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(55769, 4, '2022-03-02 15:41:41', '2022-03-02 20:41:41', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s Kevin Bush, 57, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1983 in Dysart, Pa. After Boot camp at Parris Island, he trained in Air Traffic Control Maintenance and was assigned to Okinawa, where he deployed to the Philippines, Korea and Japan. He next served at MCAS New River both as part of the Air Station and in a deployable unit. Thereafter he served at NAS Willow Grove deploying to Fla., Va., and elsewhere with the Reserves. He was promoted to Warrant Officer there. His next duty was at MCAS Beaufort, first deploying overseas and stateside and then as Air Traffic Control Maintenance Officer for the Air Station. He retired in 2003 as a Warrant Officer – 2 with 20 years of service. He then joined the Beaufort County Sheriff as a Deputy, serving for 18 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":55624,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Kevin-Bush-young.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Kevin-Bush-young-1008x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55624\"/></a></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>– Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 9. For nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'VETERAN OF THE WEEK – KEVIN BUSH', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'veteran-of-the-week-kevin-bush', '', '', '2022-03-02 15:41:42', '2022-03-02 20:41:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55769', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55771, 4, '2022-03-02 15:42:45', '2022-03-02 20:42:45', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ron Callari captured Anne Ferguson’s English Springer Spaniel, appropriately named Freckles, enjoying a relaxing day in the Lowcountry in the Habersham community. To submit a Lowcountry Life photo, you must be the photographer or have permission to submit the photo to be published in The Island News. Please submit high-resolution photos and include a description and/or names of the people in the picture and the name of the photographer. Email your photos to theislandnews@gmail.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'LOWCOUNTRY LIFE ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-life-198', '', '', '2022-03-02 15:42:47', '2022-03-02 20:42:47', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55771', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55773, 4, '2022-03-02 15:45:45', '2022-03-02 20:45:45', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Violent crime down from 2020 </strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Tony Kukulich&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The City of Beaufort released the 2021 annual reports for city’s police and fire departments, and trends for both agencies are generally moving in a positive direction.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A key takeaway from the Beaufort Police Department’s (BPD) report is that the number of violent crimes reported was down more than 28 percent compared to 2020. There were 68 violent crimes – defined as aggravated assault, homicide, rape and robbery – reported in 2020 compared to 47 reported in 2021. In 2019, there were 58 violent crimes reported.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Property crimes remained essentially flat year over year with 471 reported in 2021 and 469 reported in 2020. There was a nominal increase of less than 2 percent from 2019 to 2020. Property crimes include arson, automobile theft, burglary and larceny.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The City of Beaufort has not seen a rise in crime like so many other cities around the country, and that is a tribute to both our department and our community,” Mayor Stephen Murray said. “I applaud the police department for the quality of its officers, its community outreach efforts, and its commitment to transparency.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Larceny made up the majority of the 517 reported violent and property crimes in 2021, accounting for 75.8 percent of those crimes. Larceny is generally defined in South Carolina as the unlawful taking of property that belongs to another person, done with the intent to permanently deprive that person of the property.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The department did see a nearly 8 percent increase in the total calls for service in 2021. That number increased from 90,095 to 97,301 year over year. This follows a 9.2 percent increase from 2019 to 2020.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s important to know what a call for service is,” BPD Capt. George Erdel said. “Pretty much anything an officer on patrol does would be counted as a call for service. It doesn’t necessarily mean more bad things happening, per se. It could be more officer initiated things, extra patrols or more car stops. It’s not necessarily a crime. It’s the term we use as a catch all for anything that a patrol officer does that generates documentation.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The BPD operated on a budget of $4.8 million supporting a force of 48 sworn officers. There are currently eight open officer positions in the department. The number of applications for the department dropped by more than half in 2021 compared to 2020. The 50 applications received in 2021 were barely one-third of the 147 received in 2019.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think that reflects trends that are nationwide,” Erdel said. “The media, quite honestly, has done, particularly television and social media, a good number on the viability of this career path. With the job market being what it is, it’s hard for every job now to find good help and we’re not immune to that.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There were three complaints filed against the BPD in 2021. One incident of reported discrimination was determined to be unfounded. A report of improper conduct was not sustained while a complaint of improper procedure was sustained. The BPD reported 27 incidents of use of force. Two of those incidents involved the use of a Taser, while 25 were classified as empty hand control.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“In a lot of cases, we use less (force) than we would legally be allowed to,” Erdel explained. “Maybe that means we incur a little more risk than we should, maybe. But that’s the call the officer makes at the time. Our officers do the right thing. We only (use force) when we have to. The vast majority of force uses are somebody stiffening up their arm to muscle somebody into cuffs. Over 90 percent of our use of force consists of nothing more than that.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department (BPRFD) saw a 4.6 percent increase in call volume from 4,138 calls in 2020 to 4,329 calls in 2021. Call volume for the department has been steadily increasing every year since 2015.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to BPRFD Fire Chief Tim Ogden, the distribution of service calls by call type has remained fairly consistent in recent years. Medical emergencies make up the majority of the department’s service calls, and in 2021 they accounted for 63.2 percent of BPRFD responses. Working in conjunction with Beaufort County EMS, an engine crew is typically dispatched on medical emergencies to provide additional on-scene resources.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fires make up less than 2 percent of BPRFD service calls. In 2021, the department responded to 52 fire calls.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Over the past couple of years, actual buildings on fire probably average 10 a year,” said Ogden. “The other fire incidents are vehicle fires; a bus, an RV, a camper. Actual building on fire, 10 a year is all we have. I credit that to fire prevention, fire inspections and new construction (used) in the modern type home that help keep the building safe.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The BPRFD has a current staff of 53 professional firefighters augmented by approximately 25 volunteers operating out of four stations. The distribution of calls by station is relatively well balanced.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I can’t take credit for the plan,” Ogden said. “It was put in place before me, but it’s working great.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Central Headquarters Station, located at 135 Ribaut Road, responded to 29 percent of the service calls, while Stations 2 and 3 each responded to 25 percent of the calls. The department’s newest facility, Station 4 located at 571 Robert Smalls Parkway, handled 21 percent of the agency’s calls, but Ogden expects call volume in the area will grow in the coming years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“That’s where I predict the bulk of the growth will come, and therefore our call volume there will increase more than the other three areas,” he said. “We’re well placed for the next few years from a fire response point where we have that station where it needs to be to match the growth we anticipate over the next few years.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The department put a new pumper truck into service in 2021, and another is expected to go into service by the end of 2022. According to Ogden, frontline engines have a 10-year service life after which they function as backup units for an additional 10 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Our fire department is committed to the safety of our community, which you can see in its constant training, educational outreach, and excellent response to any emergency,” Murray said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Tony Kukulich is a recent transplant to the Lowcountry. A native of Wilmington, Del., he comes to The Island News from the San Francisco Bay Area where he spent seven years as a reporter and photographer for several publications. He and his wife enjoy exploring their new home state. He can also frequently be found playing bass guitar with a couple of local bands. He can be reached at tony.theislandnews@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'City of Beaufort releases 2021 public safety reports ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'city-of-beaufort-releases-2021-public-safety-reports', '', '', '2022-03-02 15:45:46', '2022-03-02 20:45:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55773', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55775, 4, '2022-03-02 15:47:56', '2022-03-02 20:47:56', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>By Tony Kukulich&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA) denied a request last week for a special use permit to construct a Dunkin’ Donuts with drive-thru service on Lady’s Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Feb. 24 meeting marked the fifth time that developer Graham Trask brought his project planned for 131 Sea Island Parkway before the board. It was the project’s drive-thru that proved its undoing.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A standing-room-only crowd packed the County Council chambers. Many, though not all, of those who spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting expressed concern over how traffic would be impacted if construction was permitted. Specifically, those who spoke in opposition to the project worried about drive-thru traffic backing up onto the heavily traveled Sea Island Parkway.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It appeared that county officials shared that worry.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The county staff report, presented by Robert Merchant, Beaufort County Planning and Zoning Director, recommended denial of the special use permit. As recently as Feb. 10, county staff had recommended the permit’s approval with post-approval conditions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Merchant explained that the reversal was in response to direction received from the County Council. According to Merchant, the staff was directed to consider revising county ordinances to require all new drive-thru businesses to have two means of entry and exit. The current code has no such requirement, and the planned Dunkin’ Donuts had a single point of entry and exit. The direction was, he said, a response to Trask’s development initiative.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Discussion about updating the&nbsp;county ordinance to clarify drive-thru standards started last fall, said Chris Ophardt, Beaufort County public information officer in an email to The Island News this week.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The current drive-thru on Lady’s Island happens to be the first seeking approval and parallels the changes that were being brought through the county staff to committee to county council,” Ophardt said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If discussions on revising drive-thru regulations started in the fall, it is unclear why the county staff recommended granting Trask’s permit on Feb. 10. If the county’s position changed after Feb. 10, it’s unclear what motivated that change.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Despite the county’s position, Merchant made the point that the ZBOA still had the power to grant Trask’s permit request.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Just a reminder, there’s discretion that you have as decision makers whether or not you grant special use permits,” Merchant said. “You’re not bound by meeting a specific list of criteria. That’s what we’re bound to as staff. I wanted to remind you of that. As long as you have findings for making your decision, you have the freedom to approve or deny the special use permit. The staff, because of the strong will of the planning commission, the natural resource (commission) and county council, we cannot recommend approval at this time.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The county’s change of course appeared to be a surprise to the members of the ZBOA. After Merchant distributed hard copies of the county staff’s revised recommendation dated Feb. 24, Vice Chairman Chester Williams responded with incredulity and called the county’s decision “crazy.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>County Administrator Eric Greenway addressed the board and started by stating that he was prevented from getting to his home earlier that day by traffic backed up from drive-thru restaurants on Boundary Street.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Drive-thru restaurants right now are creating a problem all across this county and in other jurisdictions,” Greenway said. “So, staff has to reevaluate those changing conditions for drive-thru restaurants, how they’re operating and how they’re likely to operate in the foreseeable future.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Williams countered that Trask’s project meets the county standards as they currently exist.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“What you want to do is hold up Mr. Trask when, as of Feb. 10 he had complied with all the rules in the staff’s opinion, and he met all the criteria for a special approval,” Williams said. “And now, because of pressure from the politicians and the planning commissioner on the staff, you want to change the recommendation, and that’s just not right. … The bottom line here is that the staff wants to recommend disapproval here because they may change the rules, and that’s not right.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trask said he was flabbergasted by the county’s revised recommendation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This is, I guess, a way for Mr. Greenway to get the county into court,” he said. “I came in here based on following the law. I followed the law. I met all the conditions of the special use (permit). And yet, your analogy of having the rug pulled out from under me is very apt. And that’s illegal. We’re playing by the law now, and what Mr. Greenway is suggesting you do is defer so he can change the law and then my project can’t be approved under his rationale.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Speaking after the vote, Trask said he planned to review the board’s actions with his legal counsel before making any decisions regarding further legal actions.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Prior to making a motion to deny Trask’s request for a special use permit, Board member Jane Frederick referenced the board’s responsibility under the Beaufort County Community Development Code to incorporate public opinion into the decision making process. She noted that she had received 177 emails opposing the project and only a single email expressing support for the project. Further, she referenced the approximately 940 signatures gathered by the Sea Island Corridor Coalition – a grassroots organization advocating public involvement in local government – opposing the project.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When the board took up Frederick’s motion, the vote split 4-2 with Williams and John Chemsak opposing the motion to deny Trask’s permit.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think it sends a strong signal that Lady\'s Island as a community remains committed to improving the place, and that those who wish to develop here need to keep the community\'s priorities in mind,” wrote Chuck Newton of the Sea Island Corridor Coalition. “Turnouts – and petition signers and e-mails – like we saw or heard about that tonight, demonstrate that Lady’s Islanders are serious about fixing what needs fixing. If developers waltz in with plans that carry no community benefit, people will stand up and demand more. We\'re not going away.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Tony Kukulich is a recent transplant to the Lowcountry. A native of Wilmington, Del., he comes to The Island News from the San Francisco Bay Area where he spent seven years as a reporter and photographer for several publications. He and his wife enjoy exploring their new home state. He can also frequently be found playing bass guitar with a couple of local bands. He can be reached at tony.theislandnews@gma</em>il.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Donut shop drive-thru on Lady’s Island denied permit ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'donut-shop-drive-thru-on-ladys-island-denied-permit', '', '', '2022-03-02 16:04:58', '2022-03-02 21:04:58', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55775', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55777, 4, '2022-03-02 15:57:38', '2022-03-02 20:57:38', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>By Tony Kukulich&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 16th annual Beaufort International Film Festival (BIFF) drew to a close Sunday night, Feb. 27, with an awards ceremony honoring the best of the festival.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I say it every year – this is the best BIFF yet,” said festival co-director Ron Tucker. “I say it every year. I mean it every year.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":55626,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BIFF-Awards_20220227-3002.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BIFF-Awards_20220227-3002-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55626\"/></a><figcaption>Festival directors Ron and Rebecca Tucker open the 16th annual Beaufort International Film Festival awards ceremony at the University of South Carolina Beaufort Center for the Arts in Beaufort, South Carolina, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Photos by Tony Kukulich/The Island News.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Held at the University of South Carolina Beaufort Center for the Arts, the ceremony bestowed awards in 20 categories including: Best Screenplay, Best Feature, Best Actor and Best Actress.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Festivities were hosted by Hilton Head Island resident Anneliza Itkor. Itkor has had a 25-year long career in the entertainment industry that includes work in the theater, movies, television and as a voiceover artist.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Re-Opening,” a feature-length comedy directed by Chris Guerra and Matthew John Koppin, took home two of the night’s top awards including Best Feature and Best Comedy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":55667,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BIFF-Awards_20220227-3011.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BIFF-Awards_20220227-3011-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55667\"/></a><figcaption>Members of the production of “Song for Hope: The Ryan Anthony Story” accept the Documentary Feature Award during the 16th annual Beaufort International Film Festival awards ceremony.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The Long Rider” grabbed the prestigious Audience Choice Award. The feature-length documentary directed by Sean Cisterna tells the story of Filipe Leite’s journey on horseback from the Calgary Stampede in Canada to the Barretos Rodeo in Brazil, a trip of more than 25,000 kilometers that took eight years and crossed 12 international borders.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tona Dahlquist of Columbia, S.C., received the Behind the Scenes Award for her long career casting extras in many top films and television features including “Forrest Gump,” “The Hunger Games,” and “The Righteous Gemstones.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Simeon Daise was honored with the Rising Star Award. Daise got his start as a child starring alongside his family in Nickelodeon’s “Gullah Gullah Island.” He has appeared in BET’s “The Bobby Brown Story” and “American Soul.” Daise currently portrays Jabari on The CW’s “All-American.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"left\",\"id\":55778,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-02-at-3.54.21-PM.png\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-02-at-3.54.21-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55778\"/></a><figcaption>Simeon Daise accepts the Rising Star Award during the 16th annual Beaufort International Film Festival.</figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The festival got started with an opening reception at the Tabby Center, Tuesday, Feb. 22. The next four days included film showings that started at 9 a.m. and continued straight through the day until the final showing that started at 7:30 p.m. Over the course of those four days, audiences were treated to the works of more than 70 filmmakers who presented feature and short films; long- and short-form documentaries; animated shorts and student films.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Following is the complete list of winners from this year’s Beaufort International Film Festival:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Behind the Scenes Award: </strong>Tona B. Dahlquist, Columbia, S.C.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Rising Star Award: </strong>Simeon Daise, Atlanta, Ga.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Best Screenplay: </strong>Stealing the Moon, Written by, Eric Carlson, Richmond, Va.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Best Animation: </strong>There You Are, Rui Huang, Director, Los Angeles</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Best Student Film: </strong>Winter of \'79, Julia Elihu, Director, Orange, Calif.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Best Narrative Short Film: </strong>All That Glitters, Dan Bronzite, Director, Essex, U.K.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Best Documentary Feature: </strong>Song For Hope: The Ryan Anthony Story, Chris Haigh, Director, Northridge, Calif.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Best Documentary Short: </strong>Meltdown in Dixie, Emily Harold, Director, New York</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Best Feature: </strong>Re-Opening, Chris Guerra and Matthew Koppin, Directors, Burbank, Calif.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Duty and Honor: </strong>Veterans Journey Home: Leaving It On the Land, Frederick Marx, Director, Oakland, Calif.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Best Comedy: </strong>Re-Opening, Feature Film</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Best Ensemble Cast: </strong>Over My Dead Body, Short Film</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Best Musical Score: </strong>Song For Hope: The Ryan Anthony Story, Anthony Di Lorenzo, Composer</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Best Actress: </strong>Lisa Belcher, Guest of Honor, Austin, Texas</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Best Actor: </strong>Stephen Dexter, American Morning, New York</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Best Director: </strong>Meital Cohen Navarro, Over My Dead Body, Los Angeles</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Audience Choice Award: </strong>The Long Rider, Sean Cisterna, Director, Ontario, Calif.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Susan A. K. Shaffer Humanitarian Award: </strong>Sacred Waters: The Okefenokee in Peril, Mark Albertin, Director, Augusta, Ga.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 17th annual Beaufort International Film Festival is scheduled for Feb. 21 to 26, 2023.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort International Film Festival is produced by the Beaufort Film Society. For more information, visit http://www.beaufortfilmfestival.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Tony Kukulich is a recent transplant to the Lowcountry. A native of Wilmington, Del., he comes to The Island News from the San Francisco Bay Area where he spent seven years as a reporter and photographer for several publications. 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(55882, 4, '2022-03-09 12:37:40', '2022-03-09 17:37:40', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last week’s military and veterans’ benefits section of The Island News talked about the ultra-modern, safe, and highly dependable VA Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) system and the award-wining Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System Pharmacy and its’ services. That first article of a series of two covered “a to z” on how the process of ordering and reordering, documenting patients’ records, filling, shipping, and delivery of prescriptions works for veterans.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This column will provide more information on:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li>The medical reconciliation process used by VA physicians and pharmacists to ensure there is a complete and up-to-date list of all of the medications that the Veteran is taking.</li><li>The important role the Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System (RHJVAHCS) Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner plays in providing comprehensive medication management to our Veterans.</li><li>The role the VA Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner plays in providing comprehensive medication management to veterans.</li><li>A reminder for veterans to bring a list of all medications to each medical appointment and more helpful information.</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Medication Reconciliation</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Medication reconciliation is the process used by physicians and pharmacists to ensure there is a complete and up-to-date list of all of the medications that the veteran is taking in the veterans’ medical records and with the veteran. This process is extremely important to avoid medication errors, adverse reactions, and drug interactions. Veterans should bring a list of all medications that includes the dosage (strength) and frequency taken to every appointment.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This list of medications should include medications prescribed by the VA, community providers (doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants), and over the counter medications and any herbal/non-traditional medications.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The Role of the VA Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Veterans are fortunate that the VA utilizes a clinical pharmacy practitioner to optimize medication use, which assists primary care providers and specialists in providing quality outcomes for a variety of chronic (persistent) conditions facing the veteran population. Comprehensive medication management, delivered by a pharmacist, working in collaboration with the patient focuses on an individualized plan to assist in meeting the goals of medication therapy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Ralph H Johnson VA Health Care System has clinical pharmacy practitioners in primary care and a wide variety of specialty areas. The main facility (medical center) in Charleston and each Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) has pharmacists supporting each Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT). These pharmacists assist patients in the management of medications for Diabetes, high blood pressure, heart failure, and a variety of other chronic diseases. There are also VA clinical pharmacy practitioners that work in the following specialty areas:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li>Pain management, Neurology (Nervous system), Endocrinology (endocrine glands and hormones), Transplant, and Rheumatology (infectious disease of joints and other parts of the musculoskeletal system) and</li><li>Anticoagulation (blood thinners), Anemia management (low amount of healthy red blood cells) hemoglobin, Oncology (tumors and cancer), and Infectious Disease (HIV, COVID, etc.).</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Doctors and patients need pharmacists</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most physicians and providers have the training and experience to manage medications effectively within their area of general or specialist knowledge. However, they can and do consult with VA pharmacists to resolve drug therapy problems. Physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants also use pharmacists to coordinate the ever-increasing use of herbals and supplements that interfere or enhance a drug’s effect in complex patients. Physicians and providers team with pharmacists in performing comprehensive medication reviews.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Adverse reactions and interactions are seen frequently with multiple medications and are compounded by the effects of chronic disease on organ systems. For example, the veteran’s primary care provider may seek a comprehensive medication review from a clinical pharmacist to determine medication interactions or they may ask the clinical pharmacist to assist in managing a Veterans diabetes medication to help the patient meet their goals.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The VA’s Physician, providers, and pharmacist team approach to medical services focuses on chronic disease management, as well as preventive therapies. This team effort has resulted in many improved outcomes for veterans.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System Pharmacy employees are an award-winning team</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is reassuring that the Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System (RHJVAHCS) Pharmacy Team and services are one of the dozens of reasons that our local VA Medical Center and System is a five-star operation and has been rated in the top ten percent of all public and private hospitals in the USA for quality of care and dozens of other performance measurements. Below are a few of the reasons our local VA Medical System and Pharmacy make up a world class medical system.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li>The Ralph H. Johnson VA Pharmacy team is led by Doctor Sharon Castle has been awarded the Lewis Blackman Healthcare Executive Award for leadership in Opioid Safety.</li><li>Doctor David Taber, RHJVAMC Transplant pharmacist, received the 2020 American Pharmacy of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Clinical Practice Award, a national award recognizing his substantial and outstanding contributions to clinical pharmacy practice. This award recognizes him for his exceptional leadership and development of innovative clinical pharmacy services.</li><li>Doctor Chad Lavinghousez was recently recognized by the VA Secretary, at a recent site visit, for his work with Covid vaccinations at the RHJVA.</li><li>Pharmacy Doctors Alison Martin and Julianne Isaac recently published an article in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy that highlights the clinical pharmacy practitioner’s role in ensuring safe monitoring of drug therapy in multiple sclerosis patients. Dr. Martin is one of a very limited number of clinical pharmacy practitioners who specialize in neurology practice providing medication management for headache management, seizure disorders, and a host of other neurology related conditions.</li><li>The RHJVAHCS Pharmacy Team has been selected by the Coastal SC Chapter of the Association of the US Army (AUSA) to receive their coveted Outstanding Service Award. This award recognizes teams and individuals who provide outstanding services and care to veterans, military members, and their families.</li><li>Multiple pharmacists at the RHJVAMC and surrounding CBOCs have been recognized as Preceptor (educator) of the Year to pharmacy students over the years. The excellent pharmacy staff at the RHJVAHCS is continuously training new pharmacists and students. The pharmacy staff at RHJVAHCS take very seriously their role in developing their profession and new pharmacists to serve veterans for years to come.</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Some things to remember</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li><strong>Read and follow the instructions provided online. </strong>Veterans and their family members should read about the Charleston health care pharmacy services at https://bit.ly/3M8M2bt. Veterans can find out at this website how to refill their prescriptions, where to pick up new prescription orders, and how to safely dispose of their medicines at the VA Charleston health care facility and the CBOCs.</li><li><strong>RHJVAMC pharmacy hours. Ve</strong>terans can contact at the RHJVAHCS Pharmacy Department at 843-577-5011, ext. 15220. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.</li><li><strong>Order refills 10 days before you run out. </strong>Veterans VA health care benefits include prescription medicines and medical supplies prescribed by your VA health care team. Veterans should order refills at least 10 days before your supply runs out. With the VA’s Prescription Refill and Tracking Tool, veterans can refill their VA prescriptions, track their delivery, and create lists to organize your medicines.</li><li><strong>Order refills online or by phone. </strong>Veterans can refill prescriptions online. Veterans can sign in with their existing ID.me, DS Logon, or My HealtheVet account. If a veteran does not have any of these accounts, they can create a free ID.me account at the https://bit.ly/3IAr438 website. Veterans served by the RHJVAHCS can phone in refills by calling 843-577-5011, ext. 15220 or 888-878-6884, select 1, which is toll free from outside the Charleston area.</li><li><strong>Mail order refills. </strong>Veterans need to mail back the refill request form that comes with their prescription to the provided address. For Veterans unable to complete refills through My HealtheVet or by phone, the refill request form that comes with the prescription can be mailed back to the provided address.</li><li><strong>Picking up new prescriptions. </strong>Veterans can pick up new prescription orders at one of the VA Charleston health care pharmacies.</li><li><strong>Refills should be requested online, by phone, or mail. </strong>The VA requests that veterans please not try to refill prescriptions in person, so their pharmacists can focus on providing care to Veterans with urgent needs and new prescriptions. Refills are only available online, by phone, or mail.</li><li><strong>Follow your doctor’s and pharmacist’s instructions. </strong>Do not become another tragic statistic. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) November 17, 2021 announcement, “Provisional data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate that there were an estimated 100,306 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 12-month period ending in April 2021, an increase of 28.5 percent from the 78,056 deaths during the same period the year before. To read the CDC announcement, go to: https://bit.ly/3IVvxNP.</li><li><strong>Safely dispose of old and no longer needed medication. </strong>Veterans can drop off expired or unwanted medicine at a MedSafe box. Disposing of your medicines safely can help protect other people as well as the environment. You can find the large blue MedSafe boxes at all VA Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCS) and at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center’s Outpatient Pharmacy, on the First floor. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Website at https://bit.ly/340r9hh can also help you locate an on-site receptacle in your community.</li><li><strong>List of medications. </strong>Bring a list of all medications to each medical appointment. Keep an up-to-date list of your medications on your cell phone. You may want to take a picture of the label on each of your prescription medications and across the counter drugs and supplements.</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Island News and Larry Dandridge wish to thank the RHJVAHCS Chief of Pharmacy Services, Doctor Sharon Castle and the Public Affairs Officer (PAO) Wayne Capps for allowing this writer to interview Dr. Castle and for providing much of the information in these two articles on VA Pharmacy services.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Larry Dandridge is a Vietnam War wounded warrior, disabled veteran, ex-Enlisted Infantryman, ex-Warrant Officer Pilot, and retired Lt. Colonel. He is a past Veterans Service Officer, a Patient Adviser at the RHJ VA Hospital, the Fisher House Charleston Good Will Ambassador, and the VP for Veteran Affairs for the local Army Association Chapter. Larry is the author of the award-winning book Blades of Thunder and a contributing free-lance writer with the Island News. Contact him at LDandridge@earthlink.net or 843-276-7164.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'VA Pharmacy Services in the Lowcountry of SC, Georgia', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'va-pharmacy-services-in-the-lowcountry-of-sc-georgia', '', '', '2022-03-09 12:37:40', '2022-03-09 17:37:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55882', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55884, 4, '2022-03-09 12:39:10', '2022-03-09 17:39:10', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312 assigned to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, depart in F/A-18C Hornets from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort on Feb. 26 to participate in Exercise Cold Response (Ex CR22) in Norway. Exercise Cold Response \'22 is a biennial Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise that takes place across Norway, with participation from each of its military services, as well as from 26 additional North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allied nations and regional partners. Photo by Cpl. Aidan Parker, USMC.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'DEPARTING FOR NORWAY', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'departing-for-norway', '', '', '2022-03-09 12:39:11', '2022-03-09 17:39:11', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55884', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55886, 4, '2022-03-09 12:41:12', '2022-03-09 17:41:12', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No matter where we come from or how we have been taught, we are responsible for what we think, what we say, and how we act. As optimism and pessimism are learned behaviors, we know that our conduct and worldviews can be changed and controlled if this is our desire.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our spiritual understanding about who God is and who we are in Him must become more than a hope or a chance of fate. Having a personal relationship with Him is based on knowing that we have been purchased with the blood that Jesus shed on the cross and receiving His grace that transforms us.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Everyone is allowed to decide whatever they want to believe but this does not mean that God approves. When it comes to God’s truth, there is our version and His perfection, and the decisions we make reveal the type of person we are. We are responsible as to the level we choose to surrender our will to God.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There is a legend that talks about an older member of a tribe that is teaching his grandson about the meanings of life. He said, “There is a fight going on inside of me. It is a terrible conflict between a wolf and a sheep. The wolf is evil and is filled with darkness, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, depression, lies, and pride. The sheep demonstrates goodness and fairness and his light shines bright with joy, peace, love, hope serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. My grandson, this same battle for control is going on inside of you and me and in every other person.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The grandson thought about this and after a few moments asked his grandfather, “who will win?” The wise man replied, “the one you feed.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I was talking with a friend the other day about the Christian life and I asked him how he came to know the Lord. He said when he was a child, he went to a Sunday School class where they would listen to Bible stories and sing songs. Sometimes the teacher would ask if anyone would like to receive Jesus as their Savior and if someone raised their hand, they would be led in a prayer to ask Christ into their heart.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These are truly great programs and have been used to help build foundations of faith in the lives of many. However, even though he went through this process, he was not saved that day. As a child he did not understand what Jesus dying on the cross really meant and was just going through the motions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sadly, he grew up without living for God and it was not until more than 40 years later he had a genuine life-changing encounter with Jesus and his spiritual eyes were opened to what true salvation means. People can be led to an altar and repeat the sinners prayer, but it is only an emotional experience until God draws and convicts us by his power and transforms our spirit.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When a person is convinced they are spiritually secure, yet they have no desire for God, they have become spiritually lukewarm either or maybe they have never received Christ. If we are truly saved, the Spirit of God within us will relentlessly pursue us until we return to our first love.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This subject is much too important than to just assume that everything will be alright. We are miserable without God’s peace and joy, and I encourage you to call upon him today. He loves you but will never make you love Him. Those who are born again and accept Christ as their Lord, may backslide for a season, but as the great shepherd, God promises that he will find those sheep who have wandered away and always bring them back into the fold.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Without being pursued by his endless love and mercy, we would drift out to sea and never return. If you are running from God and trying to avoid him, the Holy Spirit is pleading with you this very moment to be born again or rededicate your life to the one who died to save you.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.” Romans 10:9-10.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Read more about the Christian life at billyhollandministries.com.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'God searches for those who drift away ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'god-searches-for-those-who-drift-away', '', '', '2022-03-09 12:41:13', '2022-03-09 17:41:13', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55886', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55888, 4, '2022-03-09 12:42:33', '2022-03-09 17:42:33', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My first job out of college had the best version of me. Admittedly, I was immature and totally unaware of the adult working world, but I had an insatiable hunger.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I believed if I worked my hardest, regardless of my level of talent, my efforts would be appreciated and valued. I was wrong. Coworkers got frustrated when I couldn’t match their skill level. Managers were vocal about their disappointment in me. Often they were cruel. It was made very clear that I didn’t belong.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That was when I felt the first fracture of my bone. It hurt, yet it was manageable. I hobbled into what I knew would be a better circumstance. An opportunity to grow and be better. Most importantly a chance to heal.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The belief that each new job would be the career I would retire from; the place I would feel at home; somewhere I would excel and be valued – these beliefs ended up as effective as a brittle bandage.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In nearly two decades, I have had 13 different jobs, not including brief temp jobs in between. All different employers. A variety of different industries. Across the span of two different states. Although there were many differences, my experiences were almost always the same.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That first day I walked through the doors with excitement and hope at the endless possibilities. I imagined my career trajectory. An eagerness burst through the seams to learn as much as I could and do the best I could. I wanted to be a valuable member of the team. I tirelessly sought the approval of those around me.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Every time was supposed to be different. I forced myself to walk on a broken bone that never healed quite right from the repeated fractures. And every single time I was lured into a false sense of security that I could walk again. Management appeared happy to have me. Coworkers seemed welcoming and helpful. I felt as if I belonged until I was brutally reminded that I did not.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You failed to meet our expectations. Fracture. No one here likes you. Fracture. You’re not who we thought you would be. Fracture. There’s no reason you can’t do it if the other person can. Fracture. You’re too much. Fracture. You’re not enough. Fracture. Get your act together. Fracture. You should just keep to yourself. Fracture.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The added weight of protecting each former employer as a potential new employer asked what happened, … fracture, fracture, fracture.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The last time left me so crippled I knew I would never be the same again. I could no longer hide behind a slight limp.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The next job will get the very worst of me. Trauma does that. It stole my ability to run, to jump, and even to walk. It makes me fear that each day will be the last good day before my inevitable fall.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Laura Kaponer is a mental health advocate, blogger and Certified Peer Support Specialist. You can find her on social media by searching #Laurakaponeris1in5. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Trauma is a broken bone that never heals quite right ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'trauma-is-a-broken-bone-that-never-heals-quite-right', '', '', '2022-03-09 12:42:34', '2022-03-09 17:42:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55888', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55890, 4, '2022-03-09 12:44:11', '2022-03-09 17:44:11', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Richard Eckstrom</strong><br><br>It definitely doesn’t get the attention it deserves, but it’s among the most severe financial problems facing South Carolina today: The state retiree pension plan is underfunded by a whopping $25 billion. That means, as things currently stand, the state is obligated to eventually pay out $25 billion more in pension benefits than the plan will have on hand to make those payments.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Twenty-five billion dollars is a whole lot of money – nearly two and one-half times the state’s general operating budget – and there are no painless options for making up a shortfall of this size.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Elsewhere in the country, years of neglecting pension plan shortfalls has necessitated drastic steps: Sharp cuts in services, steep tax hikes, defaults on benefit payments to retirees, or any combination of these. A city in Illinois laid off 40 police officers and firefighters. A school board in Colorado shuttered an elementary school. A school board in Oregon shortened the school year by five days and laid off employees. Property taxes shot up 35 percent in one city, and they increased $298 annually in another.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These examples should be a wake-up call to state lawmakers. Paying down our pension plan shortfall ought to be at the top of their priorities.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As is the case with so many of our problems, South Carolina’s pension woes are rooted in politics.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There’s always been tremendous political pressure to keep contribution rates – the percentage of each employee’s salary that goes into the pension fund, and the even greater percentage that taxpayers kick in – as low as possible. As a result, contribution rates have historically been inadequate to cover these annually-mounting promised benefits.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Officials have often gotten away with this by using overly optimistic projections of future investment returns on the contributions being deposited into the pension plan. These projections have masked growing shortfalls by making it appear as if the plan will accumulate more money than it actually will. (Using artificially high projections for investment earnings has also created a funding crisis for other pension plans nationwide.)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A 2017 law in South Carolina increased contribution rates and made other structural changes to the plan – including reducing the assumed rate of earnings on investments – but those changes fell far short of what’s needed.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To be sure, what’s needed is more than money. Serious reforms are necessary to make the plan healthy over the long term. Short of that, though, we should be doing what we can now to close the $25 billion gap. Time isn’t on our side. Putting off dealing with pension problems only makes them worse.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last month, the state got some welcome financial news from surging revenue collections, which led state economists to significantly increase their estimates of the tax and other revenue to be collected by the state this year and the next. In response, lawmakers are scrambling for ways to spend the surprise windfall. I’d offer that state government has no need more urgent than to begin paying off its unfunded pension promises, and there\'s no wiser use of the surprise windfall.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The promised pension benefits are going to have to be paid, and every bit of the shortfall we pay down now will help alleviate some of the inevitable financial pain that lies ahead.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Richard Eckstrom is a CPA and the state Comptroller. He’s president of the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers.&nbsp;</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Pension plan shortfall demands lawmakers’ attention ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'pension-plan-shortfall-demands-lawmakers-attention', '', '', '2022-03-09 15:01:33', '2022-03-09 20:01:33', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55890', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55892, 4, '2022-03-09 12:45:24', '2022-03-09 17:45:24', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This Friday morning, I’m walking through the darkened galleries of Charleston’s Museum on Meeting Street.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Susan and I have driven up Highway 17, rented a room at the Mills House, in order to look and learn about rice cultivation. In particular the “empire” involving 227 plantations that once produced 11 million pounds of rice each and every year.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The story presented by the museum does not sidestep the slaves who worked in the heat and the knee-deep mud and muck. It makes it clear that this was hard work that came with casualties. It also doesn’t hide the silver, porcelain or the huge, high-ceilinged houses that were made possible by this coast-hugging enterprise that would eventually account for 90 percent of the rice grown in the United States.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But as I walked through the galleries it seemed to me that something was missing — something that arrived in 1699 and stuck around for 200 years. It seemed to me that there was another character in this story that wasn’t being mentioned to those of us wandering in the semi-darkness. Actually there were two missing actors—yellow fever and malaria.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The initial outbreak of yellow fever (in the New World) happened in Barbados in 1647. Yellow Jack was the unknown, uninvited guest aboard the ships bringing slaves from Africa to the sugar plantations on Barbados. Richard Ligon, who arrived just as the epidemic was hitting it’s full, death-dealing stride wrote, “the living were hardly able to bury the dead.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From Barbados the fever went to the Yucatan Peninsula killing the Mayan Indians as well as their Spanish conquistadors. Then to Cuba, Jamaica and, finally in 1699, the virus made landfall in Charleston, S.C. The enabler — or “vector” — was a mosquito called Aedes Aegypti.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For the next 200 years, yellow fever would be a reliable, ever present killing machine striking anywhere there was a warm, humid climate. The last recorded epidemic in South Carolina — in 1878 — was here in Beaufort.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Yellow fever had a companion, malaria, that came along with the optimistic colonists who arrived to Jamestown, Va., in 1607. The Anopheles mosquito was unable to make the long ocean journey like the Aegypti (yellow fever) mosquito, but the more virulent falciparum strain came inside the slaves themselves.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Soon enough there was a saying, “They who want to die quickly, go to Carolina”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The colony was increasingly populated by servants and enslaved persons who had no choice. The large scale importation of slaves from the 1680s ensured the introduction of falciparum malaria.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Charleston itself was a notorious focus of the disease, “the great charnel house of the country. In the swamps turned over to the cultivation of rice, which quickly became the staple export of the Carolina economy, malaria was now a menace unparalleled anywhere in North America.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So writes Kyle Harper in his book, “Plagues Upon the Earth.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Although malaria was less deadly than yellow fever, it made people sick for long periods of time and ultimately led to an early death. In1850, Yale College did a survey of its graduates and found those from Connecticut lived to be 64; and those from South Carolina to 49.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In spite of the fact that a large percentage of European immigrants died within three years of arrival in Charleston, colonists continued to come to Charleston’s “charnel house.” They came, and many died, but those who somehow survived made fortunes growing rice (and later cotton) that were made flesh in the elegant, double-porched houses built throughout the hot, humid, pastel-painted City.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 1870, Carlos Finlay, a Cuban doctor, theorized that the mosquito was the “vector” for the spread of yellow fever. His theory was endorsed by young Army surgeon named Walter Reed.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was, however, the arrival of a yellow fever vaccine in 1937; and then the discovery DDT in1939; that put the kibosh on yellow fever in the American south. Malaria, persists, but it is no longer a significant disease in South Carolina.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is interesting to ponder the impact of yellow fever, and malaria, and the fact that these viruses were native to Africa and came with the slaves — a kind of instant, biblical punishment for those merchants, captains and slave-owners.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The slavers and the rice growers didn’t know about viruses or mosquitoes at the time — they thought the air itself was bad. 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(55894, 4, '2022-03-09 12:47:34', '2022-03-09 17:47:34', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) has selected Angela Stephens, Principal of Bolden Elementary Middle School at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, as the 2022 DoDEA Americas Principal of the Year.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am proud to recognize Dr. Angela Stephens as the DoDEA Americas 2022 Principal of the Year,” DoDEA Americas Director for Student Excellence Judith A. Minor said in a release. “She exemplifies the type of positive, professional leadership that makes a difference in the lives of the students and staff. Through the tough times of the pandemic, she held her staff together and gained the trust of her military families to ensure their children remained in a safe environment.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Dr. Stephens practices the Law of Connection with her staff, students, parents and community members,” DoDEA Community Superintendent for South Carolina and Fort Stewart Brian Perry said. “It is this ability to connect and build relationships that allows her to be a successful leader and create a strong sense of community at Bolden Elementary Middle School. She touches the heart first, then lends a hand to those she leads on a daily basis.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Law of Connection comes from John C. Maxwell’s <em>The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You. </em>In it, Maxwell says “When it comes to working with people, the heart comes before the head.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stephens has 24 years of teaching experience with DoDEA schools. She has taught third grade, science and math labs, math instructional support, and math at Laurel Bay Intermediate School and Bolden Elementary School at MCAS Beaufort.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stephens earned her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from South Carolina State University, a master’s in Elementary Education from the University of South Carolina, and her doctorate from Argosy University.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stephens advocates for curricular reform in mathematics. According to the Committee on Economic Growth of The Conference Board, \"improving the math and science skills of young people is an important step toward maintaining innovation-led economic growth in the coming decade. As educators, we must go beyond how we were taught and teach as we wish we had been taught.\"&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Not only is she an effective principal, she works outside her duties to serve in multiple capacities, including contributing to the following committees:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DoDEA Americas Southeast District Principal Advisory Council&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DoDEA Americas Southeast District Diversity Equity and Inclusion Team&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DoDEA Americas Response to Intervention/ Multi-Tiered System of Support Team&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She is married to Clarence Stephens and has two sons, Chance and Austin.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The DoDEA Principal of the Year Program recognizes outstanding school principals, one in each region, who have succeeded in leading high-quality learning opportunities for students as well as demonstrating exemplary contributions to the profession. The process begins at the local level, where principals are nominated by peers, employees, parents, students or community members.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One of the regional awardees will be selected as the DoDEA Principal of the Year, and proceed through a national association nomination process, representing DoDEA at the national level.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DoDEA Americas operates 50 schools in seven states, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. There are two school districts and about 1,835 teachers and 550 educational aides.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Stephens selected as DoDEA Americas Principal of Year ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'stephens-selected-as-dodea-americas-principal-of-year', '', '', '2022-03-09 12:47:34', '2022-03-09 17:47:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55894', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55896, 4, '2022-03-09 12:49:43', '2022-03-09 17:49:43', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort County Board of Education has approved the district’s academic calendar for the 2022-23 school year.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The first day for students will be Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, and the final day of classes will be a half-day on Friday, June 2, 2023.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Current state law mandates that no South Carolina public school can begin classes prior to the third Monday in August, which this year is August 15.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dates schools will be closed for students are Sept. 5 (Labor Day); Monday, Oct. 17 (vacation day); Nov. 11 (Veterans Day); Nov. 23-25 (Thanksgiving); Dec. 19-Jan. 4, 2023 (winter break); Jan. 16, 2023 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day); February 20, 2023 (President’s Day); Friday, March 17, 2023 (vacation day); April 7-14, 2023 (spring break); and May 29, 2023 (Memorial Day).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Three potentially virtual possible weather make-up days are included: Dec. 19-20 and April 14.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Teacher work days are Monday-Friday, Aug. 8-12; Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 3-4; Friday, Feb. 10; and Monday and Tuesday, June 5-6.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>High school graduation dates for 2023 are June 5 (May River); June 6 (Beaufort); June 7 (Bluffton); June 8 (Battery Creek); June 9 (Hilton Head); and June 10 (Whale Branch).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Board of Education approves school calendar for 2022-23 academic year ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'board-of-education-approves-school-calendar-for-2022-23-academic-year', '', '', '2022-03-09 12:49:43', '2022-03-09 17:49:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55896', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(55899, 4, '2022-03-09 13:19:07', '2022-03-09 18:19:07', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort’s Bruns cracks top 10 at Lowcountry Invitational&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hilton Head Prep finished fifth and Beaufort High was sixth in a strong 10-team field at the Lowcountry Invitational high school boys golf tournament played last week at Berkeley Hall and Chechessee Creek Club.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Frederica Academy won the team title with a scorching two-day total of 422, carding matching 211 team scores each day to cruise to a 19- shot win over Porter-Gaud (441). Bishop England (444) and AC Flora (448) were right on the Cyclones’ heels, with Hilton Head Prep (466) and Beaufort High (471) in fifth and sixth. May River (498), Hilton Head Christian Academy (501), Hilton Head High (511), and Bluffton (528) rounded out the field.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Frederica’s Jackson Byrd, the son of former Clemson star and PGA Tour veteran Jonathan Byrd, carded two stellar rounds, shooting 65 and 67 to win by seven shots over Porter-Gaud’s Lucas Acevedo (71-68).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High’s Jerry Bruns was the only Lowco golfer to crack the top 10, tying for ninth with a 36-hole total of 150 after carding a 73 in the final round, with help from Simon McAlister (159), Jack Lubkin (162), and Jack Sumner (170).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tag Graziano (155) led Hilton Head Prep to its fifth place finish, with Cade Kriscunas and Jack Crousore posting matching 157s, and Garret Fader (164) rounding out the lineup.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bluffton’s Jones Saylor missed the top 10 by one shot, posting rounds of 78 and 73, while Landry Williams (160) led May River, Nolan Hawkins (162) led the way for Hilton Head High, and Sean Engler (163) was the top finisher for HHCA.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Patrick, Dolphins win at Fripp&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Led by individual medalist Jeep Patrick, Hilton Head Prep boys golf cruised to a big win in the first SCISA Region 4 golf match of the season Wednesday on Fripp Island Club’s Ocean Creek course.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Patrick fired a 1-over-par 37 over nine holes to earn medalist honors by one shot over John Paul II’s Gabe Schmitz, and the Dolphins’ team total of 156 was good for a 14- shot victory over Heritage Academy. Holy Trinity was third at 177.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hilton Head Prep posted solid scores throughout the lineup, as all five of their golfers placed in the top 10. Patrick led the way, but JP Carr and Chase Horn each shot 39 to tie for third with Heritage Academy’s Michael Gavin, Tripp Hedden was eighth with a 41, and Max Diamond, whose score was dropped from the Dolphins’ team total, shot 42 to tie for ninth with Holy Trinity’s Luke Simonis.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Heritage’s fledgling program had a strong showing, as Gavin tied for third and Sepp Pearson was one shot behind, tied for sixth with a 40. Sam Hodgkins (45) and Thomas Ludwig (46) rounded out the scoring for the Stingrays.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Holy Trinity’s young squad also had a good outing, as Simonis cracked the top 10, and Barnes Gooding (43) and Bray Sheehan (44) were just outside. Cross Episcopal’s Dylan Forscroft also finished just outside the top 10 with a 43.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Schmitz’s strong round led John Paul II (191) to a fourth-place finish, while Jack Carter Worrell (44) led fifth-place Beaufort Academy (197). Brady Bagenstose shot 49 to lead Hilton Head Christian Academy (208). Bethesda Academy (243) struggled, but Quentin Brooks carded a 40 to tie for sixth.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BOYS GOLF ROUNDUP ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'boys-golf-roundup', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:19:09', '2022-03-09 18:19:09', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55899', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55901, 4, '2022-03-09 13:20:35', '2022-03-09 18:20:35', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Club Teen Center at the Boys and Girls Club of Bluffton is still accepting teams for its Basketball Madness Tournament on March 26.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The entry fee is $65 per team, but sponsorships may be available to waive or reduce the entry fee. The tournament is a fundraiser for The Club Teen Center and will be hosted by coach Tony “Red” Bruin, a former McDonald’s All-American and Syracuse University star who played professionally overseas.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To register or for more information, call The Club at 843-757-2845 or send email to pamela.castle@bgclowcountry.org.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Ready to show your hoops skills? ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ready-to-show-your-hoops-skills', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:20:36', '2022-03-09 18:20:36', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55901', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55903, 4, '2022-03-09 13:21:33', '2022-03-09 18:21:33', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Daise, Wilson win gold at Lower Richland&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High’s girls placed 10th among 32 teams and the boys were 21st out of 36 teams at the Diamond Hornets Invitational on Saturday at Lower Richland.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was a strong showing for the Eagles in a field that included a number of elite teams, and Beaufort’s throwers had an especially good day.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jayla Daise won the girls javelin by nearly six feet with a launch of 95 feet, 2 inches, and she placed third in the shot put, coming within a foot of the winning mark. Alvin Wilson also claimed gold in the boys discus with a throw of 154 feet, 6 inches, edging Chapin’s Duke Molinaro by three inches.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Charlize Antia was the Eagles’ top finisher on the track, placing fourth in the 1,600 meters.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the Lowcountry Invitational at Woodland, Whale Branch’s Talaijah Bartley placed second in the 100-meter hurdles.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'TRACK ROUNDUP ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'track-roundup', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:21:35', '2022-03-09 18:21:35', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55903', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56167, 0, '2022-03-18 12:24:17', '2022-03-18 16:24:17', '', 'GRRonk@aol.com', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'grronkaol-com', '', '', '2022-03-18 12:24:17', '2022-03-18 16:24:17', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56167', 0, 'wpplugin_sub_order', '', 0),
(55907, 4, '2022-03-09 13:26:21', '2022-03-09 18:26:21', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Justin Jarrett </strong><br><strong>LowcoSports.com </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High boys lacrosse picked up its first win in two seasons with a 10-3 home win over Fox Creek on Saturday, and the Eagles kept the momentum rolling with a 7-6 win at Region 7-4A rival Bluffton on Monday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Grayson Bridges picked up two goals and two assists against the Bobcats, while Michael Morales scored twice and assisted on a goal, and Anthony Migliorino had a goal and a pair of assists to lead the Eagles on a night when scoring was at a premium.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jonah Forrestall added a pair of goals, and Diego Martinez had an assist along with a team-high seven groundballs. Bridges, Migliorino, and Morales each scooped six groundballs, as did Tate Shetzer and Theeb Bayyoud in a strong team effort on 50-50 balls.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Forrestall went 11-for-15 at the dot to help the Eagles control possession, and Zach Jindrich made the one-goal margin stand up with eight saves on 14 shots.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There was much less drama in the Eagles’ first triumph since 2020, as they bolted to a 7-1 halftime lead and cruised to a seven-goal win over Fox Creek.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bridges had three goals and an assist and Martinez collected a goal and three assists along with a team-high 12 groundballs to lead the way for Beaufort. Migliorino added two goals and an assist along with seven groundballs, and Chip Langford contributed two goals. Jacob Preston and Forestall each scored a goal, and Morales had an assist.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jindrich saved 10 of 13 shots in a stellar effort in goal.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles (2-3, 2-2) host Hilton Head High at 7 p.m. Thursday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort girls pick up first win&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High girls lacrosse earned its first win of the season Monday with a 15-6 rout of visiting Bluffton.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Neveah Wiggins set the tone for the Eagles by controlling the draw all night, and Beaufort took advantage of its possessions. Four Eagles scored a hat trick, as Megan Alvarez and Sophia Pellegrino each collected three goals and two assists, and Annabelle Hooper and Holland Perryman netted three goals apiece.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kellina Shipes, Abby Baise, and Lillian Carr each added a goal for the Eagles. Pellegrino was quick to the ball all night, scooping nine groundballs, while Baise added seven, and Perryman had six.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Shelby Holstein saved five of the seven shots she faced before giving way to freshman Katy Lamb, who made three saves against seven shots in 12 minutes of action. Thalia Moultrie and Julia Politzer anchored a strong Beaufort defensive effort that repeatedly turned away the Bluffton attack and ran an effective clear.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort (1-4, 1-2) travels to Hilton Head High to face a strong Seahawks team Thursday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort boys lacrosse riding long-awaited winning streak ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-boys-lacrosse-riding-long-awaited-winning-streak', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:26:22', '2022-03-09 18:26:22', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55907', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55909, 4, '2022-03-09 13:27:17', '2022-03-09 18:27:17', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Warriors end Eagles’ hot streak&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John Paul II boys soccer opened its season with a 5-1 road win over Beaufort Academy on Monday, handing the Eagles their first loss of the season.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jackson Ogden netted a hat trick and Nic Richardson dished out three assists to lead an impressive offensive performance for JPII. Anthony Hill had a goal and an assist, and Austin Floyd added the final tally for the Golden Warriors.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sam Rembold and Peter Torinese paced the defense in front of keeper Evan Slusne, who made seven saves, allowing just Gavin Midyette’s second goal of the season.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>JPII (1-0, 1-0) is on the road again Friday at Irmo. BA (3-1, 2-1) hosts Holy Trinity on Thursday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BA boys start with three straight wins&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Academy boys soccer picked up its second region win in two nights with a 7-0 road victory at Colleton Prep on Wednesday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Powered by a hat trick from Zeke Gonzalez, a brace from Evan Rankin, and goals from Sammy Siler and Patrick Good, the Eagles were in command from the start.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Freshman keeper Isaac Leslie had his first clean sheet of the season with help from a stingy defense anchored by Jack McDougall, who was named BA’s man of the match.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A day earlier, BA routed Hilton Head Prep 7-1 at home. After taking a 1-0 lead to halftime, the Eagles erupted for six goals in the second half to claim their first region win of the season.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Andrew Butterfield scored a hat trick to lead the way, while Grady Lamm added a goal and two assists, and Braydon Dineen, Siler, and Luke Miller each tallied a goal.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mighty Lions edge Patriots in PK shootout&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Andrew Jennings made two huge saves in a penalty shootout to help Holy Trinity boys soccer secure a region win over visiting Patrick Henry on Tuesday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After playing to a 1-1 tie in the first half, the teams were deadlocked again at full time at three goals apiece. Neither side could break through in two overtime periods, sending the match to penalties.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jennings came up with two big saves in the shootout and six overall while his teammates came through in the clutch to win the shootout 3-1.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Banks Scarpa, Ashton Stacks, and Michael Smith each scored a goal in regulation and converted penalties in the shootout to lift the Mighty Lions to the win.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Dolphins bounce back to down Red Devils&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek’s boys continued their hot start to the season with a 7-2 win at Wade Hampton on Friday, scoring five goals and shutting out the Red Devils in the second half.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Isaac Vega and Ashton Morgan each scored a pair of goals, and Talmedge Magbee, Juan Jaimes, and Ivan Huerta added a goal apiece for the Dolphins, who limited the Red Devils to four shots on goal with Noah Northway making two saves.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Dolphins mustered only five shots, three on goal, compared to Hanahan\'s 19 in a 1-0 home loss to open the region campaign Thursday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jonathon Cruz and Juan Jaimes each notched two shots on Hanahan\'s keeper while Magbee took the other shot on goal.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek (4-1, 0-1) was slated to return to Region 8-3A play Tuesday at Academic Magnet.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Bucs start regular season with back-to-back wins&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bridges Prep boys soccer kicked off its regular-season slate by knocking off the defending SCISA 1A state champions Thursday, downing Holy Trinity on the road 5-1.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Both teams found the back of the net towards the end of the first half to draw even, but the Bucs rode a dominant four-goal second half and a brilliant performance from goalkeeper Darick Fisher to pull away from the Mighty Lions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sophomore Zaire Nelson led an impressive offensive output, scoring two goals while Clay Sanders, Liam Sanders, and Timothy English each added one. Fisher shut down the Mighty Lions in net in the second half and finished the match with six saves.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Bucs picked up their second straight victory with a 6-0 shutout of the War Hawks on the road Friday, as English netted a pair of goals and assisted on another, and Michael Legier added a brace to lead the way.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Zaire Nelson and Liam Sanders also scored goals for the Bucs, and Jeremiah Ponder had an assist. Clay Sanders made three saves to preserve the clean sheet.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bridges (3-1) hosted Royal Live Oaks for a region game Tuesday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Bobcats down Eagles in region opener&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Luis Rojas scored a pair of goals and Humberto Rodriguez added one to lead the Bobcats to a 3-1 home win over the Region 7-4A rival Eagles to open the regular season Friday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort (0-1, 0-1) travels to James Island for a region clash at 7 p.m. Friday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'boys-soccer-roundup', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:27:18', '2022-03-09 18:27:18', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55909', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55911, 4, '2022-03-09 13:28:30', '2022-03-09 18:28:30', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BA bounces back vs. War Hawks&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After being blanked 10-0 by Hilton Head Prep on Tuesday, Beaufort Academy girls soccer got back in the win column with a 5-0 victory at Colleton Prep on Wednesday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Claire Tumlin and Margaret Hiers each scored a pair of goals, and Madi McDougall added one for the Eagles. Mads Trice made four saves to preserve the clean sheet for BA.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Creek blanks Hawks in region opener&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Taelyr Daugherty scored two of Battery Creek girls soccer’s three goals and Natalie Cruz-Woodley added a third as the Dolphins defeated Region 8-3A foe Hanahan 3-0 on Thursday at Whale Branch.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Daugherty\'s first goal put Creek on the board just 10 minutes into the game, but it was the only score of the half as the Dolphins took a 1-0 lead to the break.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The freshman forward added her second goal late in the second half to put the Dolphins up 2-0 and Cruz-Woodley sent a direct free kick into the back of the net in stoppage time.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek outshot the Hawks 13-5, as a strong Dolphins defense limited the Hawks’ chances and Anna Moore recorded the shutout with five saves.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Dolphins (4-1, 1-0) couldn’t continue the momentum Friday at Wade Hampton, as the Red Devils netted the game-winner after the break for a 3-2 win.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sophia Felix and Ruthie Floyd each had a goal and an assist, and Anna Moore made four saves for the Dolphins.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eagles can’t find net vs. Bobcats&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High put up a strong defensive effort, but visiting Bluffton found its offense late to defeat the Eagles 2-0 to open Region 7-4A play.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After a defensively-played first half, the Bobcats broke the stalemate with 12 minutes to go. Angelina Facendo knocked in an Emmaline Parrott corner to grab the lead, and Anna Parrott added a key insurance goal off a through ball with three minutes to play. Chapelyn Terodemos held it down between the pipes for Bluffton, recording four saves and a clean sheet.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'girls-soccer-roundup', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:28:32', '2022-03-09 18:28:32', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55911', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55913, 4, '2022-03-09 13:29:52', '2022-03-09 18:29:52', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LowcoSports.com&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>PJ Daley tossed a gem, and six Eagles had multiple hits as Beaufort High baseball opened Region 7-4A play with a 12-0 win over visiting Lucy Beckham on Monday after dropping its final three games in the PBR Showdown over the weekend at Shipyard Park.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Daley struck out seven and walked two over four innings of one-hit ball to earn the win, and Mason Connelly struck out two to work around three walks in the fifth to finish the abbreviated shutout.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Connelly led the 15-hit attack, going 3-for-3 with a double, a walk, and two runs, and Hunter Rast, Carter Bowersox, Tommy Winburn, Chase McKelvey, and Zach Talbert each added a pair of hits as the Eagles swung it well throughout the lineup.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rast, Bowersox, Winburn, and Talbert each drove in two runs, and McKelvey doubled and scored twice.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Daley also turned in a stellar outing in the Eagles’ opener, and Rast led an opportunistic Eagles offense in a 2-0 win over Stratford on Thursday at Shipyard Park in Mount Pleasant.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Daley struck out five over 5 2/3 innings, scattering three hits and two walks, and Talbert recorded the final four outs in order with two strikeouts to finish off a season-opening shutout, but it didn’t start so smoothly.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Daley walked the tightrope in the top of the first, as Thomas Purcell led off the game with a single and moved to second on a ground out, but he had to hold up to make sure Brett Marrs’ bloop double to right got down, preventing him from scoring. Bowersox snared a Harry Wiggins line drive at first, and Daley got a grounder to end the threat.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was mostly smooth sailing from there, and it didn’t take the Eagles long to give him a cushion. Logan Brutcher drew a leadoff walk and moved into scoring position on Talbert’s sacrifice bunt, and Rast came through with a single up the middle to put Beaufort on the board.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles added an insurance run in the fifth, when Talbert started the inning with a walk, Rast singled, and Daley moved both into scoring position with a sacrifice. McKelvey’s grounder to second did the job with one out, bringing home Talbert for a 2-0 lead. Talbert relieved Daley after a two-out walk in the sixth and ended the inning with a strikeout, then retired the Knights in order in the seventh. Rast was 3-for-3 with an RBI, and Hudson Mullen went 1-for-2 with a walk for the Eagles.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles dropped their next three games in the tournament, though, getting shut out by Wando (5-0) and Ashley Ridge (11-0) before giving up three runs in the seventh to lose 7-4 to Northwestern on Sunday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rast and Mullen had great weekends at the plate, as Rast was 6-for-14 with a triple and two RBIs, and Mullen was 4-for-10 with a triple and an RBI. Brutcher and Connelly added three hits each. Tommy Winburn gave the Eagles four strong innings of relief against Wando, and Malcom Webb and Talbert combined to keep Beaufort in the game with Northwestern until a one-out error opened the door for the Trojans to score three runs in the seventh.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort (2-3, 1-0) was slated to travel to Lucy Beckham to conclude the series Wednesday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Daley deals in Eagles’ first two wins ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'daley-deals-in-eagles-first-two-wins', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:29:54', '2022-03-09 18:29:54', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55913', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55915, 4, '2022-03-09 13:31:42', '2022-03-09 18:31:42', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You need your sense of balance to stand, walk, bend down, drive, and more. If it gets disrupted, you may struggle to work, study, or even do simple daily activities. Balance problems also increase the risk of dangerous falls.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Balance is really your sixth sense,” says Dr. David Newman-Toker, a neurologist at Johns Hopkins University. “But we’re not usually aware of it unless it’s broken.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many things can affect your balance. Being hungry or dehydrated may make you feel lightheaded. Some medications can make you feel dizzy. Health problems that affect your inner ear or brain can also throw off your balance. These may include infection, stroke, or a tumor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Usually, a disruption in balance is temporary. But some things can cause long-term balance problems. So how do you know when to be concerned?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If your symptoms are severe, or last for a long time, that’s an indication to have things checked out,” says Dr. Michael Hoa, an ear, nose, and throat specialist at NIH. “Pay attention to things that aren’t normal for you.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You may feel like you’re moving, spinning, or floating, even if you’re sitting or lying still. Or you could feel like you’re suddenly tipping over while you’re walking. You might have blurred vision or feel confused or disoriented.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Pinpointing the Problem&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tiny organs in your inner ear form the core of your balance system. They communicate with your brain to give you a sense of your body’s position.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“But your balance system isn’t just your inner ear,” Hoa says. “It’s input from your eyes. It’s your muscles, joints, and spine. It’s your vision.” That makes balance disorders tricky to diagnose. “A change in any part of the system could contribute to changes in your balance,” he says. “Sometimes that makes it hard to distinguish one balance disorder from another.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A new balance problem can sometimes signal a medical emergency, like a stroke. So it’s important to get symptoms checked out as soon as possible.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The most important things to tell your health care provider are the timing and triggers for your symptoms,” says Newman-Toker. This will help them narrow down the possible cause.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Common Causes of Balance Problems&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Identifying what’s causing a balance problem can be complicated. Several disorders have similar symptoms.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An infection or inflammation of the inner ear can trigger dizziness and loss of balance. This is called labyrinthitis. Inflammation can also affect the nerve that sends signals about balance to the brain. This is called vestibular neuritis.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The most common cause of dizzy spells is called benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV. This occurs when tiny crystals in the inner ear fall out of place. BPPV can cause a brief, intense sense of vertigo triggered by certain changes in the position of your head. The spells last less than a minute.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A less common, but recurrent, cause of balance problems is Ménière’s disease. This can cause vertigo, hearing loss, and a ringing or buzzing sensation in the ear. It’s not known what causes this condition. But people living with it often have extra fluid in their inner ear.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To determine what’s causing your symptoms, your health care provider can do different tests. These include a hearing exam, blood tests, or tests to measure your eye movements. If these tests can’t rule out a stroke, you may also need an MRI scan.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Because some balance disorders can look similar, people may not always get the right diagnosis and treatment on the first try, says Newman-Toker. You may need to visit another doctor or try different treatments before you feel better.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Finding What Works&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some balance disorders have straightforward treatments. But others can be tricky. For BPPV, a trained health care provider can perform a series of simple head movements. These move the loose crystals back in place.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ménière’s disease is harder to treat. Lifestyle changes like stopping smoking and eating less salt can sometimes reduce symptoms. New drugs are now being tested to treat Ménière’s disease in clinical studies.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Currently, few effective drugs exist for long-term balance problems, says Dr. Anat Lubetzky, a physical therapist at New York University. “For many people, the solution to a balance problem is balance rehabilitation.” Rehabilitation teaches you ways to adapt to dizzy spells. It also focuses on strengthening muscles and preventing falls.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“People with balance disorders can enter a vicious cycle of the fear of falling,” Lubetzky says. “They may avoid activity, which can then create muscle and bone problems.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That, in turn, can increase the risk of more falls. “You have to gain your confidence back,” she says.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Summary&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As people build their skills, the scenes can get busier and noisier. The team hopes that these programs will help people regain their confidence in busy environments without leaving the safety of the clinic.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whether it’s rehab, medications, or other treatments, it may take time to find something that works for you.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If things don’t go how you’ve been told to expect them to, be aware that you might actually not have the right diagnosis,” Newman-Toker says. You may need to go back to your health care provider or see a specialist.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It may also take time to gain your confidence back. In the meantime, anyone living with a balance disorder—either temporarily or permanently—can also do simple things at home to prevent falls and accidents. <br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>WISE CHOICES— LIVING WITH A BALANCE DISORDER&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To help prevent falls and other accidents:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Avoid walking in the dark, either inside or outside.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wear low-heeled shoes or walking shoes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Use a cane or walker, if necessary.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Add handrails to stairwells and bathrooms in your home.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stay physically active to improve your balance and strength. A physical therapist can help you learn to exercise safely.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Talk with your health care provider about whether it’s safe to drive.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https://newsinhealth.nih. gov/2021/11/dealing-dizziness\">https://newsinhealth.nih. gov/2021/11/dealing-dizziness </a><br><br>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Dealing With Dizziness ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'dealing-with-dizziness', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:32:32', '2022-03-09 18:32:32', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55915', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55918, 4, '2022-03-09 13:34:05', '2022-03-09 18:34:05', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the United States, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common and second most lethal cancer. More than one–tenth of CRC cases (11% of colon cancers and 18% of rectal cancers) have a young onset (ie, occurring in individuals younger than 50 years). The reasons why the incidence of colorectal cancer is increasing in younger patients remain unknown, although genetic predisposition, environmental factors, fewer early cancer detections in this population or a combination of these factors are thought to play a role The CRC incidence and mortality rates are decreasing among all age groups older than 50 years, yet increasing in younger individuals for whom screening use is limited and key symptoms may go unrecognized. When apparently average–risk young adults present with CRC–like symptoms (eg, unexplained persistent rectal bleeding, anemia, and abdominal pain), endoscopic work–ups can expedite diagnosis. Early screening in high–risk individuals and thorough diagnostic work–ups in symptomatic young adults may improve young–onset CRC trends. Yet, stage-specific survival in patients with young-onset CRC is comparable to that of patients with later-onset cancer. Primary care physicians have an important opportunity to identify high-risk young individuals for screening and to promptly evaluate CRC symptoms.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Source: http://www.mdlinx. com/gastroenterology/&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Colorectal Cancer Symptoms&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Colorectal cancer first develops with few, if any, symptoms. </strong>It is important not to wait for symptoms before talking to your doctor about getting screened. However, if symptoms are present, they may include:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A change in your bowel habits, including diarrhea or constipation or a change in the consistency of your stool&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Feeling that your bowel does not empty completely, rectal bleeding, or finding blood (either bright red or very dark) in your stool&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Finding your stools are narrower than usual&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Persistent abdominal discomfort, such as cramps, gas, pain, or feeling full or bloated&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Losing weight with no known reason&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Weakness or fatigue&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Having nausea or vomiting&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These symptoms can also be associated with many other health conditions. Only your doctor can determine why you\'re having these symptoms. Usually, early cancer does not cause pain. It is important not to wait to feel pain before seeing a doctor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Know the Facts&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Colon cancer has become a reality for many people younger than age 50, and it’s the only population where incidence rates are on the rise. In the U.S., approximately 10% of colon cancer cases are diagnosed in individuals under age 50.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Colon cancer incidence and mortality rates are increasing in the under 50 population (young-onset), while decreasing in those over 50. Young-onset rectal cancer incidence has increased at nearly twice the rate of young-onset colon cancer. Young-onset has a preference for the distal colon (the segment of your colon right before the rectum begins) or rectum and often presents at an advanced stage.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Screening is recommended to start earlier than age 50 in those with a family history of colon cancer or advanced adenomas (noncancerous tumors), and in those with hereditary genetic syndromes associated with increased risk. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease or other conditions increasing risk may also benefit from close follow-up.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Individuals under 50 who have symptoms that may be consistent with colon cancer need to seek medical attention so the appropriate testing can be done and deserve a prompt and thorough examination.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Physician-related delays (e.g., missed symptoms, initial misdiagnosis) have been estimated to occur in 15-50% of young-onset colon cancer cases.*&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Discussions of lowering the screening age for the average-risk population have begun. As it stands, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) feels there is insufficient evidence for lowering the screening age to 40 years in the average-risk population.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>When to see a doctor&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you notice any symptoms of colon cancer, such as blood in your stool or a persistent change in bowel habits, make an appointment with your doctor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This information compiled from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>See more at: <a href=\"http://ccalliance. org/nevertooyoung/facts. html#sthash.3RI1OnqK.dpuf\">http://ccalliance. org/nevertooyoung/facts. html#sthash.3RI1OnqK.dpuf </a><br><br>Exclusive content from CARE magazine. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'march-is-national-colorectal-cancer-awareness-month-2', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:34:06', '2022-03-09 18:34:06', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55918', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(55920, 4, '2022-03-09 13:40:00', '2022-03-09 18:40:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Hunting Island State Park Nature Center March naturalist programs</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All programs are free with park admission. Call 843-838-7437 for information or reservations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Monday: Secrets of the Salt Marsh </strong>– 4 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tuesday: Creature Feature </strong>– 10:30-11 a.m., Nature Center. Discover some of the wildlife found around Hunting Island as represented by the animal ambassadors. (all ages); <strong>Traces of Wild Ruffians </strong>– 12:30-1:30 p.m., Nature Center. Find ut what mammals are rummaging through Hunting Island and learn how to identify mammal tracks. (ages 7 to 12); <strong>Beach Walk </strong>– 3-4 p.m., Lighthouse. Walk along the beach with a naturalist to learn more about the treasures from the ocean. (all ages) (not held on Feb. 8).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Wednesday: Creature Feature </strong>– 10:30-11 a.m.; <strong>Turtle Talk </strong>– 12:30-1 p.m., Nature Center. Learn about the variety of turtles on Hunting Island. (all ages); <strong>Walk With a Naturalist </strong>– 2:30-3:15 p.m., Nature Center. Enjoy a 0.7-mile scenic walk that ends at Little Hunting Island, which you can explore on your own. Wear walking shoes, comfortable clothes, and bring sunscreen, bug spray and water. (limited to 15 walkers) Call by noon the previous day for reservations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Thursday: Creature Feature </strong>– 10:30-11 a.m.; <strong>Gator Gab </strong>– 12:30-1 p.m., Nature Center. Congregate around our modern-day dinosaurs and watch our vicious hunters eat a delicious meal. (all ages); <strong>What a Wharf </strong>– 2:30-3 p.m., Nature Center. Walk down the pier and learn how Hunting Island and its ecosystems came to be. (all ages).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Friday: Creature Feature </strong>– 10:30-11 a.m.; <strong>Serpent Exploration </strong>– 12:30-1 p.m., Nature Center. Get a chance to fight your fears and touch a snake or two. (all ages); <strong>Beach Walk </strong>– 3-4 p.m., Lighthouse.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Saturday: Creature Feature </strong>– 10:30-11 a.m.; <strong>Sea Turtle Discovery </strong>– 2-3:15 p.m., Nature Center. Four species of sea turtles are found on the S.C. coast, and one is the state reptile. (all ages); <strong>Walk With a Naturalist </strong>– 2:30-3:15 p.m., Nature Center.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort County Library Ongoing Programs</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These are the ongoing programs available at the Beaufort Branch Library Downtown: 2:30 p.m., 1st Tuesday each month, Knitting/Crochet Class; all day during business hours, 1st Thursday each month, Chess Club; 2:30 p.m., last Tuesday each month, Book to Movie Club; daily during library hours, Escape Quest Games.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Bluffton Night Bazaar — a Lowcountry Made Market</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5 to 8 p.m., first Thursday of each month, Burnt Church Distillery, 120 Bluffton Road. A highly curated selection of accessories, clothing, home goods, custom gifts and more by local artists and makers. The first 20 shoppers of the night at the March 3 Bluffton Night Bazaar will get free market tote bags filled with surprises from our sponsors. Participating vendors for March 3: Miss Katie’s Sweets (food truck), Lite Foot Company, Kara Artman Art, Cottonwood Soap Company, Southern Botanica, Barb’s Boards, Pet Wants, Woodsman’s Wife &amp; Co., Tout Sweet Macarons, 7th &amp; Palm, The Herb Room Apothecary, Marsh View Candles, Kilted Bee Mead, Juke Joint Sweets, Palmetto Kettle Corn/Crescent Moon Macaroons, River Dog Shop, Fabula Collective, SH\' THAT\'S HOT!, Lowcountry Livin’, True South, Mystic Mates Pillows.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The Historic Port Royal Museum</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or upon request, Thursdays through Sundays, The Historic Port Royal Museum, 1634 Paris Ave. The museum features the turn-of-the-century businesses and industries of Port Royal: Shrimping, crabbing, oystering, the railroad, the school and the mercantile. Great gifts featuring local artists are available. For more information. visit www.portroyalhistory.org, email unionchurch1004@gmail.com or call 843-524-4333.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tour Historic Fort Fremont</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Fort Fremont History Center, Fort Fremont Preserve, 1124 Land’s End Road, St. Helena Island. Docent-led tours are at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. every Saturday. Travel back in time to the 1800s and the Spanish American War. Visitors to Fort Fremont can learn about the fort’s history by reading interpretive panels, taking a self-guided tour with a smart phone, visiting the history center exhibit hall, or attending a docent-led tour of the property. The Preserve is open to the public Monday through Sunday from dawn to dusk. For more information, visit www.fortfremont.org or contact Passive Parks manager Stephanie Nagid at snagid@bcgov.net.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Port Royal Farmers Market</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9 a.m. to noon, Saturdays, year round, Naval Heritage Park, 1615 Ribaut Road, Port Royal. Rain or shine. You will find fresh, local, seasonal produce, shrimp, oysters, poultry, beef, pork, eggs, bread and cheese, as well as plants, ferns, camellias, azaleas, citrus trees and beautiful, fresh cut flower bouquets. There are prepared food vendors serving barbecue, dumplings, she crab soup, crab cakes, paella, coffee, baked goods, bagels and breakfast sandwiches. No pets allowed. For more information, visit http://www.portroyalfarmersmarket.com/, visit @portroyalfarmersmarket on Facebook or call 843-295-0058.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>A War on Two Fronts: African Americans Fight for Victory at Home and Abroad</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Through Saturday, Aug. 13, Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage, 10782 S. Jacob Smart Blvd., Ridgeland. A traveling exhibit adapted from an original exhibition and book developed by the Athenaeum Press at the Horry County Museum. The exhibition and book explore how African Americans in the 92nd and 93rd Army infantry divisions fought for racial equality during wartime, and then went on to be active participants in the Civil Rights Movement. It traces the little-known stories of soldiers on the front lines, and how segregation affected their training, service and recognition. The exhibition draws from the work of Maggi Morehouse, Burroughs Distinguished Professor of Southern History and Culture at Coastal Carolina University and a daughter of a commanding officer in the 92nd infantry division. To learn more about “A War on Two Fronts” and other Athenaeum Press projects, visit www.ccu.press or www.warontwofronts.com. Morris Center is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit www.morrisheritagecenter.org or call 843-284-9227.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lowcountry Made Markets</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9 a.m. to 1 p.m., first and third Saturday of each month through December, Buckwalter Place Park, next to Kroger off Buckwalter Place Blvd., Bluffton. Each market includes local vendors, live music, food and drink. The events are free. Participating vendors include: Gullah Express LLC (food truck), Declan’s Delights, Pick N Paint Pottery, Preservation Tree Art, 7th &amp; Palm, Kara Artman Art, Southern Botanica, Hedone (bath &amp; body), Blue Door Boutique, The Herb Room Organic Apothecary, Juke Joint Sweets, BPC Custom Furniture, Back to Eden Self Care Products, LLC, Shutterbug Custom Designs LLC, Pet Wants Hilton Head, Grind Coffee Roasters, LLC, Fabula Collective, The Artsy Girl, KODA Glass Designs, Lowcountry Livin’, Legacy Art Gallery, Cottonwood Soap Company, Marsh View Candles and Crafted With A Purpose.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lowcountry Made Markets in Port Royal</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9 a.m. to 1 p.m., fourth Saturday of the month through May; second and fourth Saturday through November, Live Oaks Park, 904 14th Street, Port Royal. These markets showcase only local artists, artisans and small businesses. The open-air markets are held “farmer’s market” style with new vendors each month. Each market will also include live music, food and drink, and is free to attend. Vendors include Amidst the Alders, Preservation Tree Art, True South, Pet Wants, Meg’s Sweet Treats, Sativa Health Products, Back to Eden Self Care (Tea), Graceful Stitches, Cottonwood Soap Company (Bath &amp; Body), Sweet Carolina’s Clothing Boutique, B&amp;E Rustic Designs, Blue Door Boutique, Clayed by Reena LLC, Kara Artman Art, The Herb Room Organic Apothecary, Bliss Bites Cookies, Kilted Bee Mead (Soap), HandMade Beaufort, Lovin\' My Skin, LLC, Purely, Inc. and KODA Glass, Lovely Olive Designs, Gone Gullah, Tout Sweet Macarons, Moonlight Crow Creations, Fabula Collective, Finch Sign &amp; Design Metalworks LLC and Honey Bunny Boutique.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>“Pull Yourself Up” Group Exercise Class for women</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9:30 a.m., select Saturdays, Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal. This multi-generational women’s group training is a 5-week program taught by Kelly Blackston. It is designed for females who wish to be stronger especially using back muscle shoulders and arms plus build camaraderie and make new friends. Free for ages 13-19; $10 per class for YMCA members; $20 per class for adult non-member. Questions should be directed to Denice Davis, YMCA Healthy Living Program Director at 843-521-1904 or beaufort-jasperymca.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Massage Therapy Job Fair</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 10, Technical College of the Lowcountry New River Campus, 100 Community College Drive, Bluffton. Those interested in a career in massage therapy are invited to attend to learn more about applying to TCL’s Massage Therapy Certificate Program. Representatives from area spas and other health-related businesses and organizations will be on hand at the event for networking opportunities as well. The job fair is free and open to the public. The event will take place in the campus lobby.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club’s March meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7 p.m., Thursday, March 10, Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club, Lady’s Island, Meridian Road. Social begins at 6:30 p.m. Captain Jack Brown will discuss how to find your next local \"Honey Hole\" and the cold weather habits of our inshore local fish – spottail bass, AKA red fish, red drum, and puppy drum, etc. Beaufort Boat &amp; Dock Supply, Butler Marine, and Adams Marine Seminars again are our drawing sponsors. Remember to weigh in your favorite catch at the Port Royal Landing Marina – Safe Harbor – during regular hours. Winners must be present at the next month’s meeting to receive the cash award. Guests are welcome. Reservations are not needed. For additional information, please contact Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2122 or fgibson@islc.net.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Exploring A Sense Of Faith And Commitment in Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life And Legacy</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 11, Frissell Community House, Penn Center, 16 Penn Circle West, St. Helena Island. Free and open to the public. The workshop will focus on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\'s sense of faith and commitment to civil rights and his quest for equality for all, which was grounded in the biblical teachings of Christ. Specific biblical passages will be read in Gullah as it is presented in the King James version of the Bible that was translated into Gullah. Presentations will be conducted by Professor Bobby Donaldson and Prophetess Carrie Major. All participants must wear a mask.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The Pickled Eagle pickleball tournament</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8 a.m., Saturday, March 12, Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club. On-site registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Cost is $40, $5 for each additional division, three divisions total. Double elimination. Skill division 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0. Men’s doubles, women’s doubles, mixed doubles. Singles, two divisions. Age divisions – skill divisions but limited to 50+, 60+, 70+. Proceeds benefit Beaufort High School Tennis. To register online, go to pickleballtournaments.com and search for pickledeagle. Register online and get a free T-shirt.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands guided tours</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9 a.m., Saturday, March 12; Friday, March 25; Saturday, April 9. Sunset walk from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 22. The Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands (501c3) offers free tours with Master Naturalist Jill Moore as guide. Learn about the different types of wildlife, birds, and plants that inhabit this special place. Tours are approximately 90 minutes and limited to 12 participants. To sign up for a tour please email Kat Bray at info@foprcw.org. For more information, visit www.foprcw.org, follow us on Facebook at FriendsofPRCypressWetlands, or on Instagram at friendsofprcypresswetlands.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sham Rocked Sip &amp; Stroll</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, March 12, Wells Farco entrance, 1011 Bay Street. A day of green-themed goodies, shopping, and dining in Downtown Beaufort. It’s a chance to explore the various retailers while enjoying complimentary beverages and special retail and restaurant promotions. The event offers several ticket options. Each attendee receives a T-shirt, swag bag, and access to all the goodie stations spread throughout downtown Beaufort. Sip &amp; Stroll Events are a 21-and-older (to drink), though younger than 21 are permitted and children younger than 6 are free. Parking is recommended at Marina lot. Registration pickup and starting point is at the old Wells Fargo entrance on Bay Street (Next to Best Western). Please show up 15-20 minutes prior to start time to pick up your packets, T-shirts and complete ID process for alcohol approval. Sunday, March 13 will be the rain date. No refunds. Tickets are $10 to $15 and can be purchased at https://bit.ly/3IVAIxr. This event is organized in part by the Activate Downtown Beaufort Committee in coordination with the Beaufort Area Hospitality Association and the Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association. Email Ashlee@bfthospitality.com for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Cultural District Lunch Bunch</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Noon to 12:40 p.m., Monday March 14 via Zoom. The topic is “Harriet Tubman Will Return To Beaufort, S.C.” Rev. Kenneth Hodges will highlight Harriet Tubman’s presence in Beaufort, pointing out what propelled her coming, her role, her contributions and the significance of her presence. He will address the initiative to hnor her with the Harriet Tubman Monument. To participate, go to the City of Beaufort’s Facebook page to find the Cultural District Lunch Bunch event and the Zoom meeting link.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Author Talk: Susan B. Zurenda</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage, 10782 S. Jacob Smart Blvd., Ridgeland. Author and South Carolina resident Susan B. Zurenda discusses writing historical fiction of the 1960s small Southern town life within her novel Bells for Eli. Please register to attend. For more information, visit www.morrisheritagecenter.org or call 843-284-9227.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort County Library Special Programs</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These are the special programs available at the Beaufort Branch Library Downtown: 2:30 p.m., March 17, Gardening Class; 4:30 p.m., April 6, Pat Conroy’s Love of Libraries; 2:30 p.m., April 12, Poetry Slam; 4:30 p.m., April 26, Pat Conroy’s Love of Poetry; 2:30 p.m., May 4, May the 4th Be With You Star Wars Celebration; 2:30 p.m., June 14, Hurricane Preparedness; 2:30 p.m., July 12, Comic Con; 2:30 p.m., Aug. 16, Local Art Display; 2:30 p.m., Sept. 13, Civic Awareness; 2:30 p.m., Oct. 20, Friends of the Library Celebration; 2:30 p.m., Nov. 15, Beekeeping; 2:30 p.m., Dec. 13, Gingerbread House Contest.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>St. Patrick’s Festival</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 19, Beaufort Town Center. Event benefits the Beaufort Area Hospitality Association. Area restaurants and food trucks will be selling food and drinks and there will be live music by Mike Martin and The Beautiful Mess. This family-fun event will have activities for children of all ages, and those young at heart. There will also be a cornhole tournament and a costume contest. Though the festival is free and open to the public, to have access to all activities, wristbands can be purchased on site for $5. Only cash is accepted. There is an ATM on site. Additional information regarding the cornhole Tournament will be available on Beaufort Town Center’s website at https://bit.ly/3rYcxs5.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Twilight Run</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3:30 to 9:30 p.m., Saturday, March 19, 11 Market, Habersham Marketplace, Beaufort. The annual race benefits Riverview Charter School (RCS), a free public school open to Beaufort County K-8th grade students (www.RiverviewCharterSchool.org). This year’s efforts will raise funds for the School’s athletic fields and expansion. To register and for details visit www.BeaufortTwilightRun.com. Live Music will be performed by the band Broke Locals. A wide variety of food and beverages will be available from food trucks and the Habersham Marketplace restaurants. The BTR is one of only two events in South Carolina to offer a 10-mile race. All race courses are spectator-friendly and offer beautiful marsh views beneath canopies of live oaks. Events will be held rain or shine.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>CPR re-certification</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9 a.m to noon, Saturday, March 19, Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal. Cost is $25. Those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first come, first serve basis. Questions? Contact Contact Frank Hamilton at 843-525-0233 or ghh60fwh@comcast.net.. To register visit the Y front desk or online at beaufort-jasperymca.org and click ‘Register for a Program’ at the top of the page.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Power of the Purse</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6 p.m., Thursday, March 24, Saltus River Grill. Heavy Hors d’oeuvres, open bar, silent auction. Tickets are $80 per person, $150 per couple. Purchase tickets at uwlowcountry.org/POP. Proceeds benefit United Way of the Lowcountry Women United’s Breaking Barriers to Education Fund. For more information or sponsorship opportunities, contact Wendy Jones at wjones@uwlowcountry.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The Birds of Prey</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7 p.m., Thursday, March 24, Fripp Island Community Center, 205 Tarpon Blvd. As part of the Fripp Audubon Club’s Ten Eyck Lecture Series, Stephen Schabel, Education Director for the Avian Conservation Center, (Birds of Prey) in Awendaw, will get up close and personal with live hawks, owls, vultures and more. During his live demonstration, attendees can learn about how these beautiful birds live, where they live and what is so unique about them. There will be no Meet and Greet due to setup for the birds. Donations to the Avian Conservation Center are welcome. For more information, visit www.islc.net/audubon/ or email the Fripp Audubon Club at frippaudubonclub@gmail.com. Off island visitors are welcome – receive a pass at the gate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>CPR training</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8 a.m to noon, Saturday, March 26, April 9, Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal. Cost is $35 for YMCA certified course. Those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first come, first serve basis. Questions? Contact Contact Frank Hamilton at 843-525-0233 or ghh60fwh@comcast.net.. To register visit the Y front desk or online at beaufort-jasperymca.org and click ‘Register for a Program’ at the top of the page.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Virtually Speaking: Standing Up to Hate</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage, 10782 S. Jacob Smart Blvd., Ridgeland. Author and journalist Mary Cronk Ferrell examines the roles that black women who enlisted in the newly formed Women\'s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) played in WWII. Visit the Facebook page at the date and time listed for the live premiere. Virtually Speaking programs are archived there and on the website. For more information, visit www.morrisheritagecenter.org or call 843-284-9227.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Memory Matters Save the Memories Spring Soiree</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6 p.m., Friday, April 1, Poseidon, Hilton Head Island &amp; Hampton Lake, Bluffton. $200 per person. An evening of chef tastings, wine pairings, live and silent auctions and more – all to benefit Memory Matters. Memory Matters raises funds for local families living with Alzheimer\'s disease and other forms of dementia. Space is limited at both locations. This will be a taste-and-mingle event. There will not be assigned seats. If special seating accommodations are necessary, email joy@mymemorymatters.org. Purchase tickets at mymemorymatters.org</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>THIS WEEK’S MOVIES AT HWY 21 DRIVE-IN</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The movies scheduled for this week (Thursday, March 3 through Sunday, March 6) at the Highway 21 Drive-In are The Batman (PG-13, 7:30 p.m.) on Screen 1 and Dog (PG-13, 7:30 p.m.) and Uncharted (PG-13, 9:00 p.m.) on Screen 2.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Online ticketing is available at hwy21drivein.com on the Now Playing page. Patrons are asked to arrive early on Friday and Saturday nights. Gates open at 6:30 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Management would appreciate the wearing of masks while in the concession stand.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Our family at the Hwy. 21 drive in feel a responsibility to our community,” a statement from Highway 21 Drive-In management reads. “We are concerned about many things in these trying times and in making the right decisions. We are concerned with our employees, our patrons, our business, our community’s businesses, and the health and well-being of all.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A reminder: no outside food or beverages can be brought into the drive-in.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Upcoming movies include The Lost City (March) and Morbius (April).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Staff reports</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'WHAT’S HAPPENING', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'whats-happening-93', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:40:01', '2022-03-09 18:40:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55920', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55922, 4, '2022-03-09 13:41:42', '2022-03-09 18:41:42', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Eleven Lowcountry artists, including two from northern Beaufort County, have been juried into Spring Fusion: Renew and Reinvent, an upcoming exhibit by the South Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The exhibit includes the art of 27 members from across South Carolina and throughout the southeast. The 11 Lowcountry artists juried into the exhibit are Earline Allen, Rose Cofield, Shiela Grabarsky, and Bernice Tate from Bluffton; Penny Healy and Candace Whittemore from Hilton Head Island; Marianne Stillwagon from Hardeeville; Joan Eckhardt and Karen Gottschall from Okatie; Saundra Renee Smith from St. Helena Island; and Sandy Dimke from Seabrook.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The exhibit will be held from March 31 to May 6 at the Aiken Center for the Arts (ACA), 122 Laurens Street, Aiken. The public is invited to attend the opening reception on from 6-8 p.m., March 31, at the ACA gallery.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The exhibit theme is open to various interpretations, styles and media. Spring Fusion: Renew and Reinvent captures the energy of Spring, not only in the revival and rebirth in nature, but in the rejuvenation of artists. Like Mother Nature, artists are constantly recreating every time they pick up their creative tools.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>NAWA artists represent all areas of the visual arts. Fifty works will be on exhibit in a variety of mediums – from oil, acrylic, pastel, egg tempera, and mixed media to photography, print-making, sculpture and fiber art. National NAWA members from Calif., Fla., N.J., and Va., who are also S.C. Chapter members, will have artworks in this exhibit.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The National Association of Women Artists, headquartered in New York City, was founded in 1889 when women lacked opportunities to exhibit at prestigious museums and galleries. Since then, NAWA continues to foster awareness of the monumental contribution women have made to American culture and art.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Benefits of NAWA membership are many, including a substantial awards program, the opportunity to exhibit throughout the U.S., educational programs, and scholarships. Artists must be juried in to the national association to become a member of a state chapter. For more information and to apply for membership, visit: https://wwwthenawa.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Spring Fusion: Renew and Reinvent', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'spring-fusion-renew-and-reinvent', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:41:43', '2022-03-09 18:41:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55922', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55924, 4, '2022-03-09 13:42:36', '2022-03-09 18:42:36', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Margit Resch</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sing this: “Kee-sho-nuh, Kee-sho-nuh, on Fripp she will sing … Kee-sho-nuh, Kee-sho-nuh, on Fripp she will sing.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Did you really find a melody for these words, and did you sing them? Then you were communicating the news that Kyshona will sing on Fripp the way Kyshona Armstrong herself would: with music. With music that is created to tell a story, send a message.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Yes, Kyshona Armstrong doesn’t just entertain with her soulful blend of folk, rock, and blues, with her intriguing story-telling; she wants to heal the hurting, to encourage us to battle adversity in our community, overcome hate, change our troubled world, practice empathy and love, work towards a better future. To quote from the review of Kyshona’s album Listen by The Bluegrass Situation: \"The melodies are catchy, but it’s the lyrics that really grab the attention on this album. (She) sings with the undeniable spirit and conviction that was more common in the tumultuous 60s. However, through all the turmoil of the times, the message is ultimately one of hope that leaves you believing things will get better.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And one fan wrote: “Amidst these hard, divisive times this set of songs is a salve for the grief many of us are feeling about resulting loss of family, friends, and community.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Given Kyshona’s admirable goals, it is not surprising to hear that she began her career as a musical therapist, writing songs with her patients in mind, writing songs with her patients: the students and the prison inmates under her care, the marginalized, the silenced and the forgotten – us.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kyshona hails from South Carolina. Her father played LPs from his huge record collection all day long, when he was not playing guitar and singing in his room; so there was always music in the home. Kyshona also loved watching her dad and her grandparents perform in church.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“When they opened their mouths, I sat back and listened,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She learned to play the piano early.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I loved the idea of telling a story or conveying an emotion through the piano keys,” she said. “The beauty was that I never had to look at an audience or do anything flashy. I simply had to play and focus on the musical story.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was not until her senior year in high school that she sang in front of an audience, a scary experience. A career in music therapy helped her overcome her fear of performance.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I was using the music as a tool for healing,” she said. “My patients didn’t care about how my voice sounded, or how I looked. They just wanted a connection. That’s the part of performing that I love. Connecting.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From Athens, Ga., where she was a fixture in the singer-songwriter circles, she moved to Nashville. She found her place in the soul and rock music scenes there and has released four albums since. She has had the privilege of sharing the stage with Wynonna Judd, Margo Price, Even Stevens, JD McPherson, Cracker, and many more.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Deemed “One of the most compassionate and uplifting young voices in Nashville today” by NPR Music’s World Cafe, Kyshona’s music has been heard on Issa Rae’s (HBO’s Insecure) short film series and on major prime time television shows on ABC, CBS and NBC.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And speaking of connecting. Kyshona certainly knows how to connect to her audience. Her narrative songwriting, descriptive guitar-playing and powerful lyrical voice, all enhanced by her two spirited fellow musicians, have the power to not only awaken, but to sustain our attention, like when she addresses us all: “Brothers and Sisters … hear what I’m saying.” She has the power to awaken in us empathy and the desire to help our needy fellow human beings, awaken in us the wish to heal our societal ills. She inspires us to follow her lead.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By the way, if you want to persuade your friends to come to the concert with you by singing to them “Kee-sho-nuh, kee-sho-nuh, on Fripp she will sing,” use Nelson Riddle’s tune, sung famously by Frank Sinatra: “Chicago, Chicago, that toddling town. Chicago, Chicago, I will show you around.” Or just tell your friends the following:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Kyshona Trio will entertain us at 5 p.m., Sunday, March 27 at the Fripp Community Centre, 205 Tarpon Boulevard. It is presented by Fripp Friends of Music, supported by the S.C. Arts Commission, and benefits FIFOM’s Music-in-the-Schools program.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets at the door are $30 for adults (credit cards accepted), and free for students, thanks to the Peg Gorham Memorial Fund. You are invited to our complimentary post-performance reception, catered by Harold’s Chef Services, and meet the musicians.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visit www.frippfriendsofmusic.com or call Vanessa Peñaherrera at 1-484-832-4920 for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Kyshona Trio to perform on Fripp Island', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'kyshona-trio-to-perform-on-fripp-island', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:42:37', '2022-03-09 18:42:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55924', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(55927, 4, '2022-03-09 13:45:36', '2022-03-09 18:45:36', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Southern writers J. Drew Lanham (The Home Place) and Janisse Ray (Wild Spectacle) led a nature walk through the wooded grounds of Penn Center on Sunday, during the Pat Conroy Literary Center’s 6th Annual March Forth event. Talking about everything from birds and trees to southern history and social justice, the pair of naturalists held the crowd enthralled for more than an hour. Photo by Margaret Evans.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'MARCHING FORTH', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'marching-forth', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:45:38', '2022-03-09 18:45:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55927', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55929, 4, '2022-03-09 13:47:13', '2022-03-09 18:47:13', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort County invites applicants for boards, commissions vacancies</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Legislative Delegation encourages qualified citizens who are willing to serve on a board or commission to submit an application. All applicants must be a registered voter in Beaufort County to be considered for an appointment.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The following boards and commissions have legislative delegation-appointed vacancies:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Foster Care Review Board</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Veterans Affairs Officer</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Jasper Water &amp; Sewer Authority</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Coastal Empire Community Mental Health Center</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Jasper Higher Education Commission</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Broad Creek Public Service District</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>South Island Public Service District</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Advisory Committee</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All applications must be received by the close of business, Friday, March 18.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The application can be found at https://bit.ly/3HNA9nX.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For further information or to obtain an application, contact the Beaufort County Delegation Office at 843-255-2260 or email cmaxey@bcgov.net</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>RBC Heritage seeking teen volunteers</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Heritage Classic Foundation is excited to welcome back Standard Bearer volunteers to the 2022 RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing, being held April 11-17 over the famed Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Teens between the ages of 12-18, familiar with the game of golf, and ready for the responsibility to walk 18 holes inside the ropes are wanted. Please apply at https://trusteventsolutions.com/event/13/home to secure a spot. Registration closes March 10.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Parental permission will be required in order to participate, and more details are to follow. For any specific questions, contact Skylar Jewell at Sjewell012@gmail.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information on the 54th annual RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing tournament, visit rbcheritage.com or call 843-671-2448.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BJWSA wins NACWA 2022 National Environmental Achievement Award</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort-Jasper Water &amp; Sewer Authority (BJWSA) was among the winners of the 2022 National Environmental Achievement Awards (NEAA) honored last week at the National Association of Clean Water Agencies’ (NACWA) Winter Conference, held in Scottsdale, Arizona. Chief of Customer Care Linda Tillery accepted the award.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The NEAA Program recognizes individuals and NACWA-member public clean water utilities that have made outstanding contributions to environmental protection, their communities, ratepayers and the water sector. NACWA is the only organization to offer national awards of this type to the municipal clean water sector. BJWSA was recognized in the category of Workforce Development for its inaugural internship program.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Collaborating with the Career and Technical Education (CTE) offices for both Beaufort and Jasper County school districts, BJWSA was able to identify four candidates for 15-week paid internships. Hiring recent high school graduates met both the needs of the emerging workforce as well as BJWSA, with three of the four being hired. Four more interns are currently in the second-year program, which began in January.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tillery, who oversees the departments in which the interns now work, sums up the benefits for both BJWSA and students, “I think that the internship program is wonderful and provides a win-win for all parties. Those students who are not heading off to college have an opportunity to begin a career with a great company that provides stable benefits and pay. BJWSA gets employees that are junior, motivated with fresh perspectives and a potential ‘pipeline’ for the future.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Officer Petrone named City Employee of the Year</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort City Police Officer Jennifer Petrone has been named City of Beaufort Employee of the Year 2021.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2021, Officer Petrone was selected for the Police Department’s Community Response Team.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the City’s release, “As a member of the team, she has done a remarkable job bringing the community and the Police Department closer together. She also helped develop relationships with local businesses and community leaders.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Her countless hours of detailed work and coordination allowed the Police Department to host several community events in 2021. This included the implementation of the Greg’s Groceries program, hosting Movie in the Park, hosting Shop with a Cop, and hosting several outdoor Chill with a Cop events for kids and their families. She also increased the department\'s involvement in our schools.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'NEWS BRIEFS', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-211', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:47:14', '2022-03-09 18:47:14', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55929', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55931, 4, '2022-03-09 13:48:03', '2022-03-09 18:48:03', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Junior Service League of Beaufort (JSLB) is hosting its 17th annual Spring Fundraiser JSLB Jubilee from 6 to 10 pm., Saturday, April 23 at the Historic Beaufort Arsenal.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets are $40 in advance or $50 at the door and include heavy hors d’oeuvres and an open bar featuring wine and beer. Tickets can be purchased through a JSLB member or online at www.jslbeaufort.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The JSLB Jubilee is the Junior Service League of Beaufort’s annual spring fundraiser and year-end celebration, focusing on the Junior League of Beaufort’s commitment to its mission: serving the women, children and families of the community since 2005. Event proceeds will be distributed back into the Beaufort community through a formal request-for-funds process, in which JSLB selects non-profit agencies that complement the organization’s mission to support and enrich the lives of women, children and families in the local community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event will feature live music, dancing, food, an open bar, a silent auction, and specialty raffle. Attendees can look forward to meeting the 2022 grant recipients, recognizing JSLB’s honorary members of the year and learning about the service that members offer to the community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since its founding in 2005, the Junior Service League of Beaufort has donated more than $125,000 and provides regular volunteers to organizations such as the Child Abuse Prevention Association and Hopeful Horizons. JSLB also hosts an annual Touch a Truck event in the fall, an annual blood drive in the winter, and a free prom dress boutique in the spring. For more information, visit www.jslbeaufort.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For information about sponsoring or attending the event, contact Communications Director Meredith Birch at communication.jslb@gmail.com or visit www.jslbeaufort.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Junior Service League hosting 17th annual Spring Fundraiser', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'junior-service-league-hosting-17th-annual-spring-fundraiser', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:48:03', '2022-03-09 18:48:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55931', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55933, 4, '2022-03-09 13:49:40', '2022-03-09 18:49:40', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Less than 24 hours after battling a house fire, Burton Fire District firefighters responded to two brush fires in one hour on Saturday, March 3, both caused by unattended yard debris fires, with one fire causing extensive damages.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Crews responded to the first brush fire at 1:58 p.m. on Goethe Hill Road. Firefighters extinguished a slow-moving brush fire that is believed to have been caused by an unattended yard debris fire.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The homeowner stated he was burning yard debris and went into the house, and when he returned, he witnessed a large spreading fire. Two fire trucks extinguished the fire with no damages.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Burton fire crews responded to the second brush fire at 2:44 p.m. on Joe Allen Road. Firefighters arrived to find a spreading brush fire that had consumed a vehicle, a riding lawnmower, a boat, and was encroaching on a garage/barn.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Firefighters were able to cut the fire off before the home was damaged. The fire was caused by a yard debris fire that was left unattended by the resident who was trimming trees. Three fire trucks were needed to contain and extinguish the fire.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Burton Fire District has responded to 15 brush/trash fires, and nine illegal burns in 2022.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Yard debris fires spread; one causes significant damages', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'yard-debris-fires-spread-one-causes-significant-damages', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:49:41', '2022-03-09 18:49:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55933', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55935, 4, '2022-03-09 13:50:40', '2022-03-09 18:50:40', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Republican Women’s Club (BRWC) held its annual Membership Drive Luncheon on February 26, with Jessica M. Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, as the featured speaker. Vaughan shared her knowledge of current U.S. immigration policies and possible immigration reform. Pictured from left to right are State Representative Shannon Erickson, Vaughan, BRWC President Jane Culley, Beaufort County Clerk of Court Jerri Roseneau and County Council member Alice Howard. Submitted photo.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort Republican Women’s Club', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-republican-womens-club-2', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:50:41', '2022-03-09 18:50:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55935', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(55937, 4, '2022-03-09 13:52:54', '2022-03-09 18:52:54', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Memorial Foundation’s Valentine Ball was held this past Saturday outside and under a tent in the Kate Gleason Park, located on the banks of the Beaufort River on the hospital’s main campus.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In spite of having to reschedule the annual event from its usual February spot – and moving it outdoors due to high COVID-19 levels in the community earlier this year – Beaufort Memorial officials are delighted with the fundraiser’s final results.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"While we were originally sad to have to postpone what has traditionally been a highly successful February event, it turned out to be a blessing,” Beaufort Memorial Hospital Associate VP and Chief Development Officer Kim Yawn said. “The weather was perfect and it was fitting to be in the park, right next to the hospital, as we gave a nod to our BMH healthcare heroes.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":55849,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/03052022-Valentines-Day-ball-2-9561.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/03052022-Valentines-Day-ball-2-9561-1024x740.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55849\"/></a><figcaption>Allen and Joan Dechovitz trip the light fantastic as the band Bounce plays during the annual Valentine Ball on Saturday.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More than 250 guests, many of whom had attended pre-ball dinner parties, enjoyed dessert, dancing and a silent auction while helping the Foundation raise more than $215,000 toward the renovation of the Beaufort Memorial Surgical Pavilion.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The Valentine Ball alone has now generated more than $1 million towards this special project that will make a lasting impact on the health of our community for years to come,” said Yawn.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>First hosted in 1990, the Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Valentine Ball has raised more than $5.6 million for new technology, services and facility improvements for Beaufort Memorial and its patients over the past 32 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort Memorial Valentine Ball a big success', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-memorial-valentine-ball-a-big-success', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:52:55', '2022-03-09 18:52:55', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55937', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55939, 4, '2022-03-09 13:53:44', '2022-03-09 18:53:44', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Parks and Recreation Department is wrapping up the County-wide needs and improvements assessment to develop a Master Plan that meets the needs of County residents.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The final meeting for public comment will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, March 10, at Charles Lind Brown Center, 1001 Hamar Street, Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The Assessment is critical to ensure we are meeting the needs of our citizens,” Beaufort County Parks &amp; Recreation Director Shannon Loper said in a release. “The voices of our citizens will shape the funding and improvements to our parks and recreation facilities.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wood + Partners, Inc. and PROS Consulting INC. will lead the year-long assessment with Parks and Recreation support to create a Parks and Recreation master plan for $175,690. This plan includes an assessment of inventory and analysis of existing parks and facilities, public opinion survey and community input, prioritized recommendations for new parks and facilities, and capital improvement cost estimates.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The public can continue commenting and providing feedback via www.playbeaufortcounty.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Between July and September, the group will work on the needs analysis, program, services, and staff assessment, along with Athletic Events &amp; Sports Tourism Feasibility Study &amp; Economic Impact analysis and land acquisition recommendations. This information will be used to develop short-, mid-, and long-term planning recommendations and cost analysis.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All the information and public comments will be compiled into a Parks and Recreation Master Plan from October through November. This plan will then be presented to the County Council Facilities Committee and the County Council for feedback and endorsement.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Parks and Recreation recently re-opened Charles Lind Brown Center on Hamar Street in Beaufort. New state-of-the-art workout equipment has been ordered for the facility. The facility will include three workout rooms for cardio, one with workout equipment for women, and one large workout room for everyone. Temporary pickleball courts may also be set up upon request. We still have an open gym for basketball, an outdoor resurfaced basketball court, an existing playground, and a small room for meetings. With these updates and upgrades, the County facility will be even more of an asset to the neighborhood and better equipped to meet the needs of residents.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'County completing assessment for Parks and Rec master plan', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'county-completing-assessment-for-parks-and-rec-master-plan', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:53:45', '2022-03-09 18:53:45', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55939', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55941, 4, '2022-03-09 13:54:42', '2022-03-09 18:54:42', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At this past Monday’s Council meeting, Beaufort County Council unanimously voted on several appointments and re-appointments to fill vacancies on Boards and Commissions.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The citizens listed below have decided to help make our County better,” Beaufort County Public Information Officer Chris Ophardt said in a release. “Citizen involvement in our government is key to ensuring the County staff and members of County Council have a strong understanding of the County’s needs.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Boards and Commissions are Council-appointed volunteer opportunities for community members to share their expertise, input, and ideas. The Boards and Commissions help County Council anticipate, fund, and provide a cost-effective level of service.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County’s population is expected to reach 216,000 within the next few years. That growth means increased demands on services, programs, infrastructure, and the need for increased preservation and protection of the County’s natural resources and beauty.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The following County residents were appointed/reappointed to the following Beaufort County Boards:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Board of Assessment Appeals – Robert Bible</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Planning Commission Ed Pappas, Daniel Riedel</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Design Review Board – James Akins, John Michael Brock</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Historic Preservation Review Board – Cheryl Steele, Aileen LeBlanc</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Keep Beaufort County Beautiful Board – Jeff Althoff, Randy Boehme, Christopher Campbell, Pamela Floyd, Jean Fruh, Joan Gualdoni, Carol Murphy, Diane Voge, Brenda McFee</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stormwater Utility Board – Steve Andrews, Allyn Schneider</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Transportation Committee – Paul Manning</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lowcountry Regional Transportation Authority – Barbara Childs</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some vacancies are limited to specific Council Districts. Some are looking for volunteers with specific expertise, while others welcome volunteers from anywhere in Beaufort County. To review the current list of vacancies and requirements, visit https://bit.ly/3MtqKWg.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Volunteers can be any registered voter in Beaufort County. For a Volunteer Application or to see the entire list of boards and commissions and learn more, visit https://bit.ly/3vKpdFi.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Please submit your application and a brief resume by email to boardsandcommissions@bcgov.net or mail them to Clerk to Council, Beaufort County Council, P.O. Drawer 1228, Beaufort, S.C. 2990</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Council votes unanimously to fill vacancies on boards, commissions', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'council-votes-unanimously-to-fill-vacancies-on-boards-commissions', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:54:43', '2022-03-09 18:54:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55941', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55943, 4, '2022-03-09 13:57:21', '2022-03-09 18:57:21', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Penn Center, Inc., in partnership with the Calvin Christian Institute, will sponsor a workshop from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Friday at Penn Center’s Frissell Community House.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Exploring A Sense Of Faith And Commitment in Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life And Legacy </em>will focus on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\'s sense of faith and commitment to civil rights and his quest for equality for all, which was grounded in the biblical teachings of Christ.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Specific biblical passages will be read in Gullah as it is presented in the King James version of the Bible that was translated into Gullah. Presentations will be conducted by Professor Bobby Donaldson and Prophetess Carrie Major.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All participants must wear a mask.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>WANT TO GO?</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What: </strong>Exploring A Sense Of Faith And Commitment in Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life And Legacy</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>When: </strong>6 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 11</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Where: </strong>Frissell Community House, Penn Center, 16 Penn Circle West, St. Helena Island</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Cost: </strong>Free and open to the public.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Penn Center hosting workshop on Martin Luther King Jr.’s faith', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'penn-center-hosting-workshop-on-martin-luther-king-jr-s-faith', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:57:21', '2022-03-09 18:57:21', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55943', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55945, 4, '2022-03-09 13:59:18', '2022-03-09 18:59:18', '<!-- wp:image {\"id\":55856,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/03052022-Springtime-Chess.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/03052022-Springtime-Chess-1024x665.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55856\"/></a><figcaption>Matilda Hacker, 6, contemplates her next move while playing chess with Fred Ryan on Saturday at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Matilda and Ryan took advantage of perfect Spring weather to play chess with the Beaufort Chess Club, which offers chess “meet ups” the first and third Saturday of each month, weather permitting, according to Correy Burton, Chess Club President. “We offer chess board, pieces and clocks to anyone who wants to come out and play chess. And it’s all free of charge,” he said while a small group of chess players took advantage and made some new friends.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'HINTS OF SPRING', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'hints-of-spring', '', '', '2022-03-09 13:59:19', '2022-03-09 18:59:19', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55945', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55947, 4, '2022-03-09 14:00:41', '2022-03-09 19:00:41', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After a two-year COVID-19 hiatus, the much-anticipated Soft Shell Crab Festival is back for its 17th year of celebrating the deliciousness of those soft-shelled, blue crab delicacies.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, April 16, on Paris Avenue in the heart of the Old Village of Port Royal. The festival is free and open to all ages.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event will feature the Lowcountry’s soft shell crabs prepared in a variety of styles by area chefs in addition to street festival favorites such as burgers, funnel cakes and more. There will be a kids’ zone for children, a craft/artisan fair and a car show by Beaufort’s Classic Car &amp; Truck Club.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Two live acts will be featured during the event. Campfire Tyler will perform on the main stage from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tyler is a Beaufort acoustic guitar storyteller with an astounding ability to put the listener right in his shoes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Guitar man Chris Jones will perform from 2 to 5 p.m. Jones has a large local following and routinely performs at Luther\'s, Hemmingway\'s, the Port Royal community beer garden and many other popular spots.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Be sure to swing by and check out the bike\'s brought by the Biker\'s Against Bullies. Two ATMs will be on site for those who do not bring cash with them. No pets permitted; only service dogs are allowed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event is organized by the Old Village Association of Port Royal. To have a booth or sponsor the Soft Shell Crab festival, contact OVA by visiting www.portroyalova.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Soft Shell Crab Festival returning in April', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'soft-shell-crab-festival-returning-in-april', '', '', '2022-03-09 14:00:42', '2022-03-09 19:00:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55947', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55949, 4, '2022-03-09 14:02:06', '2022-03-09 19:02:06', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To expand access to primary care services for local residents, Beaufort Memorial is adding a board-certified and broadly experienced internal medicine specialist to its team at Beaufort Memorial Lady’s Island Internal Medicine.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>William P. Clare Jr., M.D., will join the practice later this month. He comes to Beaufort after 26 years of internal medicine practice in Charleston, most recently at West Ashley Primary Care, where he was a member of the Roper St. Francis Physician Partners network, and previously at Lowcountry Medical Associates. From 2018 to 2021 he served as assistant medical director at Roper Hospice in Charleston and earlier as its interim medical director.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At Lady’s Island Internal Medicine, Dr. Clare will work with adult patients to prevent, diagnose and treat acute and chronic illness, including among his professional interests and areas of expertise preventive care, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, and palliative and hospice care.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Charleston native earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from University of South Carolina in Columbia and a Doctor of Medicine from Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We are indeed fortunate to welcome an internal medicine specialist of Dr. Clare’s caliber to our medical staff,” Beaufort Memorial President and CEO Russell Baxley said in a release. “His experience and expertise, coupled with his patient-centered approach to the practice of medicine, will be a great benefit to his patients here.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Clare Jr. joins Beaufort Memorial Lady’s Island Internal Medicine', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'clare-jr-joins-beaufort-memorial-ladys-island-internal-medicine', '', '', '2022-03-09 14:02:07', '2022-03-09 19:02:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55949', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55951, 4, '2022-03-09 14:04:13', '2022-03-09 19:04:13', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During the Burton Fire District’s 49th birthday celebration on Tuesday, Feb. 15, those who were selected by their peers to be the 2021 Firefighter and Fire Officer of the Year were recognized.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>2021 Fire Officer of the Year</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Captain Bobby Davidson was nominated for, and selected, as Burton Fire District’s 2021 Fire Officer of the Year. His colleagues describe him as dedicated to the service of others both on and off duty. They note his patience and continued training, which he readily shares with crews to ensure that they are operating safely and efficiently, and that our citizens receive the best services possible.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Captain Davidson is a member of the S.C. Firefighter Assistance Team, who assists with the mental health firefighters and their families across the region, and is also a volunteer firefighter for the Town of Hampton.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is not the first time Captain Davidson has been recognized for his dedication to others and his service. In 2010, he was selected as Burton’s Firefighter of the Year, and again in 2015 as Burton’s Fire Officer of the Year. In 2017, he was selected to receive the Citizenship Award from the South Carolina Firefighters’ Association, and in 2018 he was also selected as Beaufort Exchange Club’s Firefighter of the Year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most recently in 2021, American Airlines recognized Capt. Davidson for preventing an emergency landing and helping to keep passengers and crew safe by calming a veteran passenger who was experiencing a severe PTSD crisis.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2020 and 2021, he was member of a crew that restored a pulse to a person in cardiac arrest. An Air Force Veteran, Capt. Davidson also received the prestigious Order of the Maltese Cross award when he graduated the South Carolina Fire Academy in 2003.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>2021 Firefighter of the Year</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Firefighter Mauricio Gallego was nominated for, and selected, as Burton Fire District’s 2021 Firefighter of the Year. His peers selected him for his great attitude and his motivation for learning new things in everything from firefighting courses to fire truck maintenance, and they state that he is always willing to jump in and help with any task.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":55865,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BurtonFD_Mauricio-Gallego-1.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BurtonFD_Mauricio-Gallego-1-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55865\"/></a><figcaption>Mauricio Gallego</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Firefighter Gallego came to the United States from Bogota, Columbia, when he was only 10 years old. After retiring as a Marine Corps Warrant Officer, in which he participated in two deployments to Afghanistan and four deployments to the Pacific, he joined the Burton Fire District. Firefighter Gallego also received the prestigious Order of the Maltese Cross award when he graduated from the South Carolina Fire Academy in 2020, and was also a member of a crew that restored a pulse to a person in cardiac arrest.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Burton Fire recognizes 2021 Firefighter, Fire Officer of the Year', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'burton-fire-recognizes-2021-firefighter-fire-officer-of-the-year', '', '', '2022-03-09 14:04:14', '2022-03-09 19:04:14', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55951', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55953, 4, '2022-03-09 14:05:00', '2022-03-09 19:05:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Homes and vehicles in Seabrook were struck by bullets during a shooting that occurred Sunday afternoon, March 6.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There were no reported injuries.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident that occurred around 2 p.m. on Stuart Point Road near Gillison Loop.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to Maj. Bob Bromage, subjects were firing from the two vehicles involved; a black Dodge Durango and a black Honda Civic. Bromage clarified that there was no exchange of gunfire between the cars. At least three subjects were in each vehicle.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Following the shooting, the vehicles left the scene headed west toward Trask Parkway.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anyone with any information about the incident is asked to contact the Sheriff\'s Office Emergency Dispatch at 9-1-1&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Gunfire erupts on Seabrook street', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'gunfire-erupts-on-seabrook-street', '', '', '2022-03-09 14:05:01', '2022-03-09 19:05:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55953', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55955, 4, '2022-03-09 14:06:51', '2022-03-09 19:06:51', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Maria Walls, CPA, has announced the launch of her re-election campaign as Beaufort County’s Treasurer. Her campaign sent out an email Sunday, March 6.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>”Defying the government stereotype is I am so passionate about breaking the government mold,” Walls said in a release. “My team and I have transformed Beaufort County’s Treasurer’s Office from a dilapidated bureaucracy to a service-centered, innovative leader in both the public and private sectors.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Walls, a Republican, has been Beaufort County’s elected Treasurer since 2015 after serving four years as Deputy Treasurer. Election Day for 2022 is Tuesday, Nov. 8.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the Beaufort County website, in addition to being a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Walls’ background includes auditing and tax experience for both a multinational CPA firm and, upon her arrival in Beaufort County, a local CPA firm.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Walls and her office have won numerous honors during her time as Treasurer. Walls and her team have received awards such as a 2020 National Achievement Award, County Executive of the Year, and SCGOP Local Government Award. Walls is also a two-time recipient of Thomson Reuters’ Office Holder of the Year, the only recipient to be awarded this prestigious honor twice, which recognizes government officials who have achieved excellence in planning, leadership, and service.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the Beaufort County website, the Treasurer is elected by the voters of Beaufort County to administer the collection of taxes, the primary source of revenue for Beaufort County’s local governments and agencies. For Beaufort County Government and School District, the Treasurer also acts as the chief banking and investment officer.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Among the priorities Walls listed in her re-election announcement were safeguarding tax dollars, putting customers first and creating leaders. Visit www.WallsforTreasurer.com for more information about Walls’ campaign.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>RUN, FORREST, RUN</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Filing for candidates seeking elected office opens at noon on Wednesday, March 16 and closes at noon on Wednesday, March 30. U.S. Senator Tim Scott is up for election, as are Governor Henry McMaster and all U.S. and State House members. County Council seats representing districts 2 (Paul Sommerville), 4 (Alice Howard), 6 (Joe Passiment), 8 (Chris Hervochon), 9 (Mark Lawson), 10 (Lawrence McElynn), and 11 (Stu Rodman) are up for election, as well as the Beaufort County Sheriff.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'County Treasurer Walls announces re-election bid', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'county-treasurer-walls-announces-re-election-bid', '', '', '2022-03-09 14:06:53', '2022-03-09 19:06:53', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55955', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(55959, 4, '2022-03-09 14:10:30', '2022-03-09 19:10:30', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An autopsy revealed that a man found dead in his yard was a homicide victim.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The man, identified as 55-year-old Steven Whitlock of Burton, died as a result of gunshot wounds. The wounds were discovered by pathologists during the autopsy conducted two days after Sheriff’s Office deputies received the report of an unresponsive man in a yard on Franklin Drive in Burton.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Deputies and Beaufort County Emergency Medical Services responded to the location Saturday afternoon, March 5. According to a press release issued by the Beaufort County Sheriff’s office, Whitlock’s death was believed to be suspicious at the time, but the cause was not apparent.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A forensic autopsy was completed March 7 at the Medical University of South Carolina, during which the gunshot wounds were uncovered and the manner of death was ruled a homicide.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sheriff\'s Office investigators are searching for the identity of the person responsible for Whitlock\'s death. Anyone with information about the crime is encouraged to contact Sgt. David Tafoya at 843-255-3430 or Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry at 843-554-1111, if wishing to remain anonymous and for possible reward.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Burton man killed in his yard', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'burton-man-killed-in-his-yard', '', '', '2022-03-09 14:10:31', '2022-03-09 19:10:31', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55959', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55961, 4, '2022-03-09 14:12:35', '2022-03-09 19:12:35', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer-4 Tom Banner, left, leads his 282nd Army Band from Fort Jackson in the playing of the playing of the national anthem while Cpl. Dana Reminsky of the Parris Island Marine Corps Band sings Francis Scott Key’s Star Spangled Banner to begin the inaugural Combined Arms Concert on Saturday at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Officials with the Parris Island Marine Corps Band said they hope it could become an annual event. If Saturday’s standing-room-only crowd was any indication, they may get their wish. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Combined Arms Concert', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'combined-arms-concert', '', '', '2022-03-09 14:50:42', '2022-03-09 19:50:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55961', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55963, 4, '2022-03-09 14:13:50', '2022-03-09 19:13:50', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Tony Kukulich</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County is partnering with internet service providers to expand the availability of high-speed internet service to all county residents.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Right now, we estimate that 95 perent of the county has high-speed internet,” said Chris Ophardt, Beaufort County public information officer. “That 5 percent that’s left is north of the Broad River, the St. Helena and Seabrook areas, those rural areas.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Broadband for Everyone, a joint initiative between the county and Hargray Communications, was designed to provide broadband internet service to the county’s unserved and underserved communities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We’re working with the county and state to determine the best areas where we can invest, including seeking funding to subsidize some portion of those costs, to bring broadband to them,” said Rich Knoll, director of business sales at Hargray Communications. “Ultimately the goal is to bring fiber services to areas that don’t receive minimum speeds today.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to Ophardt, the push to expand high-speed service was, until recently, left primarily to private corporations and market forces. There was little government involvement in the effort at any level. The COVID-19 pandemic changed that.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With people forced to work and attend school from home, the availability of high-speed internet service became critical for families in ways it had never been before. Local governments across the country were pressed to help expand service, but the cost to do so was prohibitively high. For example, the cost to bring broadband service to every resident of St. Helena is projected at $8.5 million.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For the internet service providers, expansion into rural areas with low numbers of customers is often financially untenable. In the wake of the pandemic, the federal government stepped in to make funding available through a variety of agencies to state and local governments.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“All of this is a partnership between the government and private corporations,” Ophardt said. “For us here in Beaufort County, we’re helping Hargray, Comcast and Spectrum, because we have all three (service providers) in the county, apply for grants through (the American Rescue Plan Act), through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through the state, to get money to do these projects. We’re giving them data. We’re giving them expertise. We’re giving them endorsements. The money gets awarded directly to those companies. They build out, and we’re supposed to make sure they’re doing that.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2021, the county helped Hargray secure a $765,000 grant from the Rural Broadband Grant through the U.S. Department of Commerce. That grant was used to expand service in portions of Seabrook, Lady’s Island, Okatie, St. Helena Island, Bluffton and Daufuskie Island. The county and Hargray plan to apply for a grant from the USDA to offset the cost of expanding high-speed internet service to more of St. Helena Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It is an exciting time for Beaufort County,” said Patrick Hill, assistant county administrator Communications and Information Technology. “Residents in all areas, especially rural and older communities, will be wired into the commerce and educational resources of the internet.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Not all of the funding is coming through government grants. Late last month, Knoll presented a $20,000 check to the county to be used for service expansion efforts on St. Helena Island and in Sheldon.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We had some marketing dollars that we were able to allocate from our business side to Beaufort County to help with their residential initiative that we knew was very important to them,” Knoll explained.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As Beaufort County works with local broadband services providers to expand coverage to underserved areas, the South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS) is conducting a broadband internet survey. The data collected through this survey will assist ORS in determining the need for residential high-speed, fiber-based internet in and around the community. Residents are urged to participate in the survey because funding will be allocated to counties based on survey results. Residents without high-speed internet can use local libraries to fill out the survey.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The survey takes about 15 minutes, and participants must be at least 18 years old. To complete the survey, visit https://bit.ly/ineedinternet.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Tony Kukulich is a recent transplant to the Lowcountry. A native of Wilmington, Del., he comes to The Island News from the San Francisco Bay Area where he spent seven years as a reporter and photographer for several publications. He can be reached at tony.theislandnews@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'County, Hargray bringing broadband internet service to rural Beaufort County', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'county-hargray-bringing-broadband-internet-service-to-rural-beaufort-county', '', '', '2022-03-09 14:13:51', '2022-03-09 19:13:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55963', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55965, 4, '2022-03-09 14:15:04', '2022-03-09 19:15:04', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Veteran county law enforcement officer Joey “JoJo” Woodward Jr. announced Saturday he is running for Sheriff of Beaufort County.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Woodward made the announcement at the Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center in front of a crowd of family, friends, and members of the law enforcement community.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am standing here today as I did four years ago because I still believe there is a better way to be sheriff of Beaufort County,” Woodward said Saturday morning. “Currently, our sheriff’s office is experiencing historic manpower shortages, soaring costs, low morale and rising crime. A stronger, more focused sheriff can address these problems.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Under the current sheriff, more than 50 officers have quit, leaving the department with too few road deputies and a top-heavy administration, Woodward said.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Not only is that dangerous for the remaining officers, but it’s unsafe for Beaufort County residents and visitors,” he said. “The current sheriff can’t fill those positions because no one wants to work for him.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Woodward touts his recent experience as a Career Criminal Unit investigator with the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office to consistently work across jurisdictional lines. He took the job with 14th Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone after resigning as a Captain in the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office in 2018 to run against Sheriff P.J. Tanner.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Any cop worth their salt will tell you that criminals don’t abide by municipal or county lines,” he said. “Having those working relationships with law enforcement throughout the entire judicial circuit is a major plus and one I will continue to use as Beaufort County sheriff.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Woodward also co-chairs the Lowcountry Human Trafficking Task Force. In January, Woodward, along with several other members of the law enforcement subcommittee, were recognized by South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson for their work on a minor sex trafficking case.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Woodward has more than 35 years of law enforcement experience. He served as captain with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and oversaw the Southern Enforcement Branch.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Woodward was born in Charleston and was raised in both Beaufort and Jasper counties. Woodward joined the Hilton Head Island Fire Department in 1984 and graduated from the South Carolina Fire Academy.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 1986, he began his law-enforcement career with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and graduated from the S.C. Criminal Justice Academy in 1987.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 1991, Woodward went to work for the Hardeeville Police Department as patrol and drug interdiction officer before returning to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office in 1992. Woodward was temporarily assigned to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency office in Beaufort from 2000- 2001. He returned to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office in 2005, was promoted to lieutenant and served as commander for the Beaufort/Jasper Multi-Agency Drug Task Force.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Woodward again announces candidacy for County Sheriff ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'woodward-again-announces-candidacy-for-county-sheriff', '', '', '2022-03-09 14:15:05', '2022-03-09 19:15:05', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55965', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55967, 4, '2022-03-09 14:20:30', '2022-03-09 19:20:30', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Not so fast, my friends</strong><br><br><em>BEAUFORT </em>– As expected, the proposed Dunkin’ Donut shop on Lady’s Island isn’t dead as the developer of the property says he’s going to appeal. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Graham Trask, during an online comment session this week with the County Council’s Natural Resources Committee, said he plans to appeal the decision last month of the county Zoning Board of Appeals which rejected his request for a variance to accommodate the proposed drive-through business.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ZBOA, on a 4-2 vote, felt the development on that section of the Sea Island Parkway, across from Bill’s Liquor Store and Grayco, would negatively impact traffic.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The County Council has already given the first of three votes of approval to an ordinance change which would require drive-through businesses on major thoroughfares to have alternate entrances and exits.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Graham used his three minutes before the county committee to accuse the county planning staff of giving in to “transplanted elites” who only reflect a minority of local residents who said they felt the location was wrong for a drive-through business.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Looking out for the Penn Center’s historic trees&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>ST. HELENA ISLAND – Just as the latest citizens advisory sales tax committee begins discussions on what projects should be funded by a proposed new sales tax, one project on the county’s “to do” list generated some press last week because it related to … tree cutting.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During an update last week before County Council of proposed projects to be funded by past sales tax revenues, comments about the proposed sidewalk along Martin Luther King Drive, through the historic Penn Center raised red flags for some, including St. Helena Island District 3 Councilman York Glover.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Through years of planning and community meetings throughout the county, expansion of sidewalks are generally met with enthusiasm. But when the talks involved that stretch of Lowcountry highway, talks always came with the caveat, okay, but don’t even think about removing those trees.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now with new planners, new county administrative staff and even a new County Council representative (Glover took over after Bill McBride retired in 2017), once they get to “putting pen to paper,” it’s hopeful the public message will be the same: leave those trees alone.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Harris Teeter update&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BEAUFORT – Could there be a glimmer of hope for the Harris Teeter aficionados who are longing for a Lady’s Island store? Maybe so.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort City Manager Bill Prokop announced last week, during a Community Associations meeting, that he’d been in contact with the Salisbury, N.C.-based grocery folks who said they were “back on track with construction to start later this year.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Who knows? Still could happen. For the record, the public information folks for the company still have “no comment.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Lolita Huckaby Watson is a community volunteer and former reporter/editorial assistant/columnist with The Beaufort Gazette, The Savannah Morning News, Bluffton Today, Beaufort Today and The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.). She can be reached at bftbay@gmail.com. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'LOWCOUNTRY LOWDOWN ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-lowdown-68', '', '', '2022-03-09 14:20:31', '2022-03-09 19:20:31', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55967', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(55969, 4, '2022-03-09 14:24:03', '2022-03-09 19:24:03', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>In support of Ukraine and its president</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Republican Women’s Club rises in support of the people of Ukraine and its President Volodymyr Zelensky.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!” a Colonial commander exhorted his men as they primed their bodies and spirits against the British onslaught … near Bunker Hill … and rallied later by the choice, “Live free or die!” … to today’s “I need ammunition, not a ride!” said Ukrainian President Zelensky, countering offers “to leave the field of battle and \'escape.\'\" He did not fear the line of Russian steel, menacing, bogged down on the road to Kyiv – not by want of fuel but empty of God’s saving spirit and freedom’s words of truth.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During World War II, the courage to survive, and win, embodied by seven fighting men raising the Stars and Stripes on the barren hill atop of Iwo Jima, also uplifted and inspired the American people.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So too, today, by our prayers and America’s strategic support, may Ukraine’s government (like our post Civil War’s) “of the people and for the people not perish …”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Finally, in turn, may the Ukraine people’s and its President’s example of courage and strength revitalize our faith in our fellow Americans and our country, and that in and with God, nothing is impossible, even against an “unhinged Russian despot!”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>– The Beaufort Republican Women’s Club</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>Standing for Ukraine, democracy, justice</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We stand in solidarity with Ukraine and condemn the senseless aggression shown by Vladimir Putin and Russia. As we watch from afar while the people of Ukraine literally take up arms and fight for their democracy at the hands of oppressors, it should bring into focus our own struggle to preserve our democracy at home.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No, we have not yet reached the point of desperation the Ukrainian people currently find themselves staring down, but it is a stark reminder of how fragile freedom truly is. And let it be a call to action to ensure our democracy remains strong.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As Archbishop Desmond Tutu famously reminded us, if you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. May the United States of America always fall on the side of justice.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>– The Beaufort County Democratic Party</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>We can meet the challenge of rising seas</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) now says that the sea is rising three times as fast as the one foot rate of the last 100 years. We are told that the next 30 years will bring an average of another foot world wide.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sea level is not the same everywhere nor does the sea rise at the same rate everywhere. Thus the Lowcountry may experience 14 or 15 inches of SLR by 2050.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We are not helpless in the face of this challenge. For sure it will be difficult. If you take a look at the NOAA report on the website, you will find that projections are in ranges not fixed predictions. In part those ranges reflect unknowns in natural forces. We are the big unknown. What will we do? If nothing, a lot of shoreline will be lost, our military bases will be compromised or moved and we will suffer 10 times as many damaging flood events. All because of rising temperatures that expand the water and melt the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow the rate of temperature increase and sea level rise. Every degree of heat and inch of water counts. Public policy can implement a market-based approach to deploy renewable energy and stimulate innovation. Let’s face this. With action at the federal level and commitment from everyday citizens, the next 30 years will bring the energy transformation we need.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>First be informed. Take a look at the NOAA report. Then, as we do at Citizens’ Climate Lobby, write the President, call or write your senators and congressional representatives. Urge leaders at every level to take action. Don’t wait to see what happens.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>– Tim Joy, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Beaufort</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'LETTERS TO THE EDITOR', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'letters-to-the-editor-55', '', '', '2022-03-09 14:24:04', '2022-03-09 19:24:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55969', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55971, 4, '2022-03-09 14:27:05', '2022-03-09 19:27:05', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s Jack and Jennifer Snider, 61 and 51, respectively, joined the United States Marine Corps in Spokane, Wash., (1980) and Kings Bay, Ga., (1992), respectively. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"left\",\"id\":55828,\"width\":396,\"height\":523,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Jack-Snider-then.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Jack-Snider-then-775x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55828\" width=\"396\" height=\"523\"/></a></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After Officers Candidate School (OCS), Jack went to Pensacola for flight training then to MCAS El Toro. Follow-on tours were with fighter squadrons at Beeville, Texas and MCAS Beaufort, where he commanded an F-18 squadron. He made deployments aboard aircraft carriers, including USS Enterprise (CVN-65), while operating offshore Iraq and Afghanistan. He has more than 300 carrier landings. He next served in Washington at the National War College and on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon. He returned to Beaufort to command the Marine Corps Air Station. He retired in 2011 as a Colonel with 31 years of service. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"right\",\"id\":55862,\"width\":363,\"height\":482,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Jennifer-Snider-young.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Jennifer-Snider-young-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55862\" width=\"363\" height=\"482\"/></a></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jennifer completed Boot camp at Parris Island and became a Graphic Illustrator serving in Washington, D.C., at the Marine Corps Institute developing all USMC manuals and testing materials. She next served at Quantico as an OCS physical training instructor. She returned to Beaufort at Parris Island where she worked with recruiting and as a Drill Instructor. She finished her active duty in 2001 as a Staff Sergeant. Both Jack and Jennifer have continued to serve our area, Jack first working with Beaufort County schools and then for eight years with Marine Corps Community Services, which he now directs. Jennifer has worked as a Criminal Investigator for the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office for 12 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>– Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 9. For nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'VETERANS OF THE WEEK – JACK & JENNIFER SNIDER', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'veterans-of-the-week-jack-jennifer-snider', '', '', '2022-03-09 14:27:47', '2022-03-09 19:27:47', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55971', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55974, 4, '2022-03-09 14:28:49', '2022-03-09 19:28:49', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Philip Saracin took this photo recently of low tide at Coffin Point. To submit a Lowcountry Life photo, you must be the photographer or have permission to submit the photo to be published in The Island News. Please submit high-resolution photos and include a description and/or names of the people in the picture and the name of the photographer. Email your photos to theislandnews@gmail.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'LOWCOUNTRY LIFE ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-life-199', '', '', '2022-03-09 14:28:51', '2022-03-09 19:28:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=55974', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(55976, 4, '2022-03-09 14:31:46', '2022-03-09 19:31:46', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>Revolutionary War-era artillery demonstration set for Beaufort Arsenal&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Dave O. Lucas&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Saturday will be an exciting day at the Beaufort History Museum for Revolutionary War buffs, fans of history, or even just folks who like to see a good show.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beginning at 10 a.m., members of the 5th Company, 4th South Carolina Regiment, Artillery Demonstration Team, will present a free Revolutionary War Era living history event in the courtyard of the Beaufort Arsenal on Craven Street. The day-long demonstration will include live cannon demonstrations every half-hour.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to Beaufort History Museum Board President Kathy Mixon, the presentation — the Company’s first visit to the Arsenal — will provide a unique educational opportunity for visitors of all ages to interact with period demonstrators and learn first-hand about Beaufort’s role in the Revolutionary War.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“They’ll be in period clothing and will be talking about Revolutionary War history,” said Mixon. “It’s of a piece with what we are trying to do in terms of encouraging more field trips to the museum and with our ongoing efforts to collaborate with other organizations.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The cannon firing will take place within the walls of the Arsenal’s courtyard, but the demonstration firings don’t involve projectiles and won’t present any danger to spectators, added Mixon. This first-time visit by the artillery re-enactors, along with a free lecture on Colonial-era archaeology the Friday night before, are part of the museum’s ongoing plans to offer more educational experiences that will appeal to both adults and a younger audience.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As Mixon spoke to The Island News on a recent weekday afternoon, a group of 2nd-graders from Riverview Charter School were enjoying a live presentation about life during Civil War-era Beaufort in the Arsenal courtyard and touring the exhibits on the second-floor museum.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Friday night presentation by archaeologist Rita Elliot will cover the Revolutionary War Battle of Purysburg (Revolutionary War-era spelling) in old Beaufort District (near modern-day Hardeeville), and include a detailed look at the excavation of the battle site. The battle at Purysburg was part of a series of military movements in 1779 designed to prevent the invasion of British troops into South Carolina. The lecture series is co-sponsored by the museum and the Beaufort County Library.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A little-known fact about the Arsenal building, which today serves as home for the Beaufort History Museum and Visitor’s Center and is a must-visit first stop for out-of-towners experiencing Beaufort for the first time, is that an earlier version the massive yellow masonry building was actually first built in 1798 to serve as a home base for Beaufort’s Colonial-era volunteer artillery company. The current structure was finished in 1852. (A model of the original tabby and wood structure can be seen at the museum.)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The roster of the volunteer artillery company during the 1800s reads like a who’s who of Beaufort’s early founding families, with names like Barnwell, Elliott and Rhett. Over time, the company became as much a social institution as a militia, but everything about the Arsenal building reflects its martial roots. Mixon said her great-uncle Fred Christianson’s diaries from 1880-1915 describe parties and dances held at the Arsenal during the post-Reconstruction period.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We are very much looking forward to this event and to the Friday night lecture,” said Mixon. “We really want to continue building and growing the museum’s educational component with new programs and events, so we are hoping for a great turnout of people to come learn more about Beaufort’s role in the American Revolution and to see and hear the cannons roar like they did during some of the War’s key battles.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to the Battle of Purysburg that will be covered during Friday night’s lecture, the Battle of Beaufort — also known as the Battle of Port Royal Island — was another key engagement in the War. In February of 1779, a force made up of local militia members, some Continental Army regulars and two volunteer artillery companies from Charleston saw action. A historical marker notes the location where the American forces, led by Col. William Moultrie, halted the British Army’s march toward Charleston from Savannah in a fierce battle that took place around Gray’s Hill on present-day Highway 21, another reminder of the amazing history that continues to draw visitors to the area and that the Beaufort History Museum is dedicated to educating people about.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The weekend’s events are free and open to the public.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Dave O. Lucas retired after 30 years in state government, most recently the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, where he was the Public Information Coordinator for the coastal region. 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They have some geospatial engineering programs that they can give us access to. Mostly, (they) have the ability to outreach to the civilian sector.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The summit’s first presentation featured a team from the University of Notre Dame who developed a program that embeds students studying cybersecurity with the St. Joseph’s County, Ind., Cyber Crimes Unit. Students accepted into the program are sworn law enforcement officers and are referred to as student investigators, not interns. The student investigators conduct analysis of digital evidence recovered as part of criminal investigations, write and review search warrants related to the collection of digital evidence and testify in court proceedings as necessary. For all intents and purposes, the students are fully integrated into that county’s law enforcement system.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The program has reportedly eliminated a backlog in digital evidence analysis and reduced the timeframe for the review of new material to one to three days, a dramatic improvement over the weeks or months previously required to complete similar efforts in the past.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County is running in a similar effort motivated by the success of the program at Notre Dame, said 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office Investigator Dylan Hightower.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Currently, three USCB students are working as interns in the Solicitor\'s Office examining digital evidence exclusively related to murder investigations. Unlike the program at Notre Dame, the USCB students are not sworn law enforcement officers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“They have access to our case management system,” said Hightower. “They have access to multiple other tools in our office. They’re able to go in and review these digital assets. They’re able to go with the focus to monitor the digital asset and incorporate their knowledge from what they’re learning in school to how it’s actually used in the real world.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nick Mesenburg, site manager at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort for Lockheed Martin, summarized the challenge of cybersecurity as he introduced McMaster.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“On the airplane side, we know our threats,” Mesenburg said. “Whether they’re coming from the ground or other aircraft, it turns into more of a technical challenge. It’s not a mystery. 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Firefighters exercised caution due to the potential hazards associated with a downed military aircraft.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We kept our distance and foamed the plane,” said Jones. “When the crash rescue trucks got there they really foamed it. That’s what they’re designed to do. They’re made for aircraft firefighting. That’s pretty standard procedure. The Marine Corps crash crew from the air station does a fantastic job.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to Kristin Williams, Executive Director of the Beaufort County Open Land Trust, the jet went down on land protected from development. The crash, she said, was a prime example of why her agency and others work to conserve land surrounding military bases.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It crashed on protected land,” Williams said. “It is Coosaw Plantation, which is protected with a conservation easement that we hold. It crashed on privately protected land, which is why we protect land against encroachment around our military installations. (This crash) is an example of why that is so important. Thank God everyone is ok, but imagine if that was a neighborhood. It really shows the importance of land protection.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Boeing-made aircraft was assigned to Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 (VMFA(AW)-533), Marine Aircraft Group 31, 2nd MAW. A safety investigation will be conducted to determine the cause of the crash.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>MCAS Beaufort, which initially advised Thursday afternoon that for public safety, people should avoid the area, is asking for assistance from the local community. The air station is asking anyone who may have captured photographs or video of the aircraft before the crash, if they could please send their name and contact information to bfrt_jpao@usmc.mil.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the U.S. Navy’s website, navy.mil, the F/A-18D Hornet, which entered into service in 1983, “remains the workhorse of Marine Corps tactical aviation and supports operational deployments around the globe. It will serve as the Marine Corps’ primary bridging platform to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter until its planned sundown in 2030.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The crash is the third near MCAS Beaufort in recent years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Sept. 28, 2018, a pilot ejected safely from a Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning II with VMFAT501 before it crashed on uninhabited Little Barnwell Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The crash was attributed to a defective fuel tube. The Marines’ fleet of F-35s was grounded until it could be inspected and the defective parts eliminated.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On April 21, 2007, during the final minutes of the Blue Angels’ performance at the MCAS Beaufort Air Show, Blue Angel No. 6 broke formation and the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet crashed 3 miles from the center of the Air Show.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lt. Commander Kevin “Kojak” Davis was killed in the crash, which injured eight civilians on the ground and did extensive damage to private property. 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Over the years, it’s continued to grow, and we’ve continued to do things. It got a little bigger than we intended.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Among the more well known projects undertaken by Stewart have been the Saltus House and Tabby Place restorations. The Saltus House was built in 1797 but sat abandoned for 25 years before it was renovated by 303 Associates in 2001. Similarly, Tabby Place was empty for approximately 20 years after the grocery store that once occupied it closed. It was reopened as an event space.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We also have pride in the continuing projects that are ongoing now,” Stewart said. “Out here at Beaufort Town Center, since we’ve started the project, property taxes have increased over one-half million dollars a year. (Add to that) the accommodation taxes and the hospitality taxes that go to the city and the other business licenses, I don’t know this exact number, but they have probably generated $150,000 to $200,000 a year to the city. Those are big reuses for what was a piece of polluted property.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stewart’s development initiatives in the City of Beaufort have not been without controversy. He has openly feuded with the Historic Beaufort Foundation as that organization has often opposed projects spearheaded by 303 Associates. And, opposition to several current initiatives hasn’t been limited to the HBF.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last month, 303 Associates faced public opposition as they brought an apartment building project planned for 211 Charles Street to the City of Beaufort Historic District Review Board for final approval. The board didn’t grant the approval and instead kicked the project back to the project’s architect’s for another round of design changes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In an interview with The Island News last month, developer Graham Trask advocated for the revocation of all approvals of 303 Associates projects granted while David Prichard, the city’s former director of Community and Economic Development, held his position with the city.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trask made his argument after an informal opinion offered by the South Carolina Ethics Commission in January stated that a conflict of interest existed between Prichard and 303 Associates because Prichard’s wife was employed by 303 Associates.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Under the circumstances, the city should make null and void all the 303 Associates decisions which were handled during David’s tenure,” Trask said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Prichard resigned from his position with the city last month, though city officials stated that the resignation was not related to the opinion issued by the ethics commission.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As Stewart steps away from the company’s day-to-day management, he plans to stay involved with the company he founded. Stewart said he also intends to spend more time with his two grandchildren, travel and continue to work in the community. The preservation of heirs’ property is an area of particular interest.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We’re very interested in heirs’ properties, helping folks keep their properties in their families,” Stewart said. “We’re working through the details on that. I’m looking forward to spending some more time and energy on making that happen as a contribution to society and making that portion of the city more equitable and accessible to people than it has been, perhaps, in recent years.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Worrell has been with 303 Associates since 1999 and held a variety of roles during her tenure. 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(56058, 4, '2022-03-16 15:39:00', '2022-03-16 19:39:00', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>&nbsp;<strong>Newspaper wins 20 awards, places 2nd in General Excellence&nbsp;</strong><br><br></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For the third year in a row, The Island News had its best year ever in the South Carolina Press Association’s (SCPA) yearly newspaper awards.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Led by eight awards – including two first-place nods – for editor Mike McCombs, the newspaper won a total of 20 awards, besting its previous high of 14, set last year. And for the second time in three years, The Island News placed second in the General Excellence category.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"left\",\"id\":56059,\"width\":251,\"height\":266,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Jeff-headshot.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Jeff-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56059\" width=\"251\" height=\"266\"/></a><figcaption>Jeff Evans</figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I believe any community’s local newspaper can become the unofficial record of that community, especially in a town the size of Beaufort,” The Island News Publisher Jeff Evans said. “Our goal is pretty simple: keep it local, make sure it’s true, and do it with flair. I think we do a pretty good job of those things and I couldn’t be more pleased that our peers around the state agree.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The SCPA, held a luncheon in Columbia on Friday in place of its yearly meeting and awards&nbsp;ceremony, the third year in a row the event has been affected by COVID-19.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Competing in the Weekly, 6,500-and-over circulation category, The Island News was second in General Excellence, a staff award, to the Lancaster News and finished ahead of third-place The Post &amp; Courier Columbia / Free Times. The newspaper won five first-place awards this year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"right\",\"id\":56002,\"width\":211,\"height\":286,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MikeMcCombs.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MikeMcCombs-755x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56002\" width=\"211\" height=\"286\"/></a><figcaption>Mike McCombs</figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am again proud that the majority of our awards this year were for our reporting and writing. 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It caught my attention from the very beginning.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>McCombs also won a second-place award for Government Beat Reporting and added five third-place awards — Sports News Reporting (All weekly), Breaking News Reporting, Beat Reporting (Military), Education Beat Reporting and Spot Sports Story (<em>Beaufort’s Stanley wins Jr. National Championship after long layoff</em>).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"left\",\"id\":56005,\"width\":279,\"height\":223,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mindy.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mindy-1024x820.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56005\" width=\"279\" height=\"223\"/></a><figcaption>Mindy Lucas</figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reporter Mindy Lucas won a first-place award in the Obituary category for <em>The long beautiful life of Lucinda Simmons</em>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“My first inclination was to call this a column or a first-person feature or an essay,” the judge said. “… It took time and effort to put together this comprehensive, engaging profile of a life well lived. I’m sure it was read start to finish by most of your readers — especially those who were stuck in traffic — and it will be treasured by the family for generations to come.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lucas took home a second-place award for Arts &amp; Entertainment Writing (<em>Ancestor of the Land spotlights life and times of black farmers</em>). She also won three third-place awards — Reporting In Depth (<em>Benefit of the Doubt – Who gets more tickets in the Lowcountry, minorities or whites? And who gets a pass?</em>), Investigative Reporting (<em>Indecent Conduct – Former firefighter’s checkered past went unchecked for years before joining fire distric</em>t) and Growth &amp; Development Beat Reporting. The Investigative Reporting award was among all weekly newspapers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"right\",\"id\":56042,\"width\":206,\"height\":299,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DSC1506_pp.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DSC1506_pp-707x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56042\" width=\"206\" height=\"299\"/></a><figcaption>Bob Sofaly</figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Veteran Bob Sofaly won first and second place for Sports Action Photo. His first-place photo, a shot of Hilton Head High School high jumper Jourdin Nelson-Davis, was named Best of the Best by the judges.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This is a phenomenal photo,” the judge said. “Having a clear view of his eyes almost makes you feel as if you’re in the moment with him as he contorts his body to clear the bar.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"left\",\"id\":56004,\"width\":239,\"height\":297,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_9224.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_9224-820x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56004\" width=\"239\" height=\"297\"/></a><figcaption>Hope Falls</figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hope Falls won first and third place for Page One Design for her front pages for March 4, 2021, and Feb. 11, 2021, respectively.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>About her winning page, the judge said an “eye-catching centerpiece with use of layered information put this over the top in a competitive category.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"right\",\"id\":56006,\"width\":261,\"height\":252,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_0374.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_0374-1024x992.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56006\" width=\"261\" height=\"252\"/></a><figcaption>Cherimie Crane Weatherford</figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cherimie Crane Weatherford and Wes Kerr each won their first SCPA awards. Weatherford won second place for Column Writing, while Kerr won second place for Sports Column Writing. Kerr’s award was among all weeklies.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>Lowcountry Weekly honored</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Lowcountry Weekly, a sister publication to The Island News and also published by Jeff and Margaret Evans, brought home three awards in the Weekly Over 6,500 category.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"left\",\"id\":56008,\"width\":228,\"height\":303,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Margaret-headshot-newish-1.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Margaret-headshot-newish-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56008\" width=\"228\" height=\"303\"/></a><figcaption>Margaret Evans</figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Editor Margaret Evans won first-place awards for Profile Feature Writing (<em>A Beautiful Friendship</em>) and Column Writing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"I’m absolutely thrilled. 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(56062, 4, '2022-03-16 13:24:49', '2022-03-16 17:24:49', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Richard Eckstrom</strong><br><br>Making detailed financial information easily available to the public improves the quality of government. It keeps officials on their toes and makes it easier to catch misspending and waste. Transparency builds trust with taxpayers, who have a right to know how their hard-earned dollars are being spent. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>About this time each year, advocates for open-government celebrate Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote access to public information. This year, Sunshine Week is observed March 13-19. This occasion is used to educate citizens about freedom-of-information laws, push public officials to be more open, and promote the benefits of transparency. I often use it to emphasize a critical element of open-government – posting online spending reports.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To be sure, access to detailed information on state and local government spending has increased tremendously over the past several years. It was in 2008 that South Carolina became one of the first states in the nation to create a fiscal transparency website – an online check register showing monthly, itemized expenditures for all state agencies … fulfilling a goal I’d had since the early days of the Internet.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now, just about every state has such a site, although I’m proud to say that I believe we’re the only state to develop ours without seeking additional funds to do it. (It was important to show it could be done inexpensively – undercutting one of the loudest arguments raised by early opponents of spending transparency.)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Following this success, my staff and I began encouraging local governments to increase their financial transparency, asking counties, municipalities and school districts to voluntarily post their expenditures online. Initially, many local officials were hesitant, expressing their concern over the cost and effort involved; some of their concerns were genuine, although I’m sure some simply didn’t appreciate this added layer of citizen-oversight. Ultimately, some 30-plus local governments – from the large counties of Charleston and Greenville to the towns of Chesnee, Greer and Surfside Beach – began publishing their spending details online.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our pioneering work prompted a new state law directing all school districts to post their spending details online. Public colleges and universities soon began to do the same.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2011, a handful of good-government advocates in Congress introduced the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act to require that federal spending data be standardized and published online monthly. Congress debated the Act for three years; it eventually was signed into law, yet only after the White House successfully lobbied to cut back the reporting requirements – including to publish the information only quarterly rather than monthly. (The website is SpendingUSA.gov.)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While we’ve come a long way, governments at all levels still fall far short of providing the level of transparency that taxpayers deserve. For one thing, too many cities and counties in South Carolina still don’t post their spending details online.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And while much of my focus has been on publishing itemized spending online, which is an efficient way to combat waste, there are certainly other areas where the curtain needs pulling back. Taxpayers are largely kept in the dark about the costly recruiting incentives their local and state governments hand out to attract development.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, the time it takes for many of our state’s cities and counties to produce their annual audited financial reports is a persistent problem. Too many of these reports – designed to disclose detailed information on assets, liabilities, long-term debt, revenues and expenditures – take so long for some governments to complete that the delays impair the use of the reports for accountability and oversight purposes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One of Sunshine Week’s objectives is to enlist the public’s help in the fight for transparency. Want to get involved? Then hold politicians’ feet to the fire. If your local governments’ spending details aren’t available online, call your representatives and ask why. Find out whether your local government’s annual financial reports are issued timely (within six months of year-end).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ask if the public is allowed to see how your local government makes decisions and how it operates. Are issues discussed in public rather than in closed-door executive sessions? Are the community’s requests for records answered promptly (and free of charge)?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Transparency is vital not just because of tangible benefits, but because of what it says about the officials who embrace it. It says we understand that our constituents are our bosses, that they’re who we answer to.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Richard Eckstrom is a CPA and the state Comptroller. He’s president of the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Fiscal transparency improves government, builds trust ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'fiscal-transparency-improves-government-builds-trust', '', '', '2022-03-16 13:24:50', '2022-03-16 17:24:50', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56062', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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I had a great time reuniting with old friends and making some new ones, and there’s no conversation that can’t be improved by adding cold beer and hot pub food.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The first event was more formal and involved a lot of discussion about best practices, learning new tools for reporting and verifying information and finding new uses for older tools. The purpose? Serving the public in an era of \"fake news\" accusations from all corners.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whether they worked for global media companies or small family-owned community newspapers, panelists repeated themselves and each other until it became clear to me that we all had the same basic message: Journalism is about doing the right thing and doing it the right way.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Critics say journalists are biased, unethical and too concerned about clicks and ratings, and they love to use atypical examples to paint with a broad brush to discredit all journalists. But how many of those critics have jobs with regular learning opportunities — where attendance often is mandated — to prevent mistakes and lapses in judgment?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some of you might recall the New York Times’ Jayson Blair; Janet Cooke and the Washington Post; and Dan Rather’s blunders reporting on the military record of then-presidential candidate George W. Bush. Former NBC News anchor Brian Williams’ embellishment of his experiences covering fighting in Iraq happened fairly recently, as did the scandal surrounding Rolling Stone for its coverage of rape allegations made against the men’s lacrosse team at Duke University.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These scandals hit home for some of you because they implicate news outlets you never liked in the first place.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Your favorite conservative outlets have had their share of controversies, though, including the repeated harassment claims levied against some of Fox News’ highest-profile talent, on up to the network’s CEO Roger Ailes. I can’t wait to see how right-wing media’s promotion of lies about “the big steal” of the 2020 general election sorts itself out in a flurry of lawsuits filed by companies accused of conspiring to cheat and deny the most recent former resident a second term.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s true that most journalists fall on the liberal side of the spectrum. Surveys put the percentage somewhere above 75 percent, but part of being a professional is being able to set aside personal biases for the sake of doing the job. If a house is demolished during a storm, no one asks the homeowner who they voted for in the last election.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Unethical? Nothing will get a reporter fired quicker than fabricating information or plagiarism. Good editors reject information that is gained inappropriately. The legal phrase “fruit of the poisoned tree” applies. And what of anonymous sources? They are used more liberally in big media markets or on television, but every newsroom I worked had such high standards for granting anonymity to a source most reporters felt it wasn’t worth the effort.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Concerned about page views and ratings? Sure, because that revenue keeps the lights on and helps pay for the coverage so essential to most communities. How essential? Some of the sources you choose over reading the local newspaper rely on that same newspaper for the news you enjoy from them.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whenever there was a delay delivering the morning paper, the first calls to our offices used to come from local radio and television stations: “Where’s the paper? We’re trying to plan our morning show.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As encouraging as it was to be around veterans talking about shared values, I was more excited to hear students asking the right questions about how they could be effective and ethical journalists.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These young people are the future. The extent to which we help them thrive will determine how successful they are at protecting us and our democracy.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Terry E. Manning lives and works in Savannah, Ga. He is a Clemson graduate and worked for 20 years as a journalist. He can be reached at teemanning@gmail.com. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Journalists need support, not scorn ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'journalists-need-support-not-scorn', '', '', '2022-03-16 13:28:10', '2022-03-16 17:28:10', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56064', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56066, 4, '2022-03-16 13:29:38', '2022-03-16 17:29:38', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This Friday morning its brisk, but the sky is clear meaning this will be a good day for walking Charleston’s cobbled, uneven, root-ravaged sidewalks.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last night, Susan and I did a reconnaissance that began with the Waties Waring Judicial Center on Meeting Street. Actually we didn’t get into the building, or even into its beautifully landscaped courtyard, but I was able to give my wife a five minute tutorial as we stood on the sidewalk.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Julius Waties Waring was Charleston-born; the son of a Confederate soldier; a man who always wanted to be a judge. He got that appointment from FDR in 1942.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 1951, he was one of three judges who listened to the argument that the schools in Clarendon County, S.C., were inherently unequal. That case — Briggs v. Elliott — was heard in the Federal Courthouse in Charleston.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This was a time when the NAACP was bringing multiple lawsuits seeking to overturn the “separate but equal” fiction as applied to the separate educational systems operated in the South. Although two of the three federal judges upheld the separate but equal rationale, Judge Waring wrote that “segregation is per se unequal.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This was not Waring’s first departure from the norms then in effect in South Carolina. He had already angered many South Carolinians with his decision requiring that the Democratic Party allow Blacks to participate in its primary.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP appealed the District Court’s decision in Briggs and it was consolidated in the U.S. Supreme Court with similar appeals from Virginia, Delaware, Kansas and the District of Columbia.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>South Carolina put together a team of lawyers that included Robert Figg (Dean of the law school), Ernest Hollings, Governor Jimmy Byrnes and John W. Davis.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John W. Davis, who had been a Presidential nominee in 1924, was considered the most experienced and eloquent lawyer in the United States. He had, at that point, argued more than 100 cases before the Supreme Court.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most legal experts assumed that the Court would uphold the Plessy v. Ferguson precedent — the 1896 Louisiana case that had legitimized the notion separate but equal facilities. In the Plessy case the Court legitimized separate train car compartments for Black and White passengers.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was assumed that separate school systems would also be legitimized because Chief Justice Fred Vinson was on the bench and this man believed in the sacredness of precedent; and the notion of state sovereignty when it came to education.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But then the Court moved the Kansas appeal (Brown v. Board of Education) ahead of South Carolina’s appeal. It is believed that Roy Wilkins, then head of the NAACP, was close to the Solicitor General and convinced him that this would be better case because there were no allegations (against Kansas) of gross inequality. In fact, Kansas was not even sending a lawyer to Washington to argue its case before the Supreme Court.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By all accounts the arguments made by Thurgood Marshall were incisive and persuasive. John W. Davis was equally incisive and argued that integration had been tried before (during Reconstruction) and “There was total chaos.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Importantly there were many questions from the other Justices on the Court indicating interest in the case.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But there was no decision.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Court decided that they wanted more arguments. In particular they wanted to hear further arguments on the Constitutional questions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is also rumored that the Vinson saw a 5-4 decision was in the making; and wanted time to fashion a more decisive vote. But then, before he could do that, the Chief Justice died. Thereafter President Eisenhower chose Earl Warren as his successor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren’s leadership may have been the factor that sent “separate but equal” into the unconstitutional, institutional dumpster. But the Court’s opinion was the essentially the same opinion that Judge Waties Waring had written three years earlier.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Things did not go well for Judge Waring after the Supreme Court’s decision. He was shunned by the legal community and his South of Broad neighbors. There were threats, rocks and for a time he and his wife had round the clock FBI protection.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Finally, Waring and his wife moved to New York City.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When Judge Waring died on Jan. 11, 1968, more than 200 people attended his funeral. It is estimated that less than a dozen of these mourners were white.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2015, at the bidding of Senator Ernest Hollings, the Ernest Hollings Judicial Center was renamed the J. Waties Waring Judicial Center.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. He can be reached at cscottgraber@gmail.com. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Waring dissented, paid the price ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'waring-dissented-paid-the-price', '', '', '2022-03-16 13:29:39', '2022-03-16 17:29:39', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56066', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(56068, 4, '2022-03-16 13:33:30', '2022-03-16 17:33:30', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With the horror that is taking place in Ukraine and the possible return to the bad old days of the “Cold War” in mind, I read an article in the March 11 edition of the The Wall Street Journal entitled “Home of the Brave, RIP,” by Matthew Hennessey.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The article quoted a Quinnipiac University survey asking “What would you do if you were in the same position as Ukrainians are now, stay and fight or leave the country?”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fifty-two percent of Democrats and 32 percent of Republicans said they would leave America rather than defend it. Like Mr. Hennessey, I was shocked by the answer. Like him I couldn’t help but ask, what has happened to the land of the free and the home of the brave?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I would have thought that the vast majority of Americans would have been like Winston Churchill and the English people in World War II: “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in fields and the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And they didn’t, they won. And so would we.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I remember when I was a kid growing up in the 50s and 60s we had the specter of nuclear war hanging over us on a daily basis. We learned to get under our desk at school and face away from the blast.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most of the public buildings were designated air raid shelters with a Civil Defense sign affixed to the outside wall. Inside, usually in the basement, were stacks of canned water, food, and medical supplies that would tide you over until the worst effects of the bomb were over.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many people had their own shelters in their back yards with similar supplies. There were frequent interruptions on radio and TV to test the “Emergency Broadcast System” that would tell you when and where the atomic blast was coming, and where to go to seek shelter.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thanks to a policy called MAD “Mutually Assured Destruction” and some hard work by Ronald Reagan, Margret Thatcher, and Mikhail Gorbachev the “Iron Curtain” was lifted, the Berlin Wall came down and most of Eastern Europe was freed. The USSR was broken up into what we see today, the “Cold War “was over and with it the threat of nuclear annihilation kind of went away, until now. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During the “Cold War” there was a small group of people known as the “Rather be Red than Dead” movement. They said that it would be better to give in to the Russians and live rather than fight them and die.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most people held them in the contempt that is reserved for cowards and traitors, and few took them seriously. I am sad to say that it looks like that group has gained some new members over the past years.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s been more than 50 years since I have shot at anything more dangerous than a poor innocent pheasant or a quail, but I would like to think that if push came shove, I would push and shove back hard, and I also believe that most of those who said that they would leave rather than fight for America would be right there with me.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Born, raised and educated in the Southwest, Jim Dickson served in the U.S. Navy Reserve in Vietnam before a 35-year business career. Retired to St. Helena Island, Dickson and his wife are fiscally conservative, socially moderate and active in Republican politics, though they may not always agree with Republicans. Having lived around the country and traveled around the world, Dickson believes that the United States truly is the land of opportunity. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The land of the free and the home of the brave ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-the-brave', '', '', '2022-03-16 13:33:31', '2022-03-16 17:33:31', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56068', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56070, 4, '2022-03-16 13:34:49', '2022-03-16 17:34:49', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Have you known someone who was even-tempered and composed even when circumstances seemed to be falling apart all around them? In times of a serious crisis, somehow these individuals have the type of personality to remain calm and collected, in fact, it’s not unusual to see them comforting the very ones who came to help them.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So, what is the secret to living in a peaceful and tranquil state of mind? For those who trust in God, I believe we come to a point in our spiritual journey where we simply begin to realize that Jesus is the Prince of Peace and it only makes sense this would include believing what He has declared is true. It may sound rather elementary, but having a passion for knowing Him personally will go a long way toward learning to trust Him.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Life has its share of wonderful seasons where we enjoy the blessings and have delightful experiences and then there are times of disappointment and occasionally these are devastating. Have you noticed that when we are on the mountaintop, we tend to forget about God because we are so distracted with our pleasures. Then, after the celebration has passed, we find ourselves walking through a dark and discouraging valley, and immediately call out to Him because we want to go back to the good times.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A certain amount of fluctuation is indeed a normal part of life but riding on an emotional roller coaster is not exactly the way God intended for His people to live. His perfect plan is for us to become mature in order to have a higher spiritual connection with Him whether we are walking through abundance or adversity.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Paul said in Philippians 4:11-13, “I have learned to be content with whatever I have. I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I believe it would help with our anxiety and stress if we could just sincerely place our lives into His hands and rest in the confidence that He knows about our situation and is working behind the scenes for our best interest. As a counselor, I realize that when someone is desperate for an immediate solution, advising them to keep praying and be patient is not what they want to hear.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Proverbs chapter 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the Lord with all of thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In ALL thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” Observing this carefully allows us to comprehend He is simply wanting us to stand on what He has promised. He desires that we trust Him not only in times of crisis but every moment.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One of my favorite verses is Psalm 145:18 and 19, “The Lord is near unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of them that fear Him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The bottom line is that God wants to intervene because He loves you. His answers might not always be what we imagined or when we wanted them, but He will always make the right decision in His perfect time.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many are struggling financially and are stressed to the point of a nervous breakdown. Others are facing serious health issues, family problems and are afraid of an uncertain future. Worry is the opposite of faith and can steal the joy of our salvation.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I do not have specific answers for every issue and neither can I explain why bad things happen to good people, but I do know that whatever type of valley you are walking through today, God hears your prayers and will never forget or forsake you.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I’m reminded of the story in Mark, chapter 4, where Jesus and His disciples were in a boat during a violent storm. Jesus was resting comfortably while the men were crying out in fear of sinking and drowning. They woke Him, and He calmly commanded the wind and waves to stop and they did. He is always in total control of every situation and if we are holding His hand, we can always rest in His perfect peace.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Billy Holland is a Christian minister, community chaplain, and author. Read more about the Christian life at: billyhollandministries.com. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'In God we trust with every situation ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'in-god-we-trust-with-every-situation', '', '', '2022-03-16 13:34:50', '2022-03-16 17:34:50', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56070', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56072, 4, '2022-03-16 13:42:59', '2022-03-16 17:42:59', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is again that time of the year that we pay tribute to America’s brave and selfless Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Coast Guardsmen and their families who served on active duty during the Vietnam War between Nov. 1, 1955, and May 15, 1975.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Island News team joins all Americans in thanking and honoring our veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice to our great nation and their comrades.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The American War Library estimates that approximately two-thirds of the U.S. veterans who served in the Vietnam War are already gone. So time is running out for us to recognize these courageous men and women who wore the cloth of our great nation in America’s most controversial 20-year war.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>How to hold a Vietnam War Veterans Day event</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If your organization is interested in hosting a patriotic event to recognize our Vietnam Veterans and their families, you can watch the Army-Air Force Exchange video, titled Hosting a COVID-Safe Vietnam Pinning Event, at https://vimeo.com/522872358. You should also visit The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration website at https://bit.ly/3q5eFwE.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Free lapel pins, certificates, bumper stickers, posters and more</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You will find at the U.S. American Vietnam War Commemoration website instructions on how to order free event materials, which include lapel pins, certificates of honor, presidential proclamations, brochures, posters, bumper stickers, a request form, and instructions on how to safely present a Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The site also has instructions on how to become a commemorative partner, application forms, commemorative partner listing, partner map, POW/MIA recognition information, missing man table ceremony instructions, and a partner portal.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Vietnam War Veterans Day in Washington, D.C.</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This year, our nation’s military leaders, along with Vietnam War Gold Star family representatives (families who lost a military immediate family member while serving), will participate in a national joint wreath-laying ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. on the morning of March 29.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Vietnam War Veterans Day history</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>President Barack Obama first proclaimed March 29, 2012, as Vietnam Veterans Day. March 29 was chosen because on March 29, 1973, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam was disbanded and the last U.S. combat troops departed the Republic of Vietnam. The proclamation called upon “All Americans to observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the Vietnam War.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On March 28, 2017, President Trump signed the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017. This act officially recognizes March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day. The Act also includes the day among those days on which the U.S. flag should especially be displayed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>S.C. General Assembly Proclamation</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The South Carolina General Assembly’s 124th Session, House Resolution H.4995 declared March 29, 2022, as the day “TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE BRAVE VETERANS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR AND TO DECLARE TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2022, AS \"WELCOME HOME VIETNAM VETERANS DAY\" IN SOUTH CAROLINA. You can read this resolution at https://bit.ly/3u0Je7N.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lowcountry Vietnam War Veteran events</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>9 a.m., Saturday, March 26, Operation Patriots Forward Operating Base (OPFOB), 328 Lakeview Drive, Ridgeland. </strong>OPFOB chose Saturday so that families, children, grandchildren could attend. The event is open to the public, all veterans, all active-duty military, and their families. The Mission of OPFOB is to help reduce the alarming rate of veteran suicides (22 every day). OPFOB is dedicated to creating and fostering positive experiences for Combat Veterans by connecting through outdoor and recreational activities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event will kick off with coffee and a light breakfast at 9 a.m. at the barn. The Marine Corps Band will begin playing around 9:45 a.m. and guests will move to the flagpole where the ceremony will take place. A Color Guard will also participate. Vietnam veterans will be honored and there will be a dedication for OPFOR’s flagpole. Local dignitaries are being invited and the event will be covered by the press. Point of contact is Suzi C. Oliver, RN, 843-540-7478, suzi_oliver@yahoo.com, https://opfob.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Saturday, March 26, Navy Exchange (NEX) Beaufort Hospital, 1 Pickney Boulevard, Building 1, Room 254, Beaufort. </strong>A Vietnam War Veterans Day event to thank and honor Vietnam Veterans and their families. Point of contact is Shakyra Saunders, 843-494-8342, William.Marx#nexweb.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Saturday, March 26, Paris Island MCRD Commissary, Building 407, Wake Boulevard, Parris Island. </strong>A Vietnam War Veterans Day event to thank and honor Vietnam Veterans and their families. Point of contact is Jennifer Ferrell, noemail@deca.mil, 804-734-8000.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Saturday, March 26, Marine Corps Exchange (MCX) 0160 Parris Island, Building 406, Parris Island. </strong>A Vietnam War Veterans Day event to thank and honor Vietnam Veterans and their families. Point of contact is Kerry Pascal, 843-525-3301, Katelyn.Philippsen@usmc-mccs.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>1 p.m., Sunday, March 27, Welcome Home! Vietnam War Veterans Day Commemoration at Buckwalter Place Park Armed Forces Memorial, 2 Venture Drive, Bluffton. </strong>Presented by Caris Healthcare. The event will include presentation of colors with the Pledge of Allegiance, live performance of the national anthem, motivational readings, Vietnam Veterans lapel pin presentation to Vietnam Veterans, lapel pin presentation to veterans’ spouses, veteran information tables, and veterans’ representatives, and light refreshments (water and cupcakes). The point of contact is Sandy at 843-473-3939.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sunday, March 27, Savannah, Ga., Hunter Army Airfield Commissary, 89 Haley Street, building 6025, Savannah. </strong>A Vietnam War Veterans Day event to thank and honor Vietnam Veterans and their families. Point of contact is Jennifer Ferrell, noemail@deca.mil, 804-734-8000.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, Mount Pleasant Patriots Point Naval Museum and Foundation. </strong>Patriots Point will commemorate the sacrifices of those who served in the Vietnam War. Vietnam War Veterans Day at Patriots Point is giving the public a chance to meet some of the heroes who served in the Vietnam War.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the Vietnam Experience exhibit, several veterans will be sharing stories of their service. Guests can ask questions and examine the veterans\' personal artifacts and memorabilia. At 11:30 a.m., visitors can attend a ceremony that will include a bag-pipe performance, benediction, and a moment of silence.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event is free and open to the public. General admission tickets will be required for those wishing to see the rest of the museum exhibits aboard the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier and USS Laffey destroyer.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All Vietnam War Veterans and their spouses will receive free admission on March 29. Point of Contact is Jeff Jacobs, Finelyretired@gmail.com, 843-819-9835, PatriotsPointFoundation.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 29, Veterans Canteen Service (Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center), #534, 109 Bee Street, Charleston. </strong>A Vietnam War Veterans Day event to thank and honor Vietnam Veterans and their families. Point of contact is Brian P. Vorce, Brian.Vorce@va.gov, 314-845-1224, www.va.gov.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 29, Charleston Veterans Center, 3625 West Montague Avenue, North Charleston. </strong>A Vietnam Veterans pinning ceremony drive-thru. Expectations of 100 veterans and family members. Point of contact is Brenda Richardson, 843-789-7000, brend.richardson@va.gov. This is a DRIVE THRU event.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 29, Charleston Naval Weapons Station Commissary, 1797 Red Bank Road, Building 764, Goose Creek. </strong>A Vietnam War Veterans Day event to thank and honor Vietnam Veterans and their families. Point of contact is Commissary Officer Jennifer Ferrell, 843-764-2020, Jennifer.Ferrell@deca.mil.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 29, Charleston Air Force Base Commissary, 103 Lawson Drive, Building 1991, Charleston AFB. </strong>A Vietnam War Veterans Day event to thank and honor Vietnam Veterans and their families. Point of contact is Commissary Officer Jennifer Ferrell, 843-764-2020, Jennifer.Ferrell@deca.mil.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 29, Sumter County, Scotts Branch Middle-High School, 9253, Alex Harvin Highway, Summerton. </strong>Veterans and their spouses will be served lunch and honored with a recognition program. Point of contact is Kenneth L. Benjamin, 803-773-8514, kenndian@msn.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Interesting Statistics about the Vietnam War</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the Vietnam Helicopter Pilot’s Association (VHPA) and other references, the average age of 58,148 Americans killed in Vietnam was 23.11 years. 11,465 KIAs were younger than 20 years old.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One out of every 10 Americans who served in Vietnam was a casualty. Out of 2.59 million who served in-country, 58,169 were killed and 304,000 wounded. Although the percentage who died was similar to other wars, amputations or crippling wounds were 300 percent higher than in World War II. 75,000 Vietnam veterans are severely disabled and the war resulted in over 10,000 amputations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Servicemen who went to Vietnam from well-to-do areas had a slightly elevated risk of dying because they were more likely to be helicopter pilots or infantry officers. Vietnam veterans were the best-educated forces our nation had ever sent into combat – 79 percent had a high school education or better.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Two-thirds of the men who served in Vietnam were volunteers. Two-thirds of the men who served in World War II were drafted. Approximately 70 percent of those killed in Vietnam were volunteers, while 97 percent of Vietnam veterans were discharged under honorable conditions; the same percentage of honorable discharges as 10 years prior to Vietnam. Then 85 percent of Vietnam Veterans made a successful transition to civilian life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Vietnam veterans are less likely to be in prison than those people in the general population. Only half of one percent of Vietnam Veterans have been jailed for crimes. There is no difference in drug usage between Vietnam veterans and nonveterans of the same age group (from a Veterans Administration study). Racially, 86 percent of the men who died in Vietnam were Caucasians, 12.5 percent were black, 1.2 percent were of other races. Vietnam veterans\' personal income exceeds that of our non-veteran age group by more than 18 percent.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There is a reason the Vietnam War is frequently called The Helicopter War in Vietnam. It is estimated that the Huey (Uh-1B, C, D, and H) Helicopter and the Cobra (AH-1G) Helicopter flew 1,166,344 flight hours in Vietnam and have more combat flight time than any other aircraft in the history of warfare. Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) helicopters flew nearly 500,000 missions. More than 900,000 patients were airlifted. Nearly half the patients airlifted were American. The average time lapse between wounding to hospitalization was less than one hour, called the golden hour. As a result, less than one percent of all Americans wounded who survived the first 24 hours died.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The helicopter provided unprecedented mobility. Without the helicopter, it would have taken three times as many troops to secure the 800-mile border with Cambodia and Laos (the politicians thought the Geneva Conventions of 1954 and the Geneva Accords or 1962 would secure the border. More than 40,000 military helicopter pilots served in Vietnam and most were Army. About 12,000 helicopters served in Vietnam and more than 5,600 helicopters were totally destroyed. More than 5,000 helicopter crew members (officers and enlisted men) were killed in Vietnam.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I close this article with one recommendation. Please remember that the families of Vietnam veterans and really the families of all war veterans are the ones who carried the heaviest load, the most stress, and sacrificed the most.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When I was in Vietnam, I was too busy flying every day and night to worry much, too exhausted to think much about loneliness or bills to be paid, too focused on surviving to worry about raising my infant daughter, and too distracted by the war to think about who was walking the dog and doing all the other things my young wife was exhausted from back home in S.C.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The truth is that is parents, wives, children, and grandparents who sacrifice the most in every war. Please do not forget to thank them for their tremendous and brave service to our country and their Soldier, Marine, Sailor, Airman, or Coast Guardsman.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Larry Dandridge is a Vietnam War wounded warrior, disabled veteran, ex-Enlisted Infantryman, ex-Warrant Officer Pilot, and retired Lt. Colonel. He is a past Veterans Service Officer, a Patient Adviser at the RHJ VA Hospital, the Fisher House Charleston Good Will Ambassador, and the VP for Veteran Affairs for the local Army Association Chapter. Larry is the author of the award-winning book Blades of Thunder and a contributing free-lance writer with the Island News. Contact him at LDandridge@earthlink.net or 843-276-7164.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'National Vietnam War Veterans Day is March 29', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'national-vietnam-war-veterans-day-is-march-29', '', '', '2022-03-16 13:43:00', '2022-03-16 17:43:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56072', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(56076, 4, '2022-03-16 13:46:18', '2022-03-16 17:46:18', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Jose L. Montalván, the district readiness operations officer for 6th Marine Corps District, celebrates his Volunteer of 2021 Award with his wife, Kerrie Montalván, and his two sons Feb. 24, during the Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry annual meeting held in Beaufort. Montalván volunteered for approximately 200 hours as the sports coach for the 3- to 4-year-old soccer league and the 7- to 8-year-old soccer-league. Photo by Lance Cpl. Kevin Lopez Herrera, USMC.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Volunteer of 2021 Award', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'volunteer-of-2021-award', '', '', '2022-03-16 13:46:18', '2022-03-16 17:46:18', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56076', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56078, 4, '2022-03-16 13:48:03', '2022-03-16 17:48:03', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Becoming a Marine one recruit’s promise to his father</strong><br><br></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Lance Cpl. Colin Harper, USMC</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>PARRIS ISLAND</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Why him?” U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Jonathan Lane said. His eyes were brimming with tears. His voice quivered. He repeated “Why him?”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In a single moment, life can completely change.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For Jonathan Lane, that moment was when he was just 4 years old. His father, GySgt. Shawn Lane, was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. On July 28, 2004, a knock on his door changed everything.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>His mother answered the door to two men dressed in uniform. She crumbled to her knees and buried her face in her hands. Lane’s father was gone.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“When he passed away, it was like the end of the world,” Lane said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ever since he lost his father, Lane said that there has been a piece that was missing in his life … family gatherings were not the same; his dad could never pick him up from his soccer games; he would never get to go on family vacations with his dad.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When people would bring up his father in conversation, he would get depressed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lane said that people always spoke highly of his dad. They said that he was a great leader who always looked out for his Marines, and that he was also a great father.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Despite being so young when he passed away, Lane’s dad was hard to forget. He was determined to live up to his father’s name and join the same brotherhood that he had given his life for.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Becoming a Marine was my promise to him,” Lane said. “I’ve always wanted to be in the Marine Corps. I wanted to fill my father’s boots.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Nov. 8, 2021, Jonathan Lane stepped onto the bus that would bring him to very place his father started his military career — Parris Island. It was the start to making good on his promise.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“As soon as they told us to put our heads down, I knew it was game on,” Lane said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From the moment he stood on the yellow footprints, Lane said he thought about his father every single day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I always knew he was watching over me,” Lane said “I felt his strength; it kept me pushing.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Every obstacle that he overcame felt like a weight was lifted off his shoulders, and every night before he went to bed, Lane would talk to his father and let him know how his day went.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Jan. 22, Lane completed the Crucible, the final, culminating event of Marine Corps Recruit Training. After overcoming every obstacle and conquering every struggle, he finally received his Eagle, Globe and Anchor and the title of United States Marine.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This was the moment Lane had been waiting for.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I have a scar on my hand from squeezing my Eagle Globe and Anchor as hard as physically possible,” Lane said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lane knew by earning his Eagle, Globe and Anchor he finally fulfilled the promise he made to his father and himself.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Dear Dad,” said Lane, choking back his tears, “It’s been 18 years, and I finally received my EGA. Thank you for everything. I wish you were here to be at graduation. I love you Dad.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'DEAR DAD', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'dear-dad', '', '', '2022-03-16 13:48:04', '2022-03-16 17:48:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56078', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56080, 4, '2022-03-16 13:52:02', '2022-03-16 17:52:02', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Marine uses poetry to cope with difficulties of life</strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Lance Cpl. Kevin Lopez Herrera, USMC</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stress, job loss, illness, change, hardships, loss of a loved one; these are just a few of life’s many inevitable events. During these situations, healthy coping mechanisms can be used as a way for us to manage these occurrences.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some people choose to exercise, vent their frustrations with someone they trust, or spend time with family and friends. There are a myriad of coping mechanisms, and for Tania Raquel Bryant, writing became one of them, pouring her emotions all over blank papers with her thoughts in ink.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lance Cpl. Tania Raquel Bryant is a native of Newark, N.J., who has had a passion for writing since her freshman year. She was raised by her Great-Aunt Lula Kirkland and Great-Uncle Willie Kirkland and is the middle child of 12 siblings. Bryant graduated from Doane Academy on June 9, 2018, then attended Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pa.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Her passion for writing started due to unfortunate circumstances. In May 15, 2015, Bryant experienced one of her most devastating moments when her Great-Aunt Lula, whom she considered her mother, passed away. During that time of sudden loss, she shut out the world and decided to write and express what she felt on paper.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I would say that writing came from that moment and ever since then, I write about everything,” Bryant said. “It could be with my past experience I’ve had, me being angry, happy, frustrated, annoyed, or just simply thinking about things in the world.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She began writing poems to herself about varying topics that she would post on social media, where she would receive feedback, criticisms and thoughts on her work. She would also share them with close friends and family, especially with her aunt, Lynette Simms.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“When she started reading her poetry to me, it was a little poem here, a little poem there, and then I started noticing that she was really writing poetry! She’s really writing what she’s feeling and what she sees through her eyes and that just really sat with me,” Simms said. “I told her: ‘You know Tania? You should write a book. So that everybody can see the beauty of your words.’”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Seeing as she is studying criminal justice and aspires to become an FBI agent in her future, Bryant thought that having a military background and experience would be an asset for her career. Due to this aspiration, and after evaluating her different options, she opted to join the Marine Corps.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I chose the Marine Corps because it is the most challenging one out of all the branches, and I wanted to go big or go home,” Bryant said. “I thought that going the Marines would be very eye-opening.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bryant walked into the Recruiting Station Allentown, Pa., near her college’s campus, and enlisted with the help of Staff Sgt. Kehoe with the military occupational specialty of administration specialist. She departed to Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, August 3rd, 2020, and graduated boot camp Dec. 11, 2020. After graduating from Administration School at Camp Johnson, she received orders to 6th Marine Corps District, Parris Island, where she checked in on March 23, 2021.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bryant began planning her book September 2021, aiming to write a collection of 30 poems that convey her feelings, emotions, and her perspective on different aspects of life itself. She had set a personal goal to get published by the start of the year before the start of her courses. She was hesitant at first out of fear of getting sidetracked and worried about balancing certain aspects of her life; performing her daily tasks as an administration specialist, carrying out her professional studies, maintaining proper physical performance, writing her poetry, and finding time for herself.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bryant wrote several manuscripts during the following months, having conversations with her book consultants by exchanging ideas for her book. She also kept in touch with her project manager to ensure that she was maintaining consistent timelines, and commissioned Lance Cpl. Kevis Wilson, a Marine stationed in Miramar, Calif., to design her the cover pages for her book.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After many days of arduous work and waiting, between processing her cover, the interior design of her book, edits, and final iterations of her manuscript, her book, titled “Poetic Lifelines,” was published on February 2022.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Follow your heart, don’t find any reason or any little excuse to deter you, always stay true to yourself and make sure you’re ready in all capabilities — emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually,” Bryant said. “Just make sure that everything you do is full of confidence, trueness and fun, because at the end of the day, you need to have fun in anything you’re doing.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Pain primes passion', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'pain-primes-passion', '', '', '2022-03-16 13:52:03', '2022-03-16 17:52:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56080', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56082, 4, '2022-03-16 13:53:03', '2022-03-16 17:53:03', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Butterfield’s second hat trick fuels BA</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Academy boys soccer improved to 4-1 with a dominant 8-3 win over visiting Patrick Henry on Monday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Andrew Butterfield was named BA’s man of the match after recording his second hat trick of the season, and plenty of other Eagles got in on the action.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Grady Lamm opened the scoring by converting a penalty in the first half, and BA took off from there with additional goals coming from Evan Rankin, Miles Spratling, Sammy Siler, and Marc Salinas.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BA (4-1) was scheduled to take on Colleton Prep at home Tuesday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>JPII takes down Class 5A Irmo in OT</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John Paul II boys soccer rallied from behind for an impressive road win Friday, defeating SCHSL Class 5A Irmo 4-2 in extra time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After conceding a pair of goals in the first half, the Golden Warriors’ comeback was sparked by Jackson Ogden’s dazzling breakaway finish to get JPII on the board. John Paul II controlled the play throughout the second half and earned the equalizer on a late Anthony Hill goal to force extra time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Golden Warriors maintained their energy and put the game away with goals from Mark Knight and Austin Floyd in the overtime periods to steal the road victory.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Evan Slusne was fantastic in net, making six saves to notch the win.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John Paul II (2-0, 1-0) heads back into region play Tuesday in a road matchup with Hilton Head Christian Academy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'boys-soccer-roundup-2', '', '', '2022-03-16 13:53:04', '2022-03-16 17:53:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56082', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56084, 4, '2022-03-16 13:53:45', '2022-03-16 17:53:45', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Jenkins leads Warriors to wild opening win</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whale Branch baseball opened its season with a wild 26-15 win at Palmetto Scholars on Tuesday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kai’Shawn Jenkins had a big day at the plate and earned the win on the mound, and the Warriors drew 13 walks and a pair of hit by pitches and blew it open with a 12-run fifth inning to win a slugfest.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jenkins pitched 3.1 innings, allowing 11 runs (five earned) on four hits with seven walks and six strikeouts, and Freddie Lawton struck out four and worked around five walks to earn the save, allowing four unearned runs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jenkins went 3-for-4 with a double, four runs, and five RBIs, while Ron Smith had a homer and four walks with three runs and two RBIs, D’Ante Parker was 3-for-3, with two RBIs and scored five times, and Keion Joseph went 1-for-3 with three runs and four RBIs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Dolphins can’t convert late at Edisto</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek had the tying run at the plate with no one out but the rally came up short and the Dolphins dropped their regular season opener 7-4 at Edisto on Monday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>CJ Robinson was 2-for-4 with a pair of stolen bases, Matthew Hastings added an RBI single, and Hunter Hollingsworth went 1-for-4, with two runs and two RBIs to lead the Dolphins at the plate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hollingsworth was tagged with the loss, allowing seven runs (three earned) over 3.1 innings with five strikeouts and two walks.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BCHS (0-4) was scheduled to play at Wade Hampton on Tuesday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BASEBALL ROUNDUP', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'baseball-roundup', '', '', '2022-03-16 13:53:45', '2022-03-16 17:53:45', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56084', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(56088, 4, '2022-03-16 13:56:29', '2022-03-16 17:56:29', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eagles’ McAlister ties for top spot at Pinecrest</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bluffton’s Jones Saylor and Beaufort High’s Simon McAlister set the pace with sterling rounds of 2-under 34 to share medalist honors, but a steady effort from May River led the Sharks to a five-shot win over Beaufort and Hilton Head High in a four-team Region 7-4A boys golf meet Thursday at Pinecrest Golf Club in Bluffton.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Saylor and McAlister had to go low to edge May River’s Braydon O’Leary (35) by one shot for medalist honors, but Landry Williams (36), Nick Nelson (38), and Conrad Gall (41) put together solid outings to help the Sharks claim the team title. O’Leary finished third and Williams tied for fourth with Beaufort’s Jack Lubkin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hilton Head High had four golfers crack the top 10 individually, as Nolan Hawkins (37) led the way in sixth, Ben Batson (38) tied for seventh with Nelson, and Jackson Crouch and Logan Kriney carded 40s to tie for ninth with Beaufort’s Jack Sumner and Bluffton’s Jackson Sacha.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Team Scores</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>May River (150): </strong>Braydon O’Leary 35, Landry Williams 36, Nick Nelson 38, Conrad Gall 41</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>HHIHS (155): </strong>Nolan Hawkins 37, Ben Batson 38, Jackson Crouch 40, Logan Kriney 40</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort (155): </strong>Simon McAlister 34, Jack Lubkin 36, Jack Sumner 40, Gus Christian 45</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Bluffton (166): </strong>Jones Saylor 34, Jackson Sacha 40, Brady Sacha 45, Dane Scott 47</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Top 10</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>T1. Jones Saylor 34 T1. Simon McAlister 34 3. Braydon O’Leary 35 T4. Landry Williams 36 T4. Jack Lubkin 36 6. Nolan Hawkins 37 T7. Nick Nelson 38 T7. Ben Batson 38 T9. Jackson Crouch 40 T9. Logan Kriney 40 T9. Jack Sumner 40 T9. Jackson Sacha 40</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mighty Lions set program-record, finish 3rd</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hilton Head Christian Academy boys golf posted an impressive team score of 149 to edge Heritage Academy and individual medalist Michael Gavin by one shot in a SCISA golf meet Thursday at the Legends of Parris Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Gavin took the top individual honors with a scorching nine-hole score of 32, edging HHCA’s Sean Engler by one shot, but Sage Bradshaw (34), Phillip Court (39), and Brady Bagenstose (43) came through with strong rounds to help the Eagles come out on top. Holy Trinity was third with a program-best 152, followed by Beaufort Academy (177) and John Paul II (185).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Team Scores</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>HHCA (149): </strong>Sean Engler 33, Sage Bradshaw 34, Phillip Court 39, Brady Bagenstose 43</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Heritage (150): </strong>Michael Gavin 32, Sepp Pearson 37, Sam Hodgkins 40, Thomas Ludwig 41</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>HT (152): </strong>Bray Sheehan 34, Barnes Gooding 36, Will Schoen 40, Luke Simonis 42</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BA (177): </strong>Jack Carter Worrell 41, Austin Ploss 43, Miles Spratling 46, Jackson Davis 47</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>JPII (185): </strong>Gabe Schmitz 36, Adrian Simmons 47, Freddie Weniger 48, Will Debrovner 54</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Top 10</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Michael Gavin 32. 2. Sean Engler 33. T3. Sage Bradshaw 34. T3. Bray Sheehan 34. T5. Barnes Gooding 36. T5. Gabe Schmitz 36. 7. Sepp Pearson 37. 8. Phillip Court 39. T9. Sam Hodgkins 40. T9. Will Schoen&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'GOLF ROUNDUP', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'golf-roundup-2', '', '', '2022-03-16 13:56:30', '2022-03-16 17:56:30', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56088', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(56090, 4, '2022-03-16 13:57:20', '2022-03-16 17:57:20', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Rast in command in two Beaufort wins</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High softball stayed unbeaten with a pair of wins over the past week with sophomore Kylie Rast leading the way in the circle and the batter’s box.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rast outdueled John Paul II’s Tevi Mullen in a pitching battle to lead the Eagles to a 2-1 win over the Golden Warriors on Tuesday, and she threw another complete game in a 6-2 win at Thomas Heyward on Monday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Tuesday, Rast opened the scoring in the bottom of the third when she led off the inning with a triple to right field and scored on an errant throw for a 1-0 lead. JPII squeezed home the tying run in the fifth when Cayce Graves reached on an error and scored on Audrey Snyder’s squeeze bunt, beating the throw to the plate to tie it. Beaufort rallied for the winning run in the sixth when Riley Brozek walked with one out and scored when the next batter, Caylin Adkins, hit a hard grounder to first and JPII made two errors on the play to allow Brozek to score.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rast took care of the rest, striking out 13 and allowing just one unearned run on one hit with no walks. Mullen was nearly as good, piling up 10 strikeouts over six innings while allowing two runs, six hits, and three walks.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The sophomore was back in command Monday at Thomas Heyward, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits with 13 strikeouts and four walks, and she went 2-for-3 with an RBI and scored twice. Kyrsten Cruikshank had a big day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles (3-0) travel to John Paul II for a rematch Thursday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Bucs run streak to two games</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bridges Prep picked up its second straight victory with a 19-11 win at Estill on Monday, pounding out 15 hits to the Gators’ one.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Riley Cowan earned the win with 2.1 innings of one-hit ball, striking out seven and allowing five runs (three earned) with the aid of four walks, and she was 2-for-3 with a homer, three RBIs, and three runs to lead a potent offense.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bailey Stevenson was 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs, Mallorie Brown went 3-for-3 with a double and scored twice, Hanna Lovell was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI, and Olivia Payne went 1-for-1 with a triple, three walks, three RBIs, and three runs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Bucs (2-1) host Bethune-Bowman on Wednesday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'SOFTBALL ROUNDUP', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'softball-roundup', '', '', '2022-03-16 13:57:22', '2022-03-16 17:57:22', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56090', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56092, 4, '2022-03-16 13:59:14', '2022-03-16 17:59:14', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort High School Tennis Team hosted the Pickled Eagle Pickleball Tournament this past weekend to raise funds for their student athletes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>RESULTS</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Women</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>3.0 Doubles</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Cynthia Deghart and Sheri Linscott</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Claudia Jacobs and Sharie Maloney</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>3.5 Doubles</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Crouse/McDonnell</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Nelson/James</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>4.0 Doubles</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Phillips/Adams</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Marviglio/Adams</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mens</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>3.0 Doubles</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Ismail/LoPresti</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Brenner/Guthri</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>3.5 Doubles</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Martin/Carey</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Brown/Meadows</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>4.0 Doubles</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Sanerson/Reim</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Davis/Gamble</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>4.5 Doubles</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Wilson/Louw</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Bursiner/Brown</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mixed</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>3.0 Doubles</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Holt/Small</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Kilpatrick/Kilpatrice</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>3.5 Doubles</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Rice/Eberhard</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Martin/McDonnell</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>4.0 Doubles</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Kuehne/Booker</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Straut/Adams</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Singles</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>3.5</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Eberhard</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>4.0</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Torres</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The Pickled Eagle Pickleball Tournament', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-pickled-eagle-pickleball-tournament', '', '', '2022-03-16 13:59:15', '2022-03-16 17:59:15', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56092', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56094, 4, '2022-03-16 14:00:39', '2022-03-16 18:00:39', '<!-- wp:image {\"id\":56044,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/03092022-De-Delaney-2-8143.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/03092022-De-Delaney-2-8143-758x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56044\"/></a><figcaption>Dee Delaney, left, cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, jokes\nabout learning time management as a cadet at The Citadel and how\nthose skills translate to his typical NFL work day which begins at\n5:30 a.m. and ends about 4 p.m., except days set aside for travel for\nan away game. Delaney was also a standout football player at Whale\nBranch Early College High School. Delaney was the guest speaker\nat Wednesday’s Beaufort Rotary Club meeting. At right is Beaufort\nRotary Club president Mandy Burgin. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'Attention to Dee-tail ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'attention-to-dee-tail', '', '', '2022-03-16 14:00:40', '2022-03-16 18:00:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56094', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56096, 4, '2022-03-16 14:02:29', '2022-03-16 18:02:29', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LowcoSports.com&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High dropped a tough match to visiting Hilton Head Prep, and Beaufort Academy lost at home to Bluffton in high school boys tennis action over the past week.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles picked up wins from Graeme Angus at No. 1 singles and Joseph Combs at No. 5, but the Dolphins were too strong in the middle of the lineup, and HHP’s duo of JW Moody and Alston Adams outlasted Beaufort’s Casey Hoogenboom and James Dennison in a tight No. 2 doubles match to clinch the a 4-2 win.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BA swept the two doubles courts from visiting Bluffton, but the Bobcats claimed all six singles courts in straight sets.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>HHP 4, BHS 2&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Singles&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Graeme Angus (B) def. Drew Rukavina 6-3, 6-4&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Leo Nedkov (HHP) def. Diego Alvarez 6-1, 6-3&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Evan Phillips (HHP) def. Tucker Martin 6-3, 6-3&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. Alex Wu (HHP) def. Bodie Daniel 6-4, 6-2&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5. Joseph Combs (B) def. Wyatt Harmer 7-5, 7-5&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Doubles&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. JW Moody/Alston Adams (HHP) def. Casey Hoogenboom/James Dennison 7-6, 7-5&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Up next: </strong>BHS (1-1, 1-0) plays at James Island on Tuesday; HHP (2-0) hosts HHIHS on Monday&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Bluffton 6, BA 2&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Singles&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Garrett Rowe (BLHS) def. Brandon Trapp 7-5,6-4&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Jackson Floyd (BLHS) def. Quincy Blanding 6-0,6-3&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Brendan Halas (BLHS) def. Davis Bonerrate 6-3,6- 2&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. Ryan Bostanci (BLHS) def. Everett Nason 6-1,6-1&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5. Todd Patten (BLHS) def. Preston Aivaz 6-4,6-4&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6. William Zendzian (BLHS) def. Nathan Nash 6-0,6-0&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Doubles&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Everett Nason/David Bonebrake (BA) d. Nick Andreoletti/Keegan Galloway 8-1&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Nathan Nash/Van Huffner (BA) d. Brian Hamilton/Justyn Aiken 8-4&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BHS, BA fall to Dolphins, Bobcats ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bhs-ba-fall-to-dolphins-bobcats', '', '', '2022-03-16 14:02:30', '2022-03-16 18:02:30', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56096', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56098, 4, '2022-03-16 14:04:27', '2022-03-16 18:04:27', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LowcoSports.com&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High’s boys won six team events — the most of any of the six teams in the meet — and Alvin Wilson won two of the Eagles’ four individual titles on the boys side in an impressive showing at the Beaufort Relays on Saturday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wilson won the shot put and discus events, while Beaufort’s Jayla Daise did the same on the girls side, and Hilton Head High’s Anna Ferguson was a double winner in the high jump and triple jump events.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LOWCO CHAMPS&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Boys&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BHS: </strong>4x100 (45.09); 4x200 (1:35.13); 4x400 (3:40.57); 4x800 (8:52.12); 800 Sprint Medley (1:49.16); 4x110 Shuttle Hurdles (1:22.23)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>HHIHS: </strong>4x1600 (21:32.95)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Jourdin Nelson-Davis, HHIHS: </strong>High Jump (5-4)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eric Smart, BHS: </strong>Pole Vault (8-6)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Zyrin Odom, BHS: </strong>Long Jump (20-6.5)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tyrone Wilson, CCHS: </strong>Triple Jump (36-7)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Alvin Wilson, BHS: </strong>Shot Put (45-1); Discus (147-5.5)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Kacy Fields, BHS: </strong>Javelin (132-4)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Girls&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>CCHS: </strong>4x100 (50.53); 800 sprint (2:00.66)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BHS: </strong>4x800 (11:36.68); Distance Medley (15:15.32); 4x100 Shuttle Hurdles (1:19.22)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Anna Ferguson, HHIHS: </strong>High Jump (5-0); Triple Jump (34-2)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Heaven Dagin, BHS: </strong>Pole Vault (8-0)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Anna Lyles, BHS: </strong>Pole Vault (8-0)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Keasia Walker, BHS: </strong>Long Jump (15-7.5)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Jayla Daise, BHS: </strong>Shot Put (37-1); Javelin (95-7)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Aciona Lowe, BHS: </strong>Discus (91-2)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>ON THE PODIUM&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Boys&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>HHIHS: </strong>2nd 4x100 (46.91); 2nd 4x200 (1:36.32); 2nd 4x400 (3:48.40); 3rd 4x800 (9:15.48); 3rd 4x1600 (23:21.10); 3rd Distance Medley (12:17.59); 2nd 4x110 Shuttle Hurdle (1:25.34)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BHS: </strong>3rd 4x100 (47.17); 3rd 4x200 (1:39.42); 3rd 4x400 (4:05.70); 2nd 4x800 (9:13.11); 2nd 4x1600 (22:03.20); 3rd 800 Sprint Medley (1:50.05); 2nd Distance Medley (12:07.85); 3rd 4x110 Shuttle Hurdles (1:32.43)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>CCHS: </strong>2nd 800 Sprint Medley (1:49.61)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Justin Simmons, HHIHS: </strong>2nd Pole Vault (8-0)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eric James, BHS: </strong>3rd Pole Vault (7-0)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Dorell DePass, BHS: </strong>2nd Long Jump (19-1)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Naiim Pope, BHS: </strong>3rd Long Jump (18-1.5)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Antonio McKnight, BHS: </strong>2nd Triple Jump (33-1.5)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Chace Sherrod, CCHS: </strong>3rd Triple Jump (31-3.5)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Chris Marable, HHIHS: </strong>2nd Shot Put (41-0)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Adrian Lamb, BHS: </strong>3rd Discus (128-7)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Chase Collins, HHIHS: </strong>2nd Javelin (83-3)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>William Scott, CCHS: </strong>3rd Javelin (77-7)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Girls&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BHS: </strong>3rd 4x100 (54.64); 3rd 4x200 (2:00.53)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>CCHS: </strong>2nd 4x200 (1:59.27); 3rd 800 sprint (2:13.00)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Moneisha Jenkins, CCHS: </strong>2nd high jump (4-6)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Zariona Hudson, CCHS: </strong>3rd high jump (4-0)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Camden Bernstein, HHIHS: </strong>3rd pole vault (7-0)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>KhMya Mosley, CCHS: </strong>2nd long jump (13-11.5)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Letecia Whittingham, BHS: </strong>3rd long jump (13-7.5)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Angel Johnson, BHS: </strong>2nd triple jump (31-8.5); 2nd Javelin (78-11)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Keasia Walker, BHS: </strong>3rd triple jump (29-3.5)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Cinye Brown, BHS: </strong>2nd Shot Put (30-7.5)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Molly Morgan, HHIHS: </strong>3rd Shot Put (30-0); 3rd Discus (84-2)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Jayla Daise, BHS: </strong>2nd Discus (87-4)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Emma Gladstone, CCHS: </strong>3rd Javelin (66-0)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>May River’s Shark Invitational&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lowco squads made up nine of the 14 teams in a strong field at May River’s Shark Invitational on Saturday, and they kept plenty of hardware at home.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The host Sharks led the Lowco contingent, finishing third in the boys and girls team standings as Richmond Hill and Stratford swept the top two spots. Bluffton also had a strong showing, as the Bobcats finished fourth in the boys standings and fifth in the girls point totals.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>May River’s Anya Arroyo doubled up on gold with wins in the girls 800 and 1600, while Battery Creek’s Tanner McCracken had a huge day on the boys side, winning the discus and finishing second in the javelin and shot put.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Team Scores&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Girls: </strong>1. Richmond Hill 207.33, 2. Stratford 161.16, 3. MRHS 100, 5. BLHS 39, 9. HHIHS 14, 11. Cross 6, 11. BCHS 6, 13. Heritage 5, 14. JPII 4&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Boys: </strong>1. Richmond Hill 169, 2. Stratford 142, 3. MRHS 90, 4. BLHS 77, 6. BCHS 53, 10. JPII 1&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LOWCO CHAMPS&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Boys&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Darrion Perry, MRHS: </strong>400M (52.62)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Adarion Ransburg, BLHS: </strong>Triple Jump (41-3.5)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tanner McCracken, BCHS: </strong>Discus (123-5)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Ellings Hunter, MRHS: </strong>Shot Put (41-2)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Girls&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Anya Arroyo, MRHS: </strong>800M (2:34.71), 1600M (5:37.08)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>AnnaDora Hale, MRHS: </strong>400 Hurdles (1:17.56)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Macey Dowe, MRHS: </strong>Javelin (92-6)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>ON THE PODIUM&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Boys&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Fareed Abdullah, MRHS: </strong>2nd 100 (10.87); 2nd 200 (22.79)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Camauri Simmons, BLHS: </strong>3rd 100 (10.87)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Darrion Perry, MRHS: </strong>3rd 200 (23.24)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Damaion Polite, MRHS: </strong>2nd 800 (2:09.70)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Noah Wasserman, MRHS: </strong>3rd 800 (2:11.66)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tyler McMahan, BLHS: </strong>3rd 3200 (10:35.46)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Jaylin Linder, BLHS: </strong>2nd Long Jump (21-2.5)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Ellings Hunter, MRHS: </strong>3rd Discus (121-7)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tanner McCracken, BCHS: </strong>2nd Javelin (113-7); 2nd Shot Put (39-7)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Anthony Phelan, BCHS: </strong>3rd Javelin (103-6)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Bluffton: </strong>3rd 4x100 (45.93); 2nd 4x800 (9:06.89)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>MRHS: </strong>3rd 4x400 (3:45.29); 3rd 4x800 (9:13.70)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Girls&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Cynthia Gudaitis, HHIHS: </strong>3rd 1600 (5:39.64); 3rd 3200 (12:47.41)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Morgan Scott, MRHS: </strong>2nd Javelin (73-1)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>McKenna Swinton, MRHS: </strong>2nd Shot Put (35-6)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Bluffton: </strong>2nd 4x100 (53.52)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>MRHS: </strong>3rd 4x400 (4:44.89); 2nd 4x800 (10:28.66)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Eagles run well at Beaufort Relays', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'eagles-run-well-at-beaufort-relays', '', '', '2022-03-16 14:04:28', '2022-03-16 18:04:28', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56098', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56100, 4, '2022-03-16 14:17:12', '2022-03-16 18:17:12', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>March is National Kidney Month</strong>, a time to raise awareness about your kidney health and generate support for those affected by conditions, including kidney stones, kidney infections and kidney disease.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It\'s estimated that 1 in 10 people will get a kidney stone in his or her lifetime. Kidney stones are not only painful, but they can lead to serious complications that may require hospitalization and even surgery. The good news is kidney stones are preventable, and prevention can be as simple as eating the right foods.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"The most important thing to think about with kidney stones is prevention,\" says Dr. Ivan Porter II, a Mayo Clinic nephrologist.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A solid prevention plan includes thinking about the types of food you\'re eating. Dr. Porter says fruits and vegetables with high water content, like cucumber, tomato and watermelon, also have natural citrate.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"These things are natural stone inhibitors and can be a part of a stone prevention plan to help prevent further kidney stone formation,\" says Dr. Porter.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It\'s just as important to think about what you shouldn\'t eat.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"We know that animal sources of protein are simply associated with a higher risk of stones. One way to avoid more stone production is maybe to limit your meat intake to some smaller amount,\" says Dr. Porter.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Certain foods, such as spinach and rhubarb that have high oxalate levels, also should be restricted.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"A lot of leafy greens that actually are good for you may have that negative impact on stones. And one way to combat that is by having some dietary calcium with those meals. So cheese on top of that spinach might be a good idea,\" says Dr. Porter.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Source: Mayo Clinic News Network, https://newsnetwork. mayoclinic.org/ </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Exclusive content from CARE magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'What you can eat to avoid kidney stones ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-you-can-eat-to-avoid-kidney-stones', '', '', '2022-03-16 14:17:13', '2022-03-16 18:17:13', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56100', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56102, 4, '2022-03-16 14:19:35', '2022-03-16 18:19:35', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you have allergies or asthma, spring can be a challenging time of the year. This season is known for big temperature and humidity changes and has high pollen counts — all of which can contribute to allergies and asthma. Here are a few tips to help ease your symptoms so that you can better enjoy the spring season.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Avoid being out on windy days. If you must be out, cover your mouth with a scarf or an allergen mask.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When cleaning, use caution with household cleaning products. Make sure the area to be cleaned is well ventilated. Never mix cleansers such as bleach, disinfectants and deodorizers with ammonia products, either in the bucket or on the surface to be cleaned.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is best if non-allergic family members or others do the cleaning. Try to be out of the house during all cleaning, especially during carpet cleaning.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Avoid being outside when fertilizers and pesticides are applied to the lawns, trees or shrubs in your neighborhood. If you garden, arrange for someone else to remove the leaves and branches that may have collected in your yard or hedges. This type of garbage usually has mold and other particles that can trigger your asthma.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Your healthcare provider may recommend additional medications, therapies or other environmental controls.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Source: </strong><a href=\"http://www.atopicderm.org/healthinfo/conditions/allergy/ lifestyle/springtime-tips.aspx\">http://www.atopicderm.org/healthinfo/conditions/allergy/ lifestyle/springtime-tips.aspx </a><br><br>Exclusive content from CARE magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Springtime Allergy Tips￼', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'springtime-allergy-tips%ef%bf%bc', '', '', '2022-03-16 14:20:10', '2022-03-16 18:20:10', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56102', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56105, 4, '2022-03-16 14:21:11', '2022-03-16 18:21:11', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. Colorectal cancer cannot be totally prevented, but there are ways to lower your risk and that’s with regular screening.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the American Cancer Society encourage patients to start screening for colorectal cancer at age 45. Dr. John Kisiel, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist, also says patients should begin screening at 45. He recommends checking with your health care provider about your risks, and with your insurance provider about your coverage.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Men are more likely than women to get colorectal cancer, and rates of colorectal cancer are higher in Black Americans, American Indians and Alaskan Native adults.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"African Americans are often diagnosed with either more advanced disease or may have more aggressive disease when they are diagnosed, and that\'s matched stage for stage,\" says Dr. Kisiel.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He says research shows that Black patients often face discrimination in accessing screening services or optimal cancer treatment.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Colorectal cancer risk factors also include family history, inherited syndromes, diabetes, smoking, diet and age.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"It is a condition that is most commonly diagnosed around age 67, but the risk continues to advance with age,\" says Dr. Kisiel.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He advocates for regular screening and says if the disease is diagnosed early, it is highly treatable. If it\'s diagnosed later, it\'s less likely curable.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"Colon cancer has been called the most fatal, yet most preventable, disease.\"&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Exclusive content from CARE magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Who should be screened for colorectal cancer? ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'who-should-be-screened-for-colorectal-cancer', '', '', '2022-03-16 14:21:12', '2022-03-16 18:21:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56105', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56107, 4, '2022-03-16 14:23:03', '2022-03-16 18:23:03', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our environment plays a significant role which is often overlooked when looking at the health factors. Here are suggestions to consider reducing your risk of heart disease and improve overall health:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Reduction #1: Filtering indoor air and water&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You are what you breathe! Most of us spend more than 85% of our lives indoors, so that’s the best place to battle against heart disease. The first and easiest way to do this is eliminate the harmful microparticles containing pollutants that trigger cardiovascular disease. The USEPA has guidelines on this with the right air and water filtration for the home or office. On the flip side, if you don’t do this, indoor air quality can be up to eight times worse than outdoors due to concentration of particulates and gasses.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Reduction #2: Eliminating chronic noise&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sound off about bad sounds! According to a World Health Organization study, chronic noise is the second leading cause of premature death. Buildings can shield occupants from chronic outdoor noise like traffic. In schools, inexpensive proper placement of acoustic panels and sound deadening underlay on floors can cut noise while improving teaching and learning by reducing echo. If you’re a parent or a tenant in a building, ask the building managers to look into it.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Reduction #3: Use safe materials&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s a material matter! Many toxins that can trigger heart disease come from indoor surfaces like furniture and floor and wall coverings as they wear off or release harmful chemicals. New standards like WELL show how to solve this problem by selecting safer materials when you’re doing a renovation. Likewise, make sure your ventilation system motors don’t deliver toxic off-gassing into the indoor environment.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Reduction #4: Safe cleaners&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Everyone can do this. A major cause of poor indoor air quality is toxic cleaning ingredients. A city environmental engineer once told me, “There’s no point investing in a building designed for healthy air if you end up with unhealthy maintenance”. This has only gotten worse due to the rush to use disinfectants during the COVID pandemic. There are lots of healthy cleaning products around and lots of sources to inform you about them.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Douglas Mulhall is a leading nanotechnology journalist who appears often on nationally syndicated talk shows in the US. As managing director of the Hamburg Environmental Institute, he co-developed methods now used by government agencies to measure environmental impacts. His book Our Molecular Future (Prometheus Books, 2002) describes how to use nanotechnology as a defense against tsunamis and other natural disaster risks. His disease prevention experience comes from pioneering water purification technologies in China and South America.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you are interested in learning more about Douglas Mulhall and how building design can keep us healthy, visit<a href=\"https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Reass essing+risk+assessment%3A+the+que stion+of+whether+to+pursue+the...- a0111858031syndicated tal\"> https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Reass essing+risk+assessment%3A+the+que stion+of+whether+to+pursue+the...- a0111858031syndicated tal </a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Exclusive content from CARE magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'How building design impacts your health ', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'how-building-design-impacts-your-health', '', '', '2022-03-16 14:23:04', '2022-03-16 18:23:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56107', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(56109, 4, '2022-03-16 14:26:02', '2022-03-16 18:26:02', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>What you need to know </strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Diogenes was a Greek philosopher who lived in a barrel in the 4th Century. <strong>Diogenes syndrome </strong>happens when a person does not take care of themselves or their surroundings, leading to poor hygiene and possibly some health and social problems. It often occurs with other conditions, such as dementia.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People with the condition often show signs of severe self-neglect, social isolation, and hoarding. They may live in unsanitary conditions. The person does not make a conscious decision to do this.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":56018,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Diogenes-in-his-barrel.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Diogenes-in-his-barrel-1024x835.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56018\"/></a><figcaption>Diogenes in his barrel</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Views on self-hygiene and safety vary can between people and cultures. As a result, many of the symptoms of Diogenes syndrome can also be difficult to assess and treat objectively. However, a person with this condition may be at risk of harm from poor hygiene or self-neglect.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As Diogenes syndrome usually occurs with other conditions and there is little research about it, the current <em>Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition, (DSM V) </em>does not list it as a psychiatric condition.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Men or women of any age and socioeconomic status can have Diogenes syndrome, but it usually appears as a behavioral disorder in older people. Research suggests that it is most common among people with average intelligence, who are over 60 years, and who live alone. Around 0.05 percent of people aged 60 years and older may have Diogenes syndrome. It is considered rare, but there is a lack of research about its prevalence.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Diogenes syndrome can be primary or secondary.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Primary: </strong>No other existing medical condition triggers the condition.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Secondary: </strong>The syndrome results from another mental health disorders.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Other names for Diogenes syndrome include senile or severe social breakdown syndrome, self-neglect syndrome, senile squalor syndrome, and messy house syndrome.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Symptoms: </strong>Symptoms vary, but a cluster of common features may be present, including signs of self-neglect. These include:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>poor insight or understanding of self-hygiene, public health, or safety&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>distrust of society or strangers&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>paranoia or general suspiciousness&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>aloofness or detachment&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>extreme social anxiety&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>obsessive-compulsive tendencies&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>excessive hoarding or collecting of household items and waste&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>unsanitary or unsafe living conditions&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>poor nutrition or diet&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>unwillingness to accept outside help or intervention&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>fear or distrust of medical professionals and settings&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>hostility and aggression towards others&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>a distorted concept of reality&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>skin conditions due to poor hygiene, such as <em>dermatitis passivata&nbsp;</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A person with Diogenes syndrome can develop a skin condition called <em>dermatitis passivata</em>, where a horny crust develops over the skin. This is usually due to a lack of regular washing.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Another complication that doctors have found is poor oral hygiene, which can lead to dental decay and halitosis.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Hoarding and Diogenes syndrome: </strong>Researchers have described Diogenes syndrome as “a special manifestation of hoarding disorder.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The home of a person with Diogenes syndrome can become so unclean and unhygienic that others from a similar cultural background would consider it necessary to clean and clear the environment. Hoarding can be a public health hazard as it attracts insects and rodents. The buildup of possessions and trash can also pose a fire hazard and make it difficult for the person to escape if a fire occurs.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Because Diogenese syndrome often affects older people, research suggests that dementia might be present in 15 percent of people with the condition, but this is not the only cause.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Causes: </strong>Research is still being conducted to improve understanding of Diogenes syndrome. Most of what people know about the condition comes from psychological case studies. Some sources estimate that at least half of all cases occur in people without prior mental health conditions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When there is no other medical condition, scientists suggest that Diogenes syndrome may be a stress reaction, resulting from a traumatic event, such as the death of a loved one. In times of distress and grieving, everyday activities like personal care tend can become disrupted, or a person may overlook them. Lack of self-care, extreme social isolation, and neglect are what tend to make Diogenes syndrome different from hoarding.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Due to the lack of specific research, there is a poor understanding of the health, social, and mental complications related to Diogenes syndrome. However, research has shown that people with the syndrome are at risk of having a shorter lifespan.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Treatment: </strong>There is no formal diagnosis or treatment plan for Diogenes syndrome.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some studies recommend compiling complete medical and psychological history for the individual and performing a physical exam, blood screening, and organ function tests to work out a baseline of health.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There may also be:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>imaging tests to rule out other conditions that may cause similar symptoms&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>personality assessments, which may shed light on the root cause of the syndrome&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Medications and counseling: </strong>There are currently no medications or therapy options specifically for managing Diogenes syndrome.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Medications for other conditions may help alleviate symptoms, such as paranoia or mania.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Psychological factors are also important to consider, as they can trigger the syndrome or cause it to continue. Intensive psychological therapy or counseling may help some people.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A person with Diogenes syndrome tends to neglect their own physical needs, including health and hygiene. They may also engage in hoarding behavior.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The individual will often not be keen to see a doctor or seek help, but family and friends can encourage them to do so. However, this must be done with sensitivity.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Source:<a href=\"https://www. medicalnewstoday.com/ articles/314595?utm_ source=Sailthru%20 Email&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_ campaign=MNT%20Daily%20 News&amp;utm_content=2022-03- 12&amp;apid=37763034&amp;rvid=3424e 32faa971ce2c1b02d01eed1022831 fc564614ad3f53b1cc99363570ba 22#causes\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www. medicalnewstoday.com/ articles/314595?utm_ source=Sailthru%20 Email&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_ campaign=MNT%20Daily%20 News&amp;utm_content=2022-03- 12&amp;apid=37763034&amp;rvid=3424e 32faa971ce2c1b02d01eed1022831 fc564614ad3f53b1cc99363570ba 22#causes\">https://www. medicalnewstoday.com/ articles/314595?utm_ source=Sailthru%20 Email&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_ campaign=MNT%20Daily%20 News&amp;utm_content=2022-03- 12&amp;apid=37763034&amp;rvid=3424e 32faa971ce2c1b02d01eed1022831 fc564614ad3f53b1cc99363570ba 22#causes </a><br><br>Exclusive content from CARE magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'DIOGENES SYNDROME', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'diogenes-syndrome', '', '', '2022-03-16 14:26:03', '2022-03-16 18:26:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=56109', 0, 'post', '', 0);
