room 125), 100 Community College Drive in Bluffton.\r\n\r\nThe course is taught in four class sessions, which will be held from 6-9 p.m. and one Saturday class 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.\r\n\r\nThey will be held as follows:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• Tuesday, Feb. 7: Personal Preparedness and Hazard Mitigation\r\n• Thursday, Feb. 9: Disaster Medical I\r\n• Tuesday, Feb. 14: Disaster Psychology/Terrorism Response\r\n• Thursday, Feb. 16: Disaster Medical II / CERT Organization\r\n• Saturday, Feb. 18: Fire Suppression/Disaster Search Techniques &amp; Exercise</p>\r\nFor more information or to register, contact Major David Zeoli at 843-812-8035 or email cert@bcgov.net; or call Kris Legg at 843-263-2783.\r\n\r\n<b>Sheriff\'s office looking for suspect in robbery</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff\'s Office is seeking help from the public in identifying the person responsible for the Jan. 3 armed robbery of Burton Shell Food Mart at 3530 Trask Parkway. The suspect is described as an African-American male, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, approximately 200 pounds and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt. He was armed with a black semi-automatic pistol.\r\n\r\nAnyone with information is encouraged to contact Cpl. Jason Malphrus at 843-255-3426 or CrimeStoppers 1-888-CrimeSC to remain anonymous and for a possible reward.', 'Police blotter for January 12th-19th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'police-blotter-for-january-12th-19th', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:25:51', '2017-01-12 22:25:51', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30885', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30886, 4, '2017-01-12 17:24:34', '2017-01-12 22:24:34', '<b>Council members are </b><b>sworn in at ceremony </b>\r\n\r\nReelected and newly-elected members of Beaufort County Council were sworn in recently by Marvin H. Dukes, III, Beaufort County master-in-equity.\r\n\r\nCounty council members Michael E. Covert (District 7) and York Glover Sr. (District 3) took their oaths of office for the first time. Gerald Dawson (District 1) and Brian E. Flewelling (District 5) reaffirmed their oaths.\r\n\r\nPaul Sommerville (District 2), a Lady’s Island resident was reelected as Beaufort County Council chairman for a two-year term. Sommerville was nominated by Brian Flewelling.\r\n\r\n“Sommerville is a steadfast advocate for the people of his district and for the entire county,” said Flewelling during his nomination for Sommerville. “We’ve grown as a county under his leadership and he’s done an admirable job.”\r\n\r\nSun City resident Jerry Stewart (District 6) was reelected as vice chairman.\r\n\r\n<b>Sanford to hold office hours on St. Helena</b>\r\n\r\nRep. Mark Sanford’s district staff will be conducting January satellite office hours at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at the St. Helena Branch Library at 6355 Jonathan Frances Sr. Road in Beaufort County.\r\n\r\nSatellite office hours are conducted around the district by the representative’s staff in order to be as accessible as possible to constituents who require assistance with federal agencies, including Medicare, Veterans Affairs, Social Security, the Internal Revenue Service or even help processing a passport.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, anyone wishing to express an opinion or ask a question is welcome to stop by. Sanford is not scheduled to be in attendance.\r\n\r\n<b>Library joins project </b><b>focused on literacy</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Library has partnered with The Literacy Center and the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) to offer classes that teach English to parents and their children ages 4 to 10.\r\n\r\nFamily Literacy 360 is an initiative that uses the Parents and Children Together (PACT) model of instruction, was developed by Dr. Elizabeth Brinkerhoff, assistant professor and assessment coordinator at the USCB Department of Education.\r\n\r\nThe goal is to establish and sustain a network of common literacy services across Beaufort County addressing family literacy and providing skills promoting the growth of English capability within the family.\r\n\r\nThe services are designed to improve language development and reading skills, transforming the home into a more active learning environment.\r\n\r\nLessons of one and a half hours in length occur once a week for six weeks. Ten families can be accommodated at each site. The classes focus on reading skills parents can use at home, vocabulary and language complexity growth for both parents and children and adhere to South Carolina State standards.  Parents are given a book at each class to read at home to their child and to add to their own collection.\r\n\r\nThe program is seeking volunteers to serve as Family Literacy tutors.  The Literacy Center provides training as well as all lessons, supplies, and materials needed to conduct classes. Tutors need not be teachers.\r\n\r\nVolunteers are also needed as site coordinators responsible for overseeing the program and collecting data designed to evaluate the impact of the program.\r\n\r\nFor more information on Family Literacy volunteers or on the Family Literacy 360 initiative, contact Jan O’Rourke, Beaufort County Library assistant director, at 843-255-6464 or jorourke@bcgov.net.\r\n\r\n<b>Lady’s Island forum to be held Jan. 12</b>\r\n\r\nLady\'s Island Community Forum: Designing A Future for Lady\'s Island will be held from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Lady\'s Island Elementary School cafeteria at 73 Chowan Creek Bluff in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nThe Sea Island Corridor Coalition and the Coastal Conservation League will host this event, which will focus on rethinking the future of Lady\'s Island and the S.C. 21/Sea Island Parkway corridor.\r\n\r\nThe public is encouraged to attend to discuss issues related to development, traffic, and community preservation.\r\n\r\n<b>WJCL continues to work </b><b>on DirecTV agreement</b>\r\n\r\nHearst Television, parent of WJCL, is continuing its efforts to renew its carriage agreement with DirecTV after reaching an impasse on New Year’s Eve.\r\n\r\nAs a result of the ongoing impasse, WJCL is not being carried by DirecTV.\r\n\r\nNonetheless, viewers may continue to receive WJCL for free, over the air, and, where available, from their local cable or other satellite operators.\r\n\r\nThe channel impacted is 22.\r\n\r\nViewers can determine the type of antenna needed to receive the signals of Hearst Stations at www.antennaweb.org. To contact DirecTV, call  800-531-5000.\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort County offers </b><b>free secure shredding </b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Public Works Department Solid Waste and Recycling Division continues to offer secure document shredding for county residents.\r\n\r\nThe next event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Public Works South Site located at 9 Benton Field Road in Bluffton.\r\n\r\nAny types or colors of paper, file folders or envelopes are acceptable. Staples or paper clips do not need to be removed. Materials can be brought in any container or bag and will be emptied into roll carts for immediate shredding.\r\n\r\nAll materials will be shredded on site for as long as the trucks have capacity. Only residential quantities will be accepted. No materials from commercial businesses will be accepted. No electronics will be collected at this event.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the Solid Waste and Recycling Division at 843-255-2736 or visit www.bcgov.net/recycle.', 'News briefs for January 12th-19th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'news-briefs-for-january-12th-19th', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:24:34', '2017-01-12 22:24:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30886', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30889, 4, '2017-01-12 17:29:13', '2017-01-12 22:29:13', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/unnamed-6.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30892\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30892\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/unnamed-6.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed-6\" width=\"4000\" height=\"6000\" /></a>Typical school fundraising efforts, like selling wrapping paper and magazine subscriptions, did not seem like the right fit for the Holy Trinity community, not with so many hungry people in the world. And so, the community came together—administrators, faculty, staff, parents and students—to reach out from the land of abundance to the land of need.\r\n\r\nBeginning in September, Holy Trinity parents launched the school’s second annual fund campaign with the new addition of “Feed the Need,” a family-led fundraising initiative. The parent body connected with friends, relatives and the Lowcountry business community, raising money for both the Love to Learn, Learn to Love  Holy Trinity annual fund, as well as to purchase, prepare and package some 10,000 meals to be sent to the people of Haiti who were affected by a devastating earthquake early this fall.\r\n\r\nAccording to Holy Trinity Board Member and Advancement Chair, Brenton Bozard, \"The Feed the Need parent led fundraiser was a wonderful opportunity to serve a need in Haiti, as well as raise funds for Holy Trinity\'s annual fund that supports the school\'s faith based tuition policy, striving to keep tuition in reach for Beaufort families.\"\r\n\r\nWhile the campaign was energetically moving forward in Beaufort SC, Hurricane Matthew raked Haiti with Category 4 winds, claiming 473 lives and leaving a trail of destruction that deprived the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country of food, clean water and shelter.\r\n\r\nNow faced with an even greater need, the Holy Trinity parents redoubled their efforts to collect money for the Haitian people. Working together, the students and their families raised $114,993 for the “Feed the Need” campaign and boosted the number of meals from 10,000 to 16,500.\r\n\r\nOver 200 Holy Trinity students packed the thousands of meals to be sent to the Caribbean. \"It was an honor working hand in hand with the Holy Trinity families to benefit the people of Haiti and Holy Trinity,\" says Andrea Cooler, the FTN event director and a parent herself. \"It was a humbling experience watching God\'s hand work throughout our fundraising efforts. Only through God could we have exceeded our fundraising goals by such margins.\"\r\n\r\n<i>Holy Trinity Classical Christian School provides 275 students with a distinctly Christian and classical education. Holy Trinity is the result of a long-standing commitment to education by the Parish Church of St. Helena, beginning in 1748 with the founding of the first free school in Beaufort, SC and later in 1801 by the donation of 20 acres of land for the establishment of Beaufort College, resulting in what is now the University of South Carolina Beaufort.  The current student body of Holy Trinity is comprised of families from over a dozen Christian churches of various denominations.</i>', 'Holy Trinity Classical Christian School sends meals to ‘Feed the Need’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'holy-trinity-classical-christian-school-sends-meals-to-feed-the-need', '', '', '2018-07-12 10:58:43', '2018-07-12 14:58:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30889', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30890, 4, '2017-01-12 17:29:19', '2017-01-12 22:29:19', '<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"></span>Folks won’t want to miss the Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation’s first-ever Cocktail Affair on Friday, Feb. 10.\r\n\r\nLess formal than Saturday evening’s traditional Valentine Ball – now in its 28th year – it is still an elegant evening featuring fun new events.\r\n\r\nGuests can enjoy a bourbon sampling courtesy of Gentry Bourbon and Drs. Dan Ripley and Andrea Hucks. Gentry is Charleston\'s first uniquely crafted reserve batch bourbon and Ripley and Hucks are two of its founding partners. After being distilled in Kentucky, Gentry Bourbon is barreled in charred American oak and brought to Charleston where it is ricked, aged, staved and eventually bottled.\r\n\r\n“The entire process takes an inordinate amount of time, but that’s what gives our bourbon its distinctive smoothness, and we hope that everyone will enjoy the tasting,” said Ripley. “On behalf of Gentry, we couldn’t be happier to make this donation to the BMH Foundation. As physicians, we know firsthand just how much our hospital means to this community.”\r\n\r\nTo complement the bourbon sampling, the celebrated executive chefs and owners of Breakwater Restaurant, Gary and Donna Lang and Beth Shaw, will be on hand to pour champagne. They’ve selected and donated one of the most recognizable and high end labels, Veuve Clicquot, for the evening, the very one they serve in their own restaurants.\r\n\r\nKnowing that all of the proceeds of the Cocktail Affair and Valentine Ball weekend will go to support cancer care at Beaufort Memorial Hospital is especially meaningful to Gary and Donna. She is a cancer survivor who was treated by the hospital, and Gary’s mother is a current patient at the Keyserling Cancer Center.\r\n\r\nFriday evening will also showcase 50 glasses of the very special Veuve Vintage Rose for sale, also donated by Breakwater. Each will contain a sparkling ring, one of which is guaranteed to hold a real diamond donated by Modern Jewelers, quite an enticement for those willing to take the gamble. Towards the end of the event, Kevin Cuppia will be on hand to examine each stone and certify the real diamond ring for its lucky recipient.\r\n\r\nAs if all this weren’t enough, attendees will be able to preview the fabulous decorations for the Valentine Ball, and receive any guidance needed to bid on auction items through the new mobile bidding system being introduced this year. Tiers of elaborate hors d’oeuvres, an open bar and live music by Vic and Friends will round out the evening.\r\n\r\nIt all happens from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10. Tickets start at $75 per person.\r\n\r\nRichard and Joyce Gray, serving as the Honorary Chairs for this premiere event, are delighted at the thought of our community coming together two nights in a row for such a meaningful cause.\r\n\r\n“Both events are going to be just beautiful,” promises Joyce. “We hope that everyone will come out for a wonderful time!”\r\n\r\nThere’s a discount for those wishing to “make a weekend of it” by attending both the Valentine Ball and the Cocktail Affair.\r\n\r\nVisit valentineball.org or call the foundation at 843-522-5774 for more information and tickets.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-12-at-5.28.20-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30891\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30891\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-12-at-5.28.20-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-12 at 5.28.20 PM\" width=\"936\" height=\"1034\" /></a>', 'Cocktail Affair adds new twist to popular event', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'cocktail-affair-adds-new-twist-to-popular-event', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:29:19', '2017-01-12 22:29:19', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30890', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30895, 4, '2017-01-12 17:34:47', '2017-01-12 22:34:47', '<em>Photo above: American Legion Beaufort Post 9 is striving to promote both patriotism and businesses in the Beaufort area by calling attention to those that proudly display the U.S. flag at their location. Post 9 presents those enterprises with a framed certificate thanking them. Here, 1st Vice Commander Bob Shields thanks John Wellborn of 4 Island Pizza for displaying the flag and offering discounts for American Legion members.</em>\r\n\r\n<b>Aunt Laurie’s recognized </b><b>as Contractor of the Year </b>\r\n\r\nLaurie Brown, of Aunt Laurie’s, has been recognized by the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation (SCVR) Department as their Contractor of the Year.\r\n\r\nAt the center, located in Beaufort, she oversees the production of Aunt Laurie’s custom gift baskets, which are made through a series of processes that are unlike any other in the region. Each worker is an individual with disabilities and is responsible for assembling the products Aunt Laurie’s endorses is an individual with disabilities.\r\n\r\nThis unique workplace is solely dedicated to granting new chances at purpose and fulfillment for adults with special needs.\r\n\r\nEmployees are placed in job-readiness training, which teaches them a variety of skills that could result in a permanent job within the community and a chance at becoming a valued member of society.\r\n\r\nIn addition, Brown orders most of the products found in her gift baskets from companies across the nation that employ individuals with special needs.\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit AuntLauries.com or call 843-940-7116.\r\n\r\n<b>Aqua Med Spa extends </b><b>New Year wishes </b>\r\n\r\nAqua Med Spa is wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Anchored by its experienced and highly-trained staff, it has been voted Beaufort\'s Best Day Spa five years in a row by readers of The Island News. Aqua Med Spa is located at 2206 Mossy Oaks Road in Port Royal. For appointments, call 843-522-9179.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Aqua-Med-Spa-e1484260452107.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30872\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30872\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Aqua-Med-Spa-e1484260452107.jpg\" alt=\"Aqua Med Spa\" width=\"1140\" height=\"887\" /></a>', 'Business briefs for January 12th-19th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'business-briefs-for-january-12th-19th', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:34:47', '2017-01-12 22:34:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30895', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30896, 4, '2017-01-12 17:46:40', '2017-01-12 22:46:40', '<em>Photo above: Beaufort Water Festival bed racers get a face full of water from an unidentified assailant during the annual Water Festival Bed Races.</em>\r\n\r\nPhotographs are often called the window to the soul. Being able to capture a range of emotions, environments and events takes patience and timing and knowledge about the community — skills longtime photojournalist Bob Sofaly has perfected.\r\n\r\nAfter graduating from the University of South Carolina College of Journalism in 1980, Sofaly went to work at The Beaufort Gazette until his retirement as photo editor in 2011.\r\n\r\nSofaly has received local, state and regional awards in photography during his 36-plus years as a photojournalist in Beaufort.\r\n\r\n“I didn’t think there was that much news to cover in Beaufort,” Sofaly said of the early days. “The first year I took second and third place and an honorable mention in the ‘spot news’ category from the S.C. Press Association.”\r\n\r\nShortly after leaving the Gazette he began working for The Island News as a contract photographer and won three more awards with the SCPA.\r\n\r\nSofaly’s more notable awards include Photo of the Year in 1999 from the SCPA and three separate Mark Twain awards for spot news coverage from the Associated Press.\r\n\r\nSince those early days, Sofaly has won nearly 30 awards for his news, sports and feature photography.\r\n\r\nSofaly and his wife of 40 years, Sheila, have lived in Shell Point for more than 33 years.\r\n\r\n“I don’t see us leaving anytime soon,” he said.\r\n\r\nHere is a look at some of Sofaly\'s best photos for The Island News from 2016.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30904\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1400\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES1691.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30904\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30904\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES1691.jpg\" alt=\"An unidentified boy pushes his toy truck near one of the groins along the beach at Hunting Island State Park. The park suffered major damage recently from Hurricane Matthew.\" width=\"1400\" height=\"810\" /></a> An unidentified boy pushes his toy truck near one of the groins along the beach at Hunting Island State Park. The park suffered major damage recently from Hurricane Matthew.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30903\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2100\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES0876.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30903\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30903\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES0876.jpg\" alt=\"Three boys have some fun with a ball during the summer in the pool of Charles “Lynd” Brown Community Activity Center.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1239\" /></a> Three boys have some fun with a ball during the summer in the pool of Charles “Lynd” Brown Community Activity Center.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30901\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2100\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0052.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30901\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30901\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0052.jpg\" alt=\"A Toyota truck slugs its way through the mud pit during the Yemassee Mud Run in May. \" width=\"2100\" height=\"1591\" /></a> A Toyota truck slugs its way through the mud pit during the Yemassee Mud Run in May.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30899\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2685\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0041_edited-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30899\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30899\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0041_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"Johanna Roberts holds her 19-month-old daughter Marleigh Beam during the Wreaths Across America at Beaufort National Cemetery.\" width=\"2685\" height=\"2018\" /></a> Johanna Roberts holds her 19-month-old daughter Marleigh Beam during the Wreaths Across America at Beaufort National Cemetery.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30898\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2100\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0026.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30898\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30898\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0026.jpg\" alt=\"Battery Creek and Bishop England girl’s soccer players battle for control of the ball.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"3383\" /></a> Battery Creek and Bishop England girl’s soccer players battle for control of the ball.[/caption]', 'The best of Bob Sofaly: 2016', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-best-of-bob-sofaly-2016', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:49:35', '2017-01-12 22:49:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30896', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30906, 4, '2017-01-12 17:43:04', '2017-01-12 22:43:04', '<h3>Staff reports</h3>\r\nThe Beaufort Digital Corridor project formally opens its doors Thursday, Jan. 12, to start helping small technology-related companies take flight.\r\n\r\nA ribbon cutting will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the renovated and upfitted offices.\r\n\r\nThe approximately 5,000-thousand-square foot facility at 500 Carteret St. is located in downtown Beaufort a few blocks from Bay Street.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Digital Corridor is an offshoot of the successful Charleston Digital Corridor, a program started in 2001 that led Fast Company Magazine to dub Charleston “Silicon Harbor.”\r\n\r\nCharleston is working with Beaufort to develop and put in place systems and solutions to address similar challenges Charleston experienced before founding its digital corridor: attracting technology businesses, raising per-capita wages and keeping its best and brightest workers.\r\n\r\nThe offices, called BASEcamp, will be “Beaufort’s premier business incubator and co-working office designed to meet the transitional professional office space needs of tech and tech-related entrepreneurs seeking adaptable, affordable office and conference facilities of the highest quality, while gaining access to the network of entrepreneurs and professionals in both Beaufort and Charleston,” according to a press release.\r\n\r\n“Our goal with the development of BASEcamp is to create a modern, highly flexible, welcoming —and oh, by the way, dog-friendly — workplace that allows entrepreneurs to focus on achieving their business goals while also being conducive to collaboration,” said Ernest Andrade, project manager and Charleston Digital Corridor director.\r\n\r\nInterDev, an Atlanta-area provider of information technology and security services, will be a sponsor of the Beaufort Digital Corridor.\r\n\r\n“We’re excited to be the first donor and partner with the Beaufort Digital Corridor,” said InterDev CEO Gary Nichols. “As the managed IT services provider for the city of Beaufort, this is a natural extension of InterDev’s relationship with Beaufort and an investment in its citizens and the local economy.\r\n\r\n“We’re looking forward to having the same technology business growth for Beaufort that Charleston is experiencing with its digital corridor.”\r\n\r\n“The Beaufort Digital Corridor is the right idea at the right time and certainly the right place,” said Beaufort City Councilman Stephen Murray, a leader in setting up the new project. “Our Lowcountry lifestyle, our outdoor environment, our history and our determination all make us a perfect location for tech start-ups.”\r\n\r\n“With high-speed Internet and all the ways to communicate that didn’t exist 20 years ago, it’s not necessary for most technology firms to be located in Atlanta, New York or other big cities. They can enjoy the Beaufort lifestyle and still get the job done,” Murray said.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Digital Corridor follows the lead of the Charleston Digital Corridor, which in 15 years has seen its tech economy grow from 18 companies in 2001 to more than 350 companies in 2015. With an average wage of $69,580, pay at tech companies is almost twice the regional and state wages.\r\n\r\n“We think there is absolutely a need for this type of incubator, not only to help new Lowcountry tech firms and people operating out of their homes get a good start, but also as a way to attract start-ups from other areas of country where it might be below freezing this time of year,” Beaufort City Manager Bill Prokop said.\r\n\r\n“New businesses often need support and guidance to survive and then thrive, and that’s what the Beaufort Digital Corridor team will provide,” he said. “Their work in Charleston has been tremendously successful.”\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Digital Corridor program manager is Karen Warner. She can be reached at info@beaufortdigital.com, 843-470-3506 or via the website at www.beaufortdigital.com.', 'Beaufort officially welcomes Digital Corridor', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-officially-welcomes-digital-corridor', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:43:04', '2017-01-12 22:43:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30906', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30908, 4, '2017-01-12 17:44:54', '2017-01-12 22:44:54', '[caption id=\"attachment_30909\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1200\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mlk.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30909\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30909\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mlk.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a familiar face in Beaufort County. His life will be celebrated on Monday, Jan. 18.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"724\" /></a> Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a familiar face in Beaufort County. His life will be celebrated on Monday, Jan. 18.[/caption]\r\n<h3>By Sally Mahan</h3>\r\nDr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a familiar face in the Beaufort area, particularly at the Penn Center on St. Helena Island. It was a safe haven and retreat for him until his death in 1968.\r\n\r\nOn Monday, Jan. 16, the Beaufort area and the country at large will celebrate the great civil rights leader’s life and legacy.\r\n\r\nThere will be a parade sponsored by the Beaufort County Ministerial Alliance, which has been organizing the event for more than 20 years. The parade will start at 10 a.m. at the Beaufort National Cemetery at Rogers and Boundary streets. It will wind around to Carteret and Bay streets, with many groups marching to show their love for Dr. King and their work on the struggles that are still going on today.\r\n\r\nOther celebrations include a Community Sing from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, at the Penn Center at 16 Penn Center Circle West.\r\n\r\nThis live performance will feature music by local church choirs.\r\n\r\nBecause Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday, all local, state and federal offices will be closed, along with public schools and many banks and businesses.\r\n\r\nFor updates on MLK Day activities, check The Island News Facebook page throughout the week at www.facebook.com/theislandnews.', 'Community to celebrate Dr. King’s life, legacy', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'community-to-celebrate-dr-kings-life-legacy', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:44:54', '2017-01-12 22:44:54', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30908', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30911, 4, '2017-01-12 17:46:46', '2017-01-12 22:46:46', '<em>Photo above: Four-year-old Ivey Patterson holds her dad Leon Patterson’s hand as she walks along a brick wall near Kmart on the north side of Boundary Street. Patterson said he walks with his daughter along the road for 30 minutes nearly every day. But there is no sidewalk or path to walk on. “I can’t wait for (the sidewalk) to be done,” he said. “I just can’t wait.” Photo by Bob Sofaly.</em>\r\n<h3>By Sally Mahan</h3>\r\nThe extensive construction and redevelopment along Boundary Street is slowly but surely being completed as work moves to the north side of the busy four-lane thoroughfare in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nConstruction started in early 2016 on the $32 million Boundary Street Improvement Corridor. The work includes moving overhead power and communications cables underground for safety and aesthetics, realigning the Boundary and Robert Smalls Parkway intersection and improving traffic signals, including a new signal at Carolina Cove.\r\n\r\nIn order to lay the power and communication cables underground, “duct banks” had to be dug. The majority of that utility work has been completed on the south side of Boundary, but there is still some other work yet to be done.\r\n\r\n“The wires and poles will be coming down and we are going to demolish the old Sea Eagle Market, the old firehouse and the Huddle House, all on south side of Boundary. Then those spots will be turned into passive park space,” said Neal Pugliese, the city of Beaufort’s senior project manager on the undertaking.\r\n\r\nA boardwalk will be constructed on the south side of Boundary, and once those buildings are down, there will be gorgeous marsh views.\r\n\r\n“The views will be absolutely fantastic,” he said. “Then we have to do paving on the south side and construction of center median and put plant life in there. The intent is that when you come into Beaufort it will be a welcoming entranceway. We want to create an atmosphere.”\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, work on the north side of Boundary has begun over the past few weeks.\r\n\r\n“The work on the north side is proving much more complicated than the south side,” said Pugliese. “The south side was a complex undertaking, but it was sort of high school-level and early college-level work. The north side can be compared to graduate work.\r\n\r\n“It’s going to be about the same amount of time, but the level of manpower and coordination is going to be more significant than the south side.”\r\n\r\nThere are a tremendous amount of communication and utility lines underneath the ground on the north side of Boundary Street, making the job of laying the overhead wires very complex.\r\n\r\n“And, the north side is all businesses,” said Pugliese. “So when you’re constructing the duct bank you have to navigate sewer, water, gas, communications, etc. There is a whole lot that is underneath the surface, making it an incredible undertaking.\r\n\r\n“It’s been essential for the utility companies to cooperate and coordinate and we’ve seen a level of that that is emblematic of the attitude of the Lowcountry.”\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, businesses remain open and the city is trying to accommodate them as much as possible. They receive weekly updates on the construction and the city is working with businesses to address any access problems they may have.\r\n\r\n“Of course it has been an interruption to businesses,” said Pugliese, “but we’re working with them and if there’s something we can do to help mitigate some of the issues we’ll get on it and try to accommodate them. The city and county are very pro-business and we want to do right by the businesses.”\r\n\r\nDrivers are also continuing to see backups, as has been true throughout the construction. However, Pugliese said they are trying to do as much work as possible at night to reduce the traffic issues on Boundary Street.\r\n\r\nAnd despite the way Boundary Street looks now, with orange barrels everywhere, everything is coming together.\r\n\r\n“It’s very, very rare that you find something on time and on budget, especially looking at what happened with Hurricane Matthew. If it were it not for the storm we would have been ahead of schedule.”\r\n\r\nThe project is scheduled to be complete by February or March of 2018 barring any unforeseen circumstances.\r\n\r\n“Ultimately, it’s going to be aesthetically pleasing and it will be a safer street,” said Pugliese. “There will also be smart streetlights so that traffic is better regulated.\r\n\r\n“There will be frustrations and disruptions and we’re looking forward to getting this done, but in the long run it will be so much better for the community.”', 'Work is rolling along on Boundary Street', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'work-is-rolling-along-on-boundary-street', '', '', '2017-01-12 17:48:21', '2017-01-12 22:48:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30911', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(30919, 4, '2017-01-19 07:48:45', '2017-01-19 12:48:45', 'Kathy Shillaber, left, returns the ball while teammate Phil Alling looks on during the tri-weekly pickleball at The Shed in Port Royal on Jan. 4. Pickleball is a combination of miniature tennis and ping-pong using a solid paddle and heavy duty plastic whiffle ball. Anybody can play. Just show up and a paddle and ball will be provided. For more information, visit www.portroyal.org. Photo by Bob Sofaly.', 'Having a ball', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'having-a-ball', '', '', '2017-01-19 07:48:45', '2017-01-19 12:48:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30919', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30921, 4, '2017-01-19 07:48:34', '2017-01-19 12:48:34', '<b>Beaufort chamber to hold ribbon cutting</b>\r\n\r\nThe Don Ryan Center for Innovation will be celebrating its newest regional location in Beaufort City Hall at 1911 Boundary St. with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The event, hosted by the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce, will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26.\r\n\r\nThere will include remarks, a tour of the new offices, refreshments and an opportunity to network.\r\n\r\nThe satellite office will offer the same opportunities for hands-on consulting/mentoring and resource support as the Bluffton-based headquarters.\r\n\r\nFirst formed in 2012, the Don Ryan Center for Innovation has graduated 28 companies from the formal incubator program. Together, they represent almost 90 jobs, $5 million in payroll and over $25 million in annual sales.\r\n\r\n\"This is an exciting partnership that will complement Beaufort\'s vision for economic development,\" said David Nelems, executive director for the center.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the Don Ryan Center for Innovation and the ribbon cutting event, visit www.donryancenter.com.\r\n\r\n<b>Coffee with Colleagues </b><b>offers networking</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will hold Coffee with Colleagues, a networking opportunity for members from 8:30-9:30 a.m. at Lazy Susan’s Café, 31 Market, Beaufort. Chamber members are encouraged to bring their business cards to this free networking opportunity.', 'Chamber Corner for January 19th-25th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chamber-corner-for-january-19th-25th', '', '', '2017-01-19 07:48:34', '2017-01-19 12:48:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30921', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30924, 4, '2017-01-19 07:50:18', '2017-01-19 12:50:18', '<b>Students participating </b><b>in oratorical program</b>\r\n\r\nHigh school students will be competing in the American Legion’s Oratorical Scholarship Program in January, and Beaufort is no exception.\r\n\r\nAmerican Legion Post 9 has invited participants from the local area to compete for scholarships by demonstrating their knowledge and appreciation of the Constitution of the United States.\r\n\r\nParticipating students will gather Saturday, Jan. 21, to present an 8- to 10-minute oration on some phase on the Constitution of the United States, emphasizing the duties and obligations of a citizen to the government.\r\n\r\nStudents will demonstrate their development of leadership, the ability to think and speak clearly and intelligently and how they are prepared to accept the duties, responsibilities, rights and privileges of American citizenship.\r\n\r\nPost 9 will pay up to $200 to the winner to cover expenses as they move on to the next levels in the competition, first engaging other students from 10 counties in the southern part of the state on Saturday, Feb. 18.\r\n\r\nOn March 11, the South Carolina finals will be held in Columbia at which $4,000 in scholarships will be awarded. The state winner will move on to the national finals where all state participants will receive at least an additional $1,500 and the three top winners receive $18,000, $16,000 and $14,000 respectively.\r\n\r\nTo date the American Legion has awarded more than $3 million to contestants in the High School Oratorical Scholarship Program.\r\n\r\n<b>Local students to march </b><b>in inaugural parade</b>\r\n\r\nThe Citadel cadets Christopher Wallace, John Bingham and Forrest Kimbrell, all of Beaufort, will march in the 2017 Presidential Inaugural Parade.\r\n\r\nThe 2017 Presidential Inaugural Parade represents the 7th inaugural parade in which The Citadel Regimental Band and Pipes, Color Guard and/or Summerall Guard have been selected to participate.\r\n\r\nThey jointly represented The Citadel together in the 1953 and 1985 inaugural parades.\r\n\r\nInclement weather forced the cancellation of President Reagan\'s 1985 parade.\r\n\r\nThe regimental band was also a participant in President Kennedy\'s 1961 parade. The Summerall Guard participated in President George H.W. Bush\'s 1989 inaugural parade and President George W. Bush\'s 2005 inaugural parade.\r\n\r\n<b>Kindergarten, pre-K </b><b>enrollments scheduled</b>\r\n\r\nRegistration for Beaufort County children whose parents want them to attend public school kindergarten or pre-kindergarten next school year will be held from Wednesday, Feb. 1, through Wednesday, March 1.\r\n\r\nDuring that month, interested parents with children who will be 5 years old by Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, should complete kindergarten enrollment packets at the school serving their neighborhood’s attendance area.\r\n\r\nParents with questions about school attendance zones should call any elementary school in their area.\r\n\r\nParents with children who will be 4 years old by Sept. 1 should register for pre-kindergarten at their neighborhood schools. Because space is limited for pre-K, 4 year olds will be assessed for possible enrollment during “Child Find” screenings the week of March 6-10.  Decisions on placement for pre-K will be made at each school after children’s screenings are complete.  Children are ranked in order of greatest need for participation in the program based on the provided list of at-risk indicators.\r\n\r\nChildren who will be 6 years old by Sept. 1 should register for first grade.\r\n\r\nFor all student enrollments, parents should bring their child’s birth certificate, South Carolina Certificate of Immunization (shot record) and two proofs of residency such as a utility bill showing a home address.\r\n\r\nFor more information about registering a child in Beaufort County, call your neighborhood school or the district\'s Office of Early Childhood at 843-521-2399.\r\n\r\nInformation is also available on the school district’s website (beaufortschools.net) by clicking on “Parents,” then “Kindergarten Registration and Prekindergarten Screenings.”\r\n\r\n<b>Riverview accepting </b><b>K-8 applications</b>\r\n\r\nRiverview Charter School is now accepting kindergarten through eighth-grade applications for the 2017-2018 school year.\r\n\r\nThe deadline is 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, to be considered part of open enrollment and included in any ensuing lottery.\r\n\r\nApplications received after that day and time will only be considered on a space-available basis and in the order upon which they are received, with those student’s names being added to the end of the wait-list. Applications are available on the school’s website at www.RiverviewCharterSchool.org, at the school at 81 Savannah Highway and at daycares and public facilities in Beaufort County.\r\n\r\nRequests for an application to be mailed can be made by calling the school at 843-379-0123.\r\n\r\nAnyone interested in learning more about Beaufort County’s first charter school can attend a Community Open House from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at Riverview Charter School.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, parents can drop in at the school at 9 a.m. every Wednesday during January for a brief tour along with a question-and-answer session. No appointment is necessary. Families seeking a tour on other days or at other times can contact the school at 843-379-0123.\r\n\r\nAs a public school in the Beaufort County School District, Riverview is open to Beaufort County residents. There is no tuition and no selection process. Free bus transportation is available, as well as before- and after-care for students (scholarships available).\r\n\r\nVisit www.riverviewcharterschool.org.\r\n\r\n<b>SADD Club collecting </b><b>holiday cards</b>\r\n\r\nThe SADD Club of Battery Creek High School is collecting the front of holiday cards for re-cycling. All card fronts except Disney, American Greeting and Hallmark cards can be recycled.\r\n\r\nCard fronts can be left in the front office for pickup or mailed to BCHS SADD Club, c/o BCHS, 1 Blue Dolphin Drive, Beaufort.\r\n\r\nThe BCHS SADD Club is also participating in Souper Bowl of Caring, through Thursday, Feb. 9. This is a nationwide program that aims to help feed the hungry in our country. All types of soup - canned and dry mixes - are being collected and can be dropped off in the front office. Donations collected at BCHS will be donated to HELP of Beaufort and Love House Ministries Food Pantry. This is the sixth year the BCHS SADD Club has participated in this program.\r\n\r\n<b>Local college students </b><b>notch achievements</b>\r\n\r\nThe following students have graduated or made the Dean’s List at their respective schools:\r\n\r\n• John Ferguson, of Lady’s Island, and Janelle Vernoy, of Beaufort, have been named to the Dean\'s List at Bob Jones University for academic achievement during the Fall 2016 semester.\r\n\r\n• Nicole Clemons, of Beaufort, has been named to the University of Rhode Island\'s Fall 2016 Dean\'s List.\r\n\r\n• Sam Marcus McDonald, Hannah Jean Raymond and Harrison James Tucker, all of Beaufort, received degrees Dec. 15 from Clemson University.\r\n\r\n<b>AAUW-Beaufort branch </b><b>plans STEM program</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Branch of American Association of University Women (AAUW), along with the University of South Carolina and Beaufort County public schools, is planning a hands-on, fun day of activities for middle school girls to explore the opportunities in STEM careers, which include science, technology, engineering and mathematics.\r\n\r\nThe STEM day for local middle school girls will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the USCB Center for the Arts.\r\n\r\nLunch will be provided.\r\n\r\nParents/guardians are encouraged to attend with their daughter to support her and to learn about jobs in the STEM areas.  Information about the program will be distributed through the middle schools.\r\n\r\nAAUW is a national organization dedicated to advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research.', 'School briefs for January 19th-25th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-briefs-for-january-19th-25th', '', '', '2018-07-12 10:58:43', '2018-07-12 14:58:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30924', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30925, 4, '2017-01-19 07:59:25', '2017-01-19 12:59:25', '<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mulligan-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30939\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30939\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mulligan-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mulligan (1)\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1739\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Irvin Mulligan\r\nGrade: 10\r\nSchool: Whale Branch Early College High School</p>\r\n<b>Irvin Mulligan</b> was nominated by Shelia Cato, who said, “This young man had a great week on and off the field. Irvin had 214 rushing yards and three touchdowns, helping to lead the Warriors in a win over Academic Magnet. He is not only a great athlete, he is also a great student who has a GPA of 3.7.”\r\n\r\nIrvin took some time recently to answer a few questions:\r\n\r\n<b>Q: What sports are you involved with and what drew you to that sport?</b>\r\n\r\nA: I’m currently involved in football. What drew me to football was when I was 9 years old and playing rec ball and I just wanted to continue my journey in football.\r\n\r\n<b>Q: What movie inspires you as an athlete?</b>\r\n\r\nA: “The Blind Side.”\r\n\r\n<b>Q: What athletes do you try to emulate and why?</b>\r\n\r\nA: I try to emulate Nick Chubb, who is a very hard running and very strong back.\r\n\r\n<b>Q: What life lessons have you learned from sports?</b>\r\n\r\nA: I’ve learned to be a very humble young man and to always stay on top of academics. Playing football also taught me to push myself off and field and get into the community more.', 'Athlete of the Week – January 19th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'athlete-of-the-week-january-19th', '', '', '2017-01-19 07:59:25', '2017-01-19 12:59:25', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30925', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30927, 4, '2017-01-19 07:53:30', '2017-01-19 12:53:30', '<h3>By the Lady’s Island Business and Professional Association</h3>\r\nThe New Year finds us congratulating some friends of Lady’s Island on their retirement and knowing that as they transition into a less stressful life we will miss them and their support of our community.\r\n\r\nSuch individuals include:\r\n\r\n• George O’Kelly: In addition to his private law practice O’Kelly has served as a judge and as a member of Beaufort City Council. A retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel with a local law practice during times of heightened disagreement between Lady’s Island and the city of Beaufort as a result of the “annexation wars,” his door was always open to listen to the concerns of our community and could always be relied upon for fair and objective action as a city councilman. He will be replaced on the Beaufort City Council by Nan Sutton.\r\n\r\n• Phyllis White: That the Beaufort County School District recently received an exemplary financial review by an outside auditor for the 17th year is no accident.\r\n\r\nWhite has been with the school district since 2000 and served in various positions, including chief financial officer.\r\n\r\nHer ability to present extremely complicated financial information in an understandable format which, when combined with her reputation for integrity in all matters, provided the school district with a superb spokesperson.\r\n\r\nAlways open and responsive to funding-related questions by LIBPA, she was a “breath of fresh air” in what could have been a bureaucratic maze.\r\n\r\nA search is underway by the school district for her replacement.\r\n\r\n• William (Bill) L. McBride: For over 40 years, McBride has been the voice of St. Helena on Beaufort County Council.\r\n\r\nWith redistricting into what is today District 3, he also became the council representative for a portion of Lady’s Island and a portion of the city of Beaufort.\r\n\r\nA retired school teacher, his history of public service is an example to everyone.\r\n\r\nDuring the turbulent periods of the history of Beaufort County as it transitioned from a rural, poor community to the fastest growing county in South Carolina, McBride, always a gentleman, has served on the council as a quiet voice of reason and intelligence.  He will be replaced as the District 3 representative by York Glover.\r\n\r\n• Reed Armstrong: Since 2001, when he joined the Coastal Conservation League, Armstrong was the face of the Beaufort branch of the league at most local government meetings on the subjects of the environment or land planning.\r\n\r\nThe combination of his knowledge as an oceanographer and 30 years of experience with NOAA insured his contributions on these subjects always merited consideration. He will be replaced in the local branch of the Conservation League by Rikki Parker.\r\n\r\nTo each of these individuals we extend our sincere appreciation for their contribution to our county and our community and wish them a great new year.', 'There are many public servants who will be missed in 2017', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'there-are-many-public-servants-who-will-be-missed-in-2017', '', '', '2017-01-19 07:53:30', '2017-01-19 12:53:30', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30927', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30930, 4, '2017-01-19 07:56:45', '2017-01-19 12:56:45', '<b>Man charged with offenses involving minor</b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30931\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"192\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/watts.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30931\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30931\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/watts.jpeg\" alt=\"Justin Watts\" width=\"192\" height=\"240\" /></a> Justin Watts[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn August 2016, a concerned parent of an underage girl from Bluffton reported found multiple sexually explicit chats through social media apps on her mobile telephone, according to a Beaufort Count Sheriff\'s Office report.\r\n\r\nInvestigators met with the girl and learned she had been chatting with a man over a period of a week and had also met him on one occasion and engaged in sexual activity.\r\n\r\nThe girl’s telephone was seized and submitted to the Sheriff\'s Office Computer Crimes Unit for analysis by investigators.\r\n\r\nIn addition, investigators subpoenaed records from the social media sites to assist in identifying the man involved in the chats and sexual activity with the girl.\r\n\r\nOver the next few months investigators compiled information received from the Computer Crimes Unit, social media sites and follow-up interviews with the girl.\r\n\r\nThe information led them to Justin Watts, 37, of Savannah.\r\n\r\nWarrants were issued for the arrest of Watts, who has been charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the second degree and criminal solicitation of a minor and sexual exploitation of a minor in the first degree. Watts was then listed in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) as a wanted person.\r\n\r\nSheriff\'s office investigators met with investigators from the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD) and advised them of the active arrest warrants on Watts.\r\n\r\nWith information on the case provided by sheriff\'s office investigators, SCMPD investigators were able to obtain a warrant for the St. George Boulevard, Savannah, residence of Watts to search for electronic devices.\r\n\r\nWatts was taken into custody during the search. According to the report, investigators also took a mobile telephone, three laptops and various electronic storage devices belonging to Watts.\r\n\r\nHe has been extradited to Beaufort County.\r\n\r\n<b>Police seek person who </b><b>stole spiral staircase</b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/staircase.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30932\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30932\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/staircase.jpeg\" alt=\"staircase\" width=\"219\" height=\"240\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a case where a person stole a spiral staircase on Lady’s Island.\r\n\r\nAccording to a sheriff’s office report, the person was caught on video camera stealing the staircase sometime between Dec. 27 and Dec. 30.\r\n\r\nThe suspect appears to be tall man using a cane with his left hand.\r\n\r\nAnyone with information is encouraged to call Investigator Disbrow at 843-255-3407 or Beaufort County Dispatch at 843-524-2777.\r\n\r\n<b>Two people sought </b><b>in shoplifting case</b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/northface.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30934\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30934\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/northface.jpg\" alt=\"northface\" width=\"385\" height=\"342\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA woman and a man are being sought by the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office who stole $391 worth of goods from the North Face store at 1414 Fording Island Road in Bluffton.\r\n\r\nAccording to a sheriff’s office report, the woman was seen on video surveillance putting the merchandise in a bag she was carrying, while the man stuffed clothing in his backpack.\r\n\r\nAnyone with information is encouraged to call Lt. Cpl. Williamson at 843-255-3308 or Beaufort County Dispatch at 843-524-2777.\r\n\r\n<b>2016 statistics show </b><b>rise in emergencies</b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30933\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"4608\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Burton-FD_2016-Stats_010616.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30933\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30933\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Burton-FD_2016-Stats_010616.jpg\" alt=\"Burton Lt. John Ireland instructs Lt. Alex Murray and firefighters on providing advanced airway techniques and respirations to a patient in cardiac arrest. \" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" /></a> Burton Lt. John Ireland instructs Lt. Alex Murray and firefighters on providing advanced airway techniques and respirations to a patient in cardiac arrest.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnalysis of the 2016 Burton Fire District reports show that Burton fire officials can expect a challenging year in 2017 as the district experienced an increase in emergency responses from 2015 to 2016.\r\n\r\nIn 2016, Burton firefighters responded to 3,252 emergency calls, which was an increase from 2,988 emergencies calls in 2015.\r\n\r\nEmergency medical incidents accounted for 2,112 calls. Of those emergency medical calls, 27 were for persons in cardiac arrest, and 30 were for persons suffering a possible stroke. In comparison, during 2015 Burton firefighters assisted 16 persons in cardiac arrest and 26 persons suffering a possible stroke.\r\n\r\nThe American Heart Association states that early CPR and defibrillation can double a person’s chances of surviving a cardiac arrest, and early access to advanced life support are the keys to survival.\r\n\r\nThe Burton Fire District is the only Beaufort County fire department north of the Broad River that provides paramedic advanced life support services and requires all firefighters to be nationally certified emergency medical technicians.\r\n\r\nThe Burton Fire District also responded to 163 calls for fires, a slight decrease from 171 fire calls in 2015 and 31 emergency calls for building fires in 2016 which is a decrease from 47 in 2015.\r\n\r\nBurton fire officials credit their department’s fire prevention efforts for the reduction in these fire calls.\r\n\r\nBurton fire crews also responded to 293 motor vehicles accidents. While this was a minor increase from 284 in 2015, Burton fire officials state the increase in fatalities, severity of injuries and trapped occupants were more severe in 2016.\r\n\r\nThere was also a significant increase in motor vehicle accidents on Robert Smalls Parkway with 53 in 2015 increasing to 70 in 2016.', 'Police blotter for January 19th-25th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'police-blotter-for-january-19th-25th', '', '', '2017-01-19 07:56:45', '2017-01-19 12:56:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30930', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30937, 4, '2017-01-19 07:59:14', '2017-01-19 12:59:14', 'The Beaufort Arts Council has several programs in the works.\r\n\r\nThey include:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Community mural</b></p>\r\nThrough a partnership with the Technical College of the Lowcountry and the Beaufort Arts Council, a group of artists will be creating a community mural inside the Technical College of the Lowcountry tunnel underneath Ribaut Road.\r\n\r\nThe theme of the mural project is community and combining Beaufort\'s rich and diverse history to create an indelible memorial.\r\n\r\nThe history of the Beaufort community will be highlighted, including the Mather School for Girls (which is the origin of the tunnel), and African-American/Gullah, European, Native-American and Spanish history included in the unity theme.\r\n\r\nThe group is open to ideas and it is asking for people\'s stories and memories of the community to create the visuals they will need. Students will also be included in the project.\r\n\r\nFor additional information, visit the Beaufort Arts Council’s Facebook page.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Art experience</b></p>\r\nThe close historical ties between Europe and the United States will be showcased on the local level from Sunday, Feb. 19, through Sunday, Feb. 26, in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nInternationally recognized French artists will be joined by popular Lowcountry artists in a curated exhibit that will explore life and landscape of coastal France and South Carolina.\r\n\r\nThis one-of-a-kind art experience will be held at Tabby Place on Port Republic Road in historic downtown Beaufort. The show will be open from noon to 7 p.m. daily.\r\n\r\nThere will also be a lecture series, Art for Lunch, from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday to Friday. The public is invited to bring a bag lunch and join a conversation led by experts in contemporary art, French regional culture and local history.\r\n\r\nVisit www.andersonkenney.com for more information.', 'Community mural, more on tap in arts world', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'community-mural-more-on-tap-in-arts-world', '', '', '2017-01-19 07:59:14', '2017-01-19 12:59:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30937', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30943, 4, '2017-01-19 08:06:08', '2017-01-19 13:06:08', '<h3>By Paul Sommerville</h3>\r\nBeaufort County survived the devastation of Hurricane Matthew. We were prepared but not perfect. We will be even better prepared should we ever (God forbid) face another hurricane or other natural disaster.\r\n\r\nLong before Matthew’s arrival, Beaufort County had taken many steps in preparation. We knew that it would be difficult or even impossible to borrow money if our tax base were destroyed by a hurricane, so we had accumulated financial reserves in excess of $26 million dollars and an additional line of credit of $10 million dollars.\r\n\r\nAs it turns out, this was very fortuitous because it looks like Beaufort County will be shelling out somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 million-plus in recovery and cleanup expenses before any FEMA reimbursement starts trickling in.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County also had a longstanding contract with a debris removal contractor and a FEMA consultant (yes, you need a FEMA consultant to navigate all of the mind-numbing FEMA rules). In my humble opinion (IMHO), that is good planning.\r\n\r\nThe governor was absolutely correct to order an early evacuation. Those of us who have experienced “last minute” evacuations, know what a quagmire our roads can quickly become when everyone is attempting to leave at the same time.\r\n\r\nThe return was more challenging because when the governor lifted the evacuation order and announced that we could all return to our homes, she failed to mention that the decision regarding when residents of various areas of our county could return to their respective homes was being transferred to the Beaufort County sheriff for a final decision.\r\n\r\nThis led to long lines of extremely unhappy residents who were told by law enforcement officers that the governor’s statement notwithstanding, the sheriff had not yet authorized return to several parts of the county due to unsafe conditions such as impassable streets, downed power lines and fallen or leaning trees.\r\n\r\nAs we anticipated, obtaining FEMA reimbursement is more art than science. Over half of the roads in Beaufort County are private roads and FEMA regulations specifically exclude debris removal on private roads from any reimbursement.\r\n\r\nObviously, we could not refuse to assist some of our citizens simply because they live on private roads, so the Beaufort County Council had to take some decisive and risky steps in order to assist our citizens who live on private roads with debris removal.\r\n\r\nBecause of these efforts by County Council, Beaufort County will be at least partially reimbursed for the cost of debris removal on both public and private roads. The Island News (Nov. 10-16 edition) has written an in-depth article on that challenging process.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County is also working with our legislative delegation to seek reimbursement from the state for the portion of cleanup costs that will not be reimbursed by FEMA.\r\n\r\nBill Herbkershman, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee is working very closely with us in this regard.\r\n\r\nTo put some perspective on the massive nature of the cleanup operation, over 1 million cubic yards of debris will be picked up on public and private roadways in Beaufort County, excluding Hilton Head. On Hilton Head, over 3 million cubic yards of debris will be picked up. Over 55,000 hanging limbs have been removed and over 2,600 leaning trees taken down, excluding Hilton Head.\r\n\r\nObviously, even a small portion of this debris would overwhelm any landfill within driving range, so all of this debris is being staged at six different locations throughout the county. Burning is taking place at three of the locations and grinding at the other three.\r\n\r\nMarine debris removal is a challenge because the county lacks jurisdiction below mean low water so the county is involved in ongoing discussions with the various state and federal agencies that do have at least some jurisdiction. These agencies include the SC Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Coast Guard, SCDHEC/OCRM and the Army Corps of Engineers.\r\n\r\nAs we return to normal, we will have to determine the rate at which we replace the county’s reserve funds that have been and will be expended but that will not be reimbursed.\r\n\r\nReserve funds serve two primary purposes. The first is to deal with unbudgeted emergencies (such as hurricanes and other natural disasters) and the second is to satisfy our bondholders and their attorneys, which keeps our credit rating high and our bond interest rates low and saves taxpayer money. Depending on the rate at which we ultimately determine to replace our reserves and how successful we are in getting maximum FEMA and state reimbursement, county operating millage may be impacted.\r\n\r\nIt was a challenging year and there are challenges ahead for 2017.\r\n\r\nWe are still a fast growing county, which means that we will constantly need repairs and upgrades to our infrastructure and our schools. All of this costs money.\r\n\r\nThis is why the county, in collaboration with the municipalities, is working hard to attract economic development to Beaufort County to provide jobs for our children and to relieve some of the tax burden from our primary and secondary homeowners.\r\n\r\nI have commented on this topic in some depth at the Beaufort County State of the Region meeting in Hilton Head. My remarks can be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D2Bwn2ywtw.\r\n\r\n<i>Paul Sommerville is the chairman of the Beaufort County Council and and District 2 council representative.</i>', '2016 had many challenges, but opportunities are ahead', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '2016-had-many-challenges-but-opportunities-are-ahead', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:06:08', '2017-01-19 13:06:08', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30943', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30945, 4, '2017-01-19 08:03:14', '2017-01-19 13:03:14', '<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>BOYS\' HIGH </b><b>SCHOOL BASKETBALL</b></span></p>\r\n<b>Beaufort Academy </b><b>tops Colleton Prep</b>\r\n\r\nJalen Moon scored a game-high 20 points to lead Beaufort Academy past Colleton Prep 77-39 on Homecoming on Jan. 13.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles notched their sixth consecutive victory. Beaufort Academy improved to 9-2 overall and 4-1 in the region with the win.\r\n\r\nFour different Eagles reached double figures in the scoring column. Accompanying Moon in double figures for the Beaufort Academy boys\' basketball team, Dawson Coleman contributed 15 points, Kevin Williams scored 14 points and Luke Harper added 12 points.\r\n\r\nIn all, eight different Beaufort Academy players broke into the scoring column.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles entered the week with regular-season games remaining versus Hilton Head Christian Academy, Hilton Head Prep, St. Andrew\'s, Faith Christian, Thomas Heyward Academy, John Paul II, Coastal Christian Prep, Bethesda Academy and Colleton Prep.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy is slated to visit Mount Pleasant for a late-season game versus Colleton Prep on Feb. 7.\r\n\r\nIn a game played earlier in the week, Beaufort Academy toppled visiting Coastal Christian Prep 81-31. More on the Beaufort Academy-Coastal Christian Prep boys\' basketball game follows.\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort Academy 81, Coastal Christian Prep 31: </b>Beaufort Academy pulled away to beat Coastal Christian Prep 81-31 in a regular-season boys\' high school basketball game on Jan. 11.\r\n\r\nThe win allowed Beaufort Academy to improve to 8-2 overall and 3-1 in the region.\r\n\r\nLuke Harper poured in a game-high 30 points to lead the Eagles to the convincing victory. Accompanying Harper in double figures for Beaufort Academy, Kevin Williams netted 21 points,\r\n\r\nJalen Moon and William Lindsay each finished one field goal short of reaching double figures, scoring eight points apiece for the Eagles in the triumph.\r\n\r\n<b>Harper leads Eagles </b><b>past Bethesda Academy</b>\r\n\r\nLuke Harper scored 22 points to lead Beaufort Academy over Bethesda Academy 66-64 in a boys\' high school basketball game on Jan. 10.\r\n\r\nFamiliar foes, Beaufort Academy and Bethesda Academy swapped leads during the contest.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy players continue to take the floor with heavy hearts. BA coaches, administrators, faculty and staff members and fans are also thinking about an individual that has been sidelined. The Eagles notched their second straight win with head coach Chip Dinkins still recovering after having heart surgery.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy featured four scorers in double figures. Dawson Coleman netted 17 points and Kevin Williams posted 16 points for the Eagles. Another Beaufort Academy player, Jalen Moon, tallied 10 points for the Eagles in the hard-fought victory.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles owned a 27-21 lead at halftime. Beaufort Academy had to hold on late for the win. The Eagles led 48-37 heading into the final quarter.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy players are competing under the direction of assistant coach Izell Sutton, who has been filling in for Dinkins during his absence.\r\n\r\nImmanuel Davis paced Bethesda Academy with 21 points. Accompanying Davis in double figures for Bethesda Academy, James Moore posted 18 points and Trevon Pray added 11 points.\r\n\r\nBethesda Academy fared well both offensively and defensively during the contest. Beaufort Academy, however, persevered to post the all-important win. The Eagles were determined throughout the regular-season game against the rival from nearby Savannah.\r\n\r\nWith the win, Beaufort Academy improved to 7-2 overall and 3-1 in the region.\r\n\r\n<b>Whale Branch levels </b><b>Academic Magnet</b>\r\n\r\nWhale Branch rolled past visiting Academic Magnet 56-21 in a boys\' high school basketball game on Jan. 13.\r\n\r\nWith the win, Whale Branch improved to 12-4 overall and 3-0 in the region.\r\n\r\nAcademic Magnet dropped to 7-10 overall and 1-2 in the region with the loss.\r\n\r\nWhale Branch dominated throughout the contest against Academic Magnet.\r\n\r\nThe Warriors started strong and never faltered. Whale Branch led 28-12 at halftime and carried a commanding 43-15 lead out of the third quarter.\r\n\r\nThree Whale Branch players reached double figures in the scoring column and another Warrior narrowly missed reaching double digits. Kenny Brown paced Whale Branch with a game-high 15 points. Joining Brown in double figures for the Warriors, Cam Miller scored 11 points and Xyion Youmans posted 10 points. George Delaney barely missed reaching double figures, netting nine points for the Warriors in the winning effort.\r\n\r\nWhale Branch thrived both offensively and defensively. On the defensive end, Whale Branch recorded 20 steals, making it tough for Academic Magnet to produce offensively.\r\n\r\nBehind a game-high 12 points from English Laserna, Academic Magnet defeated Whale Branch 35-31 in a girls\' basketball game.\r\n\r\nWith the setback, the Whale Branch girls\' basketball team dropped to 2-11.\r\n\r\nThe Academic Magnet girls\' basketball team improved to 13-3 with the victory.\r\n\r\n<b>Whale Branch nets win </b><b>over North Charleston</b>\r\n\r\nThe Whale Branch Warriors pulled away to beat the North Charleston Cougars 53-42 in a boys\' high school basketball game on Jan. 10. Whale Branch claimed its six straight victory.\r\n\r\nWith the win, Whale Branch improved to 11-4 overall and 2-0 in the region.\r\n\r\nNorth Charleston had a two-game winning streak halted. Prior to suffering the setback, North Charleston had notched back-to-back wins over Branchville and Academic Magnet. The Cougars were 2-0 in the new year after exiting 2016 on a three-game losing skid.\r\n\r\nCam Miller led the Warriors with a game-high 19 points. Miller excelled for the Warriors in each half of the regional boys\' basketball matchup.\r\n\r\nMo Hollis led North Charleston with 12 points. Hollis was the only North Charleston player to reach double figures in the scoring column.\r\n\r\nThe Whale Branch\'s boys\' basketball team\'s six-game winning streak included additional wins over Swansea, Byrnes, Beaufort High, Woodland and Bluffton.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>GIRLS\' HIGH </b><b>SCHOOL BASKETBALL</b></span></p>\r\n<b>Lady Eagles fall </b><b>to Stall in double OT</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort High Lady Eagles came up short in a bid to beat Stall in a region girls\' basketball game early last week. Visiting Stall, an opponent from Charleston, outlasted the Beaufort High Lady Eagles in double overtime, prevailing 49-44 in double overtime.\r\n\r\nWith the loss, Beaufort High dropped to 10-5 overall and 0-1 in the region.\r\n\r\nStall featured three scorers in double figures. Diamond Phillips paced Stall with 14 points. Accompanying Phillips in double figures, Ja\'miya Fox scored 12 points and Zahria Chilsom chipped in 11 points.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High wasn\'t without some highlights in the win. Terrayah Williams, one of the state\'s most underrated girls\' high school basketball players, led Beaufort High with a triple-double, scoring 11 points, grabbing 15 rebounds and recording 10 blocks.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High also featured three scorers in double figures as Imari Smalls and Naijuia Moyd contributed 10 points apiece.\r\n\r\nAiding the Beaufort High scoring attack, Janiyah Lynch added six points.\r\n\r\nStall completed a come-from-behind effort to notch the win.\r\n\r\nThe Lady Eagles surged ahead early and led at the conclusion of each of the first three quarters. Starting strong, Beaufort High outscored Stall 18-1 in the first frame. Beaufort High led 23-11 at halftime and carried a 34-25 lead out of the third quarter. Stall outscored Beaufort High 12-3 in the final quarter to force the game into overtime. The two longtime rivals were deadlocked 42-42 at the conclusion of the first overtime.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>FISHING</b></span></p>\r\n<b>Year-round fishing </b><b>tournament underway</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing &amp; Diving Club’s Year Round Annual Fishing Tournament is entering its 12th year.\r\n\r\nBeginning this month every angler who enters the tournament by weighing in eligible species will be entered into a monthly drawing for a $50 prize.\r\n\r\nThe hosts for the Annual Year Round Fishing Tournament, Port Royal Landing Marina and Beaufort Boat &amp; Dock Supply, will be sponsoring the first quarter\'s prize money.\r\n\r\nEach month the name of the angler will be recorded when the fish is weighed in at the Port Royal Landing Marina during working hours. The following month, all of the names will be drawn out of the hat at the Fishing Club\'s monthly meeting.\r\n\r\nThe winners will be notified before the monthly meeting and requested to attend or send a representative. However, if they so desire, their prize money can be donated to the Waddell Mariculture Center that the Beaufort Sportfishing &amp; Diving Club supports each year for development and research for the local fisheries. This new addition to the tournament will hopefully help increase participation while the focus still remains on promoting fishing opportunities in the Lowcountry.\r\n\r\nRules and regulations for the tournament can be found at most fishing tackle dealers, marinas and seafood stores throughout Beaufort County. Additional information is on the BSFDC\'s website at www.beaufortfishingclub.com.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>BIATHLON</b></span></p>\r\n<b>Sea Island Rotary Club </b><b>biathlon coming March 11</b>\r\n\r\nHurricane Matthew cannot hold the Sea Island Rotary Club down from bringing runners and paddlers a spectacular event at a different, but great, new location.\r\n\r\nAs many are aware, Hunting Island State Park is currently closed and the trails being the last to be reopen after post hurricane repairs.\r\n\r\nSo, the 2017 SIRC race location will be held in and around Port Royal on Saturday, March 11.\r\n\r\nThe race will begin at The Sands with kayaks and paddleboards paddling about 6 miles on the waterway separating Port Royal and Parris Island Recruit Depot. Following the paddle, runners will be entertained by an approximately 4-mile run complete with challenges.\r\n\r\nParticipants can go solo, relay (one paddler and one runner) or team (tandem kayak with both paddling and running).\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit www.huntingislandbiathlon.com.', 'Sports briefs for January 19th-25th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sports-briefs-for-january-19th-25th', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:03:14', '2017-01-19 13:03:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30945', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30947, 4, '2017-01-19 08:04:51', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'The Beaufort County Senior Leadership Program (BCSL), established in 1993, recently kicked off its 2017 program.\n\nBCSL is offered by Clemson University with the co-sponsorship of the Beaufort County Regional Chamber of Commerce.\n\nThis unique 13-week program focuses on building community through volunteerism and civic engagement and is open to all citizens in Beaufort County.\n\nThe 2017 program began on Jan. 11 with History Day I.\n\nDrs. Larry Rowland and Steve Wise, Beaufort County historians, started the day by setting the foundation for the exploration of the history of Beaufort County.\n\nSeveral docents from the Dataw Island Historical Foundation provided an informative tour of the Sam’s Plantation Tabby Ruins. Sam’s Plantation is on the National Register of Historic Properties because of its archaeological and architectural significance.\n\nThe 35 program participants then enjoyed a traditional Gullah lunch at Gullah Grub Restaurant in nearby Frogmore.\n\nAt Penn Center, Dr. Rodell Lawrence shared his vision for honoring the site of the former Penn School, one of the country\'s first schools for freed slaves. Penn Center is considered one of the most significant African-American historical and\ncultural institutions.\n\nNatasha Robinson also provided Gullah-flavored poems and her insights into the Gullah culture.\n\nMaria Benac, the branch manager of the St. Helena Library, gave a tour of the LEED-certified building and showcased the many resources and programs available to the community.\n\nHead of the Beaufort District Collection, Grace Cordial, shared the historical resources available through the Beaufort County Library System.\n\nPast graduates of BCSL are volunteers at the Dataw Historic Foundation, Penn Center and Beaufort County Library. Additional volunteer opportunities are available.', 'Leadership program gets underway', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:04:51', '2017-01-19 13:04:51', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30947', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30950, 4, '2017-01-19 08:07:54', '2017-01-19 13:07:54', 'Dorothy Hodges, of Beaufort, took this photo sitting on a swing downtown. “It was a break in a work day and one of the reasons we moved here: for the calming water views,” she said.\r\n\r\nTo submit a Lowcountry Life photo, you must be the photographer or have permission to submit the photo to be published in The Island News or The Bluffton News. Please submit high resolution photos and include a description and/or names of the people in the picture and the name of the photographer. Email your photos to theislandnews@gmail.com.', 'Lowcountry Life', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lowcountry-life-22', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:27:13', '2018-07-12 15:27:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30950', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30952, 4, '2017-01-19 08:09:36', '2017-01-19 13:09:36', '<em>Photo above: Distinguished professor emeritus of history at the University of South Carolina, Dr. Larry Rowland, explains that all American history started in Beaufort County. Photo by Steve Brown.</em>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Senior Leadership Program (BCSL), established in 1993, recently kicked off its 2017 program.\r\n\r\nBCSL is offered by Clemson University with the co-sponsorship of the Beaufort County Regional Chamber of Commerce.\r\n\r\nThis unique 13-week program focuses on building community through volunteerism and civic engagement and is open to all citizens in Beaufort County.\r\n\r\nThe 2017 program began on Jan. 11 with History Day I.\r\n\r\nDrs. Larry Rowland and Steve Wise, Beaufort County historians, started the day by setting the foundation for the exploration of the history of Beaufort County.\r\n\r\nSeveral docents from the Dataw Island Historical Foundation provided an informative tour of the Sam’s Plantation Tabby Ruins. Sam’s Plantation is on the National Register of Historic Properties because of its archaeological and architectural significance.\r\n\r\nThe 35 program participants then enjoyed a traditional Gullah lunch at Gullah Grub Restaurant in nearby Frogmore.\r\n\r\nAt Penn Center, Dr. Rodell Lawrence shared his vision for honoring the site of the former Penn School, one of the country\'s first schools for freed slaves. Penn Center is considered one of the most significant African-American historical and cultural institutions.\r\n\r\nNatasha Robinson also provided Gullah-flavored poems and her insights into the Gullah culture.\r\n\r\nMaria Benac, the branch manager of the St. Helena Library, gave a tour of the LEED-certified building and showcased the many resources and programs available to the community.\r\n\r\nHead of the Beaufort District Collection, Grace Cordial, shared the historical resources available through the Beaufort County Library System.\r\n\r\nPast graduates of BCSL are volunteers at the Dataw Historic Foundation, Penn Center and Beaufort County Library. Additional volunteer opportunities are available.', 'Leadership program gets underway', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'leadership-program-gets-underway', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:09:36', '2017-01-19 13:09:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30952', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30954, 4, '2017-01-19 08:09:07', '2017-01-19 13:09:07', 'No matter your age or your approach to investing, there is one kind of investment that may be considered for your portfolio: dividend-paying stocks. That’s the opinion of Scott Wren, managing director and Senior Global Equity Strategist for Wells Fargo Investment Institute.\r\n\r\nWhile hardly the sexiest of investment choices, Wren says dividend-paying stocks may offer a difficult-to-beat combination — good quality and a history of typically lower volatility than the overall market.\r\n\r\nHe likens this kind of investment to the slower competitor in the classic fable of the tortoise and the hare. The tortoise is not flashy or speedy, but over the long haul, he runs a steady and rewarding race.\r\n\r\nWren cites an impressive number in this regard: “During the past 80 years, about half of the market’s growth, as measured by the S&amp;P 500, has come from dividend-paying stocks.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>The essentials</b></p>\r\nSome investors equate dividend-paying stocks with “blue-chip” stocks, but Wren is quick to point out that these terms are not interchangeable.\r\n\r\nWhile there are some longstanding, bellwether firms that pay dividends, such as AT&amp;T and Johnson &amp; Johnson, any number of large, high-profile social media and tech companies pay no dividends. They might be regarded as blue chip based on performance and growth potential, but they are not dividend-paying stocks.\r\n\r\nWren likens the presence of these stocks in your portfolio to breakfast items in your pantry. In the morning, you see staples such as name-brand coffee, cereals and other breakfast foods, and you know the essentials are there. The quality is what you depend on, and you never have to think twice before starting your day right.\r\n\r\nNot long ago, however, these stocks drew little interest and almost no enthusiasm.\r\n\r\n“From 1995 to the early 2000s, they fell out of favor while the focus was on the tech boom,” said Wren.\r\n\r\nAfter that boom went bust, many investors were risk-averse.\r\n\r\nBut with traditional conservative investment vehicles such as CDs (time accounts) yielding miniscule returns, investors started looking again at dividend-paying stocks.\r\n\r\nWren notes that 5-percent CD yields are not likely coming back any time soon, so the trend is likely to continue. It’s important to note that CDs may offer guarantees and insurance not available in stock investing. Investing in dividend-paying stocks involves the possible risk of principal.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>The benefits</b></p>\r\nWhile younger investors typically may be better served by looking for greater growth at higher risk, Wren said they also should consider having some dividend-paying stocks in their portfolio.\r\n\r\nThe steady growth may have a payoff over time, especially if dividends are immediately reinvested in additional shares.\r\n\r\nFor those approaching or in retirement, the scenario is a little different, and the importance of having this type of asset in your portfolio may be greater.\r\n\r\nThere\'s another quality, sometimes overlooked, of many dividend-paying stocks. A large number of corporations that pay dividends have significant interest and investment in emerging and global markets, which gives you additional exposure to that potential growth as well as the risk of these economies.\r\n\r\nWren said that the populace’s aspirations to reach the middle class in many countries translates to the production of commodities such as better hygiene products, higher-quality food, more modern appliances and other goods that enable a healthier and more productive lifestyle.\r\n\r\n“Many of the name-brand, dividend-paying corporations consistently produce these kinds of goods,” said Wren.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>The drawback</b></p>\r\nHe cautions, however, that any investor needs to understand that when interest rates rise, the returns of dividend-paying stocks could take a hit. And when the market experiences a big boom, these types of stocks do not always match the growth rate of other stock types.\r\n\r\nThese are all reasons why it’s important to maintain balance in your portfolio.\r\n\r\nEven if you’re aggressively seeking growth, it’s important to hold some assets that may provide the potential for consistency.\r\n\r\nAll investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal.  There is no assurance any investment strategy will be successful.\r\n\r\nThere is no guarantee that dividend-paying stocks will return more than the overall stock market.\r\n\r\nDividends are not guaranteed and are subject to change or elimination.\r\n\r\nGenerally, CDs may not be withdrawn prior to maturity. CDs are FDIC-insured up to $250,000 per depositor per insured depository institution for each account ownership category.\r\n\r\nU.S.-based corporations that have significant exposure to foreign and emerging economies may have their earnings impacted by factors such as currency fluctuation, political and economic instability, as well as different accounting rules for operations within those countries that other U.S. companies may not be subject to, which can lead to additional price volatility.\r\n\r\n<i>Wells Fargo Investment Institute Inc. (WFII) is a registered investment adviser and wholly-owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo &amp; Company and provides investment advice to Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Wells Fargo Advisors and other Wells Fargo affiliates. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. is a bank affiliate of Wells Fargo &amp; Company. </i>\r\n\r\n<i>This article was written by/for Wells Fargo Advisors and provided courtesy of James Garner, associate vice president of investments, in Beaufort at 843-524-1114. </i>', 'Dividend-paying stocks can play big role in portfolio', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'dividend-paying-stocks-can-play-big-role-in-portfolio', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:09:07', '2017-01-19 13:09:07', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30954', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30957, 4, '2017-01-19 08:09:53', '2017-01-19 13:09:53', 'The USCB Center for the Arts will host a musical tribute to the legendary three-time Grammy winner Etta James at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22.\r\n\r\nDr. Marlena Smalls, world renowned singer, entertainer, educator and actress, will perform many of James’ hits, including her signature hit, “At Last.”\r\n\r\nSmalls will perform other James\' classic tunes such as “All I Could Do is Cry, “Something Has a Hold on Me” and “Don’t Lose Your Good Thing.” She will be backed up by Velma Polk and Elaine Lake, who are know for their phenomenal three-part harmonies.\r\n\r\nThe Lowcountry Jazz Band, under the direction of David Hershey, will provide the big band sound.\r\n\r\nJames was not easy to pigeonhole.  In fact, she is in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame. She was a soul pioneer who had her share of hard times and emerged a survivor. She is most often referred to as a rhythm and blues singer, and that is how she made her name in the 1950s with records like “Good Rockin’ Daddy.”\r\n\r\nTickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors/military and $15 for students.\r\n\r\nTickets are on sale online at uscbcenterforteharts.com or by calling the box office 843-521-4145.', 'Arts center to celebrate legendary singer Etta James', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'arts-center-to-celebrate-legendary-singer-etta-james', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:09:53', '2017-01-19 13:09:53', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30957', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30961, 4, '2017-01-19 08:16:37', '2017-01-19 13:16:37', '<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Murphy-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30968\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30968\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Murphy-1.jpg\" alt=\"Murphy\" width=\"2270\" height=\"3178\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wesley Murphy\r\nGrade: 12\r\nSchool Whale Branch Early College High School</p>\r\n<b>Wesley Murphy</b> was nominated by Shelia Cato, who said, “Wesley is a young man of integrity and humor. Despite difficulties, he continues to move forward. He works hard to achieve his goals academically and athletically.”\r\n\r\nWesley took some time recently to answer a few questions:\r\n\r\n<b>Q: What’s your favorite subject and why?</b>\r\n\r\nA: Math, because to me all I need is how to do the problem and then remember it.\r\n\r\n<b>Q: What are some of your accomplishments?</b>\r\n\r\nA: I made the honor roll 10 times in high school. I’ve also made all-county and all-region in cross country.\r\n\r\n<b>Q: What clubs and activities are you involved in?</b>\r\n\r\nA: The National Honor Society and Community Fun Day volunteer.\r\n\r\n<b>Q: Who do you admire and why?</b>\r\n\r\nA: My grandfather because he isn’t pushed around and he’s very wise.\r\n\r\n<b>Q: What’s your favorite thing to do outside of school? </b>\r\n\r\nA: I like running, playing soccer with friends and watching my girlfriend play soccer.\r\n\r\n<b>Q: What’s your favorite movie?</b>\r\n\r\nA: “Escape to Victory.”\r\n\r\n<b>Q: What’s your favorite TV show?</b>\r\n\r\nA: Kevin Hart.\r\n\r\n<b>Q: What’s your favorite music?</b>\r\n\r\nA: Gospel.', 'Student of the Week - January 19th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'student-of-the-week-january-19th', '', '', '2018-07-12 10:58:43', '2018-07-12 14:58:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30961', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30962, 4, '2017-01-19 08:12:31', '2017-01-19 13:12:31', '<h3>By Lee Scott</h3>\r\nThroughout the year, I have met so many passionate people in our community, wonderful people who belong to nonprofit organizations helping our community; teachers who shine at educating children; and business people who love to talk about their products.\r\n\r\nIt is very inspiring to listen to any of these people talk. Recently I heard a couple speak about their nursery farm business.\r\n\r\nGeorge and Sandy Cannon own Cannon Farms and are just one of the many vendors at the Port Royal Farmer’s Market on Saturdays mornings.\r\n\r\nGeorge was the primary speaker, but Sandy was right there to help.\r\n\r\nThe thrust of the talk was camellias, although they sell other plants. This is a plant I had never come across until I moved to Beaufort. George said it was not surprising that I was not familiar with them, because they are mostly grown in the Southeast.\r\n\r\nBefore the presentation, I had a chance to talk to George and knew right away that I would like him. He had a confident attitude that was not pretentious.\r\n\r\nHis wife Sandy sat fairly close to me during the lecture, leaning forward in her chair and nodding her head as he spoke. And occasionally she would get his attention to remind him of a topic he wanted to cover. He would gesture a look of appreciation to her. “Oh, that’s right.” he would say and expand on whatever she had mentioned. A good team.\r\n\r\nThe talk was very informative. George taught us all about camellias and how to take care of them. He talked about how many variations of camellia plants he raises (about 25-30), and then talked about raising his three sons on the farm.\r\n\r\nAfterwards, he allowed time for questions and willingly answered the host of questions thrown at him.\r\n\r\nBut the best part of the talk was his enthusiasm and obvious love of his camellias. He touched the plants he had brought like they were friends. I know this feeling because I touch and talk to my indoor plants all the time, begging them not to die\r\n\r\nIt was a good start of the new year to hear this information. My yard is full of camellias and I needed to understand how to care for them.\r\n\r\nI thanked George and Sandy for coming and said they would be seeing me more often at the Saturday Farmer’s Market.', 'Meeting passionate people is part of the Beaufort experience', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'meeting-passionate-people-is-part-of-the-beaufort-experience', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:12:31', '2017-01-19 13:12:31', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30962', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30964, 4, '2017-01-19 08:15:14', '2017-01-19 13:15:14', '<em>Photo above: The Beaufort Fund awarded $588,000 to local nonprofits at an event on Jan. 12.</em>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30966\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pafen.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30966\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30966\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pafen.jpg\" alt=\"PAFEN First Vice Chair Stephen A. MaHayle, of Jamaica, left, presents an $806.22 gofundme check to Grays Hill resident Shatwanna Fields to redeem her mobile home lot, which was sold at the 2015 Beaufort County Delinquent Tax Sale. A guaranteed funds payment was submitted to the Beaufort County Treasurer\'s Office on Fields\' behalf. Fields was among the Gullah-Geechee families who received more than $10,000 in property tax assistance from the PAFEN in 2016.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /></a> PAFEN First Vice Chair Stephen A. MaHayle, of Jamaica, left, presents an $806.22 gofundme check to Grays Hill resident Shatwanna Fields to redeem her mobile home lot, which was sold at the 2015 Beaufort County Delinquent Tax Sale. A guaranteed funds payment was submitted to the Beaufort County Treasurer\'s Office on Fields\' behalf. Fields was among the Gullah-Geechee families who received more than $10,000 in property tax assistance from the PAFEN in 2016.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<b>59 nonprofits get grants </b><b>from foundation</b>\r\n\r\nThe Coastal Community Foundation, a grantmaking organization serving coastal South Carolina, recently announced $588,000 in awards from The Beaufort Fund\'s 2017 grant cycle.\r\n\r\nFifty-nine nonprofits from the Lowcountry - Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties - and supporters from the community gathered at an annual reception on Jan. 12 to honor grantees at Tabby Place at The Beaufort Inn.\r\n\r\n\"It\'s wonderful to celebrate a program every year that highlights the generosity, kindness and collaborative spirit at work in our community, especially in light of the divisiveness our country experienced in 2016 and the devastating impact of Hurricane Matthew on our region,\" said Danica Whitney, program officer for The Beaufort Fund of Coastal Community Foundation. \"This program works because we all work together, and that gives me great hope for the future.\"\r\n\r\nAt the reception, remarks were made by Coastal Community Foundation staff members Whitney and Gloria Duryea, as well as Fred Washington Jr., chair of The Beaufort Fund Advisory Committee.\r\n\r\nCCF President and CEO Darrin Goss Sr. closed out the remarks with a speech \"shining the light\" on the work of the local nonprofit sector, the theme of the evening.\r\n\r\nIn his speech, Goss highlighted the leadership of fellow funders such as the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry and United Way of the Lowcountry and applauded the efforts of the nonprofit sector in Hurricane Matthew recovery. He also introduced Betsy Kinsley, CCF\'s new vice president of Development &amp; Stewardship, who was in attendance for her first event with CCF since relocating from Lake Tahoe, Nev.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Fund supports a wide array of nonprofit programs through special project and general operating support. This year, 34 nonprofits - 58 percent of all grantees - received general operating support, an important building block of nonprofit capacity. The total grants also include awards to 12 three-year grantees, organizations receiving renewable support in recognition of a highly effective program and business model.\r\n\r\nSince its founding in 1998, The Beaufort Fund has awarded more than $8 million to organizations serving Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties. Grants are recommended by a diverse committee of community leaders drawn from across the four counties.\r\n\r\nFor more information about The Beaufort Fund, contact Whitney at danica@coastalcommunityfoundation.org. To learn more about supporting Coastal Community Foundation\'s work in the Southern Lowcountry, contact Duryea at gloria@coastalcommunityfoundation.org.\r\n\r\n<b>Democratic club t</b><b>o hold meeting Jan. 19 </b>\r\n\r\nThe Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club will meet on Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Grand Army Hall at 706 Newcastle St.\r\n\r\nThe social time will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will start at 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nThe meeting will include a report from Democrat York Glover, newly elected Beaufort County Council member from District 3, reviewing his first days in office and speaking to the need for board member volunteers in Beaufort County\r\n\r\nThere will also be a group discussion on “Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda.”\r\n\r\nLight refreshments will be served and all are welcome.\r\n\r\n<b>Lawmakers introduce </b><b>medical pot legislation</b>\r\n\r\nA bipartisan group of state lawmakers, led by Beaufort County’s representative in the SC Senate, have introduced comprehensive medical cannabis legislation in both chambers of the South Carolina General Assembly.\r\n\r\nThe South Carolina Compassionate Care Act will allow patients suffering from debilitating medical conditions to access medical cannabis if their doctors recommend it.\r\n\r\n“This legislation will establish a comprehensive and tightly regulated medical cannabis program,” said Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, the bill’s lead sponsor in the Senate. “It will ensure seriously ill patients are able to access this medicine safely and legally if their doctors believe it will help them.\r\n\r\n“South Carolinians suffering from debilitating conditions deserve the same chance at relief as the roughly 200 million Americans living in states that have adopted similar laws.”\r\n\r\nUnder the proposed law, the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) would license and regulate a limited number of qualified medical cannabis cultivation centers, processing facilities, independent testing laboratories and dispensaries.\r\n\r\nIt would issue registration cards to patients with qualifying medical conditions who have received written recommendations from their physicians, allowing them to purchase a limited amount of medical cannabis from a licensed dispensary.\r\n\r\nSimilar laws have been adopted in 28 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories of Guam and Puerto Rico.\r\n\r\n“This legislation is about helping people who are in need, who are suffering, and who are in pain,” said Rep. Peter McCoy, R-Charleston, the bill’s lead sponsor in the House. “There are so many circumstances in which medical marijuana can provide substantial help to families and friends in South Carolina. I’m hopeful that with the filing of this bill we can raise awareness and move the ball forward when it comes to treating South Carolina citizens with epilepsy, PTSD, cancer and many other debilitating conditions.”\r\n\r\nIn 2014, South Carolina adopted a law that allows patients with severe forms of epilepsy to use preparations of cannabis that contain high levels of CBD and very low levels of THC. It does not cover a variety of other debilitating conditions for which medical cannabis can be efficacious, and it does not provide for a regulated supply of CBD products. Some epilepsy patients also report that a greater ratio of THC to CBD is necessary for it to be effective in reducing the frequency and severity of seizures.\r\n\r\n<b>Arbor Day group </b><b>giving out free trees</b>\r\n\r\nSouth Carolina residents can ring in the New Year with 10 free flowering trees by joining the Arbor Day Foundation any time during January.\r\n\r\nBy becoming a part of the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation, new members will receive two Sargent crabapples, three American redbuds, two Washington hawthorns and three white flowering dogwoods.\r\n\r\n“These beautiful trees will beautify your home with lovely flowers of pink, yellow and white colors,” said Matt Harris, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “These trees are perfect for large and small spaces, and they will provide food and habitat for songbirds.”\r\n\r\nThe free trees are part of the foundation’s Trees for America campaign.\r\n\r\nThe trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting, between Wednesday, Feb. 1, and Wednesday, May 31, with enclosed planting instructions.\r\n\r\nThe 6- to 12-inch tall trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced free of charge.\r\n\r\nMembers will also receive a subscription to the foundation’s bimonthly publication, Arbor Day, and The Tree Book, which includes information about tree planting and care.\r\n\r\nTo become a member of the foundation and to receive the free trees, send a $10 contribution to Ten Free Flowering Trees, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, NE 68410, by Tuesday, Jan. 31. Residents can also join online at arborday.org/january.\r\n\r\n<b>Big barbecue event looking for sponsors</b>\r\n\r\nBands, Brews &amp; BBQ, an event that will be held in Port Royal, is looking for business and organization sponsors.\r\n\r\nOver the past 36 years, businesses have given back to the community by becoming sponsors of the barbecue cooking contest sanctioned by the South Carolina Barbeque Association. This publicized signature event provides a meaningful investment for sponsorship participants.\r\n\r\nThis year\'s event will be held Friday, Feb. 24, and Saturday, Feb. 25, on Paris Avenue.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the championship barbecue cooking contest, Bands, Brews &amp; BBQ will feature activities for families and children, live music, a variety of vendors and much more.\r\n\r\nFriday night is the Wing Throw Down where attendees can sample wing recipes from participating cookers, and includes the First Annual Eat Sleep Play Beaufort Hot Wing Eating Contest sponsored by the Carolina Tavern.\r\n\r\nThe success of a community event such as this depends heavily on sponsorship from area businesses. The sponsors invite businesses to take advantage of this advertising and promotional opportunity as a sponsorship participant.\r\n\r\nThere are a variety of sponsorship levels offered.\r\n\r\nVisit www.friendsofcarolinehospice.org for more details.', 'News briefs for January 19th-25th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '30964-2', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:17:10', '2017-01-19 13:17:10', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30964', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30972, 4, '2017-01-19 08:20:15', '2017-01-19 13:20:15', '<em>Photo above: Civil War battles and more will be reenacted at the Jan. 21-22 living history program at Frampton Plantation House.</em>\r\n\r\nA living history program with battles, infantry and period demonstrations, local authors Gullah historian Aunt Pearlie Sue and a traveling exhibit of a life-size replica of the CSS H.L. Hunley submarine will take place Saturday, Jan. 21, and Sunday, Jan. 22, at Frampton Plantation House and Visitors’ Center in Yemassee.\r\n\r\nThe program runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days and admission is free.\r\n\r\nIt will include:\r\n\r\n• The CSS H.L. Hunley: During the American Civil War, Confederate inventor Horace Lawson Hunley converted a steam boiler into a submarine in Mobile, Ala.\r\n\r\nAfter proving to be an effective new weapon that could be used to break the Union blockade, it was moved by rail to Charleston in August 1863.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, the submarine sank twice during trials, costing the lives of two crews, including the inventor himself.\r\n\r\nRaised and renamed the H.L. Hunley, it became the first successful combat submarine in world history by sinking the federal steam sloop, USS Housatonic, at the entrance to Charleston Harbor on Feb. 17, 1864. After the successful attack, the Hunley disappeared and her fate remained unknown for 131 years.\r\n\r\nIn 1995, the wreck of the Hunley was found 4 miles off Sullivan’s Island.\r\n\r\nIt is in memory of H.L. Hunley and all those who served their country that this traveling exhibit was created and available for all generations to see and know the true valor and courage of those who fought for their beliefs and freedom from tyranny.\r\n\r\n• Pocotaligo Living History: On Oct. 21, 1862, a Union Force of 4,200 men under the command of Gen. John M. Brannan sailed up the Broad River from Hilton Head Island and Beaufort and then marched on the village of Pocotaligo.\r\n\r\nWarned by Confederate pickets of this attempt to destroy the Charleston-to-Savannah Railroad and hinder a major supply line, Col. W.S. Walker of Georgia telegraphed Gen. Beauregard in Charleston. “I am holding &amp; intend to hold my position at Old Pocotaligo,” read his urgent telegram. “Hurry up the reinforcements for God’s sake.”\r\n\r\nThanks in large part to a series of earthwork trenches Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered dug during his time in the Lowcountry, a Confederate force of fewer than 450 men, including eight Confederate artillery pieces, two cavalry companies, three companies of the 11th South Carolina Volunteers and the First South Carolina Sharpshooters, managed to stall the federal advance. Today, a portion of these earthworks are still visible behind the Frampton Plantation House.\r\n\r\n• Aunt Pearlie Sue: Hear about Gullah traditions, history and culture from Lowcountry legend Aunt Pearlie Sue.\r\n\r\nVisit southcarolinalowcountry.com/frampton-plantation-house.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30974\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2592\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/anitachristmas.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30974\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30974\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/anitachristmas.jpg\" alt=\"Aunt Pearlie Sue will weave Gullah tales at the living history program.\" width=\"2592\" height=\"3888\" /></a> Aunt Pearlie Sue will weave Gullah tales at the living history program.[/caption]', 'Submarine, Civil War history and more coming to plantation house', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'submarine-civil-war-history-and-more-coming-to-plantation-house', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:20:15', '2017-01-19 13:20:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30972', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30973, 4, '2017-01-19 08:19:38', '2017-01-19 13:19:38', '[caption id=\"attachment_30975\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"960\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/beaufort-county-school-board.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30975\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30975\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/beaufort-county-school-board.jpg\" alt=\"Photo above: The Beaufort County School Board, from left in the front row, are Vice Chair Earl Campbell, Chairwoman Patricia Felton-Montgomery and Secretary Geri Kinton. Second row from left are JoAnn Orischak, Bill Payne, David Striebinger, Joseph Dunkle, Mary Cordray, Evva Anderson and Christina Gwozdz. \" width=\"960\" height=\"653\" /></a> Photo above: The Beaufort County School Board, from left in the front row, are Vice Chair Earl Campbell, Chairwoman Patricia Felton-Montgomery and Secretary Geri Kinton. Second row from left are JoAnn Orischak, Bill Payne, David Striebinger, Joseph Dunkle, Mary Cordray, Evva Anderson and Christina Gwozdz.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County board of education has taken on two new members and also elected a new slate of officers.\r\n\r\nCareer educator Patricia Felton-Montgomery will represent District 6 (Okatie and Sun City), and physician Christina Gwozdz will represent District 9 (Bluffton). Their terms will run through 2020.\r\n\r\nThe board also elected its officers for 2017: Patricia Felton-Montgomery as chair, Earl Campbell as vice chair and Geri Kinton as secretary.\r\n\r\nFelton-Montgomery is a former superintendent of the Lawnside School District in New Jersey, and she also has served as director of Educational Leadership for the U.S. Department of Education’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory.\r\n\r\nHer education includes a bachelor’s degree from Douglass College at Rutgers University, a master’s degree in elementary education from Syracuse University and a doctorate in educational administration from Teachers College Columbia University.\r\n\r\nMary Cordray decided not to accept any nomination to continue as chair of the Beaufort County board of education, saying to the board, “I appreciate the support and encouragement that I have received from those of you that have encouraged me to seek re-election to the chair position.\r\n\r\n“My goal has always been and continues to be moving the school district forward. I am concerned that too much focus will be on me and not on what we are doing as a board or in our schools if I were to be elected chair for the upcoming two years.\r\n\r\n“The position of chair requires that you support and advocate the will of the board and not your personal agenda, which is not always an easy position to be in. I have tried my best to live up to that responsibility. As most of you know, being chair was never a goal I had for my service on the board. … I sincerely hope that my decision not to run will allow the board to come together and focus on what we are really here for: the children in our school district.”', 'Board of education elects slate of officers', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'board-of-education-elects-slate-of-officers', '', '', '2018-07-12 10:58:43', '2018-07-12 14:58:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30973', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30979, 4, '2017-01-19 08:21:14', '2017-01-19 13:21:14', '<h3>By Alan Schuster</h3>\r\nWhen Charles Gounod began composing his adaptation of Shakespeare\'s Romeo and Juliet in 1867, he\'d already enjoyed considerable success with an earlier transformation of Goethe\'s Faust.\r\n\r\nAnd so for this lush romance about the star-crossed lovers, he collaborated with the same librettists and thus established a new genre in late 19th century opera, called lyrical drama, in which the feuding Capulet and Montague families become background for the love story.\r\n\r\nThe libretto remains very close to the main characteristics of the play, often even to the text. One very notable example includes Juliette\'s lines in the balcony scene when she anticipates her lover\'s arrival with “Romeo, wherefore art thou? ... What rose we call by any other name would smell as sweetly.”\r\n\r\nOne obvious exception, however, comes in the casting when Gounod\'s team ignored Shakespeare\'s lines by Juliette\'s father that she “hath not seen the change of fourteen years.” In such a time period, women did marry at an early age, but not so with sopranos.\r\n\r\nAs for the music, it has been soundly defined as “passion personified, from tender intimacy to ecstatic grandeur,” including four exceptional love duets and soaring music from the orchestra and chorus. An oft-quoted statement is that the score of the opera is a “love duet with occasional interruptions.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Act I</b></p>\r\nVerona, 18th century. A feud has been raging for generations between the Capulets and Montagues. Juliette, Capulet\'s daughter, has been promised to Count Paris, but she is not interested in marriage. At a masked ball at her father\'s house, she meets Romeo, a Montague, and the two fall instantly in love.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Act II</b></p>\r\nThat night, Romeo comes to Juliette\'s balcony, and they reassure each other of their love.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Act III</b></p>\r\nRomeo meets Juliette at Frere Laurent\'s cell. Hoping their love might reconcile their families, he marries them. Later, a street fight breaks out. Romeo\'s friend Mercutio is challenged by Tybalt, Juliette\'s cousin. Romeo intervenes, but when Tybalt kills Mercutio, he kills Tybalt in revenge.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Act IV</b></p>\r\nAfter spending a secret wedding night with Juliette, Romeo leaves Verona. When Capulet declares that Juliette is to marry Paris that same day, Frere Laurent gives her a potion to make her appear dead. He promises she will awake with Romeo beside her. On the way to the chapel, Juliette collapses.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Act V</b></p>\r\nRomeo breaks into the Capulet\'s crypt and, faced with Juliette\'s seemingly lifeless body, takes poison. At that moment, Juliette awakens and they share a final dream of happiness. Then she decides to follow him. The lovers die, asking God for forgiveness.\r\n\r\nThe opera is not without enjoyable arias sung by each one. In Act I, Juliette sings a graceful and high-spirited waltz at the ball about the tender dreams of youth. In Act II, Romeo tries to entice Juliette to come to her balcony.\r\n\r\nThe electrifying pairing of Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo reunites for the Met\'s new production by Bartlett Sher. Gianandrea Noseda conducts.\r\n\r\nTickets for all operas are now available. All seats are general admission. Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for OLLI members and $10 for students $10.\r\n\r\nOrder online at www.centerforthearts.com or by calling 843-521-4145. The box office opens at noon.', 'Romeo & Juliet opera coming to USCB Center for the Arts', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'romeo-juliet-opera-coming-to-uscb-center-for-the-arts', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:21:14', '2017-01-19 13:21:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30979', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30981, 4, '2017-01-19 08:28:08', '2017-01-19 13:28:08', '<em>Photo above: Young people took part the Martin Luther King Jr. parade on Jan. 16 in Beaufort. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em>\r\n\r\nIn celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., there were several events held throughout Northern Beaufort County.\r\n\r\nOn Jan. 15, there was a Community Sing at Penn Center.\r\n\r\nThis traditional program promotes and preserves the spirituals that were traditionally intoned in the Sea Islands of South Carolina.\r\n\r\nThe event was held on the grounds of Penn Center, the place where Dr. King sought refuge and held Southern Leadership Conference Center staff retreats to plan the forward progression of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.\r\n\r\nThere was also a parade Jan. 16 in Beaufort to honor Dr. King.\r\n\r\nGolf carts, motorcycles and farm tractors were some of the “floats” during the parade and young and old alike marched.\r\n\r\nThe Rev. Dr. Kenneth C. Doe, pastor of Bethesda Christian Fellowship on St. Helena Island, was the keynote speaker during the celebration of Dr. King’s 88th birthday at the University of South Carolina’s Center for the Performing Arts Center.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30984\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1828\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0038.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30984\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30984\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC0038.jpg\" alt=\"All dressed in spats, overcoat and almost a tophat, this unidentified man rides his bicycle during the Martin Luther King Jr. parade.\" width=\"1828\" height=\"2100\" /></a> All dressed in spats, overcoat and almost a tophat, this unidentified man rides his bicycle during the Martin Luther King Jr. parade.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30991\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2100\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES9982.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30991\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30991\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES9982.jpg\" alt=\"Cars and pickup trucks help tell the message of Martin Luther King, Jr., including this truck representing the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1388\" /></a> Cars and pickup trucks help tell the message of Martin Luther King, Jr., including this truck representing the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30987\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2100\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES9930.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30987\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30987\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES9930.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the Orange Grove Baptist Church choir sing spirituals during the annual Community Sing on Jan. 15 at Penn Center.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1288\" /></a> Members of the Orange Grove Baptist Church choir sing spirituals during the annual Community Sing on Jan. 15 at Penn Center.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30985\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1688\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES9921-e1484832689309.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30985\"><img class=\"wp-image-30985 size-full\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES9921-e1484832689309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1688\" height=\"1952\" /></a> Dylan Torres Tejada, a fourth-grader at Robert Smalls International Academy, was one of the students from the school giving the keynote address during the annual Community Sing night on Jan. 15 at Penn Center in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The other speaker was student Matthew Selby.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30989\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2100\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES9972.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30989\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30989\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES9972.jpg\" alt=\"Students and teachers from St. Helena Elementary School took part in the MLK Day parade.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1370\" /></a> Students and teachers from St. Helena Elementary School took part in the MLK Day parade.[/caption]', 'In honor of Dr. King…', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'in-honor-of-dr-king', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:31:45', '2017-01-19 13:31:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30981', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(30982, 4, '2017-01-19 08:23:48', '2017-01-19 13:23:48', '<em>Photo above: Sgt. Maj. Rafael Rodriguez, left, returns the sword, a traditional symbol or authority, to Brig. Gen. Austin E. Renfro after being named Depot Sgt. Maj. during a Relief, Appointment and Retirement Ceremony on Jan. 13 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. At right is outgoing Sgt. Maj. Angela M. Maness who retired after 30 years of military service which started at Parris Island in 1987. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</em>\r\n<h3>Staff reports</h3>\r\nSgt. Maj. Angela M. Maness, the first female senior enlisted Marine at Marine Barracks Washington and the sergeant major of Parris Island, retired and after almost 30 years of honorable service on Jan. 13.\r\n\r\nTaking over command is Sgt. Maj. Rafael Rodriguez.\r\n\r\nManess became the sergeant major of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Eastern Recruiting Region in November 2014.\r\n\r\nManess assumed her post as the commanding general’s senior enlisted advisor in November 2014.\r\n\r\n“For the Marines, I want to say thanks for the opportunity to lead you,” said Maness. “I never did anything in the Marine Corps alone.”\r\n\r\nRodriguez is no stranger to Parris Island. He earned the title Marine there, walking across the main parade deck in March 1992.\r\n\r\nHe returned in September 2001 as a drill instructor and also served as a senior drill instructor and series gunnery sergeant (chief drill instructor). In January 2008, he returned for another tour, serving as a company first sergeant and then Drill Instructor School first sergeant.\r\n\r\nRodriguez comes to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot after serving as the sergeant major of Headquarters Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group, at Camp Pendleton, Calif.\r\n\r\nRodriguez personal awards include the Bronze Star Medal with two gold stars in lieu of third award, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with three gold stars in lieu of fourth award, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with gold star in lieu of second award and the Combat Action Ribbon with gold star in lieu of 2nd award.', 'New sergeant major takes over duties', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-sergeant-major-takes-over-duties', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:23:48', '2017-01-19 13:23:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30982', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30990, 4, '2017-01-19 08:25:03', '2017-01-19 13:25:03', '[caption id=\"attachment_30992\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"960\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rescue.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30992\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-30992\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rescue.jpg\" alt=\"The Beaufort Marine Rescue Squad used its airboat to rescue a man and dog stuck in pluff mud.\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" /></a> The Beaufort Marine Rescue Squad used its airboat to rescue a man and dog stuck in pluff mud.[/caption]\r\n<h3>Staff reports</h3>\r\nAn 8-year-old girl played a big role in saving a dog and a man who was stuck up to his chest in pluff mud, according to a police report.\r\n\r\nThe incident started at about 9:45 a.m. Jan. 16 when firefighters from the City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department responded to a report of a person stuck in the marsh near Sycamore Street.\r\n\r\nFirefighters arrived to find the city of Beaufort police department on the scene and a man stuck in the pluff mud about 150 yards from shore. He had run after his dog, who had run away into the marsh. Once the man ran in, he also became stuck.\r\n\r\nThe girl was playing in her backyard when she heard the man yelling for help. She ran  and told her mother, who phoned 911.\r\n\r\nFirefighters coordinated with the Beaufort Marine Rescue Squad (MRS), which responded to the scene with its airboat. MRS was able to launch the airboat from an empty lot on Sycamore Street to get to the man.\r\n\r\n“Our ability to rely on the all-volunteer Beaufort Marine Rescue Squadron is invaluable to our organization” Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Chief Reece Bertholf said in a statement.\r\n\r\n“MRS does a great job mobilizing and getting out to the calls we have in our area where our resources can’t go.\r\n\r\n“Without this airboat, we would have had to go the old-fashioned route and access the victim by utilizing plywood in a leapfrog fashion, forging a walkway out to him. It works, but it is highly labor intensive.”\r\n\r\nA firefighter accompanied the MRS personnel out to the man, assisted in removing him and his dog from the chest-deep pluff mud, and evaluated the victim for any injuries.\r\n\r\nThe man was brought to shore and he and his dog were no worse for the wear and returned home.\r\n\r\nThe man was rescued in under one hour.\r\n\r\nThe rescue occurred on an incoming tide, and the area the victim was in would have been flooded by about noon that day.\r\n\r\nResidents are reminded to think twice before entering the marsh.\r\n\r\n“The marsh is a harsh environment for a human to be and you take your safety into your own hands when venturing into the marsh. It is only because of the keen ears of an 8-year-old that (this) did not turn tragic,” according to the statement.', 'Little girl saves day', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'little-girl-saves-day', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:25:03', '2017-01-19 13:25:03', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30990', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30994, 4, '2017-01-19 08:28:33', '2017-01-19 13:28:33', '<em>Photo above: A standing-room crowd at St. Helena’s historic Brick Baptist Church in December strongly supported the efforts to create a federally-designated Reconstruction Era monument in the Beaufort area.</em>\r\n<h3>Staff reports</h3>\r\nPresident Barack Obama recently gave the go-ahead to create a national monument to the Reconstruction Era with sites in Beaufort, St. Helena Island and Port Royal.\r\n\r\nIt caps a 16-year effort to recognize a critical stage in America’s history, said Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling.\r\n\r\n“This is a step that needed to be taken, and the time was right,” Keyserling said. “Beaufort County is the focal point for the Reconstruction Era and this federal designation legitimizes what a lot of us have been saying for a long time.”\r\n\r\nOn Jan. 12, Obama announced the creation of a national monument to the Reconstruction Era in Beaufort County. His decision came after a standing-room crowd at St. Helena’s historic Brick Baptist Church in December strongly supported the federal parks designation.\r\n\r\nThe monument area includes Darrah Hall at Penn Center and Brick Baptist Church, both on St. Helena Island; Camp Saxton and the Emancipation Oak Grove, both located on what’s now the Naval Hospital Beaufort in Port Royal; and a former Beaufort firehouse in downtown Beaufort that is within walking distance of about 70 locations important to the story, including the home of Robert Smalls, an escaped slave who became a Civil War hero and congressman.\r\n\r\n“Schools were opened to educate freed slaves and land ownership, entrepreneurship and voting rights for black Americans were established” during Reconstruction, Keyserling said.\r\n\r\n“Successful partnerships were harvested by yet-to-be publicly recognized black and white political, educational, civic and business champions who began to make this a more equitable and just society. During the period Beaufort enjoyed one of its highest levels of economic prosperity, created by freedmen and local businesses, in our more than 300-year history.\r\n\r\n“The national recognition of Reconstruction, so often ignored or intentionally left out, can unlock this untold history, lessons, some bad and many good, that have for years kept us from fully knowing the broad array of dreams, accomplishments and failures of our past and the realization of the American dream,” he said.\r\n\r\nA National Park Service study showed Beaufort County was the best place for a monument to the period because of the large number of nearby important sites.\r\n\r\nU.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn led the effort to create the Reconstruction Era monument and held a public hearing in December at St. Helena Island.\r\n\r\n“I want to thank President Obama for establishing the Reconstruction Era National Monument,” he said in a statement. “For a long time, this period of history has been ignored and is often misunderstood or misrepresented.”\r\n\r\nKeyserling and his brother, Paul Keyserling, donated the firehouse as part of the monument. The mayor said the designation, coupled with increasing awareness of Beaufort and the Lowcountry as a tourist destination, could help showcase a forgotten period in America’s history.\r\n\r\n“Beaufort’s history is more than big homes on the river bluff, and it’s more than European colonists finding a Lowcountry home. The history of the Lowcountry is a story about people working very hard, day after day, to create a home and sustain a community,” Keyserling said. “We sometimes forget the role that African Americans and lower-income people played in making Beaufort a sustainable city that has survived and thrived for more than 300 years.”\r\n\r\nWhile the monument includes four of the most significant sites, a group called Partners in Reconstruction History has noted more than 100 sites, including the first self-governed community of freedmen at Mitchelville on Hilton Head Island, which may be incorporated into a network.\r\n\r\nThis interweaving network will serve as a laboratory so that scholars, students, residents and visitors will be able to delve more deeply into the history.\r\n\r\nThe effort to put a Reconstruction Era Monument recommendation before Obama was spearheaded at the national level by Clyburn, D-SC, and Rep. Mark Sanford, R-SC, and locally by Keyserling, Port Royal Mayor Sam Murray, the Rev. Abraham Murray of Brick Baptist Church and Rodell Lawrence of Penn Center.\r\n\r\n“The effort engaged residents of Beaufort and achieved huge support and encouragement from local and national historians, educators and preservationists,” Keyserling said. “It was collaboration driven by a collective passion I have rarely seen.”\r\n\r\nObama used the Antiquities Act to establish the new national monument. The act has been used by various presidents 150 times to create national monuments, said Jonathan Jarvis, director of the National Park Service.\r\n\r\n“Reconstruction is a poorly-understood, poorly-interpreted piece of American history,” Jarvis told the gathering at Brick Baptist Church in December. “This (area) is the heart, the beginning, of Reconstruction.”', 'President OKs Reconstruction monument', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'president-oks-reconstruction-monument', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:28:33', '2017-01-19 13:28:33', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30994', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(30999, 4, '2017-01-26 08:17:34', '2017-01-26 13:17:34', '<b>Mystery books on tap </b><b>at Lunch with Author </b>\r\n\r\nLunch with the Author series, presented by the University of South Carolina Beaufort, will continue on Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Moss Creek Clubhouse in Bluffton.\r\n\r\nAuthor J.E. Thompson will speak about his mystery, “The Girl from Felony Bay” and the sequel “Disappearance At Hangman’s Bluff.”\r\n\r\nLunch will be served at noon. Tickets are $42. Reservations can be made online at www.USCBCenterForTheArts.com or by calling 843-521-4145.\r\n\r\n<b>Fort Fremont offering </b><b>docent-led tour</b>\r\n\r\nThe Friends of Fort Fremont is offering a docent-led tour on Saturday, Jan. 28. The event will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Helena Branch Library, where guests will see a scale model of 1898 Fort Fremont and travel to the remains of Fort Fremont today. Visit www.fortfremont.com.\r\n\r\n<b>Festival series to feature </b><b>renowned musicians</b>\r\n\r\nThe USCB Festival Series will present soprano Hyunah Yu, pianist Anna Polonsky, violinist Erin Keefe and cellist Edward Arron at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29.\r\n\r\nFor more information and tickets, visit www.uscb.edu/arts_cultural_events/festival_series.html.\r\n\r\n<b>Books Sandwiched In </b><b>is getting underway</b>\r\n\r\nThe Books Sandwiched In (BSI) series, sponsored by the Friends of the Beaufort Library, is returning with local authors, well-known community leaders and Gullah experts lined up as presenters for these free events.\r\n\r\nWith a wide-range of book selection and subject matter, the series has attracted large audiences for the past 30 years.\r\n\r\nHeld at the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Center for the Performing Arts, the series schedule also will leave time after each presentation for audience questions and answers.\r\n\r\nAlthough the programs start at noon, doors open at 11:30 a.m. so that attendees can meet the presenter, chat with other book lovers and enjoy complimentary coffee and cookies.\r\n\r\nAll BSI events take place at the USCB Center for Performing Arts at 801 Carteret St. in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nFollowing is the calendar. All events take place on Mondays:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• Jan. 30: Maxine Lutz presents “Northern Money, Southern Land: The Lowcountry Plantation Sketches” by Chlotilde R. Martin.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• Feb. 6: Queen Quet presents her book “Gullah/Geechee: Africa\'s Seeds in the Winds of the Diaspora.”</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• Feb. 13: Andy Beall presents “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari.”</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• Feb. 20: Jim Jordan presents his book “Penny Savannah:  A Tale of Civil War Georgia.”</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• Feb. 27: Ray McBride presents “The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero” by Timothy Egan.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• March 6: Beverley Porter presents “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanthi.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• March 13: Lynn Markovich Bryant presents her book \"I\'m Black and I\'m Proud.\"</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• March 20: Gene Rugala presents “United States of Jihad: Investigating America\'s Homegrown Terrorists” by Peter Bergen.</p>\r\nFor more information, contact Lolita Huckaby Watson at 843-812-6490 or by email at bftbay@gmail.com.\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort Theatre Co. </b><b>to hold auditions</b>\r\n\r\nThe University of South Carolina Center for the Arts and the Beaufort Theatre Company are holding auditions for “A Tribute to Broadway” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the USCB Center for the Arts.\r\n\r\nThe show will be a musical journey through some of Broadway’s classic musicals (“Singing in the Rain” and “South Pacific”) to recent hits like “Wicked,” “Newsies” and more.\r\n\r\n“A Tribute to Broadway” is scheduled for March 11-13.\r\n\r\nAuditions are for ages 17 and up. Those auditioning should wear comfortable clothing and be prepared to sign 16 bars from a Broadway musical. They will also need to provide sheet music or prerecorded music. Musical theater experience is preferable but not required.\r\n\r\nFor additional information, call the Center for the Arts 843-521-4145 or Anna Wheeler at 803-394-6999.\r\n\r\n<b>Red Dam Baptist </b><b>to host Snow Day </b>\r\n\r\nRed Dam Baptist Church, at 488 Red Dam Road in Hardeeville, will host a Snow Day from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4.\r\n\r\nThe event will include a 40-foot snow slide, music, marshmallow roasting, a crackling campfire, games, face painting, hot dogs, hot chocolate, lemonade, popcorn, snow cones, cookies, cupcakes, men\'s chili cook-off, ladies pie contest and more.\r\n\r\nThe event is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<b>Bird walk scheduled </b><b>at wildlife refuge</b>\r\n\r\nThe Fripp Audubon Club will conduct a bird walk at the Savannah Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, Feb. 4.\r\n\r\nParticipants will see birds such as ducks, winter sparrows and possibly American pipits and horned larks.\r\n\r\nBird walks are designed for folks with a serious interest in birds and their behavior, habitat and identification. The trip will begin with a brief orientation before departure. Participants should bring binoculars and a bird guide. Beginners are welcome.\r\n\r\nOrientation will begin in 7:45 a.m. and departure will be at 8 a.m. at the parking lot adjacent to the Lady’s Island McDonald’s. Participants should bring lunch, binoculars, bug spray, sunscreen, water, etc.\r\n\r\nVisit www.islc.net/audubon.\r\n\r\n<b>New production set </b><b>to open at The Shed</b>\r\n\r\nCoastal Stage Productions is currently in rehearsals for “Sylvia,” which opens Friday, Feb. 10, at The Shed in Port Royal.  The production cast and crew is comprised entirely of Beaufort and Jasper county volunteers.\r\n\r\nCoastal Stage Productions is a locally owned, traveling theater company based in Ridgeland. Tickets are available at www.sylviaportroyal.bpt.me\r\n\r\n<b>Conversation Café </b><b>is getting underway</b>\r\n\r\nStarting in February, the Beaufort County Library’s St. Helena Branch is the site of the latest opening in a nationwide movement of Conversation Cafés. This open group welcomes everyone to join in on respectful and friendly discussions of topics that matter.\r\n\r\nThe Café will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, and will continue to meet one evening per month at the library.\r\n\r\nThe first topic for discussion is “What Are Your Hopes for 2017?”\r\n\r\nEveryone is invited to attend this free event. No registration is necessary. The library is at 6355 Jonathan Francis Sr. Road.\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort film festival </b><b>tickets now on sale</b>\r\n\r\nTickets are now available for purchase for the 11th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival, which will be held from Wednesday, Feb. 15, to Sunday, Feb. 19.\r\n\r\nTickets can be ordered online or purchased in person at the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center at 713 Craven St., Beaufort.', 'What To Do the week of January 26th-February 1st', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-the-week-of-january-26th-february-1st', '', '', '2017-01-26 08:17:34', '2017-01-26 13:17:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=30999', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(31001, 4, '2017-01-26 08:19:18', '2017-01-26 13:19:18', '<h3>By Lee Scott</h3>\r\nOn the morning of Jan. 12, as we were leaving Beaufort to attend an out of town event, my spouse and I spotted one of the most beautiful moon settings we had ever seen since moving here.\r\n\r\nThis occurred about a half an hour before sunrise. It was so bright it looked like a setting sun with its orange-yellow color. It lit up the entire pre-dawn sky.  We marveled at the sight; once again appreciating the area we chose to live.\r\n\r\nAs we were driving, I opened the Farmer’s Almanac online site and learned that this incredible moon is called the “Wolf Moon.”\r\n\r\nEvidently, the wolf packs would howl hungrily outside Indian villages during cold snowy nights and so the Native Americans called it the Wolf Moon.\r\n\r\nThe next evening, after we checked into our hotel and went back outside, I looked up and realized I could not see the night sky. I should have been able to see the moon along with stars because it was a clear night, but the high-rise buildings and the lights made it impossible.\r\n\r\nWell, I decided, I might not be able to see anything, but I could figure out where the moon and stars should be located.\r\n\r\nI opened a free app that I had downloaded on my phone, SkyView (one of the many free apps for people interested in celestial bodies). It allows me to point my phone up to the sky and tells me what is up there; even if it is not visible.\r\n\r\nIt was comforting to know that behind all that light pollution was the full moon.\r\n\r\nA few days later, when we returned home, I stood on my back porch with the Sky View app.\r\n\r\nI pointed the phone at a bright star and discovered it was Sirius, the Dog Star, as it is known. I then scrolled over to other stars and constellations and realized another bright light I was seeing was the\r\nplanet Jupiter.\r\n\r\nI could eyeball the waning Gibbous moon that night and it reminded me of the Wolf Moon we had seen the previous week.\r\n\r\nSo, if by chance you were up early that morning, driving along Sea Island Parkway, and saw the Wolf Moon, there is a chance you might have heard some strange noises coming from a black and red RV.\r\n\r\nThat was us, howling at the moon.\r\n\r\nLike the wolves, we could not help ourselves.', 'Wolf Moon makes us howl in delight', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'wolf-moon-makes-us-howl-in-delight', '', '', '2017-01-26 08:19:18', '2017-01-26 13:19:18', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31001', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(31003, 4, '2017-01-26 08:22:40', '2017-01-26 13:22:40', '<b>Beaufort Co. recognizes </b><b>School Choice Week</b>\r\n\r\nNational School Choice Week, which is from Jan. 22-28, was recognized by Beaufort County with a proclamation.\r\n\r\nThere are 306 events planned in the Palmetto State to raise awareness about K-12 school choice, and 21,392 events locally and nationwide.\r\n\r\nThe events in South Carolina, which are independently planned and independently funded, include everything from information sessions and open houses at schools to rallies, policy discussions, and movie screenings organized by community groups.\r\n\r\nNational School Choice Week provides families in South Carolina with the opportunity to research and evaluate the K-12 school choices available for their children in advance of the 2017-2018 school year. The Week also raises awareness of the importance of providing every child with effective education options.\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit www.schoolchoiceweek.com.\r\n\r\n<b>Holy Trinity students </b><b>recognized for essays</b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/holy-trinity.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31004\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31004\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/holy-trinity.jpg\" alt=\"holy trinity\" width=\"4000\" height=\"4307\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThree American History Essay Contest winners from Holy Trinity Classical Christian School will be recognized at the Thomas Heyward Jr. chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution annual award ceremony next month.\r\n\r\nFifth-grader Jakob Stepp, seventh-grader, Mary Elinor Chumney and eighth-grader Maley Grace Baisch all submitted essays based on the contest’s prompt to “Pretend you are writing a journal while visiting one of the 58 national parks. Identify its location. Discuss why and when it was established as a national park. What makes this park one of our national treasures?”\r\n\r\nThe competition is open to students in grades 5-8, with local chapters selecting one winner per grade level.\r\n\r\nAccording to Holy Trinity Headmaster Rev. Chad E. Lawrence, “Holy Trinity is honored to have had students place in this essay contest since we opened our doors in 2012. This year’s topic once again complemented our liberal arts curriculum, giving our students the opportunity to share an important moment in American history from a first-person perspective.\"\r\n\r\nTo learn more about the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution American History Essay Contest, visit www.dar.org/national-society/education/essay-contests.\r\n\r\nTo learn more about the classical Christian education offered at Holy Trinity, visit www.htccs.org.\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort Academy students earn honors</b>\r\n\r\nThe following Beaufort Academy students have been named to the Headmaster’s List or the Honor Roll for the first semester of the 2016-17 school year:\r\n\r\n• Fifth grade\r\n\r\n<b>Headmaster’s List</b> - Brockton Luzzo Mariano Bettle, Melanie Margaret Hiers, Virginia Claire Tumlin\r\n\r\n<b>Honor roll</b> - Olivia Clare Dinkins, Andrew Connor Gates, Vann Harrison Hefner, Clayton Thomas Lohr, Artency Lashley Lynn, Jenna Marie Raber\r\n\r\n•  Sixth grade\r\n\r\n<b>Headmaster’s List</b> - Brycen Lee Ambrose, Brock David Bekemeyer, Erik Deaunte Lane, John Olin McDougall III, Ansh Patel, Katherine Elise Taylor, Ilse Caroline vonHeimburg\r\n\r\n<b>Honor roll</b> - Mary Grace Carter, Hampton Joseph Lane, Katherine Brooke Luckey, Caroline Perry Patterson, Virginia Ledare Pingree, Charlotte Grace Price, Alexander Jay Roberts, George W. Simmons, Benjamin Elliot Steen, Cynthia Ashleigh Wilson\r\n\r\n• <b>Seventh grade</b>\r\n\r\n<b>Headmaster’s List</b> - Emma Grace Dinkins, Marjorie Leith Gray, Mary Hanna Hiers, Cameron James Keenan, Luke P. Rhatigan, Jack Carter Worrell\r\n\r\n<b>Honor roll</b> - Margaret Grace Hager, Benjamin Smiley Lubkin, Stephen Miles Spratling\r\n\r\n• Eighth grade\r\n\r\n<b>Headmaster’s List</b> - Maeve Weilin Kalady, Julianna Ruth Lane, Margot Phipps Packard\r\n\r\n<b>Honor roll</b> - Emma Selene Dillinger, Madison Riley Gates, Kristin Makenzie Levesque, Camille Salley Pendarvis, Judith Emily Wilson\r\n\r\n• Ninth grade\r\n\r\n<b>Headmaster’s List</b> - John Peter Dastous, Olivia Ann Packard\r\n\r\n<b>Honor roll</b> - Lauren Tacey Bartlett, Connor Raymond Benson, Dawson Haynes Coleman, Grace Landon Cope, Jenny Rebecca Harry, Albert Calvin Quinn Harvey, EmilyAnn Halford Hiers, Thomas McMillan Holladay, Amelia Lewis Huebel, Nathaniel Philip Keenan, Elizabeth Ray Muniz, Morgan Hope Ogden, Grayson Rhodes Price, Jeffery M. Rushing, William Charles Tumlin Jr., Cady Evelyn McNair Wilson\r\n\r\n• 10th grade\r\n\r\n<b>Headmaster’s List </b>- Mary Alden Cooper, Caroline Quinn Fleming, David Morgan Mathai, Alyssa Renee Patrick, Joseph Scott Stowe Jr.\r\n\r\n<b>Honor roll</b> - Margaret Louise Lachicotte Aimar, Madison Lynn Aivaz, Julian Hale Alicknavitch, Anna Riley Daubert, Priscilla Campbell Dukes, Hunter Leigh Harley, Emma Louise Higgins, Emma Dyan Hincher, Russell Lawrence Lindsay\r\n\r\n• 11th grade\r\n\r\n<b>Headmaster’s List</b> - Charlotte Fjeld, Milana Lee Ingraham, Courtney Renee Kirberger, Breanna Dawn Meek, Emily Lawton Potter, Allison Elizabeth Suber, William Alan Warren\r\n\r\n<b>Honor roll</b> - Eliza Albritton Akers, Brycen Elizabeth Bridwell, Thomas Walker Dean III, Virginia Nolte Dukes, Kendall Grace Duncan, Jeffrey Fitzgerald Hiestand Jr., Elizabeth Jennings Tumlin\r\n\r\n• 12th grade\r\n\r\n<b>Honor roll</b> - Christopher Jonn Boggs II, James Huel Carden Jr., Mary Louise Gallant, Luke Whetsell Harper, Amanda Hope Kahn, Mary Blake Keane, William Shannon Lindsay III', 'School briefs for January 26th-February 1st', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-briefs-for-january-26th-february-1st', '', '', '2018-07-12 10:58:43', '2018-07-12 14:58:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31003', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31006, 4, '2017-01-26 08:24:27', '2017-01-26 13:24:27', '<h3>By Susan Stone</h3>\r\nLabels can be handy. Without them we would be guessing which cans contain the chicken soup, right?\r\n\r\nLabels organize our lives. We love labels! We give everything around us a label of sorts.\r\n\r\nWithout pinning an actual sign on someone, we label people whether they deserve it or not.\r\n\r\nWith harmless labels such as creative, talented, gifted, generous … none can argue the benefit of being known as such a person. But what kind of life can we expect from someone who has been labeled a trouble-maker, lazy, difficult, stupid or crazy? What effect do these labels have on us when we are young and impressionable? What label do you struggle to keep? What label has been pinned on you that you would like to change?\r\n\r\nOver the years, I have had the honor of counseling dozens of people who had outgrown their labels.\r\n\r\nSome were near the end of their rope and ready to cash it all in because of a label they were burdened with.\r\n\r\nOne of my clients, we’ll call Laura, was diagnosed as a schizophrenic at the age of 5. I met her when she was 23. She was a cutter, self-destructive, very depressed, threatening suicide and had been hospitalized several times.\r\n\r\nWhen her father brought her to meet me, I saw a beautiful and very gifted young woman. I had a feeling there was much more to her story.\r\n\r\nLaura was so shy you could barely hear her speak. She looked down at the ground and never made eye contact.\r\n\r\nAfter gaining her trust, we talked about what had landed her in the hospital so many times. The first time she was 5 and was diagnosed with borderline schizophrenia because she was hearing voices. When I asked her who was talking to her, she said, “The ghosts.”\r\n\r\nAha! I knew it! This was my first clue that something else was going on.\r\n\r\nWhen I asked if she could see them too, she looked at me like I was crazy and said; “Of course!”\r\n\r\nSo I asked more questions, beginning with: “What else can you see?”\r\n\r\nThe rest of the afternoon was wonderful. As she told me one story after another, she became more and more animated. I don’t think she had never met anyone who believed she was telling the truth!\r\n\r\nToday she is a certified massage therapist.\r\n\r\nHer goal is to open a business where people can come to nurture their body, mind and spirit.\r\n\r\nShe also wants to become a life coach so she can help people like herself who have been misunderstood, misdiagnosed and mislabeled.\r\n\r\nI myself was pinned with the label of “idiot.”\r\n\r\nBeing the middle child, I was sandwiched between two genius sisters.\r\n\r\nIn the early ‘60s, no one knew about dyslexia. How many kids did the system call “slow?”\r\n\r\nI didn’t know I had it until my daughter was diagnosed in elementary school. By then I was in my 30s and had believed my whole life that I was just stupid because I inverted letters and numbers. Reading and math were terribly difficult for me; even with tutors I was barely able to eke out a passing grade.\r\n\r\nMy family used to pat me on the head and say, “Well, at least she’s pretty. Hopefully she’ll marry well.” No wonder I have felt less-than most of my life.\r\n\r\nOvercoming these labels can take years of therapy, and some of us go to our graves never knowing it was never true. How tragic.\r\n\r\nWe just cannot seem to help ourselves. We do it unconsciously. We even label our own body parts. This is my good knee and this is my bad knee … who knows how that affects its ability to heal?\r\n\r\nAt the end of the day, no matter what the world has called you, know this: You are a wonder to behold!', 'Which label did someone pin on you?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'which-label-did-someone-pin-on-you', '', '', '2017-01-26 08:24:27', '2017-01-26 13:24:27', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31006', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(31008, 4, '2017-01-26 08:26:09', '2017-01-26 13:26:09', '[caption id=\"attachment_31009\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"768\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/auto-care-center.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31009\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31009\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/auto-care-center.jpg\" alt=\"American Legion Beaufort Post 9 is striving to promote both patriotism and businesses in the Beaufort area by calling attention to those that proudly display the U.S. flag at their location. Post 9 presents those enterprises with a framed certificate thanking them. Here, Lisa Roberts and Jennifer Brown accept a Certificate of Appreciation from 1st Vice Commander Bob Shields.\" width=\"768\" height=\"805\" /></a> American Legion Beaufort Post 9 is striving to promote both patriotism and businesses in the Beaufort area by calling attention to those that proudly display the U.S. flag at their location. Post 9 presents those enterprises with a framed certificate thanking them. Here, Lisa Roberts and Jennifer Brown accept a Certificate of Appreciation from 1st Vice Commander Bob Shields.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort offering online </b><b>license renewal help</b>\r\n\r\nThe new year brings a new way for companies to renew their business licenses with the city of Beaufort through an online payment service.\r\n\r\nThe service is free and is available through the city’s website, www.cityofbeaufort.org (click on Online Payments in the upper right corner).\r\n\r\nThe traditional method of renewing business licenses by paper, either through the mail or in person, remains available.\r\n\r\n“We have been working to put more of our services and information online, from our OpenGov financial reporting system for city finance reports to paying business licenses and accommodations taxes online,” Beaufort City Finance Director Kathy Todd said.\r\n\r\n“The online renewal for business licenses takes people step-by-step and includes a built-in calculator for the amount due,” she said. “The hardest part might be to get people to try it the first time.”\r\n\r\nTo help area businesses with the optional online system, city leaders have scheduled drop-in workshops.\r\n\r\nParticipants should bring their own laptop or tablet, but it is not required to establish an account and accessibility.\r\n\r\nThe drop-in workshops are scheduled for:\r\n\r\n• 8:30-10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 and Feb. 14\r\n\r\n• 4-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 and Feb. 16\r\n\r\nBusiness owners are encouraged to visit City Hall any time during those sessions for individual assistance in establishing their online account. An account must be created first before the business license can be renewed. There are instructions on the city website how to create the account, but Todd said her staff is ready to provide individual assistance as additional support.\r\n\r\n“Customer service is so important, and our goal is to making renewing business licenses easier,” she said. “We are moving to put even more services online, but we’ll continue to offer in-person support as well.”\r\n\r\nLast fall the city unveiled the online payment option for hospitality/ accommodations tax payments. Putting business license renewals online as well as the monthly hospitality and accommodations filings will make it more convenient for businesses to process their renewals and submit their monthly filings, Todd said.\r\n\r\nAs the online option rolls out this fall, business owners can still submit their license renewals on paper.\r\n\r\nWhile business licenses must be renewed annually, local hospitality and local accommodations taxes must be paid to the city each month. Putting that process online makes it easier for area restaurants, hotels, motels and bed and breakfasts to submit the required forms and payments, Todd said.\r\n\r\n<b>Anchorage 1770 gets nod on Today Show</b>\r\n\r\nAnchorage 1770 in Beaufort received national press and attention on Jan. 12.\r\n\r\nNBC\'s \"Today Show: recognized Anchorage 1770 Inn as one of Condé Nast Traveler\'s Hot Travel Getaways.\r\n\r\nTo view a clip of the show, visit www.today.com/video/winter-travel-destinations-you-can-escape-to-on-a-budget-853341251644.\r\n\r\n<b>CPC Yellow Pages wins </b><b>Gold Book Award</b>\r\n\r\nCPC Yellow Pages, publisher of the Lowcountry Phone Directory, was named Directory of the Year at the Association of Directory Publishers’ 2016 annual convention and trade show, held recently in Las Vegas.\r\n\r\n“CPC Yellow Pages winning a Gold Book Award for the 2016 Directory of the Year is an accomplishment and honor,” said Cindi Aldrich, ADP president and CEO. “This annual contest celebrates a 20-ear tradition that recognizes the innovative directory covers and creative advertising campaigns that showcase the strengths of the Yellow Pages industry.”\r\n\r\nThis Yellow Pages industry awards recognize members for outstanding directories, as well as mobile, online and marketing innovations. All ADP publishers in the United States, Canada, Germany and the Virgin Islands are eligible.\r\n\r\nCPC Yellow Pages, a locally owned and operated company, has won several ADP Gold Book Awards through the years, however the 2016 Directory of the Year honor was its first. The annual Gold Book competition recognizes the “best of the best” among both Yellow Pages directories, and marketing and promotion contest categories.\r\n\r\n“Our goal is to publish a quality, accurate product that is used by the people of the Lowcountry and gives its advertisers a high return on investment,” CPC Yellow Pages publisher Brent Cooper said.\r\n\r\nCPC also won second place in the marketing and promotion competition for “excellence in printed sales-support collateral; and third place in the directory division for “excellence in directory ad effectiveness, design and print.”\r\n\r\nThe Lowcountry Phone Directory is published annually and circulates 94,000 copies in Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton counties. The 2016 cover image, captured by professional photographer Eric Horan of Beaufort, shows the marshlands of scenic Chechessee Creek.\r\n\r\n<b>Small business incubator </b><b>to open at City Hall</b>\r\n\r\nThe Don Ryan Center for Innovation-Beaufort is being launched to help new businesses take root and grow.\r\n\r\nThe project is a branch of the main center in Bluffton which has helped more than 90 businesses since 2012. The center is headquartered on the first floor of Beaufort City Hall and will assist qualifying businesses with their startups.\r\n\r\nThe grand opening of Beaufort’s Don Ryan Center will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, at Beaufort City Hall, 1911 Boundary St.\r\n\r\n“Having the Don Ryan Center of Innovation set up in downtown Beaufort, in City Hall, is a huge step for us,” Beaufort City Manager Bill Prokop said. “Their team has done great things for new businesses in the Bluffton area, and we anticipate equal successes with entrepreneurs in Beaufort.”\r\n\r\nHere’s how it works: Entrepreneurs propose their idea to the center for review. A full business plan isn’t required – the pitch process helps determine if the original idea can be grown through the help of the Don Ryan Center resources.\r\n\r\nOnce accepted into the program, entrepreneurs have access to a range of resources including research and development, market development research, angel funding, creative workspace and human resources.\r\n\r\n“This is a hands-on approach to economic development for new businesses, and goes hand in hand with what the Beaufort Redevelopment Commission envisions for growing and diversifying our economy,” said Linda Roper, Beaufort’s court and contracts administrator, who will be the city’s liaison to the Don Ryan Center.\r\n\r\nThe Don Ryan Center for Innovation is designed for entrepreneurs who anticipate a 12-18 month development cycle. Its Beaufort work is focused on non-technology businesses. Those will be referred to the Beaufort Digital Corridor at 500 Carteret St.\r\n\r\n“We are looking forward to great things happening” in the center, Roper said. “We all hear from people who have great ideas for new businesses, and now we have local and expert support to move those ideas into reality.”\r\n\r\nSince 2012, the Don Ryan Center has helped more than 96 companies. David Nelems is executive director for the Don Ryan Center. Contact him at dnelems@townofbluffton.com or 843-540-0405. 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(31015, 4, '2017-01-26 08:31:51', '2017-01-26 13:31:51', 'The fourth annual Chilly Bean Run and Chili Cookoff is just around the corner.\r\n\r\nThe race, which is held on the Saturday before Super Bowl Sunday, will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, in the Coosaw Point neighborhood on Lady\'s Island in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nRunners can choose between two USATF certified distances, 5K or 10K, and will be chip-timed by Palmetto Running Company.\r\n\r\nWalkers, runners, families, kids and dogs are all encouraged to participate. Participants are also welcome to bring their four-legged running partner. The race is (leashed) dog-friendly.\r\n\r\nKnown for its after-party, the Chilly Bean Run &amp; Chili Cookoff will once again feature a DJ warmup and runner send-off, live music by The Bull Grapes and all-you-can eat chili cooked by amateur chefs and pro chefs from local restaurants.\r\n\r\nCraft beer, kid’s plates and other concessions will be available for sale.\r\n\r\nAll participants get a free ticket to the chili cookoff after-party, and runners over age 21 receive a free recovery beer after the race.\r\n\r\nLast year\'s race sold out at over 500 runners, and based on current registrations, organizers expect another sellout.\r\n\r\nPre-registration is recommended at Runsignup.com. Race day registration is available, but has sold out for the past two years.\r\n\r\nTickets to the after-party will be available on-site. A chili cookoff ticket is $10, and a bottomless beer cup is $15 for one, $20 for two.\r\n\r\nThe race offers various award categories, such as Furthest Distance Traveled to Run, Oldest Participant, Youngest Participant, First Military Finisher, First Dog to Cross the Finish Line and First Stroller.\r\n\r\nThis year\'s race benefits CAPA, the Child Abuse and Prevention Association in Beaufort. Proceeds from the race will be used to purchase computer equipment as well as other needed school supplies for the study rooms at the CAPA Open Arms Children\'s home.\r\n\r\nCAPA’s mission is to break the destructive cycle of child abuse and neglect by equipping parents, children and their caregivers with necessary skills, knowledge and values. Visit www.capabeaufort.org.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the race and after-party, visit www.getchilly.org.', 'It\'s time to get chilly!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'its-time-to-get-chilly', '', '', '2017-01-26 08:35:15', '2017-01-26 13:35:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31015', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(31016, 4, '2017-01-26 08:32:36', '2017-01-26 13:32:36', '<em>Photo above: Beaufort Academy’s Kendal Duncan, left, and Karolina Struharova shut down Hilton Head Prep’s Kirstin Clark, center, from making a basket Jan. 20 at BA. Hilton Head Prep defeated the Lady Eagles 46-24. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>HIGH SCHOOL </b><b>BASKETBALL</b></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES0337.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31017\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31017\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES0337.jpg\" alt=\"_RES0337\" width=\"1400\" height=\"974\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31019\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1106\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES0498.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31019\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31019\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES0498.jpg\" alt=\"Luice Harper, right, tries for a layup against a stiff Hilton Head Prep defense on Jan. 20 at Beaufort Academy. \" width=\"1106\" height=\"1400\" /></a> Luice Harper, right, tries for a layup against a stiff Hilton Head Prep defense on Jan. 20 at Beaufort Academy.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort Academy drops </b><b>home game to HH Prep</b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy struggled after intermission in its latest boys\' high school basketball battle versus Hilton Head Prep. Visiting Hilton Head Prep pulled away to beat the Eagles 62-40 on Jan. 20.\r\n\r\nHilton Head Prep posted its eighth consecutive win.\r\n\r\nWith the win, Hilton Head Prep improved to 13-2 overall and 6-0 in the region.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy dropped to 9-4 overall and 4-3 in the region with the loss.\r\n\r\nHaddith Stewart scored a game-high 24 points to lead Hilton Head Prep to its eighth straight win.\r\n\r\nThe game slipped away from the Beaufort Academy boys\' basketball squad in the second half.\r\n\r\nHilton Head Prep took a hard-fought 24-23 lead into halftime.\r\n\r\nThriving after intermission, Hilton Head Prep held Beaufort Academy to only five points in the third quarter. Excelling late, Hilton Head Prep scored 24 points in the fourth quarter to pull away convincingly.\r\n\r\nAccompanying Stewart in double figures for the Dolphins, Javonne Watson scored 15 points and Mac Orie contributed 11 points.\r\n\r\nKevin Williams paced Beaufort Academy with a team-high 13 points. Williams was the only Eagle to reach double figures in the scoring column.\r\n\r\nLuke Harper finished one field goal short of reaching double figures, tallying eight points for the Eagles in the setback.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy suffered its second straight loss. The Eagles had lost on the road at Hilton Head Christian Academy earlier in the week.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy is slated to visit Hilton Head Prep for a regular-season finale on Feb. 14.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles entered the week with additional regular-season games remaining versus St. Andrew\'s, Faith Christian, Thomas Heyward Academy, John Paul II, Coastal Christian Prep, Bethesda Academy, Colleton Prep Academy and Hilton Head Christian Academy.\r\n\r\n<b>Battery Creek beats </b><b>Benedictine, 55-48</b>\r\n\r\nThe Battery Creek Dolphins returned to the win column over the weekend of Jan. 20, beating the visiting Benedictine Cadets 55-48 in a mid-season boys\' high school basketball game on Jan. 21.\r\n\r\nBattery Creek completed a regular-season sweep of Benedictine for its second win in the 2016-17 season. The Dolphins outlasted Benedictine 60-56 in overtime on the road in nearby Savannah on Jan. 3.\r\n\r\nBattery Creek carried a 2-15 overall record out of the matchup. Following the loss, Benedictine dropped to 4-12 overall.\r\n\r\nSenior Isaiah Mayes led Battery Creek to the victory. Mayes, an underrated performer, scored a game-high 28 points for the Dolphins in the winning effort. Starting strong, Mayes scored 15 points for the Battery Creek boys\' basketball unit in the first half.\r\n\r\nMultiple players helped to push Battery Creek to the victory.\r\n\r\nSophomore Myles Middleton finished one field goal short of reaching double figures for the Dolphins, scoring eight points out of a starting role.\r\n\r\nBattery Creek, a team under the direction of head coach Antoine Youmans, entered this week with regular-season games remaining versus Wade Hampton, Bluffton, Ridgeland-Hardeeville and May River.\r\n\r\n<b>Whale Branch loses </b><b>doubleheader to Burke </b>\r\n\r\nHost Whale Branch dropped boys\' basketball and girls\' basketball games to Burke recently. Burke swept a high school basketball doubleheader from Whale Branch on Jan. 20.\r\n\r\nIn a girls\' high school basketball game, Burke beat Whale Branch 55-24.\r\n\r\nBurke defeated Whale Branch 55-46 in a boys\' high school basketball game.\r\n\r\nMore on each Whale Branch-Burke basketball matchup follows.\r\n\r\n<b>Girls: Burke 55, Whale Branch 24: </b>Playing at home, Whale Branch couldn\'t get going offensively as visiting Burke pulled away to win 55-24 in a girls\' high school basketball game on Jan. 20.\r\n\r\nWith the loss, Whale Branch stumbled to 2-12 overall and 0-3 in the region.\r\n\r\nBurke improved to 12-5 overall and 5-0 in the region with the win.\r\n\r\nHost Whale Branch was forced to play from behind throughout the region contest. Burke outscored Whale Branch 15-2 in the first quarter and later carried a commanding 29-11 lead into halftime.\r\n\r\nStarting strong after intermission, Burke outscored Whale Branch 17-7 in the third quarter.\r\n\r\n<b>Boys: Burke 55, Whale Branch 46:</b> Homestanding Whale Branch suffered its first region loss as Burke pulled away to win 55-46 in a boys\' high school basketball game on Jan. 20.\r\n\r\nWhale Branch and Burke met for a highly-anticipated showdown on the hardwood.\r\n\r\nWith the loss, Whale Branch slipped to 13-5 overall and 4-1 in the region.\r\n\r\nBurke, which claimed its sixth consecutive victory, improved to 12-3 overall and 5-0 in the region.\r\n\r\nAnthony Hill paced Burke with a game-high 17 points. Finishing directly behind Hill in the Burke scoring column, Algernard Young scored 16 points.\r\n\r\nKenny Brown paced Whale Branch with 15 points.\r\n\r\n<b>Moyd leads Beaufort High </b><b>to win over Cane Bay</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort High girls\' basketball team halted a three-game losing skid on Jan. 20, defeating longtime rival Cane Bay 51-44.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High improved to 11-7 overall and 1-3 in the region with the win.\r\n\r\nWith the loss, Cane Bay dropped to 6-12 overall and 0-4 in the region.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles stayed a few baskets ahead of Cane Bay in the longtime rivals\' latest meeting on the hardwood.\r\n\r\nNaijui Moyd paced Beaufort High with a game-high 22 points. Moyd led a duo of scorers in double figures for the Eagles in the victory.\r\n\r\nJoining Moyd in double figures for the Eagles, Imari Smalls posted 18 points.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High\'s recent losing skid consisted of losses to foes Stall, Colleton County and Berkeley, all of whom are Region 8-4A opponents.\r\n\r\nProductive Beaufort High dealt Cane Bay its eighth consecutive loss. Cane Bay hasn\'t won since defeating Pinewood Prep 36-30 on Dec. 27, 2016.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles are scheduled to visit Cane Bay for a late-season matchup on Feb. 7.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High entered the week with additional regular-season games remaining versus Hilton Head, Stall, Colleton County and Berkeley.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>HIGH SCHOOL </b><b>WRESTLING</b></span></p>\r\n<b>Battery Creek downs </b><b>Timberland, Waccamaw </b>\r\n\r\nThe Battery Creek wrestling team swept rivals Timberland and Waccamaw in a tri-match on Jan. 18.\r\n\r\nBattery Creek excelled in each of the two matches. The Dolphins defeated Timberland 48-13. In another match, Battery Creek beat Waccamaw 62-15.\r\n\r\nWith the triumph, Battery Creek improved its overall record to 33-6.\r\n\r\nFive different Battery Creek wrestlers posted two wins apiece as the Dolphins rolled to another victory. Grapplers Nate Torres, Tyrus Singleton, Omar Daniels, Kayleb Jones and Cooper Kaminsky each went 2-0 for the victorious Battery Creek wrestling squad.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>FISHING</b></span></p>\r\n<b>Sportfishing, diving club to meet Feb. 9</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club\'s February meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club located on Lady\'s Island off of Meridian Road. The social begins at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nLocal guide, Capt. Wes Chesnutt, will present resetting fishing techniques with the transformation from winter to spring fishing inshore and nearshore waters.\r\n\r\nAs a bonus, Capt. Josh Boyles of Southern Draw Outfitters will present the latest and greatest fishing rod and reels for inshore and nearshore fishing.\r\n\r\nGuests are welcomee and do not need a reservation. For additional information, contact Capt. Frank Gibson at 843-522-2122 or email fgibson@islc.net.', 'Sports briefs for January 26th-February 1st', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sports-briefs-for-january-26th-february-1st', '', '', '2017-01-26 08:32:36', '2017-01-26 13:32:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31016', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31019, 4, '2017-01-26 08:31:56', '2017-01-26 13:31:56', '', '_RES0498', 'Luice Harper, right, tries for a layup against a stiff Hilton Head Prep defense on Jan. 20 at Beaufort Academy. ', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', '_res0498', '', '', '2017-01-26 08:32:24', '2017-01-26 13:32:24', '', 31016, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES0498.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(31021, 4, '2017-01-26 08:38:06', '2017-01-26 13:38:06', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-8.34.39-AM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31023\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31023\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-8.34.39-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-26 at 8.34.39 AM\" width=\"1810\" height=\"1218\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHow uncommon is it to see the S&amp;P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq Composite and the Russell 2000 Indexes all break out to new all-time highs on the same day?\r\n\r\nSince 1979, there have only been 13 such occurrences, including the most recent occurrence on Nov. 21, 2016.\r\n\r\nPiper Jaffrey’s December issue of “The Informed Investor” included a nice summary of the types of market returns we have seen after such “Quadfecta” days.\r\n\r\nFollowing the Republicans trifecta sweep during the election, the popular averages posted quadfecta highs, representing the rare occurrence when the SPX, DJIA, COMPQ and RUT all close at record highs on the same trading day.\r\n\r\nThe recent November quadfecta highs was the first time this has occurred since December 1999.\r\n\r\nFrom our perspective, the major averages simultaneously breaking out to new highs confirms broad participation in the rally and provides further evidence to our secular bull market thesis.\r\n\r\nA historical review of other quadfecta highs offers compelling results in regards to expected future returns.\r\n\r\nAlthough there are a limited number of occurrences since 1979, the major indices have generated meaningful returns over the ensuing 26-week and 52-week periods. Additionally, the percent of positive returns has far outpaced negative returns on a historical basis.\r\n\r\nThe table above highlights various return metrics after quadfecta highs have been reached.\r\n\r\nAs you can see, the SPX, DJIA and COMPQ traded higher 75 percent of the time on a 52-week basis. The RUT was higher 67 percent of the time after the same time period. Average returns also look healthy across the board with the major indices averaging at least 8 percent returns over the next 52 weeks.\r\n\r\nStrong indications of healthy market breadth have historically tended to be a good sign for future equity returns.\r\n\r\n<i>This article was written by Dorsey Wright and Associates, Inc., and provided by Arthur Levin, managing cirector, TLS Wealth Management of Raymond James. Levin is a financial advisor with Raymond James &amp; Associates Inc., member New York Stock Exchange/SIPC, located at 2015 Boundary St., Suite 220, Beaufort SC 29902. He can be contacted at 843-379-6100 or  arthur.levin@raymondjames.com or visit www.tlswealthmanagement.com</i>\r\n\r\n<i>Opinions expressed in the attached article are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Raymond James. Raymond James is not affiliated with nor endorses the author or his firm. All opinions are as of this date and are subject to change without notice.</i>', 'November ‘quadfecta’ is rarity in stock market', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'november-quadfecta-is-rarity-in-stock-market', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:12:20', '2018-07-12 15:12:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31021', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31024, 4, '2017-01-26 08:40:11', '2017-01-26 13:40:11', '<b>Sheriff’s office looking </b><b>for stolen vehicle</b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/vehicle.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31029\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31029\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/vehicle.jpeg\" alt=\"vehicle\" width=\"240\" height=\"173\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriﬀ’s Oﬃce is attempting to locate a dark green John Deere 625I Gator that was stolen from 43 Back Gate Road in Sheldon.\r\n\r\nAnyone with information should call Cpl. Duncan at 843-255-3418 or 843-524-2777. To remain anonymous and for a possible reward, call 888-CRIME-SC (888-274-6372).\r\n\r\n<b>Man wanted on charges </b><b>of harassment</b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31027\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"181\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/owen.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31027\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31027\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/owen.jpeg\" alt=\"Jason John Owen\" width=\"181\" height=\"240\" /></a> Jason John Owen[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff’s Offices is searching for Jason John Owen. He is wanted for harassment in the first degree.\r\n\r\nAnyone with information can call Cpl. Jennifer Snider at 843-255-3421 or Beaufort County Dispatch at 843-524-2777. To remain anonymous and for a possible reward, call 888-CRIME-SC (888-274-6372).\r\n\r\n<b>Sheriff’s office searching </b><b>for burglary suspect</b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31028\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"187\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/seno.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31028\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31028\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/seno.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Edward Seno\" width=\"187\" height=\"240\" /></a> Justin Edward Seno[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Justin Edward Seno. He is wanted in connection with a burglary that occurred on Bray\'s Island in October 2016 during Hurricane Matthew.\r\n\r\nAnyone with information can call Cpl. Todd Duncan at 843-255-3418 of Beaufort County Dispatch at 843-524-2777. To remain anonymous and for a possible reward, call 888-CRIME-SC (888-274-6372).\r\n\r\n<b>Public warned about </b><b>current email scam</b>\r\n\r\nThe South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA) is urging the public to be wary of imposter scams.\r\n\r\nAn email is circulating that appears to be from SCDCA and encourages recipients to click on a link for more information. This email is not from SCDCA.\r\n\r\nThe email apparently targets attorneys and references a consumer complaint filed against the business. It is a phishing e-mail and if the link or attachment provided is clicked, a scammer can install malware on the computer.\r\n\r\nTo avoid this type of scam, remember:\r\n\r\n• Check the email address. Does the email address have typos or seem out of the ordinary? For example, since SCDCA is a government entity, all its email addresses end with the domain .gov. An email from “SCDCA” that ends in .com or .org is a scam red flag.\r\n\r\n• Was the e-mail in a junk folder? E-mail providers use filters to help weed out spam and scams.\r\n\r\n• Review the email carefully. Look for typos, grammatical errors and suspicious requests. Is the name of the agency spelled correctly? When in doubt, pick up the phone and contact the sender directly with a phone number not found in the email.\r\n\r\n• Report. Always report phishing and imposter emails to the organization that the email is supposedly from. Also, consider reporting the email to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, www.IC3.gov, and your e-mail provider.\r\n\r\nFor more information on avoiding scams, see SCDCA’s scam guide, “Ditch the Pitch.” For more information about avoiding identity theft and fraud, visit www.consumer.sc.gov and click “Report Identity Theft.”\r\n\r\nTo file a complaint or get information on consumer issues, visit www.consumer.sc.gov or call 800-922-1594.\r\n\r\n<b>Man reaches in car, </b><b>steals woman’s purse</b>\r\n\r\nA woman had her purse snatched at the St. Helena Branch Library on Jan. 19.\r\n\r\nAccording to the Beaufort County Sheriff\'s Office, a man reached in her vehicle through an open door, stole her purse and ran away.\r\n\r\nSheriff\'s Office K-9 units conducted a search of the area, but were unsuccessful in locating the suspect. However, during the track of the suspect, some of the contents of the victim\'s purse were recovered.\r\n\r\nThe suspect is a black man in his late teens, about 6 feet tall and slender. He was wearing a dark-colored, long-sleeve pullover jacket and gray running pants.\r\n\r\nAnyone with information is encouraged to call 911. To remain anonymous and for a possible reward, call 888-CRIME-SC (888-274-6372).\r\n\r\n<b>Man gets 7 years for </b><b>robbing post office</b>\r\n\r\nA man was sentenced recently for holding up a post office.\r\n\r\nAccording to the 14th Circuit Solicitor\'s Office, Cory Thomas Sargent, 23, of Barnwell, was sentenced to seven years for brandishing a weapon during a crime of violence.\r\n\r\nOn Jan. 20, 2016, Sargent walked into the lobby of the Allendale Post Office and asked for a price list for money orders. He then left the post office, but returned a few minutes later armed with a gun.\r\n\r\nSargent pointed the gun at the postmaster and demanded all the money orders. The postmaster handed over 36 blank postal money orders and Sargent then ran away.\r\n\r\nThe case was investigated by agents of the United States Postal Inspection Service, Allendale Police Department, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, 14th Circuit Solicitor\'s Office, Barnwell Police Department, Barnwell County Sheriff’s Office and South Carolina Probation, Pardon and Parole Services.  Special Assistant United States Attorney Carra Henderson prosecuted the case.\r\n\r\n“This conviction is the result of a relatively new partnership between the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office and the Justice Department,” said Solicitor Duffie Stone. “Assistant Solicitor Carra Henderson works full time at the United States Attorney’s Office focusing on prosecuting career criminals who have committed crimes in its five-county area (including Beaufort County). The partnership is working very well due to the support we are receiving from federal, state and local law enforcement.”\r\n\r\n<b>Public’s help sought </b><b>in solving murder</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in solving a cold case.\r\n\r\nOn Jan. 17, 2010, Eleanor McLeod, 84, was found dead in her apartment in Sandalwood Terrace in Hilton Head.\r\n\r\nShe was wheelchair-bound and relied heavily on caregivers and friends to assist her daily.\r\n\r\nA forensic autopsy revealed McLeod was strangled with a ligature, causing her death.\r\n\r\nA person of interest was identified and interviewed regarding the murder, but no charges were brought as the suspicion fell short of probable cause necessary to make an arrest.\r\n\r\nMcLeod’s apartment was frequently unlocked and was unlocked on the date of her murder, creating the opportunity for anyone to walk in and out, not just the person of interest.\r\n\r\nA reward of up to $2,500 is being offered for information leading to an arrest in any Beaufort County cold case.\r\n\r\nNo matter how insignificant it may seem, any information offered in reference to a cold case could prove to be the missing link needed to solve the case.\r\n\r\nAnyone with any information can contact Capt. Bob Bromage at 843-255-3402, 843-816-8013 or robertb@bcgov.net.\r\n\r\nTo remain anonymous, call Crimestoppers at 888-CRIME-SC (888-274-6372).\r\n\r\n<b>Three wrecks keep </b><b>fire crews busy</b>\r\n\r\nThe Burton Fire District responded to three motor vehicle accidents on Jan. 17, resulting in two people being transported to the hospital and causing traffic delays.\r\n\r\nThe first wreck was reported on Trask Parkway just past 6 a.m. Burton firefighters arrived to find a vehicle off the roadway and in the marsh. The driver was uninjured.\r\n\r\nThe second accident was reported on Paris Island Gateway just before 8:30 a.m. by the Cross Creek apartment complex. Burton firefighters arrived to an accident between a pickup truck and a passenger vehicle. The female driver of the passenger vehicle was transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries.\r\n\r\nTwo lanes of Parris Island Gateway were blocked for approximately 30 minutes while emergency crews assisted the injured and removed roadway hazards.\r\n\r\nThe third wreck occurred minutes later at the intersection of Robert Smalls Parkway and Goethe Hill Road involving a passenger vehicle and family van. The female driver of the passenger vehicle was transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries.\r\n\r\nThe Burton Fire District has responded to over 20 motor vehicle accidents so far this year. Parris Island Gateway, Trask Parkway, and Robert Smalls Parkway were roadways in which Burton fire crews responded to multiple accidents last year, including fatalities and trapped occupants.', 'Police blotter for January 26th-February 1st', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'police-blotter-for', '', '', '2017-01-26 08:49:56', '2017-01-26 13:49:56', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31024', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(31026, 4, '2017-01-26 08:45:56', '2017-01-26 13:45:56', '<em>Photo above: Door prize winners names were greeted with cheers.</em>\r\n\r\nThe ladies had a fun Island Girls Night Out at Flashback Gear at 223 Scott St. in Beaufort recently.\r\n\r\nThere were lots of door prizes, fun novelty movie gifts and more. Door prizes were donated by The Kitchen, Grace and Glory, The Antique Mall, Modern Jewelers, Beaufort Lands End Tours and several others. Owners Melissa and Chris Mullins offered great wine and food free and Irene Goodnight brought her Karaoke machine to share with the women (who got a door prize for singing).\r\n\r\nFlashback Gear carries a wide variety of fully licensed T-shirts, apparel, collectibles, mugs, cups, artwork, gifts and subscription service (Comic Pop Box) featuring movies, television shows, super heroes and numerous pop culture icons.\r\n\r\n“Everything is geared towards Generation X, but we’ve compiled other retro and contemporary collectibles as well,” the owners say. “Basically, if it is retro or popular, we might embrace it; however, we strive to find unique items with family friendly references so everyone can enjoy our place.”\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit www.flashbackgear.com.\r\n\r\n[gallery size=\"medium\" columns=\"4\" link=\"file\" ids=\"31035,31038,31040,31042\"]', 'Island Girls Night Out at Flashback Gear is fun for all', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'island-girls-night-out-at-flashback-gear-is-fun-for-all', '', '', '2017-01-26 08:45:56', '2017-01-26 13:45:56', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31026', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31032, 4, '2017-01-26 08:42:40', '2017-01-26 13:42:40', '<h3>By Cherimie Crane Weatherford</h3>\r\nThe absence of subject matter from the throes of the past few weeks is not at all cause for writer’s block.\r\n\r\nBut tip-toeing around the socially dangerous political turmoil as if avoiding shards of skin-piercing glass has become a dance I struggle to master.\r\n\r\nBobbing and weaving through perceived black and white while resting amongst the gray has been my solace in a most embroiled environment.\r\n\r\nNot being born with the talent of circumstantial silence, it behooves me to avoid most human contact; however, the needs of my husband and thriving 3-year-old provide impetus for venturing into the wild.\r\n\r\nCompletely without the ability to form sentences of which I do not believe, superfluous topics such as weather, traffic and bad hair have been my go-to small talk champions, fleeing the scene the moment talk turns towards the unkind. Creating novel, worthy excuses for exit is, after all, an art form.\r\n\r\nUnless gifted with superior swimming skills, living in a small town surrounded by often treacherous waters leaves little room for anything other than congenial conversation.\r\n\r\nWith little chance of escape, having an affable encounter is self preservation in its most fundamental form. Having opinions is a southern woman’s specialty, but having friends is quintessential. In the current atmosphere having both is quite dubious.\r\n\r\nI believe I am not alone. Women and men all over our precious town are avoiding the tightrope of political banter.\r\n\r\nNot to be confused with indifference, our avoidance is often with respectful intent.\r\n\r\nEmotions are high, frustrations abound and opinions often outweigh facts. In its simplicity it is quite beautiful: Passionate discourse encourages many people to soul search otherwise forgotten subjects. Irony and suspense keep many aware that otherwise may turn away.\r\n\r\nWhat a glorious thing it is to be American. We can despise the belief, defend the action and live to argue another day.\r\n\r\nDismissing debate and social media melee is highly advised, although like a good bottle of Merlot, often impossible not to partake and certain to cause headache.\r\n\r\nSurely peace will prevail, commonality will be sought and grocery stores, salons and restaurants will once again be safe from potential political pandemonium.\r\n\r\nUntil then, revel in the opportunity such conflict brings. Individuals are learning to stand for what they truly believe, but we must respect the differences of those with opposing views and live side by side in one of the most beautiful places on earth.\r\n\r\n<i>Cherimie Crane Weatherford, owner of SugarBelle boutique, real estate broker and observer of all things momentous and mundane, lives on Lady’s Island with her golfing husband, dancing toddler and lounging dogs.</i>', '‘Affable encounters’ are welcome in these difficult times', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'affable-encounters-are-welcome-in-these-difficult-times', '', '', '2017-01-26 08:42:40', '2017-01-26 13:42:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31032', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(31034, 4, '2017-01-26 08:47:22', '2017-01-26 13:47:22', '<b>Baby born under </b><b>special circumstances</b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31043\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"3000\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/new-baby.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31043\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31043\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/new-baby.jpg\" alt=\"Georgia Blaire Wells. Photo by Charlotte Berkeley Photography.\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2003\" /></a> Georgia Blaire Wells. Photo by Charlotte Berkeley Photography.[/caption]\r\n\r\nGeorgia Blaire Wells, second daughter of Emily and Brandon Wells of Beaufort, arrived at the Beaufort Memorial Collins Birthing Center on Jan. 19 at 10:20 a.m., delivered by Dr. Glenn Werner.\r\n\r\nWhat makes this so noteworthy?\r\n\r\nTwenty-three years ago in the same Birthing Center, Werner delivered Georgia\'s mom Emily to Kim Fields, with the same nurses, Cheryl Savel and Carolyn Thames, assisting with the delivery.\r\n\r\nAccording to Emily Fields, that wasn\'t just a coincidence, as she chose Werner for her obstetrician and then made sure Savel and Thames would be on duty for the birth.\r\n\r\n\"That is one of the things that makes Beaufort Memorial a special place,\" said Werner. \"It\'s a privilege to be able to be involved in this manner with families. But it is the staff of our hospital that is the real plus. It\'s a comfort to see those experienced faces, because you know you are going to have a good outcome.\"\r\n\r\n<b>Free diabetes program </b><b>offered on Lady’s Island</b>\r\n\r\nMore than 25 percent of people 65 and older have diabetes.\r\n\r\nA diagnosis of diabetes includes pre-diabetes and diabetes. Pre-diabetes indicates that the blood sugar is higher than normal. Without any intervention, people with pre-diabetes will develop diabetes later in life.\r\n\r\nType 2 Diabetes is a progressive disease. This means that as you age, your diabetes, most likely, will get worse. Abnormal or high blood sugar affects every part of your body and can increase your risk of complications that may include blindness, kidney failure, heart attack and stroke.\r\n\r\nMany people may not realize that lifestyle changes are the No. 1 way to prevent the progression of diabetes.\r\n\r\nThe Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence (CCME), a part of the Atlantic Quality Innovation Network (AQIN), has been contracted by Medicare to provide free Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) workshops to Medicare beneficiaries.\r\n\r\nDSME workshops are a series of five sessions that cover a variety of topics that help participants better manage their diabetes and pre-diabetes.\r\n\r\nDuring the workshops, resources and handouts are provided and participants have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss personal concerns they have about living with diabetes.\r\n\r\nEven if you have previously attended a Medicare-reimbursed class, you are invited to attend these workshops at no cost.\r\n\r\nThe five-week diabetes class will be held starting on Thursday, March 2, at St. John’s Lutheran Church at 157 Lady’s Island Drive.\r\n\r\nTo register and for more information, call 800-922-3089, ext. 7585.\r\n\r\n<b>Good Neighbor clinic </b><b>receives multiple grants</b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/good-neighbor-e1485438419386.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31039\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31039\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/good-neighbor-e1485438419386.jpg\" alt=\"good neighbor\" width=\"2790\" height=\"2203\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe Good Neighbor Free Medical Clinic of Beaufort recently received grants from The Beaufort Fund and The Bargain Box.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Fund and The Bargain Box are helping to support general operations at the clinic this year, allowing the it to continue providing free primary medical services to very low-income, uninsured adults in Beaufort County.\r\n\r\n“Especially in a year of uncertain funding for healthcare, we are very pleased to be able to continue serving patients who have no other local source of free health care,” said Carol J. McConn, clinical director at Good Neighbor Free Medical Clinic. “These grants help to ensure that we will be able to continue serving all qualified patients who request care at the clinic.”\r\n\r\nThe Good Neighbor Free Medical Clinic of Beaufort is a faith-based organization, serving very low-income, uninsured adults in Beaufort County. It is located on Lady’s Island.\r\n\r\nIn 2016, the clinic provided medical care to 476 patients who made 1,604 visits for medical treatment and uncounted visits for health education, prescription assistance and pastoral care.', 'Health briefs for January 26th-February 1st', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'health-briefs-for-january-26th-february-1st', '', '', '2017-01-26 08:47:22', '2017-01-26 13:47:22', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31034', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31037, 4, '2017-01-26 08:45:24', '2017-01-26 13:45:24', '<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">PROVIDED BY STATE FARM</h4>\r\nYou\'ve packed up your suitcase and booked your itinerary, but before you board the plane, take the time to protect your home while you\'re out of town.\r\n\r\n<b>Inside the house</b>\r\n\r\n• Set timers on interior lights. This goes a long way in deterring burglars, who often look for crimes of opportunity. Don\'t allow your house to appear as if no one is home.\r\n\r\n• Prevent power surges. You never know if a power surge can occur, so be prepared. Disconnect the computer, TV, stereo and other electronics, or make sure they are plugged safely into a surge protector.\r\n\r\n• Don\'t make telltale status updates. Never broadcast your location on Facebook or Twitter. Even if you think that it\'s only your friends or colleagues viewing your online profiles, it\'s safest not to leave any sort of opening for a possible burglar.\r\n\r\n• Alert your alarm company. If you have an automatic security system in place, call your representative, announcing you\'ll be away from home for an extended period of time. Make sure the alarm is set properly when you leave.\r\n\r\n• Secure valuables. If you don\'t already have your jewelry or other valuables in a safe deposit box, now might be the time to do so. Doing this also ensures that you don\'t leave out anything valuable in plain sight that a burglar might be able to see from a window.\r\n\r\n• Set the HVAC. Set a programmable thermostat to lower your heat or air conditioning usage.\r\n\r\n• Protect your pipes. Make sure pipes in vulnerable areas such as attics, basements and crawlspaces are insulated. In unusually cold weather, set your thermostat at 55 degrees or above.\r\n\r\n• It might seem obvious, but double-check just to be sure: Lock all doors and windows.\r\n\r\n<b>Outside the house</b>\r\n\r\n• Arrange for lawn care. Have your landscaping tended to by a friendly neighbor or local service. Before you leave, trim tree branches that might allow access to a climbing burglar.\r\n\r\n• Stop newspapers and mail. Stop mail and newspaper deliveries, or have them regularly picked up by a neighbor. Again, you don\'t want to easily clue in a burglar to your absence by the mounting newspapers on your doorstep.\r\n\r\n• Plan some exterior lighting. Set these lights on timers to deter burglars.\r\n\r\n• Don\'t leave spare keys outdoors. Collect any hidden spare keys from around the exterior of your home. Remember, burglars know the most popular hiding places, like beneath mats and in potted plants.\r\n\r\n• Lock the garage. Even if there is no entrance to your house from the garage, there\'s still a chance&nbsp; that numerous things will be stolen. Secure the door and any entrances to the garage.', 'Going out of town? Checklist will help keep your home safe', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'going-out-of-town-checklist-will-help-keep-your-home-safe', '', '', '2018-07-26 10:17:43', '2018-07-26 14:17:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31037', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31045, 4, '2017-01-26 08:49:28', '2017-01-26 13:49:28', '<em>Photo above: The Gov. Paul Hamilton Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution honored Beaufort Eagle Scout Logan McFee as the Chapter\'s 2015 Eagle Scout of the Year. Chapter Eagle Scout Scholarship Chairman Jody Henson made the delayed presentation in front of the black marble monolith dedicated in August of 2015 to fallen law enforcement officers in Beaufort County. The monolith was the idea of McFee for his Eagle Scout project, which was to be completed in the year he would be honored by Troop 251 as an Eagle Scout. From left are Henson, Joanne McFee, Mike McFee, Logan McFee and parents Sam and Robert McFee. Photo by Shannon Earwood.</em>\r\n\r\n<b>CODA, Hope Haven </b><b>are combining forces</b>\r\n\r\nCODA and Hope Haven have merged to become Hopeful Horizons, a children’s advocacy, domestic violence and rape crisis center.\r\n\r\nThe merger will expand the impact in the community and provide an umbrella of services under one roof to make it easier for families to seek help.\r\n\r\nThis proactive measure was taken in order to better advocate for and treat those impacted by abuse and to raise awareness about child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault and their overlap.\r\n\r\n“As a united team, we can do even more to advance our ongoing mission to protect, treat and prevent,” said Hopeful Horizons CEO Shauw Chin Capps. “Together, we will empower victims, educate the public and provide a one-stop shop with comprehensive services for victims of violence and abuse.”\r\n\r\n“CODA and Hope Haven are not going away, but coming together,” said Hopeful Horizons COO Kristin Dubrowski. “The DNA of each organization is the foundation of Hopeful Horizons.”\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Sheriff PJ Tanner is a fan of the merger.\r\n\r\n“I’m very excited about this merger for our community,” he said. “It is a huge milestone and will have such a positive impact in meeting the needs for victims of child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault.\r\n\r\n“Both CODA and Hope Haven have been partners with my office for many years. They do tremendous work and the coming together of these two strong organizations will further strengthen our ability as a community to combat these crimes.”\r\n\r\nSolicitor Duffie Stone said, \"Hopeful Horizons is a critical partner in the multi-disciplinary approach to abuse that protects victims during investigation and enhances criminal prosecution. I am thrilled that the merger will allow Hopeful Horizons to reach more people.\"\r\n\r\nFor more information on the mission and vision of Hopeful Horizons, visit www.hopefulhorizons.org.\r\n\r\n<b>Bridge repairs to cause </b><b>lane closures on S.C. 170</b>\r\n\r\nThere will be temporary, single-lane closures on Okatie Highway (S.C. 170) east and west from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, Jan. 27.\r\n\r\nThe lane closures are necessary for repair work on the bridges over the Broad and Chechessee rivers.\r\n\r\nBarricades, cones, signs and flashing arrows will be utilized for the work zone.\r\n\r\nThe public is asked to exercise caution while driving through the area.\r\n\r\n<b>Fripp Audubon Club </b><b>to meet on Jan. 26</b>\r\n\r\nThe Fripp Audubon Club will meet on Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Fripp Community Center.\r\n\r\nThere will be a meet-and-greet reception at 6 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nAttendees will hear a presentation by Drs. Miles Hayes and Jacqueline Michel about the coastal geology and ecology of South Carolina.\r\n\r\nThere will also be opportunities to renew memberships, learn about, or volunteer for, different Audubon-related activities such as the Bluebird Trail and Audubon in the Schools and win a prize in the Audubon raffle.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the club, visit www.islc.net/audubon.\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort History Museum </b><b>to hold annual meeting</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort History Museum\'s annual meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in the museum hall located on the second floor of the Arsenal, 713 Craven St. in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nAfter the meeting, there will be a reception featuring hors d\' oeuvres and wines.\r\n\r\n<b>Third, final pass for debris removal underway</b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County’s debris removal contractors are urging residents to refrain from placing debris not generated by Hurricane Matthew at the right-of-way after the start of the third and final debris removal pass for that area.\r\n\r\nThe third and final pass began in most of Beaufort County on Jan. 3.\r\n\r\nDebris placed at the right-of-way after the third pass is complete for any area will not be picked up by county contractors and is prohibited by FEMA regulations and federal law.\r\n\r\nA substantial number of residents have continued to bring debris to the curb, some of which appears to be green and freshly cut. All residents should be advised only debris from the hurricane should be placed at the right-of-way.\r\n\r\nThe county’s debris removal contractor has removed nearly 1.5 million cubic yards of debris from public and private roads and rights-of-way throughout the county.\r\n\r\nIt is expected that debris removal operations from rights-of-way should be complete by the end of February. Marine debris removal operations are expected to take longer.\r\n\r\nDebris removal by county contractors is limited by federal law. Leaves and small limbs should be disposed of in the same way yard waste is normally disposed.\r\n\r\nSmall amounts of Class 2 debris can be disposed of at County Convenience Centers. Class 2 waste includes building materials, drywall, lumber, carpet, furniture, mattresses and plumbing.\r\n\r\n<b>Lady’s Island forum </b><b>has been rescheduled</b>\r\n\r\nThe Lady\'s Island Community Forum: Designing A Future for Lady\'s Island, has been rescheduled from Jan. 12 to Thursday, Feb. 23, due to a speaker having to cancel because of an unforeseen emergency.\r\n\r\nDetails on the time, place and other information will be released in the coming weeks.\r\n\r\nThe Sea Island Corridor Coalition and the Coastal Conservation League will host this event, which will focus on rethinking the future of Lady\'s Island and the S.C. 21/Sea Island Parkway corridor.\r\n\r\nThe public is encouraged to attend to discuss issues related to development, traffic and community preservation.\r\n\r\n<b>Correction for Jan. 19 edition of  Island News</b>\r\n\r\nSinger and educator Dr. Marlena Smalls was incorrectly identified in a picture in the Jan. 19 edition of The Island News.', 'News briefs for January 26th-February 1st', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'news-briefs-for-january-26th-february-1st', '', '', '2017-01-26 08:49:28', '2017-01-26 13:49:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31045', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31050, 4, '2017-01-26 09:00:22', '2017-01-26 14:00:22', '<em>Photo above: Smoked pulled pork sliders</em>\r\n\r\n<i>Editor’s note: Members of our staff, aka the Lunch Bunch, go out to lunch to give you the rundown on the food and the atmosphere at local restaurants (OK, admittedly we also like to go out to eat, so win-win!). This week: Beaufort Bread Company</i>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31057\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"3024\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_9821-e1485439205783.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31057\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31057\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_9821-e1485439205783.jpg\" alt=\"Beaufort Bread Company owners, Eric and Robin Staton\" width=\"3024\" height=\"1995\" /></a> Beaufort Bread Company owners, Eric and Robin Staton[/caption]\r\n<h3>By Kat Walsh</h3>\r\nThe sign outside reads bread, but step inside and you’ll instantly have two thoughts: “This isn’t just a bread company.” And “thank goodness.”\r\n\r\nAt the Beaufort Bread Company (BBC) you’ll find all the things the bread can be – the forms it can take, from Lowcountry sourdough to bourbon cinnamon rolls, and the wonderful, magical and sometimes surprising things it can be a vehicle for, everything from creative Sammies to hand-crafted fresh chicken apricot sausage. It’s a place to enjoy bread in all its incarnations – and share in savoring the experience.\r\n\r\nThe atmosphere is welcoming and casual, a quaint and cozy balance between \"let us serve you,\" and \"we trust you to serve yourself.\"\r\n\r\nCustomers place their own orders and get their own beverages from the drink bar. While waiting to place your order, take the opportunity to drool over the freshly made baked goods and the Chalkboard Specials, which reveal the delicious results of the team’s daily brainstorming sessions.\r\n\r\nOwners Robin and Eric Staton love creating new combinations and their menus and specials reflect their belief in “thinking globally and purchasing locally.”\r\n\r\nSome of my lunch companions arrived knowing exactly what they wanted to order, while the rest of us hemmed and hawed between this and that. Ordering at BBC is a difficult endeavor – just as you read one item that sounds delicious, you see the next offering which sounds amazing. In the end, it’s a win-win: No matter what you order, odds are, you’ll love it.\r\n\r\nWhile waiting for our food, we made the most of our time carefully watching what others had ordered, matching what we saw on their plates to what we read on the menu and mentally making notes about what to try next time.\r\n\r\nIrene Goodnight, our IGNO sales creator, wisely ordered her usual, the Asian Rice Noodle Salad. A temping tangle of rice noodles, ginger chicken, Thai peanut dressing, her order received many glances from her tablemates.\r\n\r\nBetty Davis, one of our sales reps, returned to her beloved Farro and Beet Salad. A creative mixing of beets, craisins and walnut-goat cheese makes the salad a popular item with many.\r\n\r\nGraphic Designer Hope Falls Oswald and I ordered the Cobb Salad.\r\n\r\n“This is one of my favorites,” admitted Robin as she delivered our plates.\r\n\r\nA standard on most menus in most places, the Cobb Salad gets new life in the hands of BBC with hearts of palm and a homemade white balsamic vinaigrette.\r\n\r\nElizabeth Newberry, one of our publishers, got the Buttermilk Fried Chicken Sandwich. When her order arrived, complete with Southern slaw and dill pickles, she practically clapped her hands in glee. As our group wrapped up our meal, Elizabeth looked down at her empty plate and said “I thought it would be way too much for me to eat, but …”\r\n\r\nKim Newton, our other publisher, ordered the daily special – smoked pulled pork sliders topped with sweet vinegar coleslaw served with hand-cut french fries. Like many of us, she had a hard time deciding exactly what to get, but as soon as her order was placed in front of her, she knew she had ordered well. After one bite, her reaction, “I’m so glad I ordered this.”\r\n\r\nAnd there’s more to BBC than just lunch. Breakfast is served daily and a Saturday brunch offers, among other one-of-a-kind items, an omelette unlike any other. And don’t forget Flatbread Night.\r\n\r\nOnce a month, on Saturday night, the Statons create a menu of five different flatbreads, set up their wood fire oven out front, and set about building and baking made-to-order flatbreads.\r\n\r\nJanuary’s Flatbread Night is Saturday, Jan. 28. Three evening seatings are offered and carryouts are available.\r\n\r\nLooking around the crowded yet cozy space, it seems that BBC is succeeding in its goal of creating “fun in your mouth cuisine.”\r\n\r\n<i>Beaufort Bread Company, located on Lady’s Island at 102 Sea Island Parkway, is open from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Brunch is served from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays. </i>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31065\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"4032\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_9814.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31065\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31065\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_9814.jpg\" alt=\"Cobb Salad\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" /></a> Cobb Salad[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31060\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"3024\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_9816-e1485438909489.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31060\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31060\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_9816-e1485438909489.jpg\" alt=\"Asian Rice Noodle Salad\" width=\"3024\" height=\"3396\" /></a> Asian Rice Noodle Salad[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31058\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"3024\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_9815.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31058\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31058\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_9815.jpg\" alt=\"Hand-cut french fries\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" /></a> Hand-cut french fries[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31053\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"4032\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_9819-e1485439019946.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31053\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31053\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_9819-e1485439019946.jpg\" alt=\"Buttermilk Fried Chicken Sandwich\" width=\"4032\" height=\"1864\" /></a> Buttermilk Fried Chicken Sandwich[/caption]', 'At BBC, bread is just the beginning', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'at-bbc-bread-is-just-the-beginning', '', '', '2017-01-26 09:00:22', '2017-01-26 14:00:22', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31050', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31056, 4, '2017-01-26 08:57:03', '2017-01-26 13:57:03', '<em>Shown above at Pluff Mudd Coffee Company are Natasha Bochenek, left, co-owner Nick Gregoire and Chelsea Lynn. Not shown is co-owner Megan Gregoire. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em>\r\n<h3>By Kat Walsh</h3>\r\nIt’s not yet 10 a.m., the Tuesday before Christmas, and Megan Gregoire is busy moving the heavily decorated Christmas tree in her shop.\r\n\r\nThe Helena Place volunteer just arrived to pick up the gifts her customers donated. But there are so many presents – her customers are more generous than even she imagined – that the only way to get them out of the shop is through the side door. Where the Christmas tree stands.\r\n\r\nAt the other end of the shop, her colleague, Tash Selman, answers the phone. The caller wants to know if there is still room for her son in Friday’s story and craft hour, the last one of the year.\r\n\r\nThe scene ends predictably well – the tree safely moved, the gifts picked up, the reservation made – but the setting may surprise you. It’s a coffee shop.\r\n\r\nPluff Mudd Coffee Company in Port Royal isn’t a typical coffee shop by any measure.\r\n\r\nIt’s hard to believe that just two years ago, Nick and Megan Gregoire were in the market for a storefront for the bicycle repair and rental shop that threatened to take over their front yard.\r\n\r\n“I had envisioned a bicycle repair and retail shop with a limited coffee menu that could be located along the new Spanish Moss Trail,” says Nick. But one day, as they were out looking for spaces, the Gregoires stumbled upon the old gas station in Port Royal.\r\n\r\n“I walked inside and fell in love. It had a warm rustic feeling. It was unique, exactly the type of coffee shops I love,” says Megan.\r\n\r\nInspired by the small cafes Megan grew up with, “that place you went to every morning, where you knew everyone and felt at home,” the couple went about building a different kind of coffee shop.\r\n\r\nFrom the very beginning, serving family and the community have been priorities for Pluff Mudd.\r\n\r\nThere’s the Kids Corner, a small play area filled with toys for the little ones.\r\n\r\n“I wanted it to be a place where mothers could bring their kids, sit down and enjoy their coffee and not have to worry about rushing out the door right away,” says Megan.\r\n\r\nIn addition, the Pay It Forward Wall continues to be popular.\r\n\r\nFor $5, you can donate a cup of coffee to whomever you want.\r\n\r\n“We’ve had everything on the wall from single mothers to construction workers to first responders. I think it’s a great way for people to anonymously help someone out who may be needing it, and it’s fun to see what people will think of,” says Nick.\r\n\r\nCustomers, of course, are the heart of the growing Pluff Mudd community.\r\n\r\n“I love seeing a regular customer come in and getting their drink started before they even place their order,” says Selman “We strive to keep our customers happy and have a lot of fun doing it. The banter makes me smile multiple times a day.”\r\n\r\nIf there’s any question as to whether Pluff Mudd has succeeded in becoming a home away from home to its customers, just ask customer Lee Padgett.\r\n\r\nA man who likes his coffee and knows his coffee shops, Padgett says, “The people in most places who wait on you do become friendly, but here, they become friends.”\r\n\r\nPadgett first met Nick as he was getting the shop ready, “looking like a happy toddler who spent the day outside playing.” The two quickly became friends and Padgett became an extra helping hand.\r\n\r\n“Everything from hanging fans to going on a milk run for us, Lee has been a true blessing to the shop from day one,” says Megan.\r\n\r\nIt’s telling that in a story about a coffee shop, the subject of coffee just now comes up.\r\n\r\nIt’s certainly not because the coffee at Pluff Mudd isn’t worth talking about, but rather just because there’s so much to talk about.\r\n\r\nDrip of the day coffees – all from local roasters – rotate daily. There’s everything one would expect at a coffee shop: hot and cold coffee drinks, fresh baked goods and some unique finds.\r\n\r\nFor the non-coffee lovers, there are protein fruit smoothies and a variety of teas. “We serve Yorkshire tea in proper china mugs, a massive hit with our British customers,” says Selman.\r\n\r\nAnd while it’s exciting to think about the possibilities in the future, Nick doesn’t want to get too far ahead of himself.\r\n\r\n“I never expected in a hundred years I’d be running a coffee shop, yet here I am,” says Nick. “I think when we make plans, God just laughs and shakes his head. I’m just holding on and enjoying the ride.”\r\n\r\nPluff Mudd Coffee Company is located at 1632A Paris Ave. in Port Royal. 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(31067, 4, '2017-01-26 09:03:27', '2017-01-26 14:03:27', '<em>Photo above: Officials and guests get together for a ribbon cutting at the Beaufort Digital Corridor on Carteret Street.</em>\r\n<h3>Staff reports</h3>\r\nThe Beaufort Digital Corridor has snagged its first tech startup.\r\n\r\nVireo Labs will be the first technology company to move into BASEcamp, Beaufort’s business incubator and co-working office designed to meet the transitional professional office needs of technology- and knowledge-based entrepreneurs seeking adaptable, affordable office and conference facilities.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Digital Corridor is an offshoot of the Charleston Digital Corridor, which in 15 years has seen its tech economy grow from 18 companies in 2001 to 350-plus companies in 2015. With an average wage of $88,066, pay at tech companies is almost twice the average of regional and state wages.\r\n\r\nLocated at 500 Carteret St., the remodeled office space targets small businesses focused on technology.\r\n\r\nAnother spinoff is the city of Beaufort’s branch of the Don Ryan Center of Innovation, based in Bluffton. It will be housed in the first floor of Beaufort City Hall and will assist non-technology businesses in starting up. (For more on the Don Ryan Center, see page A4).\r\n\r\n“Between our preserved history and our protected environment, we have the ability to attract small and new businesses, especially those in the knowledge sector,” said Beaufort City Manager Bill Prokop. “Sometimes all they need is a guiding hand to get started, and that’s what the Beaufort Digital Corridor and Don Ryan Center will provide.”\r\n\r\n“It’s taken a lot of work to get to this point, but once we committed to making it happen, it’s happened very quickly,” said Stephen Murray, a Beaufort City councilman who spearheaded the Digital Corridor project. “Now the real work begins.”\r\n\r\nVireo Labs is a career-focused education technology startup founded in 2015.\r\n\r\nThe founding team is leveraging its higher education, ecommerce and mobile experience from the Savannah College of Art and Design, eBay, Amazon and LinkedIn into the development of its first mobile product, C’reer, to address the $7 billion recruitment marketing segment in the U.S. C’reer will connect people with the career of their dreams and the school that will get them there.\r\n\r\nC’reer, which will be available on both the iOS and Android platforms, will be launched this month by Vireo Labs.\r\n\r\nLocating to Beaufort’s BASEcamp is really the fulfillment of what C’reer tries to accomplish for all who use it, said Vireo Labs co-founder and CMO, Ian Leslie.\r\n\r\nBy locating to Beaufort, Vireo Labs, will also gain access to the network of entrepreneurs and professionals in Charleston.\r\n\r\n“It is humbling and validating to have Vireo Labs make the decision to commence operations at BASEcamp on the same day the facility is being dedicated,” said Ernest Andrade, BDC’s executive director.\r\n\r\n“This tech start-up is the first of more tech- and knowledge-based companies we expect will populate the recently renovated facility in downtown Beaufort,” he said.\r\n\r\nVireo Labs joins the University of South Carolina Beaufort, which has also established an office for a faculty member in its Computational Science program.\r\n\r\n“Our goal is to stimulate collaboration between our students and the tech entrepreneurs located at BASEcamp,” said assistant professor Brian Canada.\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit beaufortdigital.com.', 'Digital corridor gets first technology startup', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'digital-corridor-gets-first-technology-startup', '', '', '2017-01-26 09:03:27', '2017-01-26 14:03:27', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31067', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(31069, 4, '2017-01-26 09:06:37', '2017-01-26 14:06:37', '<em>Photo above: Frank Roberts, center, watches as as two employees sort oysters destined for a restaurant dinner plate in the Lowcountry. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em>\r\n<h3>By Kat Walsh</h3>\r\nAs locals know, oysters have traditionally only been available during months with an “r” in them. But that’s about to change.\r\n\r\nThis will be the first year in which local oysters will likely be available year-round, bringing millions of dollars into the county economy.\r\n\r\nIt’s exciting news, but it begs the question, why now? And how?\r\n\r\nLegislatively, it all began in our own backyard. Two local politicians, Reps. Bill Bowers and Shannon Erickson, wrote and co-sponsored a bill to allow local oyster farming year-round. The SC Department of Environmental Control has OK’d the plan and it is expected to pass the legislature.\r\n\r\nLocal oyster farms have long been advocating for summer harvest, as do customers who continue to crave them. After all, even though oysters were not harvested here in the summer, plenty are consumed.\r\n\r\nThe problem is they come from out of state, meaning the resulting business and profit went out of state.\r\n\r\n“Right now, restaurants in South Carolina are paying for out-of-state oysters during the summer,” said Frank Roberts, who owns Lady’s Island Oyster Farm and which supplies dozens of restaurants with oysters, including Old Bull, Saltus and Wined it Up.\r\n\r\n“By allowing for a safe and year-round oyster supply, we are keeping South Carolina money – and jobs –  in South Carolina,” he said.\r\n\r\nResource-wise, there’s room for the growth as well.\r\n\r\n“Our fisheries are pretty much maxed out in terms of growth potential,” said Mel Bell, the SC Department of Natural Resources director of Fisheries Management. “The mariculture industry and way of farming is where there is room for growth.”\r\n\r\nClam mariculture has been taking place here for years, but the market is dominated by Florida and other Gulf states.\r\n\r\n“Specifically, the area in South Carolina with the most growth potential is the oyster mariculture industry,” he said.\r\n\r\nThe move makes sense from a business perspective as well.\r\n\r\n“At the end of the day, this is a $40 million industry in other states,” said Catherine Templeton, former head of the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control. “Our oyster farmers are losing millions every summer.”\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Oysters: An overview</b></p>\r\nA little oyster education goes a long way in explaining how summer harvest will work both effectively and safely.\r\n\r\nThe oysters in South Carolina and Georgia are unlike other oysters. Everywhere else, oysters are subtidal, meaning they are constantly submerged in water. South Carolina and Georgia oysters are intertidal; they are exposed to air twice a day during tidal changes.\r\n\r\n“When air hits the oyster, it closes,” Bell explains, “and starts serving as a little incubator of whatever is inside, especially during the hot summer months.”\r\n\r\nRoberts has been harvesting mariculture oysters for a decade. He compares what happens to a closed oyster in the sun to mayonnaise. “Do you really want to be eating potato salad that has been sitting outside for five hours on a hot August day?”\r\n\r\nAs far as what could be baking inside that oyster, there are two types of naturally occurring but harmful bacteria found in our warm coastal waters: Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus. The former can be deadly; the latter can be uncomfortable. Or as Roberts explains, “one can put you in the ground, the other can put you on the toilet.”\r\n\r\nMariculture oysters (oysters grown by farmers in cages) are entirely different than wild oysters. In effect, mariculture takes our intertidal oysters and makes them subtidal. And safer.\r\n\r\nBecause a mariculture oyster is continually submerged, it is never exposed to air. It is always open and pumping.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>New harvest rules</b></p>\r\nWith this new opportunity comes new concerns and new responsibilities.\r\n\r\n“In the 110 years of fisheries in South Carolina, we have never allowed summer harvest,” said Bell.\r\n\r\nAs a result, DHEC and DNR has have never had to track oyster fisherman in the summer. Until now.\r\n\r\n“What we put in place in terms of regulatory measures needs to be extremely tight to manage the human health risks,” said Bell.\r\n\r\nAddressing these new concerns, DHEC and DNR worked together to establish a new health standard for how summer oysters are harvested. “We looked at the science and what other states are doing,” said Templeton. The proposed rules state that oysters must be harvested in the early morning, be in mechanical refrigeration by 10 a.m., and be down to 50 degrees within 2 hours.\r\n\r\n“Once you touch that oyster, the clock starts,” said Roberts.\r\n\r\n“Louisiana, the biggest oyster growing state, allows 6 hours – and their waters are warmer than ours. So in South Carolina, we are more stringent than the warmest biggest oyster-growing state in the nation. I think we’ve got it covered,” said Templeton.\r\n\r\nBell said that by April, “it all comes together in a fashion that we can have a safe fishery, a safe product and safe resources.”\r\n\r\n“There’s a lot at stake at here,” Roberts said. “And you get only one time to make a first impression.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31071\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2100\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES9739.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31071\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31071\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES9739.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Roberts, of The Single Lady oyster farm in Seabrook, stands in the nursery where oysters are spawned in rows plastic containers.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1484\" /></a> Frank Roberts, of The Single Lady oyster farm in Seabrook, stands in the nursery where oysters are spawned in rows plastic containers.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31072\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2100\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES9774.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31072\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31072\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES9774.jpg\" alt=\"Tiny bits of ground oyster shell give the newly spawned oysters something to attach themselves to.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1297\" /></a> Tiny bits of ground oyster shell give the newly spawned oysters something to attach themselves to.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31077\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1608\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES9824.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31077\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31077\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RES9824.jpg\" alt=\"Single oysters are harvested from sacks within the floating cages seen in the foreground. It’s backbreaking work for oystermen, who trudge through knee-deep pluff mud to harvest mud-caked clusters.\" width=\"1608\" height=\"2100\" /></a> Single oysters are harvested from sacks within the floating cages seen in the foreground. It’s backbreaking work for oystermen, who trudge through knee-deep pluff mud to harvest mud-caked clusters.[/caption]', 'Fresh, local oysters available YEAR-ROUND', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'fresh-local-oysters-available-year-round', '', '', '2017-01-26 09:09:51', '2017-01-26 14:09:51', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31069', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31080, 4, '2017-02-02 20:49:35', '2017-02-03 01:49:35', '<b>Fripp Audubon Club bird walk set for February 4</b>\r\n\r\nThe Fripp Audubon Club is conducting a bird walk at the Savannah Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, Feb. 4.\r\n\r\nParticipants will see birds such as ducks, winter sparrows and possibly American pipits and horned larks.\r\n\r\nBird walks are designed for folks with a serious interest in birds, their behavior, habitat and identification. Those interested in attending should meet at in the parking lot adjacent to the Lady’s Island McDonald’s.\r\n\r\nDeparture is at 8 a.m.; orientation begins at 7:45 a.m. Participants should bring lunch, binoculars, bug spray, sunscreen, water, etc.\r\n\r\nVisit www.islc.net/audubon.\r\n\r\n<b>Books Sandwiched In </b><b>is getting underway</b>\r\n\r\nThe Books Sandwiched In (BSI) series, sponsored by the Friends of the Beaufort Library, is returning with local authors, well-known community leaders and Gullah experts lined up as presenters for these free events.\r\n\r\nWith a wide-range of book selection and subject matter, the series has attracted large audiences for the past 30 years.\r\n\r\nHeld at the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Center for the Performing Arts, the series schedule also leaves time after each presentation for audience questions and answers.\r\n\r\nAlthough the programs start at noon, doors open at 11:30 a.m. so that attendees can meet the presenter, chat with other book lovers and enjoy complimentary coffee and cookies.\r\n\r\nAll BSI events take place at the USCB Center for Performing Arts at 801 Carteret St. in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nFollowing is the calendar. All events take place on Mondays:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• Feb. 6: Queen Quet presents her book “Gullah/Geechee: Africa\'s Seeds in the Winds of the Diaspora.”</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• Feb. 13: Andy Beall presents “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind\" by Yuval Noah Harari.”</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• Feb. 20: Jim Jordan presents his book “Penny Savannah:  A Tale of Civil War Georgia.”</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• Feb. 27: Ray McBride presents “The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero” by Timothy Egan.</p>\r\n<b>Red Dam Baptist </b><b>to host Snow Day </b>\r\n\r\nRed Dam Baptist Church at 488 Red Dam Road in Hardeeville will host a Snow Day from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4.\r\n\r\nThe event will include a 40-foot snow slide, music, marshmallow roasting, a crackling campfire, games, face painting, hot dogs, hot chocolate, lemonade, popcorn, snow cones, cookies, cupcakes, men\'s chili cook-off, ladies pie contest and more.\r\n\r\nThe event is free and open to the public.', 'What To Do the week of February 2nd-8th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-the-week-of-february-2nd-8th', '', '', '2017-02-05 20:55:41', '2017-02-06 01:55:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31080', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(31083, 4, '2017-02-02 20:58:34', '2017-02-03 01:58:34', 'The Beaufort Dr. Henry Woodward Chapter of the Colonial Dames 17th Century held its first meeting of the year on Jan. 19 at the home of Connie Tootle. During the meeting new officers for 2017-2019 were installed. Those officers, from left, are Harriett Bosiak, librarian; Anita Henson, historian; Betty Waskiewicz, treasurer/registrar; Carroll Eve, secretary; Debbie Parker, chaplain; Tootle, president; and Jean Bye, parliamentarian. Not pictured are Elinor Borgert, 1st vice president, and Priscilla Dukes, 2nd vice president. Photo by Barbee Moore.', 'New officers elected', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-officers-elected', '', '', '2017-02-05 20:58:54', '2017-02-06 01:58:54', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31083', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31086, 4, '2017-02-02 20:59:28', '2017-02-03 01:59:28', '<b>County lags on reporting </b><b>financial information</b>\r\n\r\nThe Wall Street Journal (Jan. 30) reports \"Earnings reports this week from more than 100 of Americas biggest companies ---.\"\r\n\r\nThis is just about a month after their fiscal year closed.\r\n\r\nI checked the Beaufort County website the morning of Jan. 30. Still no annual financial report. The county fiscal year ended June 30. Seven months later and still no report.\r\n\r\nCorporations get their reports out in around 30 days, while Beaufort County has had about 210 days without getting any report to the taxpaying public.\r\n\r\nWho is managing county finance reporting?  Why does the Beaufort County Council ignore such problems? Its job is to set policy and then monitor compliance with policies.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><b>Jim Bequette\r\n</b><b>St. Helena Island</b></p>\r\n<b>TCL looks back on progress in 2016</b>\r\n\r\nThe Technical College of the Lowcountry plays a critical role in the economic infrastructure of our region. Our mission of education and workforce development helps to sustain and drive our local economy.\r\n\r\nIt is my responsibility to ensure that the college not only keeps pace with current workforce demand but also anticipates the future workforce needs of our business and industry.\r\n\r\nTo that end, the college accomplished a lot in 2016. We launched the Automotive Technology program and significantly expanded our Aviation Maintenance and Structural Mechanics programs. These are important achievements, but we need to do more. I have four priorities for the college:\r\n\r\n1. A Lowcountry Culinary Institute to train a much-needed culinary workforce.\r\n\r\n2. A Regional Workforce Training Center to train local residents for jobs in the fast-emerging diversified manufacturing industry.\r\n\r\n3. The expansion of our Health Science Programs to meet the exploding workforce needs of the healthcare industry.\r\n\r\n4. TCL College Online to make it easier for working students and our military to earn a degree or career certification.\r\n\r\nI believe in the human and economic potential of the Lowcountry. Community-based education and workforce training not only expands economic opportunity for our residents, but will do more to strengthen the local economy than anything else a state or local government can do.\r\n\r\nBy providing access to education and skilled trades training, TCL turns potential into reality for individuals, families and communities.\r\n\r\nTCL is the community\'s choice for career-oriented education and university transfer programs. We value access and inclusion and are committed to the success of our students and the communities we serve.\r\n\r\nTechnical College of the Lowcountry, our name says it all.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><b>Dr. Richard J. Gough\r\n</b><b>TCL President</b></p>', 'Letters to the Editor', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'letters-to-the-editor-14', '', '', '2017-02-05 21:00:55', '2017-02-06 02:00:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31086', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(31088, 4, '2017-02-02 21:01:26', '2017-02-03 02:01:26', '<b>Enjoy dinner with the president </b>\r\n\r\nDebbie Schuchmann and Alice Moss of the BMH Foundation are seen above \"cooking up\" another great auction item for the 2017 Valentine Ball, a dinner they will prepare with BMH President &amp; CEO Russell Baxley and his wife Stephanie as the featured guests. Among the other items for auction are tickets to the Duke/Wake Forest basketball game, quail hunts, original art, vacations and more.\r\n\r\nThe Valentine Ball is sold out, but a limited number of tickets remain for the Cocktail Affair on Friday, Feb. 10, where guests will have an opportunity to preview and bid on all the auction items (and learn how to use the new mobile bidding system so they can update their bids from anywhere) and be treated to elaborate hors d’oeuvres, a bourbon and champagne tasting, as well as open bar and live music by Vic and Friends. It all happens from 6-8:30 p.m. Tickets start at $75 per person.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to purchase tickets to the Cocktail Affair, call 843-522-5774 or visit ValentineBall.org.\r\n\r\n<b>Security officer </b><b>of year is named</b>\r\n\r\nKrystal Brown, of Beaufort Memorial Hospital, has been named 2016 Security Officer of the Year at the Security Directors of South Carolina breakfast meeting in Palmetto Bluff.\r\n\r\nShe was presented with the award in recognition of her dedicated and outstanding service to Beaufort Memorial Hospital throughout 2016.\r\n\r\n“The Beaufort County Sheriff\'s Office values our relationships with the many private security forces throughout Beaufort County,” according to a release from the sheriff’s office. “They are an invaluable resource to law enforcement and our citizens.”', 'Health briefs for February 2nd-8th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'health-briefs-for-february-2nd-8th', '', '', '2017-02-05 21:07:13', '2017-02-06 02:07:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31088', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31092, 4, '2017-02-02 21:03:36', '2017-02-03 02:03:36', '<h3>By Michael Osteen</h3>\r\nEveryone who drives has a good feel for what a gallon of gasoline cost these days, and most are aware that the price for a barrel of crude oil was selling for over $100 before it suddenly sank back in July of 2015 to under $37 a barrel.\r\n\r\nNow most of us are very pleased with this and welcome the lower prices at the pump. However, if you are an investor you might want to do some additional research into this.\r\n\r\nHistorically speaking, we see that crude oil, from 1946 to 2016 ranged from the highest price of $145.31 a barrel to the lowest of $1.17 a barrel, which is quite a range over 70 years.\r\n\r\nThat should give you some idea as to how difficult it is to predict its future price, not to mention the sudden drop from the over $100 price that ran from 2011 to 2015.\r\n\r\nSo what type of items impact the price of crude oil anyway?\r\n\r\nTurns out there are quite a few.\r\n\r\nAccording to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in a July 12, 2016, report, titled “What drives crude oil prices?” there are several factors that influence oil markets. They entail: a variety of geopolitical and economic events, movement together due to arbitrage, petroleum product prices, economic growth on oil consumption, changes in expectations of economic growth, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries actions, global oil consumption growth, changes in non-OPEC production, changes in Saudi Arabia crude oil production, unplanned supply disruptions tighten world oil markets, inventory levels, and the like.\r\n\r\nHere are a few EIA estimates.\r\n\r\nOn a quarterly basis, EIA forecasts:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• Q4/2016 of $48.10 USD/BBL\r\n• Q1/2017 of $47.60 USD/BBL\r\n• Q2/2017 of $47.10 USD/BBL\r\n• Q3/2017 of $46.40 USD/BBL</p>\r\nOn a yearly basis, for WTI Crude Oil, EIA is forecasting:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• 2017, $52.50 USD/BBL\r\n• 2018, $55.18 USD/BBL</p>\r\nOn a yearly basis, for Brent Crude Oil, EIA is forecasting:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">• 2017, $53.50 USD/BBL\r\n• 2018 of $56.18 USD/BBL</p>\r\nRecently, the prices were $52.77 for WTI and $54.80 for Brent.\r\n\r\nYou get the picture; it’s complicated to say the least, right? Plus bear in mind how involved it is to make predictions into the future. Just think about trying to figure out what you are going to have for supper two weeks hence.\r\n\r\nTherefore, our suggestion would be not to even try and you don’t have to if you are thinking in terms of possible investments.\r\n\r\nAs Warren Buffett said, “Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.”\r\n\r\nIf you are a value investor like Warren Buffett and Port Wren Capital LLC, simply realize that a decline in the price of crude oil means a decline in the revenue stream of those companies within the oil and gas industry, which correlates to many of those companies being undervalued.\r\n\r\nThat’s the easy part.\r\n\r\nThe real trick is to figure out which of the some 680 companies with the energy sector are temporally out of favor, can sustain themselves until the revenue streams returns and offer a Margin of Safety (MOS) to an investor. And finding undervalued companies offers the potential for earning above-average returns over the long-term, provided they are priced below their intrinsic value.\r\n\r\nAs Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing, and who taught Warren Buffett said, “Price is what you pay, value is what you get.”  After the drop in crude oil prices, we conducted our own exclusive and independent security analysis and discovered a few hidden gems.\r\n\r\n<i>Michael Osteen, is chief investment strategist with Port Wren Capital LLC, serving the greater Beaufort County area. Email him at michael@portwrencapital.com. </i>', 'What’s happening with the price of oil?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'whats-happening-with-the-price-of-oil', '', '', '2017-02-05 21:06:21', '2017-02-06 02:06:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31092', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(31098, 4, '2017-02-02 21:11:50', '2017-02-03 02:11:50', '<b>Chamber is looking </b><b>for board candidates</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for its board of directors. To nominate a candidate, send their name to Blakely Williams at Blakely@BeaufortSC.org.\r\n\r\n<b>Chamber presents </b><b>First Friday After Five</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will present First Friday After Five  from 5-6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in downtown Beaufort.\r\n\r\n“Join our downtown merchants the first Friday of each month. Many merchants stay open until 8 p.m.,” according to a release. There also will be refreshments and live street music.\r\n\r\n<b>Business After Hours </b><b>to be held Feb. 9</b>\r\n\r\nA Beaufort County Regional Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at Turbeville Insurance Agency at 28 Kemmerlin Lane in Beaufort. There will be food, drinks and networking. Attendees are encouraged to bring plenty of business cards and cash for the raffles. This event is free for chamber members and $5 for guests.', 'Chamber Corner for February 2nd-8th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chamber-corner-for-february-2nd-8th', '', '', '2017-02-05 21:12:32', '2017-02-06 02:12:32', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31098', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(31099, 4, '2017-02-02 21:11:52', '2017-02-03 02:11:52', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/thompson.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31102\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31102\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/thompson.jpg\" alt=\"thompson\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKarol Thompson’s “New Work in Graphite and Pastels” will be on exhibit through Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Charles Street Gallery at 914 Charles St. in Beaufort.\r\n\r\n“My work is largely perceptual,” said Thompson. “It is done directly from nature or from photographs taken from nature. I love the mystery of looking at a small flower up close or a great land/seascape at a distance, then responding to each without actually knowing where I am going or how I am going to get there.”\r\n\r\nCall 843-521-9054 or visit thecharlesstreetgallery.com.', 'Thompson’s new work on exhibit', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'thompsons-new-work-on-exhibit', '', '', '2017-02-05 21:13:32', '2017-02-06 02:13:32', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31099', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(31101, 4, '2017-02-02 21:18:24', '2017-02-03 02:18:24', '<h3>By Alvin Settles</h3>\r\nThis is a belated tribute to a former colleague and friend Roger Steele.  Roger passed away suddenly over four years ago.  At the time of his passing the opportunity did not present itself to make a public acknowledgement of Roger’s contribution to Laurel Bay Schools and the story behind a special portrait that he gave to me over 20 years ago.\r\n\r\nI first met Roger over 40 years ago when we were hired at the Department of Defense Schools at Laurel Bay.  I was hired as a speech pathologist and Roger was hired as the art teacher. I don’t know why the Lord has placed it on my heart and mind to make a tribute to Roger at this appointed time.  My pastor, Pastor Kenneth Hodges of Tabernacle Church, has always said that the Lord has a season and a reason for everything, and for whatever reason the appointed time is now.  Also, it’s as if Roger is saying, “Tell them something about my time spent at Laurel Bay”.\r\n\r\nWhen I first met Roger, we were very young and this was the early 1970s. This was the era of 8-track tapes, afros, bell- bottom jeans and platform shoes.  I specifically remember when Dr. Donald Barton, the superintendent of schools at the time, called all of the newly hired male teachers to his office.  Dr. Barton basically told us to shape up, get a haircut and put on some regular looking shoes.\r\n\r\nI had a large afro at the time and wore plat-form shoes ( I think I wore a green pair). The physical education teacher had long blond hair down his back. The classroom teacher had a black beard and long black hair and Roger actually had curly hair that resembled an afro, wore sandals and a small strand of beads around his neck.  The next week all of us had a new haircut and had on new shoes except Roger.  Dr. Barton just looked at Roger and shook his head and said I guess that is just Roger being Roger.\r\n\r\nI am pretty sure a lot of us who worked with Roger at Laurel Bay have a lot to share about him, likee the time he placed a huge ceramic pig in the hallway and the kids just absolutely loved it, or like the beautiful Christmas programs that he and Cynthia Chapman, the music teacher would collaborate on each year.\r\n\r\nAlmost every year Roger would teach the kids about Dr. Martin Luther King.  In his art room Roger would often make this huge portrait of Dr. King and have the kids draw and make copies of the portrait as they learned about Dr. King.\r\n\r\nWhat Roger and I started noticing is that over the years a few of the students would say that I favored Dr. King but most of them would say that Mr. Steele and I looked a lot alike.  At the time we both wore large wire rim glasses, both of our last names begin with S, both of us had a mustache, and we both had a great sense of humor- loved to laugh. In other words they saw our similarities and not our obvious difference of\r\nskin color.\r\n\r\nOne day back in 1995 Roger came in my room and said, “Hi, Mr. Steele I have something for you” and he signed a huge portrait of Dr. King, rolled it up placed it in a carrying tube and gave it to me.  I have kept the portrait of Dr. King  that Roger gave to me for over 20 years.\r\n\r\nWhen Roger passed I asked Pastor Hodges, who is also the owner of Lybenson’s art gallery in downtown Beaufort to place the portrait of Dr. King in a frame for me.\r\n\r\nThe portrait that Roger gave to me of Dr. King is presently in Lybenson’s gallery.  It is not on any special canvas, as a matter of fact it is on stock paper and it is not mounted in any special frame.\r\n\r\nI   know that Roger has special pieces of art all over the United States, but this piece of art that Roger produced I think is special as well, because it touched the lives of so many young students for so many years in such a positive manner.\r\n\r\nI pray that Roger’s family and friends receive this tribute and small token of appreciation about Roger’s work and time spent at Department of Defense Schools in Laurel Bay, with the love and respect that it was sincerely intended.\r\n\r\nI am sure that I speak for all of us who had the opportunity to work with Roger at Laurel Bay, that he was really a great guy, and that by knowing and working with him all of us have been blessed.', 'Roger Steele contributed to community', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'roger-steele-contributed-to-community', '', '', '2017-02-05 21:21:05', '2017-02-06 02:21:05', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31101', 0, 'post', '', 2),
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(31104, 4, '2017-02-02 21:18:27', '2017-02-03 02:18:27', '<em>Photo above: The Beaufort Academy boys defeated Thomas Heyward Academy 74-52 Jan. 27 to improve to 6-3 in region play and 12-4 overall in SCISA play. Here, Beaufort Academy’s Kevin Williams, center, makes two of his 17 points for the night during the Eagle’s 74-52 win over Thomas Heyward Academy.  Photo by Bob Sofaly.</em>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>HIGH SCHOOL </b><b>BASKETBALL</b></span></p>\r\n<b>Beaufort Academy tops </b><b>Thomas Heyward</b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy pulled away to defeat visiting Thomas Heyward Academy 74-52 in a boys\' high school basketball game on Jan. 27.\r\n\r\nWith the win, Beaufort Academy improved to 12-4 overall and 6-3 in the region.\r\n\r\nFour Eagles reached double figures in the scoring column as the Beaufort Academy boys\' basketball team won convincingly.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles started to dominate early. Beaufort Academy outscored Thomas Heyward Academy 26-10 in the first quarter.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles, who won for the second time in as many nights, outscored Thomas Heyward Academy 2-10 in the second quarter to lead 48-20 at halftime.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy continued to control the contest throughout the second half. The Eagles led 66-38 at the conclusion of the third quarter.\r\n\r\nKevin Williams paced Beaufort Academy with 17 points. Finishing directly behind Williams in the Beaufort Academy scoring column, Jalen Moon, Dawson Coleman and Luke Harper added 16 points apiece for the Eagles.\r\n\r\nJonah Young led Thomas Heyward Academy with a game-high 21 points.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy notched a win over Thomas Heyward Academy for the second time in less than one month. The Eagles beat Thomas Heyward Academy 93-64 in a previous meeting on Jan. 4.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Academy boys\' basketball team notched its third straight win. The Eagles were scheduled to visit John Paul II on Tuesday, Jan. 31.\r\n\r\nIn a girls\' high school basketball game, Thomas Heyward Academy defeated Beaufort Academy 65-34.\r\n\r\n<b>Two freshman girls lead BA past St. Andrew\'s</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Academy girls\' varsity basketball team was led by two freshmen in a 51-39 win over St. Andrew\'s on Jan. 24.\r\n\r\nAmelia Huebel finished with a double-double to lead the Beaufort Academy girls\' basketball team. Huebel scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Eagles.\r\n\r\nFollowing Huebel in the Beaufort Academy scoring column, Emily Ann Hiers contributed 12 points. The productive Huebel also turned in a tremendous defensive effort.\r\n\r\nKarolina Struharova and Kendall Duncan added eight points apiece for the Eagles.\r\n\r\nMary Keane recorded two steals for the Eagles in the winning effort. Keane and Becca Frelin chipped in five points each for the Eagles in the victory.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy overcame an early nine-point deficit and outscored St. Andrews 17-4 in the second quarter to take a four-point lead into halftime. The Eagles continued their strong team play on both ends of the floor in the second half.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy fell behind early. Starting strong, St. Andrew\'s outscored the Eagles 16-7 in the first quarter.\r\n\r\nBut Beaufort Academy got going offensively following the initial frame.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles outscored St. Andrew\'s 17-4 in the second quarter to lead 24-20 at halftime.\r\n\r\nThe Lions of St. Andrew\'s were forced to play from behind after the break.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Academy managed to extend its lead to a double digit advantage after intermission, outscoring St. Andrew\'s 17-8 in the third quarter.\r\n\r\nThe Eagles overcame 20 turnovers to earn the win. Beaufort Academy compiled 16 assists as a team.\r\n\r\nWith the win, Beaufort Academy improved to 7-5.\r\n\r\n<b>BHS girls fall to </b><b>homestanding Stall</b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort High, playing away from its home floor, fell behind early and failed to recover as Stall pulled away to win 65-36 in a girls\' high school basketball game on Jan. 27.\r\n\r\nWith the loss, Beaufort High dropped to 11-9.\r\n\r\nTen different Stall players scored in the win. Leading Stall to the victory, Diamond Phillips and Ja\'miya Fox scored 12 points apiece.\r\n\r\nShavonne Royal paced Stall inside, grabbing a game-high 16 rebounds. Royal claimed 12 defensive rebounds for the Warriors.\r\n\r\nAiding the Stall offensive attack, Infinate Knox netted eight points while Royal and Jessica Haynes contributed seven points apiece.\r\n\r\nA pair of players accounted for all but six of Beaufort High\'s points in the setback.\r\n\r\nNaijuia Moyd paced Beaufort High with 17 points. Accompanying Moyd in double figures for the Eagles, Imari Smalls added 13 points.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High fell behind shortly after the game\'s opening tip. Securing a lead early, Stall outscored the Eagles 18-10 in the first quarter. Dominant Stall stretched its lead out to a double digit advantage in the second period, outscoring Beaufort High 17-10 to lead 35-20 at halftime.\r\n\r\nStall added to its lead after the break, outscoring Beaufort High 19-11 in the third quarter.\r\n\r\nFinishing strong, Stall outscored the Eagles 11-5 in the fourth quarter to set the final score.\r\n\r\n<b>Whale Branch rolls over North Charleston</b>\r\n\r\nFour Whale Branch players reached double figures in the scoring column as the Warriors defeated North Charleston 67-42 in a boys\' high school basketball game on Jan. 27.\r\n\r\nWith the win, Whale Branch improved to 15-5 overall and 6-1 in Region 6-2A.\r\n\r\nXyion Youmans led Whale Branch with a team-high 12 points. Joining Youmans in double figures for the Warriors, Cam Miller, Kenny Brown, George Delaney and Daijion Galloway contributed 11 points apiece.\r\n\r\nDrew Murray paced North Charleston with a game-high 16 points.\r\n\r\nWhale Branch was ranked fifth in Class 2A at the time of the game versus North Charleston.\r\n\r\nThe Warriors\' lone loss in the region thus far in the 2016-17 season came to No. 3 Burke. Whale Branch and Burke will meet up in a highly-anticipated matchup next week. The Warriors are now slated to visit Burke for a regular-season finale on Feb. 7.\r\n\r\nWhale Branch entered the week with additional regular-season games remaining versus Academic Magnet and Garrett Academy Tech.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>FISHING</b></span></p>\r\n<b>Fly fishers are set </b><b>to meet on Feb. 8</b>\r\n\r\nThe Sea Island Fly Fishers Wednesday, Feb. 8, meeting will feature local guide and Beaufort native Capt. Owen Plair. Plair will speak on sight fishing in the Lowcountry. He will share tips and techniques for seeing fish in different situations in our local waters.\r\n\r\nThe public is welcome to attend at no charge and the club welcomes fishermen of all ages new to the sport.\r\n\r\nThe meeting will be held at 815 Bay St. in Beaufort. Call Jack Baggette at 843-441-4023 or visit www.seaislandflyfishers.com.', 'Sports briefs for February 2nd-8th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sports-briefs-for-february-2nd-8th', '', '', '2017-02-05 21:20:55', '2017-02-06 02:20:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31104', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31108, 4, '2017-02-02 21:21:26', '2017-02-03 02:21:26', '<h3>By Dr. Mark S. Siegel</h3>\r\nMacular degeneration is currently the leading cause of visual impairment in the U.S.\r\n\r\nBreakthrough treatment with anti-VEGF eye injections such as Avastin (bevacizumab, Genentech), Lucentis (ranibizumab, Genentech) and Eylea (aflibercept, Regeneron) has almost arrested the progression of the wet form of the disease.\r\n\r\nHowever, almost 80 percent of people diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have the non-neovascular (dry) or atrophic subtypes.\r\n\r\nThe American Academy of Ophthalmology notes that the most advanced form of non-neovascular AMD, known as geographic atrophy (GA), can occur as early as in intermediate AMD or (more typically) in advanced AMD.\r\n\r\nEstimates predict advanced AMD will impact as many as 3 million people in at least one eye by 2020.\r\n\r\nThe growing number of aging Americans underscores the need for treatments that can prevent progression of and/or treat advanced AMD.\r\n\r\n<b>Trials underway </b>\r\n\r\nSurprisingly, no treatments are currently available for the prevention of GA. Evidence from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) suggests antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplementation may help prevent the progression to neovascular AMD, but the study failed to show that vitamin supplementation decreased progression to geographic atrophy.\r\n\r\nEven in AREDS2, when beta-carotene was replaced with lutein/zeaxanthin to decrease the risk of lung cancer, the new formulation also failed to show decreased progression to GA.\r\n\r\nClinical studies are underway to further elucidate and understand the mechanisms of dry AMD and to evaluate new therapeutics directed at slowing the progression.\r\n\r\nThere are currently two large phase 3 trials underway for the treatment of GA. The FILLY study assesses the safety, tolerability and evidence of activity of multiple intravitreal (IVT) injections of APL-2 (Apellis Pharmaceuticals) for patients with GA. The second is a multicenter, randomized, double-masked, sham-controlled study to investigate IVT injections of lampalizumab in patients with GA.\r\n\r\nThe discovery of complement byproducts in drusen led to associations between complement dysregulation and AMD.\r\n\r\nThus, several researchers are evaluating the complement cascade as a clinical therapeutic target for non-neovascular AMD.\r\n\r\nFactor D is considered a critical early component of the alternative pathway that involves complement factor H. Factor D is an upstream of factor B and other AMD-associated proteins, making it a potential powerful target for treatment.\r\n\r\nAnti-inflammatory agents under development include lampalizumab, fluocinolone, glatiramer acetate, sirolimus, eculizumab and ARC-1905.\r\n\r\nThese are but the tip of the iceberg of compounds under development for advanced AMD or GA.\r\n\r\nVisual cycle inhibitors are among those in latter-stage development and include fenretinide, ACU-4429 and ALK-001.\r\n\r\nThese compounds down-regulate the visual cycle to decrease the accumulation of the toxic waste products of retinal metabolism. Amyloid-beta has been found in drusen, and RN6G and GSK933776 are in development to regulate amyloid-beta accumulation.\r\n\r\nNeuroprotective drugs are also under development, including UF-021, ciliary neurotrophic factor and brimonidine tartrate intravitreal implant.\r\n\r\nTopical agents such as MC-1101 are attempting to slow AMD by increasing choroidal perfusion.\r\n\r\nStem cell therapies including HuCNS-SC and MA09-hRPE are also under investigation as potential treatments for GA.\r\n\r\nAt this point, it is too early to tell which — if any — of these treatments will become a standard of care.\r\n\r\n<i>Dr. Mark S. Siegel is the Medical Director at Sea Island Ophthalmology on Ribaut Road in Beaufort. </i>\r\n\r\n<i>Visit www.seaislandophthalmology.com for more information.</i>', 'New treatments for dry age-related macular degeneration', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-treatments-for-dry-age-related-macular-degeneration', '', '', '2017-02-05 21:22:36', '2017-02-06 02:22:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31108', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(31110, 4, '2017-02-02 21:22:43', '2017-02-03 02:22:43', '<b>Body found in car </b><b>that was on fire</b>\r\n\r\nOn Jan. 20, firefighters with the City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department were called to a report of an automobile fire near the intersection of Greene and Charles streets in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nFirefighters arrived within minutes and found the small passenger car fully engulfed in flames and endangering two adjacent structures. The firefighters were able to quickly douse the flames and extinguish the fire before either structure suffered significant damage. Once the fire was extinguished it was determined that there was a dead person in the car.\r\n\r\nIn conjunction with the city of Beaufort Police Department, the area was secured and the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the fire was started.\r\n\r\nThe South Carolina Law Enforcement Division was contacted to assist with the fire investigation. The investigation into this incident is ongoing.\r\n\r\n<b>Accident injures one, </b><b>causes fuel spill, delays</b>\r\n\r\nThe Burton Fire District responded to a motor vehicle accident on Trask Parkway on Jan. 23 that resulted in one occupant being transported to the hospital and fuel spilling on the roadway, causing traffic delays.\r\n\r\nBurton firefighters responded to the two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Trask Parkway and Stuart Point Road just before 5:30 a.m. They found a two-vehicle accident involving pickup trucks, with one pickup lying in a ditch and the other on the roadway. The pickup truck on the roadway was leaking fuel with the injured driver still inside.\r\n\r\nFirefighters worked to control the leaking fuel by spraying foam and removed the driver, who was transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The other driver sustained non-life threatening injuries but did not wish to be transported. Approximately 15 gallons of fuel was spilled.\r\n\r\nTraffic on Trask Parkway was delayed for approximately one hour while emergency crews controlled the spill and assisted the injured.\r\n\r\n<b>U.S. marshals arrest man </b><b>believed involved in assault</b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31116\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"480\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Travis-Dawkins-1.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31116\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31116\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Travis-Dawkins-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Travis Orlando Dawkins \" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" /></a> Travis Orlando Dawkins[/caption]\r\n\r\nMembers of the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested 31-year-old Travis Orlando Dawkins on Jan. 25.\r\n\r\nThe Bluffton Police Department issued an arrest warrant for Dawkins after he allegedly used a knife to cut a female during an argument on Jan. 17 in Bluffton. The victim sustained injuries to her hand and arm during the argument.\r\n\r\nBluffton Police requested the assistance from the U.S. marshals to search and make the arrest of Dawkins, who was located in Okatie. The Bluffton Police Department participates with the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force by assigning two officers to the team.\r\n\r\nDawkins is charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. He is currently being held at the Beaufort County Detention Center.\r\n\r\n<b>Man shot in the arm offers little cooperation</b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Sheriff\'s Office deputies responded to Beaufort Memorial Hospital at approximately 2:20 a.m. Jan. 24, where medical staff reported a gunshot victim had been dropped off.\r\n\r\nThe man told deputies he had been shot in the arm while walking on Seaside Road near the Gloria Potts Center on St. Helena Island. The man said the gunshots came from a white Buick with tinted windows, but could not provide any description of the subject that shot him. In addition, he would not provide the name of the person who drove him to the hospital. The man was treated for the gunshot wound and released from Beaufort Memorial Hospital. The incident is still under investigation.\r\n\r\nAnyone with information is encouraged to contact Cpl. Jennifer Snider at 843-255-3421 or CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CrimeSC to remain anonymous and for possible reward.\r\n\r\n<b>Retired trooper assists </b><b>deputies in arrest</b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31113\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"480\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chaplin.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31113\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31113\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chaplin.jpg\" alt=\"Stephon Chaplin\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" /></a> Stephon Chaplin[/caption]\r\n\r\nOn Jan. 26, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the Dairy Queen on Lady’s Island to a report of two people taking photographs of themselves with handguns inside of the restaurant.\r\n\r\nThe deputies approached the two men, who were sitting with a female, and ordered them to put their hands on the table.\r\n\r\nOne of the subjects complied, but the other kept reaching into his waistband. The deputies attempted to physically restrain the non-compliant man, later identified as Stephon Chaplin, 19, but he resisted and continued trying to reach into his waistband, according to a sheriff’s office report.\r\n\r\nChaplin then attempted to pass something under the table to the other man, who ran when a third deputy arrived at the scene.\r\n\r\nStill struggling with Chaplin, two of the deputies took him to the floor while the third deputy held back the female associate of Chaplin, who was trying to get involved.\r\n\r\nWithout hesitation, a bystander who is a retired South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper, stepped in to assist the two deputies in restraining Chaplin. Shortly thereafter, with Chaplin still reaching into his waistband, one of deputies shot him with a taser.\r\n\r\nWhen Chaplin was tased he finally stopped resisting and deputies were able to handcuff him.\r\n\r\nWhen Chaplin was being taken to the floor, the third deputy dealing with Chaplin’s female associate saw a handgun fall. That deputy was able to grab the handgun as the other two deputies got Chaplin under control.\r\n\r\nChaplin was arrested and charged with unlawful carrying of a handgun and resisting arrest. When Chaplin was searched, a small amount of marijuana was found in his jacket for which he was charged additionally with simple possession of marijuana.\r\n\r\nAs is protocol for people after being tased, Chaplin was examined and medically cleared. He was then transported to the Beaufort County Detention Center.\r\n\r\nChaplin\'s bonds set by a Beaufort County Magistrate totaled $25,615 for the three charges. He remains in jail; the man who ran away from the Dairy Queen has not been located.\r\n\r\n<b>Man gets 20 years for </b><b>killing on basketball court</b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31115\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"368\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Stanfield-Malik.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31115\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31115\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Stanfield-Malik.jpeg\" alt=\"Malik Shakur Stanfield \" width=\"368\" height=\"472\" /></a> Malik Shakur Stanfield[/caption]\r\n\r\nA 19-year-old Beaufort man pleaded guilty Jan. 26 to voluntary manslaughter and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a violent crime in the 2015 shooting death of Matthew Horne at a Beaufort basketball court.\r\n\r\nMalik Shakur Stanfield was sentenced to 20 years in prison.\r\n\r\nStanfield, then 17, shot and killed 20-year-old Horne while the two were at the Charles Lind Brown Activity Center on Greene Street on April 30, 2015.\r\n\r\nStanfield pleaded guilty following two days of testimony at the Beaufort County Courthouse.\r\n\r\nThe case was prosecuted by Assistant Solicitor Hunter Swanson.\r\n\r\nCircuit Court Judge Carmen Mullen handed down the sentence.\r\n\r\n<b>Man who shot deputy </b><b>sentenced to 28 years</b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31114\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"480\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/graves.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31114\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31114\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/graves.jpg\" alt=\"Tray Graves\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" /></a> Tray Graves[/caption]\r\n\r\nTray Graves, 29, of Lady\'s Island was recently sentenced to 28 years in federal prison for shooting a deputy.\r\n\r\nOn June 17, 2015, Beaufort Couny Sheriff\'s Office SWAT members assisted the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in executing a federal search warrant on Graves\' Lady\'s Island residence.\r\n\r\nAs SWAT members cleared the residence and opened a door to a bedroom where Graves was hiding, he opened fire with a handgun. SWAT member Mark Cobb was wounded in the shoulder.\r\n\r\nOther SWAT members were able to apprehended Graves, who was charged with federal firearms and illegal drug charges by DEA agents.\r\n\r\nSgt. Mark Cobb has since recovered and resumed his duties with the sheriff\'s office as a member of SWAT, Explosive Ordinance Team, Dive Team and K-9 Unit.', 'Police blotter for February 2nd-8th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'police-blotter-for-february-2nd-8th', '', '', '2017-02-05 21:34:05', '2017-02-06 02:34:05', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31110', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(31111, 4, '2017-02-02 21:23:09', '2017-02-03 02:23:09', '• The Beaufort County Design Review Board will meet at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2.  The main topic of discussion will be a proposal to build an 8-056-square-foot multi-tenant building in Kitties Crossing shopping center in Bluffton\r\n\r\n• The Beaufort County Parks and Leisure Board will meet at 2:30 p.m. Thursday,\r\nFeb. 2. An agenda was unavailable. The meeting will take place at Conference Room, Buckwalter Regional Park, 905 Buckwalter Parkway, Bluffton.\r\n\r\n• The Beaufort County Planning Commission will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6 at Council Chambers, Administration Building, 100 Ribaut Road, Beaufort.', 'Upcoming meetings the week of February 2nd-8th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'upcoming-meetings-the-week-of-february-2nd-8th', '', '', '2017-02-05 21:27:13', '2017-02-06 02:27:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31111', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31122, 4, '2017-02-02 21:34:19', '2017-02-03 02:34:19', '<h3>By Lee Scott</h3>\r\nThere are two trees in my front yard that appear to be leaning. I have been studying them since Hurricane Matthew.\r\n\r\nTruthfully, I cannot verify they were leaning prior to that time, but they are leaning now.\r\n\r\nMy spouse suggested it was my imagination and not to worry about the trees. However, a recent “alert” from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office got me concerned.\r\n\r\nThe alert cautioned citizens about falling trees and limbs due to heavy rain and high winds. Many trees have been weakened by the hurricane.\r\n\r\nWell, that was my call to action. I went out and looked at the two trees more carefully. They looked like they were leaning to me. It was time to research the subject.\r\n\r\nThe experts online suggest you answer two questions. Are there exposed roots? Can you see cracked soil?\r\n\r\n“Mmmm, not really,” I answered. But I was determined to go a step further.\r\n\r\nI set up my camera on my tripod at the end of the driveway and took a picture of the larger tree. Two weeks later I took another picture at the same distance and at the same time of the day. I then compared the two photos. It was my intention to ascertain if the angle of the tree to the ground had changed.\r\n\r\nAs it turned out, two weeks was not enough, there was no discernable difference in the pictures.\r\n\r\nThe following week, I took another picture and I took my findings into my spouse.\r\n\r\n“Look”, I exclaimed, “there appears to be a difference in the angle of the tree. This is the time to do something!”\r\n\r\nHe shook his head and explained that he really was not concerned by the tree.\r\n\r\n“First,” he said, “we never walk on that side of the yard, so if it falls, it is not going to hurt us or the house. Second, we have pictures of the house when we first bought it three years ago, and that tree looks the same today as it did then. Third, why should we pay for someone to take down a tree when Mother Nature might take it down for free?”\r\n\r\nGood points.\r\n\r\nI took my pictures, my camera and my tripod back to my office while mumbling, “You could have told me all that in the first place.”\r\n\r\n“No,” he said, “it was too much fun watching you.”', 'A leaning tree raises concerns', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-leaning-tree-raises-concerns', '', '', '2017-02-05 21:38:21', '2017-02-06 02:38:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31122', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(31123, 4, '2017-02-02 21:34:22', '2017-02-03 02:34:22', '<em>Photo above: Civil War re-enactors explain to visitors what it much have been like propelling the H.L. Hunley by hand in the waters off of Charleston. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em>\r\n\r\nBad weather and logistical issues prevented the Battle of Pocotaligo from being re-enacted. However enough men made it to Frampton Plantation on Jan. 21-22 to create a living history for visitors.\r\n\r\nAlso included was scale model of the Confederate H.L. Hunley, the first submarine used to sink a ship.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31125\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1194\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/DSC0003-e1486348745425.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31125\"><img class=\"wp-image-31125 size-full\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/DSC0003-e1486348745425.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1194\" height=\"1182\" /></a> Union army re-enactors take part in the making of movie called “Unbreakable Bonds; The Civil War Series.” These soldiers take cover behind a tree during an “attack” by Confederate troops.[/caption]', 'History comes alive at Frampton Plantation', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'history-comes-alive-at-frampton-plantation', '', '', '2017-02-05 21:40:01', '2017-02-06 02:40:01', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31123', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31130, 4, '2017-02-02 21:41:37', '2017-02-03 02:41:37', '[caption id=\"attachment_31134\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"274\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/spelling-bee.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31134\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31134\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/spelling-bee.jpg\" alt=\"Holy Trinity third-grader, Michael Hernandez, shown here with fellow third-grader Frances Calvert, placed first in his grade level at the SCISA Regional Spelling Bee. Hernandez will advance to the SCISA State Spelling Bee. \" width=\"274\" height=\"640\" /></a> Holy Trinity third-grader, Michael Hernandez, shown here with fellow third-grader Frances Calvert, placed first in his grade level at the SCISA Regional Spelling Bee. Hernandez will advance to the SCISA State Spelling Bee.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31131\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chess.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31131\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31131\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chess.jpg\" alt=\"The Beaufort Academy Middle School Chess team placed first overall in the Middle School Division of the Ogeechee River Scholastic Chess Tournament on Jan. 21. Pictured from left are Kevin Rogers, Kendra Rogers, G Simmons and Jack McDougall, who won an individual award for winning second place.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" /></a> The Beaufort Academy Middle School Chess team placed first overall in the Middle School Division of the Ogeechee River Scholastic Chess Tournament on Jan. 21. Pictured from left are Kevin Rogers, Kendra Rogers, G Simmons and Jack McDougall, who won an individual award for winning second place.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<b>Participants move up </b><b>in oratorical program</b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31133\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"3086\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/quadrant-e1486349045458.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31133\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31133\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/quadrant-e1486349045458.jpg\" alt=\"From left are Brodie Brant, Paul Sweet and Elaina Mansell.\" width=\"3086\" height=\"1635\" /></a> From left are Brodie Brant, Paul Sweet and Elaina Mansell.[/caption]\r\n\r\nElaina Mansell and Brodie Brant of Community Bible Church Christian Academy have advanced in the American Legion Quadrant Contest.\r\n\r\n“Both participants displayed knowledge of the United States Constitution on Jan. 21 when they presented concise and articulate orations on aspects of the U.S. Constitution in general and the Second Amendment before a panel of judges arranged by (American Legion Beaufort Post 9),” according to a release.\r\n\r\nMansell and Brant now move on to higher level oratorical competitions, possibly including the South Carolina finals to be held Saturday, March 11, in Columbia, at which $4,000 in scholarships will be awarded.\r\n\r\nThe state winner will move on to the national finals where all state participants will receive at least an additional $1,500 and the three top winners receive $18,000, $16,000 and $14,000 respectively.\r\n\r\nTo date the American Legion has awarded more than $3 million to contestants in the High School Oratorical Scholarship Program.\r\n\r\n<b>Lady\'s Island Middle </b><b>gets funds from arts club</b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31132\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"480\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ladys-island.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31132\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-31132\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ladys-island.png\" alt=\"From left are Greg Hall, LIMS principal; VAC members Marj Shymske and Kathy McShane; LIMS art teacher Cadra Rooney; and VAC members Laura Bricker and Bill Tremitiere.\" width=\"480\" height=\"384\" /></a> From left are Greg Hall, LIMS principal; VAC members Marj Shymske and Kathy McShane; LIMS art teacher Cadra Rooney; and VAC members Laura Bricker and Bill Tremitiere.[/caption]\r\n\r\nRecently the Dataw Visual Arts Club (VAC) held a first-time event called the Art Crawl, where members toured six houses on Dataw Island to view the personal art collections of the owners.\r\n\r\nThe Art Crawl’s proceeds were significant, and the VAC board and members decided to use them to inspire and encourage young, budding artists.\r\n\r\nA check for $1,400 was recently presented to Lady’s Island Middle School for their art program, led by art teacher Cadra Rooney.\r\n\r\nSome of the money has been used to purchase cameras for the photography enrichment group as well as supplies for other art projects. Future funds may be used to further enhance learning through art in all academic areas, and by providing more training for teachers and offering field trips to museums and galleries.\r\n\r\nDataw VAC members will soon see the students in creative and artistic action. They have been invited to Lady’s Island Middle School on Friday, Feb. 10, to see the gallery and art studio and meet some of the young students who are reaping the rewards of this innovative art program.\r\n\r\n<b>Coastal Carolina University announces Dean\'s List </b>\r\n\r\nApproximately 2,253 students have made the Fall Semester 2016 Dean\'s List for academic achievement at Coastal Carolina University.\r\n\r\nLocally, the Dean\'s List includes the following Beaufort students: Jared Bibb, Mary Hart, Hannah Krin, Eugene Lucas, Tyshanna Major and Victoria Wheelen.\r\n\r\nTo qualify for the Dean\'s List, freshmen must earn a 3.25 grade point average, and upperclassmen must earn a 3.5 grade point average. To qualify for the President\'s List, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average. All students must be enrolled full time.\r\n\r\nAlso at Coastal Carolina, Alexis Mesel, of Beaufort, has been named to the President\'s List.\r\n\r\n<b>State report card shows </b><b>Bridges students excelling</b>\r\n\r\nBridges Prep elementary and middle school students exceeded state standards in English during the 2015-2016 school year and middle school students also exceeded state standards in math, according to the school’s first “report card” issued by the South Carolina Public Charter School District.\r\n\r\nMore than 62 percent of Bridges middle schoolers met or exceeded state standards in English/Language Arts and 53 percent of Bridges elementary students met or exceeded standards for ELA.\r\n\r\nIn math, more than 56 percent of Bridges elementary students met or exceeded standards with 49 percent of its middle school students reaching that level.\r\n\r\nOf the school’s 511 students enrolled and counted last school year, 37 percent qualified as lower income and 7.5 percent of students had disabilities. The report card showed Bridges Prep is meeting requirements to serve students with various disabilities.\r\n\r\n“This is a very strong report card for Bridges Prep,” Head of School Dr. Nick Ithomitis said. “It is clear our students and staff have worked very hard, and of course we have amazing parent support to help these young learners achieve these high marks. We are very proud and expect even better ‘grades’ next year.”\r\n\r\n<b>Local Wofford students </b><b>are studying abroad </b>\r\n\r\nWofford\'s Interim is a time for exploration and experiential learning away from the rigors of traditional academic courses for students and faculty alike. Students may choose from a variety of on-campus courses, professional internships and research projects, study abroad opportunities or their own independent study project, approved and guided by a faculty advisor. More than 200 students chose to study abroad during Interim 2017.\r\n\r\nMichael Bass is studying abroad in United States. Bass, a member of the class of 2019, is from Beaufort. Also from Beaufort are Mary Catherine Carmody, who is studying abroad in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia; Finn Koppernaes is studying abroad in Sweden and Norway; Drummond Koppernaes is studying abroad in Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; Laura DeRenne Roddey is studying abroad in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Roddey; and Natalie Simkins is studying abroad in France.\r\n\r\n<b>Ping-pong tournament </b><b>to benefit BHS tennis</b>\r\n\r\nA ping-pong tournament fundraiser for the Beaufort High School tennis teams will be held on Saturday, March 11, at the high school gym.\r\n\r\nLevels of play will include juniors, beginners to open division tournaments. There will also be singles, doubles and mixed events.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the ping pong, there will be food, drinks, raffles and trophies.\r\n\r\nThe first 60 entries will get a tournament shirt.\r\n\r\nTables, paddles and ball will be provided.\r\n\r\nThe cost is $35 for up to three events.Make checks payable to the Beaufort High Booster Club and mail your entry to: Todd Stone , 89 Dolphin Point Drive, Beaufort, SC 29907 or email Tkkg1360@gmail.com.', 'School briefs for February 2nd-8th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '31130-2', '', '', '2018-07-12 10:58:43', '2018-07-12 14:58:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31130', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(31135, 4, '2017-02-02 21:42:53', '2017-02-03 02:42:53', '<h3>By Bill Rauch</h3>\r\nRegular readers of this column may recall an analysis that appeared here in September 2016 showing that of the seven successful Beaufort County School District and countywide capital improvements referenda totaling about three-quarters of a billion dollars over the past 20 years, 60 percent of the money has gone to schools and roads in and around Bluffton.\r\n\r\nSimply — and generously — stated, the Beaufort County Council didn’t adequately anticipate the public costs of the Sun City project when in 1991 they unanimously bought Del Webb’s argument that all the costs of the new city that would be built on the outskirts of Bluffton would be contained within the development.\r\n\r\nWe have been paying and paying ever since, and Bluffton has stayed pretty quiet. Why shouldn’t it?\r\n\r\nThe town of Bluffton had nothing formally to do with the 1991 Del Webb vote. However, let’s not forget most of the subsequent Del Webb spin-off development was permitted by Bluffton, which has further contributed to the public costs.\r\n\r\nInterestingly, now things appear to be changing.\r\n\r\nBluffton is being driven by traffic jams and a new scarcity of parking to the tipping point. Oh yes, and by rising taxes too. The “rising tide,” it turned out, didn’t “float all boats.” It just floated the boats of the development community. And flashy speedboats they are.\r\n\r\nAs this column goes to press, Bluffton’s leaders are passing slow growth petitions.\r\n\r\nThe big paper companies’ timber tracts are all gone from Beaufort County now, so where will the new houses go?\r\n\r\nNo, not on the fairways. That was yesterday.\r\n\r\nThe new fashion is laying them up IN the fairways.\r\n\r\nGolf courses along U.S. 278 are places into which millions of dollars have been invested within our recent memories for planning, clearing, filling out fairways and greens, sculpting out bunkers, building clubhouses and caddy shacks, making exotic grasses and shrubbery grow more beautifully and more.\r\n\r\nBut no matter. That was yesterday.\r\n\r\nTake the case of the Hilton Head National Golf Club. Hilton Head National’s golf course was designed in 1988 by the great Gary Player and the new course was opened in 1990.\r\n\r\nNow the property’s owner, Scratch Golf LLC, has asked Beaufort County to rezone the property from rural to a mix of commercial and residential neighborhood and hamlet designations under the county’s new CDC development code.\r\n\r\nWhere there are fairways, greens and bunkers, the owners seek now the government’s blessing to put 300 homes, 300 apartment units, 400,000 square feet of new retail space, a 500-room hotel, a 100,000-square-foot convention center, a 400-bed assisted living facility, a 1,500-seat performing arts center and a water park that would be visible from U.S. 278.\r\n\r\nThe new development will require two new schools be built, a flyover of U.S. 278 be constructed, and a new entrance fashioned that necessitates that at least one Heritage Lakes house be demolished, according to Tabor Vaux, who represents Bluffton on the Beaufort County Council.\r\n\r\nHere’s the wrinkle. Hilton Head National isn’t contiguous to the town of Bluffton so it cannot be annexed into the town, and it is just outside Tabor Vaux’s councilmanic district. It is in Rick Caporale’s. But the traffic it will cause will be in Bluffton. So Vaux is asking who will pay.\r\n\r\nGrowth outside the town of Bluffton has been slow since 2008, and the county was caught a little flat-footed by Scratch Golf LLC’s proposal.\r\n\r\nOn Dec. 8, 2016, the county’s Planning Commission passed the rezoning 5-3 and sent the matter to the county council’s Nãtural Resources Committee, which rubber-stamped the rezoning and passed it along to the full Beaufort County Council.\r\n\r\nThat’s when reality began to set in.\r\n\r\nOn Jan. 9, the Beaufort County Council voted narrowly to table the rezoning until a development agreement can be negotiated.\r\n\r\nNow a committee of county council members, chaired by Vaux, has been empanelled to formulate the agreement.\r\n\r\n“This is a major, major project that is going to require tons of infrastructure. Who’s going to pay for that?” Vaux asks.\r\n\r\nIt’s a good question and one that could not be coming from a more appropriate corner.\r\n\r\n<i>Bill Rauch was the mayor of Beaufort from 1999-2008. Email Bill at TheRauchReport@gmail.com.</i>', 'Developers propose new homes IN the fairways', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'developers-propose-new-homes-in-the-fairways', '', '', '2017-02-05 21:45:59', '2017-02-06 02:45:59', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=31135', 0, 'post', '', 0);
