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(5603, 4, '2012-02-14 15:08:27', '2012-02-14 20:08:27', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/gamble4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5605\" title=\"gamble4\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/gamble4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>A Beaufort magistrate has ruled that the machines seized from a Bluffton\r\nsweepstakes business were in fact used for gambling and should be destroyed.\r\n\r\nIn an order issued Tuesday, Beaufort County Chief Magistrate Darlene Smith ruled that South\r\nCarolina\'s gambling statute applies to 20 computers seized in September 2011 from Hest\r\nSweepstakes, 1008 Fording Island Road, Bluffton.\r\n\r\n\"The ruling validates our opinion,\" said Solicitor Duffie Stone. \"The machines are gambling\r\ndevices, are against the law and should be destroyed.\"\r\n\r\nAccording to South Carolina law, machine-based gambling has three elements: a person pays in money, plays a game of chance and has the potential to win money. At the business, customers would pay money to a clerk, who would give them a randomly-generated pin number that determined whether or not they had won money. The customer could ask the clerk if the pin number was a winner, and thus collect the money on the spot, or could use the pin to play various games on a computer that would reveal how much they had won.\r\n\r\n\"Hest was using technology and wordplay to try to circumvent South Carolina\'s anti-gambling law,\" said assistant solicitor Carra Henderson, who successfully argued on behalf of the state\r\n\r\n\"Instead of having a coin slot, they had a clerk accepting money,\" Henderson said. \"Instead of placing a bet, they called it a donation. Instead of having a lever on the machine, they used a mouse to click a start button. Hest can dress things up as much as they want, but the bottom line is that these machines were being used as a tool for gambling.\"', 'Ruling issued in Bluffton gambling machine case ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ruling-issued-in-bluffton-gambling-machine-case', '', '', '2012-02-14 15:08:49', '2012-02-14 20:08:49', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5603', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5610, 4, '2012-02-15 09:16:52', '2012-02-15 14:16:52', 'Main Street Beaufort\'s downtown shopping awareness campaign, Main Street Dollars, starts this Saturday February 18th.\r\n\r\nAt 10am Saturday at the Main Street Beaufort office at Waterfront Park, you can purchase up to 100 \'Main Street Beaufort Dollars\' for only $50, and redeem them at participating businesses before March 31st. Up to $15,000 is available (with maximum $100 pp).\r\n\r\nThe list of over 50 participating Main Street Beaufort USA businesses is available on their website at <a href=\"http://www.downtownbeaufort.com/\">www.downtownbeaufort.com</a>, and you can look for this sign posted at all participating businesses.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/msbdollars1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5611\" title=\"msbdollars1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/msbdollars1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /></a>', 'Main Street Beaufort dollars on sale Saturday', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'main-street-beaufort-dollars-on-sale-saturday', '', '', '2012-02-15 09:16:52', '2012-02-15 14:16:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5610', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5616, 4, '2012-02-15 23:28:28', '2012-02-16 04:28:28', 'Christian Women’s Club has meeting\r\nThe Christian Women’s Club of Beaufort will hold their Thursday, February 16 meeting at the St. Helena Parish Church Hall at 507 New Castle Street. The feature segment of the program will be Cookies by Charlotte Brantley.  The speaker is Barbara Gobbs presenting “A Sweet Valentine.” Doors open at 11:45 and lunch is served at 12:15 p.m..  Luncheon and program is $12, which includes tip and gratuity. For reservations or cancellations, call Karen Whitehead at 838-7627 or email at mommakaren@islc.net.\r\n\r\nMather School alumni invited to ceremony\r\nThe Technical College of the Lowcountry will host its annual Mather School Alumni Celebration and Bell Ringing Ceremony Friday, February 17, in the MacLean Hall Student Center on the Beaufort campus at 921 Ribaut Road. A reception will begin at noon, and the formal program will begin at 1 p.m. The Mather School was located on what is now TCL’s Beaufort campus and was established by Rachel Crane Mather in 1868 to educate the daughters of freed slaves and to prepare young black women as  teachers. In 1881, the school became part of the New England Baptist Missionary Association and continued educating area African-Americans until 1968, when it opened to all races. In 1972, the school became part of the South Carolina Technical College System.\r\n\r\nUpcoming classes offered at ArtLofts\r\nHere are upcoming art classes offered at ArtLofts, located at 208-B Carteret St,:\r\n• “Improv” Your Painting with Susie Stockholm will be Feb. 18 from 1-4 p.m.        Cost is $35 plus supplies. Contact 843-473-7706 for details.\r\n• Oil Painting Workshop with Mary Grayson Segars will be held Feb 27, 28, 29 from 9 a.m. -1 p.m. Cost is $150. Call 812-9509 or go by ArtLofts to register.\r\n\r\nWesleyan Gospel Choir to perform at church\r\nBethesda Christian Fellowship at 32 Martin Luther King Drive on St. Helena Island invites you to come and enjoy an Evening of Praise and Worship featuring\r\nSavannah State University’s Wesleyan Gospel Choir, on Friday, February 17, at 7:30 p.m. The event is free to the public. A free will offering will be received. For more information, please contact the church at\r\n(843) 838-4410 or visit our website, www.welcome2Bethesda.org.\r\n\r\nSpeaker to hold day of personal transformation\r\nTherapeutic Solutions: A Creating Wellness Center is honored to welcome  Dr. Sue Morter, internationally recognized authority on bridging science, spirit, and human possibility www.suemorter.com for “Manifesting the Vision for you Life,” a full day of personal transformation. Using the power of quantum mechanics, meditation and BioEnergetics, you will learn to remove subconscious interferences in your personal energy fields to move the flow of your life toward manifesting your most profound goals and visions. The event will be held on Saturday, February 18 at Quality Inn Town Center from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Please call 524-2554 for more info or for tickets to this life changing event.\r\n\r\nCatholic Social Teaching to meet\r\nHave you ever asked how can I respond to Catholic Social Teaching in these challenging times? Are issues such as poverty, jobs, health care, economic inequality, social safety net, and housing a concern to you? Join others in exploring a response on Sunday, February 19, 3- 5 p.m. at 17 Wina Road, St. Helena Island. For more information, email susanmilne39@yahoo.com.\r\n\r\nBooks Sandwiched In continues with Kubic\r\nFriends of the Beaufort Library (FOL) continues the 26th year of Books Sandwiched In Monday, February 20, from noon to 1 p.m. at USCB Center for the Arts, 801 Carteret Street. Gary Kubic will present “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand. Doors open at 11:30 am. You are invited to bring your lunch. Coffee and cookies are available at no charge. For additional information and to listen to the podcast by Gary Kubic, go to www.citytrex.com/books-sandwiched-in. Donations may be made on the website using a credit card or PayPal. All donations will be used to support unfunded programs, projects, and materials at the Beaufort, Lobeco, and St. Helena libraries.\r\n\r\nTCL to hold series of photography courses\r\nThe Technical College of the Lowcountry Division of Continuing Education will offer a series of photography classes taught by professional photographers. Classes will be appropriate for beginners through advanced, as noted, and will be held in February and March.\r\n\r\nWomen’s challenge quilts will be on display\r\nThe Sea Island Quilters will exhibit The 2012 “Women’s Words of Wisdom” challenge  quilts  at USC-Beaufort Performing Arts Center Gallery,  with an opening reception on Friday, February 24 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Winners of the challenge will be announced at this time. Quilts will remain on display through Sunday, March 4. For details, call Ellen Roberts at (843)  838-9857 or email  ellensteve@embarqmail.com.\r\n\r\nAmerican Association of University Women meet\r\nThe Beaufort Branch of American Association of University Women will meet on Tuesday, February 28, 6 p.m. at TCL Beaufort campus building 23. The guest speaker will be Chris Taggart the director of the Born to Read Program. For details contact Diana Steele, president at 522-2796 or steele.diana@comcast.net.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Writers meet\r\nBeaufort Writers meets every second and fourth Tuesday from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Lady’s Island Airport Conference Room. The next meeting will be February 28.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Dog to hold advanced training class\r\nBeaufort Dog is enrolling for an Advanced Training class. This class will focus on dealing with distractions while in “real world” situations like walking on a leash.  This is a precursor for therapy dog training as well. Please call 812-5394 to pre-register.\r\n\r\nApplications available for Zonta scholarships\r\nThe Zonta Club of Beaufort is once again giving one $1,000 Working Women’s Scholarship and one $1,000 Scholarship for graduating high school seniors. All applicants must reside in Beaufort County north of the Broad River. All applications must be received in the mail by the deadline of April 13. Please send to P.O. Box 2234, Beaufort, SC 29901. Email zontabeaufort@yahoo.com to request a specific application.', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-26', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:28:28', '2012-02-16 04:28:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5616', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5618, 4, '2012-02-15 23:29:34', '2012-02-16 04:29:34', 'WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO: A 23-year-old man reported just before 5 p.m. that he was sleeping in his room with his 11-month-old daughter when a 51-year-old female acquaintance burst into the room and began hitting him. The reason behind this woman’s fury was over an exorbitant $20. To make matters worse for this man and child was the female’s 66-year-old husband who threatened them with a .45 caliber pistol. It makes you wonder if they were really his parents.\r\n\r\nLAST ONE AT THE PARTY: Over the weekend, a woman was arrested after refusing to leave the bar at closing time. Police reported she was sitting on the floor, acting belligerently and threatening to fight employees and law enforcement officials. Following her arrest, she revealed that she had been assaulted with a razor blade by another woman earlier in the night. This is why one should never be the last at a party.\r\n\r\nNOT ALL GEEKS WIN: A male subject was arrested at Walmart last week for stealing computer game related items. The man was caught when an employee of the establishment saw the subject shoving items into his pants. This geek had apparently run the gambit at Wally World as he has a prior trespassing offense at the store. I suppose we can close the book on all geeks ruling the world.\r\n\r\nMAN’S BEST FRIEND: An officer was patrolling the area around the Gentry Woods apartments when he was viciously attack by a four-legged subject. Quick thinking by the officer led to the animal eventually being subdued by use of his taser. Eventually, Animal Control picked up the offender and carted him off. I feel bad for the pit bull.\r\n\r\nCompiled by Tess Malijenovsky. Crime Report items are chosen from the files of the Beaufort Police Department. Please contact the police with any insider information on these cases.', 'Weekend Cracks on Criminals', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'weekend-cracks-on-criminals-2', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:29:34', '2012-02-16 04:29:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5618', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5620, 4, '2012-02-15 23:30:50', '2012-02-16 04:30:50', 'By Celia Strong\r\n\r\nIsn’t a simple life what we all want?  I’m sure the search for it makes us drink.  Probably because we’ve fooled ourselves into believing that we can find it and somehow the wine, in our case, makes it seem easier. Actually, “the simple life” is the name of a wine.  You really do have to wonder who thinks of all these names.  Imagine what some of their inebriated brainstorming sounds like. If they’re anything like some of my “meetings” that include wine, we’re all in trouble. And if they are about wine too, all you have is a reason for another glass or two. No wonder it can take three meetings to get one thing done. And, if “the simple life” sounded like a good name for your wine at some meeting, just maybe you couldn’t face another meeting on “the name” subject. You might end up with something less acceptable. Leave it alone and get on to the next step.  And, that’s what we’re going to do — move on to this week’s wine.\r\nThe Simple Life is the name for two “flavors.” We’re going to look at the red first — a Pinot Noir. Pinot Noir is a great variety and grows in almost all wine producing regions of the world. It also comes in many quality levels and styles.  The name for Pinot Noir comes from the French for “pine” and “black.”  It refers to the pine cone shape of the grape clusters of this variety and their really dark purple, almost black, color.  Even though it is grown around the world, this is a very difficult grape to grow and hard to ferment into good wine.\r\nThe leaves of the Pinot Noir are generally smaller than those of Cabernet or Syrah vines. This, over time, has caused the clusters of grapes to become smaller so that they are better protected under the smaller leaves. When growing, the Pinot Noir is sensitive to wind and frost, extensive cropping, or pruning, for small yields is needed to ensure better wines, and soil type can make tremendous differences. Even yeast strains used in the fermenting have to be chosen carefully.  Pinot Noir grapes have extremely thin skins that make them susceptible to rot and fungus diseases.  Besides the grapes being delicate and sickly, the vines and their leaves are also easily effected by rot, mildew and viruses.  Sounds to me like we’re lucky if we ever see a bottle of Pinot Noir.  But, it is the huge range of bouquets, flavors, textures and styles of Pinot Noir that make it one of the most popular wine grapes.  Its wines are light to medium bodied with aromas of black and red cherries, raspberries, some currants, cranberries and blueberries.  Under some growing conditions it also adds on some earthy and what are called barnyard flavors — mushrooms, coffee grounds, truffles and leather. More modern wine making conditions tend to enhance the lightness and fruitiness in their wines.\r\nLooking at its history, Pinot Noir is an ancient variety but its origins are not clear. A similar variety was recorded in the first century AD in what is now France’s Burgundy region. Some wine geneticists think that Pinot Noir is very close to a species of grapes known as “Vitis sylvestris.” Pinot Noir is known to mutate very easily so this would make sense;  it mutated from one specie of grapes into another (Vitis vinifera) and what we call its cousins (Pinot Meunier, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris/Grigio) are really just other mutations.  Never thought of myself as drinking mutations, did you?\r\nWith all the Pinot Noir growing around the world and the grape’s natural tendency to mutate, all of what we know as Pinot Noir wines are not necessarily from the same exact version of the grape  All of which means mutation, or clone, and “terroir” where it’s grown make for many versions of Pinot wines.  It’s part of why Pinots are good and we love them and it’s part of why we love some and not others.  And, that’s why we have to keep tasting more and more of them.\r\nPinot Noir in the United States is grown mostly in California and Oregon.  In California, where our “Simple Life” comes from, there are several well known Pinot growing areas — Sonoma Coast, the Russian River Valley, the Central Coast AVA, Santa Rita Hills, Monterey County and its Santa Lucia Highlands, the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, Carneros, Anderson Valley in Mendocino County, the Livermore Valley and San Luis Obispo County which includes Edna Valley and the Arroyo Grande Valley.  Many good Pinot Noir wines are actually blends of grapes from two and sometimes three of these areas.  Just like blending wines from more than one grape adds layers of flavors and textures, making Pinot Noir wines  from more than one source gives them more flavors and textures.\r\nThe Simple Life Pinot Noir is made from 95% Pinot Noir almost entirely from the Merwin Vineyard in Clarksburg. This vineyard grows primarily Pommard clone Pinot that is known for its pure dark fruit flavor.  The wine’s cherry red color gives way to rich, earthy notes of cherry, wild strawberry and forest floor.  The flavors are bright and fruit-forward with strawberry, rhubarb and flecks of red raspberry.  Fresh acidity balances with a hint of tannin to create an appealing juicy mouth feel. The finishing flavors of clove (my favorite in this list) and cranberry are long and linger well in your mouth.  Five percent Merlot is blended into the wine as well to add a bit of structure.   This is a great sipping wine and a wonderful food wine as well. I think this is one of the best new Pinot Noirs I’ve tasted in a long time.  And, at a whopping price of $10.99, I can keep tasting it.\r\nThe Simple Life also makes a delicious Chardonnay. This is a more tropical style chard with honeysuckle and white peach flavors mixed in with Asian pear.  Some aging in French oak for baking spice flavors and a creamy texture make it a terrific new find.  A small bit of Viognier adds in a perfumey side that is just lovely.  Interestingly, Alaska Airlines serves this wine.  I know this because coming home from Napa a couple of weeks ago, it was the best part of the trip.  I had two glasses on my 9 a.m. flight.  (When the going gets tough, the tough get tasting!)  And now you can have both these wines too!  Tough times or not.  Enjoy!', 'The Simple Life', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-simple-life', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:30:50', '2012-02-16 04:30:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5620', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5622, 4, '2012-02-15 23:33:48', '2012-02-16 04:33:48', 'By Pamela Brownstein\r\nLooking for a great way to spice up an otherwise dull week? It starts with great food and the intimate, enjoyable dining experience found at Southern Graces Bistro at The Beaufort Inn.\r\nThe giant warm popovers that come with homemade maple walnut butter are the perfect start to any meal. I always have to pace myself because I could eat them all day!\r\nI had to get my favorite starter, the Beaufort Bay Shrimp Wrap: Fresh local shrimp stuffed with sausage and lump crab meat wrapped in a wonton skin and flash fried, served with garlic sweet and spicy sauce. The dish was a winner at the 2008 Beaufort Shrimp Festival.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5623\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Beaufort Bay Shrimp Wrap.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/SG1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5623\" title=\"SG1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/SG1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nTess ordered the fried green tomatoes starter, served with a sweet corn sauce, and also the She Crab Soup offered with Old Bay Cheese Straws.\r\nElizabeth had the Vidalia Onion Soup served with a Parmesan popover crouton, as well as their specialty citrus salad featuring smoked Gouda cheese, toasted pecans, dried cherries, mandarin oranges with a citrus vinaigrette. She said the salad is her favorite.\r\nBuck tried the Vidalia Onion Soup also as a starter then sampled the Montecristo Sandwich: black forest ham and Gruyere cheese stacked atop freshly baked honey wheat bread, dipped in egg batter then pan seared and baked. It is then served with a raspberry compote. Quite the elaborate sandwich, and also delicious.\r\nGene had the Angel Wings starter which is marinated chicken chopped and paired with hot sauce and blue cheese, then wrapped and flash fried and drizzled with buffalo sauce. Yum. He also got\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5624\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Vertical Cobb Salad.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/SG2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5624\" title=\"SG2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/SG2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nthe Cheerwine BBQ Pork Sandwich on a Ciabatta loaf served with smoked Gouda mac and cheese and house-made bread and butter pickles. Between the barbecue and the mac and cheese, Gene was thoroughly satisfied with the quality of his meal.\r\nNikki ordered the Shrimp and Sweet Potato Grits made with sauteed local shrimp with prosciutto cream over Anson Mills’ Sweet Potato Grits.\r\nNew addition to Lunch Bunch, Louise, went with the Vertical Cobb Salad. This is a dramatic stacked salad with layers of avocado, bacon, tomato, eggs, blue cheese, and topped with shrimp and black pepper buttermilk dressing. The presentation and the taste are amazing.\r\nSouthern Graces Bistro is located at The Beaufort Inn, 809 Port Republic Street. For more information, call 843-379-0555 or go online at www.southerngracesbeaufort.com.', 'A quaint, sensational dining experience at Southern Graces Bistro', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-quaint-sensational-dining-experience-at-southern-graces-bistro', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:33:48', '2012-02-16 04:33:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5622', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5626, 4, '2012-02-15 23:34:46', '2012-02-16 04:34:46', 'Dr. Kristie Wallace, doctor of chiropractic, is now available to see you at Beaufort Chiropractic located on 703 Bladen Street. She is originally from the St. Louis area, and is truly honored and excited to be servicing the town of Beaufort. She is an Air Force veteran and served for five years as a civil engineer.\r\nDr. Kristie loves the outdoors from whitewater rafting to kayaking, snowboarding, scuba diving, and hiking.  She also loves her career.  She knew she wanted to be a chiropractor at age 15 when she was in a medical shadowing course her freshman year of high school. She shadowed a chiropractor in a small Illinois town and realized that was her future career. “I’ve always had a fascination with the human body and how it functions,” Wallace said.\r\nAfter her service in the military, she pursued her dream of being a chiropractor.  Dr. Wallace loves helping from treating people everyday to volunteering in the community.  “If you have a volunteer opportunity, count me in!”  She will be joining the local Sea Island Rotary.\r\nDr. Kristie uses a myriad of chiropractic techniques to fit your health and wellness needs along with a vast knowledge of nutrition and enzyme therapies.  Dr. Kristie received her undergraduate degree in human biology, and then went to four years of graduate school at Logan College of Chiropractic. She is focused on the entire family from newborns to grandparents. She treats back pain, headaches, extremities, hormonal and enzymatic dysfunctions, athletes and wellness care.\r\nBeaufort Chiropractic also offers massage therapy and acupuncture. Keep an eye out for future nutritional workshops or call for an appointment today 522-1115.', 'New chiropractor in town', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-chiropractor-in-town', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:34:46', '2012-02-16 04:34:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5626', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5628, 4, '2012-02-15 23:35:49', '2012-02-16 04:35:49', 'By Mark Siegel, MD FAAO\r\n\r\nFor many people, good vision means good eye health but that may not always be the case. Regular eye exams can catch problems before it’s too late. If you are age 40 or older and have not had a recent eye disease screening, The American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy) recommends making an appointment for an eye exam. It is an essential step toward preserving vision and keeping eyes healthy and there is no better time than February’s Save Your Vision Month.\r\nBy 2020, 43 million Americans will be at risk for significant vision loss or blindness from age-related eye diseases, such as cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and macular degeneration, an increase of more than 50 percent over the current number of Americans with these diseases. Despite the statistics, many Americans are more concerned about weight gain or back pain than they are of vision loss.\r\nUnfortunately, millions of people will suffer significant vision loss and blindness because they don’t know their risks. I can’t stress enough the importance of getting regular eye exams, because knowing your risks can save your sight.\r\nThe first step in preventing vision loss is to get a baseline eye exam at the age of 40. This is the age when early signs of eye disease and changes in vision may first occur. For individuals at any age with symptoms of, or at risk for, eye disease (such as those with a family history of eye disease, diabetes or high blood pressure), the Academy recommends those individuals see their ophthalmologist to determine how frequently their eyes should be examined. Based on the results of the initial screening, an ophthalmologist will prescribe the necessary intervals for follow-up exams.\r\nThe academy recommends the following for regular eye disease screening: ages 65 or older, every 1-2 years; ages 55-64, every 1-3 years; ages 40-54, every 2-4 years; under age 40, 5-10 years.\r\nEye diseases become more common as we age, but eye problems can occur at any age. By getting a comprehensive eye exam, and following through with the recommendation of your doctor, it can be the difference in saving your vision or preventing further vision loss later in life. Many patients will have no recognizable symptoms of vision loss which is why it’s important to identify, monitor and treat early.', 'Don’t lose sight of your eye health', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'dont-lose-sight-of-your-eye-health', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:35:49', '2012-02-16 04:35:49', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5628', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5630, 4, '2012-02-15 23:38:29', '2012-02-16 04:38:29', 'The University of South Carolina Beaufort will be hosting two presentations on Thursday, February 23<sup>rd</sup>, each led by Dr. Lou Guillette who will be discussing the impact of manmade chemicals on wildlife and possible correlations to disease in humans.   Dr. Guillette is affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Hollings Marine Lab in Charleston.\r\n\r\nThe first presentation will take place at 11:45am-12:45pm in Hargray 156 on the Hilton Head Gateway campus, located on hwy 278 in Bluffton.  An evening presentation will take place at the Beaufort High School auditorium from 7:00-8:00pm. Both presentations are free of charge and open to the general public.\r\n\r\nThis event is being hosted by USCB Professors,  Dr. Alan Warren, human toxicology expert, and Dr. Eric Montie, marine ecotoxicology researcher.  Event sponsors include: ACE Basin NERR, University of South Carolina Beaufort, Beaufort High School, and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.\r\n\r\nThe effects of contaminants on wildlife have been studied for more than 50 years, since the publication of Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring.” Work over the last decade and a half has focused on the ability of environmental contaminants to mimic chemical messengers (hormones) and alter gene expression and functioning of the reproductive and endocrine systems. Although considered rare until a decade ago, evidence that many types of chemicals alter the signaling systems in our bodies and those of wildlife is now common.\r\n\r\nFor more information, please contact Dr. Eric Montie at <a href=\"tel:843-208-8107\" target=\"_blank\">843-208-8107</a>.', 'Speaker to discuss the impact of manmade chemicals in nature', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'speaker-to-discuss-the-impact-of-manmade-chemicals-in-nature', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:38:29', '2012-02-16 04:38:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5630', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5632, 4, '2012-02-15 23:39:31', '2012-02-16 04:39:31', 'By Terry Sweeney\r\nThe winemakers of Willamette Valley are as thin-skinned and persnickety as their Pinot Noir grapes when it comes to getting the name of their valley right (it’s pronounced Will-AM-ette) and can you blame them?  With an average of 40 inches of rain a year and sunlight and heat only showing up like sullen teenagers when they darn well feel like it, growing these damn grapes is about as nerve-wrackingly edge-of-your-seat scary as a zombie packed episode of “Walking Dead.” And what about those Freddie Kruger freak frosts that come out of nowhere and kill off their vulnerable  grapes during spring and fall? Talk about somewhere you wouldn’t catch a lazy happy-go-lucky Irishman like myself planting a grape! No wonder Oregon winemakers are known for being no pain, no gain rugged individualists (some would say grape nuts!) who tough it out living on the edge like their grapes with the philosophy that the grape that has it easy doesn’t make nearly the complex elegant wine as the grape that’s had to fight against all the odds Mean Old Mother Nature can scare up.\r\nAnd it turns out these crazy Oregonian juice pushers have been proven right. As Oregon’s wine reputation for producing the most prestigious New World Pinot Noirs has grown over the years, Willamette Valley is now being called by some “America’s little slice of Burgundy.”\r\nIt was Oregon’s Pinot Noir, once obscure, that captured the international attention of the wine world. Oh, and mine too! I fell in love with Oregon’s Pinot Noir from the moment I swirled my first glass of a luscious earthy mushroom and blackberry Adelsheim  at a wine store tasting and refused to let go of the bottle! Since that day I’ve had the privilege of tasting many other offerings from some of the best producers of Oregon Pinot Noir including Beaux Freres, Domaine Drouhin and Ponzi Vineyards. All delicately saturated with varying nuances of the “Oregon Terroir” of wild mushrooms, pines, (remember they’ve got a lot of Christmas trees up there) and forest flora while infused with the aromas of raspberries, boysenberry and blackberries.\r\nBut the best thing about these Oregon Pinot Noirs is they swing both ways. What?! Exactly what do I mean by that?!  I mean ... graceful enough for a woman yet powerful enough for a man.  Or maybe powerful enough for a woman and graceful enough for a man.\r\nOh heck, what I mean is when you bring one of these Oregon babes to your friends’ house both the husband and the wife will like her. (Whew! I talked my way out of that one I hope!)\r\nThere is something else you must know about Oregon Pinot Noir and ... grilled salmon. They are the Romeo and Juliet of the wine and food pairing world! Oregon Pinot Noir was the first to successfully cross the color barrier and disprove the accepted wine dogma of the time that only white wine could be served with fish.  With its high acidity yet subtle earthiness, it is the perfect mate for the lightly charred fatty salmon.  Its low tannins do not diminish the delicate flavors but instead enhance them. Sorry Shakespeare, but this epicurean romance has a happy ending. I don’t know about you, but I know what I’m having tonight for supper and just what I’m going to drink with it.\r\nHere are a few of my Oregon Pinot Noir favorites:\r\n• Adelsheim Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2009: $22\r\n• Ponzi Pinot Tavola 2009: $24\r\n• Cloudline Pinot Noir 2009: $17\r\n• And the last one you should only purchase on a special occasion like  say, my birthday: Beaux Freres Willamette Valley 2009: $50\r\nCheers!', 'Willamette Dammit!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'willamette-dammit', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:39:31', '2012-02-16 04:39:31', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5632', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5634, 4, '2012-02-15 23:40:18', '2012-02-16 04:40:18', 'By Arthur Levin\r\n\r\n“Money managers are unhappy because 70% of them are lagging the S&amp;P 500. Economists are unhappy because they do not know what to believe: this month’s forecast of a strong economy or last month’s forecast of a weak economy. Technicians are unhappy because the market refuses to correct and gets more and more extended. The public is unhappy because they just plain missed out on the party after being scared into cash. It almost seems ungrateful for so many to be unhappy about a market that has done so well. Unhappy people would prefer the market to correct to allow them to buy and feel happy, which is just the reason for a further rise? Frustrating the majority is the market’s primary goal.”\r\n— Bob Farrell, Merrill Lynch; September 1989\r\nSource: Raymond James Financial, “Everybody’s Unhappy!?” by Jeff Saut (January 23, 2012)\r\nThis is the nature of investing, rarely is the majority content with what the market hath provided, and when the majority is instead quite pleased with recent history, that is generally a time at which to be very worried! After a year in which very few of the brightest minds in money management could hold a candle to the returns of a simple index of 30 stocks that has been around for 115 years, it is likely that few investors are overjoyed with recent returns. That should have little to do with decisions today, but of course, we know that it does.\r\nInvestors who have enjoyed the recent move higher are wondering if it can continue in light of all the questionable economic surroundings. Investors who have missed it are instead wondering how the market has managed to move higher by more than 5% this year and more than 10% since Thanksgiving, and if it is just too late to buy.\r\nOur indicators continue to favor US equities. In addition, we are seeing International Equities begin to show some signs of life, and we continue to monitor this closely. In the near term, we would view any short-term pullbacks (which would not be unwarranted) as a buying opportunity.\r\nThis article was written by Arthur Levin, Senior V.P. – Investments, Wells Fargo Advisors, Beaufort, S.C.\r\nThe views expressed by Arthur Levin are his own and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC or its affiliates.\r\nInvestments in securities and insurance products are: NOT FDIC INSURED/NOT BANK-GUARANTEED/MAY LOSE VALUE\r\nWells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Member SIPC, is a registered broker-dealer and a separate non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo Company.', 'What in the world?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-in-the-world', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:40:18', '2012-02-16 04:40:18', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5634', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5636, 4, '2012-02-15 23:41:16', '2012-02-16 04:41:16', 'The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce Kelly Hartman as the new Sales &amp; Marketing Planner. In this supporting role, Kelly will be responsible for work done “behind the scenes” pertaining to sales and product development in support of Sales Executive John Basile. She will also be involved in marketing team support with regard to research and media planning &amp; buying.\r\n\r\nBlakely Williams, President of the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce, adds that this is a new but important role within the organization. “There is an opportunity for us to better service our industry partners and clients to show them how the marketing dollars they spend with us are truly benefiting their businesses.”\r\n\r\nKelly comes to the chamber with nearly seven years of experience from the Georgia and South Carolina areas. Previous titles include Director of Development and Sales Executive and has proven success in analyzing client spend for optimized results. During her tenure at Georgia Southern University, Kelly understood the importance of creating and developing strategic plans for partners in order to generate revenue – and intends to utilize that knowledge with the Tourism Division.\r\n\r\n“I look forward to working with John to help grow our client’s businesses and to strengthen the relationship they have with the chamber,” Kelly said.\r\n\r\nKelly can be contacted at Kelly@BeaufortSC.org or at 843.525.8525.', 'New sales and marketing planner joins Chamber of Commerce', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-sales-and-marketing-planner-joins-chamber-of-commerce', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:41:16', '2012-02-16 04:41:16', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5636', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5638, 4, '2012-02-15 23:42:39', '2012-02-16 04:42:39', 'The Greenery Inc., an employee owned company, announces it has purchased the assets of Mazzanna’s Lawn &amp; Landscaping of Beaufort. As of February 1, 2012, the two companies have come together in a merger that will most effectively serve the Lowcountry’s landscaping needs.\r\nMazzanna’s is a $3M revenue landscape maintenance and construction company based in Beaufort <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Biz-Greenery.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5639\" title=\"Biz-Greenery\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Biz-Greenery-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" /></a>that performs commercial, residential and military contracts. Gary Mazzanna and his staff will continue serving their clients, but will do so as employee owners of The Greenery.\r\nIn a letter to Mazzanna’s clients, Lee Edwards, CEO of The Greenery, wrote, “We are ... certain that we will continue the same quality of service that Mazzanna’s Lawn &amp; Landscape has practiced and will continue to improve and enhance the quality of your landscape.”\r\nEdwards also assures Mazzanna’s clients that “Our goal is to continue to provide … the best landscape maintenance in the Lowcountry, and we are confident that the expansion of resources will prove this to be a successful transition.”\r\nGary Mazzanna will work closely with Jerry Ashmore, a branch manager with The Greenery, to oversee daily landscape operations and be available to assist with any special requests or needs.', 'Mazzanna\'s of Beaufort now part of The Greenery', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'mazzannas-of-beaufort-now-part-of-the-greenery', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:42:39', '2012-02-16 04:42:39', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5638', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5641, 4, '2012-02-15 23:43:27', '2012-02-16 04:43:27', 'Lady’s Island Stacking competes in tourneys\r\nLady’s Island Stacking members took part in the Georgia State Championships on January 28 and the Southeast Regionals on February 11. At Georgia State, Eli and Molly Smith took first in 9U doubles.  The team had a number of second place age-group finishes including one for Eli, one for Molly, two for Jack Jepson, three for Garrett Jepson, and two for the relay team.  Garrett also set two new potential state records and finished with the third fastest 3-6-3 time for the whole tournament.\r\nAt the regionals, Eli finished first in the 9U Cycle.  Eli, Jack, and Garrett also had a total of four second place finishes.  Anna Smith took one first in a new potential state record-time with her dad in child/parent doubles.  She also set a total of four more potential state records. One of the highlights of the tournament  was the performance of Anna’s relay team which included fellow Team USA members Kenneth Liao, Chandler Miller, and William Orrell.  The team broke the 14U relay world record with a 14.50, just missing the overall world record of 14.38.\r\n\r\nRegister now for youth soccer league at YMCA\r\nRegistration for Youth Soccer league is under way at the Wardle Family YMCA and will continue until March 12. The league is open to both boys and girls ages 3-12 and is a great way to learn the fundamentals of soccer and sportsmanship, as well as develop a physical activity routine.\r\nWithout the assistance of volunteer coaches, the YMCA could not operate its youth sports leagues. Experience is not always necessary, so do not be discouraged. If you are interested in volunteering, the Y will be offering a FREE coaches clinic prior to the season beginning to will help brush up on basic football skills and to learn fun, new ones.\r\nSign up at the YMCA at 1801 Richmond Avenue in Port Royal or at www.ymcabeaufortcounty.com. The cost is $40 for Y members and $55 for community participants.\r\n\r\nClub Karate to host Goodwill Tournament\r\nClub Karate will be hosting their Annual Goodwill Tournament on Saturday, February 25.  The event will be held at Beaufort High School, 84 Sea Island Parkway, Lady’s Island.\r\nDemonstrations start at 10 a.m. with the Junior Divisions beginning at 11 a.m.  Adult Divisions will immediately follow the Junior Divisions.  The events include a special division for kids 5 and under, Flag Sparring, Forms, Weapons Forms and Fighting for Junior and Adult Divisions.\r\nPre-registration for the Goodwill Tournament is $40. The deadline to pre-register is February 20. Registration will be $50 at the door.\r\nThe spectator fee is $5 at the door.  Children 6 and under are admitted free.\r\nFor more information, contact Chuck Elias at clubkarate@hargray.com, or call 843-524-8308 or go by Club Karate in the Food Loin shopping center on Lady’s Island.', 'Sports Events', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sports-events-2', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:43:27', '2012-02-16 04:43:27', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5641', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5643, 4, '2012-02-15 23:45:00', '2012-02-16 04:45:00', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ATW-Clint-2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5644\" title=\"ATW Clint 2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ATW-Clint-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Clint Wright is an All-Region wrestler at 195lbs. as he won the Region 8 AAAA tournament last week also. His season record is 37-4. He was the Dutch Fork, Hilton Head, &amp; Stratford tournaments champion! Clint is also currently ranked third in the state at his weight.', 'Athlete of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'athlete-of-the-week-11', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:45:00', '2012-02-16 04:45:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5643', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5646, 4, '2012-02-15 23:46:10', '2012-02-16 04:46:10', 'By Anne Kennedy\r\nLast month we began our adventure into the world of horse ownership. We learned about different breeds and types of riding, or disciplines. Once we have identified the horse we are interested in purchasing, our next questions arise. We need to do more homework to protect ourselves from a costly and emotional mistake. It is easier to buy a horse than to sell one, especially in the economy we fine ourselves in now.\r\nWith appointments made, it is time to take a good look at a few horses. It is always a good idea to take someone horse knowledge with you. This person can be a second eye to see faults in the horse or identify good points. You can ride this horse, but seeing someone else ride is very helpful. My father had a saying, pretty is as pretty does. That is so true with horses. That beautiful horse that you have dreamed about for so long might not have the training or personality to be a good fit for you and the job that you wish to do with it.\r\nBefore we write that check, here are some basic requirements. Are the horse’s papers all in order? If the horse is registered, are the registered papers in the seller’s name so that they can be transferred to you without any problems? What is the horse’s current health, immunization record? Has the horse ever been lame or sick?\r\nYou’ve spent weeks, months, sometimes even years looking through the “for sale” ads trying to find the prefect horse just for you. He’s beautiful, rides like a dream, everything you wanted and more. Finally, your search has ended. Don’t put him in your trailer just yet!! Maybe you should first have a pre-purchase examination.\r\nWhat is a pre-purchase exam?\r\nA prepurchase examination is just what it sounds like. You will hire a veterinarian to examine the horse you are interested in before you make the actual purchase to make sure that the horse is healthy and sound at the time of purchase.\r\nIf you are one of the lucky few, the horse of your dreams will be sound and have no problems. The purpose of the examination is to find out what issues a horse has and if they will interfere with the horse doing his intended job and if the buyer is in a position to manage those issues. Some information your veterinarian gathers may hint at future problems, but, especially in the case of a completely sound horse on the day of purchase, future problems cannot be predicted.\r\nPre-purchase examinations come in all shapes and sizes. A basic pre-purchase examination may include just a thorough physical examination — checking the heart, lungs, eye, and gastrointestinal system. More comprehensive examinations include a detailed exam of every body system —  a moving examination with flexions, a neurological examination, radiographs, ultrasounds.\r\nHow much or how little you choose to do will depend on several factors. But no horse should be purchased without your veterinarian seeing it for at least the most basic of examinations. Ideally, every horse would have a full exam and full set of radiographs.\r\nIf your budget is limited, perhaps consider a horse that’s a bit older, then focus on areas of concern in a mature horse. Aged horses should have a complete physical exam to make sure they are physically safe for their intended activity. A vet inspection is an important and very worthwhile investment which should be calculated into your budget when you are horse shopping. Even a free horse — especially a free horse — is worth getting an exam done on. Those few hundred dollars you spend now may save you thousands of dollars.\r\nAnd lots of sadness and frustration in the future. Knowledge is power! Know what you are buying, and you will be able to enjoy your new horse with few surprises.\r\nCongratulations on your new horse. Now you can worry about other things, like what color blanket to buy for him!\r\n\r\nUPCOMING EVENTS\r\n\r\n• Dressage Clinic with Petra Wilder on Feb. 17-19 at Camelot Farms Equestrian Center, St. Helena Island. Do you want your horse to be happier, and enjoy your riding more? If your answer is “yes” than the “Dance of Dressage” Clinic by Petra Wilder is for you! Call or email Petra for a ride time and to check audit times at 386-963-1262 or 386-205-8108 or\r\ndressageatspellbound@yahoo.com.\r\nAuditors $10 per day, trailer in fee $25 per day, stalls available $35.00 night\r\n• Horse show schedule at Mullet Hall Equestrian. Feb. 18, Mar. 17, April 7, May 5, Sept. 15, Oct. 27.\r\nOpen show ring has halter, western, and english classes. Hunter show ring has jumping, under saddle and equitation classes\r\nboth rings have beginner, walk trot, and lead line classes. All shows held at Mullet Hall Equestrian Center, John’s Island.', 'Finding that special horse', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'finding-that-special-horse', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:46:10', '2012-02-16 04:46:10', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5646', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(5648, 4, '2012-02-15 23:47:02', '2012-02-16 04:47:02', 'By Jack Sparacino\r\nWell, everyone knows what fish are.  “Schtick” is a Yiddish word with several meanings, including routine or bit as in showbiz and a cunning or deceitful action or device; it can also refer to a prank or simple frivolity.  Which brings me to “fish schtick,” or things said or done in the name of fishing that aren’t exactly, precisely, necessarily on the level or the full story.  If I may offer some examples.\r\n1. Where’s the data? The otherwise wonderful guy who motions with his arms to let you know how big the fish that he caught (yesterday, last week, last year) was.  Notice how his arms expand as he’s making the gesture. Now as much as I like the idea of being able to make arm motions, especially when my shoulder hurts, and like hearing how other people made out on the water, I prefer an actual measurement.  Twenty five inches. Three feet. Five pounds. You know, like they do in fishing tournaments.\r\n2. Yesterday’s catch. Different wonderful guy who announces on a slow fishing day, often on a party boat, “You should have been here yesterday; we were killing ‘em.”  Hey, how about that.  Well, since my time machine is in the shop, I can’t travel back to yesterday with you.  How about we just enjoy today.\r\n3. Bluefish.  The idea that with more oily fish like mackerel or bluefish, the best way to prepare them is by smothering them with strong flavors like onions and a lot of spices.  (Or just throw them to the cat.)  Now onions are fine to cook with and I love them six ways to Sunday.  But bluefish, for example, tastes great off the grill or from the broiler if you simply make sure they’re extremely fresh and you’ve removed all the dark meat before cooking.  A little olive oil, some fresh herbs?  Sure. Bluefish is also TERRIFIC smoked. Likewise with mackerel, you can smoke it just as you would yellowfin tuna, whiting, or any number of other delicacies.  It doesn’t need to be entombed in a bunch of other stuff that distracts from the rich natural flavor.\r\n4. When life gives you lemons ... Staying with fish cookery, the practice (thankfully not common in the Lowcountry as far as I can tell) of cooking fish with lemon.  This only serves to ruin the fish and the lemon.  What works a lot better is simply adding fresh squeezed lemon after the fish is cooked.\r\n5. Frozen when? Contrary to what many people do, freezing fish (whether in milk, water, or just in an airtight bag) will never produce a dish nearly as exquisite as using really, really fresh fish.  I’m talking fresh as in it was swimming less than six hours ago and iced immediately, if you can get it.  There is just nothing in the world like it.  Of course you can wait a day or two if it’s well refrigerated and absolutely necessary to wait and it’ll still be good, way better than frozen.\r\n6.  Golden rule.  Person tries to tell you that you really need to stock up on gold spoons (which are not particularly cheap) to effectively target red fish, the South Carolina state fish.  As it happens, red fish are excellent fighters and very tasty but they are anything but picky eaters.  They can be caught fairly readily and inexpensively using plastic jigs, live shrimp, mud minnows, cut squid or mullet, crab, take your pick.\r\n7. Bass tournaments. This is an industry unto itself with countless  participants and fans.  My only quibble is, do we always have to be talking about freshwater bass? The term “bass” actually covers many great fish, including the extremely popular striped bass, black sea bass (an absolute favorite among top chefs), and even our local red fish, sometimes called spot tail bass even though they aren’t really bass but rather drum.\r\n8. Mega-gigantic fishing tackle stores. Everything you could ever, ever, possibly, in your wildest dreams and with an unlimited budget, want to consider purchasing.  Truth is, you can do very well on price and value and set yourself up for some terrific Lowcountry fishing by shopping big box, hardware, and even department stores.\r\n9. Little fishies.  “Commercially caught open ocean fish such as swordfish are getting smaller and that’s a good thing because it says there’s a lot of breeding going on.” I heard those actual words from an extremely successful sword boat captain in New England.  Trouble is, it’s wrong.  The dominance of smaller fish is a sure sign that the larger breeders are being systematically wiped out.  The data are pretty clear on this, for example the sharp declines in tuna catches.  There are less tuna in the ocean now compared to only a decade or two ago, they are smaller in size and weight, and the huge tuna are almost extinct.  And don’t get me started on the sharp declines in cod.\r\n10. An acquired taste?  At the risk of going for a popular food, as lots of people love ‘em, can we call fish STICKS what they are — kind of icky?  Heaven knows when the poor fish were caught (probably a long while before you bought them), or what was actually done with them in the processing plant (“and here’s our shredder and sanitizing equipment...”). And why didn’t they go the way of the frozen TV dinners that came in aluminum pans years ago?  (OK, OK, convenience and customer demand.)\r\nThere. That’s my “schtick.” Now, what’s today’s special?', 'Now serving: Fish schtick', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'now-serving-fish-schtick', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:47:02', '2012-02-16 04:47:02', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5648', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5650, 4, '2012-02-15 23:48:43', '2012-02-16 04:48:43', 'The 4th annual Beaufort Irish Festival is kicking off. The festival was founded by a small group of interested citizens and local sponsors who wanted to bring the Beaufort community an awareness of Irish culture, music, art, history and traditions. The event has grown to more than 10 unique activities this year. All benefits and proceeds are donated to Hope Haven of the Lowcountry, the children’s advocacy and rape crisis center.\r\n\r\nLast year, Beaufort Irish Festival donated $1,300 from the festival proceeds to Hope Haven. The main body of the festival starts Saturday, February 25 and runs through Feb. 27. Sponsors and financial backers for this year’s program include:\r\n\r\n• DIAGEO: one of the largest adult beverage distributors on the East Coast\r\n\r\n• Guinness: The renowned Irish brew\r\n\r\n• Luther’s Rare &amp; Well Done restaurant on Bay Street\r\n\r\n• DEALS: selling ladies clothing and fine Irish imports on Bay Street\r\n\r\n• D and S Heating and Air Conditioning, Pat Dennis of Lost Island • Lee Distributor: adult beverage distributor serving the Lowcountry\r\n\r\n• Signature Cleaning and Home Management, LLC, Brenda Hill\r\n\r\n• Sand Science, Gerry and Diane Kenny\r\n\r\n• Nancy Rhodes Pratt\r\n\r\n• Grant, Bill and Betsey Robinson.\r\n\r\nA Ceili Irish Dance group, the Sun City Irish Dancers, led participants of all ages in learning various Irish dances on January 8. More than 30 participants showed up to kick up their heels and learn the dance steps.\r\n\r\nFind more information at www.beaufortirishfestival.org.', 'Beaufort Irish Festival to kick off ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-irish-festival-to-kick-off', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:48:43', '2012-02-16 04:48:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5650', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5652, 4, '2012-02-15 23:49:37', '2012-02-16 04:49:37', 'Announcing Bands, Brews &amp; BBQ, a South Carolina Barbeque Association sanctioned cook-off in downtown Port Royal, the home of barbecue. The event will take place Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 on Paris Avenue to benefit Friends of Caroline Hospice. The event will feature a “Wing Throw Down” Party on Friday from 6 to 9 p.m., featuring music by Trey’s Aliens and samplings of wings in a variety of styles from 30 cooking teams. The Saturday, Feb. 25 event will run from 12 to 4 p.m. and includes a sanctioned SC BBQ Association cook-off in the categories of ribs and butts, as well as live music from Marshland Party Band and entertainment for the children. Visitors to the event will get to sample all they can eat of the best barbecue our area has to offer. Come enjoy wonderful food and raise money for a charity that has provided loving care to Beaufort for more than 32 years. Advance tickets are available at www.friendsofcarolinehospice.org or at the FRIENDS office, 1110 13th St., Port Royal. Advance tickets are $10 Friday night, $15 for Saturday, and children under 12 are free. Event day ticket prices are: $15 Friday night, $20 Saturday, and kids are still free. FRIENDS of Caroline Hospice is a nonprofit United Way organization that relies solely on support from the community to operate. 843-525-6257.', 'Bands, Brews & BBQ fundraiser', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'bands-brews-bbq-fundraiser', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:49:37', '2012-02-16 04:49:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5652', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5654, 4, '2012-02-15 23:50:39', '2012-02-16 04:50:39', 'St. Peter’s 7th Annual Oyster Roast and International Microbrew Festival will be held on Sat. March 3 at The Live Oaks Park in Port Royal at 1 p.m. The Oyster Roast Committee organizes this annual fundraiser in support of their children’s school. Sponsorships are now being accepted at a variety of levels. For details call (843) 227-1280 or the school office at (843) 522-2163.\r\nGuests at this year’s event will enjoy an all-you-can-eat buffet of oysters and beer; local delicacies will also be for sale from specially invited area chefs. Once again children under 14 years of age will have their own FREE menu. Free, supervised Children’s Fun Court will include dedicated adult supervision; secure drop-off with Positive ID for parent and child; and a host of activities in the playground. Live music featuring “Steppin’ Stones” and entertainment will include a live DJ, facepainting, inflatable rides, games and activities for the kids. A live auction featuring vacation packages, chartered fishing trips, hunting rifles, original artwork, wine tasting parties, catered dinners, rounds of golf and more, a silent auction and more will be followed by a bonfire that will round out the evening. The event’s primary sponsor: Bill’s Liquors and Fine Wines will again offer a microbrew tasting booth with an international array of more than 50 microbrews, beer and wine.\r\nTickets on sale at St. Peter’s School and at various locations throughout Beaufort County, including Bill’s Liquors and Fine Wines on Lady’s Island and in Bluffton. Cost is $25 per person. For more information, contact Douglas Massalon at (843) 227-1280 or visit our website at www.stpeters-church.org.', 'Microbrew oyster roast benefits St. Peter\'s school', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'microbrew-oyster-roast-benefits-st-peters-school', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:50:39', '2012-02-16 04:50:39', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5654', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5656, 4, '2012-02-15 23:51:26', '2012-02-16 04:51:26', '“Old Fields, New Plough: The Preservation of Northern Beaufort County’s Rural Heritage” will be the topic of February’s Dinner and a Lecture at the Verdier House, February 27 at 5:30 p.m. A new look at historic structures and preservation issues that are often overlooked will be provided by Evan Thompson, executive director of the Preservation Society of Charleston and formerly executive director at Historic Beaufort Foundation.\r\nWhile there is widespread awareness of and desire to preserve Beaufort’s historic residences and antebellum plantations, there’s little recognition given to the rural resources characteristically associated with an agricultural economy, including truck farms, tenant farmer cottages, country stores and barns.\r\nThompson, a scholar of Beaufort’s architectural history, will bring an exceptional perspective to the issue and a challenge to the preservation community.  He led HBF for six years, during 2004 to 2010. During that time he directed major initiatives to restore the Verdier House, the Smalls-Nash Cottage, the McGrath -Scheper House, the Sons of Beaufort Lodge and the Thomas Young House. Under his direction HBF was awarded a prestigious “Save America’s Treasures Grant” to restore the Beaufort Arsenal which stabilized the damage from the 1886 earthquake and retrofitted it as an environmentally-friendly building.\r\nSince assuming the leadership of the country’s oldest preservation group in Charleston, Thompson has led the charge to regulate the intrusion of the cruise line industry into Charleston’s historic district. In 2011, he was the inaugural recipient of the American Express Aspire Award from the National Trust in Historic Preservation for emerging leaders in preservation.\r\nA wine and hors d’oeuvre reception begins at 5:30; the program is 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Admission for members is $15/$25 per member/couple. Non-member admission is$20/$30 per person/couple. Call 379-3331 to make reservations. Reservations for Saltus’ three-course dinner for $19 may be made by calling Saltus at 379-3474.', 'Former HBF director to give lecture', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'former-hbf-director-to-give-lecture', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:51:26', '2012-02-16 04:51:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5656', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5658, 4, '2012-02-15 23:52:35', '2012-02-16 04:52:35', 'By Connie Kearns Tootle\r\nThe Hundred Pines neighborhood of Beaufort in the 1950s and 60s was an idyllic place to live and grow up.\r\nThis was a neighborhood that could have mirrored Ozzie and Harriett’s or the Cleaver’s of “Leave it to Beaver.” Our neighborhood had children of every age. Not only did everyone know the neighborhood children’s names but family pets were also known.\r\nThis was a time where children made their own fun, imaginations ran wild and you could always find “something to do.” All children were supervised by whatever parent or, in some cases, the family maid who was within viewing of the children. You woke up on a sunny summer morning, ate breakfast and took off barefooted or on your bike to find out what everyone was doing. Wherever you were at lunchtime was where you ate. The afternoon continued as the morning, sometimes changing houses or events.\r\nAt the Chamber’s house, we would play in or sit on top of the playhouse or play ball on the basketball court. A favorite activity at our house would be to pull a parachute out onto the front lawn. It was a child magnet and before you knew it, the yard was inundated with kids all holding on to an edge and raising and lowering it until the air filled it and we all let go and ran under it. The parachute would fall on top of us and then we would reposition ourselves and the game would start again. If we went to the Harvey’s house we had the creek in the backyard which offered almost limitless things to do. However, in order to swim in the creek, Helen Harvey would load a group of kids in her station wagon at the beginning of the summer and take us to the health department to have a series of three typhoid shots. Yes, I was probably the only one who cried. But having had the shots, we could then swim off the dock, go bogging, collect fiddler crabs or go crabbing where we would take our bounty and the Harvey’s maid Janie would cook the crabs. Inevitably, the crabs would lock claws and climb out of the boiling water onto the kitchen floor. This had us all screaming and Janie would calmly get the broom and dust pan and dispatch the crabs back into their watery grave.\r\nOne popular pastime was to try to make money. For some reason, we were always trying to come up with a plan which would give us enough money to go to Pruitt’s, Koth’s, Edwards’s or the United Five and Dime store or the Breeze Theatre. Just a few of our endeavors included making melted peanut butter rolls (sweet Mrs. Parker Jones bought them and said all they needed was to be chilled and they would be perfect for her bridge club); paper snowflakes (sold to Mrs. Riley, the neighborhood kindergarten teacher); beauty parlor (our mothers were champs); a newspaper (this didn’t quite get off the ground); Little Miss Hundred Pines beauty contest; and the ultimate money grosser was the Humpty Dumpty Day Care which we held for about four summers for two weeks.\r\nIn the early 1960s my two best friends, Judy Chambers, daughter of Hank and Betty Chambers, and Eileen Harvey, daughter of Helen and Brantley Harvey, and I embarked on our performing career. We began by singing during the intermission of a local beauty pageant. Linda Jones, daughter of Forrest and Christine Jones, was our manager and pianist. Of course, it didn’t hurt at all that my parents, Ray and Jean Kearns, were Jaycee and Jaycette members and were involved in coordinating the beauty pageant and slipped us in as “entertainment.” We were dubbed the “Conjuleens” and wore our Easter dresses as we sang “Moon River.” The next performance we livened up a bit by singing Lesley Gore’s “It’s My Party” as we wore stylish matching burgundy wrap-around skirts and pink blouses with burgundy elbow patches. Successful or not, the performance bug had bitten.\r\nAgain with Linda Jones organizing us and acting as our manager, we capitalized on the Beatlemania that was sweeping the U.S. and The Beaufort Beatles was born! As there were four Beatles and only three of us, we asked another neighborhood friend, Eve Webb, daughter of Frank and Eva Webb, to join our troupe. Judy was Paul McCartney, Eileen played George Harrison, Eve was Ringo Starr and I played John Lennon. We also had Beth Ann Jones, Linda’s little sister, acting as our Little Beatle. We all wore black Beatle wigs, except for Eve who had the perfect Ringo haircut, borrowed boy’s suits (mine came from Gibbs McDowell) and guitars and we were set. Our group actually lasted several years. We lip sang and danced around the stage and the crowds loved us (at least in our minds.) We performed during numerous beauty pageants, Battery Creek Elementary School, and were actually on two Savannah television shows, “Happy Dan” and “Upchurch Music Corner.” We also rode in convertible in several parades and won third place in a Water Festival parade. Trainne Brown, wife of local photographer Ned Brown, worked for the Beaufort Gazette and wrote a story about us. At one time she wanted to send it to the real Beatles. Whether she ever did or not, I don’t know. The Beaufort Beatles finally broke up and we went on to junior high school and other pursuits. This is just a small taste of the wonderful memories I have of growing up in Beaufort.', 'History with Holly: Growing up in Hundred Pines', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'history-with-holly-growing-up-in-hundred-pines', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:52:35', '2012-02-16 04:52:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5658', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5660, 4, '2012-02-15 23:53:30', '2012-02-16 04:53:30', '26 independent films and six screenplays have been chosen from nearly 200 entries from around the world. All film screenings will be at the University of South Carolina Beaufort Center for the Arts, 801 Carteret Street.\r\n\r\nThursday, Feb. 16\r\n• Culttures of Reistance: 9 a.m., Documentary\r\n• Atroz: 10:30 a.m., Short\r\n• Live Outside the Box: 10:45 a.m., Animation\r\n• The Minus Touch: 11 a.m., Student\r\n• It Caccitore Di Anatre (The Duck Hunter): 11:45 a.m., Feature\r\n• Saying Goodbye: 1:40 p.m., Short\r\n• Civil: 2:30 p.m., Short\r\n• Santa Land: 3:10 p.m., Short\r\n• Santiago: 4 p.m., Feature\r\n• Screenwriters Table Read: 7:30 p.m., Admission: $15.\r\n\r\nFriday, Feb. 17\r\n• Quirk of Fate: 9 a.m., Short\r\n• Wrestling for Jesus: 10 a.m., Documentary\r\n• Two Minutes: 11:45 a.m., Short\r\n• The Road to Jacob: 12:15 p.m., Student\r\n• Beast: 1 p.m., Short\r\n• Gil’s Brother: 1:35 p.m., Student\r\n• Stitched and Sown: 2:05 p.m., Animation\r\n• #While We Watch: 2:30 p.m., Documentary\r\n• The Martyr: 4 p.m., Student\r\n• Shag Nation: 4:30 p.m., Documentary\r\n• Shag demonstration by Beaufort Shag Club: 5 p.m.\r\n• Happy New Year: 7 p.m., Feature\r\n\r\nSaturday, Feb. 18\r\n• The Crocodile’s Wife: 9 a.m., Animation\r\n• Dissoliving Destinies: 9:15 a.m., Animation\r\n• ZomRomCom: The Musical: 9:30 a.m,, Student\r\n• Empty Hand: The Real Karate Kids: 10:15 a.m., Documentary\r\n• Meet the Filmmakers:\r\nCraig McKay — 12:10 p.m.\r\nCal Johnson — 12:50 p.m.\r\n• Awaken the Dragon: 1:40 p.m., Documentary\r\n• Awardes Ceremony Cocktail Hour: 7 p.m.\r\n• Awards Presentation: 8 p.m.\r\n\r\nIndividual films are $5 each; Thursday/Friday Film Pass is $30 each day; Saturday Film Pass is $20. All Events Pass is $125. Purchase tickets online at www.beaufortfilmfestival.com or pay at the door. For more details about the films, go to www.beaufortfilmfestival.com/entries.', 'Beaufort International Film Festival schedule ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-international-film-festival-schedule', '', '', '2012-02-17 10:07:24', '2012-02-17 15:07:24', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5660', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5662, 4, '2012-02-15 23:54:10', '2012-02-16 04:54:10', 'One of our own Lady’s Island churches, Seaside Vineyard Fellowship, also known as “Seaside,” has been feeding hungry children for almost five years. In fact, the group recently packed more than 1,600 bags of healthy, kid-friendly food for northern Beaufort County school children as part of the Backpack Buddy Program. These include single servings of food that can be opened by a child and eaten immediately without needing an adult to prepare it.\r\nMany people know that children receive free or reduced cost lunches at school, but over the weekends many children have little or no food to eat at home. They must wait until Monday to eat again. The motto of the program is Because hunger doesn’t take the weekend off.\r\nEligibility for free or low cost lunches or breakfast does not automatically qualify a child for the Backpack Buddy Program. These children must be identified by school nurses and social workers as suffering from the results of child hunger:  chronic stomachs, learning and academic problems, compromised resistance to illnesses like colds, ear infections, fatigue, headaches; and associated behavioral and psychological problems. It is estimated that one in four Lowcountry children have hunger- related problems.\r\nLocally, Backpack Buddies serves eight elementary schools north of the Broad River including Lady’s Island, Beaufort, Broad River, Davis, Whale Branch, Shanklin, Shell Point and St. Helena Elementary. It is entirely supported by the Lowcountry Food Bank and local donations and grants.\r\nNationwide there are more than 130 Backpack Buddy Programs in 40 states, all managed at the local level. The Beaufort program began in August 2007 and is about to complete its fifth year. Food is delivered by the Lowcountry Food Bank, packed and coordinated by Seaside Vineyard, and delivered to the schools by Sodexo.\r\nThe packing of food is often assisted by local volunteer groups such as the Cub Scouts, Pack 1712, Den 2 led by David Felzer and Randy Horn.\r\nTo learn more about the Backpack Buddy Program or make a donation of time or food, contact Heidi Walker at (843) 252-9146 or (843)-524-7168.', 'Local program serves hungry school children', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'local-program-serves-hungry-school-children', '', '', '2012-02-15 23:54:10', '2012-02-16 04:54:10', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5662', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5664, 4, '2012-02-15 23:55:08', '2012-02-16 04:55:08', '• Thursday, Feb. 16, Davis Early Learning Center is having Parent University for 3rd and 4th grade parents only, 6-7:30 p.m. in the WBE Cafeteria.\r\n• Thursday, Feb. 16, Lady’s Island Elementary School’s progress reports go home. Also, SIC meeting at 5 p.m. and the Technology Showcase at 6 p.m. in the café. Also, kindergarten open house.\r\n• Friday, Feb. 17, Reminder to current Beaufort Academy parents, last day for priority re-enrollment. Enrollment for new students begins as early as 2/21.  Please contact MJ Simmons, 843-524-3393, for more\r\ninformation.\r\n• Friday, Feb. 17, No school for Staff Development Day.\r\n• Monday, Feb. 20, No school on President’s Day.\r\n• Tuesday, Feb. 21, Riverview’s Tidewatch Session II Showcase, 5-6 p.m.\r\n\r\nInternational Montessori Week\r\nThe week of Feb. 27–March 2, EC Montessori and Grade school will be celebrating International Montessori Week!  Highlights for the special week include “Peace Day” on Tuesday, Feb, 28, a public open house on Wednesday, Feb. 29, from 9-11:30 a.m., and the ever popular “International Night” on Thursday, March 1.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Middle 6th grade orientation\r\nNew 6th grade orientation will be in the Beaufort Middle School Cafeteria at 6 p.m. Meet the BMS administrators, the 6th grade staff, guidance counselors and Parent Action Council members. Learn about transition to middle school, arts, community and humanities at BMD, the Program of Study for Academically and Artistically Gifted and Talented students, and Out-of-Zone Transfer request forms for 2012-2013.\r\n\r\nSponsors wanted for Twilight Run\r\nVolunteers from each classroom are hard at work looking for sponsors for this year’s Beaufort Twilight Run on March 24. If your business (or someone you know) is interested in sponsoring the run, please contact your teacher. Thank you Sponsorship Committee for working so hard to make this year’s run a success! And remember: Register NOW at www.BeaufortTwilightRun.com and tell all of your friends and family to join you at the Twilight Run!\r\nTidewatch Session II Showcase\r\nRiverview’s Tidewatch showcase on Tuesday, Feb. 21, will feature the following performances: Strings, Keyboarding, Dance, Step, Gymnastics, and Guitar. The show will begin promptly at 5 p.m. and conclude at 6 p.m.  Parents may also pick up or return Session III TIDEWATCH enrollment applications during this time. Session III enrollment forms are due by Friday, February 24.\r\n\r\nBRES gearing up for SC nominee books\r\nStudents at Broad River Elementary are gearing up for the upcoming voting on the South Caroline nominee books. Students in the upper grades read from the selected list of children’s nominee books, write a reflection on it and then record it on a bar graph displayed in the hallway. Any student who reads five or more nominee books is invited to a special voting party and lunch on February 22. Media Specialist, Lisa Lepionka, will take Broad River’s top choice to the South Carolina Library Conference in March where the overall winner will be announced.\r\n\r\nShakespeare’s Julius Caesar animation\r\nThe 9th grade English I students have been hard at work on animated adaptations of William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” Their teacher, Mrs. Betsy Rhatigan, assigned each student a specific scene from the play in which to create a cartoon version to present to the class.\r\n\r\nBRES celebrates MAP medals\r\nBroad River Elementary School students who met or surpassed their MAP (Measurement of Academic Progress) goals in math or reading were invited to attend a MAP party this Friday. Along with music, dancing and free time, they were treated to popsicles and were awarded a medal for their achievement.\r\n\r\nDuke University Talent Identification Program\r\nThirty-eight Beaufort Elementary/AMES Academy students have qualified to participate in the highly selective 4th/5th Grade Talent Search sponsored by the Duke University Talent Identification Program. All of these students scored at the 95% or higher on a standardized achievement or ability test. For more information on Duke Tip please visit http://www.tip.duke.edu/node/41.\r\nCongratulations to the following students: Jaliyah Bates, Adrienne Brown, Cameron Cook, Gracienne Duprey – Smith, Lyla Gahl, Elleana Gervero, Katy Grabenbauer, Bryce Hage, Rayed Hamid, Madilyn Hatfield, Christian Londono, Luke Londono, Norberto Lopez, Taylor Maddox, Robert Miller, Sade Moultrie, Makena Newsome, Carlisle Salapare, Dade Stanley, Chance Stephens, Mills Williams, Alan Wiser, Paul WItherow, Bryce Frazier, Reid St. John, Breanna Mock, Maile Paulmeier, Sydney Maddox, Evelyn Patterson, Joseph Little, India White, Corey Gregory, Nova Cash, Tyreisha Blue, Bruce Brasseur, Michael Holdridge and Janna Shissias.\r\n\r\nSTAR qualifiers\r\nForty-seven Beaufort Elementary School students have qualified to take the STAR test at BES/AMES. The test consists of two parts — verbal and nonverbal. The Primary test is given to students in 2nd and 3rd grade, and the Intermediate test is given to students in 4th and 5th grade. Congratulations to these students!', 'School briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-briefs-19', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:41', '2018-07-12 15:04:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5664', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5666, 4, '2012-02-16 04:00:30', '2012-02-16 09:00:30', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\nShell Point Elementary School will close next school year. Here are some of the following changes:\r\nWhen Shell Point Elementary closes, most students will be reassigned to Broad River Elementary for the 2012-2013 year. Fifth-graders from Shell Point Elementary, Broad River Elementary and Shanklin Elementary will be reassigned to Robert Smalls Middle School.\r\nStudents of Mink Point neighborhoods will be reassigned as the following: Pre-K to 4th grade will be reassigned to Beaufort Elementary; 5th-8th grade will be reassigned to Robert Smalls Middle School; 9th-12th grade will be reassigned to Battery Creek High School.\r\nStudents from the Laurel Bay area will be reassigned to Whale Branch Elementary and Middle Schools. Students from the Rose Hill neighborhood will be reassigned from Okatie Elementary to Bluffton Elementary (effective 2013-2014).\r\nStudents from the Old Carolina neighborhood and who live off Buck Island Road south of Bluffton Parkway from Red Cedar Elementary will be reassigned to Bluffton Elementary (effective 2013-2014). Lastly, students from Bluffton Middle School and McCracken Middle School will go to traditional grade structure of independent middle schools (each housing grades 6-8, likely effective 2013-2014).', 'Changes in effect for Shell Point Elementary closing', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'changes-in-effect-for-shell-point-elementary-closing', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:41', '2018-07-12 15:04:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5666', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5668, 4, '2012-02-16 04:01:16', '2012-02-16 09:01:16', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\nThe Beaufort County Foundation for Educational Excellence will hold their annual gala fundraiser “Jewels and Jeans” on Friday, March 2, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Country Club of Hilton Head. Money raised from the event’s silent and live auctions will benefit the children in Beaufort County public schools through the Foundation for Educational Excellence’s Innovative Teacher Grant Program; so come join the party.\r\nThe Country Club of Hilton Head’s Chef Mark Lietzke, recently recognized as one of the Top 12 ClubCorp Executive Chefs, will be serving superb food from tenderloins to seafood delicacies and music will be provided by one of Hilton Head Island’s favorite bands Lowcountry Boil. A live and silent auction of gifts — Fighter Pilot Experience, tickets to the Masters Golf Tournament, an Ultimate NASCAR Experience along with artwork, jewelry, local golf and restaurant certificates —will take place.\r\nChef Orchid, a finalist on Season 7 Food Network Star and one of the original founding “mama” of One Hot Mamas, has been selected to receive the Foundation’s annual Inspiration Award as one dedicated to public education, supportive of Beaufort County public schools, and one who possesses attributes to “inspire” others.\r\nThe Foundation, a fund of The Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, provides Innovative Teacher Grants for projects, programs and equipment that are beyond regular school budgets. Grants awarded provide new classroom library materials, educational software, electronic microscopes and program to produce parts for robots.\r\nEvent tickets are $40 per person and can be purchased through the Foundation for Educational Excellence’s website www.foundationedexcellence.com. Tickets may also be purchased at all First Citizens branches in Beaufort County, Burkes Pharmacy and Pretty Papers on Hilton Head Island and Markel’s Gift Shop in Bluffton. For more information, please contact Carol McMillan, BCSD Community Services Coordinator at (843) 322-2306.', 'Gala fundraiser for Educational Excellence', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'gala-fundraiser-for-educational-excellence', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:41', '2018-07-12 15:04:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5668', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5670, 4, '2012-02-16 04:01:51', '2012-02-16 09:01:51', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\nThe Beaufort Fund of Coastal Community Foundation granted Beaufort Academy $5,000 for its new program at The Learning Center — The Aspire Program (TAP).\r\nPossibly through the collaborative efforts with local schools, specifically Lady’s Island Middle School, TAP will attract conscientious and interested students that imagine a new possibility for themselves, their education and their community.\r\nThe mission of TAP is to prepare students for success in college and enroll students with the ability and drive to succeed but not necessarily the background or resources to achieve their goals.\r\n“If no one in your family has ever attended college, it can be difficult to imagine yourself there,” said Laura McAlhaney, Director of TAP.  “Our goal is to enable students who have the dream of college to attain it, while offering them the support and guidance they need for both acceptance and success in higher education.”\r\nThrough the grant, TAP will be able to offer these services at no charge to students accepted into the program and will follow students through high school course selection and the college application process.\r\nTAP will begin with a Summer Institute in June 2012 and continues as an after-school program when school resumes in the fall. Please contact Laura McAlhaney at 843-524-3393, or lmcalhaney@beaufortacademy.org, for more information.', 'Grant awarded to TAP at Beaufort Academy', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'grant-awarded-to-tap-at-beaufort-academy', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:41', '2018-07-12 15:04:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5670', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5672, 4, '2012-02-16 04:06:54', '2012-02-16 09:06:54', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5673\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Co-Chairs for the ball: Marc Fisher, Valerie Fisher, Tei Tober and Chad Tober.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/VB6-Co-Chairs-Marc-Fisher-Valerie-Fisher-Tei-Tober-Chad-Tober.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5673\" title=\"VB6-Co-Chairs Marc Fisher, Valerie Fisher, Tei Tober, &amp; Chad Tober\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/VB6-Co-Chairs-Marc-Fisher-Valerie-Fisher-Tei-Tober-Chad-Tober-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA big job well done goes to all the hardworking folks at the Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation and all the dinner hosts, committee members and donors of the fabulous silent auction items. All money raised at this year’s event goes to benefit the expansion of Beaufort Memorial Hospital’s George N. Pratt MD and Sarah Meyer Pratt Emergency Center which will better serve our entire community.   Here are some pictures from the dinner parties where amazing food was served.\r\nSpecial thanks goes to:\r\nCo-Chairs for the Valentine Ball: Tei and Chad Tober, and Valerie and Marc Fisher\r\nSponsors: Majd Chahin, MD &amp; James F. McNab MD\r\nCommittee Chairs:\r\nAuction Co-Chairs: Cindy Guldin, Kristy Rossi\r\nAuction Committee: Harriet Bosiack, Cindy Collins, Greg Drexel, Amy Lang, Karen Nuelle, Mary Roberts, Merle Wolfgang, Amanda Woods\r\nAuction Display: Sandy Turcotte, Laura Beall, Cindy Davis, Darryl Laffitte, Kim Olsson\r\nAuction Book: Carole Drexel, Carol Webster\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5674\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Andy Burris, Lorin and Mark Siegel.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/VB3-Andy-Burris-Lorin-and-Mark-Siegel.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5674\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/VB3-Andy-Burris-Lorin-and-Mark-Siegel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSponsored by: McCulloch England Associates Architects\r\nDecorations: Cheryl Eppolito\r\nDinner Party: Mary Lee Grove\r\nFood &amp; Desserts: Melissa Bliley, Lisa Holden, Nancy Kessel\r\nGraphic Design: Kelly Newnham\r\nKick Off Party: Sandi Jackson\r\nPublicity: Fripp Langford\r\nValet: Lisa Kindwall\r\nDinner Party Hosts/Co-Hosts:\r\nMr. and Mrs. Robert W. Achurch III\r\nDr. and Mrs. Richard E. Akers\r\nMr. and Mrs. Larry Bernard\r\nMr. Frank Biermann\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5675\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Brady and Chip Dinkins, Wendi and Phillip Lynn, and DJ and Ryan Christian.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/VB7.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5675\" title=\"VB7\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/VB7-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nDr. and Mrs. E. Perry Burrus III\r\nMr. and Mrs. Norman L. Campbell\r\nMr. and Mrs. Lowell Carroll\r\nDr. and Mrs. John M. Crisologo\r\nMr. and Mrs. Robert Lef Cullen\r\nMr. and Mrs. Donald J. Donahue\r\nMr. and Mrs. Gregory W. Dyson\r\nMr. and Mrs. William W. Elliott\r\nMr. and Mrs. Kendall F. Erickson\r\nMr. and Mrs. Marc W. Fisher, Jr.\r\nMr. and Mrs. James A. Foulger\r\nDr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Grace\r\nDr. and Mrs. John William Gray III\r\nMr. and Mrs. Clive Greaves\r\nMr. and Mrs. Paul Greear\r\nMr. and Mrs. J. Robert Harcharik\r\nMr. William B. Harvey\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5676\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Chris and Sara Chaffin.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/VB1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5676\" title=\"VB1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/VB1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMr. Ashley Hefner and Dr. Katherine Hefner\r\nMr. and Mrs. Phillip Hodges, Jr.\r\nMr. and Mrs. David A. Homyk\r\nMr. and Mrs. Gary Horn\r\nMr. John W. Horton\r\nDr. Andrea Hucks and Dr. Daniel Ripley\r\nColonel and Mrs. David L. Jenney\r\nMr. and Mrs. Bobby D. Johnson, Jr.\r\nMr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson\r\nDr. and Mrs. James A. Kemp\r\nDr. and Mrs. Steve Kessel\r\nMr. and Mrs. Anderson M. Kinghorn\r\nMr. and Mrs. Gary Lang\r\nMs. Brenda G. Leming\r\nMr. and Mrs. Jack Libaire\r\nMr. and Mrs. Phillip Lynn\r\nMr. Raul Martin\r\nMr. and Mrs. Belton McCarty\r\nMr. and Mrs. Michael B. McNally\r\nMr. and Mrs. Ramond P. Mecherle, Jr.\r\nMr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Mix\r\nMr. and Mrs. Bruce Morgan\r\nMs. Alice B. Moss\r\nMr. and Mrs. David Musselman\r\nMr. and Mrs. E. Whilden Nettles III\r\nRev. and Mrs. Jack F. Nietert\r\nMs. Beverly Porter\r\nMr. and Mrs. Wayne Reynolds\r\nMr. and Mrs. Scott T. Rhodes\r\nMrs. Edie Rodgers\r\nMr. Gene Rugala and Mrs. Edie Smith\r\nMajor and Mrs. John D. Schaaf\r\nMr. and Mrs. Gerald Schulze\r\nDr. and Mrs. John C. Schwendeman\r\nMr. and Mrs. Richard H. Seymour\r\nMs. Elizabeth Shaw\r\nDr. Charles Shissias and Dr. Marlo Smith\r\nDr. and Mrs. G. Heath Simmons\r\nDr. and Mrs. William L. Spearman\r\nMr. Del Holt and Mrs. Christine Stanley\r\nCol. and Mrs. Don Stovall (ret)\r\nCaptain and Mrs. Dan M. Stover\r\nCol. and Mrs. Carter P. Swenson (ret)\r\nDrs. Gary and Patricia Thompson\r\nDr. and Mrs. J. Chadwick Tober\r\nRick Toomey and Linda Hawes\r\nMs. Kathleen Tupper\r\nMr. Ned Tupper and Ms. Mary Sharp\r\nMr. and Mrs. Karl D. Twenge\r\nMr. and Mrs. J. Ashley Twombley\r\nMr. and Mrs. Jonathan G. Verity\r\nMs. Victoria Verity\r\nDr. Marc Viguera\r\nDr. and Mrs. Mike Waggoner\r\nDr. Ann Widener Gribb and Mr. John Gribb\r\nMrs. Emily C. Winburn\r\nMr. and Mrs. Tommy Winburn', 'The 2012 Valentine Ball: Wow! What a Party!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-2012-valentine-ball-wow-what-a-party', '', '', '2012-02-17 10:08:19', '2012-02-17 15:08:19', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5672', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5678, 4, '2012-02-16 04:11:52', '2012-02-16 09:11:52', 'By Lanier Laney\r\nRoland Gardner was born and raised on St. Helena Island. This native son of Beaufort is now Chief Executive Officer of the Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services (BJHCHS) a multi-specialty medical center that provides comprehensive health care to more than 17,000 patients in three counties from eight clinic sites and eight school-based sites plus a nursing home. With annual visits surpassing 85,000, BJHCHS is also a major contributor to the Lowcountry economy with a staff of 200 employees and a budget of more than $16 million dollars.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5680\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"From left: Erin Nicole Gardner, Connie Gardner, Roland Gardner, LaChelle M. (Gardner) Watkins.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Profile-Gardner1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5680\" title=\"Profile-Gardner\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Profile-Gardner1-e1329383484737-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nRoland graduated cum laude from A&amp;T State University in Greensboro, N.C., with a degree in Psychology, then got a Masters degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and subsequently received specialized training in health administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health and Harvard University.\r\n\r\nRoland credits his father with convincing him to pursue academic studies. How did his dad, Willis Gardner, do it? When Roland wasn’t sure if he wanted to go to college his father put him to work in his tomato field on what Roland describes as “the hottest day in 1964.”  Laboriously hauling tomatoes in the noon day sun, that day was enough to convince him where he was headed — straight to college. And now his medical and dental clinics bring health care to tomato workers.\r\n\r\nRoland says another life changing day for him was the day he met “the love of his life,” his wife Constance (Connie) Smith of Port Royal.  Connie was president of student council at Robert Smalls High School and Roland was president of student council at St. Helena High School when they met at a Lionel Hampton Concert on March 13, 1963, at Robert Smalls High School. They fell in love and have been married for 38 years now and have two beautiful and highly accomplished daughters. LaChelle (Gardner) Watkins, who is a bilingual speech pathologist in New Jersey, and Erin Gardner who works for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Rockville, Maryland. They are also proud of their 1-year-old grandchild, Chelsea Watkins.\r\n\r\nConnie, now retired, was the former Area Director for the South Carolina Department of Vocational Rehabilitation for 34 years and was the first African-American woman appointed to that position in South Carolina. She also chaired the Pink Ice Ball for 15 years, an event started by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority that raises money for college scholarships for deserving area high school students. Connie got her Bachelors degree from the Morris Brown College in Atlanta and her Masters at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles. An interesting note, Connie’s parents, Woodrow and Georgia Smith were very prominent Port Royal residents who decided to sell some of their family’s inherited land  in 1948 to create the Naval Hospital. That property was very significant in African American history as being the encampment of The First South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally-authorized black unit to fight for the Union during the Civil War, and in 1861 was also the first place in the South that the Emancipation Proclamation was read.\r\nBoth Connie and Roland lived away from Beaufort for a time (New York and Washington, D.C.) pursuing career opportunities but both decided to return to Beaufort because  “we had a desire to offer assistance and provide service to the area in which we grew up in,” said Roland. He added, “we both feel strongly about helping people in need and have a desire to improve their health status.”\r\nTo that end, along with their careers, they have been involved with The United Way (25 years) and Penn Center (30 years).\r\n\r\nAt Penn Center,  Connie has been involved as co-chair with the Penn Center’s 1862 Circle Gala Awards Dinner and Roland has been a board member who helped start the Annual Penn Center Heritage Days Celebration in 1981 to honor the unique culture and heritage and traditions of the Gullah people on St. Helena Island.\r\n\r\nRoland’s parents were both born on St. Helena where his father Willis won the contract for Postal Mail Messenger in 1937 to deliver all the mail to the island from Beaufort. He also was an astute businessman and owned a grocery store and a grist mill. His mother graduated from South Carolina State University and taught school for 30 years on the island. They both were pioneers in the desegregation movement in Beaufort. His mother was the first African-American woman employed by the Beaufort County Department of Social Services. And by the time she retired, Roland had assumed the leadership role of that agency, the second African-American to be executive director of social services in the State of South Carolina at the time. His father Willis was the first African-American in South Carolina to be appointed to the Beaufort County School Board.\r\n\r\nFollowing in his parents’ groundbreaking tradition, Roland, while still in high school, helped lead a peaceful boycott of segregated downtown stores and restaurants in Beaufort.  That was successful and led to Roland and a number of his schoolmates getting hired by those same stores. Later on, Roland was the first African-American appointed to the board of  Beaufort Memorial Hospital.\r\n\r\nRoland’s more than 40 years of dedicated service to improving the lives of residents of the Lowcountry and his tireless commitment have resulted in a number of awards including the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award for  Health care in 1996, the ‘Pioneer Appreciation’ Person of the Year award from the Southeastern Rural Assistance Project, and he was inducted into the National Grassroots Policy Hall of Fame by the National Association of Community Health Centers in 2004. He was recently appointed by Kathleen Sebelius, the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington D.C., to a four year position on the National Advisory Council for Rural Health.\r\n\r\nI guess all the thousands of people that Roland has helped over the years can thank his dad for sending him out into that blazing hot tomato field that one life-changing day in 1964.  Beaufort is certainly a better place to live in because of it.', 'Roland Gardner: An inspiring life of community service and leadership', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'roland-gardner-an-inspiring-life-of-community-service-and-leadership', '', '', '2012-02-17 10:22:46', '2012-02-17 15:22:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5678', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(5798, 4, '2012-02-23 06:58:21', '2012-02-23 11:58:21', 'By Pamela Brownstein\r\nQuestion: Where did you eat lunch last week?\r\nAnswer: The Lunch Bunch enjoyed delicious Southern cooking and barbecue downtown at Q on Bay.\r\nQ: What appetizer did they serve?\r\nA: We were treated to a special starter plate with beef short rib egg rolls, pork with collard greens egg rolls, and fried mac n’ cheese balls. We all agreed the warm, crunchy beef short rib rolls were outstanding.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5799\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Unique egg roll starters with fried mac n’ cheese balls.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/LB-Q1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5799\" title=\"LB-Q1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/LB-Q1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nQ: What meals did everyone order?\r\nA: I had two little pulled pork sliders with a side of mac n’ cheese. Kim also had sliders, except hers were brisket, and she had her favorite dish, a bowl of Brunswick Stew. Elizabeth ordered half a dozen hot wings with her favorite side, green beans. Louise tried the pulled pork sandwich — which was piled high with meat — and also a side of green beans. Nikki got the fried pork loin sandwich with fries, while Gene had the Bay Burger. Buck decided to go big or go home so he had the Barnyard platter loaded with pulled pork, brisket, ribs, coleslaw and fries.\r\nQ: What kind of sauces do they offer?\r\nA: Diners have the choice of three barbecue sauces. The Q sauce is sweet and traditional. The Carolina sauce is mustard-based and tangy. Then the Eastern Carolina sauce is vinegar based with red pepper flakes and a slight kick.\r\nQ: What was your must-have?\r\nA: For me, the starters were absolutely a must-have. When else can you dip fried mac n’ cheese balls into cheese sauce?\r\nQ: Did you like the experience?\r\nA: Of course! Q serves good food and is a great place to grab drinks or sit outside on their big covered patio that looks out onto Waterfront Park.\r\nQ: Where is the restaurant located?\r\nA: 822 Bay Street, Beaufort. Call 843-524-7771. Open Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Take out is available and Q on Bay also does catering.', 'A Q&A with Lunch Bunch about dining at Q on Bay', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-qa-with-lunch-bunch-about-dining-at-q-on-bay', '', '', '2012-02-23 06:58:21', '2012-02-23 11:58:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5798', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5703, 4, '2012-02-18 09:45:27', '2012-02-18 14:45:27', 'A Grand Opening celebration for the new Lowcountry Produce Market &amp; Cafe took place this past Wednesday at their new location on Carteret Street, and where people once stood in line to pay their business license fees, happy foodies now stand in line to buy local produce, handmade, and hand-packed goods.. The former Beaufort City Hall has new life and downtown residents once again have a small market within walking distance.  \r\n\r\nLowcountry Produce, a local specialty food company that’s been spotlighted by Oprah Winfrey and <strong><em>The New York Times,</em></strong> celebrated its grand opening today after a weeklong “soft opening” to work out the kinks. \r\n\r\n“This is a magnificent day for us all – the owners of Lowcountry Produce, City Council and the Beaufort Redevelopment Commission, and especially the people who live and shop downtown,” said Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling. \r\n\r\nThe 1917 structure, beside the county library in the heart of Beaufort’s historic downtown, served as Beaufort City Hall until 2010 when staff moved to the new facility at the intersection of Ribaut Road and Boundary Street. \r\n\r\n“We are absolutely thrilled to see Lowcountry Produce up and running in this building,” said Jon Verity, chairman of the Beaufort Redevelopment Commission. “Adapting the former City Hall to their use, and restoring the building to its early glory, is a huge win for Beaufort. Plus, the food inside is amazing,” he said.\r\n\r\n Originally built as a post office, the structure has undergone multiple renovations in the past 90 years. \r\n\r\nLowcountry Produce, led by Noel Garrett, his brother Dwight Garrett and Seabury Thorp, is a purveyor of specialty food products distributed to over 1,500 stores across the country. The Garrett’s parents, Martha and Dwight Garrett, founded the company and still serve as its main cheerleaders, the Garrett brothers said.\r\n\r\n All products are handmade and hand-packed using only all-natural ingredients. The products are made locally at the farmstand in Lobeco. The farmstand is the original “company store” where customers can find local fruits and vegetables as well as a great hamburger at the grill. That facility will remain open.\r\n\r\n In six years, Lowcountry Produce has been mentioned by <strong>0 Magazine</strong> for inclusion in Oprah Winfrey’s Christmas 2010 \"0-List,\" and has been featured in an article in The <strong><em>New York Times.</em></strong> Country Living Magazine named them one of the \"Best American Pickle Brands\" in July 2010.\r\n\r\n Their products have been talked about on “Good Morning America” and the “Today” show, and last summer the company earned the Civitas Award for <strong><em>Excellence in Free Enterprise</em></strong> from the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce.\r\n\r\n The company, Redevelopment Commission and City leaders negotiated a lease for a combined 10-year period in increments of an initial three-year term with renewals available for three and four years. The company was responsible for making – and paying for -- all improvements to the structure.\r\n\r\nFor more information about Lowcountry Produce, visit <a href=\"http://webmail.hargray.com/Redirect/www.lowcountryproduce.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.lowcountryproduce.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/0262.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5706\" title=\"Cutting the Ribbon\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/0262-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/017.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5707\" title=\"017\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/017-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/025.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5708\" title=\"025\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/025-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/002.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5709\" title=\"002\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/002-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/028.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5710\" title=\"028\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/028-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Lowcountry Produce Grand Opening Celebration', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lowcountry-produce-grand-opening-celebration', '', '', '2012-02-18 09:48:34', '2012-02-18 14:48:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5703', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5714, 4, '2012-02-19 10:57:00', '2012-02-19 15:57:00', 'Main Street Beaufort USA\'s program designed to assist it\'s member businesses during a traditional time of the year when there\'s a downturn in sales was a huge hit yesterday when the dollars officially went on sale at 10am.  MSB used $7,500 from their budget to initiate the program where consumers could purchase the \'dollars\' at .50 cents on the dollar, with a maximum purchase of $100 per person. \r\n\r\nDeal-seekers staked out the offices hours prior to the 10am sale, and by the time the doors opened, there was a line stretching out to, and up, downtown\'s Bay Street.  The $15,000 worth of  \'dollars\' sold out completely by 10:18am.\r\n\r\nIf you\'ve purchased Main Street Beaufort Dollars, the list of participating businesses is available on MSBs website at <a href=\"http://www.downtownbeaufort.com\">www.downtownbeaufort.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/msbdollarsline.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5715\" title=\"Line up for dollars\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/msbdollarsline-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /></a>', 'Main Street Beaufort Dollars sell out in 18 minutes', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'main-street-beaufort-dollars-sell-out-in-18-minutes', '', '', '2012-02-19 10:57:00', '2012-02-19 15:57:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5714', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5720, 4, '2012-02-22 09:02:15', '2012-02-22 14:02:15', 'Congrats to the 5 baby photos with the most \'likes\' from our Facebook contest!\r\nVoting will last from Feb. 23rd to March 5th.\r\n\r\n<strong>Scroll down to cast your vote!</strong>\r\n\r\nThe overall winner receives a photo session courtesy of Captured Moments Photography in downtown Beaufort PLUS one 20x10 framed composite, PLUS a $50 gift certificate from downtown\'s Carolina Wiggle Wear.\r\n[gallery link=\"file\" order=\"DESC\" columns=\"5\" orderby=\"rand\"]\r\n<div id=\"surveyMonkeyInfo\"></div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"surveyMonkeyInfo\"><div><script src=\"http://www.surveymonkey.com/jsEmbed.aspx?sm=LEP5vAsULegWTuVUJjQMNA_3d_3d\"> </script></div>Create your <a href=\"http://www.surveymonkey.com/\">free online surveys</a> with SurveyMonkey, the world\'s leading questionnaire tool.</div>', 'Cast your Vote! Beautiful Baby Contest', '', 'private', 'open', 'closed', '', 'beautiful-baby-contest', '', '', '2012-03-27 10:07:30', '2012-03-27 14:07:30', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?page_id=5720', 0, 'page', '', 0),
(5914, 4, '2012-02-29 16:42:43', '2012-02-29 21:42:43', 'Grand opening for new Dockside restaurant\r\nCome celebrate the Grand Opening of Dockside’s second location Thursday, March 1. Opening at 4:30 p.m. at 71 Sea Island Parkway next to Lady’s Island Marina.\r\n\r\nBeaufort High theater presents ‘Hairspray’\r\nWelcome to the 60’s! BHS Theater program will present “Hairspray” on March 1-3 and 8-10 at 7 p.m. at The Arts Center at Beaufort High School.  Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and those with active military ID.  Group discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. Call 322-2152 for more information.\r\n\r\nLocal All Pro Dad Day Chapter to meet\r\nFathers and students will gather for breakfast, family fun, and a little encouragement at next month’s All Pro Dad’s Day on Friday, March 2, at 7 a.m. in the Coosa Elementary School Gym.  This month’s meeting topic is “Being Detailed Oriented” where you’ll learn practical methods for being a better dad and enjoy some quality time with your kids. There is no charge for this event, but you must RSVP to www.allprodad.com/dd/2508 as space is limited and a head count in needed for breakfast, complements of Chick-fil-A.  For more information, please contact Mike Mashke, Team Captain at 843.525.5154.\r\n\r\nBlack Chamber to hold networking event\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce will have its First Friday Networking Event on March 2 at Whale Branch Elementary School located at 15 Stuart Point Road, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.  James J Davis Early Learning Center and Whale Branch Elementary Young Artist Showcase for 2012 will feature artwork from students in grades K-4.  This showcase is presented in recognition of Youth Art Month. Housing counselors will be in attendance to discuss the South Carolina Mortgage Help program that is designed to help homeowners who may be facing foreclosure. Drawings, prizes and refreshments. Details call 986-1102.\r\n\r\nDaughters of American Revolution to meet\r\nThe Thomas Heyward, Jr. Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold their next Meeting on March 8 at Beaufort County Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, in the first floor meeting room beginning at 2 p.m. The guest speaker will be Grace Cordial, Historical Resources Coordinator for the library. This will be proceeded by the business meeting and the afternoon will end with refreshments and the opportunity to meet with our speaker. For more information please call Regent Nancy Crowther at 521-0134.\r\n\r\nSt. Helena presents Charleston orchestra\r\nAs part of the continuing celebration of its Tricentennial year, the Parish Church of St. Helena will host a concert by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, March 10 beginning at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary at St. Helena’s.\r\nAccording to Pat Gould, Music director and organist for St. Helena’s, and the Standing Committee Chairperson for the Tricentennial’s overall special music program, the symphony will play an exciting program featuring music from those three centuries. “The orchestra will play works of Handel, Holst and Mozart, as well as Elizabethan Consort Music for brass and timpani,” Gould said.\r\nBecause of generous donations from parishioners and the community, the church is pleased to offer the concert at only $10 per ticket for adults, and Free to students 18 and under. Reserved sponsorship seating is available but other seats are on a first come basis.\r\nGould said she is overjoyed that the church is able to provide an orchestra of this caliber to the community, and to expose symphonic music to families who might not otherwise be able to hear an orchestra, and to that end, the church is providing a nursery, also at no charge.\r\nThose wanting to take advantage of the nursery must make reservations.\r\nThe Parish Church of St. Helena is located at 505 Church Street, Beaufort.  For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the church office at 843-522-1712 or visit www.sthelenas1712.org.  For information on sponsorship packages, contact janspringle@earthlink.net.\r\n\r\nSquare dance club celebrates anniversary\r\nThe Square Dance Club in Beaufort, the Beaufort Squares, dances the first and third Saturdays of each month.  On Saturday, March 3 the club will celebrate its 49th anniversary at the Pinewood Fire Station in the training room. For those people who may be interested in learning to Square dance, get in touch with Joann Bright at 525-1756.\r\n\r\nSpend an evening with state elected officials\r\nSpend an evening with State Senator Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, and special guest Congressman Tim Scott on Friday, March 16. For host and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Desiree Watson at Desiree@MaceGroupLLC.com or 803-348-5416.\r\n\r\nBay Street Outfitters holds fly fishing classes\r\nOne day fly casting classes will be held Saturdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 24 and May 12. Fly tying classes will be on the third Thursday each month at 6 p.m. Please call for details and to reserve your spot. Bay Street Outfitters is located at 815 Historic Bay St. For more information, call 524-5250 or visit www.baystreetoutfitters.com.\r\n\r\nA call for artists for Artist Showcase 2012\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce announces the Artist Showcase 2012 scheduled for May 25-26 in historic downtown Beaufort. Artists must submit their application by April 1 to secure exhibit space which is limited to 20.\r\nThe 10th annual event is open to local and visiting exhibitors presenting original and print work in a range of media to include paintings, folk art, basket weaving and mixed media.\r\nThe Artist Showcase will be open at Sea Island Best Western, 1015 Bay Street, Beaufort, on May 25 from Noon until 8 p.m. A free reception from 5 until 7 p.m. will feature popular recording artist Mahoganee. The show will be open May 26 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.\r\nArtists may obtain an application at the chamber office or via emailed request to BeaufortBlack@gmail.com. More online at http://bcbcc.org.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Dog to hold advanced training class\r\nBeaufort Dog is enrolling for an Advanced Training class. This class will focus on dealing with distractions while in “real world” situations like walking on a leash.  This is a precursor for therapy dog training as well. Please call 812-5394 to pre-register.\r\n\r\nLow-cost vaccine, clinic will be held for pets\r\nPalmetto Veterinary Hospital and Beaufort Dog will provide a low cost dog and cat vaccine and wellness clinic in Habersham on April 14, 2012 at Beaufort Dog at Habersham from 10 a.m. -2 p.m.  It is in conjunction with the Pet and Kid’s fair. Appointments strongly recommended. Please call 812-5394 to reserve a spot.\r\n\r\nApplications available for Zonta scholarships\r\nThe Zonta Club of Beaufort is once again giving one $1,000 Working Women’s Scholarship and one $1,000 Scholarship for graduating high school seniors. All applicants must reside in Beaufort County north of the Broad River. All applications must be received in the mail by the deadline of April 13. Please send to P.O. Box 2234, Beaufort, SC 29901. Email zontabeaufort@yahoo.com to request a specific application.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Writers meet\r\nBeaufort Writers meets every second and fourth Tuesday from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Lady’s Island Airport Conference Room.', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-28', '', '', '2012-02-29 16:42:43', '2012-02-29 21:42:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5914', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5787, 4, '2012-02-22 21:42:03', '2012-02-23 02:42:03', '‘Returning Catholics’ Series begins Feb. 23\r\nIf you are a Baptized Catholic but have been away from the church for any reason, please consider attending our six week series at St. Peter Catholic Church, beginning on Feb. 23 and continuing through the remaining Thursdays of Lent.  Each session begins at 10:30 a.m. and ends at noon, and is led by lay persons and deacons of the parish. Meetings will be helped in the Adult Ed Room of the education wing. There is no pressure to make any commitment; the series is intended to offer a bridge for anyone thinking about returning to the practice of their faith.  For more info or questions e-mail deborahm@catholic.org.\r\n\r\nUpcoming classes offered at ArtLofts\r\nHere are upcoming art classes offered at ArtLofts, located at 208-B Carteret St,:\r\n• Oil Painting Workshop with Mary Grayson Segars will be held Feb 27, 28, 29 from 9 a.m. -1 p.m. Cost is $150. Call 812-9509 or go by ArtLofts to register.\r\n\r\nCreative classes held at Carolina Stamper\r\nCarolina Stamper is located at 203 Carteret St., where the bubbles blow.\r\n• Precious Metal Clay Class with artist Barbara McGuire: Friday, February 24, from 3-8 p.m. $75+materials, Create a beautiful silver clay bird to be worn as a pendant.\r\n• Earrings by Design Class with artist Barbara McGuire on Saturday, February 25th-10:30 a.m. -3:30 p.m. $85+materials. Join polymer clay artist, Barbara McGuire and learn to make two unique pairs of earrings.\r\n• Silver Soldering Class with artist Barbara McGuire on Sunday, February 26 from 12-4 p.m. Create a beautiful silver soldered piece to wear and enjoy.\r\n• Gold Filled Beaded Bracelet & Earring Class on Feb. 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. $32+materials. Learn to make a bracelet and earrings using gold filled (or sterling silver) beads and crystals. Call for details: 843-522-9966.\r\n\r\nTCL to hold series of photography courses\r\nThe Technical College of the Lowcountry Division of Continuing Education will offer a series of photography classes taught by professional photographers. Classes will be appropriate for beginners through advanced, as noted, and will be held in February and March.\r\n\r\nWomen’s challenge quilts will be on display\r\nThe Sea Island Quilters will exhibit The 2012 “Women’s Words of Wisdom” challenge  quilts  at USC-Beaufort Performing Arts Center Gallery,  with an opening reception on Friday, February 24 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Winners of the challenge will be announced at this time. Quilts will remain on display through Sunday, March 4. For details, call Ellen Roberts at (843)  838-9857 or email  ellensteve@embarqmail.com.\r\n\r\nAmerican Association of University Women meet\r\nThe Beaufort Branch of American Association of University Women will meet on Tuesday, February 28, 6 p.m. at TCL Beaufort campus building 23. The guest speaker will be Chris Taggart the director of the Born to Read Program. For details contact Diana Steele, president at 522-2796 or steele.diana@comcast.net.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Writers meet\r\nBeaufort Writers meets every second and fourth Tuesday from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Lady’s Island Airport Conference Room. The next meeting will be February 28.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Dog to hold advanced training class\r\nBeaufort Dog is enrolling for an Advanced Training class. This class will focus on dealing with distractions while in “real world” situations like walking on a leash.  This is a precursor for therapy dog training as well. Please call 812-5394 to pre-register.\r\nFrench wine tasting offered at Habersham\r\nPlease join Debbi Covington on Sunday, February 26 for a French Wine Tasting at The Green Room at Habersham. John Paul from Total Wines in Charleston will offer the libations and caterer Covington will be preparing a scrumptious menu! They will be pairing two white wines, two red wines and one champagne with five small plates. Festivities begin at 4 p.m. Cost is $45 per person. Make your reservation by contacting Jamie at 843-815-7464 or greenroomsc@gmail.com.\r\n\r\nApplications available for Zonta scholarships\r\nThe Zonta Club of Beaufort is once again giving one $1,000 Working Women’s Scholarship and one $1,000 Scholarship for graduating high school seniors. All applicants must reside in Beaufort County north of the Broad River. All applications must be received in the mail by the deadline of April 13. Please send to P.O. Box 2234, Beaufort, SC 29901. Email zontabeaufort@yahoo.com to request a specific application. \r\n\r\nLocal All Pro Dad Day Chapter to meet\r\nFathers and students will gather for breakfast, family fun, and a little encouragement at next month’s All Pro Dad’s Day on Friday, March 2, at 7 a.m. in the Coosa Elementary School Gym.  This month’s meeting topic is “Being Detailed Oriented” where you’ll learn practical methods for being a better dad and enjoy some quality time with your kids. There is no charge for this event, but you must RSVP to www.allprodad.com/dd/2508 as space is limited and a headcount in needed for breakfast, complements of Chick-fil-A.  For more information, please contact Mike Mashke, Team Captain at 843.525.5154.\r\n\r\nBlack Chamber to hold networking event\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce will have its First Friday Networking Event on March 2 at Whale Branch Elementary School located at 15 Stuart Point Road, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.  James J Davis Early Learning Center and Whale Branch Elementary Young Artist Showcase for 2012 will feature artwork from students in grades K-4.  This showcase is presented in recognition of Youth Art Month. Housing counselors will be in attendance to discuss the South Carolina Mortgage Help program that is designed to help homeowners who may be facing foreclosure. Drawings, prizes and refreshments. Details call 986-1102.\r\n\r\nCAPA to host 18th annual golf challenge\r\nArea golfers of all skill levels are gearing up for the 18th Annual CAPA Golf Challenge, hosted by Waste Management, set for an 11 a.m. shotgun start on Friday, March 16 at Hampton Hall Club Golf Course. Register as a team of four or individually for this Texas Shamble tournament. Teams register for $520 and individuals for $140. All players receive a round of golf at Hampton Hall, practice range and balls, tee gift, box lunch, course beverages and entry into the Players’ Awards Party (immediately following play) with two drink tickets. All golfers have a chance to win $10,000 hole-in-one prize!  Men and women of any golf skill level are invited to play. All proceeds benefit the Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) of Beaufort County. To register, visit www.capabeaufort.org or call 843.524.4350. Deadline to register is Friday, March 2.  \r\n\r\nA call for artists for Artist Showcase 2012\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce announces the Artist Showcase 2012 scheduled for May 25-26 in historic downtown Beaufort. Artists must submit their application by April 1 to secure exhibit space which is limited to 20. \r\nThe 10th annual event is open to local and visiting exhibitors presenting original and print work in a range of media to include paintings, folk art, basket weaving and mixed media.\r\nThe Artist Showcase will be open at Sea Island Best Western, 1015 Bay Street, Beaufort, on May 25 from Noon until 8 p.m. A free reception from 5 until 7 p.m. will feature popular recording artist Mahoganee. The show will be open May 26 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. \r\nArtists may obtain an application at the chamber office or via emailed request to BeaufortBlack@gmail.com. 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(6649, 4, '2012-05-03 07:04:14', '2012-05-03 11:04:14', 'The beautiful Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park will be the backdrop for the 13th annual A Taste of Beaufort Festival. Produced by Main Street Beaufort, USA, this free admission festival on May 4 and 5 represents two days of food, music, beer, wine and fun for the whole family.\r\n\r\nAt the main event on Saturday, May 5, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., enjoy traditional and innovative food choices being offered by local restaurants and sample the many different “tastes” of Beaufort. From local seafood to international food offerings, be prepared to find a new favorite dish. Food and drink vendors will accept tickets that can be purchased at the ticket booths for $1 each. Items will be sold for two to seven tickets. Stay entertained while eating with live music on the pavilion stage, or let the kids frolic on the jumpers and slides located near the playground area. An arts and crafts market will also be open during festival hours.\r\n\r\nAlso on Saturday, May 5, the festival’s popular 5K Run and Walk Through History will begin at 8 a.m. The Popcorn Shrimp Run for ages 7 and under will begin at 8:45 a.m. at the corner of Bay and Newcastle streets. All require advanced registration. Find registration forms online at www.tasteofbeaufort.com or www.active.com. Race packet pick up and registrations will also be available at the Visitors Center at The Arsenal on Craven Street, Friday, May 4, from noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday, May 5, before the race from 6:30-7:30 a.m.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Taste-of-Beaufort-logo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6651\" title=\"Taste of Beaufort logo\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Taste-of-Beaufort-logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>On Friday, May 4, from 6 to 10 p.m., Shaggin’ With a Taste proudly presents The Headliners performing Big Band, the Classic Rock and Roll, Beach Music, Motown and hits from the ’70s to the ’90s, so get ready to dance! The Beaufort Shag Club will be on site giving beginner shag lessons and demonstrations. To fill your hunger, local restaurants will be selling early “tastes.” New this year is the arts and crafts market from noon-5 p.m.\r\nThe festival is sponsored by: Hilton Head Nissan, Hilton Head Volkswagen at New River Auto Mall; Hargray; Cricket Communications; MCAS Beaufort a Division of CPM Federal; The Greenery, Inc.; Best Western Sea Island Inn; Budweiser; Amazing Event Rentals; Sutcliffe Golf Carts; Beaufort Shag Club; State Farm: Andy Corriveau &amp; Amy Bowman; Plums; Pepsi Beverage Company; Woodforest Bank, Marine Federal; Lend Lease Atlantic Marine Corps Communities; Lanier Parking; and Wells Fargo Bank, N. A..', 'A Taste to Remember: A Taste of Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-taste-to-remember-a-taste-of-beaufort', '', '', '2012-05-03 07:04:14', '2012-05-03 11:04:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6649', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5792, 4, '2012-02-22 21:42:52', '2012-02-23 02:42:52', 'By Tracie Korol\r\nThe good news is that dogs don’t get cavities.  The bad news is that they get just about every other dental problem that plagues humans. As with people, dental disease is the leading cause of chronic inflammation and infection in dogs.\r\nJust like us, dogs develop plaque and tartar. Plaque is a colorless biofilm, mainly Streptococcus mutans, that builds up on a dog’s teeth over time. If the plaque isn’t removed from the surface of a dog’s teeth, it mineralizes into tartar. Tartar is caused by the continual accumulation of minerals from saliva on the plaque. It’s that orange/tan/brown crusty looking stuff that cakes at the top of the tooth. Eventually, tartar deposits will destroy the dog’s gum line. Once the gum line has been destroyed it’s a short hop to extreme dog dental care —extractions and/or root canal treatment.\r\nWhile some dogs will have sparkling white teeth throughout their lifetimes with absolutely no thought or effort required from their owners, more than 80% of our pets develop gum disease by the age of three years, according to the American Veterinary Dental Society. With that statistic in mind, most of us should be attending to our dogs’ teeth regularly to prevent accumulation of tartar that precipitates gum disease.\r\nAs a proponent of clean feeding for my dogs, I believe that the mechanical action of chewing real food and raw bones linked with the superior nutrition helps maintain healthy teeth and gums. Luckily, for dogs fed commercially prepared diets, there are kibbles specifically designed toward reducing plaque build-up. The mechanism of action for these dental foods is based on either enhanced kibble texture (bigger, fiber-y, harder bits) that scrape the teeth, or chemically coating the food with polyphosphate, or both. The polyphosphate coating binds minerals in the saliva to make them unavailable for tartar development. Polyphosphates can, according to the Veterinary Oral Health Council, reduce accumulation above the gum line by as much as 58%. The trick in dog dental care, much as it is with humans, is avoiding plaque and tartar below the gum line.\r\nDaily brushing of your dog’s teeth is the recommended practice.  Granted, brushing is no fun, for you or your dog. To confess, I never did get the hang of manipulating a doggie toothbrush plus, my dogs hated it and me after each session. I was somewhat forced to return to the gauze ‘n’ finger as my guys would mysteriously vaporize when I even approached the dental equipment cupboard. To keep the peace, I found it easier and more efficient to buff their teeth with a bit of gauze over the end of a finger. Because they regularly enjoyed raw meaty bones their teeth didn’t need as much intrusive attention and in time, they began to appreciate the special attention.\r\nBe patient when starting oral home care, especially in older animals. Starting with pups as soon as they begin to get teeth is the best scenario. Begin with a gauze wrapped finger, or a finger toothbrush (which is exactly that) and graduate to a soft child’s toothbrush or spring for a specially designed, long-handled “pet” toothbrush, if sticking your finger in the back of your dog’s mouth grosses you out. For the introduction to dental care it is perfectly all right to cheat a little. A little garlic powder on a wet toothbrush is a great motivator. It also helps, at the beginning, to be less goal oriented. Allowing a pup to chew at a garlic-y brush is a great way to set up a situation where having a scrubby thing in the mouth is a good experience. Avoid forceful restraint — pinning your dog in a headlock — rather, make it a bonding experience and always praise and reward your pet for its cooperation. Toothpaste is simply a flavoring to enhance the acceptance of having a brush in the mouth at all; it’s the mechanical action of rubbing that removes the plaque. We don’t use people toothpaste because of the fluoride. People can spit it out, dogs can’t.\r\nRecently, on the market, are a variety of spray or gels that stimulate enzymes in the saliva preventing plaque build-up. They can be used with a toothbrush, applied with a finger, sprayed onto the tooth surface and some are added to a dog’s drinking water.  When these first appeared, I thought they were too good to be true. But they do work.\r\nToothaches hurt dogs just as they hurt us. You wouldn’t want to spend day after day with a toothache or other dental problem and neither does your dog. Dog dental care can be simple and inexpensive if you take the time to monitor your dog’s teeth and ensure you address dental problems before they can become serious. Taking care of your dog’s dental needs will help ensure your dog will be around to spend many happy years with you.\r\n', 'Maintain your dog’s smile', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'maintain-your-dogs-smile', '', '', '2012-02-22 21:42:52', '2012-02-23 02:42:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5792', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5918, 4, '2012-03-01 02:08:19', '2012-03-01 07:08:19', 'THE VALUE MENU: According to incident reports, an employee was charged on Saturday for embezzlement. The case is still under investigation. What we do know is that a white collar crime was committed at a blue collar job: Wendy’s. The suspect put a new spin on corporate greed, sticking it to the man by embezzling…money?...burgers? It’s too early to say.\r\nOUCH CHARLIE: On Saturday, a 10-year-old accidentally shot a 9-year-old with an airsoft gun near Mossy Oaks Elementary School. The report says that no injuries or criminal activity were involved in the playful airsoft gun shooting. Regardless, this incident was reported to Beaufort Police. Well, it must have really hurt! Give British Charlie a run on YouTube.\r\n\r\nCompiled by Tess Malijenovsky. Crime Report items are chosen from the files of the Beaufort Police Department. Please contact the police with any insider information on these cases.', 'Weekend Cracks on Criminals', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'weekend-cracks-on-criminals-3', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:08:19', '2012-03-01 07:08:19', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5918', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(11575, 4, '2013-06-11 08:53:23', '2013-06-11 12:53:23', '', 'The Island News', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'islandnews', '', '', '2013-06-11 08:53:23', '2013-06-11 12:53:23', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IslandNews.png', 0, 'attachment', 'image/png', 0),
(5802, 4, '2012-02-23 07:00:06', '2012-02-23 12:00:06', 'By Will McCullough\r\n\r\nThere was an oyster roast event held a few weeks ago to help support a local organization dedicated to promoting animal welfare. No offense intended, but I’m honestly not sure that steaming live animals until they are slowly cooked to delicious perfection in their own juices is the most effective way to articulate the “let’s all be nice to critters” message. Now please don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge supporter of the organization in question. I also love oyster roasts as much as the next guy. Matter of fact, had we not been working that evening, Deena and I would have been at the event ourselves with a bottle of “Texas Pete” in one hand and a cold beer (OK, many cold beers) in the other. So the reason I mention this is not because I have a political “axe to grind.” Instead, I use this example to call attention to what I feel is an extremely important point when it comes to marketing anything, especially property – make sure your message mirrors your product.\r\nHere’s the deal: If you have your property on the market, you are effectively competing with everyone else out there that has a comparable property to sell. Therefore, it is crucial that you highlight the positive factors that make your property stand out from all the rest. Keep in mind that once your property starts appearing on various real estate search sites, there will be fields that already state the mundane such as square footage, bedroom/bathroom counts, etc. For this reason, I feel that repeating them in the actual ad text is a waste of valuable space. Instead, consider focusing on the following three factors.\r\nGeographic Factors\r\nAsk yourself the question, “What positive feature of the local area is my property located in close proximity to?”  Here are a few examples of answers that the right buyer would want to know about:\r\n1. “... just a short stroll from downtown Beaufort.”\r\n2. “... less than five minutes from the main gate of Parris Island.”\r\n3. “... within walking distance to Port Royal Elementary School.”\r\n4. “... only five miles to the kayaking, nature trails and beaches of Hunting Island.”\r\nI’m sure you get the idea. The bottom line is that your property is probably located very close to at least one of the reasons somebody may wish to move here. Make sure you point it out!\r\nEmotional Factors\r\nThe physical aspects of the property are important but it’s equally important to consider the intangible aspects that a new owner might enjoy. What we’re looking for here are those hard to label things that just make one feel good. The best way for me to describe what I’m talking about here would be to have you again ask yourself a question, “What have you enjoyed the most while living in this home?” Once again, here are a few examples:\r\n1. “... sitting on the back porch and watching the deer graze.”\r\n2. “... the kids enjoying riding bikes around the neighborhood.”\r\n3. “... it’s so private and quiet.”\r\n4. “... the Spanish moss-covered live oaks.”\r\nTake some time and make sure you somehow share what factors, above and beyond the hard property facts, that you personally love most about the property.\r\nPhysical Factors\r\nEven though I feel it’s important not to waste space online restating generic property information; that does not mean “ignore it all together”. Instead, consider focusing on the physical attributes of your property that may make it stand out in a crowd of comparables.  One last set of examples:\r\n1. “... the dual sided fireplace warms both the master bed and bathroom.”\r\n2. “... meets LEED Silver certification standards.”\r\n3. “... designed by (name of reputable local architect).”\r\n4. “... ample storage space.”\r\nEven though many of your competitors may have a two bay garage, make sure you point out in the ad copy if yours is oversized. Same thing goes for any other physical factors that may stand apart from those offered in competitive properties.\r\nIt’s important to remember that your property can’t be “all things” to “all people”. If you take some time to consider what makes your property different and then highlight those differences in a positive manner; the right buyer will take notice.  It’s just a matter of making sure that your “message” mirrors what your property offers as accurately as possible. Only downside is that other sellers might start to get jealous when your home gets more showings than theirs, so expect a decrease in neighborhood oyster roast invites.\r\n\r\n<em>Will and Deena McCullough of Lowcountry Real Estate can be reached directly at 843-441-8286 or at TheMcCulloughTeam@gmail.com.</em>', 'Mind your message', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'mind-your-message', '', '', '2012-05-03 12:07:38', '2012-05-03 16:07:38', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5802', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5804, 4, '2012-02-23 07:01:02', '2012-02-23 12:01:02', 'Did you know that boat insurance is one of the earliest known forms of insurance? Ancient sailors knew firsthand about the risks of a life at sea and sought to insure their vessels against unpredictable waters. Insuring your recreational boat will help give you peace of mind whenever and wherever you cast off.\r\nBoat insurance policies can vary widely in what they do and do not cover based on a number of considerations, including the type of boat, the waters it will traffic, and how many months of the year the boat will be used. Still, there are a few basic kinds of coverage you can expect to receive, as well as some potential discounts for safe boaters.\r\n\r\nPhysical Damage\r\nThis coverage insures your boat against damage and loss caused by common risks, such as sinking, fire, storms, theft, and collision. The property covered can vary, but the policy will usually cover the hull and other permanent components, such as:\r\n• Motors\r\n• Extra fuel tanks, batteries, etc.\r\n• Anchors\r\n• Onboard safety equipment, such as flotation devices and fire extinguishers\r\nA trailer may or may not be covered, depending on the policy.\r\nWhen choosing your policy, be sure to ask whether you will be insured for the boat’s replacement cost or its actual cash value. A replacement cost policy will reimburse you the cost of repairing the boat to its original condition or replacing the boat with the same or a similar model. A policy based on actual cash value will reimburse you for the current market value of the repair or replacement (the original price minus depreciation).\r\n\r\nLiability Coverage\r\nThis coverage applies if your boat causes injury to others or damage to other boats, docks, or structures. Keep in mind that the injury or damage can be due to direct contact with your vessel or situations caused by your vessel, such as large wakes. Good liability coverage may provide protection against lawsuits, including the payment of settlements and legal fees.\r\n\r\nOther Coverage\r\nYour insurer may offer additional kinds of coverage to go with your basic boat insurance. If you have other needs, ask your insurance agent what coverage is available.\r\n\r\nDiscounts\r\nThe best way to lower your boat insurance premiums is to become a safer boater. For example, many insurers offer discounts to boaters who have completed an approved boating safety course. Your boat may also qualify for a discount by passing the U.S. Coast Guard Vessel Safety Check.', 'Boat insurance basics', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'boat-insurance-basics', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:01:02', '2012-02-23 12:01:02', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5804', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5806, 4, '2012-02-23 07:01:49', '2012-02-23 12:01:49', 'By Jack Sparacino\r\nThis is a good year for granting equal time, at least I hope so.  In that spirit, having written recently about rice, it seemed only fair to pay similar attention to that great American tuber, the potato.\r\nLike the column on rice, this one was a tough challenge. No small potatoes.  So it looked like a good idea to do some consulting. Mr. Peanut was busy at a celebrity “roast,” but I did get to spend some quality time with Mr. Potato Head.  He was thick skinned, like any good consultant, but chipper and we saw eye to eye.  Right away, he peeled off some interesting historical and agricultural information, which I will attempt to summarize.\r\n1. There are about five thousand potato varieties worldwide. Three thousand of them are found in the Andes alone, mainly in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, and Colombia.\r\n2. One thing that doesn’t seem to be in short supply is associations and organizations dedicated to growing and selling more potatoes.  The Potato Association of America.  Potato Growers of Iowa.  The National Potato Foundation.  And many others.  I’ll bet some of them have pretty cool looking hats that look like you know what.\r\n3.  NBA basketball star “Spud” Webb stood only five foot seven yet he was a superb dunker and had excellent seasons with the Atlanta Hawks and the Sacramento Kings. “Spud” Chandler spent his entire 11-year pitching career with the Yankees; his career winning percentage of .717 is the highest of any pitcher with at least 100 victories since 1876.  Before that, “Spud” Davis was a highly accomplished National League catcher and played for the championship 1934 Cardinals (more on them later).  But I digress.\r\n4. Potatoes are cross-pollinated, mostly by insects, but a significant amount of self-fertilizing also occurs. Here’s where potatoes’ eyes come in handy, as they can really see what they’re doing.\r\n5. Potatoes are the leading vegetable crop in the United States (not including sweet potatoes), contributing to about 15% of farm sales receipts for vegetables.\r\n6. Among major produce crops, potatoes trail only grapes in farm income.\r\n7. More than 50% of potato sales are to processors for french fries, chips, dehydrated potatoes, and other potato products.\r\n8. Americans consumed almost 130 pounds per person of fresh and processed potatoes annually during the 2000s, compared to 90 pounds per person for tomatoes, the second place vegetable.  (Is it only a coincidence that they rhyme?)\r\n9. Since 2000, U.S. export volumes of potato products have averaged 4.8 million pounds; this is about 11% of U.S. potato production.\r\n10. Potatoes taste great (especially after they have been washed and cooked).\r\n11. The number of potato recipes currently in use is over 99 bazillion.  Every single one of them is good for you (or not).\r\n12.  You really can make a great meal out of only one potato. Our friend Greg Koulis did this with us once at a restaurant in Charleston.  The potato they served him was nearly the size of a football and it arrived under an avalanche of sour cream, shredded cheese and bacon bits.  To which he added two more containers of sour cream.  We’re still trying to figure out how he ate the whole thing.\r\nWhile my research is far from complete, several conclusions seem inescapable.  For one thing, potatoes are as American as apple pie, or did I get that backwards? Secondly, Mr. Potato Head is perhaps the most under-rated celebrity in the field of hand held toys, even after the “Toy Story” movies.  Finally, and this is almost impossible to overstate, potatoes have some of the best nicknames of just about any vegetables I know.  Spuds, taters, and murphies, for example.\r\nAnd speaking of nicknames, could they have been called Rice Webb?  Sweet Potato Chandler?  Beans Davis?  Nope, they had to be Spud.', 'Speaking of spuds ...', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'speaking-of-spuds', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:01:49', '2012-02-23 12:01:49', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5806', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(5808, 4, '2012-02-23 07:02:35', '2012-02-23 12:02:35', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\nAfter many, many centuries of suffering invasion, famine and war — the Vikings, the English — the brave, persevering culture of Ireland has many centuries worth of celebrating to do in honor of its independence. Do you share the Éire love? Whether you’re of Irish descent or simply have an interest in the Irish culture, there’s an Irish Festival in town that you shouldn’t miss.\r\nBeginning on Friday, Feb. 24, from 6-9 p.m. is the “Evening in Ireland” Gala at the Best Western Sea Island Inn (one of the sponsors of the festival). There will be fine food and live music by Harry O’Donoghue. This is a limited event, exclusive to the first 125 guests that buy tickets.\r\nAll proceeds, by the way, go to the benefactor of Beaufort’s Irish Festival, which will be Low Country Habitat for Humanity., a nonprofit organization that helps responsible families in need build, renovate and repair affordable housing with the help of volunteers.\r\nSaturday’s daylong event, the Irish Family Festival, is one centered on family and the love of the Irish culture. The Beaufort Irish Festival committee is a group of members who had a vision of sharing their love of the Irish culture with the community, “not the St. Patrick party thing,” as Brenda Hill, a coordinator of the festival and committee member, puts it. There will be plenty of games, Irish dancing and live music throughout the day.\r\nThe headlining band John and Joe Dady of The Dady Brothers is a big name in the Irish music circuit hailing all the way from Rochester, NY. The brothers play a lively tune with banjo, uilleann pipes, harmonica, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, bodhran and the penny whistle! Tickets are $10, children under 12 are free, and takes place at the Quality Inn (another sponsor).\r\nIn the evening any and everyone is welcomed to Luther’s for the ol’ Irish Pub Night for great Irish music and a special guest appearance with no cover charge.\r\nHowever, you won’t want to miss the Jam Session Sunday afternoon also at Luther’s from 1-4 p.m. This is the time of the year local musicians can openly jam with the traveling Irish bands. Recalling previous jam sessions during Beaufort’s Irish Festival and seeing a local violist girl tune in, Brenda said: “It brought tears to my eyes just for her to have that experience and just for the entertainers to be so down-to-earth.”\r\nSo you don’t have to cross the ocean this weekend to see a bit of Ireland; just come on down to Beaufort’s Irish Festival. Volunteers are still needed for Saturday’s event. If you’re interested in volunteering, learning more information or buying tickets to the Gala or Family Irish Festival, visit http://www.beaufortirishfestival.org/Index.html.', 'Go green at Beaufort Irish Fest', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'go-green-at-beaufort-irish-fest', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:02:35', '2012-02-23 12:02:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5808', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5810, 4, '2012-02-23 07:03:24', '2012-02-23 12:03:24', 'The 2011 Annual Meeting was a great success last week.  The event was catered by Berry Island Café and Captured Moments Photography so graciously photographed the event! More than 60 YMCA members, employees, board and committee members attended and 2011 year-end results were presented.\r\nThe YMCA also welcomed new YMCA Board Chairman Fred Kuhn and introduced Ernie Schlichtemeier as Vice-Chairman. Also joining the board are John Havens, Debbie Myers, Cynthia Hayes and Tommy and Mary Winburn. These individuals accompany fellow board members: Bill Davidson, Walter Mack, Mary Jane Martin, Mike Green, David Homyk, Henry Robinson, Kelly Collins, Blakely Williams, Cheryl Comes and Stacey Canaday.  They are all very talented individuals and we are lucky to have them aboard.\r\nFor more information about the Wardle Family Y, call 843-522-9622.', 'YMCA welcomes new board members', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ymca-welcomes-new-board-members', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:03:24', '2012-02-23 12:03:24', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5810', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5812, 4, '2012-02-23 07:04:37', '2012-02-23 12:04:37', 'By Deborah Atkins Smalls\r\nI was raised on Lady’s Island in a community called Eustis. Most of the people there were relatives. I went from St. Helena to Lady’s Island where I walked to school. The road at that time was dirt. We went through people’s yards. You gave respect when you saw the people. You had to say good morning and good evening. If it was a hot day after school and you wanted a cool drink of water from the pump, you had to ask if someone was home. When it rained, the road would be a mess. The buses would splash mud on you. I had to carry an extra set of clothes in a brown bag to change.\r\nSummer Saturdays were always fun. I got to go to the baseball games and the juke joint. Mom or dad would give us a quarter, or maybe 50 cents. That was a lot of money. You could buy a bottle of RC, two cookies for a penny and have change for the jukebox.\r\nI can remember when the man on Warsaw who picked oysters would come to my grandma’s house. Some of them brought food from the river and grandma would put fish on the tinning top to cook. My grandma would take us to Warsaw across the river on a low tide. Before the tide rose, she put a rope around our waist incase the tide caught us when it came in. The road that lead to Warsaw was always covered on a high tide.', 'Beaufort Then & Now: History with Holly', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-then-now-history-with-holly', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:04:37', '2012-02-23 12:04:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5812', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5814, 4, '2012-02-23 07:05:21', '2012-02-23 12:05:21', 'Register now for youth soccer league at YMCA\r\nRegistration for Youth Soccer league is under way at the Wardle Family YMCA and will continue until March 12. The league is open to both boys and girls ages 3-12. Sign up at the YMCA at 1801 Richmond Avenue in Port Royal or at www.ymcabeaufortcounty.com. The cost is $40 for Y members and $55 for community participants.\r\n\r\nClub Karate to host Goodwill Tournament\r\nClub Karate will be hosting their Annual Goodwill Tournament on Saturday, February 25.  The event will be held at Beaufort High School, 84 Sea Island Parkway, Lady’s Island.\r\nDemonstrations start at 10 a.m. with the Junior Divisions beginning at 11 a.m.  Adult Divisions will immediately follow the Junior Divisions.  The events include a special division for kids 5 and under, Flag Sparring, Forms, Weapons Forms and Fighting for Junior and Adult Divisions.\r\nPre-registration for the Goodwill Tournament is $40. The deadline to pre-register is February 20. Registration will be $50 at the door. The spectator fee is $5 at the door.  Children 6 and under are admitted free.\r\nContact Chuck Elias at clubkarate@hargray.com, or call 843-524-8308 or go by Club Karate in the Food Loin shopping center on Lady’s Island.\r\n\r\nBay Street Outfitters sponsors fishing events\r\n• The Sea Island Fly Fishers will conduct a fly-only red fish tournament from March 17-23. This is the club’s 13th semiannual event, known as Friday &amp; Tides Right, and is open to any amateur interested in fly fishing.  Participants will be matched up with one of the club’s boat captains for one day on the water. There is no fee to enter but the winner will receive a $100 gift certificate at Bay Street Outfitters. Go to www.flyfishingbeaufort.com. Sign up at Bay Street Outfitters or call Jack Baggette at 843-522-8911.\r\n• Bay Street Outfitters, Oldfield and The Orvis Company of Manchester, Vermont, announce the new Orvis South Carolina 2 Day Fly-fishing School to be held at Oldfield in Okatie. Various dates have been scheduled and the full amenities will be made available to students. Instructors and equipment made available by Bay Street Outfitters- Beaufort. Please visit www.Orvis.com for details, dates and more information.', 'Sports events', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sports-events-3', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:05:21', '2012-02-23 12:05:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5814', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5816, 4, '2012-02-23 07:06:05', '2012-02-23 12:06:05', 'Make your feet — and your heart — happy. Join Beaufort Memorial Hospital’s Second Annual Day of Dance, a free community wellness event designed to get you dancing to good health.\r\nHeld in celebration of American Heart Month, the event takes place from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Feb. 25, at Sun City’s Pinckney Hall and will feature dance demonstrations, health screenings, light refreshments and mini-classes, including Zumba, a Latin-inspired, calorie-burning fitness dance that’s all the rage.\r\n“It’s cardio exercise that’s fun to do,” said Hollie Smith, an exercise physiologist at Beaufort Memorial’s LifeFit Wellness Center.\r\nAlong with the dance classes and demos, Beaufort Memorial clinical specialists will be offering blood pressure, blood sugar, ankle brachial index (ABI) screenings and cholesterol screenings. And rehabilitation specialists will offer free balance screenings. The cholesterol test is $10; all of the other screenings are free.\r\nCardiologists, orthopedists, a vascular surgeon and general practitioners will be on hand to answer questions and offer tips on how to reduce risk factors through lifestyle choices.\r\nCardiologists participating in the event include Drs. Stuart Smalheiser, David Harshman and Shannon Shook. Also scheduled to attend are orthopedic surgeon Dr. Ned Blocker and vascular surgeon Dr. Chad Tober, MD, as well as Internal Medicine Drs. Philip Cusumano and Erik Baker.\r\n“Dancing is a great form of exercise that’s fun and engaging for everyone,” said Courtney McDermott, who is helping coordinate the event for BMH. “It offers tremendous health benefits — both physically and mentally.”\r\nThe event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.  To sign up, visit, www.bmhsc.org/spiritofwomen or call (843) 522-5585.', 'Day of the Dance', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'day-of-the-dance', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:06:05', '2012-02-23 12:06:05', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5816', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5818, 4, '2012-02-23 07:07:01', '2012-02-23 12:07:01', 'By Takiya Smith\r\n\r\nThis past Sunday at church, I silently stood, mouthing a prayer for healing from the torment of flu like symptoms that had bothered me for nearly two weeks.  Yet, in my sincere and fervent petitions to the Lord, I could not help but focus more on how bad my feet hurt as I attempted to stay balanced, eyes closed and hands raised, while I teetered and swayed in my sky-high stilettos.  “What the heck was I thinking ever buying these shoes”, I thought.  “Why did I even come up to the alter to stand here knowing good and well that my feet were to pay a price”, I wondered.  Then, as I painfully tippy-toed back to my seat, sat down and eased off my super cute, snake skin grey and gold pumps, it hit me....these shoes are smoking hot! All thoughts of the price paid slipped away, just as any logic in beauty seemingly did so as well.\r\nLater that day, after service, while eating dinner with a group of friends, I spoke up about my shoe experience.  Two of my friends chimed in with similar stories as we each agreed that we were so relieved to be out of our heels.  The next voice to speak up came from a male friend who calmly asked us why we even put ourselves through this day after day, week after week, instead of buying comfortable shoes.  I basically laughed, as another girlfriend looked at him in disdain, while another dropped her fork and finally a third friend spoke up and said “clearly, you don’t understand that there is no logic when it comes to beauty.  The two just don’t mix.”\r\nWhat are your thoughts? Ideas, examples and feelings on what makes sense to you, what doesn’t and what is just in between?  Send emails or post comments on my blog at www.blb-boutiques.com.', 'Beauty and logic simply don’t mix', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beauty-and-logic-simply-dont-mix', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:07:01', '2012-02-23 12:07:01', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5818', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5820, 4, '2012-02-23 07:08:03', '2012-02-23 12:08:03', 'By Danette Vernon\r\nMy son recently sat down next to me at a family gathering, and said in jest, “I’m thinking about going on the all aspartame diet. What do you think?”\r\nHe was joking, but really he was not far off the mark.\r\nHave you stuck a piece of gum in your mouth today? Unless it was from a health food store or was Chiclets brand, it had aspartame or some other artificial sweetener in it. Feel like a refreshing, but low-cal drink? If you down a glass of Crystal Light or a diet soda as a result — aspartame. What about your choice to save a few calories, with a “light” yogurt — aspartame.\r\nWhat else is this stuff in? Over-the-counter drugs and prescription drugs (very common and listed under “inactive ingredients”), vitamin and herb supplements, instant breakfasts, candy, breath mints, cereals, sugar-free chewing gum, cocoa mixes, coffee beverages, instant breakfasts, gelatin desserts, frozen desserts, juice beverages, laxatives, milk drinks, shake mixes, tabletop sweeteners, tea beverages, instant teas and coffees, topping mixes, wine coolers, etc. It’s everywhere ...\r\nBut, who cares? Your grandma may have used NutraSweet for years, and it’s on every mom and pop restaurant table in the country. Why NOT consume the “all aspartame, all of the time diet,” if you’re trying to lose weight, or just consume a little less sugar?\r\nIn the first place, what is it?\r\nAspartame is marketed under the brand names of NutraSweet, Equal Spoonful, Benevia, and NatraTaste, to name a few.  Aspartame is made of three components, 50% phenylalanine, 40% aspartic acid and 10% methanol (wood alcohol). When aspartame, or its brand name, among many, NutraSweet, is digested, the wood alcohol (methanol) is widely distributed throughout the body including brain, muscle, fat and nervous tissue. It is then metabolized to formaldehyde which enters the cells and binds to the proteins and DNA (the genetic material). Formaldehyde is a known stimulant for cancer and genetic damage in the cell.\r\nOn the European Common Market, there has been some progress in that aspartame is banned from all children’s products. Why is this not the case in Canada and the U.S.? You’ll have to ask your congressman, or state senator.\r\nWhen I was young, in the 1960’s, it was still questionable if smoking cigarettes was even bad for you. Today, you could find with some ease, a number of articles wherein people are worried about their dog inhaling second-hand smoke. What is the future of aspartame in our food system? Hard to say, but with the cancer rate up from when I was a child, from 1 in 12, to 1 in 2, eliminating aspartame is something to consider. So spit out your gum!\r\n\r\n<em>Therapeutic Solutions offers a unique approach to your active health care needs using a variety of healing modalities, nutritional and wellness coaching to empower you to a new state of health and well-being. 73 Sams Point Road, 524-2554.</em>', 'All about Aspartame', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'all-about-aspartame', '', '', '2012-06-18 13:00:01', '2012-06-18 17:00:01', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5820', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5822, 4, '2012-02-23 07:08:32', '2012-02-23 12:08:32', 'First Trimester Academic Honors at Beaufort Academy\r\nBeaufort Academy Headmaster’s List (All A’s)\r\n5th grade – Piper Beasley, Quinn Fleming, Emma Hincher, David Mathai\r\n6th grade – Joe Bhoi, Sarah Blocker, Kate Gray, Drew Luckey, Alex Mazzeo, Jennings Tumlin\r\n7th grade – Hope Gray, Amanda Kahn, William Lindsay, Skyler Nuelle, Katie Smith\r\n8th grade – Mary Margaret Achurch, Jake Bhoi, Maya Dixon, Kirsten Floyd, Jock Joyce, Anna Sheppard, Sarah Sheppard, Rosie Stewart\r\n9th grade – Mike Bhoi, John Mathai, Taylor Vincent, Xavier Westergaard\r\n10th grade – Caroline Fontenot, Patrick Mazzeo, Rebecca Strawn\r\n12th grade – Michael Bible, Katherine Neal\r\nBeaufort Academy Honor Roll (All A’s and B’s)\r\n5th grade – Margaret Aimar, Joshua Boyd, Campbell Dukes, Herbert Gray, Gracie Guest, Hunter Harley, Lawrence Lindsay, Nelson McMillen, Caroline Moss, Miciah Pendarvis, Joe Stowe\r\n6th grade – JJ Arnett, Micaela Borreggine, Abby Dalton, Lane Harrell, Rahzel Lemott, John Manos, Kathleen Simkins, Sarah Suber, Peter Trask, William\r\nWarren\r\n7th grade – Preston Coleman, Mary Keane, Hannah Messenger, Gavin Palmer, Quinten Paton-Melland, Will Turner, Jackson Warren, Cecillia Williams\r\n8th grade – Charles Aimar, Allison Alvarez, Caroline Blocker, Jacob Dalton, Will Dukes, Kiana Fortner, MacMillan Griffith, Alec Melville, Ting O’Regan, Cain Richards, Michael Schwartz, Frances Stowe\r\n9th grade – Bridget Baggerly, Michael Bass, McKenzie Blake, Brynna Ferry, Katie Gay, Ben Hetherington, Casey Kahn, Drummond Koppernaes, Xavia Lemott, Jack Olsson, Natalie Simkins\r\n10th grade – Caroline Avera, Zach Bachtell, Jack Dailey, Walker Floyd, Madeleine Gray, Brandon Massalon, Jeffrey Miller, Lauren Noonan, Nicole Schmiege, Courtney Smith, Kaley Turner, Kelly Walker, Miranda Weslake\r\n11th grade – Conner Akers, Megan DeBardelaben, Charlotte Delfosse, Charlie Humphries, Emily Hutchins, Hope Keane, Finn Koppernaes, Laura Roddey, Grace Stewart\r\n12th grade – Ray Aiello, Cayce Burgess, Sarah Chahin, Nathan Cheung, Madeline Griffith, Jack Griffith, Megan Kahn, JaneAnn Laffitte, Eric Nguyen, Lauren Ward', 'Honor Rolls', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'honor-rolls', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:41', '2018-07-12 15:04:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5822', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5824, 4, '2012-02-23 07:09:04', '2012-02-23 12:09:04', '• Thursday, Feb. 23, Lady’s Island Elementary School will have its New Parents’ Tour at 9:30 a.m., a BMX Stunt Show, and its Chil-Fil-A night from 5:30-7:30 p.m.\r\n• Thursday, Feb. 23, K-4th grade students at Beaufort Academy will see Jack and the Beanstalk at USCB. There will also be an Indoor Soccer Tournament for 5th-12th graders, 6 p.m. Lastly, don’t forget BA’s Parents Association meeting, 7 p.m.\r\n• Friday, Feb. 24, there will be a Black History Month Assembly at Lady’s Island Elementary School.\r\n• Friday, Feb. 24, Riverview Tidewatch Session III enrollment forms are due.\r\n• Feb. 24-25, Beaufort Academy has volunteer opportunities for Interact members with Friends of Caroline Hospice.\r\n• Saturday, Feb. 25, Beaufort Academy’s Math Team departs at 6:30 a.m. for the math meet at the College of Charleston.\r\n• Monday, Feb. 27, Beaufort Academy will have a presentation for faculty on Asperger’s Syndrome by the Executive Director of LAF (Lowcountry Autism Foundation), Tripp Ritchie and the Chair and Co-Founder, Dr. Tami Lawrence, 3:30 p.m.\r\n• Monday, Feb. 27, Mossy Oaks Elementary’s PTO meeting in the cafeteria, 6:30 p.m.\r\n• Tuesday, Feb. 28, Science Fair Project set-up day at Beaufort Academy; also, Open House for parents interested in Middle or Upper School, 6 p.m.\r\n• Feb. 28-March 1 is Beaufort Academy’s on-campus Book Fair.\r\n• Wednesday, Feb. 29, E.C. Montessori encourages anyone who is interested in seeing firsthand how a true Montessori school runs on a daily basis to please stop its Public Open House from 9-11:30 a.m.\r\n• Wednesday, Feb. 29, Beaufort Elementary School will hosts its second Drug Awareness Meeting in the cafeteria of Bluffton Middle School, 6-8 p.m. These meetings will cover new drug fads and trends among children.\r\n• Wednesday, Feb. 29, Life Fit Mobile Wellness Bus on Beaufort Academy’s campus from 7:30-11:30 a.m. for ages 18 and over.\r\n\r\nBRES hearts Morningside Assisted Living\r\nResidents at Morningside Assisted Living got a special visit on Valentine Day. Broad River students Makayla Simmons and Emily Hatchett went to Morningside after school to visit them and deliver Valentine cards that had been made by Broad River students. They made lots of new friends including one gentleman who was 102 years old! Lots of hugs and smiles were shared by everyone!\r\n\r\nA visit from SC Rep. Shannon Erickson\r\nLady’s Island Elementary School second graders are studying government and the roles of leaders and officials in local government. Shannon Erickson visited Mrs. Baggett’s class on February 13th to explain her job as an elected official.\r\n\r\nYard sale raise field trip funds\r\nLady’s Island Intermediate School is trying to raise money so that its fifth grade students can take an end-of-year field trip to NASA and Sea World. Earning donations will help alleviate the cost of some students who would not be able to afford the trip. They will be having a yard sale March 3rd in the school parking lot. The cost for a space is  $10 and seller keeps all profits made from their sold goods. Contact Mrs. Bonnie Nicolai for more information at 843-322-3070.\r\n\r\nJump Rope for the Heart\r\nBroad River Elementary School students will participate in their  3rd annual Jump Rope for Heart event the week of February 27-March 2. Students have been learning the importance of having a healthy heart and how to take care of their hearts. Students also collect donations to support the efforts of the American Heart Association. Last year BRES students raised $3,290.57. Please help these students be Heart Heroes and support their efforts.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Middle’s young Bach\r\nCandace Brink, BMS 8th grader, was chosen to participate in the SC Band Directors’ Association All-Region Symphonic Honors Concert Band. The band will be rehearsing Friday, February 24, at Charleston Southern University and giving their concert there on Saturday evening, February 25.\r\n\r\nCongratulations to Michael Evans\r\nMichael Evans of Battery Creek High, son of Robert Evans Jr. and Mrs. Jeannette Allan, was nominated by South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson to receive a prestigious appointment to the Class of 2016 at the United States Military Academy at West Point. The U.S. Military Academy is a four-year co-educational federal undergraduate liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City.  Founded in 1802 as America’s first college of engineering, it consistently ranks as one of the nation’s top colleges. Its mission is to “educate, train and inspire cadets for careers of professional service to the Army and the nation.” District Superintendent Valerie Truesdale called the appointment “an honor not only for Michael and Battery Creek High, but also for the Beaufort County School District and our entire community.”\r\n\r\nCongratulations to Michael Bible\r\nCarrying on tradition, Beaufort Academy is proud to announce that senior Michael Bible is a National Merit Finalist, the fifth BA senior in the last four years.\r\nOf more than 1.5 million applicants from across the country, Michael Bible was announced as one of 16,000 students to be named a National Merit Semifinalist in the fall.  These 16,000 students represent less than 1% of US high school seniors, and include the highest-scoring entrants in each state on the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. “Michael is an exemplary student in many ways,” Ms. Julie Corner, Head of School at Beaufort Academy. “This award seeks to honor Michael’s academic achievements, while we at Beaufort Academy see that and so much more. He is an active community volunteer, school leader in numerous clubs, honor societies and student government, and accomplished in athletics and on stage.”', 'School briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-briefs-20', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:40', '2018-07-12 15:04:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5824', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5826, 4, '2012-02-23 07:09:45', '2012-02-23 12:09:45', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\nStudents and teachers from every public school in Beaufort County are gathering Thursday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. at Pritchardville Elementary School for a special districtwide showcase on the cutting-edge classroom technology that’s improving student learning.\r\nAccording to Cory Tressler, the school district’s Director of Virtual Learning, students as young as kindergarten age are now using robotics to learn computer programming, math, science and basic engineering skills.\r\n“These students grew up using this new technology, so they aren’t intimidated the way adults can be,” Tressler said.  “To them, these are just tools that are part of their everyday learning.”\r\nThursday night will include an Elementary Lego Education Robotics Challenge where 11 elementary students will show off the abilities of the robots they’ve built and programmed. It’s also the official launch of the school district’s “Virtual Library,” an online resource designed to give students and educators web-based access to eBooks and audio books purchased by the district for use on laptop computers, tablets, eBook readers and smartphones.\r\nIn each classroom different district schools will spotlight some of the ways that they’re using technology to improve student learning. Demonstrations will range from student videos and presentations to student demonstrations of engineering software used to building houses and bridges. At least two district high schools — Battery Creek High and Hilton Head High — will showcase their high-tech student robotics efforts.\r\n“School technology supports effective classroom learning the same way that medical technology supports effective health care and financial technology supports effective business systems,” said Superintendent Valerie Truesdale.', 'Improving education one robot at a time', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'improving-education-one-robot-at-a-time', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:40', '2018-07-12 15:04:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5826', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5829, 4, '2012-02-23 07:13:55', '2012-02-23 12:13:55', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\nLast week members of the Foundation for Educational Excellence visited 14 public school teachers to reward them for their innovative project ideas.\r\nThe foundation is a fund of the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry chaired by Jan Davis-Vater of Hilton Head Island. It aims to raise funds for teacher grants that spur innovation, giving out grants twice a year. The Winter 2012 grants ranged from $120 to $500 and totaled $5,000, thanks to First Citizens Bank.\r\n“Public school budgets being what they are these days, teachers often can’t fund these sorts of specialized projects,” Davis-Vater said. “Either they find the money themselves or the projects don’t happen. That’s why the foundation’s role in helping teachers to improve academic achievement is so important.”\r\nHere are the Winter 2012 Innovative Teacher Grant recipients (north of the Broad River):\r\n• Shelia H. Cato, Beaufort High, Grade 9 Enrichment Seminar ($500) — “Read 180” is an intensive, research-based reading intervention program that increases reading achievement of struggling students. Students learn reading, spelling, writing, grammar, and test-taking skills using individualized instructional software, data-driven small-group instruction and independent reading. This project will provide the rBook, a workbook that “scaffolds” instruction through the use of graphic organizers, sentence starters and writing frames.\r\n• Hannah Lea, St. Helena Elementary, Grade 4 Music ($426) — Purchase recorder wind instruments and a Music Magazine subscription. This project will provide opportunities for student-to-student interaction and support cooperative learning. Fourth-graders will collect data on individual student goals, progress and achievement. Students also will incorporate data into tables, line graphs and bar graphs during math class. At the end of the unit, the students will host a school-wide showcase of their work with a performance.\r\n• Shane R. Peek, Whale Branch Middle, Grade 5-7 Science ($120) — Purchase a 50-gallon rain barrel that students will help attach to the school gutter systems.  Run-off water can then be stored and used to irrigate the school’s butterfly, herb and vegetable gardens instead of using school-funded water supplies.  The practices students learn through this project will teach them competent conservation skills beneficial in their everyday lives.\r\n• Suzi Prekop, Mossy Oaks Elementary, Grade 1 ($167) — Purchase board games that promote deductive reasoning, problem solving, drawing comparisons, computation and math skills. The board games will provide students with opportunities to play games that foster the development of speaking and listening skills while also developing thinking and problem-solving abilities under the guise of having fun.\r\n• Kelly Pulaski, Coosa Elementary, Grade 2 ($293) — Purchase books to do an author study during independent reading. During the Patricia Polacco author study, students will explore themes such as racism in “Mr. Lincoln’s Way” and sibling relationships in “My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother.” This author study will help students understand the relationship between reading and writing. During writing workshop, students will write responses in their journals to further connect characters and themes in books.\r\n• Dana Scaglione, Beaufort Middle, Grade 6 Music ($130) — Purchase musical wind instruments commonly known as recorders. Students will learn the fundamentals of reading and understanding sheet music, culminating in a classroom performance. Research shows that the process of playing simplified wind instruments, while reading from sheet music notation, significantly benefits cognitive development.\r\n• Steve Shamblen, Beaufort-Jasper Academy for Career Excellence, Grade 9-12 Math ($500) — Purchase a class set of Texas Instruments TI-30XS multi-view calculators to use in preparing for Algebra 1 end-of-course exams and high school exit exams. The calculators will provide learning-disabled and at-risk students with greater opportunities to succeed on these high-stakes tests. As a result, more students will be eligible for graduation with a diploma in addition to the certification they earn in their Career and Technology Education programs.\r\nThe foundation solicits individual and business donors and also holds a major fundraiser each spring that features silent and live auctions of items donated by individuals and businesses.  The 2012 fundraiser is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. Friday, March 2, at the Country Club of Hilton Head.  Tickets may be purchased on line at www.foundationedexcellence.com (click on “Tickets” at the bottom of the page).', 'Foundation surprises teachers with grants', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'foundation-surprises-teachers-with-grants', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:40', '2018-07-12 15:04:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5829', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5831, 4, '2012-02-23 07:17:30', '2012-02-23 12:17:30', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\nHow can you tell when one tide ends and another begins to come in or when the seasons just start to change? It’s subtle but you just know it’s happening, through a dozen little changes you start to notice and you know will add up to a bigger change. I’ve been in Beaufort for the past 12 years and actively covering the day to day “social scene” for the past four and I can tell you without a doubt that change is upon us! There’s a new era being born this spring in Beaufort.  Four restaurants and an upscale market opening.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5832\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Marianne &amp; Steve Harrison on the porch of the Rhett House Inn.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Marianne-Steve-Harrison-on-the-porch-of-the-Rhett-House.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5832\" title=\"Marianne &amp; Steve Harrison on the porch of the Rhett House\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Marianne-Steve-Harrison-on-the-porch-of-the-Rhett-House-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nTwo of Beaufort’s restaurants expanding to other cities, real estate bouncing back, unexpected deaths of beloved longtime residents, and happy births of new ones. Traffic where there use to be none.  I’m sure you can feel it too!\r\nOne couple who have been key players in this passing era are Marianne and Steve Harrison, owners of the Rhett House Inn and I wanted to acknowledge their contribution to this city and what they helped it become these last 20 years. They are retiring and moving back to their apartment in New York City to spend more time with their two children there and three grandchildren. Their beautiful home behind the inn, which was featured in Southern Living magazine, has just become part of the inn and can be rented by the night or month.\r\nOne of the reasons the Harrison’s decided to move to Beaufort was because of the “many colorful fun characters” they found here and they quickly became “colorful” characters of their own in Beaufort’s cast with their strong New York accents lovingly imitated by Southerners bemused by things they said.\r\nSays Marianne, “When we came here 25 years ago to visit a friend, Beaufort was really depressed, the downtown was empty, and what became the Rhett House Inn was a run down dark building that had been empty for two years. But Steve fell in love with it and thought he could make it into a great business because of his love of people and he said I could decorate it. So with architect Jimmy Thomas’s help we brought it back. And we did every job at the inn in the early years, from cooking to waiting on tables in the restaurant.”\r\nOver the 25 years, Marianne and Steve took the inn from five guest rooms (and one telephone) to 19 beautifully appointed rooms today. And they have been awarded the AAA 4 Diamond 17 years in a row — the only inn in South Carolina that has done so.\r\nBut beside the inn, they helped put Beaufort on the map nationally and worldwide and here’s how: They both came from big fashion careers in New York (Marianne’s father started Anne Klein). So they had dozens of contacts at the New York-based magazines and newspapers. Within the first two years of opening the inn, Beaufort was featured in 10 national publications including Vogue, W, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Travel &amp; Leisure, to name just a few.\r\nMarianne said, “We wrote up the press releases and called our friends at the magazines in New York and invited them to stay at the inn when they came to do the story.  We loved Beaufort and wanted it to be more important. We always promoted Beaufort first and foremost to them. We wanted to help the world to see the city we loved.”\r\nSays Steve, “From day one we were amazed at how open and inviting and nice people were to us and made us feel so comfortable here.  We both have a lot of love for the people of Beaufort and it’s been the hardest decision of my life to leave.”\r\nAnother major boon they gave to Beaufort was this: Barbra Streisand bought the film rights to “Prince of Tides” and was set to direct it.  But she was going to shoot the movie in Wilmington, N.C., because it was cheaper than shooting in South Carolina. Barbra and her crew came to the Rhett House Inn to photograph sites in Beaufort from the book. Marianne met Barbra and arranged a dinner party at the inn and invited Pat Conroy and Harriet Keyserling.  Pat and Barbra hit it off that night, and the three of them convinced Barbra to shoot the movie in Beaufort instead of Wilmington. Marianne found Barbra a house to rent for three months and the rest is history. The movie became a worldwide hit and audiences around the globe got to see the beauty of Beaufort on the big screen.  Some recent visitors to Beaufort from Germany who stayed at the inn vividly remembered the movie and always wanted to come here. Plus, the filming of the movie brought millions into the local ailing economy. Other movies followed in its wake and the Rhett House became a celebrity destination. Among those who have stayed have been Gwyneth Paltrow, Nick Nolte, Ben Affleck, Sandra Bullock, Blythe Danner, Ridley Scott, Demi Moore, and Sharon Stone to name a few.\r\nMarianne also served on the board of CODA and was chairwoman for six years and was also on the board of Hope Haven. Steve’s been a part of every downtown organization that promoted Beaufort.\r\nSays Marianne, “We love Beaufort and it’s the hardest thing in the world to leave, but we feel for the inn to go to the next level it needs young energy with new ideas.”\r\nIt’s on the market now represented by Will and Deena McCullough at Lowcountry Real Estate.\r\nThe Harrisons leave Beaufort with a heavy heart, but they leave it in much better shape than they found it. From all of us in Beaufort, we say to you Marianne and Steve, “Job well done!”  And THANK YOU for all that you did for Beaufort!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>... As a new one begins</strong>\r\nI’m sure you know people who have second homes here but work and live in Atlanta or Charlotte fulltime. But have you ever heard of someone living in Beaufort fulltime while still working fulltime in Charlotte? Well, meet Kim  and Rich Steinbruck who not only do that but Kim was also recently promoted to Sr. Vice President of Bank of America for her outstanding work for them.  And her husband Rich “telecommutes” to his insurance company job there too.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5833\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Rich and Kim Steinbruck.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Rich-and-Kim-Steinbruck1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5833\" title=\"Rich and Kim Steinbruck1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Rich-and-Kim-Steinbruck1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSays Kim, “We simply fell in love with Beaufort — the natural beauty, the small town vibe, the wonderful people ... We bought our home in the summer of 2005 as a vacation home and eventual retirement home. We decided to move here fulltime as soon as our jobs (and technology) would allow it.  We got the go ahead in January 2011. We were here fulltime two months later. It was an opportunity to simplify our lives and fulfill a dream. We still pinch ourselves each day.  We can’t believe we’re fortunate enough to call this amazing place our home.”\r\nThey and others represent a new generation of 30 and 40-year-old working “telecommuters” who are moving to Beaufort. Barbara States is another example of this. She recently moved to Beaufort fulltime while still continuing to work fulltime for a publisher of books in Boston. Laura Bowles moved to Habersham and continues to work fulltime for her investment company in Baltimore. Together these newly transplanted couples are helping to change the Beaufort “scene,” including its night life.\r\nLast weekend Kim’s husband Rich gave her a 40th Birthday Bash downtown at the beautiful new hi-tech event space and rooftop deck called Old Bay Marketplace Loft &amp; Rooftop Deck (rented through The Beaufort Inn).  That included great dancing and a DJ with catering by Southern Graces. The fun, young crowd was filled with many familiar Beaufort faces but an equal amount of new faces I did not recognize.  Friends from Charlotte who are now vowing to look for second homes here after sampling Kim and Rich’s great Beaufort lifestyle.', 'An era is quietly ending in Beaufort ...', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'an-era-is-quietly-ending-in-beaufort', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:17:30', '2012-02-23 12:17:30', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5831', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5835, 4, '2012-02-23 07:19:04', '2012-02-23 12:19:04', 'On Saturday, February 25 at 12:55 p.m.,  USCB Center for the Arts and The Met: Live in HD will showcase Giuseppe Verdi’s opera, “Ernani.” Angela Meade takes center stage as Elvira in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Marcello Giordani sings the title role as her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Ferruccio Furlanetto and Dmitri Hvorostovsky round out the cast as her uncle, Don Ruy Gomez de Silva, and Don Carlo, the king of Spain.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Arts-MET1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5836\" title=\"Arts-MET1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Arts-MET1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>Based on a play by Victor Hugo, the opera’s implausible plot is set in early 16th century Spain. A nobleman has lost his title and wealth in a civil war and becomes the leader of a band of outlaws.  He takes the name of Ernani and vows to rescue his love, Elvira, from a forced marriage to her aged uncle and guardian.  In the struggles between the two that ensue, Don Carlo, the king, is also revealed as a suitor for her hand.  The two enemies agree to suspend their quarrel and join forces against the king. Presented in four acts, Verdi’s opera provides a wealth of rousing choruses and full-blooded arias sure to satisfy the most demanding of fans.\r\nWith the recent technology upgrades to USCB Center for the Arts, the larger screen and improved sound will provide an even greater sense of “you are there” to the 11 live performances from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House.  Upcoming performances include: Manon (Apr. 7) and La Traviata (Apr. 14).  For additional information on the operas go to www.metopera.org/hdlive.\r\nAll seating is assigned.  Adult/Senior $20; Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Members $16; USCB Students and Youth under 18 $10.\r\nFor additional information, contact USCB Center for the Arts director, Bonnie Hargrove, at 843-521-3145, or hargrov@uscb./edu.', 'Met Live in HD: Verdi’s  Ernani', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'met-live-in-hd-verdis-ernani', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:19:04', '2012-02-23 12:19:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5835', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5838, 4, '2012-02-23 07:19:34', '2012-02-23 12:19:34', 'As part of the continuing celebration of its Tricentennial year, the Parish Church of St. Helena will host a concert by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, March 10 beginning at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary at St. Helena’s.\r\nAccording to Pat Gould, Music director and organist for St. Helena’s, and the Standing Committee Chairperson for the Tricentennial’s overall special music program, the symphony will play an exciting program featuring music from those three centuries. “The orchestra will play works of Handel, Holst and Mozart, as well as Elizabethan Consort Music for brass and timpani,” Gould said.\r\nBecause of generous donations from parishioners and the community, the church is pleased to offer the concert at only $10 per ticket for adults, and Free to students 18 and under. “Tickets are going fast,” Gould said, “and everyone must have one, even those that are free to students.”  Reserved sponsorship seating is available but other seats are on a first come basis.\r\nGould said she is overjoyed that the church is able to provide an orchestra of this caliber to the community, and to expose symphonic music to families who might not otherwise be able to hear an orchestra, and to that end, the church is providing a nursery, also at no charge.\r\nThose wanting to take advantage of the nursery must make reservations.\r\nThe Parish Church of St. Helena is located at 505 Church Street, Beaufort.  For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the church office at 843-522-1712 or visit www.sthelenas1712.org.  For information on sponsorship packages, contact janspringle@earthlink.net.', 'Church presents Charleston Symphony Orchestra', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'church-presents-charleston-symphony-orchestra', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:19:34', '2012-02-23 12:19:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5838', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5840, 4, '2012-02-23 07:20:35', '2012-02-23 12:20:35', 'By Julia Stewart Corner, Head of School, Beaufort Academy\r\nDr. Randy Wall, Headmaster at Beaufort Academy from 2009-2011 left an indelible mark on this fine school. Despite his untimely passing in June, Dr. Wall left a legacy that will last for decades.\r\nBeaufort Academy has long been revered for its ability to prepare students for college as well as their role in society. Under Dr. Wall’s tenure the core values of intellect, integrity, leadership, pride, and respect were solidified. These core values are exemplified on campus every day as the staff works to fulfill his vision, and the vision of the founders of Beaufort Academy.\r\nIntellect is always at the forefront at Beaufort Academy. We have a rigorous academic program that yields outstanding students and graduates. A few academic kudos this year are:  National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist, Michael Bible; the Math team finished in first place in the recent state tournament; Quiz Bowl Teams continue to place in final rounds at multiple tournaments; Spelling Bee contestants were winners again this year; and our Chess Team has qualified to compete for the national title this spring.\r\nOur central mission is 100% college acceptance for Beaufort Academy seniors. For the fifth year in a row, bucking national trends, our SAT scores rose, and were once again higher than the national average. As a testament to what we do at Beaufort Academy, seniors are accepted to their colleges of choice. This year’s graduating class has been accepted at 38 colleges thus far with another 80 acceptance letters due in April.\r\nIntegrity is found in the classrooms, the halls, and within the athletic teams. For example, even though they are permitted, we have no locks on lockers.  All students adhere to a strict honor pledge that clarifies the expectation of integrity in all their actions. A student honor council resolves issues where integrity is in question.\r\nLeadership is taught in many ways. For example, officers are elected each year for student government, numerous clubs, and service organizations like Interact. These student leaders attend a leadership institute throughout the year to teach them leadership skills for now the future.\r\nPride translates into school spirit at Beaufort Academy.  In addition to spirited pep rallies, students demonstrate it often by wearing the “blue and white.” Students participate in numerous sports including tennis, football, swimming, soccer, golf, basketball, and golf. Sailing and chess clubs have won championships this year. The dress code is adhered to by all students, and is one way pride permeates the school.\r\nRespect is the final core value. It is the way we treat each other at Beaufort Academy. Students learn proper etiquette along with academic classes. They leave us ready to handle situations requiring tact, thoughtfulness, and people skills.\r\nYes, at Beaufort Academy we work with the whole student. We stress an academic atmosphere laced with caring and compassion.\r\nMoving forward we will continue to fulfill the strategic plan crafted under Dr. Wall’s guidance. The six main goals of the plan lead us well into the future with renewed commitment to providing a safe, secure, academic environment manned by the best faculty and staff of the Lowcountry. We take these charges seriously.\r\nAs the new Head of School at Beaufort Academy, I am awed by several things: the experienced staff, the caring community of parents, the committed students, and the noble mission. Our students come from varying backgrounds but have one common denominator — they all want to have access to the college that best meets the needs for their futures. That is the reason we are here. We welcome any parent of a student who wants to reach their full potential to contact our admission office.  Explore what Beaufort Academy can offer your precious children.\r\nEditor’s Note: Ms. Julia Stewart Corner was recently named Head of School at Beaufort Academy. She comes from an extensive background in education having taught high school and been in educational administration for more than 31 years. Her Bachelors and Masters degrees were earned at the University of Pittsburgh.', 'Dr. Wall’s legacy and beyond', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'dr-walls-legacy-and-beyond', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:20:35', '2012-02-23 12:20:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5840', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(5842, 4, '2012-02-23 07:23:51', '2012-02-23 12:23:51', 'The Fripp Audubon Club has formed a partnership with Beaufort Elementary School — home of the Seagulls — to inspire students to learn more about birds and bird identification, advise the school on bird habitat improvements in the school’s Life Lab and to help create a “bird walk” art display for the bird named hallways.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5843\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Birding 101 Fourth grade\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Birding-101-Fourth-Grade1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5843\" title=\"Birding 101 Fourth Grade1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Birding-101-Fourth-Grade1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe initiative will pilot the Fripp Audubon programs with Beaufort Elementary School’s fourth grade science students and fourth grade engineering students in the school’s AMES Academy. In March, following up on Audubon’s sponsored Great Backyard Bird Count, Beaufort Elementary will hold its first Fripp Audubon partnered event with a bird feeder building workshop, bird talks and the unveiling of Fripp Audubon and collaborative artwork to be displayed in the school’s hallways.\r\nAdditionally, Fripp Audubon has coordinated to bring Charleston’s Center for Birds of Prey to Beaufort Elementary for a school-wide visit and flight demonstration. This Spring, 4th grade science classes are invited to Fripp Island for a birding field trip to the Audubon Nature Trail in order to reinforce and apply in the field what the students have learned in the classroom.\r\nDarby James, school coordinator for the partnership program, says “a team of science teachers have been working on program development for months. We are very excited about this community partnership and the fledgling birders that it will inspire in our BES Seagulls.”\r\n“There is a great deal of excitement about the partnership,” says Sally Work, the program coordinator for Fripp Audubon. “This is part of an initiative to help develop a template for other schools in the future.”', 'Partnership takes flight: Beaufort Elementary, Fripp Audubon program teaches students about birds', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'partnership-takes-flight-beaufort-elementary-fripp-audubon-program-teaches-students-about-birds', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:23:51', '2012-02-23 12:23:51', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5842', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5846, 4, '2012-02-23 07:26:18', '2012-02-23 12:26:18', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Bridal Show returns for the third year to the Holiday Inn this weekend and it’s bigger and better this year than ever before.  The show, was created by the Holiday Inn Management and Sales Team — Bob Barnes, GM; Phillip Carroway, Director of Sales; and Nikki Williams, Sales Manager in conjunction with the Hilton Garden Inn.\r\nThey came up with the idea along with their Bridal Guide to help couples in the local market gain awareness of how many great resources there are in Beaufort for brides.\r\nSays Phillip Carroway, “The wedding reception is one of the first thing that brides start with when planning the wedding so we try we originally helped them by offering business cards of vendors that we have worked with at Holiday Inn and had a great experience. Now, instead of handing a bride a handful of business cards from the local area, we give them our Bridal Guide. The Bridal Guide has our most popular wedding menus, the ballroom floor plan, pictures of the different guest rooms we offer, as well as a bridal check list, and the vendor list.\r\nThis year’s show will feature 40 vendors from the Beaufort area to include photographers, catering and event planners, florists, musicians, DJ services, hair and makeup artists, transportation providers, wedding event rentals, clothing designers, boutiques, hotels, resorts and private clubs.  The retailers will be there to answer questions and help with planning. The event will take place on Saturday, February 25 at the Holiday Inn from 12 - 4 p.m. The show will feature several fashion shows that will include custom made bridal gowns and the latest in spring fashion, live music performances from local artists, and showcase some specialty rental items such as custom up lighting, drapes, arches and columns. Many of the vendors that will be showcasing their products and services will be offering special deals the day of show. There will also be samples, tastings and give-a-ways. Brides will receive a special gift bag at registration that will be filled with special offers, samples and information on services and products featured at the show. The event is free and open to the public.\r\nThe Holiday Inn is located at 2225 Boundary Street, Beaufort.\r\n\r\nSOME IDEAS WHEN GETTING MARRIED HERE\r\n\r\nIf planning a wedding, here is my short list of possible vendors and locations to consider:\r\n<strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Wedding Planner</strong>: Several incredible weddings that I have attended, I’ve asked “Wow who did this?” and each time the answer has been Ashley Rhodes. Established in 2006, Ashley Rhodes Events is a full service event planning and design studio, providing event design, management and consulting services.  Armed with fresh ideas, simple style and smart strategies, principle, Ashley Rhodes has what it takes to plan and execute your ideal event.  A complimentary consultation is provided to get to know each client and to build an event package based on your event style, scale, wants and needs.  Call Ashley today to schedule your consultation. 843-368-2554. 918 8th Street, Port Royal, SC 29935. www.ashleyrhodesevents.com.\r\n\r\nRENTALS: Andy Burris, Richard and the whole great gang at Amazing Event Rentals do a terrific job.  They are the guys (and girls) in the hot pink shirts driving the hot pink trucks that I’m sure you’ve seen driving around town while they help make every event Amazing... 35 Parris Island Gateway; Beaufort, SC 29906. (843) 379-5503. amazingeventrentals@gmail.com.\r\n\r\nLOCATIONS: • Rhett House Inn: For the ultimate Antebellum romantic Southern location. Has a fabulous porch and garden for tents. 1009 Craven Street Beaufort, South Carolina 29902. (888) 480-9530, (843) 524.9030. info@rhetthouseinn.com.\r\n• Beaufort Inn: For Victorian elegance, and the Old Bay Marketplace Loft and Rooftop for a modern venue and a spectacular rooftop with a water/sunset view. Contact Dawn Pemberton at 843-379-3470 or events@beaufortinn.com for more information.\r\n• Holiday Inn has a big beautiful room for weddings (it’s where the bridal show is held). (843) 379-3100 2225 Boundary St, Beaufort. Contact Phillip Carroway Director of Sales, philip.carroway@hibeaufort.com.\r\n• Some private historic homes are for rent for weddings. Marshlands on the Old Point is one.\r\n• Vintage yacht: Romantic sunset cruises from the downtown marina on a vintage wooden 1930 Elco Cruisette. (might also be a good place to “pop the question.”) www.beaufortvintagevoyages.com. 1-855-266-2533.\r\n\r\nCATERER: Southern Graces: Let Bethany and her well trained crew provide everything — even furniture! www.southerngracescatering.com. 843-379-0555.\r\nhair salon: Limelight: Downtown Beaufort’s premiere full service hair salon. 612 Carteret St. 843-379-5463.\r\n\r\nMAKEUP ARTIST: Adrien Bell does make up application, also lash tinting, brow tinting, facials, temporary lashes, all waxing services. You can find her at Adrien Bell Skincare and Waxing Services at Halo Salon and Spa. 184 Sea Island Parkway, Lady’s Island. 843-540-9162.', 'Beaufort\'s own bridal show', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beauforts-own-bridal-show', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:26:18', '2012-02-23 12:26:18', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5846', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5848, 4, '2012-02-23 07:27:11', '2012-02-23 12:27:11', 'By Terry Sweeney\r\nFor newlywed couples throughout the ages, the sharing of wine at their nuptials has been the symbol of love, prosperity, good health and good fortune.  In olden days, entwined like the vines themselves, couples often drank their wedding wine from one common cup ... “the cup of love” ... which symbolized both their newly forged intimate bond and the promise of the new life they would share together. Even Jesus turned water into wine as one of his first miracles at the Wedding of Cana in Galilee.  No doubt that put him at the top of everyone’s guest list in that town.  “Oh my God! Think of the money I’ll save,” must have cried the father of every bride in Galilee. And when you’re as nice a guy as Jesus, how do you say no? No wonder the poor guy hightailed it outta town!\r\nHey, wine for a wedding can set you back a pretty penny.  Of course, you don’t have to follow tradition and toast each other with bubbly after you say “I Do.” There are other alternatives out there.  In Korea, for example, after the wedding ceremony, friends of the groom take off his socks, tie a rope around his ankles and start beating the soles of his feet with dried yellow corvina. Yellow corvina is a kind of fish. Whacking his feet with this dead fish, Koreans say, makes the groom stronger for his wedding night. Oh really? Let me just say right now for the record that if you ever hear of me getting married down South, it won’t be South Korea! All I need is wine, wine and more wine at my wedding.  I’ll skip the fish course, if you don’t mind.\r\nBut you know Koreans aren’t the only people with some unusual wedding wine rituals. At Russian weddings, once the reception has begun, a relative or a friend will make a wedding toast to the bride and groom after which, in keeping with Russian custom, everyone throws their champagne glasses on the floor. It is considered good luck if the glasses break when they hit the ground! OK, how much does that unnecessary nonsense add to the cost of your wedding? It wouldn’t surprise me if the Russian Mafia controls all the champagne glass outlets in the Soviet Union and that’s how they really made the rubles to buy up Beverly Hills!\r\nThank God for my simple Sicilian/Irish roots. Growing up, I went to countless Italian and Irish weddings. At a wedding my mother would instruct me in all the Sicilian superstitions surrounding the wine at the wedding. “Every time the bride spills a drop of wine on the tablecloth by accident, she loses an egg.  If God forbid, she knocks over a bottle, she’ll never have kids ... See that bridesmaid seated at the corner of the table drinking champagne: Cursed!  She’ll never get married.  A single girl should never sit at the corner at a wedding …And look!  Just now when she toasted with that groomsman, their fingers touched!  That’s it. She’s doomed to take lovers and be passed from man to man like a football!”\r\nLuckily all this Italian hocus-pocus was balanced out by the Irish weddings I went to, which were just all out frenzied fun-filled boozy Bacchanalian blasts.  At one I attended, both the bride and the groom passed out right in their seats and had to be dragged out to their limo!!  Passed out cold and piled on top of each other in the back seat, I couldn’t help thinking what a compatible couple they were. “God made ‘em; God matched ‘em.”\r\nAt another, I happened to notice my 17 year old cousin surreptitiously chugging champagne out of a bottle he had stolen from the bar. The drunker he got, the meaner the looks he sent in the direction of his mother’s (the bride’s) new husband.  Next thing I knew, after some pushing and shoving and name calling with his new stepfather, the two had kicked off their shoes and were karate chopping and drunkenly kung-fu kicking each other in the middle of the dance floor as the wobbly bride stood on a chair shrieking. When police arrived to break it up,  and started handcuffing the two of them, the drunken bride jumped on one of the cop’s backs and started beating him on the head with her bouquet! Then all three were hauled off to the paddy wagon screaming and spitting — not a pretty sight! The big question at this Irish wedding became “Should we stay and keep drinking?  Or go home?” What do you think the answer was?!\r\nHopefully none of these low-class shenanigans will take place at your classy wedding reception. My advice is to choose a champagne within your budget and a red and white wine that you can either drink by itself or enjoy with food. There are so many good value wines that are available now. I recommend cruising on over to Chateau de Costco or Sam’s Club and buying a dozen bottles or so; and having your own little taste test with a couple of members of your wedding party months before your nuptials. Ordering wine by the case at these venues can get you even more discounts. One more thing, order more champagne than you think you’re gonna need.  Better to have left over bubbly than run out of it and watch your guests run out with it.\r\nCheers!\r\nP.S. I’m available for wedding wine and champagne consultations but I’m not as cheap as I look!', 'With this wine, I thee wed', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'with-this-wine-i-thee-wed', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:27:11', '2012-02-23 12:27:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5848', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5850, 4, '2012-02-23 07:29:40', '2012-02-23 12:29:40', 'By Laura Trask\r\nThe rituals that shape weddings of today: the venue, the flowers, the cake, right down to the choosing of the mate were not part of the process historically. And as with every tradition that has evolved over thousands of years there have been some improvements! In the beginning, marriages were arranged by the families of the two betrothed to ensure prosperity, protection and procreation.  I can assure you in the days of  “marriage by capture” no one was thinking about what they were going to wear! So when did fashion become such an integral element in the joining of two people? Well,  like every great storybook ending, it starts with The Dress.\r\nMore elaborate wedding celebrations started with nobility and the higher classes. Brides were expected to dress in a manner befitting their social status, not necessarily representing themselves but their families. Right down to the amount of material a wedding dress contained which reflected on the bride’s social standing and was a clear\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5851\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"200\" caption=\"An example of a 16th century wedding dress.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/16th-century-wedding-dresses.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5851\" title=\"16th-century-wedding-dresses\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/16th-century-wedding-dresses-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nindication to all those in attendance of the families wealth. The concept of more is more was especially apparent when it came to the wedding dresses of royal princesses during the 15th and 16th centuries when the way to show a kingdom’s power was through rich costly fabrics such as velvet, damask silk, satin and fur.  Forget the “virginal” white wedding dress we know today; these royals showed their wealth through the use of expensive dyes and to that end their dresses were red, purple and true black which were extremely difficult to acquire. But when a royal wanted to show everyone who had the biggest, whoppingist tiara they held nothing back and went so far as to encrust their wedding gowns with precious gems; diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds and pearls. In some cases so thickly bejeweled that the fabric beneath was not to be seen and in the case of Margaret of Flanders the result was so heavy that she had to be carried into the church! Talk about being queen for the day!\r\nSo when did the white wedding dress prevail and  begin its rule of the matrimonial runway? Well, like every great trend that we have seen over the last century and a half, it started with a photograph and a love story. When Queen Victoria married her cousin, Albert, in a white wedding dress in 1840, the wedding being highly publicized resonated with brides everywhere and sealed the deal for white to win out as the number one choice for brides. When Victoria was merely trying to incorporate some prized lace into her dress which in the end dictated the color ... white.\r\nToday’s bride is unique in that the dress she chooses for her big day is a true representation of who she is and is also a way of sharing this piece of her self with all those in attendance. However, with so many options out there, so much money at stake and the anxiety of all eyes being on you, the decision can be an overwhelming and an intimidating one to make. Thank goodness we modern girls have Vera Wang! Her very name conjures up images of a sophisticated glamorous bride! She is the genius designer who has single handedly modernized all aspects of wedding and bridal wear, especially the dress. Bringing it from an outdated busy look to a more modern, chic and elegant design.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5852\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Helana, a dress in Vera Wang&#39;s current wedding dress collection\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Helana-a-dress-in-Vera-Wangs-current-wedding-dress-collection1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5852\" title=\"Helana, a dress in Vera Wang\'s current wedding dress collection1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Helana-a-dress-in-Vera-Wangs-current-wedding-dress-collection1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nVera Wang has a long history in fashion working at Vogue magazine as an editor for 17 years leaving only when she did not get the job as editor-in-chief. But as every turn of events that are meant to be, Vera went on to design with Ralph Lauren and then opened her own design salon at the Carlyle Hotel in 1990. That’s a surprisingly short time to become the reigning queen of everything wedding.\r\nSo what would Vera say if she were advising a new bride on choosing The One? And I am referring of course to the dress — not the guy! First and foremost, choose a style that you are comfortable in, because as we all know being comfortable translates into confidence. Remember also to consider that the dress has to work with all other tonal elements of the ceremony. Is it a first marriage? Second marriage? What is the age of the bride? Is the marriage in a church? Or a wedding chapel in Vegas?! All these thing elements must work together with the dress in order for there to be a natural flow and harmony. The last piece of advice that Vera gives out is try on as many dresses as you can and as many style. She feels confident that a bride will know when she has found her perfect dress. Or maybe it’s the perfect dress that finds you — just like he did. Either way, it will feel like a match made in heaven!\r\nP.S. Check out Weddings, a new app where you can find all of Vera’s wedding knowledge. The app is free through February and beginning March 1st it will cost $9.99…so get it today!', 'After you say ‘yes’ ... It’s all about the dress', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'after-you-say-yes-its-all-about-the-dress', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:29:40', '2012-02-23 12:29:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5850', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5854, 4, '2012-02-23 07:34:35', '2012-02-23 12:34:35', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TIN-Favs-2012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5855\" title=\"TIN Favs 2012\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TIN-Favs-2012-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" /></a>The Island News wants to know what you like best about our community. It’s fun and easy! Simply go our website at www.yourislandnews.com, look at the categories, then vote for at least 10 businesses or community leaders you consider to be your favorite. Once the votes are counted from the 127 categories, we’ll announce the winners later in March. You have only until midnight on Sunday, March 11, to cast your votes for T.I.N. Favorites. Show support and make your votes heard!\r\n\r\n<a title=\"2012 T.I.N. Favorites!\" href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/5686-2/\">Click HERE to vote: Favorites VOTING!</a>', 'Get ready to pick your favorites', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'get-ready-to-pick-your-favorites', '', '\nhttp://www.yourislandnews.com/5686-2/', '2012-02-23 08:05:23', '2012-02-23 13:05:23', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5854', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5857, 4, '2012-02-23 07:37:13', '2012-02-23 12:37:13', 'By Cherimie Crane Weatherford\r\nHe placed the ring on your finger; a moment you will cherish for the rest of your life. The phone calls to friends and families sharing your joy have waned. You have practiced writing your new last name to the point of carpel tunnel syndrome and images of the perfect white dress are ingrained in your slumber.  At last, you can attend family gatherings without having to dodge Aunt Busybody or Cousin Married Forever. You are now welcomed into the world of acceptance. You can bid farewell to blind dates and awkward introductions. You have arrived; you are at the mountain top of relationships.  I want to personally congratulate you and suggest that you hold on tight, find a good helmet, and master the nod-smile gesture immediately.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2521.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5858\" title=\"IMG_2521\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2521-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a>It is a splendid time full of love, laughter and the need for expensive therapy. You will get to know your spouse-to-be in ways you never imagined. Advice will be sandblasted at you at the speed of light and you will soon understand the challenges, twists, and turmoil of Bridal Survival. Breathe deeply sweet  Warrior in White. Lean strongly on your best friend, hold firmly your favorite Pinot, and find lip gloss that compliments shades of impossible.\r\nIn addition to the avalanche of advice that will crumble fiercely in your direction I share some of the most basic tools of trudging through the tidal wave of trepidation. As the Queen of Quandary and the absolute most unlikely Warrior in White, it is with sincere support I offer the following survival techniques. Breathe deeply, remain as calm as one can and cling whole heartedly to your sense of humor.\r\n1. Avoid bridal shops for as long as you possibly can. This may very well make planning a bit more difficult; however, visiting these palaces of princess preparation too early and too often can lead to frequent visits to your family physician. It is their mission in life to remind you of all the things (necessary or not) that you haven’t done, said, written, worn, or added to your panic list.\r\nWhen the time comes that you must visit said establishments make certain you know who you are, what you want, and have an exit strategy that has been well rehearsed.  NEVER, ever take more than one living soul with you. It is much easier to pinch one person than five.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Cherimie1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5859\" title=\"Cherimie1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Cherimie1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>2. Learn the language. Now means yesterday. Yesterday means you are too late, and next week means today. As difficult as it maybe to erase all you know of time and space, it is a requirement. If you need to order anything whether it is a towel or a tiara stop everything you are doing and order. Order three, it is possible one will arrive.  Maybe means impossible, and impossible means it is exactly what is necessary. Necessary means that which prevents family feuds, wardrobe malfunctions, and visits to the ER. Make notecards, it does help.\r\n3. Remember your college psychology courses. You will leave this monumental occasion with a greater understanding of why Dr. Phil and pharmacies are so popular. It is frowned upon to point out any odd behavior or obvious pathology from those involved in what many call the Wedding Party. Not too sure how the word party made the mix, nonetheless understanding of the most common personality disorders will, at the very least, help you through the speeches and possibly even assist in monitoring reception alcohol intake. Never use the word crazy, special is slightly more gentle and socially preferred.\r\n4. Wedding dresses are made for a 6-foot Barbie. To all my vertically challenged Warriors in White, alterations are now an enormous part of your life. Forget any notion that you will find a dress made just for you. You don’t exist in the wide world of wedding. Heaven help you if curves run in your family. Expect to pay exactly twice as much for alterations as your long legged counterparts. If you were raised on biscuits and gravy, you will need duct tape. If you were raised on biscuits and gravy, in combination with grandma’s cherry pie, that requires a more drastic approach to alterations. Call me, the world isn’t ready for what you must do.\r\n5. Your guest list is so much more than a spreadsheet. This requires skill, grace, and Uncle Jack Daniels. If you know them, recognize them, love them and or are in anyway related they become the minority. It is standard procedure to invite mostly those you don’t know so when chaos occurs you don’t have to see them again. It makes sense. If your event requires a seating chart, call Oprah.\r\nObviously there are many more tips, tricks and tirades, but some things are best experienced firsthand. He loves you, he will love you even if your family is special and your dress is a few inches too long. The moment will arrive no matter what you forget to do, say, bring, deliver, even wear. When those doors open no flower, no music, no person will matter except for the man who prompted you to do all of this in the first place. If you are still speaking to each other, all the battles, the wounds, and the mishaps suddenly fade. You will see him and only him. The music that took weeks to choose, will vanish. The flowers you Googled will disappear, and with the grace of God, the dress that has consumed your soul will stay in place.\r\nSweet Warriors in White, prepare all that you can and know that when the time comes you will be too exhausted to worry about ivory versus white, organ versus piano or Aunt Sarah versus Uncle Bob. Don’t sweat the small stuff, don’t forget to breathe and commit yourself to upholding your vows so that you never have to do it again.', 'Bridal survival tips by Backwoods Barbie', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'bridal-survival-tips-by-backwoods-barbie', '', '', '2012-02-23 07:37:13', '2012-02-23 12:37:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5857', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5861, 4, '2012-02-23 07:39:35', '2012-02-23 12:39:35', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IN-Baby-Contest21.jpg\">\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5862\" title=\"IN Baby Contest2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IN-Baby-Contest21-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVote for the winner from the top five finalists. The winner receives a photo session courtesy of Captured Moments Photography plus one 20x10 framed composite plus a $50 gift certificate from Carolina Wiggle Wear.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Cast your Vote! Beautiful Baby Contest\" href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/beautiful-baby-contest/\">Click HERE to vote: Beautiful Baby VOTING!</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Beautiful Baby Contest Finalists', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beautiful-baby-contest-finalists', '', '\nhttp://www.yourislandnews.com/beautiful-baby-contest/', '2012-02-23 08:14:22', '2012-02-23 13:14:22', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5861', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5879, 4, '2012-02-24 10:26:57', '2012-02-24 15:26:57', 'This morning Dan Durbin submitted his resignation as principal of Beaufort High School effective Friday, February 24.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Dan-Durbin-Beaufort-High-School.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5880\" title=\"Dan Durbin, Beaufort High School\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Dan-Durbin-Beaufort-High-School-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" /></a>Normally, the district would not make any other comments regarding this personnel matter.  But with Dr. Durbin’s permission, we can say that earlier this month, the district office received a report that a Beaufort High School teacher was concerned that the principal was changing student grades.  An internal investigation by a district office team was conducted, and based on its preliminary findings, a separate inquiry was conducted by an external team.  Among the findings was that Dr. Durbin had made 200 grade changes affecting 33 students.  When presented with the data, Dr. Durbin took full responsibility for making the grade changes, explained his reasoning behind each incident and offered to resign.\r\n\r\nThe district can provide more details if Dr. Durbin provides a signed release to that effect.  Without his authorization, the administration will be limited in the topics it can discuss.\r\n\r\nIn accord with the law, the district will not discuss details of any individual student’s academic record.\r\n\r\nTerry Bennett will serve as Interim Principal at Beaufort High School until the search for Dr. Durbin’s replacement has been completed.  Mr. Bennett is an experienced administrator in Beaufort County having previously served as Principal of Lady’s Island Elementary School and Lady’s Island Middle School.  He currently serves as the district’s Director of Grants Management.', 'School district releases statement about resignation of Principal Durbin', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-district-releases-statement-about-resignation-of-principal-durbin', '', '', '2012-02-24 10:26:57', '2012-02-24 15:26:57', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5879', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5883, 4, '2012-02-24 18:03:03', '2012-02-24 23:03:03', 'At around 4:30pm today a Port Royal FD fire truck was stolen while on a call in Port Royal by a man who has been described as \'disturbed\'.   The man allegedly drove the fire truck up Ribaut Road plowing over top of vehicles near the McTeer Bridge, and caused at least six vehicle accidents, some with drivers trapped inside. \r\nOne pedestrian was struck and killed by the truck as the path of mayhem ended when the driver crashed the vehicle into a tree outside of the new Dollar General store at the interscetion of Pine Court and Ribaut Road.\r\n\r\nThe Island News will have more on this story as more information is made available.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5884\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Photo by Gene Brancho\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/firetruckcrashed.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5884\" title=\"firetruckcrashed\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/firetruckcrashed-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]', 'Man steals Port Royal FD fire truck, smashes cars, kills one', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '5883', '', '', '2012-02-24 20:10:21', '2012-02-25 01:10:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5883', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5889, 4, '2012-02-25 17:37:53', '2012-02-25 22:37:53', 'In an update on yesterday\'s tragic incident along Ribaut Road, authorities have released the names of both the victim, and the suspect.\r\nThe man struck and killed by the stolen Port Royal FD fire truck is Justin Nicholas Miller, of Port Royal, and the suspect is Kalvin Hunt, of Sumter, SC.\r\nReports state that Hunt is currently still in Beaufort Memorial Hospital being treated for non-life threatening injuries sustained in the incident.<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/firetruckcrashed1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5891\" title=\"firetruckcrashed\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/firetruckcrashed1-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYesterday afternoon at around 4:30, Hunt allegedly stole the fire truck in Port Royal while it was on a call at a local apartment complex.  At the time, Hunt was described by witnesses as \'disturbed\'.  He drove the truck up Ribaut Road plowing into vehicles near the intersection at the McTeer Bridge, and caused multiple vehicle accidents and one fatality as Miller was struck and killed. The truck crashed into a tree outside of the new Dollar General store near Ribaut Lanes.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Update on yesterday\'s Ribaut Road tragedy:  Names released', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'update-on-yesterdays-ribaut-road-tragedy-names-released', '', '', '2012-02-26 00:10:50', '2012-02-26 05:10:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5889', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5895, 4, '2012-02-26 10:17:37', '2012-02-26 15:17:37', 'This past Friday and Saturday, Paris Avenue in Port Royal was ground zero for plenty of good eating.  Friends of Caroline Hospice held their Bands Brews &amp; BBQ two day fundraising event.\r\nThe crowds at the event were met with less-than-favorable weather on Friday, but yesterday it was crisp and clear for the main South Carolina BBQ Association-sanctioned cook-off.    Here are some photos of the fun, and a few of the winners too.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5896\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Photo by Amanda Nicole Miller\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bbbbqwelcome.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5896\" title=\"Welcome\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bbbbqwelcome-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"> </div>\r\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"> </div>\r\n<div 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(5905, 4, '2012-02-27 17:21:56', '2012-02-27 22:21:56', 'The site on Ribaut Road where the Port Royal fire truck took the life of a Port Royal man and then crashed on Friday has been turned into a memorial for the victim of this tragic accident.  The outpouring of emotion regarding this tragedy has been very profound.  The memorial has been set up by strangers.\r\n\r\nReports have surfaced that the suspect in the case, Kalvin Hunt, had escaped from the Naval Hospital after Veteran\'s Affairs took him there on Friday.  Also, according to a TV news interview with Hunt\'s family over the weekend, Hunt is suffering from PTSD after serving our Country in Afganistan.\r\n\r\nFriday afternoon at around 4:30, Kalvin Hunt of Sumter, SC allegedly stole the fire truck in Port Royal while it was on a call at a local apartment complex.  At the time, Hunt was described by witnesses as ‘disturbed’.  He drove the truck up Ribaut Road plowing into vehicles near the intersection at the McTeer Bridge, and caused multiple vehicle accidents and one fatality as Justin Nicholas Miller was struck and killed.  The truck crashed into a tree outside of the new Dollar General store near Ribaut Lanes.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5906\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Photo by Gene Brancho\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/accidentsiteribaut.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5906\" title=\"Crash site\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/accidentsiteribaut-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" /></a>[/caption]', 'New information on suspect, memorial set up at site', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-information-on-suspect-memorial-set-up-at-site', '', '', '2012-02-27 17:27:23', '2012-02-27 22:27:23', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5905', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5910, 4, '2012-02-28 19:53:52', '2012-02-29 00:53:52', 'Temperatures rebounded a bit in the Beaufort area today and the change brought Beaufortonians of all ages out to enjoy some of the sun.  Some lucky ones at downtown\'s Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park playground made new friends too. \r\nAccording to the National Weather Service, we can look for even warmer temperatures tomorrow, and then Beaufort flirts with the low 80\'s on Thursday before the rains move in again for the start of the weekend.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/playground1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5911\" title=\"Waterfront Park Playground\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/playground1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" /></a>', 'Enjoying Tuesday\'s sunshine', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'playing-in-sunshine', '', '', '2012-02-28 19:55:04', '2012-02-29 00:55:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5910', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5912, 4, '2012-02-29 09:07:56', '2012-02-29 14:07:56', 'With spring right around the corner, its the perfect time to start sprucing up a bit.  The folks over at Piggly Wiggly on Ribaut Road in Port Royal got a jumpstart with a fresh coat of paint to the exterior of the building recently.\r\nNot only does this liven up the store front, it also says we care about our community.\r\nWhen you\'re thinking \'spring cleaning\', think outside the box and look around outside.\r\nDo you have a neighbor that could use a fresh coat of paint on the porch or perhaps an overgrown lawn that could have used tending to last year?\r\nMaybe you could organize a neighborhood cleanup project for your neck of the woods.\r\nA few hours, some trash bags, a can of paint or two and you will reap the rewards of taking pride in were you live, work and play.\r\nAfter all it\'s \"our\" community and every little bit helps to maintain its beauty.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pigpainting.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5913\" title=\"Piggly Wiggly gets a facelift\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pigpainting-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" /></a>', 'Spring means sprucing up...the neighborhood', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'spring-means-sprucing-up-the-neighborhood', '', '', '2012-02-29 09:07:56', '2012-02-29 14:07:56', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5912', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5915, 4, '2012-02-29 16:43:29', '2012-02-29 21:43:29', 'By Tracie Korol\r\n\r\nIt would be nice if our dogs actually received the foods manufacturers lead us to believe are in each bag of chow. Plump whole chickens, choice cuts of beef, fresh grains, crunchy, fresh vegetables; all the wholesome nutrition your dog will ever need! This is what the U.S. pet food industry, at a profit of $18 billion per year, wants us to believe we are buying when we purchase their products.\r\nIt is logical that the pet food industry is an extension of the human food and agriculture industries. Pet foods are a convenient way for slaughterhouse leftovers and offal (oogly bits), grains considered “unfit for human consumption” and similar wastes to be turned into cash.\r\nDogs, as omnivores, do well on a primarily meat-based diet. The protein (meat) used in pet food comes from a variety of sources. When cattle, swine, chickens, lambs or other animals are slaughtered, lean muscle tissue is trimmed away for human consumption, along with the novelty organs that people like to eat, such as tongues and tripe.\r\nAbout 50% of every food animal does not get used in human foods, however. Whatever remains of the carcass — heads, feet, bones, blood, intestines, lungs, spleens, livers, ligaments, fat trimmings, unborn babies, and other parts not generally consumed by humans — is used in pet food, animal feed, fertilizer, industrial lubricants, soap, rubber and other products. These “other parts” are known as “by-products.” By-products are used in feed for poultry and livestock as well as in pet food.\r\nBetter brands of pet food, the “super-premium,” “natural” and “organic” varieties, do not use by-products. On the label, you’ll see one or more named meats among the first few ingredients, such as “turkey” or “lamb.” These meats are still mainly leftover scraps; in the case of poultry, bones are allowed, so “chicken” consists mainly of backs and frames — the spine and ribs, minus the expensive breast meat. The small amount of meat left on the bones is the “chicken” in the pet food.\r\nMeat meals, poultry meals, by-product meals and meat-and-bone meal are common ingredients in dry pet foods. The term “meal” means that these materials are not used fresh, but have been rendered. Rendering is “to process as for industrial use: to render livestock carcasses and to extract oil from fat, blubber, etc., by melting.” (Webster’s Dictionary) In other words, raw materials are dumped into a large vat and boiled for several hours. Rendering separates fat, removes water, and kills bacteria, viruses, parasites, and other organisms. However, the high temperatures (270°F/130°C) also alters or destroys natural enzymes and proteins found in the raw ingredients.\r\nTo complete the horror story, the amount of grain and vegetable products included in pet foods has grown over time, often, in some cases, completely replacing the meat proteins. Early on this practice led to severe nutritional deficiencies and many animals had to die before science caught up to this practice.  Now, gluten meals, the high-powered protein extracts (and the iffy stuff from China) are used to boost meat protein percentages. Corn gluten is most common because it’s really cheap. Wheat gluten is used to create the “shapes” we think dogs like to eat. It’s also used as the thickener in dog food “gravy.” Think glue. As you might expect, foods containing high levels of vegetable proteins are among the poorer quality foods.\r\nTo make pet food nutritious, pet food manufacturers must “fortify” it with vitamins and minerals. Why? Because the ingredients they are using are not wholesome, their quality may be extremely variable, and the harsh manufacturing practices destroy many of the nutrients the food had to begin with.\r\nProteins are especially vulnerable to heat, and become damaged, or “denatured,” when cooked. Because dry foods ingredients are cooked twice — first during rendering and again in the extruding process — problems are much more common than with canned or homemade foods. Altered proteins may contribute to food intolerances, food allergies and inflammatory bowel disease.\r\nNext in this series: additives, chemicals and preservatives. Yum.', 'What is dog food? The Yuck Factor, part one', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-is-dog-food-the-yuck-factor-part-one', '', '', '2012-02-29 16:43:29', '2012-02-29 21:43:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5915', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(5919, 4, '2012-03-01 02:10:11', '2012-03-01 07:10:11', 'By Harlene Deane\r\n\r\nToo busy to cook? Wait until you try this recipe. My husband and I tested this last week and can I tell you? It was awesome ...\r\n\r\nPenne with sausage, mushrooms and spinach\r\n\r\nIngredients\r\n• 3 tablespoons olive oil\r\n• 3/4 pound fully cooked pork, chicken or turkey sausages, thickly sliced into rounds.\r\n• 3/4 pound fresh button mushrooms, thickly sliced*\r\n• 3/4 cup chopped shallots\r\n• 5 garlic cloves, minced\r\n• 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper*\r\n• 1 10-ounce package ready-to-use spinach leaves\r\n• 1 1/4 cups low-salt chicken broth\r\n• 3/4 pound penne pasta, freshly cooked\r\n• 2 cups (about 8 ounces) grated provolone or mozzarella cheese. Please, fresh!\r\n\r\nDirections\r\nHeat oil in a large pan over medium high heat. Add sausages, mushrooms, garlic and crushed red pepper.\r\nSaute until mushrooms begin to brown, about 10 minutes.\r\nAdd spinach and broth; toss until spinach wilts, about 2 minutes. Add pasta and cheese; toss until cheese melts and sauce coats pasta, about 3 minutes. Season\r\nwith salt and pepper. Serves: 4.\r\n\r\nPlease, how easy is that? Add a nice green salad and some thick sliced whole grain Italian bread. But first, lightly brush bread slices with olive oil and grill (use a grill pan) until crisp. Rub a peeled garlic clove over both sides of slices and serve!\r\n\r\n**Chef’s tip: I used Johnsonville Chicken Sausage. Cut red pepper in half if serving children. To make this even healthier, use whole wheat penne. As for the mushrooms, the original recipe calls for wild mushrooms (such as crimini or stemmed shiitake) but not sure they would be kid friendly, but, hey give them a shot. Bon Appetit!\r\n\r\nAbout the chef: After retiring as an international flight attendant for 28 years, Harlene started her personal chef business — the home chef on Fripp Island. Contact her for recipe ideas or questions at harlene@thehomechef.com.', 'the home chef ... on everyday meals', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-home-chef-on-everyday-meals', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:10:11', '2012-03-01 07:10:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5919', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5920, 4, '2012-03-01 02:10:59', '2012-03-01 07:10:59', 'By Celia Strong\r\n\r\nWell, I hate to tell you this but I had a really hard time picking this week’s wine.  In fact, I couldn’t even choose between red or white or rose.  So guess what I did? I tried all three The perfect cop out, but, at the same time, a good answer for those of us who want to try some new wines from southern France.\r\nOur three wines for this week come to us from a smaller appellation that is located between the mouth of the Rhone River and the Languedoc. It is called Costieres de Nimes (coat-tea-air duh neem). Nimes is an ancient city.  The wines from this region resemble those of the Cotes-du-Rhone appellation because they use many of the same grape varieties and the soils and climates have similarities as well.  Wines from this area have been produced for over two millenia - that means they were drunk by the Greeks in pre-Roman times.  The area was settled by veterans of Julius Caesar’s campaigns into Egypt.  Apparently there are “bottles” of Costieres de Nimes wines which bear the Roman symbol (a crocodile chained to a palm tree) of the area on them.  Also, according to a chart in the kitchen of the Palais des Papes (Palace of the Popes), many of the towns in the region were the main suppliers of wines for the Popes.\r\nAs a region, the Costieres de Nimes is relatively new. Originally, the area was not an AC appellation but a step down in the VDQS level of wines. At that level, they were designated as Costieres du Gard.  The AC wine laws of France were developed in the 1930’s after growers and wine makers found the market flooded with “copies” of their wines - Chateauneuf-du-Pape in particular.  Chateauneuf-du-Pape was the first AC declared by the new federal law and all the others that we know today followed.  In 1986, the wines of this area were upgraded to AC status and re-named as Costieres de Nimes. In 1998, the area’s growers organized themselves and lobbied to be attached to the Rhone AC committee for their oversight. They thought that this committee was better suited to judge their wines because of the similarities we mentioned earlier.  The French national AC committee agreed and, in 2004, the wines of Costieres de Nimes were assigned to the Languedoc-Rousillon committee.\r\nThe geography of this region is marked by low rocky hills.  Closer to the delta of the Rhone River, the soil is marked by round pebbles, sandy alluvial deposits and red shale.  The depth of these deposits in the soil ranges from 3 to 15 meters and it is this that accounts for the variations in the wines of the appellation.  The climate is Mediterranean, similar to the Rhone valley, but much more exposed to the ocean breezes and all their humidity and cooling effects.\r\nMore than other parts of France, this southern part makes red, white and rose wines.  For any of us who have travelled there in the summer months, it is a great place to be but, often, a bit too hot for reds and we have learned to love the roses from here. Red wines from the Costieres de Nimes make up about 59% of the area’s total production.  The reds are made from several varieties blended together: Syrah and Mourvedre together make up 20%; Grenache, the workhorse grape of the southern Rhone area, is a minimum of 25%; Carignan is a maximum of 40%; and Cinsault is also a maximum of 40%.  These red wines are closer in style to Rhone AC wines than Languedoc wines and usually more elegant and generous.\r\nThe white wines of the Costieres de Nimes account for about 4% of the area’s production. That means we’re lucky to see any.  These whites must be blended from a minimum of two grape varieties. Those that are allowed are Bourboulenc, Clairette Blanc, Maccbeo, Rolle, Roussanne and Ugni Blanc.  (Just FYI, for you wine geeks, Ugni Blanc is called Trebbiano in Italy.)\r\nFinally, if you’ve done the math already, the roses of the region are 37% of the total production. Some  of the roses are leftover, or more precisely, unfinished red wines. These wines use the same varieties as the reds.  In addition to the red grapes, makers are allowed to us up to 10% of white grapes as well. This makes it possible for the roses to have enough acidity to be really crisp and fresh and refreshing.\r\nSo, now, we can talk about this week’s wines. They are from the Chateau de Campuget. This chateau that dates back to 1640, is owned by the Dalle family.  The son, Frank-Lin is named for the family’s hero, Ben Franklin The soil for the chateau’s wines is typical of the region; many stones force the roots to find water deeper into the clay layers of the soil which adds flavors and character to their wines.  The red we’re doing is Le Campuget Rouge. This wine is made with 92% Syrah and 8% Viognier. It is very common in the wines here and in the Rhone to mix a small portion of Viognier in with Syrah in order to balance out the wine and perk up the flavors.  This red is not, strictly speaking, a chateau wine, but with its dark fruit flavors of blackberry and black plums, hints of black pepper and black olives (the Syrah) and a faint perfumy floral touch (the Viognier) it is a wonderful example of the wines from this area.  And all for $7.99. Our white wine is this wine’s partner, Le Campuget Blanc.  Night  harvests are used for this one to maintain sugar and acidity levels in the 60% Grenache Blanc and 40% Viognier.  This wine has wonderful exotic fruit flavors (Asian pear, star fruit, passion fruit, and on and on) and citrus flavors too.  Also a $7.99 steal!  This wine is a definite treasure for seafood, Asian flavors, and pork roasts.\r\nAt last, now, we come to our rose.  This wine is Chateau de Campuget, meaning it is an estate wine. It is 30% Grenache Noir and 70% Syrah. The color, which is a beautiful pale pink shade, comes from four to twelve hours of maceration on the grape skins.  It is fermented in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 64*F and bottled immediately after it is racked and filtered.  With no barrel contact (no wood!) it stays so clean and crisp and light.  This wine is aromatic and full of red fruit flavors (cherry,raspberry, strawberry), it is just about perfect.  At $10.99, you can try a couple of bottles this weekend. Then you’ll be ready to have it with your holiday ham.  You and it will both shine! Enjoy!', 'A trio of wines from Chateau de Campuget', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-trio-of-wines-from-chateau-de-campuget', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:10:59', '2012-03-01 07:10:59', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5920', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5924, 4, '2012-03-01 02:15:02', '2012-03-01 07:15:02', 'By Kim Madlinger Dempsey\r\nDuring the late 1950s and early 1960s, we lived on Lafayette Street. It was a neighborhood filled with families that were close friends of ours. I have two distinctive memories of the years spent there as a child. A memory that was not so pleasant was the time spent cleaning up moss and branches after Hurricane Gracie blew through Beaufort. I remember getting many yellow jacket stings!\r\nHowever, my favorite memory of time spent growing up on Lafayette Street was getting to ride my bicycle to Ma Miller Mads grocery store and purchasing penny candy. Mrs. Miller had a big glass display case with boxes and jars filled with candy. It was always a treat to pedal down there and choose some. A quarter went really far in those days and you were able to arrive back home with a paper sack filled with candy!\r\n\r\nBeaufort Then &amp; Now: This moment in Beaufort’s history is an excerpt from the book “Beaufort ... Then and Now,” an anthology of memories compiled by Holly Kearns Lambert. Copies of this book may be purchased at Beaufort Book Store. For information or to contribute your memory, contact Holly at lowcountrymemories@hotmail.com or beaufortmemories@gmail.com.', 'History with Holly', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'history-with-holly-2', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:15:02', '2012-03-01 07:15:02', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5924', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5925, 4, '2012-03-01 02:16:43', '2012-03-01 07:16:43', 'The Beaufort Film Society announced that the recently concluded Beaufort International Film Festival (BIFF) topped all expectations with an attendance totaling nearly 7,000 — approximately a 36% increase over 2011.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_1765.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5926\" title=\"IMG_1765\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_1765-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" /></a>Attendees at the 2012 Festival enjoyed the best-ever opening reception atop all the Old Bay Marketplace; 26 Finalist films; a Screenwriters workshop featuring all Finalist Screenwriters seeing their screenplays performed by Shakespearian actors; two “Meet the Filmmaker” special sessions; numerous Q&amp;A sessions with the many directors and producers in attendance; and an Awards Gala that really brought out the stars.\r\n“The move to our new venue at the USCB Center for the Arts really took our ‘little’ festival to the next level,” said Ron Tucker, BIFF Executive Director.  “The feedback during the festival and the emails and cards still coming in is incredible. Tom Berenger, in his remarks at the Awards Ceremony, noted how he could not believe the growth in size and quality from last year to this year’s festival.”\r\nThe list of winners at BIFF 2012 is as follows:\r\n• Jean Ribaut Award for Excellence in Acting\r\nPowers Boothe\r\n• Jean Ribaut Award for Excellence in Stunt Coordination\r\nCal Johnson\r\n• Jean Ribaut Award for Excellence in Editing\r\nCraig McKay\r\n• Best Screenplay\r\n“The Wedding Photographer,” Teresa Bruce, Beaufort\r\n• Best Animated Film\r\n“Stitched and Sown,” Austin Taylor, Winston-Salem, N.C.\r\n• Best Student Film\r\n“The Road to Jacob,” Matt Allen,” Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah\r\n• Best Short Film\r\n“Quirk of Fate,” Marco J. Riedel, Cologne, Germany\r\n• Best Documentary\r\n“Awaken the Dragon,” Liz Oakley, Charleston\r\n• Best Feature Film\r\n“Happy New Year,” K. Lorrel Manning, New York, N.Y.\r\n• Audience Choice Award\r\n“Awaken the Dragon,” Liz Oakley, Charleston\r\n• Best Director\r\nFeliz Martiz, Southgate, Calif., “Santiago”\r\n• Best Actor\r\nJesus Guevara, “Santiago”\r\nTucker continued, “We had a very dedicated group of planners, volunteers, sponsors, filmmakers, and Hollywood talent who contributed so much to making this the premier film festival in the Southeast. If we are able to build on the support in this community and continue to get the word out about our festival and Beaufort’s many charms for film-making, then the sky is the limit for the Beaufort International Film Festival.”\r\nFor more information about the Beaufort International Film Festival visit www.beaufortfilmfestival.com.', 'BIFF 2012 shatters attendance records', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'biff-2012-shatters-attendance-records', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:16:43', '2012-03-01 07:16:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5925', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5927, 4, '2012-03-01 02:24:38', '2012-03-01 07:24:38', '[caption id=\"attachment_5928\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"A joint party was recently held to celebrate the 13th birthdays of Mills, Hope and Skyler. Congratulations!\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/13th-Birthday-Party1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5928\" title=\"13th Birthday Party1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/13th-Birthday-Party1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/13th-Birthday-Party3.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-5929\" title=\"13th Birthday Party3\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/13th-Birthday-Party3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/13th-Birthday-Party2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5930\" title=\"13th Birthday Party2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/13th-Birthday-Party2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>', 'Celebrations', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'celebrations-3', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:24:38', '2012-03-01 07:24:38', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5927', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5931, 4, '2012-03-01 02:28:13', '2012-03-01 07:28:13', '[caption id=\"attachment_5932\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Elisas Brassell, left, tries to stay out of reach of Breila McCleary during the Goodwill Karate Tournament on Saturday at Beaufort High school. The two 15-year-olds were from McCleary Martial Art in Powder Springs, Ga. McCleary won the match 6-3. Photo by Bob Sofaly.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/karate-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5932\" title=\"karate, 3\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/karate-3-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" /></a>[/caption]', 'Goodwill karate tournament', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'goodwill-karate-tournament', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:28:13', '2012-03-01 07:28:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5931', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5933, 4, '2012-03-01 02:29:53', '2012-03-01 07:29:53', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Player-of-week.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5934\" title=\"Player of week\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Player-of-week-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>On Feb. 25 at the 2012 State Chess Championship in Columbia, Beaufort Academy 1st grader Kendra Rogers won the Top state Female championship.  The state tournament had 117 chess players in attendance.', 'Player of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'player-of-the-week-2', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:29:53', '2012-03-01 07:29:53', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5933', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5935, 4, '2012-03-01 02:30:44', '2012-03-01 07:30:44', 'Business, industrial programs open house\r\nThe Technical College of the Lowcountry will hold a business and industrial technologies open house from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, March 15 in building 14 at the TCL Beaufort Campus, 921 Ribaut Road.\r\nProspective students and any interested parents are encouraged to attend. TCL’s expert faculty will be on hand to answer questions about their programs. In addition, visitors will be able to tour TCL’s high-tech business and industrial labs. TCL’s business programs include administrative office technology; computer technology; criminal justice technology; general business and accounting; hospitality management; culinary arts and paralegal.\r\nThe industrial technology programs feature building construction; civil engineering; computer assisted design (CAD); computer networking; cosmetology; general technology; green technology; HVAC and industrial electronics.\r\nCall 843-525-8241 for details, or visit www.tcl.edu to learn more.\r\n\r\nApplications due for health sciences program\r\nThe Technical College of the Lowcountry is currently accepting applications for fall 2012 entry into its five health sciences programs: massage therapy, nursing, physical therapist assistant, radiologic technology and surgical technology.\r\nThe deadline to apply is April 2, 2012. However, prospective students are encouraged to start the application process as soon as possible so that they have adequate time to complete the various steps.\r\nTCL health sciences students enjoy on-campus learning using the latest in high-tech simulation equipment. Students receive additional hands-on practice at clinical sites located throughout Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton and Colleton counties.\r\nFor more information, call 843-525-8267 or visit www.tcl.edu/health.', 'Happening now at TCL', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'happening-now-at-tcl', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:40', '2018-07-12 15:04:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5935', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5936, 4, '2012-03-01 02:32:36', '2012-03-01 07:32:36', 'Beaufort Middle has been nominated for award two years in a row\r\n\r\nBy Tess Malijenovsky\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BMS1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5937\" title=\"BMS1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BMS1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>Beaufort Middle School (BMS) gave a warm welcome last Monday to the Palmettos Finest Judging Team. At 7 a.m. right before the school day starts, the cheer team cheered on the visitors as well as students with signs dressed in school colors and a full suite performance from the band.\r\nFor the second consecutive year BMS is a finalist for the Palmettos Finest Schools Award, a statewide award for “excellent instruction and outstanding leaders, augmented by strong family and community involvement and a supportive business community. “\r\nBMS is greatly involved in the community. Its Parent Action Council (PAC) does not solicit anyone in the community without giving something back as part of their “Pay it Forward” mentality. The community helped PAC with their community courtyard. In addition, every student is required to do community service. National Junior Honors Society and Student Council put on a community service event each year, such Toys for Tots and food drives.\r\nThey will find out at the end of the month if they win the award.', 'Palmettos Finest finalist', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'palmettos-finest-finalist', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:40', '2018-07-12 15:04:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5936', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5938, 4, '2012-03-01 02:33:27', '2012-03-01 07:33:27', 'Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten registration for children planning to attend Beaufort County public schools during the 2012/2013 school year will be held the week of March 19-23, 2012. Child Find screenings for four year old children who are candidates for Pre-Kindergarten will be held March 26-30, 2012.\r\nChildren who will be four years old, on or before September 1, 2012, should register for Pre-Kindergarten; however, space is limited. These children must attend a Child Find screening during the week of March 26-30 and decisions on placement for Pre-K will be made at each school after screening is complete. Parents should call the elementary school in their attendance area to schedule an appointment for screening.\r\nChildren who will be five years old by September 1, 2012, should register for Kindergarten.  Children who will be six years old by September 1, 2012, should register for first grade.\r\nAll other children entering Beaufort County Schools for the first time in 2012/13 also should sign up during this registration period.\r\nChildren must register at the school serving their neighborhood attendance area. Parents should bring their child’s birth certificate, South Carolina Certificate of Immunization (shot record) and two proofs of residency.  No child may be admitted to school without a birth certificate, shot record, and proof of residency.\r\nIf you have questions about registering your child for school in Beaufort County, you should call either your neighborhood school, the district administration office at 322-2300, the Family Learning Center in Beaufort at 521-2399 or consult the Beaufort County School District website at http://www.beaufort.k12.sc.us.\r\nBIRTH CERTIFICATES:  For children born in Beaufort County, birth certificates may be obtained from the Health Department/Vital Records office located in the Health Department at 601 Wilmington Street. For more information contact 525-7637.\r\nINMUNIZATIONS:  Children enrolling in Beaufort County School District are required to bring the South Carolina Certificate of Immunization which can be obtained from a private physician or clinic, the Beaufort County Health Department, Beaufort County/Jasper Comprehensive Health Services, Naval Hospital or the Volunteers of Medicine.', 'School District Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten Registration', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-district-kindergarten-and-pre-kindergarten-registration', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:40', '2018-07-12 15:04:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5938', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5939, 4, '2012-03-01 02:35:01', '2012-03-01 07:35:01', '<p align=\"center\">By: Elizabeth Wells</p>\r\nWhen I was tasked with writing an article about “Why Montessori Matters”, I was immediately overwhelmed. I have been a Montessori teacher and the mother of a Montessori child for almost a decade and I was a Montessori student as a child.   Praising Montessori comes easily to me and when asked a more direct question on the subject, I will talk endlessly about the research, the science and from my own extensive experience.  However, this does not ask a direct question, it is open-ended and is open to interpretation.   It is a wonderfully ‘Montessori’ question.   It allows me freedom to answer in a way that is meaningful to me.\r\n\r\nAs I began formulating my answer, I could not get into my head but rather kept going back to my heart.  Why does it matter?  What could matter more! The education of our children is paramount; they are our greatest asset and our very real future.  Whomever we trust with this task must do it well, thoughtfully, fully, and with an eye for the adult our children will become.\r\n\r\nIt is a daunting task to be a teacher.  Great teachers are everywhere. Praise and appreciate them wherever they are.  I speak as a Montessori teacher and this is why Montessori matters to me.  Because every child that walks into a Montessori classroom, including my own, is greeted by a teacher or guide who follows the following litany:\r\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Montessori Litany</strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">To respect children - in return to be worthy of their respect.</p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">To praise much and blame little.</p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">To emphasize their successes and minimize their failures.</p>\r\nMAY LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING TEACH ME\r\n\r\nTo make no promise to children that I cannot keep. To have unbounded faith in them. To know that they have great potential. To have the patience and wisdom to bring it forth. To allow children the dignity of their own personality and individuality. To refrain from making them over to our desire.\r\n\r\nMAY LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING HELP ME\r\n\r\nTo be cheerful and ready to smile and often to laugh. Children love and thrive on cheer.\r\n\r\nAs teachers, we have no right to inflict our moods on children. (Happiness is an outward sign of inward spiritual grace.)\r\n\r\nTo have infinite patience with children and to make allowances, knowing there is so much for them to learn and knowing that I myself am not so very wise.\r\n\r\nMAY LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING GUIDE ME\r\n\r\nTo protect the child always from my nerves and from our own irritability, prejudice, pessimism, fears - showing and practicing in their presence only the opposites.\r\n\r\nMAY LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING AID ME\r\n\r\nTo help them choose their life’s work that they are suited for. To stir up the gift that is in them. To discover the talent or talents that they truly have - the inner pattern they came with.\r\n\r\nMAY REAL UNDERSTANDING LEAD ME\r\n\r\nTo bring fresh energy into the schoolroom engaging all with keen alertness, interest and enthusiasm. To help children to meet life bravely, honestly, independently.\r\n\r\nMAY LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING SHOW ME\r\n\r\nTo give the children freedom and to never confuse liberty with license, as these two words are not synonymous ever. To show my friendly interest in each child. To consciously care for their progress, but to attain this by warmth and love rather than by rigid cold discipline. To manage children by the pleasantest of methods, with intelligence and affection and never by condemnation and fear.\r\n\r\nMAY LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING TEACH ME\r\n\r\nTo educate truly, by drawing out rather than spoon-feeding. To guide them instead of driving them. To direct their energy instead of repressing it.\r\n\r\nTo try always to understand them, instead of sitting in judgment of them: and through all misdemeanours, both trivial and serious, to let them know it is the action we deplore and never the child.\r\n\r\nOH LEAD ME, OH TEACH ME, OH GUIDE ME\r\n\r\n<strong><em>As Adopted from the IMC – ENews, Teachers’ Section Newsletter of September 2005</em></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMontessori based her method of education on the scientific knowledge that children are wired to learn.  They crave knowledge and new experiences and when these are presented with respect and guidance -students keep this knowledge and seek out more.  Students not only learn in this environment; but more so, they love learning and this is a gift that can span a lifetime.\r\n\r\nThe verses above speak to respect, honesty, independence and tolerance.  Skills that we can all agree lead to a better future. If my child takes this model into her own life and approaches others as our teachers approach each student then we have truly educated her. I encourage you to replace “children” with the word “people” and find that this litany can speak to everyone.\r\n\r\nDoes Montessori have great academics? Absolutely!  I would be happy to show you the research, the science and speak from my extensive experience on this subject.  Nevertheless, why does Montessori matter? Because, through its teachers and its approach it guides children to become the amazing adults we know they are capable of becoming.\r\n\r\nWhen children are happy, they learn.  When children are respected, they show respect.  When children are shown tolerance, they become tolerant. When children are given independence, they become independent both inside and outside the classroom.  This is why Montessori matters to me.\r\n\r\nElizabeth Wells, Montessori Elementary II teacher at E. C. Montessori &amp; Grade school, is credentialed in primary through age 12.  Montessori Education Week is celebrated this week (Feb. 26 – March 3<sup>rd</sup>) by Montessori schools throughout the world.', 'Why Montessori matters', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'why-montessori-matters', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:40', '2018-07-12 15:04:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5939', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5940, 4, '2012-03-01 02:46:06', '2012-03-01 07:46:06', '• Thursday, March 1, is Beaufort Middle School’s orientation for rising 7th and 8th grade students for the 2012-2013 school year. Parents are invited to learn about what’s ahead next year for BMS 7th and 8th grade students and the registration process for classes for next year. Counselors, administrators, and teachers will share important information during this first step in the registration/transition process. Located in the cafeteria, 6 p.m. For more information, call the school office at 322-5700.\r\n• Thursday, March 1, is the science fair judging at Beaufort Academy.\r\n• Thursday, March 1, is Chick-Fil-A night for Riverview Charter School. Join your Riverview friends for dinner and show your Stingray Spirit! Ten percent of all proceeds (dine-in or drive-thru) will be donated to Riverview. This fundraiser has raised $1,136.23 this year.\r\n• Friday, March 2, is Read Across America and Dr. Seuss’s birthday!\r\n• Friday, March 2, is the last day of the book fair at Beaufort Academy. Science Fair Awards assembly starts at 8 a.m. in the gym followed by project breakdown.\r\n• Friday, March 2, Riverview Charter School’s Uniform Free Friday (bring $5).\r\n• Friday, March 2, is the annual Science Fair for Beaufort Middle School will be held in the school’s gym.\r\n• Saturday, March 3, Riverview Charter School Job Fair.\r\n• Saturday, March 3, Lady’s Island Intermediate School is have a yard sale to help raise money for its fifth grade students’ end-of-year field trip to NASA and Sea World.\r\n• Monday, March 5, Session III of Tidewatch, an after-school program at Riverview Charter School will begin.\r\n• Monday, March 5, is Spirit Night at Lady’s Island Middle School. Every first Monday of the month 10 percent of all sales at Jersey Mike’s Subs from 3 p.m. to close go to Lady’s Island Middle School’s Athletic Booster Club.\r\n• Monday, March 5, at Lady’s Island Elementary School is “Bring your Parent to School Day” from 9-11 a.m. Parents are invited to walk in their children’s shoes for the morning.\r\n• Monday, March 5, second trimester report cards go home from Riverview Charter School students. Also first day of Scholastic Book Fair.\r\n• March 5-9, Standardized testing for grades 1-8 at Beaufort Academy.\r\n• Tuesday, March 6, is Beaufort Academy’s Open House for parents interested in grades 1-4, 6 p.m.\r\n\r\nPort Royal Elementary Principal moves to Joseph S. Shanklin\r\nThe Board of Education has unanimously approved the selection of veteran educator Jo Shirley as the new principal of Joseph S. Shanklin Elementary School. Shirley, principal of Port Royal Elementary School for the past two years, will take over at Joseph S. Shanklin next school year. She replaces Mark Mansell, who is moving to Robert Smalls Middle.\r\n\r\nDeadline Extensions for Student Transfer\r\nThe deadline for parents to request student transfers to schools outside their zoned attendance areas has been extended until Friday, April 6.  The necessary forms are available at the district office and on the district’s website. Parents of students in the Battery Creek Cluster who will transition to new schools for the 2012-13 school year will have an opportunity to visit their assigned schools at a series of six parent information meetings scheduled over the next month.\r\n· Joseph S. Shanklin Elementary School – Tuesday, March 6 (6 p.m.)\r\n· Whale Branch Elementary School – Thursday, March 8 (6 p.m.)\r\n· Whale Branch Middle School – Thursday, March 8 (7 p.m.)\r\n· Beaufort Elementary School – Tuesday, March 13 (6 p.m.)\r\n· Broad River Elementary School – Thursday, March 29 (6 p.m.)\r\n\r\n“Trial of the Big Bad Wolf” Performance\r\nThursday, March 1, Riverview Charter School presents a play by the middle school creative arts and drama students, 6:30 p.m. in the Commons. “A court case of the Big Bad Wolf, who claims he is innocent! Come see the Three Little Pigs try to put him in jail because of all his huffing and puffing.”\r\n\r\nDr. Seuss’s Birthday\r\nOn Friday, March 2, students and staff in several local elementary schools will celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Mossy Oaks Elementary students and staff will be allowed to wear appropriate pajamas for some cozy reading. Lady’s Island Elementary School is serving up green eggs and ham for breakfast and guest readers from the community will visit classrooms. LIES students will dress up as their favorite storybook character and classroom doors will be decorated with the classes’ favorite books. Even The Cat in the Hat will visit in the afternoon to top off the reading celebration.\r\n\r\nBMS Science Fair\r\nMarch 2 Beaufort Middle School will be hosting its annual science fair. Categories for competition include: Botany, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering, Computers, Physics, Astronomy, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Zoology, and Medicine  Over 225 students will be defending their projects to Sea Island Regional Science Fair judges.\r\n\r\nECM’s Got Talent\r\nOn Saturday March 3, E.C. Montessori and Grade School will be hosting its first ever family “fun-raiser” talent show at the Shed in Port Royal starting at 3:30 p.m.. There will be a silent auction, children’s petting zoo, live music and more.\r\n\r\nSubmit Poetry and Photography\r\nBeaufort Academy’s literary magazine, Seasons of the Pen, is making a comeback. Students should send poetry or black &amp; white photos they would like to be published to Mrs. Dinkins by March 13.\r\n\r\nThe Island News Favorites\r\nThe Island News is having a contest to recognize the best professional, schools, and businesses in the area. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite school at http://www.yourislandnews.com/5686-2/.', 'School briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-briefs-21', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:40', '2018-07-12 15:04:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5940', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5941, 4, '2012-03-01 02:47:22', '2012-03-01 07:47:22', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\n“I want you to be standing where I’m standing,” said Gen. Lori Reynolds, the first woman commander at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.  “Our nation needs people like you to be standing here.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5942\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Gen. Lori Reynolds\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Gen.-lori-reynolds.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5942\" title=\"Gen. lori reynolds\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Gen.-lori-reynolds-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nGen. Reynolds delivered a speech to 500 JRTOC cadets from Beaufort County School District last week at Battery Creek High School. She emphasized three rules of success: stay in school, guard your reputation and do the right thing.\r\nReynolds’s parents were steelworkers who never graduated from high school and taught her that her “job” was to be a good student. Reynolds graduated from the Naval Academy in 1986 and served in a variety of posts around the world, including command of the Ninth Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force in Fallujah, Iraq, from February 2004 to March 2005.   She also served in Afghanistan from March 2010 to March 2011.  She took command at Parris Island in June 2011.\r\nAlthough this wasn’t a recruitment speech, Reynolds highlighted the importance of commitment to the military.\r\n“When you put on the uniform, it’s no longer about you,” she said.  “When you put on the uniform, you are representing the American people.”', 'A message from first woman commander at Parris Island', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-message-from-first-woman-commander-at-parris-island', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:39', '2018-07-12 15:04:39', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5941', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5943, 4, '2012-03-01 02:48:02', '2012-03-01 07:48:02', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\nBeaufort County high schools are used to competing on the filed, on the court and on the track; but, for the first time ever, this coming Saturday schools will compete on their knowledge of international issues, geography and history.\r\nThe World Affairs Council of Hilton Head, in partnership with the Beaufort County School District, will present the region’s first Academic WorldQuest Competition from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday, March 3, at Hilton Head Island High School.  WACHH members, parents of participating students, educators and interested residents are invited to attend the free event.\r\nThe competition will be set up so that a multiple-choice question pops up on a large screen for the teams and audience to see. Teams of four students will have one minute to answer the question by using an electronic clicker. The categories focus on national security issues facing the United States: U.S. Education, Competing Globally, U.S. Energy Policy, U.S. Economic Competitiveness, the Middle East and China.  Additional questions will involve current events around the world.\r\n“Technology is making our world more interconnected every day, and what happens in one country can have dramatic effects in dozens of countries in a matter of hours,” said Mike Fritz, a retired Emory University professor and world traveler who serves as the project director for Beaufort County’s first WorldQuest competition.  “It’s vital to our nation’s security and competitiveness that tomorrow’s leaders are knowledgeable about other countries and cultures.”', 'Region’s first Academic WorldQuest Competition', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'regions-first-academic-worldquest-competition', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:39', '2018-07-12 15:04:39', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5943', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5944, 4, '2012-03-01 02:50:50', '2012-03-01 07:50:50', 'By Terry Sweeney\r\nIt’s Sunday morning and a delectable bottle of Dom Perignon rests in a sterling silver ice bucket on my breakfast table alongside a tall, elegant, glass pitcher filled with chilled fresh-squeezed orange juice.\r\nThe homemade ricotta-filled blinzes, beautifully arranged on an oval white porcelain platter, have been artfully sprinkled with the blackest of Beluga caviar.  “Surprise!” says Lanier ... Wait a minute, that’s not Lanier ... that’s Mariah Carey!  Oh hell, this is a dream!  I wake up furious to have been so taken in by my subconscious. I remember suddenly that a friend who works in a very fancy wine shop inside Newton Farms on Kiawah Island told me several months ago about Mariah Carey coming in and getting a case of Don Perignon (at $200 a bottle) and gallons of fresh orange juice to serve mimosas at a brunch for her “posse.”  Apparently, it made quite an impression on my wishful thinking wine-logged brain.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5945\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Crabcake eggs benedict with avgolemono sauce\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Crabcake-eggs-benedict-with-avgolemono-sauce1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5945\" title=\"Crabcake eggs benedict with avgolemono sauce1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Crabcake-eggs-benedict-with-avgolemono-sauce1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nStill, it is nice to treat yourself on a Sunday morning to something a little bit special on your last day of freedom before you have to return to the grim grind of your work week. And what’s great is that with just a little imagination, we too can party like rock stars, but on a roadie’s budget.\r\nThe first fabulous tip I will share with you is an amazing recipe website called Food52.com.\r\nThe creators of Food52.com wanted to give home cooks from all over the world a way to exchange ideas and to celebrate and share each other’s talents.  They started small with a single project: creating the first “crowd-sourced cookbook” in 52 weeks. (That’s where the 52 in Food 52 came from.)\r\nHere are three, out-of-this-world, heavenly brunch dishes that I think will put the OMG back in you Sunday:\r\nCrabcake Eggs Benedict with Arvgolemono Sauce — No that sauce isn’t spelled wrong, but let’s face it, it’s a garbled mouthful; so let’s all just agree to call it “lemon sauce.” Basically, it has a lighter brighter lemonier taste than hollandaise. Since the most delicious fresh crab meat is available in abundance here, this really makes the dish worth the cholesterol!  Now this I would definitely serve to guests with mimosas but instead of missing a mortgage payment to get a case of Don Perignon, might I suggest one of my absolute favorites? Domaine Ste. Michelle Brut. A sparkling wine from Washington’s\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5946\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Spinach and potato tortilla\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spinach-and-potato-tortilla1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5946\" title=\"spinach and potato tortilla1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spinach-and-potato-tortilla1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nColumbia Valley that has a climate that is quite close to that of the champagne region in France.  The price is around $12 dollars a bottle and it’s fantastic alone or of course mixed with you favorite orange juice like superstar Mariah Carey prefers it. With the money you’ve saved, you might be able to buy good seats at her next live concert.\r\nSpanish Tortilla with Spinach and Potatoes — This egg-traordinary savory Spanish omelette is a guaranteed crowd- pleaser and yet so easy to prepare, well except when it’s time to flip it ... that may take a little practice.  But don’t feel bad if you screw it up, your dog will love you for the ones you drop! Pair it with a sparkling Spanish Cava. My new favorite is Casteller Cava. With its fresh aroma of apples on the nose and its dry refreshing taste with just a hint of sweetness, it’s the perfect Spanish brunch wine for under $13 dollars. Just add some flamenco ... music that is; although you may want to stomp around and wave castanets after eating this scrumptious baby!\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5947\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Japanese shrimp pancakes: okonomiyak\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Japanese-shrimp-pancakes-okonomiyaki1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5947\" title=\"Food52\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Japanese-shrimp-pancakes-okonomiyaki1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOkonomiyaki: Japanese Shrimp Pancakes — It’s cooked in canola oil like an everyday pancake but there’s nothing else everyday about these beauties. Exotic, mouth-watering and savory, they are unforgettable. Sesame oil, sprouts, cabbage, fresh local shrimp and soy sauce make this one of the most palate- pleasing breakfast dishes I have prepared. Great for a hangover, these are just what the Japanese doc ordered.  And what to drink with this tangy salty Sunday morning masterpiece? A riesling from Germany called “Polka DÖt’.” Vat else? With its strong minerality, essences of peaches and flowers and a good cleansing acidity, this German wine is the perfect ally with this spicy Japanese dish.  Hold on: the Germans and the Japanese?? The Axis of Evil back together again?  Yes!  But this time to do good! Cheers!\r\nP.S.: All the recipes for these brunch items can be found at Food52.com', 'Wine for breakfast', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'wine-for-breakfast', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:50:50', '2012-03-01 07:50:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5944', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5948, 4, '2012-03-01 02:53:56', '2012-03-01 07:53:56', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BBQ4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5951\" title=\"BBQ4\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BBQ4-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>Wow, great job to the Bands, Brews &amp; BBQ Committee: Worth Liipfert, Evy Trask, Jim Wolbrink, Dr. Linda Hawes, Logan Crowther, Barbara Tedder, Martha Lynn Webb, Vicki Verity, Kit Bruce and Janie Lackman. Janie was one of the creators of the event three years ago which has become the major fundraising event for Friends of Caroline Hospice. Here are the other winners:\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5949\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Green Eggs &amp; Spam.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Green-Eggs-Spam1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5949\" title=\"Green Eggs &amp; Spam1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Green-Eggs-Spam1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2012 Bands, Brews &amp; BBQ Winners:\r\n• Port Royal Grand Champion: Smoke South, J.B. McCarty\r\n• Wing Throw Down Winner: Pimp My Pig, Trei Cade\r\n• People’s Choice (Saturday): Palm Key Catering &amp; Events, Brentt Toole\r\n\r\nButts Category:\r\n1st Place: Smoke South, J.B. McCarty\r\n2nd Place: Porkin N Squealin, Ross Carr\r\n3rd Place: Fast Eddie’s Fine Swine, Justin Hembree\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BBQ1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5950\" title=\"BBQ1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BBQ1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Ribs Category:\r\n1st Place: Pimp My Pig, Trei Cade\r\n2nd Place: S’Lowcountry Q, Quentin Tedder\r\n3rd Place: Phat Guys, Chris Canon\r\n4th Place: Some-R Swine, Seth Watari\r\n5th Place: Operation Smokey Chef, Chris Mixson', 'Best of Bands, Brews & BBQ ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'best-of-bands-brews-bbq', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:53:56', '2012-03-01 07:53:56', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5948', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(5952, 4, '2012-03-01 02:55:13', '2012-03-01 07:55:13', 'By Jack Sparacino\r\nI just finished reading John Heidenry’s recent book on the 1934 St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, “The Gashouse Gang.”  It got me thinking again about how our world has, in important ways, spun a long way since then.\r\nOf course the 2011 Cardinals won last year’s World Series over the powerful Texas Rangers.  That was the Cardinals’ 11th championship, dating back to 1926.  Their third and most famous, boisterous title came during the teeth of the Great Depression, in 1934 against the Detroit Tigers.\r\nThat 1934 Cardinal team was a talented, grimy, frenetic piece of work for the ages, one that may hold some interesting lessons for today’s challenging world.  Their nickname was the Gashouse Gang, a colorful reference to dirty, foul smelling plants (often located near railroad yards and poor neighborhoods) that made “town gas” from coal for cooking and lighting. This nickname was fitting.  It sprang from the team’s often grubby appearance (their uniforms were often filthy) and gritty, scrappy style of play, heavily infused with vibrant confidence and swagger.\r\nAlmost 80 years later, many of the players’ are still well known, including brothers Dizzy and Paul Dean, Leo “The Lip” Durocher, Joe “Ducky” Medwick, Pepper Martin, and player/manager Frank “The Fordham Flash” Frisch.  Many of the players were from the South or Southwest with hardscrabble working class backgrounds.  They came prepared to play hard, win hard, and have a great time in the process.\r\nBut not to necessarily make a ton of money. Star pitcher Jay Hanna (“Dizzy”) Dean made $19,500 in 1935 when he won 28 games at age 25 after winning a stunning 30 games in 1934; in 1934, his brother Paul made $5,000 to go with 19 wins and 26 saves. Dizzy Dean was the ringleader of the Gashouse Gang, an irresistibly colorful fellow his entire life.\r\nAmericans loved these magnetically energetic players who ground their way to victory no matter who or what the opposition. Like the incomparable racehorse Seabiscuit, born just months earlier, they knew how to persevere and dig deep for every victory, including an astonishing 20 wins in their last 25 games of the regular season to yank the pennant away from the vaunted New York Giants.  In many ways, the Gashouse Gang epitomized some of the best of the indomitable American spirit during those miserable economic times.\r\nSo I was just wondering, what if those players were able to jump into my time machine, or perhaps the train version, and vault into the present?  And what if we could cast them in a reality show, let’s say on a sports network or the History Channel — how would that play out?  Well, it might be pretty chaotic getting started, and I might need to somehow get a phone call through to Rod Serling or someone else to consult from “The Twilight Zone,” but we might have a lot of fun filming the series.\r\nImagine this. The setting would include actual major league baseball games.  The Gang would play each of the 30 major league teams twice as part of the regular MLB schedule.  We’ll have to figure out how much to pay Dizzy and his team, as their 1934 salaries are in the neighborhood of a thousand times less than what players make today. Sure seems like a good idea to pay them fairly.  In the spirit of sportsmanship, teamwork and fun, here are a few of the themes that could be emphasized through the action on the field, travel between games, the broadcasts, and endorsements.\r\nWork hard, play hard, and love what you do. The General Manager of the Gashouse Gang, Branch Rickey, once said, “Work is the zest of life; there is joy in its pursuit.”  Isn’t it great to see people who absolutely love what they do for a living.  Our boys of summer would demonstrate in all they said and did just how much fun it can be to work your tail off for deliriously happy customers.\r\nBack to train travel.  Players mostly traveled by train in 1934.  Wouldn’t it be a relief to see our gang forgoing cramped, delayed airplanes and dreary airports? With only 60 games to play all season, they’d have plenty of time to ride the rails.  I’m thinking that at least several shows could be filmed live from inside the train: card games, meals, joking around, the works.\r\nWalk the talk the walk.  As Dizzy Dean famously said, “It ain’t bragging if you can back it up.”  We’ll have to make sure our director captures words and deeds to make sure they’re consistent, and if not, why.\r\nIf the Gang is going to call their shots, we’ll hold them to their word and get their reactions afterward.\r\nMost great accomplishments are the work of teams. Baseball teams from the 1930’s spent a lot of quality time together, on and off the field. Our show would help make clear how far pure teamwork goes toward building a championship season.\r\nFancy men’s grooming aids might take a hike.  Well, we’ll let the Gang decide whether they want to use or endorse anything called “bodywash,” 4 bladed razors, hair gel, exotic scents and the like.  It might be fun, though, to see good old fashioned dirt followed by plain soap and water make a comeback.  I’m thinking we might be treated to something like Gillette meets “Survivor.”', 'The Gashouse Gang rides again', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-gashouse-gang-rides-again', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:55:13', '2012-03-01 07:55:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5952', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5953, 4, '2012-03-01 02:57:15', '2012-03-01 07:57:15', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\nAlthough measuring only 4 feet 11 inches tall in her stocking feet, Beverley Porter is a giant on the Beaufort charity scene.  As Executive Director of Friends of Caroline Hospice for the past 18 years, she took the organization from a leaky basement in a Beaufort house where she was the only full time nurse with four volunteers to today’s staff of 17 and over 650 volunteers with a totally paid for new headquarters on 13th St. in Port Royal.  Friends now cares for more that 425 people a year and remains the only\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5954\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Beverly Porter\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Profile-Beverly.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5954\" title=\"Profile-Beverly\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Profile-Beverly-e1330588598138-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBeaufort County hospice that accepts no money from its patients, or their families. Beverley has kept alive the vision of the founder, Veronica Tovey who started “Friends” more than 30 years ago to care for those suffering from life-threatening illness because her friend Caroline Quann was diagnosed with terminal cancer at age 27. Said Caroline at the time, “I was determined to stay at home for my final days. My friends here in Beaufort made this possible as they rallied around me with medical care and abiding love.  I needed to make my death a journey — not a lonely event.” And thus the organization which as a result has helped so many, many people over the years was born with her death, adding Caroline’s name to its title.\r\nFriends of Caroline Hospice provides on-call support and respite to patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Volunteers provide direct patient and family support and offer bereavement support for their children.  Board member Tom Oliver had this to say about Beverley: “When my wife died after six months of hospice care, Beverly came herself to my house at 3 a.m. in the morning and was a great comfort to me and my two daughters. Her total commitment to our welfare is one of the reasons I decided to get involved with the organization.”    He’s also on the search committee to find a replacement for Beverley who is retiring. Through “Friends” she met Frank Biermann who she calls “the love of my life” and plans to travel with him extensively in the coming years. She has two sons from a previous marriage, Dylan age 32, a navy pilot, and Tristan age 29 who is taking a double masters in  international  business.  She first discovered Beaufort on a sailboat coming down the Intercoastal waterway, and when her husband retired from the military, they decided to relocate here.\r\nSays Beverley, “Beaufort had everything for which we were looking: people, young and old who are fascinating, interesting, and involved in their community as well as an absolutely beautiful river and a wonderfully welcoming climate.”\r\nBeverley was born in Wolverhampton, England, and worked all over the world in different aspects of nursing for 30 years in places like Sicily, Switzerland and Bermuda. She became a U.S. citizen in 2007 “one of the happiest accomplishments of my life,” says Beverly. And about her time as head of “Friends” she says, “what an incredible rewarding journey it has been! Because of my work as a hospice nurse, I have had the opportunity to visit homes in the community of families of all races — white, African American, Hispanic and Asians — as well as those from all economic backgrounds.”  And she says she will miss “the joy of working with people that have been family to me — I have seen co-workers children grow up, grand babies born.”\r\nUnder Beverley’s leadership, she developed outreach groups such as the Bereavement Support for Children Program (which currently is in every public and private school in Northern Beaufort County,) Support for Parents Grieving the Loss of a Baby, and Cancer Support Group with Keyserling Cancer Center. She also holds caregiver sessions to provide information and assistance to the patient’s primary caregivers. Among her other achievements are The Volunteer Hospice Network, a nationwide group has been initiated with her coordination and a thrift store.  The Red Door raises money for hospice services.  Along with the very successful Band, Brews &amp; BBQ event.\r\nBeverley has continued to help our community by being on the board of many Beaufort health care organizations over the years and recognized by The Beaufort Gazette’s as its “2001 Health Professional of the Year.” In 2008 she was awarded the Palmetto Award presented by The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care for Outstanding Hospice vision and Leadership throughout North and South Carolina.\r\nCurrently a search committee headed by Worth Liipfert, who is President of the Board, is looking for a replacement to fill Beverley’s mighty shoes. Says Worth, “For the last 18 years, Beverley has been Friends of Caroline Hospice, and the number of lives she has touched cannot be measured. She is truly a gift to the citizens of Beaufort.  While she can never be replaced,’ we are confident that through the search process, the right person will emerge to carry on the precious legacy she will leave in our hands this summer.”\r\nIt’s an ongoing legacy that will not be forgotten by the people of Beaufort.  Thanks, Beverly!', 'Beverly Porter: A true friend to our community', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beverly-porter-a-true-friend-to-our-community', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:57:15', '2012-03-01 07:57:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5953', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5955, 4, '2012-03-01 02:58:00', '2012-03-01 07:58:00', 'Ashley Dando and Bill Hannan have joined Wells Fargo Advisors.  Ashley Dando joined the office in Beaufort, South Carolina, and Bill Hannan has joined the office in Savannah, Georgia.  Prior to joining Wells Fargo Advisors, Dando and Hannan were financial advisors with Merrill Lynch for 15 years.\r\nAshley Dando holds a CFM designation.  She resides in Beaufort with her husband and their four children.  Bill Hannan holds a CFP® designation.  He lives on Wilmington Island in Savannah with his wife and their three children.', 'New hires at Wells Fargo advisors', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-hires-at-wells-fargo-advisors', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:58:00', '2012-03-01 07:58:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5955', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5956, 4, '2012-03-01 02:58:35', '2012-03-01 07:58:35', 'You may not be able to stop aging, but you can certainly slow the process. That’s the good news Beaufort Memorial Internist Philip Cusumano, MD, will share on Wednesday, March 7, when he presents “New Findings in the Anti-Aging Debate” at Magnolia Hall in Sun City.\r\nThe free lecture is open to the public and will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served at 4:30 p.m. Registration is required.\r\nBased on the best-selling book, “YOU — Staying Young,” by Drs. Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz, Dr. Cusumano’s lecture will explore major causes of aging, nature’s best anti-aging ‘medicines,’ gene expression and how to control it, and practical changes anyone can adopt to make major gains in health, wellness and longevity.\r\n“There is a widespread belief that our genes have the final say in our ability to become and stay healthy, but it’s simply not true,” says Dr. Cusumano, a board-certified internist formerly with the Cleveland Clinic, who recently joined Beaufort Memorial Lady’s Island Internal Medicine. “Three-quarters of our health issues are caused by our own behaviors and lifestyle choices — not our genes.”\r\nThe lecture is part of a new “Life, Lived Better” community series hosted by Beaufort Memorial LifeFit Wellness Services. Series lectures focus on overall wellness, prevention, and health improvements for the best quality of life, and will be held throughout the year.\r\nFuture seminars include “Back in Action: Solving Hip and Knee Pain,” scheduled for Apr. 4 and featuring two of the area’s top orthopedic surgeons, Drs. Edward Blocker and Kevin Jones.  They will discuss common causes of joint pain, how early diagnosis can solve pain issues, effective non-surgical treatments for joint pain, and the latest innovative, minimally invasive surgical procedures.\r\nThe events are free, but registration is required. To register for “New Findings in the Anti-Aging Debate” or “Back in Action: Solving Hip and Knee Pain,” call the Beaufort Memorial Hospital registration line at (843) 522-5585, or toll-free at (888) 522-5585.\r\nFor information about Beaufort Memorial LifeFit Wellness Services, visit www.bmhsc.org.', 'Lecture: New findings in anti-aging debate', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lecture-new-findings-in-anti-aging-debate', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:58:35', '2012-03-01 07:58:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5956', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5957, 4, '2012-03-01 02:59:37', '2012-03-01 07:59:37', 'By Cherimie Crane Weatherford\r\nIn preschool it was accepted to question the world’s, the class, even the teacher’s purpose as it related to the simple task of meeting our specific needs. The mats would magically appear when slumber loomed, the Kool-Aid and cookies were kept in eternal snack supply, and in the unlucky event that a knee, elbow, or a shin met an untimely introduction to our personally designed sidewalk, each and every individual within a mile radius rushed to our assistance with a safety kit created for our exclusive use.\r\nIt was a time when the world literally revolved around our needs, our wants, and our taste buds. If you are over the age of 6, that time has passed. Unfortunately there are many in the real estate realm who are still waiting for snack time, nap mats, and a personally designed first aide kit. There are some homeowners who continue to wait for assistance that simply may never come. Some prospective purchasers are constantly in search of a program suited specifically to their wants and needs before even thinking of investing in home ownership. Both are well behaved in a very long line, quietly waiting for direction.\r\nI was never skilled at waiting in line. Taking directions wasn’t one of my strengths. The approach is as simple as our storybook rhymes. It is no different as an adult to choose our direction. We still may find ourselves at the mercy of the powers that be, but we still have free will, we still have ability, and if we look hard enough we still have several others who will join in our protest should we not agree with established rules.\r\nThe market has thrown more than unexpected curves, it certainly has handed us more than lemons, and bitter may be fully justified; however, it is not productive. The choice is simple; sellers can wait for legislation that will ease their circumstance, hold on to property with purposeful intention, and continue to curse the all encompassing, all evil housing market. Buyers can stake their claim to a comfortable position on their self made fence, continue to stare at the crystal ball of rates, and wait for the mansion of their dreams to be offered at an astonishing fifty percent off. Both populations can stand in line and quietly wait for their cookies and Kool-Aid; No matter how long it takes, no matter how many others leave the line, and without questioning the process. Or they can choose to create a new line, a new circumstance, and maybe even a new cookie.\r\nFor Sellers: It takes a village to sell a home. What is the appearance of your Village? Is the neighbor’s unkempt yard holding your property back? Mow their grass, offer a community clean up project; find a way.\r\nIs your property worth less, far less than what you paid? Get on the phone. Yes it is annoying, yes hold music is atrocious, yes it will take you several hours, maybe even a few days. Don’t wait for your options, find them. Research more than Facebook. What is the projection for your area? How long will it take for your property to retain some semblance of value? Do you know your mortgage terms? Really know your mortgage terms? The miraculous program created to assist those who are in over their heads has already been claimed by your bank. There isn’t a miraculous program waiting for you. You need to educate yourself, learn your options, and annoy the ever living daylights out of your bank until someone gives you an answer that you can understand and defeat.\r\nFor Buyers: Are you carrying the torch of an unkempt credit score? It happens. It isn’t the end of the world. There are many ways to improve your score, griping is nowhere on the list. Do you have a plan? Do you understand what creates, maintains and damages that coveted number? Google does.\r\nAre you waiting for that never before seen rate? It is here and it is leaving town.\r\nYou can’t live without gold covered granite countertops so you remain in line until the mansion you crave and can’t maintain arrives at your inbox. What is it that makes a home? What are your needs, not the needs of the Real Wives of Whatever County? Do you really need five bedrooms when you only have one child? Look at the big picture. Find a home that meets your needs and has potential to meet your wants. Stop watching HGTV, homes aren’t made in 30 minutes. Adjust your expectations to your wallet, adjust your spending to your needs, and for heavens sake, turn off the TV.\r\nMaybe it is harsh. Feel free to send hate mail, I won’t read it. I am too busy trying to find ways to improve my personal real estate reality. It is up to me and I don’t sit still well. It is no longer the world’s responsibility to meet your needs. Action is far greater than reaction, a plan is better than procrastination, and life goes on regardless of whether you have six bedrooms or four.\r\nStop waiting for an the fix-it-fairy, Beaufort. Get out and do what needs to be done. I will see you in the trenches. If you need direction, I can help but I can’t leave the line for you. There are answers and I will help you find them.\r\n\r\n<em>Cherimie has conintuously been one of the top producing Realtors through-out the difficult shift. Revitalizing projects and communities when all the odds were against new construction. Her articles and advice have been featured in the national REALTOR magazine. She offers a no nonsense approach to reaching goals, regardless of how difficult those goals may be.</em>', 'In this market, the time for waiting is over', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'in-this-market-the-time-for-waiting-is-over', '', '', '2012-03-01 02:59:37', '2012-03-01 07:59:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5957', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5958, 4, '2012-03-01 03:00:21', '2012-03-01 08:00:21', 'County channel airs Coastal Kingdom\r\nTune in to the latest episode of the Emmy-nominated television program, Coastal Kingdom, Wednesday, February 29 at 8 p.m. or Saturday, March 3 at 11 a.m. on The County Channel.\r\n“Lowcountry Predators” includes footage of golden silk spiders, king snakes, softshell turtles, mantis shrimp, stone crabs and many other predators. Coastal Kingdom is a collaborative effort between The County Channel and the LowCountry Institute on Spring Island. The show is filmed entirely in the Lowcountry and showcases local habitats and the amazing creatures that live in them. Because it is based on S.C. science standards, the series is especially appropriate for students. For more information, visit www.coastalkingdom.com.\r\nThe County Channel is a service of Beaufort County government. It is streamed on the home page of the County website, www.bcgov.net and broadcast on Charter Cable channel 20, Comcast Cable channel 2, Hargray Cable channel 9 and 252.\r\n\r\nSC Dept. of Revenue warns against tax scams\r\nDuring the individual income tax filing season, there is often an increase in tax-related scams.\r\nThe SC Department of Revenue is reminding taxpayers to be aware of fraudulent phone calls, text messages, emails or other forms of communication that may ask for personal identifying information such as birth date, social security numbers, address, mother’s maiden name, driver’s license number or other private information.\r\nThe SC Department of Revenue typically contacts taxpayers via standard mail and then a phone call for follow up when requested. Occasionally communication will be made by email if an employee is responding to a taxpayer’s inquiry.\r\nTaxpayers should be cautious during this tax season of persons contacting them to offer tax advice or help with filing their taxes. Individuals with concerns can contact the SC Department of Revenue directly at (803) 898-5000 or visit www.sctax.org.\r\n\r\nThree blazes keep firefighters busy\r\nAt about 1:30 on Feb. 22, the Lady’s Island St. Helena Fire District was dispatched to the report of a house fire in the Storyteller Road neighborhood of St. Helena. Not long after units arrived there, additional units were dispatched to another house on fire in the area of Ephraim Road also on St. Helena. As if that wasn’t enough, yet another house fire was then reported in the Brickyard Road neighborhood of Lady’s Island.\r\nAll told, all on duty firefighters for the Lady’s Island St. Helena Fire District were called to action, and even more came in off duty from home to help out. The silver lining to this story is that no injuries were reported and no one was displaced from any of the emergency calls.', 'News briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'news-briefs-10', '', '', '2012-03-01 03:00:21', '2012-03-01 08:00:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5958', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5959, 4, '2012-03-01 03:01:23', '2012-03-01 08:01:23', '“Burn Week” in Beaufort and Port Royal is March 4-10, meaning residents with the appropriate permits can burn their accumulated winter yard debris if they do it with safety in mind.\r\nEach year, firefighters in South Carolina battle more than 3,000 wildfires that burn 20,000 acres. In Beaufort and Port Royal last year, local firefighters answered 19 calls for brush fires, hundreds of illegal burns and reports of smoke problems — and the 19 brush fires required 708 firefighter hours to extinguish.\r\nBoth locally and statewide, 98 percent of those wildfires were caused by careless people not paying attention, tossing lit cigarettes into dry tinder or otherwise making poor decisions.\r\nWhat’s that all add up to? In Beaufort and Port Royal, there are four “burn weeks” established each year. The March 4-10 period is the first for 2012. Permits are required for these weeks of outdoor burning and typically need a visit from the fire department to approve the location and safety measures in place.\r\n“Environmental conditions on the day of burning are very important factors to ensure fires can be controlled,” Beaufort Fire Chief Sammy Negron said. “In Beaufort and Port Royal, we have many homes and businesses that are located beside each other, and a fire can quickly spread. That’s one reason we are so careful about the burning and the special permits.”\r\nIncluded on the burn permit application are specific instructions on checking each burning day to ensure burning is allowed.  The State Forestry Commission provides a daily “Fire Weather” forecast for each region in the state.\r\nThese forecasts are really “fire spread risk assessments” based on information such as humidity, wind speed and ground moisture levels.  The risk assessment is published daily from “low” to “extreme.”\r\nBeaufort and Port Royal officials use this information, along with additional local conditions, to determine if burning is authorized each day.  All of this is done to provide citizens the safest environment possible to burn yard debris.\r\nOutside of the Beaufort and Port Royal limits, all unincorporated areas of Beaufort County fall under the September 2011 county burn ordinance. It can be viewed at www.bc.gov.net. Self-governed homeowners associations, private communities, and gated communities may have covenants or other community rules that further restrict burning.\r\nConfused? Call your local fire department if you have any questions concerning burning yard debris.   If you have a question or would like to discuss other fire prevention opportunities for your home or business, contact the Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department at 843-525-7055 or city-fire@cityofbeaufort.org.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDepartment well prepared to cover fires despite loss of fire truck in tragic event\r\n\r\nIn light of last Friday’s theft of a Beaufort-Port Royal fire truck and subsequent death of a pedestrian and numerous wrecks, media have inquired about damage to the fire truck and the Fire Department’s ability to respond to fires without that vehicle.\r\n1. The damaged fire truck’s replacement value is $663,000.\r\n2. In the Beaufort Fire Department’s conversations with the manufacturer, the damaged fire truck may be declared a total loss. The Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department will continue to work with the insurance company on this matter. The Fire Department will consider replacing this damaged vehicle as part of the overall fleet reorganization plan.\r\n3. “Despite the loss of that fire engine, the Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department has enough fire trucks and support vehicles to continue to provide exceptional fire protection services to all our areas. Our recent Joint ISO rating review included an analysis of our equipment. We are confident we are fully capable of responding to all emergencies despite the loss of one fire truck,” said Beaufort Fire Chief Sammy Negron.\r\n“Our firefighters are highly trained. Our equipment is kept in top condition. Friday’s tragedy remains under investigation and we’ll be commenting further when appropriate,” Negron said.', 'Beaufort, Port Royal hold ‘Burn Week’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-port-royal-hold-burn-week', '', '', '2012-03-01 03:01:23', '2012-03-01 08:01:23', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5959', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5960, 4, '2012-03-01 03:02:20', '2012-03-01 08:02:20', 'By Trisha O’Connor\r\nA bill that would allow South Carolinians to get copies of public documents faster and less expensively is heading to the full House of Representatives for consideration.\r\nIt represents significant progress for open government and would be the first step in improving the state’s Freedom of Information Act since 2003.\r\nThe bill, H.3235, prohibits public agencies from charging more than the fair market rate for making copies of public documents, prohibits any charge for staff time spent gathering or reproducing the documents, prohibits any charge for records stored electronically and requires that the documents are handed over to the requesting citizen in no more than 30 days.\r\nCompare this to the $5 per page charge one municipality once charged for copies of police records, the thousands of dollars county governments have attempted to charge for researching records related to possibly felonious expenditures of tax dollars, and the months it can take to finally get documents requested under the FOI law.\r\nOne school board is asking more then $500,000 for a citizen to see board emails.\r\nAn amendment to the bill would remove the current FOI exemption for legislative papers. The Freedom of Information Committee for the S.C. Press Association and the SCPA membership support removing this legislative exemption, but hope it can be modified to preserve confidentiality of correspondence between a citizen and his or her elected representative. This modification would remove objections to the bill.\r\nSouth Carolina citizens pay for the work of public agencies through their tax dollars; they shouldn’t have to pay ridiculous copying rates and wait for unspecified amounts of time when they need access to public records.\r\nRep. Bill Taylor of Aiken, who introduced the bill, said his goal is to make it easier for citizens to get records and keep agencies from “giving citizens the stiff arm.\r\n“My goal is to…maybe give the advantage to the real citizens who pay for all this.”\r\nAmen, we say. It’s long overdue\r\nIf you are a citizen who has ever been denied timely access to a public document or been overcharged, now is the time to speak up.  Contact your representative and ask for his or her support for this bill.\r\nTrisha O’Connor is chair of the Freedom of Information Committee of the S.C. Press Association and Media Executive in Residence at Coastal Carolina University. She is a retired executive editor of The Sun News in Myrtle Beach.', 'Bill would improve access to public records', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'bill-would-improve-access-to-public-records', '', '', '2012-03-01 03:02:20', '2012-03-01 08:02:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5960', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5961, 4, '2012-03-01 03:03:56', '2012-03-01 08:03:56', 'Two Beaufort students take home wins during a recent South Carolina chess tournament. Beaufort Academy third grader Kevin Rogers won the K-3 state title while BA <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Chess1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5962\" title=\"Chess1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Chess1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>kindergartner Whit Suber won Kindergarten State Champion. This is the third straight year a BA chess team player has won this title. Beaufort Academy Chess Coach Darrin Rogers said, “The team is playing phenomenal chess.” The chess team will be tested in May when they attend the K-6 national chess tournament in Tennessee.', 'Winners say Checkmate', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'winners-say-checkmate', '', '', '2012-03-01 03:03:56', '2012-03-01 08:03:56', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5961', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5963, 4, '2012-03-01 03:05:11', '2012-03-01 08:05:11', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/TIN-Favs-2012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5964\" title=\"TIN Favs 2012\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/TIN-Favs-2012-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>In case you didn’t already know, The Island News wants to find out what you like best about Beaufort by voting for at least 10 businesses or community leaders you consider to be your favorite. It’s fun and easy! Simply go our website at www.yourislandnews.com, look at the categories, then choose your favs. Once the votes are counted from the 127 categories, we’ll announce the winners later in March. You have only until midnight on Sunday, March 11, to cast your votes for T.I.N. Favorites. Show support and make your votes heard!', 'T.I.N. Favorites contest continues', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 't-i-n-favorites-contest-continues', '', '', '2012-03-01 03:05:11', '2012-03-01 08:05:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5963', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5965, 4, '2012-03-01 03:06:12', '2012-03-01 08:06:12', 'By Chris Damgen\r\nIn trying desperately to make sense of Dan Durbin’s shocking resignation, one quote in particular leapt out to me.  In talking with the Beaufort Gazette last week, Durbin said the following:\r\n“I’m not sure that the role of principal hasn’t passed me by… To me, it’s about nurturing, about building up students to be the best they can be. But the new job of principals is about numbers, statistics and test results. I’m not saying that’s wrong. I’m just saying that isn’t me.”\r\nMore than anything, this quote emphasizes what is quite wrong with public education these days.\r\nI was fortunate to have graduated from a public high school in 2002, just before the new standards and dictates of the federal No Child Left Behind program took into place. They had a new definition of a “good” school. Mine was different.\r\nI would’ve characterized a good school as one where students performed increasingly well in the classroom (as well as on stage and on the field and courts), parents were involved and informed of school happenings, teachers were engaging and wanted to remain at the school, and where the principal was one who knew nearly every student and cared deeply about their success; in school and in life after school.\r\nBased on my definition, as of last week, Beaufort High School was one of those good schools.\r\nThe bureaucrats will tell you that BHS has not met adequate yearly progress in the past five years and that the “absolute rating” (whatever that means) has been “average”. So, one can come to the simpleton conclusion that Dan Durbin is considered only “average” according to “No Child Left Behind.”\r\nBut if anyone knows him or has followed his career, Dan Durbin is the living embodiment of the phrase “no child left behind.”\r\nWhat the bureaucrats cannot tell you is that Durbin had turned a school on the verge of becoming a fight venue for militant teenagers into a learning community where the emphasis of “family” became a core rallying cry.  They cannot monitor the number of tireless hours Durbin spent walking the halls, visiting classrooms, cheering on the teams, taking in the performances, and personally mentoring students. And they certainly cannot share with the public what sort of positive influence Durbin had on dozens of teachers, hundreds of students, and thousands of alumni.\r\nMany people associated with BHS will tell you that the trajectory of the school was upwards. It is without question that a major reason for this was Durbin, who dutifully and faithfully served the school for nine years as principal, an eternity by Beaufort County School District standards.\r\nAh, but what about those grade changes, you ask?\r\nThis is where it becomes so difficult and heartbreaking. Yes, Durbin’s actions were wrong. He broke the rules.  He even admitted as such. He did not set a good example for students by flaunting a policy. He absolutely needed to resign for his actions. He took responsibility and prepared to do so at the end of the year.\r\nBut as one cannot judge a book by its cover, one cannot judge Durbin for these actions alone. No reasonable person can honestly state that Durbin’s intentions were sinister.\r\nWe as a society need to ask ourselves: Is it better to follow the rules and have the kids not graduate? To let them become disillusioned with authority and become cynical to lifelong learning? If changing or adding a grade enabled several students who had already demonstrated an ability to pass a subject in latter courses meant that they would be able to graduate, then perhaps it was worth taking the fall. Isn’t that the essence of not leaving a child behind?\r\nIf only the powers that be at the Beaufort County School District demonstrated the same level of commitment and attention to a child’s education and future success, perhaps we wouldn’t have this predicament.\r\nBy forcing Durbin’s resignation in the middle of the school year, the district demonstrated it cares only about appearances and not about the interests of its students. They had no consideration about the emotional upheaval this has caused for BHS students, faculty, staff, and parents. They have no decency in allowing for a respected educator (who openly admitted to erring) to complete the school year and resign with a measure of dignity.\r\nNo, the district chose the “No Child Left Behind” approach. And in doing so, they left behind children and what little respect they had left in our community.', 'What ‘No Child Left Behind’ ought to be', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-no-child-left-behind-ought-to-be', '', '', '2012-03-01 03:06:12', '2012-03-01 08:06:12', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5965', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5966, 4, '2012-03-01 03:07:18', '2012-03-01 08:07:18', 'A leader is defined as a person in a position of authority who is the example that influences a group of people towards the achievement of a goal. Local portrait artist Brenda Singleton has made black leaders in Beaufort County the subject of her latest portrait project. This project, The Black Leaders of Beaufort County Portrait Project, features several influential African Americans in our community.\r\nSingleton was motivated to do this project by the presidential campaign and election of President Barack Obama as the first African American to hold the highest leadership position in this nation.\r\nThe people of Beaufort County were invited to be a part of this project by nominating the person who they recognized as a black leader in Beaufort County.\r\nThe Black Leaders of Beaufort County Portrait Project collection of paintings will be exhibited at the LyBensons Gallery &amp; Studio. The project includes portraits of such influential people as community leader Emory Campbell; dedicated Dr. Rosalind Dawson; retired educator Etta Mann; President of the Ministerial Alliance Rev. Dr. Sam T. Spain, Sr.; and Rep. Kenneth Hodges.\r\nThe opening reception will be Saturday, March 24, from 3-5 p.m.  The reception is free and open to the public. LyBensons Gallery is located at 211 Charles St. downtown. The works will remain on display until May 12.', 'Artist paints local black leaders', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'artist-paints-local-black-leaders', '', '', '2012-03-01 03:07:18', '2012-03-01 08:07:18', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5966', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5967, 4, '2012-03-01 03:07:55', '2012-03-01 08:07:55', 'To commemorate Women’s History Month, the Red Piano Too Art Gallery has assembled works by various women artists who exhibit in the gallery. Women’s History Month was first celebrated in 1911 in Europe pays tribute to women and their role in society. The artists in the gallery show comes from varied and very interesting backgrounds.\r\nHenrimae Bell: After retiring, Mrs. Bell found a second career as an artist.  Her work consists mainly of “Church Women” but she does beautiful florals.\r\nSaundra “Renee” Smith: St. Helena Island native, master’s prepared registered nurse, wife, mother, grandmother married a Marine officer and saw the world.  After her husband’s retirement, they returned. Her Lowcountry scenery  will light up any room or any heart.\r\nHelen Stewart: A memory painter, she vividly recaptures scenes from her youth.  She can identify persons in her art and relate interesting stories about each person.\r\nVictoria Smalls:  St. Helena Island native mother of three, Victoria attended South Carolina State University on a basketball scholarship and has had a career in education and in tourism and as the curator at the Red Piano Too Art Gallery. Her signature works are reflective of her bi-racial heritage and her beliefs in cultural diversity and pluralism.\r\nShirley Hunter: St. Simons Island resident is a prolific artist. Her paintings with subdued brightness at first glance appears to be pastels but they are oils with a very deft ability to convey light and lightness of spirit.\r\nJulia Neal: A fine art nature photographer whose journey into the art of photography began years ago growing up on a Maryland farm and continued as her career moved her to Atlanta. After years of spending time on Hunting Island and enjoying the quality of life in the Lowcountry, Julian relocated to St. Helena Island in 2011.  Nature inspires Julia’s photographs.  Her images are an expression of nature’s subtle communications and exhibit her passion for the natural environment.\r\nDiane Britton Dunham: A unique artist whose primary subject matter is the black female.  She makes no apology about it and confesses, “it is the only thing I love to draw, and it’s what I do best.”\r\nMargaret Warfield: Margaret writes, “ I think of myself as an artistic communicator, wishing to transform and extend perception and stimulate views toward new insights and expressions.  All of my paintings contain elements of hope and love.”\r\nAlfreda Robinson Jamison: is a sweetgrass basket weaver born and raised in Mount Pleasant. She can count seven generations of sweetgrass basket weavers in her family and her grandmother has baskets in the  Smithsonian.\r\nDella Wells: This Milwaukee native is a multimedia artist and has exhibited at the Red Piano Too Art Gallery for almost 20 years. Her art is mostly pastels and multimedia/dimensional collages.\r\nCassandra Gillens: A Boston native with roots in Port Royal, her distinctive acrylics are collected nationally and internationally.  She has works in the collections of Lowcountry iconic artist Jonathan Green who is also her role model and mentor.\r\nGallery owner Mary Mack said, “When citing or listing specific women artist there is always the risk of overlooking or slighting other gallery artists — this list is not all inclusive — we have many more very talented and creative artists. A ‘Celebration of Women’ is a venue designed to delight the art lovers heart.”  The exhibit will run March 3- May 18. The gallery will host an opening reception on Saturday, March 3 from 12-5 p.m. at 870 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island. For more information on the event and art, call 843-838-2241.', 'Red Piano Too: A celebration of women', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'red-piano-too-a-celebration-of-women', '', '', '2012-03-01 03:07:55', '2012-03-01 08:07:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5967', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5968, 4, '2012-03-01 03:09:03', '2012-03-01 08:09:03', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Arts-Charles-street.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5969\" title=\"Arts-Charles street\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Arts-Charles-street-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>From March 9 through April 1, the Charles Street Gallery offers a show of new work by Carol Henry, an international printmaker whose vibrant colors on paper reflect a beauty-saturated world. Henry lives in Beaufort a few months of the year, also maintaining a home and studio in Ireland, where she is a member of Cork Printmakers, a jury-selected association for artists working in Ireland. Meet the artist and enjoy the reception on Friday, March 9 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at 914 Charles Street in Beaufort. The 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. For more information, contact 843-521-9054 or visit thecharlesstreetgallery.com.', 'Work by Carol Henry at Charles Street Gallery', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'work-by-carol-henry-at-charles-street-gallery', '', '', '2012-03-01 03:09:03', '2012-03-01 08:09:03', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5968', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5970, 4, '2012-03-01 03:10:44', '2012-03-01 08:10:44', 'By Dennis Tavernetti\r\n“Take Shelter” from The Indie Series presented by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center for the Arts on Friday, March 2, at 7 p.m.\r\nSynopsis: Curtis and Samantha are very much in love and though money is tight, their family is a happy one. Then Curtis begins having terrifying dreams about an encroaching, apocalyptic storm. He chooses to keep the dreams to himself, channeling his anxiety into the obsessive building of a storm shelter in their backyard. But the resulting strain on his marriage, finances and tension within the community doesn’t compare to Curtis’ private fear of what his dreams may truly signify, should they become a reality or not be reality.\r\nRatings &amp; Reviews: The two leading film web sites praise this film with IMDB rating it a 7.7 and Rotten Tomatoes critics rating of 92 and audience of 83. Very good marks indeed. RT calls it “a powerhouse performance and purposefully subtle filmmaking which creates a perfect blend of drama, terror, and dread.”  The New York Times wrote: “Mr. Shannon’s taciturn, haunted performance manages to be both heartbreaking and terrifying. It is a perfect allegory for a panicky time.” Roger Ebert said, “This is masterful filmmaking.”\r\nPreviewer’s Comment: This Indie film is an excellent example how a director can take a relatively unknown actor he has worked with once before, and understand how his ability to portray a very troubled person will effectively resonate on the screen. The very fact that the audience has no perceived notions attached to the actor works very effectively in giving them both a clean slate. Then too, there is the fact that an unknown actor’s pay isn’t so much, which helps the Indie film get made. More than one critic felt that the lead should have been nominated for an Oscar for his riveting performance and ability to pour himself in to the role to such an extent that the audience is thoroughly convinced that he is real, it is real. This film was first screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.\r\nRated:  Rated R for some adult language, and the queasy feeling of dread of what is before us, yet unknown to be real or not.\r\nTickets for adults are $8, seniors $7, students $6. Call USCB Center for the Arts box office at 843-521-4145 or purchase day of performance. Box office opens one hour prior to show time.\r\n\r\nDennis Tavernetti is a resident of St. Helena Island who retired to the Lowcountry having a lifelong interest in the arts. He encouraged USCB‘s Center for the Arts to investigate the possibility of bringing Indie, World and Documentary HD films to Beaufort.', 'The Indie Film Corner: \'Take Shelter\'', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-indie-film-corner-take-shelter', '', '', '2012-03-01 03:10:44', '2012-03-01 08:10:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5970', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(5971, 4, '2012-03-01 03:12:15', '2012-03-01 08:12:15', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\nMen and women of all ages came in great numbers to ARTworks last Friday, Feb. 24 for the “Re-Nude” Art Fundraiser and Exhibition, not only for the sake of art but for the sake of women and their reproductive rights. Along with live music by Generation Gap, food and beverages, it was a soiree to help raise money for Planned Parenthood — the nation’s leading sexual reproductive health care provider and advocate that doesn’t receive any money from South Carolina’s government.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Renude2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5972\" title=\"Renude2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Renude2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>The “Re-Nude” theme encouraged artists to re-interpret the present day vista of the human body. The response was outstanding. Acrylic and oil paintings, bas-relief decoupage sculptural collage, watercolor, pencil, pastel, monoprint, ceramic, lithographs, cyanotypes, mixed media, Japanese kozo photo, aquatint and photography — it was a monsoon of artistic media that expressed a diverse range of emotions and perspectives on the female form.\r\nFrom the medically evacuated soldier back from Afghanistan who hopes his photography “brings beauty into the lives of others” as he struggles to find beauty in his own, to the witty “Fools” series that painted modern society’s struggle with conflicting medical information and advice. From a 17-year-old artist who wanted to show “the art of the body” without retribution for her young age, to the new realism painter who chose not to re-invent the nude. The range of art was indicative to the many emotions and interpretations sparked by the theme.\r\nAccording to Lisa Rentz, the volunteered Transmedia Publicity Leader, Friends of Planned Parenthood of the Lowcountry “is a group of committee members that publicly supports Planned Parenthood to help raise money.”\r\n“Re-Nude” was the second art event put on by the volunteer group in an effort to raise money for healthcare services, education and public policy on women’s reproductive rights. Artists donated half of their proceeds (in some cases all of it) for the cause.\r\nThe group formed at the 2004 March for Women’s Lives in Washington, D.C. where member Caren Ross recalls seeing Bonnie Smith (one of the original organizers of the group) waving a South Carolina flag over the crowd.\r\nBonnie Smith urges young women to learn about their rights and to vote for political representation for women’s reproductive rights.', 'Re-Nude exhibit bares all', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 're-nude-exhibit-bares-all', '', '', '2012-03-01 03:12:15', '2012-03-01 08:12:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5971', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5973, 4, '2012-03-01 03:13:37', '2012-03-01 08:13:37', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\nJust because February is over, doesn’t mean you have to wait a year to keep learning and celebrating the African American history of the area. Try picking up one of these books by <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gullah-culture-in-america.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5974\" title=\"gullah culture in america\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gullah-culture-in-america-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a>local authors Carl Linke and Wilbur Cross.\r\n“Haint Blue,” a novel by Carl Linke, has a character named Kip Drummond, an inexperienced businessman, who struggles with the choice between doing what’s right and doing what’s needed to survive. As you fall into the plot of corporate greed versus Gullah tradition over a waterfront building’s fate, you’ll fall in love with Linke’s language as he weaves the sites and sounds of Beaufort by name into the of color his novel.\r\n“Gullah Culture in America,” by Wilbur Cross, explores the moving journey of 20th and 21st century Gullahs reconnecting with their roots in West Africa. “Gullah Culture in America” reveals an extensive record of African American descendants of slaves in South Carolina and Georgia whose communities predate the American Revolution.\r\nTry picking up either of these novels at your local bookstore.', 'Books reveal more about Gullah culture', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'books-reveal-more-about-gullah-culture', '', '', '2012-03-01 03:13:37', '2012-03-01 08:13:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5973', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5975, 4, '2012-03-01 03:14:31', '2012-03-01 08:14:31', 'Area golfers of all skill levels are gearing up for the 18th Annual CAPA Golf Challenge, hosted by Waste Management, set for an 11 a.m. shotgun start on Friday, March 16 at Hampton Hall Club Golf Course. A Players’ Award Party for all sponsors and golfers will be held on-site immediately following play.\r\nRegister as a team of four or individually for this Texas Shamble tournament. Teams register for $520 and individuals for $140. All players receive a round of golf at Hampton Hall, practice range and balls, tee gift, box lunch, course beverages and entry into the Players’ Awards Party (immediately following play) with two drink tickets. All golfers have a chance to win $10,000 hole-in-one prize!\r\nMen and women of any golf skill level are invited to play. All proceeds benefit the Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) of Beaufort County. To register, visit www.capabeaufort.org or call 843.524.4350. Deadline to register is Friday, March 2.\r\nIt’s not too late to serve as a sponsor. Join Waste Management, the tournament’s title sponsor, and help make this year’s event a success. To find out more, call 843-524-4350, email capa714@earthlink.net, or visit www.capabeaufort.org.\r\n\r\nCAPA Thrift new location to open\r\n\r\nThe Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) will host a ribbon cutting and grand opening for the new location of CAPA’s Closet Thrift Shop on Tuesday, March 6 at 10 a.m. CAPA’s Closet’s new home is 1340 Ribaut Road, formerly Keith’s Place. Please call 843-524-0281 or 843-524-4350 for more information or to schedule a furniture pickup. If you are interested in volunteering at\r\nCAPA’s Closet or willing to help with the move, please call Bobbi Aimar at 843-524-0281.', 'CAPA hosts annual golf challenge', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'capa-hosts-annual-golf-challenge', '', '', '2012-03-01 03:14:31', '2012-03-01 08:14:31', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5975', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5976, 4, '2012-03-01 03:20:50', '2012-03-01 08:20:50', '[caption id=\"attachment_5977\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"282\" caption=\"Irish recording artist Harry O&#39;Donoghue entertains the crowd with traditional Irish folk music Saturday during the fifth annual Beaufort Irish Festival.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IF-cover.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5977\" title=\"IF cover\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IF-cover-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt is said there are two types of people in the world: Those who are Irish and those who want to be Irish. At Friday night’s Gala Opening for the 5th Beaufort Irish Festival, everything was green and Gaelic. The capacity crowd was treated to a wonderful evening at the Dolphin Room of the Best Western. Sumptuous Irish food was provided by Panini’s, washed down with Irish libations by Diageo Group. Ireland’s own Harry O’Donoghue entertained the crowd with songs and humor. The Weekend in Ireland theme continued into Saturday at the Quality Inn ballroom with Irish dancing, several Irish entertainers, then Pub Night at Luther’s with The Dady Brothers, and a final Jam Session at Luther’s on Sunday noon. Special mention goes to the hardworking 2012 committee members: Brenda Hill, chair; Sheila Saunders, Dot McKay, Meg Godley, Fred Leyda, Noel Tillman, Mike Falvey, Susan Kelly, Tom Kelly, Wade Bishop and the countless volunteers who have offered their time and talents to make this festival such a success!. All proceeds from the weekend benefit Habitat for Humanity.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5979\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Cpl. Alex Balley, a volunteer from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, gets into the spirit Saturday during the fifth annual Beauafort Irish Festival.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IF2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5979\" title=\"Irish Fest\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IF2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5980\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"John and Joe Dady of the Dady Brothers Irish band, warm up with traditional Bodhran drum and Villean pipes before thier performance last Saturday during the fifth annual Beaufort Irish Festival.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IF3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5980\" title=\"IF3\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IF3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5978\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Delaney Hassell, 16, of Erie, Pennsylvania, entertains an enthusiastic crowed with a traditional Irish folk dance on Saturday during the fifth annual Beaufort Irish Festival.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IF1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5978\" title=\"IF1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IF1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'A look at the Beaufort Irish Festival', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-look-at-the-beaufort-irish-festival', '', '', '2012-03-01 03:20:50', '2012-03-01 08:20:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5976', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6073, 4, '2012-03-11 18:53:24', '2012-03-11 22:53:24', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/flowers_opt.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6074\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Flowers bloom across the Lowcountry\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/flowers_opt-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" /></a>Daylight Saving Time took effect early this morning for most of the U.S.\r\n\r\nOther than the usual \"we\'ve lost an hour of sleep\" complaint commonly heard around this time of year, D.S.T. also ushers in the spring season and provides an \'extra\' hour of daylight. \r\nWe\'ll start seeing the necessary \'extra daylight\' needed to get the yardwork done, to enjoy the milder weather and start getting out and exercising more, perhaps getting in some extra time playing catch with the kids, or just enjoying the scenery from the front porch with your favorite beverage in hand.\r\n\r\nDaylight Saving Time also allows us to conserve more energy by needing to use <em>less</em> in the day, due to the increase in natural daylight.\r\n\r\nIt was Benjamin Frankin during his 18th century service as a U.S. ambassador in France that first thought of the idea.  (What DIDN\'T Franklin think of?)\r\nFranklin wrote of his frustration at being awakened by the early-morning sun, and offered a proposed remedy.  He observed that moving clocks ahead by an hour would let one sleep later, while also saving considerable candlewax by pushing back the time of sunset.\r\n\r\nNational Geographic News noted that the concept didn’t enter widespread international practice until the World War I era. Looking to preserve energy resources for the war effort, Germany was the first country to adopt the practice in that era, with allies and enemies following suit.\r\n\r\nIn the United States, federal law established standard yearly starting and ending points for daylight saving time in 1918.\r\n\r\nWe have history, reasons, complaints, and benefits.   Lets just welcome spring...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Daylight Saving Time starts today', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'daylight-saving-time-starts-today', '', '', '2012-03-11 18:53:24', '2012-03-11 22:53:24', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6073', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6158, 4, '2012-03-19 09:50:58', '2012-03-19 13:50:58', '<img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6159\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"home-invasion\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/home-invasion-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />\r\n\r\n<strong>ST. HELENA ISLAND, SC</strong> (March 19, 2012/8:30 AM) – The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is currently searching for a suspect wanted in a St. Helena Island home invasion that occurred early this morning.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAt 4 AM, Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence on Dulamo Bluff Rd in reference to a home invasion that had occurred approximately 20 minutes earlier. Upon arrival, deputies met with a 24-year old male and his 51-year old mother, who advised that five suspects had broken into their home.\r\n<div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe victims reported that the suspects entered the home, armed with handguns and an assault rifle and restrained them using duct tape. The male victim was pistol-whipped about the head as the suspects stole a TV and cell phone from the residence. The suspects then fled the area, stealing the female victim’s car, which they quickly abandoned several houses away. The male victim was transported to Beaufort Memorial for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe victims were able to identify one of their attackers as a family member and provided deputies with a description of the vehicle that they were believed to be riding in. The information was broadcast to local law enforcement, and the vehicle, a grey Ford van, was spotted by a Beaufort Police officer on Carteret St. Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop, with the van initially pulling over on Carteret St. at Duke St. However, the driver quickly put the van into drive, leading officers on a vehicle pursuit.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSheriff’s deputies took over the pursuit as the vehicle approached the area of the Marine Corps Air Station, with the pursuit continuing to Hwy 17 and Kinlock Rd. At that time, two suspects bailed out of the van. The three remaining suspects were apprehended from the vehicle. During the pursuit, an AK-47 was thrown from the fleeing suspect\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nvehicle. The weapon was recovered. A search of the van yielded the recovery of two pistols and the stolen TV.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMembers of the Sheriff’s Office K9 Tracking Team responded and began a manhunt for the two suspects at large. The Reverse 911 system was utilized to notify all residents in the Big Estates area of the incident. Several residents reported seeing suspicious persons in the area of the cemetery on Bull Corner Rd. Deputies located and detained one of the fleeing suspects on Bull Corner Rd.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe perimeter was terminated at 9:30 AM, however, several deputies will remain in the area to continue searching. Residents in the area are asked to exercise caution and be aware of and report any suspicious persons. The final suspect is described as a black male in his 20’s wearing black pants with no shirt on. The suspect will likely be wet and/or muddy from fleeing. The Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to immediately contact 911.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFurther details will be released as they become available.\r\n\r\n</div>', 'St. Helena Island - Sheriff’s Office Investigating Home Invasion', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'st-helena-island-sheriffs-office-investigating-home-invasion', '', '', '2012-03-19 09:50:58', '2012-03-19 13:50:58', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6158', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5993, 4, '2012-03-03 21:14:45', '2012-03-04 02:14:45', 'This Tuesday is the deadline for voting in The Island News\' Beautiful Baby Contest.  After a weeklong vote with over 90 entries, you picked our Top 5 finalists...now get your votes in on our website at to pick the lucky winner.\r\n\r\nThe winner\'s name and photo will appear in the Thursday March 8th printed issue of The Island News, and receives a complimentary photo session with Captured Moments Photography along with a special composite, and a $50 gift certificate to downtown Beaufort\'s Carolina Wiggle Wear.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/islandnewsbbcontest.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5994\" title=\"Beautiful Baby Contest\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/islandnewsbbcontest-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>', 'Time is running out for The Island News\' Beautiful Baby Contest', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'time-is-runing-out-for-the-island-news-beautiful-baby-contest', '', '', '2012-03-03 21:15:19', '2012-03-04 02:15:19', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5993', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5995, 4, '2012-03-05 10:14:27', '2012-03-05 15:14:27', 'Rain postponed Saturday\'s St. Peter Catholic Church\'s 7th Annual Oyster Roast &amp; Microbrew Festival at Live Oaks Park in Port Royal, but on Sunday things got rolling along quite well as the festival got underway.\r\nWith torrential downpours, wind, and some reports of hail falling across Beaufort on Saturday, folks were stuck inside. \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5996\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Photo by Eric R. Smith\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/stpeterroast.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5996\" title=\"St. Peters Oyster Roast\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/stpeterroast-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'St. Peter Oyster Roast & Microbrew Festival', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'st-peter-oyster-roast-microbrew-festival', '', '', '2012-03-05 10:16:34', '2012-03-05 15:16:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5995', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5997, 4, '2012-03-06 09:22:50', '2012-03-06 14:22:50', 'Crews were out and about hustling around at the University of South Carolina Beaufort campus yesterday getting some spring cleaning done.  With spring in the air, cleaning, construction, and landscaping projects are \'springing up\' all over Beaufort.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/springcleaninguscb.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5998\" title=\"Pressure Washing\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/springcleaninguscb-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" /></a>', 'Spring cleaning at USCB', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'spring-cleaning-at-uscb', '', '', '2012-03-06 09:23:57', '2012-03-06 14:23:57', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5997', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5999, 4, '2012-03-07 11:33:47', '2012-03-07 16:33:47', 'A well-attended Grand Opening &amp; Ribbon Cutting ceremony kicked off the new location for the Child Abuse Prevention Association\'s CAPA\'s Closet thrift store after volunteers worked tirelessly over the past few months to convert the old Keith\'s Place building into the new spot.  You can find anything from toys, clothing, housewares, and even electronics at CAPA\'s Closet.  The new location will allow for an increase in the amount of items stocked, and a  higher visibility for the store. \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6000\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Photo courtesy of Eric R. Smith\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/capaopening.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6000\" title=\"Cutting the ribbon at CAPA\'s Closet\'s grand opening.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/capaopening-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" /></a>[/caption]', 'New digs for CAPA\'s Closet thrift shop', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-digs-for-capas-closet-thrift-shop', '', '', '2012-03-07 11:33:47', '2012-03-07 16:33:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=5999', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6002, 4, '2012-03-08 01:49:42', '2012-03-08 06:49:42', 'From April 20-23, PALMETTO ANIMAL LEAGUE will host its third annual online auction to raise money for the many pets awaiting adoption at its Adoption Center in The Riverwalk Business Park, Okatie. Similar to last year, PAL expects to offer over 500 items — large and small — ranging from travel packages and local dining opportunities to golf, tennis, spa services and much more. It’s a fun and easy way to win fabulous items (which also make great gifts) while helping animals in our community. Items will be previewed beginning April 1 at www.pal.dojiggy.com or www.palmettoanimalleague.org and the bidding begins April 20 at 8 a.m. Area businesses can help make a difference by donating an item for the auction. The community can support PAL and the animals in its care by getting your paws on the keyboard and bid for PAL.\r\nFor information about PAL and its programs, contact Amy Campanini at 843-645-1725 or director@palmettoanimalleague.org. For information about the Online Auction, contact Pam Dyer, pthomasdyer@hargray.com, 843-837-8727 or go to www.pal.dojiggy.com.', 'PAL hosts annual online fundraiser auction', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'pal-hosts-annual-online-fundraiser-auction', '', '', '2012-03-08 01:49:42', '2012-03-08 06:49:42', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6002', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6003, 4, '2012-03-08 01:50:44', '2012-03-08 06:50:44', 'By Tracie Korol\r\n\r\nInto the vats of mystery meat meal, rendered bits of what’s left over and grain fillers, dog food manufacturers also stir in additives and chemicals to improve taste, stability and appearance.  Additives include emulsifiers to prevent water and fat from separating, antioxidants to prevent the fat from becoming rancid and artificial colors to make the chow more visually appealing to humans and, hopefully, more palatable to their dogs.\r\nA wide variety of additives are permitted in pet food, not counting vitamins and minerals. Additives can be specifically approved, or they can fall into the category of “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS).  These additives can include anti-caking agents, coloring dyes, antimicrobial agents, curing and drying agents, petroleum derivatives, preservatives, texturizers and thickeners, to list just a few.\r\nDogs generally will not eat tainted food unless starving. Consequently, all pet foods must be preserved so it stays fresh and appealing. Some preservatives are added to ingredients or raw materials by the suppliers, and others by the manufacturers. Key among the preservatives added by manufacturers specifically to ensure that dry foods have a 12-month shelf life, are synthetic preservatives such as butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), propyl gallate, propylene glycol (also used as a less-toxic version of automotive antifreeze), and ethoxyquin. Read the ingredient list on the back of your dog food bag, these are usually listed near the bottom.\r\nFor these antioxidants, there is little information documenting their toxicity, safety, interactions or chronic use in pet foods that may be eaten every day for the life of the animal. Propylene glycol was banned in cat food because it causes anemia, but it is still allowed in dog food. Potentially cancer-causing agents such as BHA, BHT, and ethoxyquin are permitted at relatively low levels.\r\nYears ago, I was told by an animal nutritionist that BHA and BHT are also used to preserve carpet. I began reading ingredient labels religiously after that nugget of information.\r\nSome manufacturers have responded to consumer concern, and are now using “natural” preservatives such as Vitamin C (ascorbate), Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols), and oils of rosemary, clove, or other spices to preserve fats in their products. The shelf life on these products is shorter, only about six months. Again, read the label to check the foods’ viability, especially if you’re using a better brand of kibble.\r\nUnfortunately, even with all these products added to prevent this and that, there still remain a slew of potential dangers. We humans are now routinely exposed to the threat of E. coli bacteria on our factory-farmed produce. This bacterium also lurks in more than 50% of meat meals used in dog foods.\r\nOne of my personal concerns now living in a more humid climate is the growth of mycotoxins (toxins from mold or fungi) on dry dog foods. Modern farming practices, adverse weather conditions, and improper drying and storage of crops can contribute to mold growth on an industrial level.  At home, these toxins can form in our kibble containers if we do not close the lids tightly. Pet food ingredients that are most likely to be contaminated with mycotoxins are grains — wheat and corn, and fish meal. While it is more cost effective to buy the big bag of chow, I advocate for smaller bags simply because anything can grow a layer of green fuzz here in the summer months. Always check the last third of the chow in the bin. If it smells at all funny or your dog balks at eating it, it has probably gone furry. Dump it and scrub out your container with bleach.\r\nYet to come: recalls, nutrition-related diseases and the secrets of the pet food industry, as if the truth wasn’t scary enough.', 'What is dog food? The Yuck Factor, part two', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-is-dog-food-the-yuck-factor-part-two', '', '', '2012-03-08 01:50:44', '2012-03-08 06:50:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6003', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6004, 4, '2012-03-08 01:51:47', '2012-03-08 06:51:47', 'Daughters of American Revolution to meet\r\nThe Thomas Heyward, Jr. Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold their next meeting on Thursday, March 8 at Beaufort County Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, in the first floor meeting room beginning at 2 p.m. The guest speaker will be Grace Cordial, Historical Resources Coordinator for the library. This will be proceeded by the business meeting and the afternoon will end with refreshments and the opportunity to meet with our speaker. For more information please call Regent Nancy Crowther at 521-0134.\r\n\r\nSportfishing and diving club to hold meeting\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing &amp; Diving Club March meeting will be held Thursday, March 8 at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club located off Meridian Road on Lady’s Island. The social will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting at 7 p.m. Well-known local Captain Bill Parker of The Runaway will be our guest speaker. Captain Bill is no stranger to the Sportfishing Club and has made great presentations over the years. His topic will be Sheepshead fishing, where he will discuss techniques, baits of choice, rigs, rods, and reels. You do not need reservations and guests are welcome. For additional information, please call Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2020.\r\n\r\nWriting classes help improve skills at TCL\r\n• Travel Right, Travel Write: Would you like to manifest trips to exotic destinations on someone else’s nickel or travel on your own and earn back your expenses just by writing a story about your experience? Through in-class and take-home exercises, this class will teach you the nuts and bolts of finding markets, writing queries and writing travel stories that editors will want to snap right up. Monday evenings, March 5 – April 9, 6-8 p.m., $110 at TCL, Beaufort (843) 525-8205.\r\n• Putting Your Life on the Lines: Memoir Writing: Your life story doesn’t have to have been overly dramatic to write a memoir. In this class, you’ll recount and record those stories you’ve been telling your family, children and grandkids for years. Whether you choose to write about a specific experience or cover a number of years’ worth, you’ll learn the skills necessary to organize and craft a written legacy. By the end of the six weeks, you’ll have a great start on your memoir in hand. Monday evenings, April 16 – May 14, 6-8 p.m., $110 at TCL. (843) 525-8205.\r\nInstructor Katherine Tandy Brown has been a successful freelance writer for 22 years, writing workshop leader for 10.\r\n\r\nBeaufort ProWriters to meet at City Java\r\nThe March Beaufort ProWriters Meeting will be next Tuesday, March 13, from 7 - 8:30 p.m. at our new meeting spot, City Java Cafe, on Carteret Street in downtown Beaufort. Beaufort ProWriters is a free meeting open to writers of any genre who would like to earn income from their writing. Next Tuesday, we will all check in with info on current writing projects, and will share market news, tech information and other scintillating topics.\r\n\r\nLowcountry Outdoors Club (LOCO) meets\r\nGo LOCO! The Beaufort Ski/Snowboard Club has officially changed its name to include a wider range of activities. We’re now the Lowcountry Outdoors Club (LOCO).  We are a year-round activity based group who will also be serving in the community, learning new skills and improving upon what we know by sharing with others in areas of expertise, stories, and events to promote being active outdoors.  Upcoming will include kayaking, hiking and educational opportunities. Please come to our next meet &amp; greet at Brick’s on Boundary on Tuesday, March 13, 6 p.m.  Josh, the owner and chef, is one of our charter members and he always provides great appetizers and drink specials. We’ll have two members share their recent ski trip to Telluride. Call or email Julie for more information:  843-729-8061 or tugboatjulie@yahoo.com.  Also, check us out online at our Meet Up group and our Facebook page.\r\n\r\nFaith Memorial Baptist holds gospel celebration\r\nFaith Memorial Baptist Church Church’s 57th and Pastor Horace Williams, Jr. 28th Pre Anniversary Celebration will be held  March 14-16. Pastor Ben Williams of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Hilton Head  will be our guest speaker on Wednesday and Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. On  Friday, March 16, at  7:30 p.m we will have a Gospel Concert featuring Bethel Word &amp; Worship Deliverance Temple Choir, Faith Memorial Baptist Church Combined Choir and our Special Guest “The New Sound.” The event is free. For more information, call 843-838-5826 or 843-271-6473.\r\n\r\nSquare dance club celebrates anniversary\r\nThe Square Dance Club in Beaufort, the Beaufort Squares, dances the first and third Saturdays of each month.  On Saturday, March 16 the club will celebrate its 49th anniversary at the Pinewood Fire Station in the training room. For those people who may be interested in learning to Square dance, get in touch with Joann Bright at 525-1756.\r\n\r\nSpend an evening with state elected officials\r\nSpend an evening with State Senator Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, and special guest Congressman Tim Scott on Friday, March 16. For host and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Desiree Watson at Desiree@MaceGroupLLC.com or 803-348-5416.\r\n\r\nBay Street Outfitters holds fly fishing classes\r\nOne day fly casting classes will be held Saturdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 24 and May 12. Fly tying classes will be on the third Thursday each month at 6 p.m. Please call for details and to reserve your spot. Bay Street Outfitters is located at 815 Historic Bay St. For more information, call 524-5250 or visit www.baystreetoutfitters.com.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Dog to hold advanced training class\r\nBeaufort Dog is enrolling for an Advanced Training class. This class will focus on dealing with distractions while in “real world” situations like walking on a leash.  This is a precursor for therapy dog training as well. Please call 812-5394 to pre-register.\r\n\r\nLow-cost vaccine, clinic will be held for pets\r\nPalmetto Veterinary Hospital and Beaufort Dog will provide a low cost dog and cat vaccine and wellness clinic in Habersham on April 14, 2012 at Beaufort Dog at Habersham from 10 a.m. -2 p.m.  It is in conjunction with the Pet and Kid’s fair. Appointments strongly recommended. Please call 812-5394 to reserve a spot.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Writers meet\r\nBeaufort Writers meets every second and fourth Tuesday from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Lady’s Island Airport Conference Room.', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-29', '', '', '2012-03-08 01:51:47', '2012-03-08 06:51:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6004', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6005, 4, '2012-03-08 01:52:42', '2012-03-08 06:52:42', 'TWENTY DOLLAR KICKS: A male suspect was caught stealing a pair of $20 shoes last Friday from Walmart, assaulting two store employees in the process. He was observed by store security taking off his own shoes and replacing them with the stolen ones. When the store employees confronted the man about his fresh, stolen kicks, he tried to push past them and escape. (Were the knockoffs really worth it?)\r\n\r\nMY, WHAT BIG SPEAKERS YOU HAVE: An adult and a 15-year-old pair of thieves were caught red-handed last Friday trying to sell stolen car audio parts at Sound Factory off Boundary Street. A customer in the store at the same time recognized the audio parts as items that were stolen from one of his family members. The customer asked the store employee to call the police. In what must have been a very uncomfortable situation, the employee confronted the suspects about their stolen goods. Caught in the lie, the suspects became “belligerent and caused a disturbance that spilled into the street.” The suspects were caught just in time. When officers arrived at the scene, the younger accomplice was found with two handguns in his possession.\r\n\r\nTOUGH BRAKE: Already in the shop for repairs, a 1989 Jeep Wrangler sustained another $1,000 worth of body damage just by staying in a Zippy Lube overnight. When employees came to work at 7:30 in the morning, they found that the car had been moved and damaged. The suspect that attempted to steal the vehicle has not been identified.\r\n\r\nTO PEE OR NOT TO PEE: What did Sonic and Panini’s have in common last Saturday night? Being a choice spot for a guy to take a leak.', 'Weekend cracks on criminals', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'weekend-cracks-on-criminals-4', '', '', '2012-03-08 01:52:42', '2012-03-08 06:52:42', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6005', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6006, 4, '2012-03-08 01:54:09', '2012-03-08 06:54:09', 'By Celia Strong\r\n\r\nThere are good parts and not so good parts to finding a new wine. As much fun as you think it is to get to taste all the wines that come and go, it isn’t always. For every wine that makes it to the shelf, there are probably five to eight more that get tasted and not included in our drinking lives.  Some of those we don’t put on the shelf are really not good and we’ve done you a great service by helping you miss them. Some wines don’t get onto the shelves because of that, some don’t because we don’t have a spot for them, some do and don’t sell well so they get gone, and some do make it onto the shelves because you want to buy them.  (Some of the wines in this group we might not have selected, but you have.  A perfect example of “money talks.”) And, now, we’ve had enough of retail philosophy!\r\nSo, let’s get back to the best thing about wine. There is always, always, always another great one out there. It’s just waiting to be found.  And that is fun.  And sharing the discovery is even more fun. If you haven’t guessed by now, we have a great new one for you this week! A Malbec from Argentina.  As the process worked in this case, we are about to lose several of the wines we carry from Argentina. A big winery down there has just been bought out and no one is sure where the wines are going to come from now, if the same ones will be carried or even if the overall theory of how they want their wines to taste is going to stay the same. We have two ways to handle this situation — wait and see or start looking at new wines to replace some of the old ones now. For sure this seems to be the better way to go. So we have asked our distributors for some specific types of wines (grapes and prices). This week’s new wine is one of these candidates.\r\nWhen the “candidates” come in, it can be sort of hard to get to them.  There is always the fear that they won’t be any good at all.  Granted, we only have to take a teaspoon to taste, but a bad taste in your mouth is exactly that: Bad. Sometimes, too, even though the wine tastes OK, it just isn’t priced right.  When you’re used to tasting wines all the time, you get a sense of what a $10 bottle should taste like, a $20 bottle, etc.  To be fair, it’s best to taste the wines without knowing their price, but why taste what you don’t need?  (Of course, the other side of that coin is we might find the next “best wine we’ve had this year.”) That’s sort of what happened this week.\r\nThis Malbec came to us about ten days before we tasted it.  Finally, when we popped the cork — or more precisely, unscrewed it — we took our sips and I saw all three of us tasters smile. Good news!  Tasted some more, non-employees on it Tuesday.  More smiles.  And, finally, I tasted it again on Thursday night.  Still wonderful.\r\nMalbec wines over the last several years have become very popular. This has led to more and more styles, quality levels and prices on them. The majority of them come from Argentina, the fifth largest producer of wine in the world.  Originally, Argentine wine makers were more interested in quantity than quality. (Now you know why all the tasting is not always fun!) That is changing, though, as more and more of their wines are sold around the world. Mendoza is the first well known wine region in Argentina that still produces about 60% of the country’s wine. The region’s high altitude and low humidity are well suited for grape growing.  These conditions all but void the problems of mold, fungi, insects and grape diseases.   Healthier grapes make better wines.  Even though it is generally dry in Argentine vineyards, there is plenty of water running down from the mountains as the snow melts every year. Irrigation is therefore inexpensive. The Malbec grape came to Argentina from Bordeaux and found its perfect home to make great wines.  When the country’s wine industry shifted its focus from lots of wines to good wines, Malbec became a star. Argentine wine laws say if the grape name appears on the label, the wine must be at least 80% that variety.\r\nMalbec grapes are thin skinned and need more sun and heat that Cabernet or Merlot.  It produces an inky red or violet colored wine that has a juicy texture.  It has a particular plum-like flavor along with red fruits (cherries for sure) and moderate tannins. When you go looking for a new wine, you want it to have the flavors and textures of a good one for its variety.  Knowing those basics helps.\r\nNow, let’s open that door to this week’s wine — Mountain Door Malbec. It comes from a small family grower in Mendoza, some 200 acres of old vines. This vineyard is about 850 meters above sea level, close to a mile up. Technically, it is in the Barrancas region in the Maipu department of Mendoza. The stony alluvial soil helps intensify and concentrate the flavors in the grapes. Strong sunlight and scarce rainfall, warm days and cool nights — all of these conditions make juicy wines with good acidity, excellent color and intense fruit aromas and flavors. Mountain Door Malbec has a plush core of plum, blackberry, raspberry,  cherries, violets and mocha, all wrapped up in a mouth-filling juicy body.  Sounds to me like somebody found the perfect land to make a textbook version of Malbec. And you can have it for $8.99 a bottle. Makes that an easy door to open!  Enjoy!', 'Open the door to a new wine', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'open-the-door-to-a-new-wine', '', '', '2012-03-08 01:54:09', '2012-03-08 06:54:09', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6006', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6007, 4, '2012-03-08 01:57:28', '2012-03-08 06:57:28', 'By Pamela Brownstein\r\nThe unassuming building on Lady’s Island can be easy to pass by. But don’t be fooled by the no-frills facade because the food inside L.T.’s is as flavorful and fantastic as any fancy joint.\r\nBuck is a particularly enthusiastic fan of the restaurant and the owner, L.T. He eats lunch there at least once a week, and was proud to introduce the fine cooking to the members of Lunch Bunch who had never been before.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6008\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Thursday special: Hamburger steak with mashed potatoes and green beans.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/LT1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6008\" title=\"LT1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/LT1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBuck described why he craves the food so much: “because it’s like they have my grandmama tied up in the kitchen.”\r\nL.T. (Larry Taylor) has been serving up authentic Southern comfort cuisine to loyal local customers for 18 years. The restaurant is only open for lunch and the menu is deceptively simple. It features daily lunch specials as well as a variety of burgers and sandwiches such as a rib eye steak with grilled onions and peppers, a fish sandwich or a pork chop sandwich made with mayo and bread only.\r\nKim ordered the Thursday special spare ribs that came with coleslaw, a roll and hash over rice.\r\nTess tried the shrimp burger and loved it. She was impressed by the big pieces of shrimp in every bite.\r\nEven though fried chicken is a Wednesday special, Elizabeth and Nikki knew it was too good to pass up so they both had two pieces with coleslaw and green beans.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6009\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"The man himself, L.T.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/LT4.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6009\" title=\"LT4\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/LT4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBuck and I ordered the other Thursday special: Hamburger-steak with green beans, mashed potatoes with gravy and a roll. At first I wasn’t sure because I had never had a hamburger-steak before, but it came topped with grilled onions and was outstanding, just like the whole meal. It was hard to choose, but I would say the green beans are a must-have.\r\nL.T.’s is located at 40 Sea Island Parkway, Lady’s Island, and is open Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call ahead for pick up at 843-524-3122.', 'As good as it gets comfort food at L.T.\'s Home Cooked Meals', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'as-good-as-it-gets-comfort-food-at-l-t-s-home-cooked-meals', '', '', '2012-03-08 01:57:28', '2012-03-08 06:57:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6007', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6010, 4, '2012-03-08 01:58:41', '2012-03-08 06:58:41', 'By Jack Sparacino\r\nIt sure is hard to compete with the great philosophers who wrote so eloquently about human thought and action. Like T. Aquinas, R. Descartes, J. Locke, and I. Kant. Oh yes, and Y. Berra.  But they still left lots of room for the rest of us with less famous names to ponder somewhat lesser questions for the ages. Like these, for example, all of which involve the enduring importance of ... names!\r\n1. It’s coffee, right?  Made from beans, not nuts. So how come a very well known company with a great product still names their coffee “Chock Full o’ Nuts”? They even tell you right on the can that there are no nuts inside and “it’s a long story.”\r\nTurns out it IS a long story, so I’ll try to summarize. Chock full o’ Nuts was the brainchild of William Black, who trained in engineering at Columbia University and then opened his first nut shop in 1926 at Broadway and 43rd in Manhattan. His coffee shops were launched in 1932 with the conversion of 18 nut shops. (For a while, they actually sold cups of coffee and signature “nutted cream cheese on dark raison bread” sandwiches for a nickel.) The Depression pushed them away from nuts, considered by some as too much of a luxury for the times, but the word “nuts” hung around.\r\nSo in a nutshell, this wonderful company started out selling nuts and customers shelled out their nickels for a great product. They were (yep) nuts about it.  And when you’ve got a great, recognized name, why change it? The risk of mass confusion is just too great.  I think this also applies to Nutley, NJ.\r\n1a. And while we’re on the subject of phantom nuts, what’s with “Circus Peanuts”?  They’re candy.  The packaging makes it clear that the company’s product contains various ingredients, but no peanuts.\r\n1b. Blast from the past. As a final example of keeping shoppers on their toes, I recently came across an interesting reference to “peanuts” by Joseph Mitchell. He mentioned them in a vintage article titled “A Mess of Clams” (yes, a man after my own heart) that was published in The New Yorker magazine in 1939. These “peanuts” were in fact undersized clams harvested from Long Island’s Great South Bay. They had to be returned to the water. Couldn’t sell them. Nuts.\r\n1c. One more thing about nuts.  Many people are allergic to nuts or peanuts (right, peanuts are actually legumes, not nuts). According to WebMD, “many unsuspecting [I think they mean unsuspected] products contain nuts.”  This may include breads, ice creams, nougats, etc.  But where did all these allergies come from?  Jane and I were discussing this with friends over dinner recently, and none of us could recall a single kid we grew up with who had a known (to us) allergy to nuts.  (Nor did we know of any kid with ADD, but maybe we just weren’t paying enough attention.)\r\nSo what’s a person to think?  Some products with “nuts” in their names contain no nuts at all. Many more products whose names don’t even hint at nuts do contain them.  Is there a nutty conspiracy at work here or are there more benign, “nuts and bolts” issues at play such as classic product names and contamination in manufacturing processes?\r\n2. The walks of fame? The question here is how we as a society recognize fame and accomplishment among all the possible names and candidates.  Shouldn’t there be a standard set of criteria and a panel of judges to apply these standards?  Aren’t the current recognition processes across the arts and sciences a patch quilt? And should we also have standard sets of criteria for appointing the judges and for coming up with the criteria in the first place?  Which should come first, the judges or the criteria the judges should be using?\r\n3. Are we there yet? Does every imaginable condition or disorder, no matter how minor, need a name? It seems as if humans have an innate drive to name or label everything, perhaps to create a better sense of order and predictability.  Take transportation, for example. We have names for the fear of flying (aviophobia), the fear of riding in a car (amaxophobia), and several names for motion sickness. Is there no limit?  Well, maybe not. Take, for example, efficiency minded people who commute together and always take the shortest route to work, unless it involves driving through a mountain. What the heck to call that before we go nuts? Carpool tunnel syndrome?\r\nHelp, my head is spinning.  Is there a name for this? Earth to Yogi!', 'Going ‘nuts’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'going-nuts', '', '', '2012-03-08 01:58:41', '2012-03-08 06:58:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6010', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(6011, 4, '2012-03-08 02:00:39', '2012-03-08 07:00:39', 'By Peggy Chandler\r\nCarol Nocilla, Jasper Lane, Nancy Steeves and James Byrne hosted this year’s Royal Pines Bunco party. The party was held at the home of Frank and Carol Nocilla on Saturday, February 25.  A large assortment of delicious foods and drinks were provided and a relaxing and enjoyable time was had by all.\r\nRoyal Pines Garden Club news as reported by Marie Spencer: The Royal Pines Garden Club had a field trip during the month of February and visited Spring Island.  We had the opportunity to see the beautiful trillium gardens and native landscaping.  Marie Goode-Spencer, club president, along with many of the garden club members, enjoyed a wonderful hayride around the island and saw many wonderful native plant features. We also had lunch\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6012\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Pat and Dan Lauzon of Royal Pines.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Royal-chatter-3-8.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6012\" title=\"Royal chatter 3-8\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Royal-chatter-3-8-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nand visited their native plant nursery.  A wonderful time was had by all.\r\nMrs. Pat Lauzon, who lives on Thomas Sumter, is a member of Royal Pines Garden Club and recently received the 2012 Silver Trowel Award at the annual luncheon in February. This award was presented at the annual meeting of the Beaufort Council of Garden Clubs.  The council represents Beaufort, Camellia, Dataw, Lady’s Island, Palmetto, Royal Pines and Sea Island garden clubs. This award was presented by the president of the Beaufort Council of Garden Clubs, Mrs Cecille Dorr.   Pat was honored with this award for her true spirit for gardening and many hours of volunteering. The Beaufort Council of Garden Clubs parade committee, with the assistance of Pat, worked throughout the summer planning a float to represent gardening in Beaufort for the 300th anniversary of Beaufort Parade. Pat worked unselfishly to help with this huge undertaking, not only in the planning, but also in the implementation of the plan for the community. (Not to mention, volunteering her husband to drive several garden club members, club presidents and junior gardeners from the Boys &amp; Girls Club through the Beaufort parade route.)\r\nChandler News: Curt and Sherry Newill, parents of our daughter-in-law, Kristen, visited my husband and I this past week. We spent a wonderful day in Savannah sightseeing and enjoying the beautiful weather.  That evening, we dined at 11th Street Dockside.  The Newill’s hometown is Streetsboro, Ohio, and luckily for them they are able travel south to Florida annually and lucky for us, they stop for a visit in Beaufort.\r\nMarisa Sherard of Gator Lane, hosted her annual Oscar Party.  This is a girl’s only event where Marisa entertains the group by playing games and movie trivia contest along with tasty tidbits and drinks.  Marisa puts time and much effort into this gathering and it is always a fun night.\r\nIf consignment shopping is your thing, be sure to visit Kathy at “The Velveteen Rabbit” across from McDonald’s on Lady’s Island where you will find her shop stocked with all kinds of “things.”\r\nIf you have information or a story to share, please contact me at buddysoma@embarqmail.com.', 'Little Bits of Royal Chatter', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'little-bits-of-royal-chatter-12', '', '', '2012-03-08 02:00:39', '2012-03-08 07:00:39', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6011', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6013, 4, '2012-03-08 02:01:48', '2012-03-08 07:01:48', 'By Jim Colman, Lawn Solutions\r\nAfter a mild winter, it looks like springtime is blooming a bit early. Lorapetalum, indica azaleas, and redbuds are already in bloom.  But if you look around your yard, chances are you see a few things that need some TLC.\r\n\r\nPruning\r\nIf you have crape myrtles in your yard, please don’t hack them down to their main trunk.  It’s just not desirable for a variety of reasons.\r\nInstead, cut back the smallest branches at the top to about finger-sized diameter. You should also prune any crossing or rubbing branches. NOTE:  if you are going to prune crape myrtles, you should get it done in next couple of weeks, or wait until next year.\r\nFor your foundation shrubs or bedding shrubs, prune to create a natural, rounded look.  If your shrubs are overgrown, this is a great time to consider renovating. It is much better (and easier) to have the right shrub in the right spot.  It creates a lot of weekend work when you have 15-20’ shrubs in a spot calling for a 4’ shrub. Sometimes it just makes sense to pull out the old ones and put in the right ones. If you need help choosing new shrubbery, you may want to consult with a professional landscaper or nurseryman.\r\nAvoid pruning spring blooming shrubs until they have completed their bloom cycle. Non-blooming shrubs can be pruned as needed.\r\nIf you’re looking for greater curb appeal, nothing is showier than annual beds.  Even a small bed properly placed can make a big impact.  Annual beds are a bit of a maintenance concern, but nothing brightens up the landscape like well-placed annuals. They are well worth the work.\r\n\r\nIrrigation\r\nNow’s the perfect time to check your yard’s irrigation system. Replace any damaged sprinkler heads, adjust the spray coverage to ensure all your areas are covered, and reset your control panel for the proper time and station spray periods.\r\nDepending on our rainfall, you may not want to start irrigating your yard until it greens up a bit, but when you are ready, your sprinklers will be ready, too.\r\n\r\nPinestraw or Fresh Blended Mulch\r\nThis is also a great time to replenish your pinestraw or mulched areas. These items are attractive, adding color and texture to the landscape.  And they fulfill vital functions as well ... suppressing weeds and holding moisture.\r\n\r\nFertilizers\r\nWhile it’s tempting to spread lawn fertilizer on the first day of short-sleeve weather, we need to wait. March is too early, April can be OK if the weather warms up fast, but May is usually perfect. Your lawn should be green before you put down fertilizer — don’t apply it when the grass is still dormant.\r\nApril is a great time for fertilizing your ornamental shrubs and small trees.\r\nIf you need help selecting the correct blend, you may wish to consult with a landscape or nursery professional.\r\nFor more information, call Jim Colman at Lawn Solutions, 522-9578, or www.lawnsolutions.us. Lawn Solutions is a veteran-owned, family-operated small business serving Beaufort since 1998.', 'Spring into spring with helpful hints', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'spring-into-spring-with-helpful-hints', '', '', '2012-03-08 02:01:48', '2012-03-08 07:01:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6013', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6014, 4, '2012-03-08 02:02:51', '2012-03-08 07:02:51', 'By Janice Powell\r\nI remember getting excited about seeing John the old black farmer. He would occasionally drive through our neighborhood with his wagon and mule. This was a rare site in downtown Beaufort. John sold vegetables that came from his garden. My mother loved his fresh tomatoes, cukes, and squash. He would always let the children pet his mule while he stopped to deliver his goods. I remember my dad lifting me up to scratch the animal’s long ears. When he’d put me down, the mule would rub against me almost knocking me over. My little sister and I would laugh and laugh. This memory took place in the early 1960s. John was an old man even then. He came by less and less as we grew older.\r\n\r\n<em>This moment in Beaufort’s history is an excerpt from the book “Beaufort ... Then and Now,” an anthology of memories compiled by Holly Kearns Lambert. Copies of this book may be purchased at Beaufort Book Store. For information or to contribute your memory, contact Holly at lowcountrymemories@hotmail.com or beaufortmemories@gmail.com.</em>', 'History with Holly', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'history-with-holly-3', '', '', '2012-03-08 02:02:51', '2012-03-08 07:02:51', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6014', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6015, 4, '2012-03-08 02:05:22', '2012-03-08 07:05:22', '[caption id=\"attachment_6016\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Pictured from left to right is Lottie Parker, Theresa Pulliam and Anita Henson.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lifestyle-Classic-car.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6016\" title=\"Lifestyle-Classic car\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lifestyle-Classic-car-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn Tuesday, February 7, Colonial Dames XVII Century President Anita Henson presented Community Service Awards to Theresa Pulliam and Lottie Parker. Pulliam and Parker are both active members of the Classic Car and Truck Club of Beaufort. They were honored for their leadership efforts in organizing the club’s annual Christmas Meals on Classic Wheels program. This year the club worked with Vaden of Beaufort — GMC, Chevrolet &amp; Buick, which generously donated $1,000 to help with the funding of the meals. The Christmas meals were prepared by Bricks on Boundary owner Josh Potecha. On Christmas Eve day, the car club delivered more than 120 holiday meals to needy individuals and families, each delivered by club members in their classic cars.', 'Beaufort Classic Car & Truck Club members receive award for community service', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-classic-car-truck-club-members-receive-award-for-community-service', '', '', '2012-03-08 02:05:22', '2012-03-08 07:05:22', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6015', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6017, 4, '2012-03-08 02:06:06', '2012-03-08 07:06:06', 'Congratulations to the YMCA Tiger Sharks Swim Team: Twenty-nine Tiger Sharks competed in the South Carolina YMCA State Championship in Rock Hill against 500 skillful swimmers throughout the state. For the second year in a row, the Tiger Sharks were ranked fifth out of 18 teams across South Carolina.\r\nIn addition to this great team accomplishment, the Y team had numerous personal bests among the swimmers at the state meet and Skylar Bruner won the high point award for girls aged 6 and under.\r\nOverall, the Tiger Sharks had a really great season. There were more than 75 individuals on the team, the highest enrollment ever. The high number of participants, the skilled coaches and the team’s overall dedication contributed to an amazing season record of 4-0 for regular season meets.\r\nWhile this season has come to a successful end, the Y is looking forward to another positive season in the summer. This season will begin on April 16th and interested individuals can register at the YMCA front desk.  For more information, please see www.thetigersharks.com.', 'YMCA swim team ranked fifth in the state', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ymca-swim-team-ranked-fifth-in-the-state', '', '', '2012-03-08 02:06:06', '2012-03-08 07:06:06', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6017', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6018, 4, '2012-03-08 02:07:30', '2012-03-08 07:07:30', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Forrest-Kimbrell.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6019\" title=\"Forrest Kimbrell\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Forrest-Kimbrell-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Forrest Kimbrell, a wrestler at Beaufort High, dominated at the State Tournament in Anderson.\r\nForrest was not only a champion but won his weight class at 145 lbs. He has had a great season this year with 35 wins so far, says Coach Bill Damude; that’s up 25 from last year. Congratulations to Forrest!', 'Athlete of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'athlete-of-the-week-12', '', '', '2012-03-08 02:07:30', '2012-03-08 07:07:30', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6018', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6020, 4, '2012-03-08 02:08:13', '2012-03-08 07:08:13', 'The Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club (BYSC) and the Dataw Island Yacht Club are sponsoring the Beaufort Race Weekend to be held April 20-23. There will be sailboat racing events for PHRF monohull sailboats 20’ LOA and over; Classic Boats in the 15’ to 24’ LOA range; and one design dinghies. About 60 sailboats are expected to participate in the weekend’s events. The racing will take place in the downtown Beaufort area, Port Royal Sound and the inland waters from Beaufort to Dataw Island. The Jean Ribaut Cup and Classic Boat Rally will be held as part of the Race Week. Registration forms are available on the BYSC web site at www.byscnet.com/sailing or from Roy Crocker at lcrocker@islc.net.\r\nRegistration will be $35 for the Jean Ribaut Cup or the Classic Boat Rally. There is no charge for PHRF boats that race in events other than the Ribaut Cup. There will be a $10 fee for small boats for the Beaufort to Dataw race on Monday.\r\nFor more information, contact Event Chairman/PHRF Boats: Roy Crocker at (843) 838-2453 or email lcrocker@islc.net. For the Classic Boats Rally contact Woody Norwood at snorwood3@me.com.', 'Beaufort Race Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-race-week', '', '', '2012-03-08 02:08:13', '2012-03-08 07:08:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6020', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6021, 4, '2012-03-08 02:12:30', '2012-03-08 07:12:30', '• Friday, March 9, Beaufort Academy will have a special assembly presentation of the 2012 recipient of the Thomas H. Horton Jr. Memorial Scholarship to study abroad, 8 a.m. Later that night there will be a Happy Hour to thank all donors to the Annual Fund, 7 p.m. Babysitting will be offered for attendees by 9th graders for children ages 4-11.\r\n• Friday, March 9, Beaufort Elementary School’s 4th graders have birding day with Fripp Audubon, 8:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.\r\n• Saturday, March 10, good luck on SAT!\r\n• Sunday, March 11, Daylights Savings set your clock an hour forward!\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6022\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Lady’s Island Elementary School have fun on Read Across America Day by dressing up, decorating doors, reading books and celebrating their favorite characters.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/read-across-america-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6022\" title=\"read across america 3\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/read-across-america-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n• Sunday, March 11, all pre-K and kindergarten children are invited to come play at Beaufort Academy, 2 p.m. The Music Lady, Beth Green, will perform for an hour followed by classroom fun. RSVP by email to jbabalis@beaufortacademy.org by Friday, March 9.\r\n• Monday, March 12, yearbook order forms for Mossy Oaks Elementary are due. The cost is $20.\r\n• Monday, March 12, Riverview Board of Directors Meeting at 6:30 p.m.\r\n• Monday, March 12, Beaufort Academy 1st-4th grader students go to Celtic Crossroads Dance at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina.\r\n• Tuesday, March 13, is the deadline for Beaufort Academy students to submit to Seasons of the Pen, the literary magazine. Students should send poetry or black &amp; white photos they would like to be published to Mrs. Dinkins.\r\n• Tuesday, March 13, class photos will be taken at Riverview Charter School. Individual photos and uniforms are optional. Payments must be received by March 12.\r\n• Tuesday, March 13, Center for Birds of Prey assembly for Beaufort Elementary School (2nd-5th grade) in the cafeteria from 10-10:50 a.m.\r\n• Wednesday, March 14, is school picture day and spring sports pictures at Beaufort Academy. It’s also the Regional Upper School Science Fair at Parris Island.\r\n\r\nLeap Day Phenomenon\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6023\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"These four Beaufort Academy students were born on Leap Day.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/leap-day-birthdays.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6023\" title=\"leap day birthdays\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/leap-day-birthdays-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOn February 29, four Beaufort Academy students celebrated their birthdays!  Happy third birthday to sixth graders Joe Bhoi, Drew Luckey and Cheyenne Thompson, and happy 4th birthday to 10 grader Bryce Mackey! Chances of being born on Leap Day are about 1 in 1,500, which makes it even more incredible that there are four at Beaufort Academy.  In fact, according to the US Census Bureau, the population of Beaufort in 2010 was approximately 12,000.  This number would suggest that statistically there are only eight people with Leap Day birthdays in all of Beaufort, half of whom are students at BA.\r\n\r\nCelebrating Black History Month\r\nOn Friday, February 24, Lady’s Island Elementary School students presented their annual Black History Month Assembly. The performance began with an exciting tap dance to the song “My, My, Ain’t That Somethin’,” from the African American musical Stormy Weather. The tap dancers were members of the school’s 4th Grade LEAP, an auditioned dance ensemble led by Dance Teacher, Lisa Howard. The entire 3rd Grade then took to the stage for a very uplifting performance of the musical, I Have a Dream. Students sang all six songs with pride, with big smiles and strong voices.  They sang and danced together under the direction of Music Teacher, Kristin Brady.  The musical also included inspirational words spoken by several of the 3rd graders, referencing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights activists.  Through this musical, students learned about the importance of not judging others, and their message led to a few tears in the audience as they sang the final song, “We Live the Dream” with heartfelt emotion.\r\n\r\nThanks from Principal Morillo\r\nA super special thanks to the following teachers for attending the tech showcase at PVES:  1st Grade, Kim Fields; 2nd Grade, Whitney Bowen, 3rd Grade, Rachel Hickman; 4th Grade, Gabbi Clossman; 5th Grade, Mary Sweetenburg; AMES, Dorinda Selby, Dana Christensen, Ellen Parker, Mendy Gannon, Jill Brown and Gwen Allen.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6024\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Congratulations to Maleik Maldonado, Forest Kimbrell and Clint Wright who were champions of the State Wrestling Tournament in Anderson.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wrestling.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6024\" title=\"wrestling\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wrestling-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBeaufort High Wrestlers do it again\r\nBeaufort High had seven wrestlers qualify for the State Tournament last weekend in Anderson: Forrest Kimbrell, Champion; Clint Wright, Champion; Maliek Maldonado, Champion; Thyrik Legree, 3rd; Trey Arant, 4th; Jaclay Mixon, 4th; Tyler Wilson, 4th.\r\n\r\nSIC finalist for prestigious award\r\nCongratulations to The School Improvement Council at Port Royal Elementary School, which was named as one of five finalists for a prestigious statewide award that honors accomplishments in parent and civic engagement. The South Carolina School Improvement Council’s annual Dick and Tunky Riley Award for School Improvement Council Excellence was created in 2002 to recognize the significant contributions made to public education by the 14,000-plus local SIC members who volunteer in the state’s 1,100 public schools.\r\n\r\nRead Across America Day at LIES\r\nLady’s Island Elementary School celebrated “Read Across America Day” with green eggs and ham served by the cafeteria. School Superintendent Valerie Truesdale and School Board member Bill Evans were among the community members that visited classrooms to read to students. Other school administrators, members of the military and police officers also joined the fun. Students and teachers dressed up as their favorite book characters. Teachers showed their reading spirit by decorating their classroom doors to represent their class’s favorite books. Cat in the Hat and Thing One paid a visit in the afternoon to thank them all for being such wonderful readers.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6025\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"From left to right: Anna Sheppard, Jake Bhoi, Mary Margaret Achurch, Jacob Dalton, Kirsten Floyd.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/SC-Scholars.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6025\" title=\"SC Scholars\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/SC-Scholars-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSC Junior Scholars\r\nFive Beaufort Academy 8th graders have been officially named as South Carolina Junior Scholars!  Congratulations to Mary Margaret Achurch, Jake Bhoi, Jacob Dalton, Kirsten Floyd, and Anna Sheppard. To qualify as a Junior Scholar, the student must score 50 or higher on the PSAT in verbal, math or writing. Additionally, eighth-grade students who were identified and recognized at either the State Recognition or Grand Recognition event by Duke University’s Talent Identification Program (TIP) during their seventh-grade year qualify as Junior Scholars as well.\r\n\r\nLearning about smart Choices\r\nChoices will be held for Beaufort Middle School’s 8th grade students March 14 and 15, this program is sponsored by Sea Island Rotary and the State Department of Education and involves local community members who share their stories in this program.\r\n\r\nThe Adventures of Lewis &amp; Clark\r\nThe Beaufort and Lady’s Island Communities are cordially invited March 29 to Lady’s Island Elementary School for The Adventures of Lewis &amp; Clark, a fourth grade presentation, 2 p.m. The presentation, directed by Mrs. Kristin Brady and Mrs. Lynda McLain, is a musical scripted journey along the Oregon Trail with historical characters from 1804. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to travel and explore the uncharted territories of the Louisiana Purchase. Meet the two explorers and their champions, York, Charbonneau, Sacajawea along with their trusty dog, Scannon. Students will also “explore” their own school’s nature trail and create a visual journal, just as Lewis and Clark did to describe their travels up the Missouri River, over the Rocky Mountains and to the Pacific Ocean.\r\n\r\nA “Positive” Musical\r\nThe musical  “Positive” will be performed by Broad River Elementary students on March 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the multi-purpose room. Directed by Dr. Peggy Albertson, this program is full of music and narrations that encourage all of us to “think good thoughts.” The students will be wearing their “Positive” T-shirts, which were purchased by the students with all proceeds going to Julie’s Mission, an organization that makes clothes and blankets for premature and sick babies.', 'School Briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-briefs-22', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:39', '2018-07-12 15:04:39', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6021', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6027, 4, '2012-03-12 10:40:24', '2012-03-12 14:40:24', 'By Tess Malijenovsy\r\nBattery Creek High School’s JROTC won, scoring more points than any other high school, in the inaugural districtwide JROTC competition. Supported by the U.S. Marie Corps, Battery Creek’s JROTC unit was awarded the silver Superintendent’s Cup trophy for a second year in a row. Beaufort High’s unit (supported by the U.S. Air Force) was second runner-up after Hilton Head High.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JROTC-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6028\" title=\"JROTC 1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JROTC-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>“The other schools came at us hard, and my cadets had to reach down deep,” said Lt. Col. Ray Ganas, senior Marine instructor at Battery Creek. “But they’ve got a lot of heart, and they proved that today.  I’m very proud of them.”\r\nThe day brought all of the school district’s JROTC programs together at Hilton Head High School for tests of academics, skill, endurance and precision. Cadets took academic tests, ran foot races, competed in sit-up, chin-up, push-up and running contests, marched their color guards and performed platoon drills.\r\n“Every resident of Beaufort County should be proud of these outstanding JROTC students and the effort they put into this,” School Superintendent Valerie Truesdale said.', 'Battery Creek JROTC wins', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'battery-creek-jrotc-wins', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:39', '2018-07-12 15:04:39', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6027', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6029, 4, '2012-03-08 02:16:35', '2012-03-08 07:16:35', 'By Terry Sweeney\r\nStarting your own celebrity winery was once the private pastime of a few brave stars here and there. Fess Parker and the Smothers’ Brothers for instance were simply Hollywood actor/winos following their love of the grape into the unknown; exploring uncharted territory in the still quite immature California wine industry of the 1970’s. Celebrity winemakers didn’t really hit their stride though till Italian/American Director Francis Ford Coppola (the Godfather of Celebrity Wine) appeared on the wine scene. This was no idle whim; to be fair, his family had a history of making their own “cosa nostra” home brew down in their basement for generations and though everyone who tasted their wine said they liked it (if they knew what was good for them!); it wasn’t until he struck it rich in the movie biz that he was able to turn his family’s hobby into a respected line of international name brand wines that could stand alone.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/jailhouse_rock_merlot_big.png\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6030\" title=\"jailhouse_rock_merlot_big\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/jailhouse_rock_merlot_big-183x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" /></a>Well, they’re not alone anymore. There are more celebs in the wine business than there are half-eaten Dunkin’ Donuts under Kirstie Alley’s bed! And they come from an amazingly wide range of celebrity-hood.\r\nActors like Johnny Depp, Gerard Depardieu, Dan Aykroyd, Antonio Banderas, Brad Pitt, Lorraine Bracco ... sports stars like Joe Montana, David Beckham, Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, and Mike Ditka. Race car superstars Jeff Gordon, Richard Childress, and Mario Andretti ... And singers Sting, Madonna, Dave Mathews, Carlos Santana, and Olivia Newton John — just to name a few.\r\nEven dead stars have miraculously jumped on the wine wagon from the Other Side. There are now four Elvis Presley Wines put out by his Graceland Cellars: “King of Rock ‘n Roll” Cabernet Sauvignon, “Jail House Rock” Merlot, “Blue Suede” Chardonnay and “Blue Hawaii” Riesling. But he faces stiff competition. If you thought for one minute competing dead Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe was gonna take this lying down, you’ve got another thing coming. From her St. Helena,California, vineyard, she’s put out a Marylyn Merlot and even a few Norma Jean Varietals (I am not making this up!).\r\nParis Hilton, in a celebrity category all her own, recently launched her “Luxury sparkling wine in a can” called Rich Prosecco in an ad featuring her nude, covered in gold paint, crawling around on the ground. Why? I don’t know — maybe looking for a can opener? Will a Cabernet Ho-vignon be her next launch? And will it too come in a can?!\r\nMartha Stewart is rumored to have made a deal with Gallo to produce value marketed wines to be sold at Kmart. There is no “vin-side” information available as to what she’s naming it. It’s not gonna be easy because there already is a novelty wine on the market called “Bitch.” And as I said, Elvis has taken Jail House Rock.\r\nWhat is disturbing to many of the winemakers and reps I talk to is that it is one thing to be a celebrity with a passion for wine and hire a celebrity wine maker equally gifted and famous in his own field to make your wine; and quite another to just sell your name and stick it on a bottle of fermented paint remover.\r\nMy advice is to do your own research before purchasing any of these “stellar” products. Many of the celebrity wines I looked at started at $40 and that’s a lot to spend on this showbiz bilge water — unless of course you don’t open the bottle and keep it as a collectable to be sold sometime in the future like “Star Trek” action figures on eBay. Keep your eyes peeled for the next big celebrity winemaker. You never know when the Olsen Twins might decide to introduce a “Goweirdtwinminer” or Angelina Jolie releases her “Stick-your-leg-out Syrah,” Come that “Big Hollywood Wine Auction” in the sky, you could be sitting pretty. Cheers!\r\nP.S. I recently tried Dave Mathew’s ‘Crush” — a 2009 red wine North Coast blend of Merlot and Zinfandel from his Dreaming Tree label — and thought it was great! ($13.49)', 'Waiter! There’s a star in my wine!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'waiter-theres-a-star-in-my-wine', '', '', '2012-03-08 02:16:35', '2012-03-08 07:16:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6029', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6031, 4, '2012-03-08 02:20:41', '2012-03-08 07:20:41', 'By Lanier Laney\r\nIn 2006, a small group of parents got together and decided to start a fundraiser to help fund necessary and important items for St. Peter’s Catholic School that were outside the normal budget. Examples at the time were needs for the athletic program, high-dollar technology items, an outdoor basketball court and drama equipment.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/OR8.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6032\" title=\"OR8\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/OR8-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Doug Massalon and Matthew Hurtt had the idea to start an Oyster Roast and Microbrew Festival. For the first one, 200 people came. Jon Rembold remembers, “I was an attendant at the first one and had such a good time I was immediately sold on the idea and joined the core committee!”\r\nSeven festivals later and it has grown in size and scope to be one of the great spring events for the whole family, including a children’s Fun Court, live bands, tons of fresh steamed oysters, a great silent auction and probably the largest number of international microbrew offerings (more than 50) of any festival in the Lowcountry.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/OR6.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6033\" title=\"OR6\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/OR6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Doug Massalon of Bill’s Liquors and Fine Wines (the event’s primary sponsor) used his knowledge of the best microbrews to really catapult the event into a “must attend.”\r\nThis year’s event, even though rained out the day before, had the largest number of attendees ever — more than 1,500 people. And Sea Eagle Market did an amazing job, literally shoveling hundreds of oysters into the half dozen huge steamers to constantly keep the “all you can eat” tables filled with some of the best fresh oysters on the East Coast — all from local waters.\r\nA big pat on the back and “job well done” goes to The Oyster Roast Committee this year: Douglas Massalon, Matthew Hurtt, Michael Brock, Richard &amp; Jean Jennings, Jon Rembold, Doug Hamilton, Joe Trpcic and Mike Fowlkes.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/OR11.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6034\" title=\"OR11\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/OR11-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>The money raised this year is being used for a new irrigation source for the athletic field, additional spectator seating, and other athletic infrastructure needs.\r\nSpecial thanks, to all the volunteers and the sponsors, and the people who donated the great silent auction items and to all the folks who attended, for helping the children of Beaufort.\r\nSpeaking of sponsorships, it’s not too early to get involved in next year’s event in March, which I’m sure will be even bigger and better than ever. For details call (843) 227-1280 or (843) 522-2163.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nJSLB Prom Boutique a win\r\n\r\nThe JSLB Prom Boutique was a win, especially for all the young ladies who showed up and selected free prom dresses. Those hardworking gals at Junior Service League have done a great job helping the Beaufort community again. Local high school juniors and seniors spent the afternoon selecting their perfect dress, shoes and accessories.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Jr.-Service-League-Volunteers.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6035\" title=\"Jr. Service League Volunteers\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Jr.-Service-League-Volunteers-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>The Junior Service League of Beaufort has been working on this project for more than a year. Thanks to the generosity of community members, more than 200 dresses were donated to the Prom Boutique. A big special thanks goes to JSLB Prom Boutique committee: Shannon Brown,Anna Edwards, Delene Miller, Emily Harris (JSLB President), Gloria Duryea, Carson Bruce (co-chair), Elizabeth Klosterman (co-chair), Lorin Siegel, Ashley Hutchison, Jessica Rhodes and Jen Pearce. And also to Erin Demers of Studio B Dance Centre who graciously donated the space for the event. Go to www.jslbeaufort.org to learn more about the league and all the great work they do and how to get involved.', 'Microbrew oyster roast a huge success', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'microbrew-oyster-roast-a-huge-success', '', '', '2012-03-08 02:20:41', '2012-03-08 07:20:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6031', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6036, 4, '2012-03-08 02:21:26', '2012-03-08 07:21:26', 'Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Mammography is a specific type of imaging test that uses a low-dose x-ray system to examine breasts. A mammography exam, called a mammogram, is used to aid in the early detection and diagnosis of breast diseases in women. The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs are assessed.', 'Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services Earns ACR Accreditation', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-jasper-hampton-comprehensive-health-services-earns-acr-accreditation', '', '', '2012-03-08 02:21:26', '2012-03-08 07:21:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6036', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6037, 4, '2012-03-08 02:22:00', '2012-03-08 07:22:00', 'The largest fundraiser of the year for American Diabetes Association (ADA), Kiss-a-Pig, presented by Piggly Wiggly, kicked off on Saturday, March 3 on River Street in Savannah.\r\nA contest between community leaders to raise money, Kiss-a-Pig is a regional campaign with competitors from throughout Southeast Georgia and Coastal South Carolina.  At the end of the three month campaign, the team that raises the most money kisses a live pig, honored by ADA as the original source of insulin.\r\nFor the fourth year in a row, Beaufort will have a contestant in the race. Dave Britton, Golf Director at Dataw Island, will be spearheading a team of golf pros who hope to bring back the bacon for Beaufort.\r\nBritton has invited North of the Broad golf professionals to join him in a challenge to raise funds.  The team, PROS FOR PAR will compete with a golf event that will ask for donations and pledges for each par from golfers and the public as the golf professionals  play a round of golf and score pars on a day of their choice a their respective golf  courses between April 1-15.\r\nTo support the Beaufort team, donors may go to www.diabetes.org/savannahKAP2012  and click on the photo of the Beaufort representatives.  A donation may be made on the secure website.\r\nThe 2012 theme, “SOWvivor:, Outwit, Outplay, Outlast Diabetes” is a spoof of the “Survivor” television show and celebrates people living with diabetes as survivors of a serious and common disease. The theme sends the message that you can live well with diabetes if you properly manage the disease. Each team or “Tribe” has a “Coastal Symbol” that their supporters can rally behind. The Beaufort team symbol will be the Egret.\r\nFor more information, contact Maria Center at 912-353-8110, ext. 3091 or mcenter@diabetes.org.', 'Beaufort team takes part in Kiss-a-Pig fundraiser', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-team-takes-part-in-kiss-a-pig-fundraiser', '', '', '2012-03-08 02:22:00', '2012-03-08 07:22:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6037', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6038, 4, '2012-03-08 02:22:42', '2012-03-08 07:22:42', 'By Martha O’Regan\r\nFor sailors, this refers to managing the elements of wind and current to sustain forward momentum, using feelings and perceptions to determine a course of action. Learning to move with the changes that come our way, including the sudden storms that come out of nowhere, the rapid undercurrents that turn us around when we least expect it, or those gusts that try to knock us down, is key to maintaining our own balance of day to day life. It begins with self awareness.\r\nAs a culture, we are beginning to understand the daily aspects of physics whether it be through our physical movement through life, our perception of experiences,  the re-evaluation of time and/or financial management, or the relationship of nutrition to our mood or vitality. This recent evolutionary shift is allowing us to tune into what is important and how that translates in our physical and mental well being.\r\nRecognizing how those perceived stressors of the past have contributed to poor sleep patterns, inadequate nutritional absorption, dramas, and physical pain, now helps us determine our present course based on our perceptions or how it feels in our body.  Our body is the perfect feedback system and is constantly revealing what is not in balance or alignment, but are we listening?\r\nAt a recent workshop with Dr. Sue Morter, we learned the difference between emotions and feelings.  Emotions are the label we put on how we feel about something like happy, sad, elation, frustration, etc.  The feeling is what we feel or the actual physiological response in the body.  You know, the “kick in the gut,” the “pain in the neck,” the tingle, the heat in the face, sweat, etc.  We are designed for feelings to help navigate our course in life. When we tune into the body and begin to notice how something feels, we can settle in, make more conscious choices and allowing life to unfold with a little more grace and ease.  Simply put, if anything causes a contraction in the body or a general feeling of “eeewwwhh,” like what you would feel if you saw or tasted something you didn’t like, trust that the feeling is revealing something that it is not in alignment with your path.  In that moment, take a deep breath, settle in and ask yourself for the better version or feeling of this situation. Once you allow that shift to occur,  settle in again with another deep fluid breath, feeling the “aaahhhhh” with the exhale all the way through the spine. When you get good at this way of living, this process can take less than a minute.  From take notice, discern the feeling in the body, choose new feeling (shift), deep breath, ahhhhh. Next ...\r\nObviously, some situations require additional time for a “take action” step, such as take a walk, stretch, step away, ask for help, fuel the body, etc. When you fly by the seat of your own pants through life, seeking balance in all areas, you’ll notice all kinds of neat stuff about yourself, some that need a little polishing, some require a few changes, and some that need to be expanded upon, like your creativity or finding your bliss.  Who said that life wasn’t supposed to be fun? We’re designed for it. Live Well ... Have Fun.', 'Flying by the seat of your pants', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'flying-by-the-seat-of-your-pants', '', '', '2012-03-08 02:22:42', '2012-03-08 07:22:42', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6038', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6039, 4, '2012-03-08 02:23:29', '2012-03-08 07:23:29', 'By Takiya Smith\r\nIt’s been said, and so I’ve been told, that self-confidence is one of the sexiest, most attractive traits that a woman can possess. Exhibiting a healthy balance of self-esteem, a confident character and the unshakable ability to believe in oneself is nothing short of magnetizing. Like a moth to a flame, self-confidence is the flickering, yet ever glowing and awe inspiring light that draws attention.\r\nBeing confident in any arena — whether it be your personal looks, your quirky personality, your eccentric style of dress, a relationship or even the position, talent or business that you hold — only seeks to excel you. Finding your place of total and personal freedom, unhindered from the binds, set backs and casualties of societal judgment and preconceived notions can be liberating. Getting to that place oftentimes can be easier said than done, yet it can be done.\r\nLearning to have faith in what you believe in leads to confidence in what you do, and having confidence in what you do shows through in what you say and who you are. Who you are is your personal patent in which only you have the ability, authority and rights to market. It’s your time to shine.\r\nFor questions and comments, visit my blog at www.blb-boutiques.com.', 'Pardon me, but your self-confidence is showing', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'pardon-me-but-your-self-confidence-is-showing', '', '', '2012-03-08 02:23:29', '2012-03-08 07:23:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6039', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6040, 4, '2012-03-12 11:40:37', '2012-03-12 15:40:37', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\nFloridians Chris and Kate Dennison moved to Beaufort eight years ago and promptly started a family. They now have three children who are “Beaufort natives,” James (8), Michael (7) and Aly (3). This family-centric couple is devoted to their children and sports. Chris is an avid tennis player and Kate, a marathon runner. The kids play basketball, soccer, football, and tennis.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6041\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"The Dennison family: Parents Chris and Kate, and James, Michael and Aly.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/The-Dennison-Family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6041\" title=\"The Dennison Family\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/The-Dennison-Family-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSays Chris, “Our weeknights are spent shuffling from practice to practice, but we love it.  We believe in spending most of our free time with our family.”\r\nThey’ve also got a big vegetable garden at their Lady’s Island home.\r\n“We grow a little bit of everything but always plant plenty of tomatoes.  We’ve already began plantings for this year’s spring garden. The kids help with everything from raking to picking bugs off plants. All three kids are quite the little gardeners,” said Chris.\r\nWhat Chris and Kate love about Beaufort is its small town Lowcountry feel and the historic downtown. They both grew up in St. Augustine, Florida, and met in high school. Then both attended the University of Florida and got married. They recently celebrated their 10th anniversary.\r\nChris’s family in Florida has been with Badcock Furniture for more than 40 years. Chris helped deliver furniture during his college summers and his three brothers all own different stores in Florida. After working for ExxonMobil for three years, he joined the family business and then purchased the Beaufort Badcock Store on Lady’s Island in 2004, which first opened there in 1987.\r\nSays Kate, “We originally were looking to stay in Florida, until we heard the Beaufort store was for sale.  We made the short trip up to visit, and we were struck by the natural beauty.  We were dining downtown on the waterfront when we made the decision to make Beaufort our home.”\r\nBadcock is a retail furniture chain with more than 300 stores found throughout the Southeast and has been in business for over 100 years. They carry a vast selection of home furnishings from upholstered furniture to mattresses to appliances and electronics.  They sell recognized brand names such as Lane, Ashley, Serta and Tempurpedic. They are unique in the close knit relationships they maintain with their customers.\r\nSays Chris, “Our staff knows many of our hundreds of customers by name, and most of our customers are return customers.  Our manager Sandra Strange has been with us for seven years, and sales associate Katie Braden has been with us for five. This stability helps us to forge our unique close relationships with our customers. Without this capable staff and the dedication we try to bring as owners, this would not be possible. I’d also like to mention our great delivery team Daniel McKeliver and David Richard.”\r\nBadcock’s philosophy is that “We will treat you right.”\r\n“And to me that means that customer service is paramount to my mission,” says Chris. “It is not uncommon for me as an owner to make house calls to ensure customer satisfaction. We also make purchasing easy with access to a wide variety of financing options. We want to do everything we can to make your vision of your ideal home come true.”\r\nChris’s involvement with the community goes further. He has coached YMCA youth basketball for four years and PALS flag football for two. He plays on a local Beaufort Men’s Tennis group whose league team has been to the state championships the last couple of years. And he’s competing in the Fripp Island Spring Clay Court Championship. Kate completed her first marathon in November on Lady’s Island.\r\nIf you have not been into see Badcock Furniture, then Chris invites you to please come for a visit and introduce yourself to him and his staff.\r\nWith great, dedicated young families like this deciding to make their lives and raise their families here, we can look forward to an even brighter future for Beaufort.\r\nBadcock Home Furniture &amp; More is located at 102 Sea Island Pkwy, Ste A, Beaufort, SC 29907. Visit online at www.badcock.com or call (843) 522-0366.', 'Badcock furniture owners Chris and Kate Dennison ‘will treat you right’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'badcock-furniture-owners-chris-and-kate-dennison-will-treat-you-right', '', '', '2012-03-12 15:22:22', '2012-03-12 19:22:22', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6040', 0, 'post', '', 0);
