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(16748, 4, '2014-05-26 13:17:42', '2014-05-26 17:17:42', '<b>By Takiya Smith</b>\r\n\r\n<i>“People who are intimidated by you talk bad about you to others in hopes that others won’t find you appealing.”</i>\r\n\r\nThis was the private text message that I sent to my daughter in an effort to encourage her through not only her teenage years but through life. In further encouragement, I stated “let them talk because you are something worth talking about.”\r\n\r\nAs a parent of two, a mother of a daughter and an example to my children, I strive daily to take on every role of raising God-fearing, loving, loyal, compassionate and morally responsible children.\r\n\r\nAs far back as age 5, my now 16-year-old daughter has always endured being the target of most girls “misdirected” issues. She has been picked on because of her weight. She has been taunted because of her unique sense of fashion. She has been judged for her individuality. She has been mocked for being smart. She has been ignored for having a voice to make a stand and she has been laughed at for being a leader. My daughter so effortlessly and independently marches to the beat of not only her own drum line but to the funky, eclectic tunes of a violin, piano, trumpet, guitar and whatever other instrument she so freely chooses to hear.\r\n\r\nWhile the description of her obstacles may have pulled at your heart strings, don’t dare spare a minute feeling pity for her. I want you all to know this: She simply does not have a care as to what others say or negatively do towards her. At that young age of 5 years old when she first came home in tears over being picked on, it struck a chord so deep within me that I wanted not only to protect her, but to fight her battles for her. However, knowing that I could not and would not always be around to fight her battles for her — let alone possibly offer her the solace she would so lovingly need — I made a decision to teach her that life would always deliver the good, bad and ugly but that it was up to her whether she let it change whom she was or wanted to be.\r\n\r\nI spent my time telling her the truth of who she was instead of allowing her to focus on the lies of what others thought. In turn, I taught her to open her heart and not her head. I challenged her to look beyond the nasty words, catty whispers and snide stares to see the hurt coming from those within. “It’s not you, it’s them.” Time after time, when faced with gossip or another individual’s malicious intention, I endeavored for her to take notice of why that person “didn’t” like her. I never forced an answer nor did I offer a solution but gently questioned what she made of the situation.\r\n\r\nOur talks not only strengthened our bond but allowed her to see beyond the words and actions and clearly into understanding that the “hate” had nothing to do with her. What evolved from these lessons is one of the world’s most kind-hearted, self-assured young ladies that I have ever met in my entire life. Not because she is my daughter and not even because she is just an all-around good kid, but what I have learned is that if I did nothing else right in my life, parenting my two children has paid off big time. Those little seeds of time, love and guidance have blossomed in ways that amaze me to this day. I have witnessed first-hand the love and maturity of her peer counseling and have watched countless enemies become her closest friends because she never gave in to them, nor did she give up on them.\r\n\r\nThe moral of my story ends with this: “Mean girls” do and always will exist. But when we allow ourselves the fact of understanding that one making another look inferior to feel superior is a signal that something going on in the interior is being hidden by the exterior we can move forward and handle life’s situations accordingly.\r\n\r\nRaising our children starts in the heart, filters into the home and then flows into the community. Today’s results are a direct reflection of yesterday’s actions and tomorrow’s outcome will be the efforts of today’s guidance.\r\n\r\n<i>Takiya La’Shaune Smith, mother, licensed cosmetologist, mentor and entrepreneur is an author and beauty columnist promoting inner and outer beauty, self-esteem, preservation and awareness. Email her at Takiya@Takiya-LaShaune.com or contact her at 843-263-0426.</i>\r\n<div><i> </i></div>', 'Say what you ‘mean girls’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'say-what-you-mean-girls', '', '', '2014-05-26 13:17:42', '2014-05-26 17:17:42', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16748', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16750, 4, '2014-05-26 13:19:11', '2014-05-26 17:19:11', '<b>BREVARD COLLEGE</b>\r\n\r\nOlivia Fawcett of Beaufort graduated from Brevard College in Brevard, N.C. during the school’s 161st Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 3. Fawcett earned a bachelor’s degree in Wilderness Leadership &amp; Experiential Education and English.\r\n\r\n<b>CLEMSON UNIVERSITY</b>\r\n\r\nLocal students graduated from Clemson University on May 9. They are:\r\n\r\n• Bonnie Elizabeth Alexander of Beaufort, who graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Food Science\r\n\r\n• Deanne Renee Anthony of Beaufort, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Communications\r\n\r\n• Timothy William Britton of Beaufort, who graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management\r\n\r\n• Calvin Dean Brown of Beaufort, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering\r\n\r\n• Devin Peter Burnes of Beaufort, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science\r\n\r\n• Samantha Leigh Burnsed of Beaufort, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture\r\n\r\n• Katelyn Grace Dennis of Beaufort, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Health Science\r\n\r\n• Christopher Morgan Greco of Beaufort, who graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering\r\n\r\n• Clayton Griswold of Beaufort, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science\r\n\r\n• Christopher Allen Guinn of Beaufort, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering\r\n\r\n• Jessica Michelle Heim of Beaufort, who graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in English\r\n\r\n• Stephanie Raquel Hudson of Beaufort, who graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Special Education\r\n\r\n• Kelly-Katherine Lloyd of Beaufort, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies\r\n\r\n• Taylor Lynn Mason of Beaufort, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology\r\n\r\n• Jenna Darlene Olson of Beaufort, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science\r\n\r\n• Samantha Elise Pettigrew of Beaufort, who graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Language and International Trade\r\n\r\n• Anna Grace Stoddard of Beaufort, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology\r\n\r\n• Chelsea Rae Wallace of Beaufort, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education\r\n\r\n• Jessica McGregor Whitaker of Beaufort, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering\r\n\r\n• Sloane Ellen Wiggers of Beaufort, who graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences\r\n\r\nMore than 3,200 students received degrees from President James P. Clements, who presided over his first graduation ceremony at Clemson.\r\n\r\n• Timothy William Britton of Beaufort was recognized at the Honors and Awards Ceremony of the Clemson University College of Health, Education and Human Development. Britton, a senior majoring in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, received the Greg Schoper Leadership Award and Certificate of Recognition for Excellence.\r\n\r\n<b>COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY</b>\r\n\r\n• Joshua B. Gee, a sophomore majoring in English from Beaufort, SC, has made the President’s List for high academic achievement at Coastal Carolina University.\r\n\r\nTo qualify for the President’s List, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average.\r\n\r\n<b>GREENSBORO COLLEGE</b>\r\n\r\nSydney Paige Boggs of Beaufort, SC, has been named to Greensboro College’s Dean’s List for the Spring 2014 semester. To qualify, a student must have a 3.5 GPA or better.\r\n\r\n<b>MILITARY REGOGNITION</b>\r\n\r\n• Navy Seaman Apprentice Grant T. Conder, son of William and India Dickinson of Beaufort, SC, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.\r\n\r\nDuring the eight-week program, Conder completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis was also placed on physical fitness. The capstone event of boot camp is “Battle Stations”. This exercise gives recruits the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the fleet. “Battle Stations” is designed to galvanize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, teamwork and endurance in each recruit through the practical application of basic Navy skills and the core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment. Its distinctly ‘’Navy’’ flavor was designed to take into account what it means to be a sailor. Conder is a 2013 graduate of Battery Creek High School, Beaufort.\r\n\r\n<b>PARK UNIVERSITY</b>\r\n\r\nPark University Beaufort Campus students Jody D. Abar and Jason A. Grayson have been accepted for membership in Pi Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda based on their 3.75+ grade point average, senior status and leadership.  Alpha Sigma Lambda is a national honors society dedicated to the advancement of scholastic achievement and leadership in adult college students.\r\n\r\n<b>WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY</b>\r\n\r\nChelsea Mixson of Beaufort, SC, a member of the class of 2014 at Washington and Lee University, has earned dean’s list status for the winter term 2014. Dean’s list status at Washington and Lee represents a term grade-average of at least 3.4.\r\n<div></div>', 'School Honors', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-honors-7', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:47', '2018-07-12 15:00:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16750', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16752, 4, '2014-05-26 13:22:09', '2014-05-26 17:22:09', '<b>BEAUFORT ACADEMY</b>\r\n\r\n• Thursday, May 22: Kindergarten Graduation, 9 a.m.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16753\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/School-BHS-Brooks-Math.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16753\" alt=\"Congratulations to Mrs. April Brooks and students in her Financial Math classes at Beaufort High School, who took the W!SE Financial Literacy Certification assessment. Of the 67 students tested, 91 percent passed with an average score of 81 percent, qualifying BHS as a Blue Star School. The official recognition for this honor will be at the MoneyPOWER conference in November in New York City. Pictured is just one of her three classes of Financial Math.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/School-BHS-Brooks-Math-300x146.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" /></a> Congratulations to Mrs. April Brooks and students in her Financial Math classes at Beaufort High School, who took the W!SE Financial Literacy Certification assessment. Of the 67 students tested, 91 percent passed with an average score of 81 percent, qualifying BHS as a Blue Star School. The official recognition for this honor will be at the MoneyPOWER conference in November in New York City. Pictured is just one of her three classes of Financial Math.[/caption]\r\n\r\n• Thursday, May 22: Eighth Grade Promotion, 11 a.m.\r\n\r\n• Thursday, May 22: Annual Senior Tea, 4 p.m.\r\n\r\n• Friday, May 23: EZ-Drop Book Buy Back, 9 a.m.\r\n\r\n• Friday, May 23: Class of 2014 Baccalaureate, 4 p.m.\r\n\r\n• Saturday, May 24: Class of 2014 graduation, 2 p.m.\r\n\r\n• Monday, May 26: BA summer hours begin, office will be open – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.\r\n\r\n• Save the Date, Monday, June 2: BA’s first week of summer camp for ages 3-6 begins. Camp is open to the community.  Contact us at 843-524-3393 or see the website, www.beaufortacademy.org, for more information..\r\n\r\n<b>COOSA ELEMENTARY</b>\r\n\r\nCAMP INVENTION is coming back. In partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Coosa Elementary School is pleased to offer the nationally-acclaimed Camp Invention program to children entering grades one through six. It’s an exciting, weeklong summer adventure in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) that’s all about big ideas. Children will work together to seek innovative solutions to real-world problems and sharpen critical 21st century learning skills as they rotate through four modules that reinvent summer fun.\r\n\r\nThis unforgettable week begins on July 7, when Karyn Levesque will direct the Camp Invention MORPHED!™ program at Coosa ES. Visit www.campinvention.org or call 800-968-4332 to reserve your child’s spot today.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16754\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/School-BMH-Eagles-5-22.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16754\" alt=\"The Beaufort High School Eagles of the Month for April exemplified the quality of Excellence. These students do their best at all times. The students pictured from left are Raul Jaramillo-Ruiz from Freshman Academy, Jasmine Simmons from the School of Medical and Consumer Science, Maria Carrera from the School of Arts, Communication and Technology,  and Mattie Hibbs from International Studies, surrounding Principal Murphy.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/School-BMH-Eagles-5-22-300x146.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" /></a> The Beaufort High School Eagles of the Month for April exemplified the quality of Excellence. These students do their best at all times. The students pictured from left are Raul Jaramillo-Ruiz from Freshman Academy, Jasmine Simmons from the School of Medical and Consumer Science, Maria Carrera from the School of Arts, Communication and Technology, and Mattie Hibbs from International Studies, surrounding Principal Murphy.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<b>RIVERVIEW</b>\r\n\r\n• Riverview Charter School is proud to announce the launch of their Annual Fund “I’m In” campaign, highlighting 488 (students) reasons to give.  The campaign will run through June 30. The Annual Fund campaign is a critical component of Riverview’s ongoing growth for the future.  Support of the Annual Fund helps the school achieve their mission by funding technology enhancements for students, instructional supplies such as guided reading books and science kits, as well as support for the scholarship program. In addition the Annual Fund is important as the school pushes forward with a permanent facility.  Those interesting in donating to Riverview Charter School can donate online at www.riverviewcharterschool.org. Checks can be mailed to: Riverview Charter School, 81 Savannah Highway, Beaufort, SC, 29906.', 'School Notes', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-notes-66', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:47', '2018-07-12 15:00:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16752', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16756, 4, '2014-05-26 13:24:25', '2014-05-26 17:24:25', 'Beaufort Academy held its annual Spring Fling last Friday, May 16, complete with a musical called “Motown Magic,” a family picnic, and the campus decorated top to bottom with student artwork.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16757\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Art.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16757\" alt=\"Sellers Lynn, Tency Lynn, and Maxwell Winters show off their artwork.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Art-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> Sellers Lynn, Tency Lynn, and Maxwell Winters show off their artwork.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16758\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/picnic.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16758\" alt=\"Mrs. Jackie Bauer and a few of her students enjoy an outdoor picnic.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/picnic-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> Mrs. Jackie Bauer and a few of her students enjoy an outdoor picnic.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n</div>', 'Spring Fling held at BA', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'spring-fling-held-at-ba', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:46', '2018-07-12 15:00:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16756', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16760, 4, '2014-05-26 13:27:12', '2014-05-26 17:27:12', '<b>By Pamela Brownstein</b>\r\n\r\nRecently, one of Coosa Elementary’s second grade students from Lisa Pope’s class won first place in an illustration contest sponsored by Scholastic.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16761\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/School-Coosa-Harry-Bliss1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16761\" alt=\"Harry Bliss talks to second graders at Coosa Elementary School.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/School-Coosa-Harry-Bliss1-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> Harry Bliss talks to second graders at Coosa Elementary School.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs part of the award, the school was visited by Harry Bliss, a cartoonist and cover artist for <i>The New Yorker Magazine </i>and illustrator of several children’s books.\r\n\r\nHe gave a presentation to the second graders where he talked about how he got his start as an artist and showed those gathered in the school’s library examples of some of his favorite New Yorker covers and cartoons.\r\n\r\nMr. Bliss told the students about the drawing process, how he starts with a very rough sketch and makes multiple drafts until it works. He said one of the best things about creating art is that it’s a journey and “your never know where your art will end up.”\r\n\r\nThen he played an interactive drawing game with the enthusiastic kids.\r\n\r\nMr. Bliss also brought signed copies of his books, and also attended a pizza party with all the second graders.', 'Well-known illustrator visits Coosa Elementary', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'well-known-illustrator-visits-coosa-elementary', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:46', '2018-07-12 15:00:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16760', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16763, 4, '2014-05-26 13:28:04', '2014-05-26 17:28:04', 'Local track and field athletes fared well in the South Carolina High School League State Track and Field Championships held May 16-17 at Spring Valley High School. The Battery Creek, Whale Branch and Beaufort High track and field programs were all well-represented. Here is a breakdown of results for local competitors.\r\n\r\n<b>BOYS</b>\r\n\r\nCLASS 2-A\r\n\r\n<b>• 110 Meter Hurdles - 8, Jonathan Witt, Battery Creek, 20.97.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Pole Vault - 4, David Patridge, Battery Creek, 12-06.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Long Jump - 8, Raheem Cooper, Battery Creek, 19-11, w: 0.5.</b>\r\n\r\nCLASS 1-A\r\n\r\n<b>• 800 Meter Run - 6, Damian Brown, Whale Branch, 2:12.06.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 1600 Meter Run - 4, Devonta’ Glover, Whale Branch, 4:53.14.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 3200 Meter Run - 5, Devonta’ Glover, Whale Branch, 10:54.35. 6, Wesley Murphy, Whale Branch, 10:59.17.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 400 Meter Hurdles - 4, Ezekiel Carter, Whale Branch, 1:00.21.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 4x100 Meter Relay - 6, Whale Branch ‘A’, 44.89.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 4x800 Meter Relay - 6, Whale Branch ‘A’, 8:55.66.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• High Jump - 2, David Lamb, Whale Branch, 6-02.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Long Jump - 4, Javon Gardner, Whale Branch, 20-03, w:NWI.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Shot Put - 3, Casser Middleton, Whale Branch, 50-00.50.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Discus - 2, Treyvon Bryan, Whale Branch, 151-06.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>GIRLS</b>\r\n\r\nCLASS 4-A\r\n\r\n<b>• 200 Meter Dash - 7, Bre-Anna Heyward-White, Beaufort, 25.62.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 400 Meter Dash - 5, Bre-Anna Heyward-White, Beaufort, 59.11.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 4x100 Meter Relay - 4, Beaufort ‘A’, 48.15.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 4x400 Meter Relay - 4, Beaufort ‘A’, 3:58.40.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Pole Vault - 1, Amanda Barnes, Beaufort, 12-06.</b>\r\n\r\nCLASS 2-A\r\n\r\n<b>• 100 Meter Dash - 4, Daisja Cannon, Battery Creek, 12.69.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 200 Meter Dash - 7, Daisja Cannon, Battery Creek, 26.90.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 4x100 Meter Relay - 2, Battery Creek ‘A’, 48.82.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Pole Vault - 2, Kimberly Vigil, Battery Creek, 9-00.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Triple Jump - 3, La’Schirrae Morrall, Battery Creek, 36-09.</b>\r\n\r\nCLASS 1-A\r\n\r\n<b>• 1600 Meter Run - 6, Kourtney Matt, Whale Branch, 6:40.51.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 3200 Meter Run - 7, Kourtney Matt, Whale Branch, 14:30.37.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 100 Meter Hurdles - 1, Kemoni Jenkins, Whale Branch, 16.53. 7, Da’jahnae Jenkins, Whale Branch, 18.69.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 400 Meter Hurdles - 3, Kemoni Jenkins, Whale Branch, 1:10.91.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 4x100 Meter Relay - 1, Whale Branch ‘A’ (Daja Smalls 10, Harmony Cleveland 10, Nichole Smalls 10, Marshayia White 10), 50.90.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 4x400 Meter Relay - 4, Whale Branch ‘A’, 4:23.89.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Pole Vault - 6, Kemoni Jenkins, Whale Branch, 8-00.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Triple Jump - 3, Daja Smalls, Whale Branch, 33-06.50, w:-0.4.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Shot Put - 4, Shatayia Clark, Whale Branch, 31-05.25.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Discus - 1, Shatayia Clark, Whale Branch, 105-01.</b>', 'High school track and field results', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'high-school-track-and-field-results', '', '', '2014-05-26 13:28:04', '2014-05-26 17:28:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16763', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16765, 4, '2014-05-26 13:28:38', '2014-05-26 17:28:38', 'Every year CrossFit holds a competition to find the fittest man and fittest woman in the world. The 2014 season began on Feb. 27 with the worldwide CrossFit Games Open competition. Everyone in the world was invited to compete in five workouts over five weeks, posting their scores online. Last year 140,000 athletes competed in the open, and this year the number grew to 214,000 athletes.\r\n\r\nThis year, CrossFit Beaufort congratulates Heather Callender for her outstanding performance during this five week competition. Heather both eats and trains to perform, which definitely showed, as she placed 11th in the Southeast Region, and 100th in the world in the 40-44 year old female category. This category alone had more than 5,000 athletes competing not just in the U.S. but across the world.', 'Local woman performs well in global training competition', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'local-woman-performs-well-in-global-training-competition', '', '', '2014-05-26 13:28:38', '2014-05-26 17:28:38', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16765', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16767, 4, '2014-05-26 13:29:14', '2014-05-26 17:29:14', 'A pair of Whale Branch Early College High School senior boys basketball players made their college choices official last week, and the two teammates are headed to the same school. On Thursday, May 15, Whale Branch seniors Simeon Middleton and Denzel Daniel signed to play basketball for Oakwood University, a college located in Huntsville, Ala.\r\n\r\nMiddleton and Daniel, both of whom helped lead Whale Branch to consecutive Class 1-A Lower State championships, join an Oakwood University program that has won two national championships in the U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association.\r\n\r\nDaniel is expected to play forward, while Middleton could play point guard or shooting guard for the Ambassadors during the 2014-15 season.\r\n\r\nDuring his senior season, Middleton averaged 9.4 points and 2.7 assists per game for Whale Branch.\r\n\r\nThe talented duo played under the direction of head coach Linc Lyles.', 'Whale Branch basketball players sign with Oakwood University', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'whale-branch-basketball-players-sign-with-oakwood-university', '', '', '2014-05-26 13:29:14', '2014-05-26 17:29:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16767', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16769, 4, '2014-05-26 13:29:50', '2014-05-26 17:29:50', 'The Battery Creek High School football program will be well-represented at the next level. Three Battery Creek football players — Raheem Cooper, Yuneek Crittendon and Isaiah Sloan — have made their respective decisions on schools for the 2014-15 school year.\r\n\r\nCooper, a defensive back, has chosen Apprentice School in Newport News, Va.\r\n\r\nCrittendon, a fellow defensive back who also plays running back, is headed to Gray Military Academy in Columbia.\r\n\r\nA tight end, Sloan will also remain in-state after deciding to attend Orangeburg-Calhoun Tech.\r\n\r\nAll three players were pivotal performers for the Jim Shuman-coached team for multiple seasons, especially the 2013 campaign.\r\n\r\nCooper helped to pace Battery Creek, finishing his senior campaign with five interceptions along with a kickoff return for a touchdown.\r\n\r\nThe team’s most versatile player, Crittendon played various positions, including linebacker, safety, receiver and running back. He also passed the football and returned kicks for the Dolphins.\r\n\r\nSloan led Battery Creek on the defensive side, registering a team-high 139 tackles. six sacks and 12 tackles for loss.', 'Three Battery Creek football players sign with teams', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'three-battery-creek-football-players-sign-with-teams', '', '', '2014-05-26 13:29:50', '2014-05-26 17:29:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16769', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16771, 4, '2014-05-26 13:30:21', '2014-05-26 17:30:21', 'The Battery Creek Dolphins won on the road in the Class 2-A Girls’ Soccer Playoffs on Monday, May 12, outlasting host Marion 5-3.\r\n\r\nBattery Creek, under the tutelage of head coach Ted Wagner, owned multiple leads in the postseason contest.\r\n\r\nOffensively for Battery Creek, Taniqua Mungin scored four goals. Breanna Tolbert also found the net, scoring one goal for the Dolphins in the victory.\r\n\r\nDefensively, Battery Creek goalkeeper Taylor Jones delivered 15 saves.\r\n\r\nWith the win, Battery Creek advanced to meet Academic Magnet on Wednesday, May 14, and fell, 9-0, in the second round of the Class 2-A Playoffs.\r\n\r\nDefensively, goalkeeper Taylor Jones registered 15 saves for Battery Creek in the season-ending loss.\r\n\r\nBattery Creek ended the 2014 season 9-5.\r\n\r\nIn boys soccer on Tuesday, May 13, Silver Bluff beat Battery Creek 3-0.', 'High school soccer: Dolphins beat Marion, fall to Academic Magnet', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'high-school-soccer-dolphins-beat-marion-fall-to-academic-magnet', '', '', '2014-05-26 13:30:21', '2014-05-26 17:30:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16771', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16773, 4, '2014-05-26 13:31:59', '2014-05-26 17:31:59', '[caption id=\"attachment_16774\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Sports-Wolfe-pack.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16774\" alt=\"Four members of the Wolfpack ran Saturday, May 17 in a statewide track meet in Charleston. Among the 400 participants, Trayvon Day, Kacy Fields, Nash Mills and Devonte Jackson together won the 4x100 relay. Individually, the team members won or placed in 100m, 200m ,400m , 800m, 1500m and long jump.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Sports-Wolfe-pack-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Four members of the Wolfpack ran Saturday, May 17 in a statewide track meet in Charleston. Among the 400 participants, Trayvon Day, Kacy Fields, Nash Mills and Devonte Jackson together won the 4x100 relay. Individually, the team members won or placed in 100m, 200m ,400m , 800m, 1500m and long jump.[/caption]', 'Running with the Wolfpack', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'running-with-the-wolfpack', '', '', '2014-05-26 13:31:59', '2014-05-26 17:31:59', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16773', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16776, 4, '2014-05-26 14:24:31', '2014-05-26 18:24:31', '<b>By Pamela Brownstein</b>\r\n\r\nOn a glorious Saturday spring afternoon, an energetic crowd gathered at the Port Royal Rookery and Cypress Wetlands Trail on Paris Avenue to celebrate the birth of hundreds of new wading birds. There was food, music, a scavenger hunt for children, and guides available along the boardwalk to provide additional information for visitors. Kazoos were provided and Port Royal Town Manager Van Willis and event organizer Pete Richards of the Fripp Audubon Club led the crowd in playing “Happy Birthday.” Many thanks to the event sponsors, especially the YMCA of Beaufort County, the Town of Port Royal, The Arts Council of Beaufort County, Mikki’s, Drysdale Entertainment, Helena House and area bird clubs.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16777\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DSC_0216.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16777\" alt=\"At left: Pete Richards, and his daughter Patty Kennedy, with family and friends.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DSC_0216-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> At left: Pete Richards, and his daughter Patty Kennedy, with family and friends.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DSC_0213.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16778\" alt=\"DSC_0213\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DSC_0213-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_1771.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16779\" alt=\"IMG_1771\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_1771-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DSC_0211.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16780\" alt=\"DSC_0211\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DSC_0211-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16781\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DSC_0209.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16781\" alt=\"Van Willis, left, and Pete Richards play ‘Happy Birthday’ on the kazoo with DJ Billy Drysdale in the background.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DSC_0209-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> Van Willis, left, and Pete Richards play ‘Happy Birthday’ on the kazoo with DJ Billy Drysdale in the background.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16782\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_1757-e1401128629163.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16782\" alt=\"Special thanks to Laura Maxey from ARTworks for painting this life size scene with a cutout face, creating many cute photo ops!\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_1757-e1401128629163-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Special thanks to Laura Maxey from ARTworks for painting this life size scene with a cutout face, creating many cute photo ops![/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div></div>', 'Event wishes happy birthday to baby birds', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'event-wishes-happy-birthday-to-baby-birds', '', '', '2014-05-26 14:24:31', '2014-05-26 18:24:31', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16776', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16784, 4, '2014-05-26 14:35:15', '2014-05-26 18:35:15', 'As construction nears on the $30 million Boundary Street improvement project, SCE&amp;G will begin moving its power lines underground, an effort to be paid in part by the affected utility customers through a “special fee franchise district” along the roadway.\r\n\r\nSCE&amp;G agreed to advance the total costs of the power line project — estimated at $2.9 million — and to be reimbursed by the 7 percent Special Franchise Fee District as it is collected. Beaufort City Council is scheduled to consider the arrangement at a special meeting this Thursday at City Hall.\r\n\r\nThe fee will affect about 160 utility customers located roughly from Country Inn &amp; Suites at Boundary and Neil Road to the Boundary Street intersection with Ribaut Road by City Hall.\r\n\r\nThe special purpose fee won’t be added to utility bills by SCE&amp;G until after the underground conduit for power lines is completed, estimated to be about six months to 12 months away.\r\n\r\nMajor construction along Boundary Street is expected to begin in early July after the primary contracts are awarded by Beaufort County.\r\n\r\n“This is the best and least costly way to eliminate the unsightly and potentially dangerous overhead power lines along the Boundary Street right of way,” Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling said. “It’s going to be the first of many pieces that will beautify the western entrance to the city.”\r\n\r\n<b>Frequently Asked Questions </b>\r\n\r\n<b>SCE&amp;G Special Franchise Fee District for sections of Boundary Street Corridor </b>\r\n\r\nMay 2014\r\n\r\n<b>1. What is the SCE&amp;G Special Franchise Fee District? </b>\r\n\r\nAs construction nears on the $30 million Boundary Street Improvement Project, SCE&amp;G will begin moving its power lines underground along that stretch of roadway as required by the City. This will be paid for, in part, by utility customers in that area. This is called the “special franchise fee district.”\r\n\r\nSCE&amp;G is paying the upfront costs of the power line project – estimated at $2.9 million – and will be reimbursed by the 7 percent Special Franchise Fee District as it is collected. The fee is allowed under state law and under the franchise agreement between SCE&amp;G and the City of Beaufort. A similar approach was used along Port Republic Street when the city and utilities made streetscape improvements.\r\n\r\n<b>2. Who has to pay the Special Franchise Fee District? </b>\r\n\r\nThe fee will affect approximately 160 utility customers located along Boundary Street, roughly from Country Inn &amp; Suites at Boundary and Neil Road to the Boundary Street intersection with Ribaut Road by the Beaufort County Government Center and City Hall.\r\n\r\n<b>3. When does the added 7 percent fee begin and end? </b>\r\n\r\nThe fee won’t be added to utility bills by SCE&amp;G until after the underground conduit for power lines is completed, estimated to be about six months to 12 months away. The fee will end when the amount initially advanced by SCE&amp;G is repaid, but no longer than 10 years.\r\n\r\nMajor construction along Boundary Street is expected to begin in July after the primary contracts are awarded by Beaufort County.\r\n\r\n<b>4. Why is this special fee approach being used? </b>\r\n\r\nThe special franchise fee district places a portion of the project cost on those customers who will receive the greatest benefit from having the utility lines placed underground – benefits that potentially include higher value to the properties, better utility service and a more appealing look to customers and shoppers.\r\n\r\n“This is the best and least costly way to eliminate the unsightly and potentially dangerous overhead power lines along the Boundary Street right-of-way,” Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling said. “It’s going to be the first of many pieces that will beautify the western entrance to the City.”\r\n\r\n<b>5. How big is the Boundary Street Corridor Improvement project? </b>\r\n\r\nBuilding a better Beaufort is the goal of a $30 million investment in Boundary Street to create a more scenic entry to the city, provide better commercial and retail locations, and improve traffic conditions.\r\n\r\nThe project includes realigning the intersection of SC 170 and US 21 and is expected to last about three years. The Boundary Street Corridor work is part of a larger effort to reconfigure Beaufort from near the Marine Corps Air Station to annexed areas of Lady’s Island, creating a unified and connected neighborhood designed for people, not just cars.\r\n\r\nAs part of the Boundary Street improvements, City Council requires that SCE&amp;G remove its power poles along Boundary Street, and relocate its overhead power lines into an underground duct bank to be provided by the roadway contractor.\r\n\r\nUnderground utilities not only improve the appearance of an area, but also are safer for motorists and are less likely to be damaged during hurricanes, thunderstorms or the rare sleet or snow.\r\n\r\nIn December 2011, the federal Department of Transportation announced that Beaufort had earned a $12.6 million federal DOT grant to jumpstart Beaufort’s Boundary Street Master Plan with major roadway improvements at the intersection of highways SC 170 and US 21.\r\n\r\nAbout $13.7 million in local money from the voter-approved penny sales tax originally designated for Beaufort road projects will serve as match funding for the federal grant.\r\n\r\n<b>6. If SCE&amp;G is charging the fee, why is the City involved? </b>\r\n\r\nIn 1999 Beaufort entered into a Franchise Agreement with SCE&amp;G to secure electric utilities within the City of Beaufort. That agreement allows City Council to designate a special franchise fee district, not to exceed 7 percent or to be in play longer than 10 years. The fee is allowed only for projects affecting more than 25 existing SCE&amp;G customers.\r\n\r\n<b>7. What’s next? </b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County officials anticipate awarding construction contracts this spring, with work starting in July 2014. The bulk of the work will take about 18 months.\r\n\r\n“Now that we are kicking off the actual construction part of this work, our city residents, the thousands of nearby residents who drive through Beaufort each day, and our visitors will all notice changes and improvements,” Mayor Billy Keyserling said.\r\n\r\n“We hope people will pardon our progress,” he said. “Anytime you have a project of this scope, you can expect there to be some traffic delays. We’ll do our best to keep the community informed as the work unfolds.”\r\n\r\n<b>For more information: Please visit www.cityofbeaufort.org and click on Projects, then Boundary Street. </b>\r\n\r\n<i> </i>', 'City, SCE&G to use ‘franchise fee’ to move power lines beneath Boundary Street', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'city-sceg-to-use-franchise-fee-to-move-power-lines-beneath-boundary-street', '', '', '2014-05-26 14:35:15', '2014-05-26 18:35:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16784', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16786, 4, '2014-05-26 14:36:35', '2014-05-26 18:36:35', 'The Woman’s Relief Corps, and Sons and Daughters of Civil War Veterans extend an invitation for the community to join in the Annual Memorial Day Weekend Celebration 2014.\r\n\r\nThere will be a church service on Sunday, May 25, sponsored by the Woman’s Relief Corps, at First African Baptist Church where Rev. Alexander McBride is the pastor. The church is located at 601 New Street, Beaufort. The service begins at 3 p.m. and the speaker will be Rev. James Moore, Pastor of Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Dale.\r\n\r\nFollowing this service, there will be a gathering at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park where flowers will be cast into the water in memory of those service persons  who died at sea.\r\n\r\nThere will also be the annual parade on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. at the corner of Rogers and Boundary streets in downtown Beaufort and will follow the traditional parade route. The Marine Corps Band will play and march, as will active duty personnel from area bases and local high school marching bands.\r\n\r\nThere will be a robust group of veterans associations represented in the parade including the Military Officers Association Lowcountry Chapter, Disabled American Veterans Chapter 12, American Legion Post 9, the 82nd Airborne Division Association, and the American Veterans Post 70 (AMVETS).\r\n\r\nDisabled and senior veterans will have a seating area for the parade in the grassy area on Bay Street located on the waterfront side of the street between the Beaufort Marina and the Best Western Sea Island Inn.\r\n\r\nAfter the parade, the celebration will continue with the Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at noon at the Beaufort National Cemetery, 1601 Boundary Street. The Keynote Speaker will be Brigadier General Kaffia “Belle” Jones, U.S. Army, who recently completed a 15 month deployment to Southwest Asia serving as Commander, 335th Signal Command (Theater). The Healing Heroes of the Lowcountry Fund will have a presence at the cemetery, as will the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8760 (VFW), the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) and the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV).\r\n\r\nFollowing the ceremony, there will be a reception hosted by the VFW Post 8760 located at their headquarters on 37 Castle Rock Road (take right turn at 1st Light past Walmart heading towards Broad River, then about a quarter mile down on the left) beginning at 2:15 p.m.\r\n\r\nIn the event of inclement weather, the parade and memorial celebration will be combined and held at the Beaufort High School Gym.\r\n\r\nFor more information, please call Dr. Elijah Washington at 843-525-6689.\r\n<div></div>', 'Memorial Day events celebrate service', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'memorial-day-events-celebrate-service', '', '', '2014-05-26 14:36:35', '2014-05-26 18:36:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16786', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16788, 4, '2014-05-26 14:38:11', '2014-05-26 18:38:11', '<b>By Bob Sofaly</b>\r\n\r\nMain Street Beaufort, USA, the city of Beaufort and Hargray held an official “wire cutting” to announce wireless free internet access on Friday, May 17 at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Main Street Beaufort Executive Director LaNelle Fabian said the project was years in the making and the plan is to eventually extend coverage from the current “playground to parking lot” at the waterfront park to include all of downtown’s business core.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16789\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/05162014-Wire-cutting.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16789\" alt=\"Pictured, from left: Everette Ballenger, Main Street Beaufort board member; Charlie Williams, chairman of the board; Beverly Lloyd, board member; Mayor Billy Keyserling; LaNelle Fabian, executive director; and Jason Carnes of Hargray. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/05162014-Wire-cutting-300x217.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" /></a> Pictured, from left: Everette Ballenger, Main Street Beaufort board member; Charlie Williams, chairman of the board; Beverly Lloyd, board member; Mayor Billy Keyserling; LaNelle Fabian, executive director; and Jason Carnes of Hargray.[/caption]', 'Wi-Fi welcome in Waterfront Park', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'wi-fi-welcome-in-waterfront-park', '', '', '2014-05-26 14:38:11', '2014-05-26 18:38:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16788', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16791, 4, '2014-05-26 14:41:40', '2014-05-26 18:41:40', '[caption id=\"attachment_16792\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"293\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/music-4.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16792\" alt=\"Members of the contemporary Christian band Reckless Mercy guitarist Stephen Jeffrey, left, and bassist Adam Brinks play on. Hidden is guitarist Alex Castillo. Photos by Bob Sofaly. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/music-4-293x300.jpg\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" /></a> Members of the contemporary Christian band Reckless Mercy guitarist Stephen Jeffrey, left, and bassist Adam Brinks play on. Hidden is guitarist Alex Castillo. Photos by Bob Sofaly.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe 8th annual Street Music on Paris Avenue series kicked off with the local band Reckless Mercy on Saturday, May 17, in Port Royal. The weather was perfect for the crowd of more than 200 people who attended the first of four free spring concerts.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16793\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"205\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/music-6.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16793\" alt=\"This boy found a perfect vantage point perched on the top of a golf cart to watch the band Reckless Mercy last Saturday in Port Royal.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/music-6-205x300.jpg\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" /></a> This boy found a perfect vantage point perched on the top of a golf cart to watch the band Reckless Mercy last Saturday in Port Royal.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16794\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/music-7.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16794\" alt=\" Reckless Mercy drummer Tony Cox plays on stage to a crowd of more than 200 in downtown Port Royal. The next performer in the Street Music on Paris Avenue series will be the Lauren Mitchell Band on Saturday, May 31.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/music-7-300x204.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" /></a> Reckless Mercy drummer Tony Cox plays on stage to a crowd of more than 200 in downtown Port Royal. The next performer in the Street Music on Paris Avenue series will be the Lauren Mitchell Band on Saturday, May 31.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Street Beats', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'street-beats', '', '', '2014-05-26 14:41:40', '2014-05-26 18:41:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16791', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16798, 4, '2014-05-29 07:41:35', '2014-05-29 11:41:35', '[caption id=\"attachment_16799\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Pet-of-Week-Murphy.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16799\" alt=\"Murphy is an enthusiastic friend, loving and caring. He can spend the whole day chasing toys or cuddling in your lap, but he’d prefer to split his time doing both! Murphy is current on his vaccines, neutered and microchipped. Murphy is here with more kittens awaiting their homes; please come meet them all from noon to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday at the Palmetto Animal League Adoption Center in Okatie. Call 843-645-1725 or email info@palmettoanimalleague.org for more information about Murphy. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Pet-of-Week-Murphy-300x240.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" /></a> Murphy is an enthusiastic friend, loving and caring. He can spend the whole day chasing toys or cuddling in your lap, but he’d prefer to split his time doing both! Murphy is current on his vaccines, neutered and microchipped. Murphy is here with more kittens awaiting their homes; please come meet them all from noon to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday at the Palmetto Animal League Adoption Center in Okatie. Call 843-645-1725 or email info@palmettoanimalleague.org for more information about Murphy.[/caption]', 'Pet of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'pet-of-the-week-46', '', '', '2014-05-29 07:41:35', '2014-05-29 11:41:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16798', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16801, 4, '2014-05-29 07:42:17', '2014-05-29 11:42:17', '<b>By Tracie Korol</b>\r\n\r\nReiki is a gentle, non-invasive, drug-free way to accelerate healing, relieve pain, restore balance, and revitalize and enhance well being in humans and animals.\r\n\r\nReiki has the potential to improve the results of medical treatment, reduce negative side effects, shorten healing time, decrease or eliminate pain, reduce stress, and help create optimism. It also improves the effectiveness of all other types of therapy by maximizing the effectiveness of the healing energy within.\r\n\r\nFor those of you who are more empirical and prefer a scientific explanation, it is the same “energy” that can be transmuted into matter and back again through varying harmonic frequencies in the Unified Field Theory proposed by Albert Einstein, mastered by Nikola Tesla, and readapted in recent times by Capt. Bruce Cathie, the earth grid guy.\r\n\r\nIn Southern vernacular, Reiki is simply “laying on of hands”. It is based on the idea that an unseen “life force energy” flows through us, and causes us to be alive. If one’s “life force energy” is low, we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy. It’s exactly the same for dogs.\r\n\r\nThe name Reiki, pronounced ‘’Ray-key’’, comes from the Japanese words ‘’rei’’ meaning spirit, and ‘’ki’’ meaning energy. It is usually translated as ‘’universal life energy.’’ This treatment modality applies to animals and people alike. For that matter, one can Reiki anything. I will Reiki my avocados to extend their vital energy until I can mash them into guacamole.\r\n\r\nThe longer dogs live with man, the more problems they seem to develop. Eckhart Tolle, author of “The Power of Now” and Oprah’s favorite, “A New Earth,” comments that he is surprised dogs are able to stay as sane as they do. With an occasional Reiki boost, we can help our dogs weather the many physical and emotional issues we foist upon them.\r\n\r\nFor dogs that are healthy, Reiki helps to maintain their health, enhances relaxation and provides an emotional sense of peace and contentment. For dogs that are ill, Reiki is a safe complement to western medicine or Traditional Chinese Medicine. For example, Reiki can reduce the side effects of chemotherapy or support an acupuncture treatment. For dying animals, Reiki is a powerful yet gentle way to provide comfort, relief from pain, fear, and anxiety, and to ease the transition to death.\r\n\r\nI am currently working with Mr. S, a 10-year-old schnauzer. He is struggling with the effects of a hammered immune system, often referred to as “allergies”; his doctors, out of ideas, have sent him home to die. His owner is simply not ready to accept that supposed finality. Using Reiki, we have been able to calm Mr. S’s chewing-his-feet anxiety, channeling that energy into healing. Mr. S is now “eating clean” and taking supplements to rebuild and support his immune function. With regular Reiki sessions Mr. S is returning to the ornery old guy he has always been. He has returned to playing and enjoying his daily walks. While Reiki is not a mystical cure-all, it balances energies and clears the way for the body to heal itself.  It is a powerful tool in the healing toolbox.\r\n\r\nMany Reiki practitioners use Reiki on the dog’s chakras (energy centers) to balance the dog. Then they concentrate on the specific area that may be of concern. For example, a treatment begins with asking a dog’s permission; a response can be a lean, a gentle head-butt or a paw on my arm. I will place my hands on specific areas of a dog/client, balance his chakras using Reiki, and then go back to concentrate on the area of concern. It is similar to a treatment for humans, but shorter in length. Dogs will “take breaks”, get up, circle and return.  I will know when the treatment has concluded when the dog gets up to get a drink of water. A deep and restful nap usually follows.\r\n\r\nIf you are curious about Reiki, there is a “share” at Palm Key (Ridgeland area) every first Sunday of the month, 1-4 p.m.  Shares are free to the public. If you want more information as in where at Palm Key exactly and who is hosting, please send me a note and bring your Best Friend!\r\n<div></div>', 'Reiki: Energy healing for dogs and their people', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'reiki-energy-healing-for-dogs-and-their-people', '', '', '2014-05-29 07:42:17', '2014-05-29 11:42:17', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16801', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16803, 4, '2014-05-29 07:43:00', '2014-05-29 11:43:00', '<b>By Celia Strong</b>\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to trying new wines, finding a new favorite can be very subjective — partly because one person’s new favorite wine may or may not be the next person’s new favorite, or partly because some people aren’t looking for new favorites. Many people like having a lot of different wines in their tasting repertoires so they have choices when needed, but no real favorites. Some wine drinkers have lists of what they like, but the choices they make change depending on weather, day of the week, who they’re drinking with, what they’re eating, and other variables. These all sound like good reasons for trying new wines; something good will come of it.\r\n\r\nThis week there will be more tasting, more new wine, and more learning about the three “w’s”: where the wine is from, what kind of grape it is, and winery information.\r\n\r\n<b>Where: South Africa</b>\r\n\r\nSouth African wine history dates back to 1659, with the Dutch East India Trading Company. Their first vineyards were on the western, Atlantic Ocean, coast of the country. This area is now known as the Western Cape, the fourth largest province of nine total in South Africa. Cape Town is the capital of the province and the province is responsible for making the majority of all South African wines. Yearly production for the country is over 270 million gallons per year — that makes them among the top 10 producers in the world. Within the Western Cape region, or Geographical Unit as their wine laws call it, there are smaller regions, and below these there are districts and then wards. The Western Cape includes the regions of Constantia, Stellenbosch, and Paarl, probably the best known, for us at least,  of the country’s wine areas. Our wine this week is from the Western Cape — a Geographical Unit that was established in 1993.\r\n\r\nDespite a range of distinct micro-climates and soil types in the Western Cape, growing grapes in this area can be trying. The vines are trellised to let their leaves grow upright. This allows plenty of sunshine to get to grapes with just enough coverage to keep them from getting sunburned. At harvest time, heat can be a problem so it is not uncommon for wineries to harvest at night in cooler temperatures.\r\n\r\nIrrigation is necessary in most vineyards because of low rainfalls. Slowly, vineyard managers are learning that some water stress on the vines can produce higher quality grapes. In addition, vineyard pests like mealy bugs, downy and powdery mildew, botrytis near harvest time (botrytis is only good if they want to make dessert wines), and other hazards are all part of every year’s worries. But, still, great wines come from the Western Cape.\r\n\r\n<b>What type of grape: Chardonnay</b>\r\n\r\nEven though it is one of the most widely planted white varieties in the world, Chardonnay is still a relatively new variety in South Africa, really only getting established there in the last two decades.\r\n\r\nAt first, the Chardonnays grown in South Africa were really not even Chards but another, lesser variety. It was an effort to start making “authentic” Chardonnays. It is now the third most planted white variety in the country and has become one of their most popular exports.\r\n\r\nChardonnay has found a unique set of flavors in South African, and in Western Cape wines. in particular. Fermenting and/or aging Chardonnay wines in oak barrels is the most popular way to enhance the flavors in these wines. For beginning winemakers, over oaking is an easy misstep, and what are considered to be good Chardonnays take some experience to learn how to make.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the wood, cinnamon, nutmeg, toast, nutty flavors that most Chardonnays can develop, South African Chards can develop spicy, exotic characteristics like mango, pineapple and coconut as well as floral notes.  These wines are fruity and delicate with crisp acidity and they are very food friendly. Some South African winemakers are trying blends of Chardonnay with Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc with success as well.\r\n\r\n<b>Winery: Fleur du Cap</b>\r\n\r\n“The flower of the cape. The cellar in the mountains,” as the Fleur du Cap winery Die Bergkelder is known, was built in 1968, in Stellenbosch. It was the first mountain cellar in South Africa and was named after the annual clay pigeon shoot.\r\n\r\nThe Bergkelder has established itself as an innovator in this country’s wine industry. During the 1970’s, it was a driving force encouraging the planting of classic European varieties — Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot.\r\n\r\nDie Bergkelder is more than just a wine cellar, though. It has a wine museum, an extensive wine shop, tours limited to 25 guests, and more. In 1979, the winery was the first producer to use small, new French oak casks for maturing its wines. In 1998, the winery launched a set of wines, Fleur du Cap, that was unfiltered, unique at the time, with the intention of maintaining the absolute flavors and varietal characters of each grape. Currently the Bergkelder makes over 12 million liters of wine each year. (Doing the math here, 12 liters is more than 3 gallons. So 12 million liters is over 3 million gallons. A lot of wine, for sure!)\r\n\r\nToday, a tasting of Fleur du Cap at the Bergkelder is still a completely unique event. Die Bergkelder has a close affinity to its surroundings, including many unrefined salts in its proximity. They offer a wine and salt tasting. They make small, savory little tastes, from local ingredients, many cured with local salts, and taste them with five wines. The food morsels are served on salt blocks. A Sauvignon Blanc is tasted with sulfuric salt. A Chardonnay with green olive pesto and Black Lava salt. A full bodied Merlot goes with prosciutto or chicken liver pâté with Murray River salt. The Cabernet with sun dried tomatoes, aged Gouda cheese and Khoisan salt. And, last, the late harvest wine with Malden salted fudge. It would be nice to think we might be able to replicate these tastings, but I’m sure at least one trip to Die Bergkelder for research is needed.\r\n\r\nThe grapes for this week’s Fleur du Cap Chardonnay were picked from mid-February to early March. Then small amounts of the whole were each handled in specific ways to enhance the flavors and textures of the final wine. Twenty percent was fermented in tanks and completed in 80 percent French oak and 20 percent American oak barrels. The other 80 percent of the wine was fermented in tanks with 50 percent French oak and 50 percent American oak staves. Both the 20 percent of the wine and the 80 percent were kept in contact with wood for six months and stirred repeatedly with their lees.\r\n\r\nThe aromas of this Chardonnay include melon and lime and stewed fruits and hints of oak spices (the cinnamon, nutmeg, nuttiness we mentioned earlier).  This wine has great finesse, acidity and balance. And it will drink wonderfully — now and for a couple of years more. It will go well with rich white sauces, seafood and shellfish, fried foods, cheeses, and more. Maybe even salty foods?\r\n\r\nYours to try for $9.99. Enjoy.\r\n<div></div>', 'Learn about the where, what, winery behind Fleur du Cap', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'learn-about-the-where-what-winery-behind-fleur-du-cap', '', '', '2014-05-29 07:43:00', '2014-05-29 11:43:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16803', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16805, 4, '2014-05-29 07:43:54', '2014-05-29 11:43:54', '<b>• Yoga Fest: </b>The teachers of ONE Yoga Sanctuary, located at 73 Sea Island Parkway on Lady’s Island, are hosting Yoga Fest, a day of free and varied yoga and movement classes for all levels on Saturday, May 31. Owner Dragana Pavic-Zappia extends this offer to the community annually in hopes of expanding the reach and benefits of the practice to all. Some of the classes include Therapeutic Yoga Floorplay with Kathy and Dragana, Holy Yoga with Carrie, Qi Gong with Dottie, Lil’ Yogis with Erin: Soulful Playtime, and Flow with Laughter with Brittney. For more information about the studio and its offerings, visit www.oneyogasanctuary.com.\r\n\r\n<b>• Garden-a-Day Tours: </b>From June 2 to 6, stroll through lovely gardens at the annual Garden-a-Day tour sponsored by the Beaufort Garden Club. This marks the 20th anniversary of this no-charge garden tour. To help with the event, area Master Gardeners act as docents in the gardens each day. Here are the homes on the tour: On Monday, June 2, visit 606 North St. (The Point). Tuesday, June 3, see 1 Blythewood Road, Lady’s Island. Wednesday, June 4, go to 315 Laurens St.\r\n\r\nOn Thursday, June 5, visit 715 New Street.\r\n\r\nFriday, June 6, will be at 38 Sundown Bend in Burton. Come rain or shine, the tour runs from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.', 'Beaufort\'s Best Bets this weekend', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beauforts-best-bets-this-weekend', '', '', '2014-05-29 07:43:54', '2014-05-29 11:43:54', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16805', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16807, 4, '2014-05-29 07:45:48', '2014-05-29 11:45:48', 'A Beaufort resident received the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s “General Roy S. Geiger” award for journalistic excellence.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16808\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"214\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Comm-Randy-Gaddo-journalist-bw.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16808\" alt=\"Randy Gaddo\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Comm-Randy-Gaddo-journalist-bw-214x300.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a> Randy Gaddo[/caption]\r\n\r\nRandy Gaddo, a retired Marine Corps officer, earned the award for an article he wrote and photos he took for Leatherneck Magazine about the groundbreaking methods employed by Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501.  The squadron literally wrote the book on operational and maintenance procedures that will transition the new F-35B “Lightning II” joint strike fighter jet into the Corps.\r\n\r\nGaddo, a Beaufort resident, went to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, where the squadron was stationed for more than a year, to interview Marines and photograph their operations. The squadron is slated to relocate to Beaufort during 2014.\r\n\r\nThe article and photos he produced were featured in the January 2013 issue of Leatherneck Magazine, produced by the Marine Corps Association. He is a contributing editor for the magazine.\r\n\r\nGaddo was a combat correspondent as an enlisted Marine and later a public affairs and media officer before retiring after 20 years of service as a Chief Warrant Officer-4. He worked as a director in municipal government for 15 years before forming his company, RG Communications, a strategic communications and writing business specializing in a wide range of written products for the media, businesses, non-profits and individuals. He provides professional writing services and products in areas such as photojournalism, speech writing and presenting, event plans and narrations or master plans.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, Gaddo provides public affairs and public administration consulting.  He earned a Bachelor’s in International Affairs and a Master’s in Public Administration.\r\n\r\nThe Marine Corps Heritage Foundation was founded in 1979 to tell and preserve the uniquely American story of contribution and sacrifice, valor and victory of the United States Marine Corps. It was designed in a complex of facilities which include the National Museum of the Marine Corps as well as Semper Fidelis Memorial Park, artifact restoration and storage facilities and an on-site conference center and hotel.\r\n\r\nEach year, the foundation presents a series of awards to both Marines and civilian community members, recognizing their exemplary work in advancing and preserving Marine Corps history. Awards are presented in areas such as leadership, print and broadcast journalism, book writing, combat art and others in 18 separate categories.\r\n\r\n“I am honored that the foundation chose the article about VMFAT-501 because their transitioning process for the F-35 is truly unique and should go down as a watershed event in Marine Corps aviation history,” Gaddo commented.  “When squadron Marines bring the F-35B home to Beaufort they will bring a great sense of pride and accomplishment with them.”\r\n\r\nBeaufort is slated to receive two operational and two training F-35B squadrons.\r\n\r\nThe Marine Corps “B” variant of the F-35 will replace and perform the roles of three venerable but aging aircraft: the F/A-18 Hornet, AV-8B Harrier II and EA-6B Prowler.  The F-35B is the only Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter variant that features short take-off and vertical landing capabilities.', 'Local journalist receives military writing award', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'local-journalist-receives-military-writing-award', '', '', '2014-05-29 07:45:48', '2014-05-29 11:45:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16807', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16810, 4, '2014-05-29 09:50:09', '2014-05-29 13:50:09', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Garden-Week.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16840\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Garden-Week-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" /></a>To celebrate National Garden Week, Lady’s Island Garden Club will be sponsoring “The Beaufort Tree Walk” on Thursday, June 5 from 9:30 a.m. to noon starting at the corner of Carteret and Craven streets in Morrall Park in downtown Beaufort. Refreshments and tree walk booklets will be available for free on-site that morning.\r\n\r\nThe Tree Walk is a self-guided tour of beautiful and noteworthy trees located in The Old Point. Join the members of the garden club and stroll this lovely historic neighborhood and celebrate “Historic Trees in Historic Places.” For more information, please contact Betsi Hilton at 843-770-0349.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Celebrate National Garden Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'celebrate-national-garden-week', '', '', '2014-05-29 09:50:09', '2014-05-29 13:50:09', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16810', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16812, 4, '2014-05-29 07:48:26', '2014-05-29 11:48:26', 'Now that school’s almost out, parents and kids might have very different ideas about how to spend the stretch of summer months ahead. Parents probably have a few household projects in mind, while kids are planning long, lazy days.\r\n\r\nLocal cleaning expert Bob Cunningham with Merry Maids of Beaufort has some great ideas for helping families find a happy medium, including:\r\n\r\n<b>• Setting a timer:</b> It can be daunting to think about cleaning a whole room, but anyone can clean for a few minutes. Determine an amount of time that is mutually acceptable to spend cleaning (for smaller children, this might be 10 or 15 minutes, for teens up to a half hour) and set an alarm to notify parent and child when time’s up.\r\n\r\n<b>• Developing a schedule:</b> By reviewing their family’s summer calendar now, parents can assign regular chores that make sense around everyone’s activities.\r\n\r\n<b>• Planning a purge a month:</b> Growing children tend to be magnets for too much stuff. If parents ask kids for their help in downsizing a little each summer month, the kids will have an easier time letting go of last year’s school projects, forgotten toys and outgrown clothes.\r\n\r\n<b>• Making time for fun:</b> Most parents have a list of great summer activities that they want to enjoy with their family. If they keep reminding the kids that when everyone does their part there is more time for fun, chores will start to seem like just another part of the daily routine.', 'Make summer chores fun for kids', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'make-summer-chores-fun-for-kids', '', '', '2014-05-29 07:48:26', '2014-05-29 11:48:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16812', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16814, 4, '2014-05-29 07:49:15', '2014-05-29 11:49:15', 'On Monday, June 2, at 7 p.m., “Redwood Highway” will play at the USCB Center for the Arts, 801 Carteret Street. Starring Shirley Knight, Danforth Comins, Catherine E. Coulson and Tom Skerritt, “Redwood Highway” is about a Marie who lives in a retirement community in Oregon, estranged from her family, unsatisfied with her surroundings, and generally not happy. She decides to journey 80 miles on foot to the coast of Oregon to revisit the ocean of her past for the first time in 45 years. She discovers that you’re never too old to learn something about life. Tickets are $7; senior $6. Call 843-521-4145 or visit www.uscbcenterforthearts.com.\r\n<div></div>', 'Indie Film Corner: ‘Redwood Highway’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'indie-film-corner-redwood-highway', '', '', '2014-05-29 07:49:15', '2014-05-29 11:49:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16814', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16816, 4, '2014-05-29 07:50:09', '2014-05-29 11:50:09', 'Two days of great music, good food and plenty of local arts and crafts await attendees of Beaufort’’ “Homegrown Music Fest” at USCB Center for the Arts on Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7.\r\n\r\nFrom the opening concerts on the lawn at 1 p.m. to the last performances in the Center for the Arts theater at 8:40 p.m., festivalgoers will be treated to an exceptional variety of local musicians, from country and western to blues and jazz, with a different lineup of entertainers each day. Attendees are encouraged to purchase a $10, “All Access Pass” for each day they attend, which includes the evening concerts from 6:40 to 8:40 p.m. in the theater.  The outdoor concerts on the lawn from 1 to 5:40 p.m. are free of charge.\r\n\r\n<b>Regional Festival envisioned</b>\r\n\r\n“Our vision for this event is to create an annual festival for regional area musicians, bands and music lovers to share their mutual appreciation for great music, food and crafts in an accessible and affordable venue,” said Bonnie Hargrove, Director from USCB Center for the Arts.  As the festival grows, more musicians and attendees from the surrounding counties are anticipated.\r\n\r\n<b>Local foods, arts and crafts</b>\r\n\r\nThere will be all local food vendors from 1 to 7 p.m. each day, with a wide selection of festival favorites. The Jaycees will sell beer, and volunteers will have sodas and water for sale. No coolers will be permitted during the event but folding chairs and blankets are encouraged to stake out the good spots in front of the outdoor stage. An Arts and Crafts Market will be open from 1 to 7 p.m. each day, displaying the work of local artisans.\r\n\r\nSponsorships are still available to local businesses who would like to be a part of the music festival.\r\n\r\n<b>Tickets</b>\r\n\r\nAll Access Passes are only $10 per person per day, and include the evening concerts. Get your tickets early since space is limited inside the theater. Passes will also be available at the box office. There will also be drawings for prizes throughout both days.\r\n\r\nAll proceeds from ticket sales will benefit USCB Center for the Art’s programming for the 2014-2015 year to bring even more great entertainment to the Beaufort area.\r\n\r\n<b>Event parking</b>\r\n\r\nThe USCB campus is located at 801 Carteret Street in Beaufort. Washington Street between USCB buildings and the theater complex will be closed off for the festivities. Attendees can park in other USCB lots, along Carteret Street and at the Baptist Church of Beaufort at the corner of Charles and King streets. Also, the campus is a short walk from downtown Beaufort parking facilities.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call the box office at 521-4145 weekdays between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. For tickets to the festival, visit www.uscbcenterforthearts.com.\r\n\r\n<b>entertainment lineup</b>\r\n\r\n<b>Friday’s outdoor stage</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 1 p.m.: Eric Daubert</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 2:10 p.m.: The Marine Corps Band Jazz Ensemble</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 3:20: SWIG</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 4:30: 2 Far Gone</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 5:40: Amber and the Fossils.   </b>\r\n\r\n<b>Indoor Theater Stage</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 6:40 p.m.: The Groovetones</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 7:40 p.m.: Brewer Band</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 8:40 p.m.: Bootless</b>\r\n\r\n<b> Saturday’s Outdoor Stage</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 1 p.m. Irene Goodnight</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 2:10 p.m.: Redemption House</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 3:20 p.m.: Rick Hubbard, the Kazoobie guy with a concert for kids</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 4:30 p.m.: Sometimes Later Band</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 5:40 p.m.: Shark Rodeo.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>Indoor Theater Stage</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 6:40 p.m.: Sweetgrass Angels</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 7:40 p.m.: Reckless Mercy</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• 8:40 p.m.: Bullgrapes</b>\r\n<div></div>', 'USCB Center for Arts hosts first Homegrown Music Fest', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'uscb-center-for-arts-hosts-first-homegrown-music-fest', '', '', '2014-05-29 07:50:09', '2014-05-29 11:50:09', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16816', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16818, 4, '2014-05-29 07:51:03', '2014-05-29 11:51:03', '<b>BOB JONES UNIVERSITY</b>\r\n\r\nLady’s Island resident Amber Ferguson was among the nearly 800 students who graduated from Bob Jones University earlier this month in Greenville, S.C. Ferguson graduated with a AS in Business.\r\n\r\n<b>CLEMSON UNIVERSITY</b>\r\n\r\n• Local students graduated from Clemson University on May 9. They are:\r\n\r\n• Brittany Maree Wilson of Beaufort, who graduated Magna Cum Laude, with a major in Accounting and minor in Financial Management.\r\n\r\n<b>• </b>Clemson University has announced the names of local students who are on the spring 2014 President’s List. They are:\r\n\r\n• Bonnie Elizabeth Alexander of Beaufort\r\n\r\n• Timothy William Britton of Beaufort\r\n\r\n• Samantha Leigh Burnsed of Beaufort\r\n\r\n• Hannah Marie Durbin of Beaufort\r\n\r\n• Margaret Maclaren Elliott of Beaufort\r\n\r\n• Stephanie Raquel Hudson of Beaufort\r\n\r\n• Guy Maximilian Kemmann of Beaufort\r\n\r\n• Savannah Lamar Lehnert of Beaufort\r\n\r\n• Adam E. Lipsitz of Beaufort\r\n\r\n• Katherine Marie Neal of Beaufort\r\n\r\n• Samantha Elise Pettigrew of Beaufort\r\n\r\n• Elizabeth C. Rhodes of Beaufort.\r\n\r\n• Clemson University has announced the names of local students who are on the Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester:\r\n\r\n• Jameel Mahmoud Abbess IV of Beaufort, who is majoring in Electrical Engineering\r\n\r\n• James McLin Berry of Beaufort, who is majoring in Sociology\r\n\r\n• Sarah Beth Bosco of Beaufort, who is majoring in Management\r\n\r\n• Savannah N. Bowman of Beaufort, who is majoring in General Engineering Undeclared\r\n\r\n• Zachary A. Brown of Beaufort, who is majoring in Pre-Business Undeclared\r\n\r\n• Kelsey E. Butler of Beaufort, who is majoring in Health Science\r\n\r\n• Michael Kamal Chahin of Beaufort, who is majoring in Biological Sciences\r\n\r\n• Katie Lee Crawford of Beaufort, who is majoring in English\r\n\r\n• Elizabeth Reid Davis of Beaufort, who is majoring in Visual Arts\r\n\r\n• Katelin Ann Edlin of Beaufort, who is majoring in Nursing\r\n\r\n• Alyssa Michelle Goebel of Beaufort, who is majoring in Biological Sciences\r\n\r\n• Jessica Michelle Heim of Beaufort, who is majoring in English\r\n\r\n• Darien Patrick Hey of Beaufort, who is majoring in Pre-Business Undeclared\r\n\r\n• James Christopher Huckabee of Beaufort, who is majoring in Computer Engineering\r\n\r\n• Luca Clinton Kimbrell of Beaufort, who is majoring in Elementary Education\r\n\r\n• August McRaney Lehnert of Beaufort, who is majoring in Architecture\r\n\r\n• Kelly-Katherine Lloyd of Beaufort, who is majoring in Communication Studies\r\n\r\n• Jason Alfred Marshall of Beaufort, who is majoring in Political Science\r\n\r\n• Lee A. Samuel of Beaufort, who is majoring in College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities Undeclared\r\n\r\n• Anna Grace Stoddard of Beaufort, who is majoring in Psychology\r\n\r\n• Chelsea Rae Wallace of Beaufort, who is majoring in Early Childhood Education\r\n\r\n• Sloane Ellen Wiggers of Beaufort, who is majoring in Biological Sciences\r\n\r\n• Bryan B. Wiggers of Beaufort, who is majoring in General Engineering Undeclared\r\n\r\nTo be named to the Dean’s List, a student achieved a GPA between 3.50 and 3.99.\r\n\r\n<b>COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY</b>\r\n\r\nMore than 1,600 students have made the Spring 2014 Dean’s List for academic achievement at Coastal Carolina University.\r\n\r\nTo qualify for the Dean’s List, freshmen must earn a 3.25 grade point average, and upperclassmen must earn a 3.5 grade point average. They include:\r\n\r\n• James E. Cato, Jr., a freshman majoring in Accounting Pre-Major, from Beaufort.\r\n\r\n• Kaila X. Smith, a sophomore majoring in Exercise and Sport Science, from Beaufort.\r\n\r\n• Stephanie D. Taylor-Pollock, a junior majoring in Communication, from Beaufort.\r\n\r\n• Ariana R. Davis, a senior majoring in Biology, from Beaufort.\r\n\r\n• Clayton J. Wynn, a junior majoring in Elementary Education, from Beaufort.', 'School Honors', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-honors-8', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:46', '2018-07-12 15:00:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16818', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16820, 4, '2014-05-29 07:52:21', '2014-05-29 11:52:21', 'Jonathan Bryant’s college success story is far from ordinary. It was a life-changing event that ultimately led to his pursuit of higher education at the Technical College of the Lowcountry.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16821\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"264\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/School-TCL-student-of-year.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-16821\" alt=\"TCL Student of the Year Jonathan Bryant, left, is congratulated by TCL President Dr. Richard Gough at TCL’s 2014 Commencement Ceremony.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/School-TCL-student-of-year.jpg\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" /></a> TCL Student of the Year Jonathan Bryant, left, is congratulated by TCL President Dr. Richard Gough at TCL’s 2014 Commencement Ceremony.[/caption]\r\n\r\nBryant, who was raised on Hilton Head Island, dropped out of high school at age 17 to pursue his own entrepreneurship dreams. The ambitious teenager started a telecommunications company that wired homes and offered home and business network solutions. The real world soon showed him that a high school diploma was important, so he went on to earn a G.E.D. from the Technical College System of Georgia.\r\n\r\nBryant then spent the next 15 years doing what he loved. He held jobs at various technology companies and worked as a boat captain. But Bryant’s life took an unexpected turn in 2010 when he was diagnosed with stage four bone cancer.\r\n\r\n“I was working as a boat captain and decided I did not want to spend the greater part of my life in the sun beating my body up. I needed a more stable and, quite frankly, a safer job,” Bryant said.\r\n\r\nThis led him to the Technical College of the Lowcountry where he was immediately impressed. “I visited several colleges and at each and every one I was treated as a number or generally herded through admissions like cattle, until I spoke with a few staff members at TCL,” Bryant said.\r\n\r\nAlthough Bryant continued to face health challenges while enrolled, he credits TCL for helping him stay positive.\r\n\r\n“I believe life is just what you want it to be and what you allow it to be,” Bryant said, “In my very specific case, I have made a decision to take a very negative life event and embrace it.”\r\n\r\nComputer Technology Instructor Karen Smith says Bryant’s positive attitude has made a difference at TCL.  “Jonathan is an outstanding, extremely motivated student who is always willing to be a mentor to other students in the class,” she said.\r\n\r\nIn addition to peer-to-peer mentoring, Bryant served as a member of the All-State Academic Team and President of both TCL’s Student Government Association and the Phi Theta Kappa honor society. He has a nearly 3.8 GPA and was named the 2014 Student of the Year. Bryant is quick to thank fellow organization members, friends, family and the entire student body for helping him succeed and looks forward to returning the favor.', 'TCL’s student of the year turns negative event into positive future', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'tcls-student-of-the-year-turns-negative-event-into-positive-future', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:46', '2018-07-12 15:00:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16820', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16823, 4, '2014-05-29 07:52:53', '2014-05-29 11:52:53', 'Bridges Preparatory School, a state charter school in its first full year of operation, is buying the Beaufort Boys &amp; Girls Club property on Boundary Street to expand its campus in downtown Beaufort.\r\n\r\nBridges Prep, a Paideia and STEM-infused charter school located in downtown Beaufort, finalized an agreement with the Boys and Girls Club to purchase the facility at 1100 Boundary Street effective July 1.\r\n\r\nThe purchase will be financed by the Boys &amp; Girls Club and details will be released after the closing July 1. The facility purchase will be the first of its kind for area charter schools and allows Bridges to control its future.\r\n\r\nBridges Prep serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade, but plans to begin adding additional grades each year, starting with seventh grade in the upcoming school year. The school opened last August with all its classrooms filled and currently has about 150 students on a waiting list, according to John Payne, chairman of the Bridges Board of Directors.\r\n\r\n“We are buying the Boys &amp; Girls Club property ourselves, giving us a permanent home, and we’ll expand in coming years. We’ll be in a stronger financial position by buying the site,” he said, “enabling us to expand our Gifted and Talented services for the next school year and give our staff modest raises. Those are things we couldn’t do if we rented the building.”\r\n\r\nIn January of 2014, the BPS board signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with HighMark, LLC of Utah to construct K-12 classrooms at the Boys &amp; Girls Club site in two phases. Based on HighMark’s estimates to build both phases, Bridges made certain funding/budget decisions in anticipation of entering into a final agreement with HighMark.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, when HighMark presented its final agreement to Bridges for signature, the estimated cost terms had substantially changed from those presented in the Letter of Intent. This meant Bridges was placed in a potentially precarious financial position by HighMark, had it gone through with the proposed lease.\r\n\r\nThe substantial cost change, in conjunction with changes in state funding formulas, left the Bridges Preparatory Board no choice but to vote down the HighMark agreement and pursue a more fiscally responsible direction that would ensure the quality of teaching, classroom funding, and other key academic programming would continue at Bridges for years to come.\r\n\r\nSouth Carolina charter schools don’t receive state facility funding and operational costs such as rent and utilities are paid out of school funds. “It was simply not fiscally prudent to move forward with the HighMark option,” Payne said.\r\n\r\n“In the end it would have cost us too much and depleted financial reserves that we need to keep our exceptional teachers and staff, and reduced the funds we would have invested into the classroom,” Payne said.\r\n\r\n“The HighMark option would have given us a pretty building but would have put our academics in jeopardy. This board chose to not do that and to invest more money into our classrooms.\r\n\r\n“We have the fund reserve, we have the cash flow and we have a very positive financial projection,” Payne said. “As we have seen with many other charter schools, it is essential that we control our own destiny by owning our own school.”\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact John Payne, Chairman, Bridges Preparatory Board of Directors, at JohnPayne@BridgesPreparatorySchool.org, visit www.bridgesprep.org or call 843-982-7737.', 'Bridges Prep buys Beaufort Boys & Girls Club building', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'bridges-prep-buys-beaufort-boys-girls-club-building', '', '', '2014-05-29 07:52:53', '2014-05-29 11:52:53', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16823', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(16825, 4, '2014-05-29 07:57:37', '2014-05-29 11:57:37', '<b>BATTERY CREEK HIGH </b>\r\n\r\n• Battery Creek High School will honor parents on Thursday, May 29 at 7 p.m. Parents are invited to attend the ceremony beginning in the McVey Performing Arts Center, to be followed by a reception in the BCHS cafeteria. Call 322-5500 for more information.\r\n\r\n• The BCHS Class of 2014 will hold graduation practice at 8 a.m. on Friday, May 30 in the gym. Graduation practice will be held on Monday June 2, following the 7:30 a.m. Senior Breakfast. Seniors planning to participate in the commencement exercises must attend both practices. For more information, call 322-5500.\r\n\r\n<b>BEAUFORT ACADEMY</b>\r\n\r\n•   Thursday, May 29: BA summer hours, office will be open, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16826\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mazzeo.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16826\" alt=\"Congratulations to Beaufort Academy 8th grader, Alex Mazzeo. This week, based on his success at the 2014 USODA Team Trials, The United States Optimist Dingy Association offered Alex an invitation to represent the United States this summer at the 2014 Topsport Vlaanderen Regatta. Alex is second from the right with the U.S. team in Holland.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mazzeo-300x241.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" /></a> Congratulations to Beaufort Academy 8th grader, Alex Mazzeo. This week, based on his success at the 2014 USODA Team Trials, The United States Optimist Dingy Association offered Alex an invitation to represent the United States this summer at the 2014 Topsport Vlaanderen Regatta. Alex is second from the right with the U.S. team in Holland.[/caption]\r\n\r\n• Monday, June 2: Fall sports pre-season practices begin.  Contact the coach (available on the BA website) or the front office at 843-524-3393 for more information.\r\n\r\n• Sign up today!  Beaufort Academy’s first week of summer camp for ages 3-6 begins Monday, June 2. BA is also offering Boys Basketball camps the week of July 21 for boys in grades 3-8!  Camps are open to the community.  Contact us at 843-524-3393 or visit www.beaufortacademy.org.\r\n\r\n<b>LADY’S ISLAND MIDDLE</b>\r\n\r\n• Volunteer appreciation dinner will be Thursday, May 29.\r\n\r\n• Cheerleading tryouts will be held Friday, May 30, 3 p.m. All information and registration will be done through Ms. Sarah Hibbard.  She can be reached at 843-322-3100 or at sarah.hibbard@beaufort.k12.sc.us.\r\n\r\n• The Beaufort Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa (professional teacher’s sorority) awarded LIMS School Counselor Kim Brown a scholarship for her to continue her education.  This award was presented at the last faculty meeting.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16827\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/carnival-034.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16827\" alt=\"Lady’s Island Middle School recently held a Spring Carnival.  There were games and activates, food and lots of prizes. Art teacher Ms. Rooney is seen above painting the face of a young participant.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/carnival-034-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Lady’s Island Middle School recently held a Spring Carnival. There were games and activates, food and lots of prizes. Art teacher Ms. Rooney is seen above painting the face of a young participant.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<b>PARK UNIVERSITY</b>\r\n\r\n• Patrick J. Griffin, Jr. has been selected as the 2014 Outstanding Graduate of the Park University Beaufort Campus Center.  A summa cum laude graduate with a perfect 4.0 grade point average, he has been named to the Dean’s List every term. Being named Outstanding Graduate recognizes not only his academic achievements, but also his leadership contributions to the university and participation in a variety of community and professional activities.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16828\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/School-SCGSSM1-5-29.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16828\" alt=\"SC Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics held the 2014 Academic Awards Ceremony on Sunday, May 18 in Columbia. John Mathai, pictured second from left, a rising senior from Cat Island in Beaufort was the recipient of the R.I.T. (Rochester Institute of Technology) Innovation Award and Scholarship. At far right is Dr. Murray Brockman, president of the school. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/School-SCGSSM1-5-29-300x232.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" /></a> SC Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics held the 2014 Academic Awards Ceremony on Sunday, May 18 in Columbia. John Mathai, pictured second from left, a rising senior from Cat Island in Beaufort was the recipient of the R.I.T. (Rochester Institute of Technology) Innovation Award and Scholarship. At far right is Dr. Murray Brockman, president of the school.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'School Notes', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-notes-67', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:46', '2018-07-12 15:00:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16825', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16830, 4, '2014-05-29 07:58:10', '2014-05-29 11:58:10', 'Battery Creek High School Office Manager Diane Grooms was named the Beaufort County School District’s 2014 “Support Person of the Year.”  Grooms’ selection was announced at a breakfast recognizing schools’ individual honorees.\r\n\r\n“We couldn’t be prouder of Ms. Grooms and all of today’s nominees,” said Superintendent Jeff Moss. “Our support staff are the engines that make our schools operate efficiently every day, and it’s their hard work and dedication that make excellent classroom instruction possible.”\r\n\r\nGrooms was one of three finalists chosen from 32 school support staff nominees.  The finalists were interviewed by a team of judges from across the district.\r\n\r\nSupport staff can include social workers, school nurses, bookkeepers, office managers, teacher assistants, school secretaries and technology and data specialists.\r\n\r\nGrooms has worked at Battery Creek High for two decades and has produced the school newsletter, served on the School Improvement Council, served as president of the PTO, helped to manage the Battery Creek Food Pantry, been involved with Students Against Drunk Driving, managed participation in the annual Relay for Life Event and also helped to establish the “Wake up, South Carolina” project on Interstate 95 that provides free coffee for travelers on Thanksgiving weekends.  She is the mother of three and grandmother of four.\r\n\r\n“I love what I do,” Grooms said.  “I see promise in every child, and I treat Battery Creek High students the same way I would want my own children and grandchildren treated. My mission is customer service for everyone.”', 'Battery Creek office manager named ‘Support Person of Year’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'battery-creek-office-manager-named-support-person-of-year', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:45', '2018-07-12 15:00:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16830', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16832, 4, '2014-05-29 07:59:11', '2014-05-29 11:59:11', 'Beaufort High Boys Track and Field Team was able to defend its 2013 title and capture gold in the 4A 4x400m Relay on Saturday, May 17 at the  South High School League’s Track and Field Championship at Spring Valley High in Columbia, after setting the state record last year at 3:16.35. This occurred even after losing three runners from last year’s Record Setting Relay Team, due to graduation. And, congratulation goes out to Michael Dickson for capturing an individual Gold Medal in the 110m High Hurdles at 14.28 seconds.\r\n<div></div>', 'High school track and field: Beaufort High boys take home gold', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'high-school-track-and-field-beaufort-high-boys-take-home-gold', '', '', '2014-05-29 07:59:11', '2014-05-29 11:59:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16832', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16834, 4, '2014-05-29 07:59:54', '2014-05-29 11:59:54', 'Beaufort Academy girls soccer player Miranda Weslake excelled in this year’s SCISAA North-South soccer game, which was held on Saturday, May 17 at Orangeburg Prep. Weslake netted three goals as the South team defeated the North squad 8-3.\r\n\r\nThe SCISAA North-South soccer game featured multiple high school players who will have an opportunity to continue competing at the next level.', 'High school soccer: BA’s Weslake excels in North-South game', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'high-school-soccer-bas-weslake-excels-in-north-south-game', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:45', '2018-07-12 15:00:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16834', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16836, 4, '2014-05-29 08:00:43', '2014-05-29 12:00:43', '<strong>Exercise your right to make a difference</strong>\r\n<div>The Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave. in Port Royal,  will host its annual Exercise-A-Thon on Saturday, June 7, from 8 a.m. to noon. A variety of spin and fitness classes will be offered for a suggested $15 donation.</div>\r\nProceeds from the event will benefit the YMCA’S 2014 Annual Scholarship Campaign, which helps guarantee that everyone, regardless of financial circumstance, can be can benefit from the YMCA’s values-centered programs like summer camp, afterschool, preschool, youth and adults sports, and health and wellness.\r\n\r\nThis event is open to members and non-members of the YMCA.\r\n\r\nThe schedule for the 2014 Exercise-A-Thon is:\r\n\r\n<b>Spinning:</b>\r\n\r\n8- 8:30: Lisa\r\n\r\n8:35- 9:05: Susie\r\n\r\n9:10 – 9:40: Sherry\r\n\r\n9:45- 10:15: Emily\r\n\r\n10:20 – 10:50: Phillip\r\n\r\n10:55 - 11:25: Julia\r\n\r\n11:30 – 12: Denice\r\n\r\n<b>Aerobics:</b>\r\n\r\n8 – 8:30: Pilates – Martha\r\n\r\n8:35- 9:05: Strength – Stephanie L\r\n\r\n9:10- 9:40: Interval – Stephanie B\r\n\r\n9:45- 10:15: Tabata – Denice\r\n\r\n10:20 – 10:50: Kickboxing – Jeff\r\n\r\n10:55 – 11:25: Power Circuit – Gina\r\n\r\n11:30 – 12: Yoga – Ginnie\r\n\r\nThose interested in spinning are encouraged to reserve bikes ahead of time by contacting the YMCA.\r\n\r\nThe Annual Scholarship Campaign unites volunteers, donors and participants in building the strengths of children, families and individuals in the surrounding communities.  The number of children and families in need of the YMCA’s innovative programs and services grows each year. The Exercise-A-Thon is one of several YMCA geared toward raising funds toward this campaign\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact the YMCA at 843-522-9622.\r\n<div></div>', 'YMCA to host annual Exercise-A-Thon', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ymca-to-host-annual-exercise-a-thon-2', '', '', '2014-05-29 08:00:43', '2014-05-29 12:00:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16836', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16838, 4, '2014-05-29 08:30:24', '2014-05-29 12:30:24', '<b>By Lanier Laney</b>\r\n\r\nSpecial  thanks goes to Luis of L2 Technologies on Lady’s Island who helped this writer — whose Mac hard drive went kafluey — get back up and running in time to get this issue out to you. He was courteous, efficient and did a great job!\r\n\r\nIf you are experiencing technical difficulties or need computer assistance, contact L2 Technologies at 888-678-6227.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16841\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/LCSD-Luis-of-L2-Technology.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16841\" alt=\"Luis of L2 Technology\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/LCSD-Luis-of-L2-Technology-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Luis of L2 Technology[/caption]', 'Computer company to the rescue', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'computer-company-to-the-rescue', '', '', '2014-05-29 08:30:24', '2014-05-29 12:30:24', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16838', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16843, 4, '2014-05-29 09:15:51', '2014-05-29 13:15:51', '<b>By Lanier Laney</b>\r\n\r\nJon Sharp came to Beaufort in a little red Coast Guard helicopter 22 years ago to Beaufort Memorial Hospital off his wave-tossed sailboat. He met and married Suzanne Larson, made Beaufort his home and became a legendary tour guide for 10 years. Saturday, May 17, was his last walk.\r\n\r\nHe was recognizable for his white hair and was famous for walking backwards while leading groups. He could step up on a curb without looking down — backwards — while still talking.\r\n\r\nWe love you Jon and will miss your great voice.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16844\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_1832.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16844\" alt=\"Tour guide Jon Sharp \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_1832-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Tour guide Jon Sharp[/caption]\r\n\r\n</div>', 'Jon Sharp gives final tour', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'jon-sharp-gives-final-tour', '', '', '2014-05-29 09:15:51', '2014-05-29 13:15:51', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16843', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16846, 4, '2014-05-29 09:17:50', '2014-05-29 13:17:50', '<b>By State Farm™</b>\r\n\r\nSwimming is a great activity. Not only are there lots of physical benefits, it’s also something the whole family can enjoy. But like a lot of things in life, it also comes with risk.\r\n\r\nDrowning — according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death for children ages 1 to 14 years, and the fifth leading cause for people of all ages. So water safety should be a concern no matter where you and your family swim.\r\n\r\n<b>General Water Safety</b>\r\n\r\n<b>Enroll children in swimming lessons at an early age. </b>Risk of drowning is decreased by as much as 88% when children aged 1 to 4 years take swimming lessons. Adults can also benefit from refresher courses. Many cities have swimming lessons available through local parks and recreation programs as well as gyms with pools. You can also check with the Red Cross on registering for a swim class in your area.\r\n\r\n<b>Learn CPR.</b> Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) can mean the difference between life and death. Check with the Red Cross about registering for a CPR class in your area.\r\n\r\n<b>Use only U.S. Coast Guard approved life jackets.</b> Young and inexperienced swimmers may want to use a life jacket. Do not use any sort of air-filled or foam toys. They are not designed to keep swimmers safe.\r\n\r\n<b>Children should always be supervised. </b>Whether you’re in the backyard, a public pool, or at the beach, make sure there is a responsible, designated person to watch the water when children are swimming.\r\n\r\n<b>Swim with a buddy. </b>It’s a best practice for swimmers of all ages, including adults.\r\n\r\n<b>Avoid alcohol.</b> It impairs your judgment, balance, coordination, and your body’s ability to stay warm. Avoid it when swimming and supervising children.\r\n\r\n<b>Don’t hyperventilate.</b> Swimmers should avoid hyperventilating — breathing faster and/or deeper — before swimming underwater or trying to hold their breath for long periods of time. This can cause them to pass out and drown. It is best to relax and breathe normally when swimming.\r\n\r\n<b>Enter the water feet-first.</b> Serious injuries — including paralysis — can occur from diving headfirst into unknown water and hitting the bottom. Enter headfirst only when the area is clearly marked for diving and has no obstructions.\r\n\r\n<b>Test the water temperature before you get in. </b>Jumping into cold water can shock your body and elevate your heart rate and blood pressure, and also slow your muscles, making it difficult to swim.\r\n\r\n<b>Have a phone handy. </b>No matter where you are swimming, the ability to call 911 could be a lifesaver.\r\n\r\n<b>Swimming Pools</b>\r\n\r\n<b>Secure with appropriate barriers. </b>It is best to install a 4-foot or taller fence around backyard pools and use self-closing and self-latching gates that open away from the pool.\r\n\r\n<b>Consider safety alarms. </b>If your house opens directly into the pool area, you may want to install a door alarm or self-closing door. Using a surface wave or underwater alarm will also give you added protection from accidental falls into the pool.\r\n\r\n<b>If a child is missing, always check the pool first.</b> If a child has fallen into the pool, every second counts in preventing an accidental drowning.\r\n\r\n<b>Empty portable pools when not use.</b> Children can drown in as little as one inch of water. Make sure all portable inflatable and baby pools are drained and put away immediately after use.', 'Swimming and water safety tips', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'swimming-and-water-safety-tips', '', '', '2014-05-29 09:17:50', '2014-05-29 13:17:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16846', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16848, 4, '2014-05-29 09:22:26', '2014-05-29 13:22:26', 'When Starr Spearman marched across Charleston’s Ravenel Bridge last month in the Cooper River Bridge Run, it made no matter she was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer.\r\n\r\nThe debilitating treatment didn’t stop her from going deep sea fishing last week either.\r\n\r\n“The big C isn’t a scarlet letter,” the 54-year-old Spearman said. “It will always be hanging over my head, but I’m getting on with my life.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16849\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/image002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16849\" alt=\"Starr Spearman didn’t let chemotherapy stop her from deep sea fishing last week.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/image002-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Starr Spearman didn’t let chemotherapy stop her from deep sea fishing last week.[/caption]\r\n\r\nOn Sunday, June 1, the Lady’s Island resident will join dozens of others who have battled cancer at the Fifth Annual Beaufort Memorial Hospital Cancer Survivors’ Day Celebration.\r\n\r\n“Today, a diagnosis of cancer is not a death sentence” said Connie Duke, cancer program director for Beaufort Memorial Hospital. “More than 60 percent of patients are cured of cancer, and the statistics are getting better every year.”\r\n\r\nSpearman and colon cancer survivor John “Gwyn” Jordan will both speak at the celebration, being held from 2 to 4 p.m. at Beaufort Memorial Keyserling Cancer Center, 1680 Ribaut Road, in Port Royal. The event is free and open to all cancer survivors and their guests, but registration is requested by May 30. Call 843-522-5585 for more information or to register.\r\n\r\nThe event, titled “Hope Soars,” will include live music, refreshments, door prizes and a brief presentation by BMH physicians and nurses, as well as Spearman and Jordan, who will share their inspiring stories.\r\n\r\n“I’m not a crusader,” said Spearman. “I’m the type that ties it up in a box, puts it away and moves on.”\r\n\r\nIt has been 16 months since a routine mammogram at Beaufort Memorial Hospital’s Women’s Imaging Center revealed a suspicious lesion in Spearman’s right breast. A biopsy confirmed it was malignant. She went on to have a bilateral mastectomy, five weeks of radiation treatments and months of chemotherapy.\r\n\r\n“I was in shock when they told me I had breast cancer,” Spearman recalled. “I wasn’t on any medication, I was healthy and I took care of myself. I paddle board and do all kinds of water activities.”\r\n\r\nA critical care nurse and educator at Beaufort Memorial Hospital for 25 years, Spearman immediately began researching the disease and the latest modalities being used to treat it.\r\n\r\n“As a medical professional, I started to look at all the options and reading everything I could about breast cancer,” she said. “After awhile, I had to quit because it was driving me crazy.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16850\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/image001.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16850\" alt=\"Starr Spearman crosses the finish line at the annual Cooper River Bridge Run 10K in Charleston in April.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/image001-300x204.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" /></a> Starr Spearman crosses the finish line at the annual Cooper River Bridge Run 10K in Charleston in April.[/caption]\r\n\r\nShe also had to rein in her usual take-charge approach to problems and let others take the wheel. But the mother of two daughters, ages 22 and 24, was determined to stand strong throughout the ordeal.\r\n\r\n“I had my couch potato moments, but I was up every day,” Spearman said. “I put on my make-up and tried to be as stylish as I could even when my hair fell out. It was important to me to show my daughters that women can be strong and endure things like this.”\r\n\r\nHer family, friends and faith helped her get through the trying times.\r\n\r\n“Cancer changes you,” Spearman said. “You’re a different person. But you adjust to it. You find strength in the little things in life.”', 'Celebrating survivorship: Beaufort Memorial hosts annual Cancer Survivors Day Celebration', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'celebrating-survivorship-beaufort-memorial-hosts-annual-cancer-survivors-day-celebration', '', '', '2014-05-29 09:22:26', '2014-05-29 13:22:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16848', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16852, 4, '2014-05-29 09:23:11', '2014-05-29 13:23:11', 'The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is focusing on hurricane preparedness as South Carolina’s Hurricane Season begins June 1. The Sheriff’s Office encourages residents to use this information to prepare your home and family in the event of a severe weather event in our area.\r\n\r\n• Make plans now: Gather and store all valuable paperwork such as mortgage notes, insurance papers, deeds, licenses, photos, etc. You must be able to show proof of ownership for your home or vehicle in order to claim the loss through insurance or FEMA.\r\n\r\n• Itemize furnishings, clothing, valuables, etc. Take photos or videos of your home and belongings. This will help adjusters to settle claims. They can also prove uninsured losses, which are tax deductible.\r\n\r\n• Gather non-perishable food, drinking water, candles, matches, first aid kits, battery-operated radios, batteries, flashlights, etc. Have these ready at all times.\r\n\r\n• Plan and drive your evacuation routes. Know ahead of time where you need to go.\r\n\r\n• Plan now to protect your windows with boards or shutters. Pre-cut and store them.\r\n\r\n• In the event of an approaching hurricane, the SC Department of Transportation will shut down the operation of swing and draw bridges when sustained winds reach 24 mph and a mandatory evacuation is ordered.\r\n\r\n• Make plans now and determine how you are going to relocate your boat.\r\n\r\n• Homeowner’s  insurance  typically  covers  damage  from wind, hail, and lightning but not from flooding.  A separate flood policy can be acquired through your insurance agent.\r\n\r\n• Homeowner’s coverage normally includes the home itself plus contents and extra living expenses made necessary by being forced out of your home.  If you are a renter, you may purchase contents and living expense coverage.\r\n<div></div>', 'Stay prepared during hurricane season', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'stay-prepared-during-hurricane-season', '', '', '2014-05-29 09:23:11', '2014-05-29 13:23:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16852', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16854, 4, '2014-05-29 09:48:15', '2014-05-29 13:48:15', '<strong>Photos by Bob Sofaly</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16855\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-9.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16855\" alt=\"Cindy Baxter took a few minutes to visit with her husband Gunnery Sgt. Kenneth Baxter on Friday, May 23, at Beaufort National Cemetery. Baxter said her husband died two years ago this month but it feels like it was just yesterday. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-9-300x213.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" /></a> Cindy Baxter took a few minutes to visit with her husband Gunnery Sgt. Kenneth Baxter on Friday, May 23, at Beaufort National Cemetery. Baxter said her husband died two years ago this month but it feels like it was just yesterday.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16856\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"252\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16856\" alt=\"Hunter Graves, 3, son of Diana and Bobby Graves of Beaufort, helps sort out American flags on Thursday, May 22 at Beaufort National Cemetery. The flags were placed at the grave markers at the cemetery.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-1-252x300.jpg\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" /></a> Hunter Graves, 3, son of Diana and Bobby Graves of Beaufort, helps sort out American flags on Thursday, May 22 at Beaufort National Cemetery. The flags were placed at the grave markers at the cemetery.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16857\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16857\" alt=\" Fifth graders from Lady\'s Island Middle School help put up some of the American flags in front of each grave last Thursday, May 22 at Beaufort National Cemetery. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-2-300x208.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" /></a> Fifth graders from Lady\'s Island Middle School help put up some of the American flags in front of each grave last Thursday, May 22 at Beaufort National Cemetery.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16858\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"195\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-4.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16858\" alt=\"Jack Kayler does his part in helping put out American flag last Thursday at Beaufort National Cemetery,\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-4-195x300.jpg\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" /></a> Jack Kayler does his part in helping put out American flag last Thursday at Beaufort National Cemetery,[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16859\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16859\" alt=\"A girl places an American flag at one of the graves last Thursday at Beaufort National Cemetery in preparation for the annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the cemetery.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-3-300x236.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" /></a> A girl places an American flag at one of the graves last Thursday at Beaufort National Cemetery in preparation for the annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the cemetery.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16860\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"193\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-6.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16860\" alt=\"Volunteer Ken Dennings, right, and George Miller unfurl one of the 50 &quot;casket&quot; flags for the Avenue of Flags on Friday, May 23 at Beaufort National Cemetery. Casket flags are those that draped over the casket of a U.S. veteran. The volunteers were getting the cemetery ready for the annual Memorial Day Ceremony.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-6-193x300.jpg\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" /></a> Volunteer Ken Dennings, right, and George Miller unfurl one of the 50 \"casket\" flags for the Avenue of Flags on Friday, May 23 at Beaufort National Cemetery. Casket flags are those that draped over the casket of a U.S. veteran. The volunteers were getting the cemetery ready for the annual Memorial Day Ceremony.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16861\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16861\" alt=\" Some of the many American flags that mark each grave at Beaufort National Cemetery.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-5-300x211.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" /></a> Some of the many American flags that mark each grave at Beaufort National Cemetery.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16862\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-8.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16862\" alt=\"The flags have to been unrolled while the poles are secured to each other. Fifty American flags line the driveway at Beaufort National Cemetery for the annual Memorial Day Ceremony.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mem.-Day-8-300x274.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" /></a> The flags have to been unrolled while the poles are secured to each other. 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(16870, 4, '2014-05-29 09:52:35', '2014-05-29 13:52:35', '<strong>By Lanier Laney</strong>\r\n\r\nIt all started in their backyard garden on The Point in Beaufort when husband and wife team Ann Gassenheimer and Pat Gallagher canned local kumquats and gave them to some friends — who loved them. It has now grown into a national food business that sold 30,000 jars of products last year.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16871\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Profile-Anna-Pat-5-29.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16871\" alt=\"Pat Gallagher and Ann Gassenheimer are the owners of Vegetable Kingdom.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Profile-Anna-Pat-5-29-300x208.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" /></a> Pat Gallagher and Ann Gassenheimer are the owners of Vegetable Kingdom.[/caption]\r\n\r\nSays Pat, “We moved to Beaufort with many plans that did not include Vegetable Kingdom. But Ann’s cooking and canning caught the attention of new friends, and before we knew it we were selling jams and many other foods at the newly opened Port Royal Farmers Market. That is the first place we ever sold and where we returned last fall after a break from settling into our new kitchen. There are more products than when we started but many of the originals are still in production.”\r\n\r\nVegetable Kingdom began as a preserving company making unique pepper jellies and jams. It now sells a wide variety of meals, dressings, marinades, sauces, relishes, chutney, and more.  They make condiments and foods for everyday as well as special occasions.\r\n\r\nAnn says, “I created Vegetable Kingdom with an overreaching idea that food could be grown, cooked and sold for many to share a great flavor from a very specific place in a way that tells a story about how and why that particular flavor tastes so unique and good.\r\n\r\n“Not everyone has the time or desire for routine meal preparation, so a major goal from the outset was to make all or part of a delicious meal come from the jar in your hand. Every product can be used in many different ways to help in your kitchen. This goes for leftovers, which our condiments can make shine like new.”\r\n\r\nAdds Pat, “We grow some of the plants that end up in our products, but much of our raw materials come from people we know, farmers within miles of our kitchen in Garden’s Corner who want their crops to be made into something for people to enjoy.”\r\n\r\nSays Ann, “We were both heavily influenced by our Louisiana and Alabama grandmothers. We have very similar stories of learning to preserve fresh foods, cook unique dishes, pluck chickens, scale fish, shell peas and grow gardens — all from our grandmothers. Everyone had gardens, and we have had one since we met, going on 21 years. We sometimes wish that Nonnie and Mamaw could be here to help in the kitchen and to see what we have done with all they taught us.”\r\n\r\nPat says, “We always have new products in the works.  One customer requested a creamy Greek dressing, another a simple herb vinaigrette, so these are both in development. We want to remain flexible and responsive to the desires of our customers, in so far as we can.\r\n\r\n“Salad dressings are very important because they are time-consuming to make at home. By the time all the greens and other vegetables are washed and ready, you don’t want to start from scratch with a dressing — who has that kind of time? “\r\n\r\nIn the works right now is a Green Tomato Ketchup which, while like a red ketchup, is flavorfully unique.\r\n\r\n“This summer will see us adding new salsas to our line and in the fall, additional soups,” said Pat.\r\n\r\nVegetable Kingdom’s most popular products are Gumbo, Hot Pepper Pecan Jelly,  Smoky Pepper Jelly, and Mango Chutney. In the summer months they sell a lot of Watermelon Raspberry Jam and Ginger Lemonade Jam.\r\n\r\n“Fast rising in popularity is Smoky Pineapple Sauce,” says Ann. “It’s very versatile: great as a marinade or finishing sauce. We use it at home often.”\r\n\r\nPat and Ann have been working with Whole Foods Market for two years now, and recently became the store’s regional supplier of gumbo, creole, and etouffee. Whole Foods also carries about 10 other Vegetable Kingdom products.\r\n\r\nOne of their newest clients is Southern Season, with stores in Charleston, Chapel Hill and more planned to open. They supply many small stores across South Carolina and beyond.\r\n\r\nVegetable Kingdom’s production kitchen is 5,000 square feet, including a warehouse. They also have a garden of quarter acre where they organically grow many items necessary for their products.\r\n\r\nSays Pat, “This year we reached a milestone — most every product we make had at least one ingredient grown from our garden!”\r\n\r\nAnn creates the recipes, manages production, and runs the day-to-day kitchen operation. She also bakes bread and pastry and takes the occasional catering job.\r\n\r\nWhen Pat is not selling to new stores, or selling at farmers markets and festivals, he helps with the heavy work of cooking in a 40 gallon kettle, and he is still making roux that his grandmother taught him to make when he was 6. He also manages the warehouse, order fulfillment and creation of all Vegetable Kingdom labels, which he designs and prints on site.\r\n\r\nSays Ann, “We love Beaufort, the Lowcountry, the South and food.  It is in our DNA a bit deeper than some. Everything we do revolves around growing and cooking good food. So this is where our adventure began and it just keeps getting better.”\r\n\r\n<strong>VEGETABLE KINGDOM PRODUCTS</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>• Their products include Gumbo, Creole, Etouffee, Chow Chow, Zucchini Relish, Three Pepper Tomatilla Salsa, Hot Pepper Pecan Jelly, Smoky Pepper Jelly, Lime Pepper Jelly, Peach Pepper Jelly, Hot Pear Chutney, Mango Chutney, Smoky Pineapple Sauce, Tofu Dressing, Dee’s Diamond Dressing (dijon vinaigrette), Peach Mango Jam, Watermelon Raspberry Jam, Ginger Lemonade Jam, and Caramel Apple Butter. They also offer Cranberry Apple Relish and Orange Cranberry Sauce for the holidays and an array of ready-to-eat foods and baked goods at farmers markets.</strong>\r\n\r\n<b>Owner Pat Gallagher said some new products include: </b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Massaman Curry (a  classic Thai curry) </b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Smoky Pepper Jelly (they smoke the peppers in a wood smoker)</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Ghost Pepper Jelly (hotter than most)</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Three Pepper Relish ( to spice up anything you want hotter)</b>\r\n\r\n<b>• Bankok To Bali Noodle Soup (an Asian soup base you can make to suit your mood).</b>\r\n\r\n<b>Vegetable Kingdom products can be found at Whole Foods Market (Southeastern Region), Earthfare, Suzara’s Kitchen and Sea Eagle in Beaufort, Nuances in Port Royal, Mangos on Fripp, and many more locations listed on their web site. They sell at the Port Royal Farmers Market on Saturdays, The Bluffton Farmers Market on Thursdays, and also at the Savannah Farmers Market in Forsyth Park on Saturdays.</b>\r\n\r\n<b> For more information about Vegetable Kingdom, write to P.O. Box 41 Sheldon, SC, 29941, or email vegetablekingdom@gmail.com or visit www.vegetablekingdom.com online. Call 843-441-3339, or find them on Facebook, Square Up and on Amazon.</b>\r\n<div><b> </b></div>\r\n<div></div>', 'Foodie Kingdom: Beaufortonians Ann Gassenheimer and Pat Gallagher turn local cooking business into nationwide success ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'foodie-kingdom-beaufortonians-ann-gassenheimer-and-pat-gallagher-turn-local-cooking-business-into-nationwide-success', '', '', '2014-05-29 09:52:35', '2014-05-29 13:52:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16870', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16873, 4, '2014-05-29 09:53:28', '2014-05-29 13:53:28', '<b>• Sunday, June 1: St Peter’s Catholic Church,</b> 8 a.m. to noon, 70 Lady’s Island Drive, Beaufort.\r\n\r\n<b>• Thursday, June 5: Naval Hospital Beaufort:</b> 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 1 Pinckney Boulevard, Port Royal. (Call chairperson for appointment and gate pass: Justin Eubank 228-5499).\r\n\r\n<b>• Friday, June 6: Hwy 21 Drive In: </b>2 to 6 p.m., 5 Parker Drive, Beaufort\r\n\r\n• Sunday, June 8: Sea Island Presbyterian Church: 8 a.m. to noon, 81 Lady’s Island Drive, Beaufort.\r\n\r\n<b>• Wednesday, June 11: Beaufort County Government:</b> 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Administration Building, 100 Ribaut Road, Beaufort.\r\n\r\n<b>• Wednesday, June 11, Grays Hill Baptist Church:</b> 4 to 6:30 p.m., 2749 Trask Pkwy (Hwy 21), Beaufort.\r\n\r\n<b>• Friday, June 13: Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health Services: </b>10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 721 Okatie Hwy (S.C. 170), Okatie.\r\n\r\n<b>• Saturday, June 14: Beaufort Classic Car &amp; Truck Club:</b> 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Naval Heritage Park, Port Royal.\r\n\r\n<b>• Saturday, June 14: AMVETS Post 70:</b> 2 to 5 p.m., 1831 Ribaut Road, Port Royal.\r\n\r\n<b>Please note: Government-issued photo I.D. is required to donate. Examples are driver’s license, passport, military I.D.</b>\r\n\r\n<b>For more information or appointments, please call 888-998-2243 or visit www.igiveblood.com.</b>\r\n<div><b> </b></div>', 'The Blood Alliance June Blood Drives', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-blood-alliance-june-blood-drives', '', '', '2014-05-29 09:53:28', '2014-05-29 13:53:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16873', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16875, 4, '2014-05-29 09:54:05', '2014-05-29 13:54:05', '<b>By Jennifer Wallace, DMD</b>\r\n\r\nUsually when I ask a patient in my office what their long-term goals are for their teeth, the answer is “I want to keep them a lifetime.” That answer would make any dentist proud, but there are also some great reasons that prove keeping your natural teeth can help patients live a healthier, happier  lifetime. It’s easier to eat healthier foods like crunchy fruits and veggies with natural teeth versus removable partials or dentures. It is also sometimes difficult to taste or judge the size and temperature of foods when wearing those appliances.\r\n\r\nWe all pretty much remember fifth grade health class and what enamel is right? It’s the outer surface of teeth and it should last a lifetime. Did you know enamel is the hardest substance in the body? Yes, it is, but it can break easily. Ice, popcorn, and tongue and lip piercings can chip teeth. And unlike skin, teeth can’t re-grow.  I cringe when my patients ask, “Can you tell I crunch ice or crunch popcorn kernels?”  Eating a popcorn kernel is like eating a small stone and no shock that ice is brittle. I’d also caution to be especially careful if your mouth is full of dental work such as fillings and crowns unless you really do love visiting your dentist!\r\n\r\nThat all being said, some wear and tear of tooth enamel is normal but it’s necessary to help you keep your teeth a lifetime. There are plenty things you can do to keep your enamel strong.\r\n\r\nTry these easy tips:\r\n\r\n<b>• Limit sugary soft drinks and foods to meal times.</b> Sugar leads to acids in the mouth, which soften and eventually wear away at enamel. Chewy candies that stick on your teeth are very damaging. Regular soft drinks have sugar that can damage your teeth, but did you know that even the artificially sweetened sodas, energy drinks and powerades have extra acids that can erode the enamel? The best choice when you’re thirsty? A glass of water!\r\n\r\n<b>• Not only is it important for children and expecting mother to have a healthy diet to form strong teeth, it’s proactive and beneficial for adults to eat healthy foods that have calcium.</b> Calcium counteracts acids in your mouth, and also helps keep bones and teeth strong. Milk, cheese, and other dairy products all help protect and strengthen enamel.\r\n\r\n<b>• Avoid over brushing by brushing too fast and hard.</b> That can wear down enamel. Hold a soft-bristle brush at about a 45-degree angle to your gums and move it back and forth in short, gentle strokes, about the distance of one tooth. Even better yet, invest in a power toothbrush to aid in a correct technique. Wait for up to an hour after eating sweets or citrus fruits. Acidic foods temporarily soften enamel and may make it easier to damage. Give your enamel time to re-harden before cleaning.\r\n\r\n<b>• If you have issues with heart burn, don’t ignore it.</b> With severe heartburn, stomach acids may escape up into the esophagus. If those acids reach your mouth, they can erode enamel. The eating disorder bulimia, in which people vomit food after they eat, is another threat. If you have symptoms of heartburn or bulimia, talk to your doctor about treatment.\r\n\r\n<b>• Drink water often to keep your mouth clean and moist. </b>Saliva helps wash away food and bacteria that can lead to cavities. It also counteracts the effects of acidic foods. People with very low salivary levels often show signs of enamel erosion. Chewing sugarless gum or sucking on sugarless hard candy can also help. A big one that I see that cause dry mouth are medical conditions and some medications. It’s very important if dry mouth persists, talk to your doctor.\r\n\r\n<i>Jennifer Wallace is at Palmetto Smiles of Beaufort: 843-524-7645.</i>\r\n<div><i> </i></div>', 'Tips to help protect tooth enamel', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'tips-to-help-protect-tooth-enamel', '', '', '2014-05-29 09:54:05', '2014-05-29 13:54:05', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16875', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16877, 4, '2014-05-29 09:54:58', '2014-05-29 13:54:58', 'To give women an edge on aging, Beaufort Memorial Hospital is presenting “The Woman in YOU: Growing older, getting better,” a free seminar offering helpful advice on how to overcome those pesky female problems that can crop up with time.\r\n\r\nThe event will begin with a reception at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, at Magnolia Hall in Sun City, followed by the presentation at 5 p.m.\r\n\r\nDrs. Christopher Benson and Gregory Miller, two OB-GYNs with nearly 40 years of combined medical experience, will share information about preventative measures women can take as they age to reduce their risk of common health issues, including breast cancer and osteoporosis.\r\n\r\n“We’ll talk about living young and how to enjoy the benefits of good health regardless of your age,” said Benson, one of four physicians in the new Beaufort Memorial Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology Specialists. “Exercise is one of the most important things you can do to maintain your health and reduce the effects of aging.”\r\n\r\nFor those with joint problems or other physical ailments, Benson suggests exercise options that could include water aerobics, bicycle riding or cycling on a stationary bike.\r\n\r\nThe physicians also will discuss:\r\n\r\n• Hormone replacement therapy to alleviate hot flashes, night sweats and other symptoms caused by menopause.\r\n\r\n• Treating urinary incontinence with simple lifestyle changes or medication.\r\n\r\n• Pelvic prolapse. When the muscles that hold your pelvic organs in place get weak or stretched from childbirth or surgery, it can cause organs to drop from their normal place in the lower belly and push against the walls of your vagina. Surgery may be necessary if you have pain or discomfort that does not respond to nonsurgical treatment and lifestyle changes.\r\n\r\nBoth Benson and Miller — two of four doctors in the new Beaufort Memorial Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology Specialists — have extensive experience in minimally invasive surgical techniques, including da Vinci robot-assisted procedures and single-site laparoscopic surgery. They also offer wellness, fitness and weight management counseling as part of their practice.\r\n\r\nFormerly partners in a private practice in Rock Hill, the two doctors are lifetime athletes and enjoy training for endurance events, including marathons, Iron Man competitions and multiday races.\r\n\r\n“The Woman in You” seminar is free, but registration is required and seating is limited. To register, call 843-522-5585.', 'Beaufort Memorial OB-GYNs to present free women’s health seminar', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-memorial-ob-gyns-to-present-free-womens-health-seminar', '', '', '2014-05-29 09:54:58', '2014-05-29 13:54:58', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16877', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16879, 4, '2014-05-29 09:55:57', '2014-05-29 13:55:57', '<b>By Susan Stone</b>\r\n\r\nYou are perfect! We all are. We may be perfectly flawed, but we are perfect all the same.\r\n\r\nWhat would change in your life if you KNEW you were the right size, the right gender, the right height, the right color and you were in the right and perfect place?\r\n\r\nWe place so much importance on the “form.” The world tells us what is beautiful — is it true?\r\n\r\nThe world tells us how much we are worth, by the bottom line of our bank accounts. How can that be?\r\n\r\nTrue and TRUTH are two different things. They often have little to do with one another.\r\n\r\nWhatever we believe to be true shows up in our lives that way. We will find evidence to support whatever we have decided is true for us. And we will join with others who agree with us. Just think back a decade or two. What did you believe was true when you were 10, 20 or even 40? What belief did you think was worth fighting for? Do you still feel that way? Or, have you discovered some greater truths since then? Have you ever wondered why people argue over (go to war over) what they are convinced is true, but you clearly see it differently? How can two opposing ideas be true?\r\n\r\nIt’s because we make it up. We all do. We decide what is true, or we allow the world tell us what is true. “True” will not set you free. It will bind you in the illusion. But “Truth” will always set you free. And that is the feeling you will feel every time you see it, feel it and hear it.\r\n\r\nWhat would change in your life if you could see yourself the way the Heavens see you?\r\n\r\nTo them we are swirling bits of atomic light. They don’t see our fat, our wrinkles, our tattoos or the color of our hair. They see perfection — they see our essence.\r\n\r\nYou are perfect for your mission here on Earth. You have something that nobody else has. You came with a gift to give to the world. And if you don’t find the courage to use it, then we will have to do without, because no one else has your gift.\r\n\r\nMost of us spend hours in front of the mirror or in the gym trying change our appearance. We buy cars and houses and many other items to show the world that we have “arrived” or to satisfy something within ourselves.\r\n\r\nThe truth is that we get tired of our “things” very quickly and either forget about them or replace them. The truth is that brown hair is not better than grey hair (my granddaughter calls mine “sparkles”), or that pink is not better than green, any more than is younger better than older. We are making it all up!\r\n\r\nDo what you do because it makes you feel good. Wear your favorite clothes even if they are not in style. Recently a cashier made the comment that I looked like a throwback from the 1960’s, apparently because I dress like an old hippie. I thanked her.\r\n\r\nIf purple hair makes you feel good, then do it! Do the work that makes your heart sing! Call it play for profit! Accept that the years have changed the way you look and feel and be grateful for all the wisdom and wrinkles you have earned.\r\n\r\nMy master teacher has told me many times: “If it feels good, do it, and if it doesn’t, don’t!” She said that got her in a lot of trouble when she was young. She’s 88 now.\r\n\r\n“They” are not imposing anything on us. WE ARE THEY!\r\n\r\nIf we allow the world to tell us what is true, then we will struggle to the end of our days. But if we can accept our own perfection and see ourselves that way, we will know peace.\r\n\r\n<i>Susan Stone is a Garden Guru and Manager for Outdoor Architecture. You can contact Susan via email at susan@outdoorarchitecture.com.</i>', 'You are perfect!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'you-are-perfect', '', '', '2014-05-29 09:55:57', '2014-05-29 13:55:57', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16879', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16881, 4, '2014-07-02 21:01:39', '2014-07-03 01:01:39', '<b>By Lanier Laney</b>\r\n\r\nThe 28th Annual Original Gullah Festival of South Carolina was held over this past Memorial Day weekend at Technical College of the Lowcountry. The event has grown since 1986 and attracts thousands of people to the area who see it as a time of reunion and fun with family and friends. There was a lot of wonderful food, music and a celebration of a great culture.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<b>Photos by Bob Sofaly</b>\r\n<div><b><b> </b></b>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16882\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Gullah-Fest-4.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16882\" alt=\"The Red Horse Singers from Ocala, Fla., entertained an enthusiastic crowd during opening ceremonies for the annual Gullah Festival on Saturday at Technical College of the Lowcountry. The Native American singers are, clockwise from left, Calvin Conver, Mohawk; Daniel Reese, Lakota; Terrell Anguoe, Kiowa/Comanche; and Joseph Conver, Mohawk.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Gullah-Fest-4-300x213.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" /></a> The Red Horse Singers from Ocala, Fla., entertained an enthusiastic crowd during opening ceremonies for the annual Gullah Festival on Saturday at Technical College of the Lowcountry. The Native American singers are, clockwise from left, Calvin Conver, Mohawk; Daniel Reese, Lakota; Terrell Anguoe, Kiowa/Comanche; and Joseph Conver, Mohawk.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Gullah-Fest-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17388\" alt=\"Gullah Fest, 3\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Gullah-Fest-3-300x210.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Gullah-Fest-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17389\" alt=\"Gullah Fest, 1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Gullah-Fest-1-300x213.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Gullah-Fest-2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17390\" alt=\"Gullah Fest, 2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Gullah-Fest-2-300x221.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>', 'Annual Original Gullah Festival held at TCL', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'annual-original-gullah-festival-held-at-tcl', '', '', '2014-07-02 21:01:39', '2014-07-03 01:01:39', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16881', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16884, 4, '2014-05-29 10:57:37', '2014-05-29 14:57:37', 'The Beaufort County Capital Project Sales Tax Commission’s next public two work sessions, set for Thursday, May 29, at 12:30 p.m. in the BIV #3 conference room and June 4, at 1 p.m. in the Executive Conference Room at the Administration Building, will begin prioritizing the list of projects and draft the ordinance question that Beaufort County taxpayers could see in November.\r\n<div></div>', 'County Capital Project Sales Tax Commission to hold meetings', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'county-capital-project-sales-tax-commission-to-hold-meetings', '', '', '2014-05-29 10:57:37', '2014-05-29 14:57:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16884', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16886, 4, '2014-05-29 10:58:43', '2014-05-29 14:58:43', '<b>Upcoming events:</b><b>\r\n</b><b>• Friday, May 30: Civitas Awards &amp; Annual Meeting at Dataw Island Club:</b> Dataw Island Club, 6 p.m. cocktail hour, 6:45 p.m. dinner/program. Silent auction during the event.\r\n\r\n<b>• Thursday, June 5: Beaufort Networking: </b>8:30-9:30 a.m., Beaufort Hilton Garden Inn. Topic: WorkKeys — SC WorkReady Communities.\r\n\r\n<b>• Thursday, June 12: Business After Hours:</b> 5:30 -7 p.m., Hosted by Fripp Island Resort, The Beach Club on Tarpon Boulevard. Free, open to all.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16887\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-23-12.40.13.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16887\" alt=\"Each week, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce chooses a chamber business to recognize. The Business of this Week is Ballenger Realty and the chamber surprised them with lunch courtesy of Sonic.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-23-12.40.13-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" /></a> Each week, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce chooses a chamber business to recognize. The Business of this Week is Ballenger Realty and the chamber surprised them with lunch courtesy of Sonic.[/caption]\r\n\r\n</div>', 'The Chamber Corner', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-chamber-corner-22', '', '', '2014-05-29 10:58:43', '2014-05-29 14:58:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16886', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16889, 4, '2014-05-29 11:03:24', '2014-05-29 15:03:24', '<b>By Pamela Brownstein</b>\r\n\r\nThe Lunch Bunch was treated to a wonderful dining experience last week at Griffin Market in downtown Beaufort. Owner Riccardo Bonino is a master at his craft of creating unique dishes with local ingredients that represent authentic Italian cuisine. He also has an impeccable attention to detail that shines through in his food and his\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16890\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-8-e1401375613408.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16890\" alt=\"Insalata di Mare with baby octopus, calamari, shrimp and mussels in herb vinaigrette.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-8-e1401375613408-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Insalata di Mare with baby octopus, calamari, shrimp and mussels in herb vinaigrette.[/caption]\r\n\r\nfriendly demeanor when greeting and serving and making thoughtful recommendations for his customers.\r\n\r\nFor starters, we each ordered something different so we were able to sample all the enticing dishes. The biggest problem we had was deciding which one we liked best because they were all seriously amazing. Irene ordered the Insalata di Mare made with baby octopus, calamari, shrimp and mussels in herb vinaigrette, and everyone liked it. I can’t remember the last time I ate octopus, and all the seafood was so fresh.\r\n\r\nElizabeth was so pleased with the Alici: pickled anchovies in tarragon and capers vinaigrette with sieved eggs, while Nikki enjoyed her Insalata d’Anguria — ripe watermelon and Griffin Garden Basil in blood orange-infused olive oil. I loved Nikki’s starter because it was so refreshing and flavorful.\r\n\r\nKim went with the classic Italian Caprese made with hand-pulled Mozarella with ripe cherry tomatoes and Griffin Garden Basil. I’m a big fan of Caprese salads too, and this was excellent. I tried the Crostini and it was awesome. Ricotta, fresh herbs and white truffle honey on garlic rubbed ciabatta — we were all impressed.\r\n\r\nWhile the starters all packed a wow factor, the entrees were equally as tasty. Elizabeth loved her roasted asparagus\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16891\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-11.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16891\" alt=\"Roasted asparagus topped with Taleggio Cheese, fried Yard Farm eggs served with garlic rubbed crostini.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-11-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Roasted asparagus topped with Taleggio Cheese, fried Yard Farm eggs served with garlic rubbed crostini.[/caption]\r\n\r\ntopped with Taleggio Cheese, fried Yard Farm eggs and served with crostini; and Kim wouldn’t even let anyone try her coveted Soft Shell Crab.\r\n\r\nI can’t emphasize enough how innovative and incredibly delicious the food is at Griffin Market. It is an exceptional restaurant that you must try for yourself.\r\n\r\nGriffin Market is at 403 Carteret Street, Beaufort, and is open for lunch Thursday through Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and dinner is 5:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and Sunday from 6 to 9 p.m. Call 843-524-0240 or visit www.griffinmarket.blogspot.com.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Savor the refined excellence and authentic Italian fare at the exceptional Griffin Market', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'savor-the-refined-excellence-and-authentic-italian-fare-at-the-exceptional-griffin-market', '', '', '2014-05-29 11:03:24', '2014-05-29 15:03:24', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16889', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16895, 4, '2014-06-05 05:43:53', '2014-06-05 09:43:53', '<b>By Tracie Korol</b>\r\n\r\nThe concept of better health through nutrition is beginning to make inroads in the minds of the American population according to The Hartman Group Inc.’s report, “Ideas in Food 2013-A Cultural Perspective.”  Gluten-free has recently become a mainstream idea and product sell, though most folks who are “going gluten free” can’t tell you why, exactly. They just don’t eat bread.  But that trend has led folks to investigate the benefits of whole grains, nuts and seeds. People are voluntarily eating nut meal, coconut “flour” and raw, sprouted, popped and puffed grains. All good.\r\n\r\nSugar, too, is getting it’s own red flag with high fructose corn syrup bearing the brunt of the scrutiny. Added sugar, according to Hartman, is being linked to systemic inflammation, which in turn can lead to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and a whole host of other medical ailments.  Other health/nutrition connections in human food trends, according to Hartman’s report, include eating more plant-based foods, supporting locally sourced foods and using foods as medicine (whole grains, protein, omega-3 fatty acids, probiotics, botanicals). The same report tells how consumers are leaning toward “healthfulness,” whatever that means.\r\n\r\nLet’s assume that the analysts using that particular label make a very literal interpretation — “healthfulness” equals full of health. That would be to our benefit. By extension, since pet-owning consumers treat their pets as family members, let’s hope we’re all making the same connection between health and what we feed our Best Friends.\r\n\r\nThe catch in all this is that the pet food industry is onto this trend and not necessarily in a good way.  Companies are coming out with grain-free dog food and treats, products that boast no added sugars (or dyes or artificial preservatives), and products rich in nutrition additives like omega-3s. In addition, the market for senior dog and weight management products has skyrocketed.  There are new products with new claims for healthfulness coming out every week. The idea of truthiness begins to creep in.  What is real, what are we as consumers to believe and what is the next best thing? Do we really need the next best thing and does our dog need the next best thing?\r\n\r\nAs the fluidity of human food trends and pet food trends increases, it brings up unique concerns for the pet owner/consumer. You may have noticed, pets are different from people and their nutritional needs are different, too. Some human trends such as gluten-free can be unnecessary or even dangerous when cross-applied.  Trends that actually serve our animals in the pet food and treat category are grain-free, species appropriate, whole, less processed, healthy, safe, and USA sourced.  A trend that does not serve, for instance, is a claim of “natural”. Hemlock is natural but I don’t want my dog eating it.\r\n\r\nAs a consumer, I am one of those crashing bores who clog up the grocery aisle when reading the labels of whatever I want to purchase. It’s important to me to know what I’m eating. And even more important, I want to know what my dog friends are eating. Even though I haven’t bought a processed kibble in years, for fun, I’ll flip the bags of “new and improved” to if it IS really new and improved.  And guess what? Usually it’s not. Mostly, the manufacturers have changed what’s printed on the bag.\r\n\r\nWhen you feed your Best Friend food that you recognize and you’d eat, then “truthiness” of the seller and “healthfulness” of the manufacturer will become apparent. By doing your homework, learning what ALL the words on the pet food bag mean, and by researching quality products, you’ll skip truthiness and help assure a better quality of life for the Best Friend in your house.', 'Is healthfulness the new truthiness?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'is-healthfulness-the-new-truthiness', '', '', '2014-06-05 05:43:53', '2014-06-05 09:43:53', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16895', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16897, 4, '2014-06-05 05:46:51', '2014-06-05 09:46:51', '<b>Shell Point Baptist Church holding VBS</b>\r\n\r\nShell Point Baptist Church, 871 Parris Island Gateway, Beaufort, SC, 29906, is holding Vacation Bible School for ages 3 through adults from Sunday, June 8 through Thursday, June 12. The meal will be at 5:30 p.m., VBS will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Pre-register at 843-522-8616.\r\n\r\n<b>Workshops help people create legal living will</b>\r\n\r\nAs a person ages, it is important they discuss their needs and desires with loved ones. To help with this difficult process, “Planning Ahead &amp; Five Wishes” will be presented Thursday, June 5. The two interactive group discussions will help each participant create a simple document to convey what their medical, personal, emotional and spiritual wishes are, so their families aren’t left to guess. A notary will be available to notarize the document making it a legal living will. The sessions are free and open to the public. The 10:30 a.m. – noon session will be held at Helena Place Senior Living at 1624 Paris Ave., in Port Royal. The 1:30-3 p.m. session will be held at Shell Point Baptist Church on Parris Island Gateway in Port Royal. To register for either session, email rewing@enlivant.com or call 843-252-3001.\r\n\r\n<b>American Red Cross holding blood drive</b>\r\n\r\nThe next opportunity to donate blood to the American Red Cross in Beaufort will be on Thursday, June 5 in the CSUMC Fellowship Hall from noon until 6 p.m. It is extremely helpful if donors would make an appointment; please call 1-866-611-7137 or log onto www.redcrossblood.org. To be eligible to donate you must be 17 years old and weigh 110 pounds; each donor will have a thorough medical screening to ensure safety of the blood supply. For questions, call Merle Hoagland 522-2073 or merle13@embarqmail.com.\r\n\r\n<b>Speaker to discuss Harriet Tubman exhibit</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort District Collection Collaboration welcomes Dr. Eric Poplin back to Beaufort on June 9 at 6 p.m. The Archaeology Society of South Carolina Beaufort is pleased to be a part of an effort to bring Dr. Eric Poplin, senior archaeologist of Brockington &amp; Associates in Charleston, back to discuss a newly installed exhibition on the story of Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River Raid that resulted in widespread destruction of rice plantations along the river and the freedom of more than 700 enslaved people in June 1863. The meeting will be held in the Children’s Programming Room on the first floor of the Beaufort County Library, 311 Scott Street at 6 p.m.\r\n\r\n<b>Annual golf tournament hosted by Rotary Club</b>\r\n\r\nThe 10th annual Memory Links Alzheimer’s Benefit Golf Tournament will be hosted by Rotary Club of the Lowcountry on Saturday, June 7, at 9 a.m. at the Ocean Creek Course on Fripp Island. It is four man, captain’s choice and the $85 entry fee includes golf, cart, beverages, prizes, goody bag and lunch after the tournament. There will also be a putting contest, longest drive, closest to the pin, team prizes and a hole-in-one contest. For more information, call 843-575-2366.\r\n\r\n<b>AARP sponsoring a safe driver course</b>\r\n\r\nAn AARP Safe Driver Class will be given at Summit Place of Beaufort, 1119 Pickpocket Plantation Drive, Beaufort, SC, on Friday, June 13. This class is open for drivers age 26 and above. The fee is  $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. The class will be held from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Completion of this course will earn you a certificate good for a three year discount on your auto insurance. Learn how to become a safer driver. Class size is limited; you must register now by calling Harry Ammon, instructor, at 843-521-1941.\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort sportfishing and diving club to meet</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing &amp; Diving Club’s June meeting will be held Thursday, June 12 at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club on Lady’s Island, off Meridian Road. The social begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. Well known local Captain Wes Chesnutt of Southern Spots Fishing Charters will lead a discussion on summertime fishing for flounder, redfish, and trout. You do not need a reservation and guests are always welcome. For additional information, contact Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2122.\r\n\r\n<b>Public invited to open house at Helena Place</b>\r\n\r\nThe public is invited to attend Helena Place’s open house on Thursday, June 12, from 3-5 p.m. Dr. Irina Borissova will be on hand to answer questions about senior housing options available in the Beaufort area and senior health care in general. Daphne Francis-Smith, Helena Place’s full-time Registered Nurse, will also be available to answer questions and conduct complimentary wellness screenings. Gift cards to Walgreens and CVS will be raffled off. Helena Place Senior Living, formerly Helena House, is located at 1624 Paris Avenue in Port Royal. Please call 843-252-3001 or e-mail rewing@enlivant.com for additional information.\r\n\r\n<b>Gamecock Classic Golf Tournament to be held</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Gamecock Classic Golf Tournament sponsored by DuPriest Construction Co. will be on Saturday, June 14. It will be held at the Sanctuary Golf Club at Cat Island. This is a 4 person scramble, Captain’s Choice format starting at 9 a.m. Proceeds benefit USC Scholarship Athletes. Entry fee of $100 per player includes a green fee and golf cart, gift bag, sausage or chicken biscuits for breakfast,  awards lunch, beverages (on the course), and hole contests and prizes. Call Linda McCarty at 843-521-1445 for details.\r\n\r\n<b>Organizations have flag retirement ceremony</b>\r\n\r\nThere will be a Flag Retirement Ceremony on Saturday, June 14, at 10 a.m. in the parking lot at the intersection of Boundary Street and S.C. 170. This will be put on by Chapter 12, Disabled American Veterans, The Exchange Club Of Beaufort and The Boy Scouts Troop 251. The Beaufort Fire Department will be in attendance. If you have a flag that is battered or torn, you may drop it off that morning. For more information, please contact Ron Voegeli at 812-2796 or email Rvoegeli@hargray.com.\r\n\r\n<b>Parris Island Marine Band plays free show</b>\r\n\r\nOn Saturday, June 14, at 7:30 pm, the Parris Island Marine Band will present its summer concert hosted by the University of South Carolina Beaufort at the USCB Center for the Arts on Carteret Street in downtown Beaufort. Although the concert is free and open to the public, tickets are required. Tickets can be picked up at the Parris Island Band Building 6005 on Parris Island or at the USCB Center for the Arts box office. Call 843-228-4967 for tickets and more information.\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort Church of Christ holding revival</b>\r\n\r\nThe public is invited to the Beaufort Church of Christ, “Where All the Doors Swing Loose on Welcome Hinges to You and to Yours!” for the Gospel Meeting  and Revival, June 8 to 13. The theme is “A Pure Fountain But A Contaminated Stream” Proverbs 3:5-6. Guest speaker will be Brother Samuell Pounds, Minister from Winter Haven, Fla. Sunday, June 8 is Family &amp; Friends Day, services are 11:15 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday, June 9 through Friday, June 13, services will be 7:30 p.m. All services are held at the Beaufort Church of Christ, 170 Robert Smalls Parkway, Beaufort, SC, 29906. For more information, email jg@jonasbonus.com or call 843-524-4281 or visit www.BeaufortCoC.com.\r\n\r\n<b>Fellowship choir holds annual summer concert</b>\r\n\r\nThe Fellowship Concert Choir will present its annual Summer Concert with familiar hymns and contemporary music at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, 2002 Greene Street, Beaufort, on Saturday, June 21, at 5 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, contact 843-812-6111.\r\n\r\n<b>‘Diva’s Night Out’ being held by local nonprofit</b>\r\n\r\nNext Level Living, a non-profit organization that mentors children and families from all walks of life, with special emphasis on families facing economic hardship, is holding Diva’s Night Out “Creating The Life You Really Want.” This event will take place June 20 at the Quality Inn Town Center, 2001 Boundary St., Beaufort, SC, 29902. The speaker will be Lucinda Cross, a creative life activator and a pay-to-play empowerment partner. Her work is about helping women live a life of fire, fun and freedom. Lucinda Cross is the best-selling author of “The Road to Redemption: Overcoming Life’s Detours Obstacles and Challenges” as well as a nationally known speaker seen in Ebony Magazine, ABC Money Matters, NBC, Daily News, NY 1, Dr. Oz and The Bethenny Show. The event will also be honoring individuals in the community who have made strides in the following areas: Business: Pastor Donald Goodwine, St. Paul/Piggly Wiggly; Education: Priscilla Drake from Whale Branch High School; Community Endeavors: Fred Leyda of Beaufort Alliance; Ministry: Apostle Larry Green; and Bridging  the Gaps in Community recognizes Pastor Randy Roberts of Love House Ministries and Mike Green of The Link Church. For more information, contact Elder Phyllis Smart at 843-473-9776, or Sis Shontell at 843-263-2504.\r\n\r\n<b>Black chamber course to help small businesses</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Service Corps of Retired Executives to offer a course on developing a business plan, acquiring a business loan, and other financial strategies to help small existing businesses and start-ups. Sessions will be from 6 to 8 p.m. June 16, 18, and 20 at the chamber office at 801 Bladen Street in Beaufort. Enrollment is $25, which will be reimbursed upon completion of all three sessions.  To enroll, call 843-986-1102.\r\n\r\n<b>Riverview Baptist has Vacation Bible School</b>\r\n\r\nRiverview Baptist Church, 2209 Boundary Street, Beaufort, SC, 29906, presents Vacation Bible School Son Treasure Island Theme from June 23-27 from 5:45 to 8:45 p.m. For ages Pre-K through 12th grade. Contact Deb Solze at 524-6441 or 271-4153.\r\n\r\n<b>Free classes let kids learn about archaeology</b>\r\n\r\nThe Archaeology Society of SC/Beaufort is joining forces with the Beaufort History Museum and the Beaufort County library to bring a fun and free opportunity for kids of Beaufort to learn how to be a real archaeologist from a real archaeologist. Dwayne Pickett of Pickett Educational LLC will teach kids ages 6-12 at St. Helena Branch library on Thursday, June 12 from 11 a.m. to noon and at the Beaufort branch downtown on Thursday, July 10 from 11 a.m. to noon about archaeology. 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(16899, 4, '2014-06-05 05:48:32', '2014-06-05 09:48:32', '<b>Sarah Bonds </b>\r\n\r\nSarah E. Bonds, 84, of Beaufort, SC, died May 10, 2014 at Bayview Manor.\r\n\r\nFuneral services were held on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 10 a.m. in Carl Anderson Memorial Chapel with interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery.\r\n\r\nAnderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.\r\n\r\n<b>Fred Chaplin, Jr. </b>\r\n\r\nFred Chaplin, Jr., 88, of the Tombee community on St. Helena Island, died Sunday, May 18, 2014, at his home.\r\n\r\nVisitation was held Thursday, May 22, 2014, from 4-7 p.m. in Helen Galloway’s Memorial Chapel of Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals.\r\n\r\nFuneral services were at noon, Friday, May 23, 2014, at the Adam Street Baptist Church on St. Helena Island.\r\n\r\nBurial with full military honors will be in the Beaufort National Cemetery.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Frank Holmes, Sr. </b>\r\n\r\nSFC (Retired) Frank Holmes, Sr., 81, of the Wallace community of St. Helena Island and husband of Ercell Brown Holmes, died Thursday, May 22, 2014 at his home.\r\n\r\nViewing was  Thursday, May 29, 2014, from 4 to 7 p.m. in Helen Galloway’s Memorial Chapel of Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals.\r\n\r\nFuneral services were at 11 a.m. Friday, May 30, 2014 at Bethesda Christian Fellowship, 32 Martin Luther King Drive, St. Helena Island. Burial with full military honors was in the Beaufort National Cemetery at 1 p.m.\r\n\r\nArrangements by Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Glen ‘Toby’ Inabinett </b>\r\n\r\nGlen Francis “Toby” Inabinett, 38, formerly of St. Helena Island and son of Glen Francis Inabinett and Jocylyn Inabinett, died Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at his home in Lubbock, Texas.\r\n\r\nFuneral services were at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 24, 2014 at the Semien-Lewis Mortuary in Jennings, LA, 819 North State Street, viewing was one hour before the funeral. Burial was in the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church Cemetery.\r\n\r\nArrangements by Semien-Lewis Mortuary, LLC.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Kenneth Bernard Jones </b>\r\n\r\nKenneth Bernard Jones, 65, of Beaufort and father of Summer and Samuel Jones, died Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.\r\n\r\nViewing was from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 25, 2014 in Helen Galloway’s Memorial Chapel of Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals.\r\n\r\nFuneral services were at 10 a.m., Monday, May 26, 2014, at Bethesda Christian Fellowship, 32 Martin Luther King Drive, St. Helena Island, SC. There was no viewing after the eulogy.\r\n\r\nBurial with military honors was at 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 27, 2014, in Beaufort National Cemetery, 1601 Boundary Street, Beaufort, SC, 29902. The processional left Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals, 808 Bladen Street, Beaufort at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, May 27.\r\n\r\nArrangement by Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals.\r\n\r\n<b>Nancy Rebecca \"Becky\" Koontz</b>\r\n\r\nNancy Rebecca “Becky” Koontz, 60, of Dataw Island, SC, died Monday, May 19, 2014.\r\n\r\nBecky was born on April 20, 1954, in Frederick, MD.  She is the daughter of Norman R. Koontz and the late Myra Dudderar Koontz.\r\n\r\nBecky graduated from Walkersville High School in 1972; she received her BSE from the University of Kansas in 1975. She received her MLA from Western Maryland in 1980 and a Certification for Secondary Education and Supervision from the University of Maryland College Park in 1983.\r\n\r\nFrom 1977 to 1996 she taught English at Walkersville and Catoctin high schools. She also served as department chair at Catocin High School. From 1996 to 2005 she was the assistant principal at Brunswick and Walkersville high schools. She was the principal at Walkersville High School from 2005-2007, and from 2007 until her retirement in 2010 she was the Director of High Schools for Frederick County Public Schools.\r\n\r\nSurviving in addition to her father, Norman of Dataw Island, SC; are one brother, Bill Koontz, sister-in-law, Carolyn both of Moneta, VA; niece Stephanie and nephew David, in addition to numerous other family members and close friends. She is also survived by her husband Edward Pyles, from whom she was legally separated.\r\n\r\nBecky was a lifelong educator who touched many students and fellow educators’ lives in many ways.  She was also a member of the Frederick, MD Civitan Club. Becky was also a devoted daughter, sister, aunt and godmother as well as friend to many who will miss her dearly. She was generous, loving, compassionate and kind, never hesitating to help those she knew as well as those she didn’t.\r\n\r\nIn lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations be made to the Friends of Hunting Island Sea Turtle Conservation Project (friends-of-hunting-island-sc.org) or the Community Foundation of Frederick (FrederickCountyGives.org) 312 E. Church Street, Frederick, MD, 21703, for the Nancy Rebecca “Becky” Koontz Memorial Education Scholarship.\r\n\r\nAnderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Jeff Rhodan, Jr. </b>\r\n\r\nJeff Leroy Rhodan, Jr. 81, of the Capers community of St. Helena Island and husband of Nora Lee Mitchell Rhodan, died Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at Bayview Manor in Beaufort, SC.\r\n\r\nViewing was from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 25, 2014, in Helen Galloway’s Memorial Chapel of Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals, 808 Bladen St., Beaufort.\r\n\r\nFuneral services were at 1 p.m. Monday, May 26, 2014 at the Orange Grove Baptist Church, 189 Orange Grove Road, St. Helena Island. There was no viewing after the eulogy.\r\n\r\nBurial was in the church cemetery.\r\n\r\nArrangements by Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Captain Albert A. Schaufelberger, Jr. </b>\r\n\r\nCaptain Albert A. Schaufelberger Jr., 87, was born March 24, 1927, in Detroit, Mich., to Albert A. and Lillian Kristine (née Larsen) Schaufelberger. He died on May 16, 2014, at his residence on Fripp Island, SC.\r\n\r\nHe graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, where he had been an All-American Soccer player, in June 1949 and thereafter married Virginia Long Robinson of Grosse Pointe, Mich.\r\n\r\n“Shoes” became a Naval Aviator in 1951, and in 1952 had just launched from the USS Wasp when it collided with the USS Hornet. Told simply “to conserve fuel,” he flew for hours wondering if they were going to be able to land back on board or have to ditch in the ocean in darkness. His was the first plane to land back on the Wasp because he had two observers on board, observers whose flight deck celebrations were cut short by Shoes ordering them below, pointing out that eight other planes, all critically low on fuel, needed to land now.\r\n\r\nHis career with the United States Navy consisted of several assignments at the controls of combat aircraft. Al completed three combat tours during the Vietnam War. His skill, courage and leadership were recognized with a number of awards including a Bronze Star and Legion of Merit citing “Heroic service in connection with operations against the enemy while attached to and commanding Attack Squadron VA-146, embarked in USS RANGER (CVA-61) From February to August 1966. Under the leadership of Commander Schaufelberger, his squadron led all others embarked in numbers of combat missions and combat hours flown. During this period his extensive knowledge was repeatedly called upon in the planning, weaponeering and selection of tactics for a wide variety of targets. The best measurement of his judgment and outstanding leadership is that in well over 2,600 combat sorties flown under his command, not one pilot was lost, and only one aircraft was lost to enemy action.  He personally led over 170 combat missions, more than any other pilot embarked.”\r\n\r\nIn 1975, Al and Virginia retired to Fripp Island, a place like no other. Al served as a member of the Fripp Island Volunteer Fire Department for 18 years and was active in both the Fripp Island Public Service District and the Fripp Island Marine Rescue.\r\n\r\nHe is survived by his beloved wife of 65 years, Virginia; his daughters Margaret (Pat Conniff) and Kristine (Dennis Adams); his son Thomas (Joanne Kyros); and his six treasured  grandchildren, Lisa, Laura, Craig, Katherine, Nicholas, and Lindsey. He is predeceased by his son, Cmdr. Albert A Schaufelberger III, a U.S. Navy Seal.\r\n\r\nHe will be remembered for his intelligence, quick humor, courage, loyalty and love of his family and the sea.\r\n\r\nA memorial service was held on Friday, May 30 at 3 p.m. at the All Faiths Chapel, 205 Tarpon Boulevard, Fripp Island, SC followed immediately by a reception.\r\n\r\nAnderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>William Walsh, Jr.</b>\r\n\r\nWilliam “Bill” D. Walsh, Jr., husband of Elizabeth “Betsy” Till Walsh, of Beaufort, SC, died Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Beaufort Memorial Hospital.\r\n\r\nThe family received friends on Sunday, May 18, 2014 from 2-4 p.m. at Anderson Funeral Home.\r\n\r\nFuneral services were held on Monday, May 19, 2014 at 11 a.m. in The Baptist Church of Beaufort with interment in the churchyard.\r\n\r\nMr. Walsh was born on August 17, 1925, in Beaufort, SC. He is the son of the late William D. Walsh, Sr., and Verna Polk Walsh.\r\n\r\nHe was a member of The Baptist Church of Beaufort. He was a farmer on Perry Clear Farm, which was started by his father, and served our country in the U.S. Army during WWII.\r\n\r\nSurviving in addition to his wife, Betsy of Beaufort, SC, are two daughters, Linda Walsh Karr and Debora Walsh Pinckney, both of Beaufort, SC; two grandchildren, Pamela Karr Cole (PJ) and Jacob Cotesworth Pinckney and one great-granddaughter, Paige Ryan Cole; one stepson, Frederick A. Jumper of Mt. Pleasant, SC, and one stepdaughter, Elizabeth Jumper of Hilton Head, SC.\r\n\r\nHe was preceded in death by his first wife, Vivian Potts Walsh.\r\n\r\nIn lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations be made to Alzheimer’s Family Services of Greater Beaufort, P.O. Box 1514, Beaufort, SC, 29901, or American Cancer Society, 11 Mallett Way, Suite 301, Bluffton, SC, 29910.\r\n\r\nAnderson Funeral Home is serving the family.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Gail L. Wrede</b>\r\n\r\nGail L. Wrede, 71, husband of Madlynn O’Dell Wrede, died Tuesday, May 20, 2014 in Beaufort Memorial Hospital.\r\n\r\nGraveside funeral services were held on Friday, May 23, 2014 at 10 a.m. in Beaufort National Cemetery with full military honors.\r\n\r\nGail was born on December 10, 1942 in Denver, Colorado. He is the son of the late B. J. Wrede and Ila Reed Wrede.\r\n\r\nHe was a member of the Community Bible Church and served our country in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he retired.\r\n\r\nSurviving in addition to his wife, Madlynn, are three stepdaughters: Karan Belanger, Theresa “Terri” Lettich, and Nancy Walls; two brothers, Brian and Kent Wrede; and one sister, Marcia D’Amore.\r\n\r\nIn lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations be made to Beaufort Marine and Rescue Services, 817 Paris Ave., Port Royal, SC, 29935 or Beaufort Radio Amateur Group, 102 Joppa Road, Beaufort, SC, 29906.\r\n\r\nAnderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.', 'Obituaries', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'obituaries-50', '', '', '2014-06-05 05:48:32', '2014-06-05 09:48:32', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16899', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16901, 4, '2014-06-05 05:49:13', '2014-06-05 09:49:13', '<b>By Celia Strong</b>\r\n\r\n“Regaleali scende. La serata sale” is an Italian “slogan” that is related to our wine for this week. What does it mean? Well, first we have to learn about the three “w’s” — where this wine is from, what kind of varieties of grapes are involved, and, of course, the winery that produces it. The winery is actually a new one that we have never discussed in this column. Then, after all this, the meaning of the slogan will be revealed.\r\n\r\nThis week begins with a trip to Sicily — an island located just off the toe of the “Italian boot,” and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. There is archeological evidence that humans lived on Sicily as early as 8,000 BC. Around 750 BC, there were Phoenician and Greek colonies there, and then the Romans.\r\n\r\nAfter the collapse of the Roman Empire, in the 5th century AD, Sicily was ruled by numerous invaders. It became part of Italy, finally, in 1860.  And, after the unification of Italy and the establishment of the Italian Republic, in 1946, Sicily was given special status as an autonomous region. Sicily has a unique and complex culture when it comes to art, music, literature, architecture, and especially food and wine. Each group that ruled or controlled the island left pieces and parts behind to help form the interesting place that Sicily would become today.\r\n\r\nThere are so many and such a variety of wines and foods produced in Sicily, the island has been nicknamed “God’s Kitchen.” The ingredients of Sicilian food are rich in taste but, as they claim with pride, affordable to the masses. Their meals are healthy because they use fresh vegetables and fruits such as tomatoes, artichokes, olives and olive oil, citrus, apricots, eggplants, onions, beans and raisins. They also cook with the fresh seafood from their shores — tuna, sea bream, sea bass, cuttlefish, swordfish, sardines and more. Arancini, the breaded and fried rice balls with cheese inside, originated in Sicily. Pasta is also important there, as in the rest of southern Italy. Goose, lamb, goat, rabbit and turkey are all eaten here, too. And cheeses, like Pecorino. Rich desserts are also part of Sicily’s cuisine. Ice cream, first mentioned there in 1154, and pastries, like cannolis, are everywhere. Pinenut cookies, almond cookies, sesame seed and almond candies, fig cookies, doughnuts and more are also popular dessert items.\r\n\r\nWine grapes were supposedly first planted in Sicily by Dionysus, the Roman god of wine. And, wines from Sicily were said to be Julius Caesar’s favorite. Grape growing and winemaking in Sicily followed the same basic course as it did around the Mediterranean: Strong and important in everyday life with the Romans; much less so with the Muslim conquerors who followed; important again during the 13th to 18th centuries; devastated by phylloxera; and back again now.\r\n\r\nIn 1773, an English merchant, John Woodhouse, saw the success that Port and Madeira grapes were having and developed in Sicily a perpetuum system to make Marsala wine. This system, similar to the solera system used to make Sherry, made it possible to mix multiple vintages and, hence, make better Marsalas.\r\n\r\nThe grape varieties grown in Sicily are also a mixture — some indigenous and some brought onto the island from the rest of Europe. Nero d’Avola is the most prominent red grape, and the whites,  Cattaratto and  Grecanico, are Sicilian natives. These all play a part in making Marsala as well.  Since our wines this week are made from these varieties, we are ready for the “what” part of our lesson. (Yes, we do have two wines.)\r\n\r\nCattaratto is an Italian white variety grown almost exclusively in Sicily. It makes full-bodied wines with noticeable lemon flavors. DNA tests show there are three clones of Cattaratto, all closely related to a better known white variety, Garganega, which is used to make Soave in Umbria, Italy. One of these two grapes could be a parent to the other. But, unfortunately, there is no more information.\r\n\r\nThe name “Grecanico” has also been used, in southern Italy and Sicily, for Cattaratto. But, as Grecanico, the name and origins of this grape can be traced back to the Greeks, who did sail to and live on Sicily. “Greco” is a family of Greek grapes. These wines are mildly acidic.\r\n\r\nNero d’Avola is a dark grape and the most important red variety in Sicily. Wines from this variety are compared to Australian Shirazes. Sweet tannins and plum and peppery flavors show in these wines. This grape likes hot, dry climates and grows best in the southern, hotter part of the island. Its name means “black from the town of Avola,” located on the southeast coast of Sicily. Nero d’Avola mixes well with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah.\r\n\r\nTasca d’Almerita is a family of estate wines. Ours, this week, come from the Regaleali Estate, which has been owned by the family since 1837. It is a huge estate located in the heart of the mountainous part of Sicily. In addition to world famous wines, there is also a well-known cooking school at the winery.\r\n\r\nThe Tasca d’Almerita family uses both traditional (meaning old) and modern techniques in their wine production — whichever is best for each particular wine.\r\n\r\nThe Regaleali Bianco is a blend of 33 percent Grecanico; 23 percent Cattarratto (they may or may not be related genetically, but tradition calls for both to be used); 22 percent Inzolia (another Sicilian variety); and 12 percent Chardonnay. This white wine is fermented cold in stainless steel tanks. It has aromas of green apples, peaches, grapefruits and pears. It is crisp and rich and easy to drink — especially on hot summer days. It pairs well with seafood, shellfish, scallops, Asian cuisine and more.\r\n\r\nThe Regaleali Rosso is made from 100 percent Nero d’Avola. It, too, is fermented in stainless steel tanks, followed by half being aged in stainless steel and half in Slovenian oak barrels. It is a bright red color with layers of cherry, mulberry and raspberry flavors. It is silky smooth in your mouth. And, food-wise, it goes with meat sauces, tomato sauces, sausages, pizzas and roasted meats. Sounds to me like these two Tasca d’Almerita wines may be just about perfect for all our summer drinking.\r\n\r\nBut what about “Regaleali scende. La serata sale,” the slogan for our new wines?  Literally translated we get “Regaleali goes down, the evening goes up.”  With a bit of finesse, it means “Drink Regaleali and elevate your evening.” Sure, it sounds better in Italian. But, I’ll bet pizza tastes better in Italy; you get the idea.\r\n\r\nDrink Regaleali! Red and white. For $11.99. Enjoy.', '‘Drink Regaleali and elevate your evening’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'drink-regaleali-and-elevate-your-evening', '', '', '2014-06-05 05:49:13', '2014-06-05 09:49:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16901', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16903, 4, '2014-06-05 05:49:53', '2014-06-05 09:49:53', 'Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Mu Pi Zeta Chapter held its 12th Annual Stork’s Nest Baby Shower during the month of April at each of its four locations.\r\n\r\nThis event was sponsored by the Coastal South Tobacco Coalition. Mr. Wade Bishop and Mrs. Katie Godowns, representatives from the coalition, shared information regarding the negative effects of second and third hand smoke on pregnant women and their families. Mrs. Cindy Coburn-Smith, manager for Beaufort Memorial Hospital’s Life Fit Community Health Improvement Program, informed guests of the obstetricians currently on staff at BMH — Dr. Claude Tolbert, Jr., Dr. Berniece Redmond, Dr. Christopher Benson and Dr. Gregory Miller — and the benefits offered by Life Fit when receiving prenatal care.\r\n\r\nDrawings were held at each Stork’s Nest for free baby items and the grand prize of a hand-made baby quilt made by Barbara Ray for each nest.\r\n\r\nA big thank you goes to all presenters, guests, and Stork’s Nest locations for extending themselves within the community to bring awareness of the importance and benefits of prenatal care.\r\n\r\nStork’s Nests are located:\r\n\r\n• Port Royal Medical Clinic: Second Monday of each month, 10 a.m. - noon\r\n\r\n• Chelsea Medical Clinic: Second Tuesday of each month, 10 a.m. - noon\r\n\r\n• Wesley AME Church: Third Saturday of each month, 10 a.m. - noon\r\n\r\n• Queen Chapel AME Church: Fourth Saturday of each month, 10 a.m. - noon.', 'Annual Stork’s Nest Baby Shower was a success', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'annual-storks-nest-baby-shower-was-a-success', '', '', '2014-06-05 05:49:53', '2014-06-05 09:49:53', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16903', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16905, 4, '2014-06-05 05:54:53', '2014-06-05 09:54:53', '<b>By Pamela Brownstein</b>\r\n\r\nThe Lowcountry Store on St. Helena Island might be more well-known for its stunning variety of locally produced specialty products, but the Blue Dog Cafe tucked at the back of the store is a hidden gem for anyone hungry for a quick, tasty homemade meal. It’s a perfect place to stop on your way to or from Hunting Island.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16906\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC_0155.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16906\" alt=\"Gumbo\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC_0155-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> Gumbo[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Lunch Bunch gathered at one of the inside picnic tables as owners Ed Jerue and his wife prepared our orders in the little open kitchen.\r\n\r\nKim ordered their famous tomato pie, a perfect Southern dish for a summer afternoon, and she ate every bite.\r\n\r\nIrene ordered the prize-winning gumbo made with tomato, okra, shrimp and andouille sausage, and it was flavorful and filling. She also enjoyed the chicken salad.\r\n\r\nElizabeth was pleased with her blackened chicken Caesar salad wrap, and I really liked my pimento cheese sandwich.\r\n\r\nGuest Lunch Buncher, Kim’s teenage son William, ordered the BBQ Sandwich Special. The\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16907\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC_0154.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-16907\" alt=\"BBQ sandwich with pulled pork and coleslaw\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC_0154-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> BBQ sandwich with pulled pork and coleslaw[/caption]\r\n\r\nsoft bun was piled high with pulled pork and barbecue sauce on one side, and a giant helping of fresh coleslaw on the other, making for a hearty and delicious sandwich with every bite.\r\n\r\nThey also have a big array of tempting desserts. We were curious about the Charleston Crunch Toffee, so we all split a giant piece, and it was chocolatey and crunchy and heavenly. We also tried the apple pie and the sweet potato pecan pie, and both were outstanding.\r\n\r\nThe owner’s dog, Blue, the namesake of the cafe, is sweet and jolly and makes it feel like you’re at your own kitchen. Except with really amazing food.\r\n\r\nThe Lowcountry Store is located at 736 Sea Island Parkway, Frogmore, SC, 29920. For more information, call 843-838-4646 or visit www.lowcountrystore.com.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16908\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC_0182.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-16908\" alt=\"Sweet potato pecan pie\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC_0182-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Sweet potato pecan pie[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16909\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC_0187.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-16909\" alt=\"The cafe\'s namesake, Blue.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC_0187-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> The cafe\'s namesake, Blue.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'You’ll be anything but blue after eating at The Lowcountry Store’s Blue Dog Cafe', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'youll-be-anything-but-blue-after-eating-at-the-lowcountry-stores-blue-dog-cafe', '', '', '2014-06-05 05:54:53', '2014-06-05 09:54:53', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16905', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16911, 4, '2014-06-05 05:56:45', '2014-06-05 09:56:45', 'The May meeting of the Dr. Henry Woodward Chapter, Colonial Dames XVII Century, was held at the home of Priscilla Dukes. Jeanne Aimar and Laura Beall assisted Mrs. Dukes as co-hostesses. The meeting’s guest speaker was Dr. Travis Folk of Folk Land Management, Green Pond, SC.  Mr. Folk’s presentation was on “The History and Ecology of South Carolina Rice Fields.” The chapter welcomed back former member Carroll Sommerville Eve who has recently moved back to Beaufort.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16912\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Comm-Colonial-Dames-6-5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16912\" alt=\"At left: Priscilla Dukes with Dr. Travis Folk. Photo by Anita Henson. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Comm-Colonial-Dames-6-5-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> At left: Priscilla Dukes with Dr. Travis Folk. Photo by Anita Henson.[/caption]\r\n\r\n</div>', 'Beaufort’s Colonial Dames XVII Century Meet', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beauforts-colonial-dames-xvii-century-meet', '', '', '2014-06-05 05:56:45', '2014-06-05 09:56:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16911', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16914, 4, '2014-06-05 06:02:21', '2014-06-05 10:02:21', 'Women of Greatness held a Benefit Fashion Show on behalf of Family Promise of Beaufort County last Friday, May 30.\r\n<div> <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/WOG-Fashion1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16915\" alt=\"WOG Fashion1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/WOG-Fashion1-198x300.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" /></a></div>\r\n<div><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/WOG-Fashion2.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16916\" alt=\"WOG Fashion2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/WOG-Fashion2-198x300.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" /></a></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/WOG-Fashion3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16917\" alt=\"WOG Fashion3\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/WOG-Fashion3-198x300.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" /></a></div>', 'Fashion show benefits Family Promise', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'fashion-show-benefits-family-promise', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:02:21', '2014-06-05 10:02:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16914', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16919, 4, '2014-06-05 06:04:00', '2014-06-05 10:04:00', 'The Thibault Gallery, located at 815 Bay Street in downtown Beaufort, will feature the work of artist Alan Metzger during the month of June, according to gallery owner Mary Thibault.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16920\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"168\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Arts-Thibault-gallery1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16920\" alt=\"Alan Metzger and Mary Thibault.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Arts-Thibault-gallery1-168x300.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" /></a> Alan Metzger and Mary Thibault.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAlan attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh a year after high school and after completing activity duty in the Marine Corp Reserve. He had several jobs in graphic design and advertising, and won various awards here and there. He was a business owner and worked in retail, and spent the past 15 years in advertising sales.\r\n\r\n“After years of procrastination of dreaming of doing my art full time, I had this epiphany to quit my secure full time job, and finally use my God given artistic talent,” Alan said.\r\n\r\nLast August, a friend emailed an entry form for a first commemorative poster contest for the International Polo Club in Palm Beach, Fla. “My response was that I had never been to a polo match and didn’t know anything about polo, plus you don’t realize how many good artists there are out there,” recalls Alan.\r\n\r\nAfter more encouragement, he gave in and whipped out a very loose impressionistic painting of a ground level view of the pony’s hooves striking the ground. He emailed it to his friend, who quickly said that’s a winner, then he submitted it and forgot about it.\r\n\r\nBut he did win. “I had my daughter-in-law read it to be sure I read the email right, and then got a call from the ad agency confirming I had indeed won.”\r\n\r\nIn January, at the media launch, he autographed posters and was guest of honor for the polo match. “All the artist entries were auctioned off for a charity at the Polo Club and the president was the high bidder on my painting that now hangs in his office. Who would have thought? It gave me instant recognition in that elite community after only being a full time artist for just over a year,” Alan said.\r\n\r\n“I continue to strive to be more of an impressionist, working in acrylics on canvas. Since winning the Polo Award, I have painted more equestrian paintings, but try other subjects such as tropical, birds, ocean scenes and, of course, the Lowcountry and historic Charleston. I feel really blessed and humbled to have my art accepted in such a short amount of time.”\r\n\r\nFor more information about the gallery, call 843-379-4278 or visit the website at www.Thibaultgallery.com.', 'Thibault Gallery features work of artist Alan Metzger', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'thibault-gallery-features-work-of-artist-alan-metzger', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:04:00', '2014-06-05 10:04:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16919', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16922, 4, '2014-06-05 06:05:11', '2014-06-05 10:05:11', 'Sheriff P. J. Tanner will be the guest speaker at the Tuesday, June 10 meeting of the Lady’s Island Business and Professional Association meeting which will be held in the Beaufort Realtor’s Association headquarters located in the Palmetto Business Park on Lady’s Island Drive.\r\n\r\nSheriff Tanner, a lifelong resident of Beaufort County, joined the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Department in 1982. He rose through the ranks to serve as Commander of the Southern Division of the Sheriff’s Department.\r\n\r\nIn 1995, following his service with the Sheriff’s Department, he became a member of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety where he served in a variety of assignments.  Returning to Beaufort in 1998 he was elected as sheriff of Beaufort County, reelected in 2002, 2006, 2010 and is presently unopposed in his request for reelection in the upcoming November General Election.\r\n\r\nSheriff Tanner was selected as the 2009 South Carolina Sheriff of the Year by the S. C. Sheriff’s Association and served as President of the Association in 2010.\r\n\r\nHe has been requested to include the following in his discussion with our members:\r\n\r\n• Impact on law enforcement of recent state personal gun laws expanding who can carry a personal weapon and where they can be carried?\r\n\r\n• What is the justification for requesting an increase of the Sheriff’s 2015 budget?\r\n\r\n• As the economy recovers in Beaufort County is there a reduction in local crime?\r\n\r\n• Current role of the Sheriff’s Office in regard to illegal immigration?\r\n\r\n• Most significant challenge facing the Sheriff’s Office in the next decade.\r\n\r\n• In this era of tight money, should a metropolitan type of law enforcement be considered in northern Beaufort County?\r\n<div></div>', 'Sheriff Tanner to be LIBPA guest speaker ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sheriff-tanner-to-be-libpa-guest-speaker', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:05:11', '2014-06-05 10:05:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16922', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16924, 4, '2014-06-05 06:48:24', '2014-06-05 10:48:24', 'Beaufort Middle School after school eCybermission teams were sponsored by Mrs. Chandra Payne and Mrs. Jill Wilborn, sixth grade science teachers. The team of Regular Guys — Cameron Cook, Evan Fent, Cameron Kearney and Carlisle Salapare — won first place for the state of South Carolina and each student will receive $1,000 U.S. Saving bonds valued at maturity for the project.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16957\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/BMS-Champs.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16957\" alt=\"The Beaufort Middle School Regular Guys Team, from left: Cameron Kearney, Carlisle Salapare, Mrs. Veronica Hunter,  Mrs. Chandra Payne, Cameron Cook, Mr. John Gilbert and Evan Fent. The students won first place in all of South Carolina for their project.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/BMS-Champs-300x177.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" /></a> The Beaufort Middle School Regular Guys Team, from left: Cameron Kearney, Carlisle Salapare, Mrs. Veronica Hunter, Mrs. Chandra Payne, Cameron Cook, Mr. John Gilbert and Evan Fent. The students won first place in all of South Carolina for their project.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis is the first year the after school science club was offered. eCybermission is a web-based STEM competition for students in sixth through ninth grade that promotes self-discovery and helps students recognize real life applications of STEM. Teams from all over the country propose solutions to real problems in their communities and compete for state, regional and national awards.\r\n\r\nFrom November through March, the Beaufort Middle team experimented on how local police could benefit from having something like the “Smartwater, CSI” that police use in Florida. But, the developed an invisible ink. This is not only more cost-efficient and requires less capital, it is just as effective at capturing vital evidence.\r\n\r\nAccording to the students, they chose this project because there were many break-ins in the community and they wanted to solve this problem. “In our neighborhoods, people were stealing bikes, balls, and scooters. People were breaking into houses and cars. We wanted to stop this,” the teens said.\r\n\r\nSo they researched Smartwater, CSI, technology and thought how they could use it on doors. This is where they got their idea. The students used invisible ink for the project, since Smartwater needed a high ultraviolet instrumentation to read the results. Then they presented the information to Beaufort City Police Officers Andy Brub, Sean Alford and Stephanie Karafa.\r\n<div></div>', 'Beaufort Middle students win statewide competition', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-middle-students-win-statewide-competition', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:45', '2018-07-12 15:00:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16924', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16926, 4, '2014-06-05 06:11:36', '2014-06-05 10:11:36', 'The Beaufort County School District’s Class of 2014 has earned a record $27 million in college scholarships, and its members have acceptance letters in hand from more than 100 colleges and universities across the nation.\r\n\r\nThis year’s record scholarship total represents a $5 million increase over last year’s $22 million and a dramatic improvement from $11.7 million just five years ago.\r\n\r\n“The kind of improvement is encouraging, and it says a lot about the commitment of our students, parents and educators,” said Superintendent Jeff Moss.  “It demonstrates that they understand the value of additional education after high school, and also that they’re willing to work hard to get that education and have successful careers.”\r\n\r\nMore than 1,145 seniors are donning caps and gowns to receive their diplomas during this year’s graduation ceremonies at five high schools across the district.\r\n\r\nBoard of Education Chairman Bill Evans called high school graduation “a milestone in a young person’s life that’s celebrated by many people.”\r\n\r\n“It’s a major accomplishment for the student, certainly, but it’s also a major accomplishment for the family members and educators who helped them and worked with them,” Evans said.  “We wish our graduates all the best, whether they’re heading to college or entering the military or beginning their careers.”\r\n\r\nThe district’s graduation ceremonies are held in each school’s football stadiums unless weather moves them into the school buildings:\r\n\r\n• Bluffton High: 310 graduates and $6,572,301 in scholarships. The class valedictorian is Foster Richie, and the class salutatorian is Stephanie Ortega.\r\n\r\n• Battery Creek High: 147 graduates and $2,234,540 in scholarships. The class valedictorian is Erik Barbosa, and the salutatorian is Wendell Roberson.\r\n\r\n• Beaufort High: 312 graduates and $7,926,102 in scholarships. The class valedictorian is James Rider, and the salutatorian is Olivia Durbin.\r\n\r\n• Whale Branch Early College High School: 101 graduates and $2,880,655 in scholarships. The class valedictorian is Michelle Gee, and the co-salutatorians are Madison Auten and Raina Bryan.\r\n\r\n• Hilton Head Island High: 275 graduates and $7,465,451 in scholarships. The class valedictorian is Hannah Brink, and the salutatorian is Brian Stuligross.', 'Class of 2014 earns record $27 million in scholarships', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'class-of-2014-earns-record-27-million-in-scholarships', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:11:36', '2014-06-05 10:11:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16926', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16928, 4, '2014-06-05 06:46:36', '2014-06-05 10:46:36', '<b>By Pamela Brownstein</b>\r\n\r\nLocation, location, location.\r\n\r\nThis oft-used phrase seems a fitting way to describe The Island News’ recent move from 201 Carteret Street to its new office at 308 Charles Street.\r\n\r\n“While we enjoyed the past three years at our old location, we are excited about this new location and the opportunity to share space with so many other local creative minds,” said Kim Harding and Elizabeth Newberry, publishers of The Island News, the award-winning weekly newspaper that serves northern Beaufort County.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16955\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Cover-New-office-6-5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16955\" alt=\"The building at 308 Charles St. houses several local creative businesses, including The Island News.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Cover-New-office-6-5-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> The building at 308 Charles St. houses several local creative businesses, including The Island News.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe building, owned by Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling, already houses several other local businesses including event planners Plum Productions and website designers PickleJuice Productions. Beaufort Film Society will also be moving into the building later this month.\r\n\r\nPickleJuice owner Ginger Wareham said she is also looking forward to having new companies in the building. “PickleJuice Productions, founder of BeaufortBride.com and ShopLocalBeaufort.com, is delighted to be a part of such a creative and collaborative work environment,” she said. “We have established a unique workspace that fosters creativity in the heart of downtown Beaufort. We have dynamic synergy within a diversity of businesses and have the opportunity to network and innovate alongside like-minded entrepreneurs. It’s where the magic happens — and we all have big plans for Beaufort!”\r\n\r\nThe interior design talents of Ginger and Jody Miller of Plum Productions give the inside of the historic two-story white building a feeling of modern Southern whimsy.\r\n\r\nThere is shared conference space on the first floor, and The Island News’ office will be on the second floor, according the General Manager Nikki Hardison.\r\n\r\n“The view of downtown is lovely from the windows of the new office,” Nikki said. “And I think this will be a great space to meet with clients and a place where we can continue to provide the community with the quality publication they expect — and deserve.”\r\n\r\n“When Ginger approached us about the new location, we felt it was the right time for a change and the move represents a positive new chapter for The Island News,” said Elizabeth.\r\n\r\nFor more information or to make an appointment to advertise in our local paper that reaches more than 9,000 readers each week, contact General Manager Nikki Hardison at 843-321-8281 or email nikki.theislandnews@gmail.com.\r\n<div></div>', 'The Island News relocates to new office space', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-island-news-relocates-to-new-office-space', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:46:36', '2014-06-05 10:46:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16928', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16930, 4, '2014-06-05 06:16:01', '2014-06-05 10:16:01', 'Often dubbed curbside cuisine, food trucks have come a long way from the humble hot dog cart.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16931\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Crave-Truck.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16931\" alt=\"The colorful food truck owned by Crave Cupcakes on Boundary Street in Beaufort.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Crave-Truck-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> The colorful food truck owned by Crave Cupcakes on Boundary Street in Beaufort.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAccording to Chef2Chef website, “The food truck invasion is taking over America’s street corners from LA to NYC and Portland to Austin. There are no limits to the types of food that are now being sold from trucks and carts — a million chicken dishes; Korean BBQ tacos; Indian curries; sushi; waffles; cupcakes; rice balls; regular, gourmet, eco-friendly, or Black Angus, grass-fed, organic burgers; vegan-friendly fare; ice cream treats and desserts of every type and delicious design...”\r\n\r\nIn the last couple of years, this trend has created such a fan base that entire TV shows are now devoted to the topic. The Food Network is about to launch season 4 of “The Great Food Truck Race” with Tyler Florence (a South Carolina native), The Cooking Channel hosts “The Food Truck Revolution” and “Eat Street”, to name a few.\r\n\r\nBut that’s not all. In major cities, true devotees tack the daily location of their favorite trucks through social media, websites and phone apps. In order to help boost their public image, control standards, and host gatherings of vendors, many areas have created nonprofit food truck alliances. An example of this in the Lowcountry is The Charleston Food Truck Federation which was established in 2011 “as a resource that provides open communication throughout the mobile food industry and spotlights the diversity of the culinary landscape of Charleston, the Southeast and beyond.”\r\n\r\nBut this trend isn’t just for major cities. Food trucks can now be spotted right here in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nA notable example of this is Crave Cupcake Boutique which operates out of a storefront on Boundary Street and where it also parks a brightly colored food truck which they use for catering and events.\r\n\r\nFood trucks and carts serving everything from crepes to curry can also be spotted at local farmers markets. Some local entrepreneurs have even gotten their businesses by first “testing the waters” with a mobile business. That is what Tony Herndon of Joe Loves Lobster Rolls did by rolling out a food cart in Savannah. The business was so popular at local farmers markets and festivals that he was selling out. This prompted him to open the first Joe Loves Lobster Rolls restaurant in Okatie.\r\n\r\nThere are two local events coming up in Beaufort this summer that aim to showcase food trucks. The first is the Beaufort Food Truck Festival, a fundraiser for the non-profit Arts Council of Beaufort County, which is being held on Saturday, June 21 at the Beaufort Town Center Shopping Plaza. The second event is The 2014 Tomato Festival on July 12 at Cane Island.', 'Food truck phenomenon rolls into town', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'food-truck-phenomenon-rolls-into-town', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:16:01', '2014-06-05 10:16:01', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16930', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16933, 4, '2014-06-05 06:17:15', '2014-06-05 10:17:15', 'The Lady’s Island-St. Helena Fire District had its grand opening Saturday, May 31 for its new station. They have moved from the old station at 237 Sea Island Parkway to the new location at 146 Lady’s Island Drive, where they have been for about a month now. The new facility will house administrative personnel during the week from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and four to five firefighters who will be responding to all fires and car accidents, as well as all medical calls. The Lady’s Island St. Helena Fire District has also installed a new traffic signal system of yellow caution lights on both east and west bound lanes of Lady’s Island Drive just before the new fire station.\r\n\r\nFor questions, call PIO Scott Harris at 843-812-9389.', 'What’s new at Lady’s Island-  St. Helena Island Fire District ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'whats-new-at-ladys-island-st-helena-island-fire-district', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:17:15', '2014-06-05 10:17:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16933', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(16935, 4, '2014-06-05 06:17:53', '2014-06-05 10:17:53', 'A long winter followed by falling leaves from live oaks and a few windy thunderstorms created an abundance of yard debris around Beaufort this spring. The next weekends were good yard-working weather, which created huge amounts of debris for Beaufort’s waste-haulers to collect.\r\n\r\nAs the haulers were trying to clean up the city, the heavy thunderstorms soaked the local landfill, halting dumping for a short while. Coupled with last Monday’s Memorial Day holiday when the landfill was closed, a few mechanical breakdowns and employee illnesses, and Beaufort City leaders aren’t happy with the way Beaufort looks.\r\n\r\n“We’ve been caught in a perfect storm that created more yard debris than usual, plus the landfill problems, and plus some people aren’t following the guidelines for disposing yard debris, household garbage and recyclables,” Beaufort City Manager Scott Dadson said.\r\n\r\n“We are catching up now, but we need to work together to prevent this from happening again,” he said. “We all take great pride in how Beaufort looks, to our residents and to our visitors.”\r\n\r\nFollowing the city’s guidelines for pick-up of garbage, yard debris and recyclables is required by city ordinance.\r\n\r\n“Our public works team and Waste Pro have been putting in extra time to catch up with the Beaufort clean-up, but some of that time has been spent explaining why yard debris has to be bagged or bundled, or why someone can’t use their own garbage can on the side of their street,” said Isiah Smalls, Beaufort’s director of public works and facilities management.\r\n\r\nHighlights of the guidelines include:\r\n\r\n<b>Normal Household Yard Debris:  </b>Should be bagged or bundled, in 50 lbs maximum weight and 4-foot length maximums. If you have items that do not comfortably fit in a bag you may “tie” into bundles with the same weight and length limits. This means shrubbery clippings that residents don’t wish to bag should be “tied” into bundles.\r\n\r\nYou can have as many bags or bundles as you wish, as long as they meet the weight and length requirements, and also the bundles are tied and meet weight and length requirements.\r\n\r\nFor items that do not meet these requirements (such as large tree limbs) or any loose debris, residents should contact Waste Pro directly at 645-4100 and request a “special trash service” quote.  There is a possible charge for non-normal yard debris. A Waste Pro supervisor will come out and let resident know of cost for removal.\r\n\r\n<b>Recycling:</b>  All items should be placed inside the recycling bin, and if there are extras place items inside a clear plastic bag and place on top of recycling bin, or beside. Residents should be clear to use the correct container — use the recycling bin and not the roll cart for garbage.\r\n\r\n<b>Roll Carts:</b> All household garbage should be placed inside plastic bags that are secured and placed inside the roll cart.\r\n\r\n<b>Roadside placement:</b> The roll cart and/or recycling bin should be out by 7 a.m. on the designated day of service.\r\n\r\n<b>Household garbage pick-up:</b> All household garbage to be collected by Waste Pro personnel must be placed in disposable plastic garbage bags or some other disposable container and placed in the roll cart provided by the city. The roll cart is to be placed inside the curb, outside the drainage ditch line of the street, near the front line of your premises, no earlier than 5:30 a.m. and no later than 7 a.m. on the designated day of pick-up.\r\n\r\nNo containers of any shape, size or form other than the roll carts provided by the City of Beaufort will be emptied and returned to the curb.\r\n\r\nTo find out your day for Waste Pro pick-up, visit www.cityofbeaufort.org, go to Departments/Public Works and click on Sanitation. Residents also can call 645-4100.', 'Beaufort cleaning up yard debris challenges', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-cleaning-up-yard-debris-challenges', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:17:53', '2014-06-05 10:17:53', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16935', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16937, 4, '2014-06-05 06:19:23', '2014-06-05 10:19:23', '[caption id=\"attachment_16938\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/News-Sheriff-promotions-6-5.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16938\" alt=\"The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office wishes to congratulate the following personnel in recognition of their achievement and dedication. Effective as of the Tuesday, June 3, 2014, ceremony, the following Sheriff’s Office staff has been promoted: Michael Jackson, Lance Corporal;  Salvador Madrid, Patrolman First Class; Sharon Chavis, Sheriff’s Tech III, and Paul Bailey, TMC Tech II.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/News-Sheriff-promotions-6-5-300x225.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office wishes to congratulate the following personnel in recognition of their achievement and dedication. Effective as of the Tuesday, June 3, 2014, ceremony, the following Sheriff’s Office staff has been promoted: Michael Jackson, Lance Corporal; Salvador Madrid, Patrolman First Class; Sharon Chavis, Sheriff’s Tech III, and Paul Bailey, TMC Tech II.[/caption]', 'Sheriff’s Office promotions ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sheriffs-office-promotions-7', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:19:23', '2014-06-05 10:19:23', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16937', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16940, 4, '2014-06-05 06:20:41', '2014-06-05 10:20:41', 'Main Street Beaufort, USA, is initiating a two-phased study to analyze the retail market for Downtown Beaufort. The goal of the project is to complement ongoing planning and economic development initiatives and to create an action plan for future retail development in Beaufort.\r\n\r\nOn May 16, Main Street Beaufort, USA, began the first phase of the project, a market analysis to identify the current retail climate in Beaufort. Recorded consumer data from 50 Beaufort businesses will be used in conjunction with market demographics to assess the size and characteristics of the current retail market.\r\n\r\nThe first phase will also include a series of individual interviews and roundtable meetings to be held June 10-12. These meetings will engage downtown merchants, tourism related businesses, art galleries, Historic Beaufort Foundation, stakeholders, and community leaders, including a public input session that will include preliminary results from the current online survey.\r\n\r\nThe second phase of the project will focus on the creation of a retail strategy based on the findings from the market analysis.\r\n\r\nArnett Muldrow &amp; Associates, Ltd. of Greenville, SC, is the consultant team leading the project along with Main Street Beaufort, USA. Tee Coker is serving as project manager.  He can be reached at tee@arnettmuldrow.com. LaNelle Fabian is managing the project for Main Street Beaufort, USA, and can be contacted at director@downtownbeaufort.com.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Downtown Beaufort Market Analysis</b>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\nPlease take part in one of these roundtable sessions. Your feedback is important! Unless otherwise noted, the meetings will be held at the Beaufort library first floor meeting room, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort.\r\n\r\nTuesday, June 10\r\n\r\n• 10:30 a.m.: Historic Beaufort Foundation\r\n\r\n• 1:30 p.m.: Media\r\n\r\n• 3 p.m: Tourism\r\n\r\n• 5:15 p.m.: Downtown Merchants Wednesday, June 11\r\n\r\n• 9 a.m.: Arts, Chamber Meeting Room, The Carnegie Building, 701 Craven Street, Beaufort.\r\n\r\n• 5:15 p.m.: Public Input Session (preliminary results from online survey).\r\n\r\n<b> </b></div>\r\n<div></div>', 'Study aims to analyze Beaufort retail market', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'study-aims-to-analyze-beaufort-retail-market', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:20:41', '2014-06-05 10:20:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16940', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16942, 4, '2014-06-05 06:21:40', '2014-06-05 10:21:40', '<b>By Mark Siegel, MD, FAAO</b>\r\n\r\nThroughout the month of June, Sea Island Ophthalmology would like to help people become more aware of the serious eye disease of cataracts. There are about 22 million Americans aged 40 and older who suffer with cataracts, and more than half the people over age 65 have some degree of cataract development. Cataracts are now the leading cause of blindness among adults over 55 years of age.\r\n\r\nMoreover, a study out of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston indicates that seniors suffering from poor vision have shown evidence of a premature mental decline.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, a study found that patients who received cataract surgery had a significantly reduced rate of hip fractures from falls.\r\n\r\nThe results of these studies clearly bring to light the importance of routine eye care for older adults, who are at increased risk of eye conditions that cause severe visual impairment such as cataracts.\r\n\r\nThe good news is that vision loss caused by cataracts can be easily treated. Cataract surgery is now one of the most commonly performed procedures in the United States and has a 99 percent success rate. This is why ophthalmologists recommend scheduling a yearly eye exam for all those who might be at risk.\r\n\r\n<b>The Symptoms</b>\r\n\r\nCataracts can cause a variety of symptoms or signs. One common symptom is often compared to looking through a dirty car windshield or a smeared camera lens. Other symptoms may include:\r\n\r\n• Blurred vision\r\n\r\n• Difficulties reading or driving at night\r\n\r\n• Difficulty with glare (such as a bright sun or automobile headlights)\r\n\r\n• Dull color vision\r\n\r\n• Increased nearsightedness (with frequent changes in eyeglass prescriptions)\r\n\r\n• Occasional double vision in one eye.\r\n\r\n<b>The Diagnosis</b>\r\n\r\nCataracts can be detected during a thorough eye examination. The doctor can see the affected lens in your eye while performing a variety of tests using specialized viewing instruments.\r\n\r\nBy selecting the appropriate tests, the doctor will be able to determine how much a cataract might be affecting your vision. The doctor will also perform a thorough examination of the eye to ensure any vision loss is not due to other eye problems, such as diabetes, glaucoma, or macular degeneration.\r\n\r\n<b>The Treatment</b>\r\n\r\nSome cataracts never progress to the point where they require treatment, while others progress more rapidly. Cataracts commonly affect both eyes, but it is not uncommon for a cataract in one eye to advance more rapidly than one in the other. Surgery is generally recommended for those who experience detectable vision loss.\r\n\r\nIf you or a loved one has been diagnosed with cataracts, please request an appointment for your cataract surgery consultation.\r\n<div></div>', 'June is Cataract Awareness Month', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'june-is-cataract-awareness-month', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:21:40', '2014-06-05 10:21:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16942', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16944, 4, '2014-06-05 06:32:33', '2014-06-05 10:32:33', 'The Blood Alliance and Hwy 21 Drive-In Theater are celebrating National Drive-In Movie Day and the 81st anniversary of drive-in movies!\r\n\r\nHwy 21 has partnered with The Blood Alliance to give back to the community that has so generously supported them over the years. Hwy 21 Drive-In is one of only a handful of drive-in theaters still operating in South Carolina and across the country. Giving blood saves lives and giving back to the community feels good!\r\n\r\nAs an added bonus, free admission tickets will be given to the first 15 donors to register! Plus, there will be a chance for all donors who participate in this blood drive to win a pair of tickets to the June 19 Jimmy Buffet Live Cast Concert at the drive-in located at 55 Parker Drive, Beaufort, SC, 29906. The Bloodmobile will be parked to the left of the main concession stand. The blood drive will be held Friday, June 6, from 2 to 6 p.m. To make an appointment, contact Bonnie Barth, hwy21drivein@embarqmail.com or 843-846-4500 or 1-888-998-2243. For more information or to donate blood, visit www.igiveblood.com or call 888-99-TBA HERO (888.998.2243).', 'Blood ‘drive in’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'blood-drive-in', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:32:33', '2014-06-05 10:32:33', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16944', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16946, 4, '2014-06-05 06:35:48', '2014-06-05 10:35:48', 'Congratulations to Katie Gay, a rising senior at Beaufort Academy and to Abigail Dalton, a rising sophomore at Beaufort Academy, on being awarded the 2014 Burris Family Winning Orthodontic Smiles Scholarships in the amount of $1,000 dollars each, presented by Dr. Skeet Burris. The Scholarship is made available by Dr. Ben Burris’s contribution and continuing support of Beaufort Academy.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16947\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Abigail-Dalton.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16947\" alt=\"Dr. Burris with Abigail Dalton\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Abigail-Dalton-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Dr. Burris with Abigail Dalton[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16948\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"200\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Katie-Gay.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16948\" alt=\"Dr. Burris and Katie Gay\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Katie-Gay-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a> Dr. Burris and Katie Gay[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div></div>', 'Winning Orthodontic Smiles awards scholarship winners', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'winning-orthodontic-smiles-awards-scholarship-winners', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:35:48', '2014-06-05 10:35:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16946', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16950, 4, '2014-06-05 06:36:34', '2014-06-05 10:36:34', '<b>By Martha O’Regan</b>\r\n\r\nWe are living in a very exciting time as human consciousness continues to expand in ways that, even a few years ago, were only shared by a small number of open-minded individuals and certainly not in a public arena. Now the lines that have kept so many structures separate are beginning to soften, blur or completely vaporize as families and communities come together to discuss ways to grow, create change and evolve as a culture.\r\n\r\nDiversity in ideas and beliefs are more accepted as the need to judge someone else’s views as right or wrong, bad or good, is being replaced with the ability to see that many parts create the whole.  No longer are we settling for everything to look a certain way or that we need to follow the “sheeple” by doing what everyone else is doing.  We are beginning to believe again in the power of love, compassion, equality, and joy more than we can remember.\r\n\r\nThere are many scientists, teachers, guides and gurus out there sharing the fact that we create our reality from things we can’t touch, see, hear, or often even imagine and we’re buying it — at least as much as our brains can handle. Why?\r\n\r\nI believe it is because we can sense it deep in our core as a spiritual knowingness that has always been there, but is just recently re-awakening. The challenge is that even when we can feel it, we still want it to make sense and be able to have an intelligent linear conversation about it, yet the quantum world is far from sensible or linear.   Books about returning from near death experiences, reuniting with past lives,  setting intentions or manifesting your dreams, goals and desires all share the same theme: We are bigger than we think we are.  We are more than we can think we are because we are infinite and go beyond space and time.\r\n\r\nThat is all fine and good, but, what about right here, right now? How do we use this amazing knowledge to live in our world today, pay our bills, manage a home and family, and maintain health and well-being? The answer we are given is to live consciously each and every moment, watch what unfolds based on what shows up in front of us, and simply ask, “how is this serving my highest good?” or “what is this teaching me?” or “how/why the heck did I create this?”\r\n\r\nSounds so simple, just not always easy, especially at first while we learn to weed through all of the distractions that we have created to make our lives make sense or to keep us safe. These are the structures we can begin to dissolve as we choose to wake up to new possibilities.\r\n\r\nI just love looking at words and trying to imagine who made them up and what they must have been thinking at the time. While contemplating what it means to stay in the present moment, I saw the word through the quantum field and it hit me that each moment has been pre-sent from something I thought, said, heard, believed or created from the past. Likewise, every thought, word and deed that I may be having right now is being pre-sent to become my future.  Whoa .... right?\r\n\r\nThat moment changed everything for me, allowing me to catch those thoughts that I certainly have no desire to manifest on any level, and shift them immediately into something that I would love to create.  Of course, I miss a few along the way, so when that unexpected or bizarre experience shows up “out of nowhere,” I can trust that it is just what I asked for from somewhere in my past and can begin to explore the why without judgment or anger but with curiosity and discovery.\r\n\r\nSo, take the challenge to observe what shows up at this “pre-sent” moment without judgment and take care in what you pre-send into tomorrow.\r\n\r\nLive Awake ... Have Fun!\r\n<div></div>', 'Pre-sent from the past and into the future', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'pre-sent-from-the-past-and-into-the-future', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:36:34', '2014-06-05 10:36:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16950', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16952, 4, '2014-06-05 06:44:21', '2014-06-05 10:44:21', '<b>By Susan Stone</b>\r\n\r\nThis month we’ll address how to get rid of Aphids, and answer some pressing questions about deer.\r\n\r\n<b>Question: I was wondering if you have a natural solution to rid my Oleanders from a small type of fly that is covering the stems with yellow, what I assume to be eggs or larvae.</b> Mike\r\n\r\n<b>Answer: </b>Sounds like you have Aphids, Mike. This little mix should do the trick. You’ll need garlic oil, dish soap and water. I use wet garlic (in glass jars) from the produce department.\r\n\r\nPut 1 tbsp. garlic oil and a few drops of dish soap in a household spray bottle (approx. 30 oz.), then fill with water. Saturate the affected area, but also spray any sooty mold you find on the plant. Be sure to replace the oil you’ve poured off (I use olive oil), so you’ll have it ready for next time.\r\n\r\nGarlic and onion sprays are very effective on plant mildews and funguses.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Question: How can you prevent deer from ravaging your yard? Are there any deer resistant flowers?</b>\r\n\r\n<b>Answer: </b>Imagine if you will, coming home from a long day at work and you discover that someone has left you a beautiful basket full of chocolates, cookies and all your favorite treats. You would be more than tempted to sample — hey, it’s your house! You may not even wait to read the card!\r\n\r\nThis is precisely how a new garden looks to the deer. You’ve just planted a hedge of roses and in front of them a beautiful mix of Hibiscus flowers. The deer come along that evening and think: “Wow, these humans really love me ... this is all my favorite food! How did they know?”\r\n\r\nThere are many animal resistant products available and I have probably tried them all over the years including fragrant bars of soap, human fertilizer, blood meal, solar sound emitters and scarecrows. I’ve tried surrounding plants they like with plants they don’t like, plus every product I could find on a retail shelf. Do they work? Sometimes, or for a while, then they don’t.\r\n\r\nIf you insist on having roses or other plants that attract the deer, try feeding them in another area of your yard. Fifty pound bags of corn are much cheaper than replacing plants. They prefer corn over most of what you have — but that is still not a guarantee.\r\n\r\nLike it or not, your yard is their home too. But that doesn’t mean you cannot coexist happily. There are many flowers and plants that deer will not eat, there are even more that they will occasionally nibble on and then there is the long list of deer candy.\r\n\r\nHere is a list of my personal favorite deer resistant flowers. Most of them I have never seen deer touch. A few of them have been tasted, but not preferred, so I will include them as well, in no particular order:\r\n\r\n• Plumbago\r\n\r\n• Ginger (including the variegated)\r\n\r\n• Oyster Plant\r\n\r\n• Yarrow\r\n\r\n• Monarda (Bee Balm)\r\n\r\n• Setcreasea\r\n\r\n• Lantana\r\n\r\n• Vinca\r\n\r\n• All the Salvias\r\n\r\n• African Iris\r\n\r\n• Flax Lily (Dienella)\r\n\r\n• Farfugium\r\n\r\n• Zinnia\r\n\r\n• Phlox\r\n\r\n• Cleome\r\n\r\n• Gaillardia\r\n\r\n• Echinacea\r\n\r\n• Rudebeckia\r\n\r\n• All the Sedums\r\n\r\n• Coreopsis\r\n\r\n• Canna\r\n\r\n• Sunflowers\r\n\r\n• Marigolds.\r\n\r\nFor more information and an extensive list of deer resistant plants, go to http://www.almanac.com/content/deer-resistant-plants\r\n\r\nPlease send your gardening wisdom and questions to susan@outdoorarchitecture.com. If you are asking about a particular disease or pest, please include a photo if possible.\r\n\r\nHappy Gardening!\r\n\r\n<b>Recipe of the month: Deer Repellent\r\n</b>\r\n<div><b></b>This one comes from Janie Torrens on Hilton Head. She says it’s tried and true!</div>\r\nYou will need 1 gallon water (I put it in a plastic milk bottle). Beat up two eggs and put in water. Add 1 cup of Murphy’s Oil Soap.  Set out in the sun for two days.  Works without sun but only if it’s hot out.  I put it in a pump spray bottle then. Smells bad, but slowly goes away.  The deer do not like the taste of it.  Reapply after heavy rain.\r\n<div><b> </b></div>', 'Garden Guru: Oh, deer', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'garden-guru-oh-deer', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:44:21', '2014-06-05 10:44:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16952', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16959, 4, '2014-06-05 06:56:05', '2014-06-05 10:56:05', 'The Wardle Family YMCA held the 8th Annual Beaufort River Swim on Saturday, May 31, at 8 a.m. The three-mile open water swim started at the Port Royal Landing Marina and finished at the boat ramp at the corner of the Downtown Marina, adjacent to the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. More than 130 swimmers entered this year’s race, which raises money for the Y’s Learn-to-Swim programs and water safety classes. Photos by Captured Moments Photography.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16960\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC01897.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16960\" alt=\"Participants in the 8th annual Beaufort River Swim jump into the water at the start of the three-mile swim off the docks at Port Royal Marina on Saturday, May 31.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC01897-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /></a> Participants in the 8th annual Beaufort River Swim jump into the water at the start of the three-mile swim off the docks at Port Royal Marina on Saturday, May 31.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC01861.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16961\" alt=\"DSC01861\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC01861-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC01934.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-16962\" alt=\"DSC01934\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC01934-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC01873.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16963\" alt=\"DSC01873\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC01873-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC01888.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16964\" alt=\"DSC01888\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC01888-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC01950.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-16965\" alt=\"DSC01950\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC01950-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC01906.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16966\" alt=\"DSC01906\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC01906-300x142.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC02020.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16967\" alt=\"DSC02020\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC02020-142x300.jpg\" width=\"142\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div></div>', 'Ready to swim the Beaufort River', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ready-to-swim-the-beaufort-river', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:56:05', '2014-06-05 10:56:05', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16959', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16969, 4, '2014-06-05 06:56:48', '2014-06-05 10:56:48', 'Lifestyle Furniture Outlet is pleased to announce the opening of a new store in Beaufort. The store is located at 1800 Boundary Street in Beaufort, SC, 29902. Regular store hours will be Monday through Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.\r\n\r\n“Lifestyle Furniture Outlet brings a unique furniture shopping experience to the area,” said Phil Heilker, owner of Lifestyle Furniture Outlet. “Unlike other furnishings retailers, our store is stocked with furniture pieces that are ready to go home with customers that day.  We offer an alternative to the standard furniture store methods of ordering furniture and then waiting weeks until it arrives at the customers home.”\r\n\r\nLifestyle Furniture Outlet offers long-lasting furniture at affordable prices. The store’s mission is to provide Beaufort with the stylish furniture that everyone wants for their homes.\r\n\r\n“From the leather enthusiast to coastal living styles with color and durability, we have it all, and at prices everyone can afford. Our motto is quality affordable furniture in stock now,” says Jo Stutts, general manager of Lifestyle Furniture Outlet. “And that’s what we offer to every customer who comes through our doors.”\r\n\r\nCustomers get brand name quality furniture and Kathy Ireland mattresses for as much as 50 percent less than retail. Lifestyle Furniture Outlet offers a variety of financing options designed to cater to the customer’s needs.\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact General Manager Jo Stutts at 843-379-2056 or visit online at www.lfobeaufort.com.', 'Lifestyle Furniture Outlet opens new store in Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lifestyle-furniture-outlet-opens-new-store-in-beaufort', '', '', '2014-06-05 06:56:48', '2014-06-05 10:56:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16969', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16971, 4, '2014-06-05 07:16:40', '2014-06-05 11:16:40', 'You visit the salon for your hair, the therapist for a massage, your nail technician for a mani/pedi and the spa for a facial. So why not a brow bar just for your eyebrows? Just as all the above reflect and specialize in significant areas of expertise, why not visit an expert that can offer you complete professional consultation and care with regard to your faces’ most centralized focus of appearance? The Eyebrows.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16972\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheBrowCompany01.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16972\" alt=\"The Brow Company Beauty Bar &amp; Makeup Studio is located at 1115 Boundary Street, just past Indigo Salon and next door to Andy’s Secret.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheBrowCompany01-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> The Brow Company Beauty Bar &amp; Makeup Studio is located at 1115 Boundary Street, just past Indigo Salon and next door to Andy’s Secret.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Brow Company Beauty Bar &amp; Makeup Studio is  a brow bar specializing in expert eyebrow design and shaping services such as threading, waxing and Tweezing. The Brow Company also offers enhancement services such as tinting and makeup correction and application for brows. In addition, The Brow Company is pleased to announce the introduction of brow extensions and brow wigs, a customized service for individuals experiencing sparse, partial and thinning or non-existent brows.\r\n\r\nThe Brow Company is an affiliate and sister company of Beautique Lash &amp; Brow, founded and owned by licensed Cosmetologist and Columnist, Takiya La’Shaune Smith. “For the past four years I have noted a very popular increase in the desire for well-groomed eyebrows,” Takiya said. “Not just well-groomed but expertly designed, along with gaining the knowledge on how to enhance and maintain them. If I have learned nothing else in my time as a beauty consultant, it’s the simple and serious fact that we as women take our eyebrows very, very seriously as they truly are the frames to our face.”\r\n\r\nIn addition to its services, The Brow Company also offers retail products ranging from brow powders, tints, concealers, pencils, and tools as well as makeup and application. Amongst its retail line, The Brow Company also offers its own private line of makeup and false lashes designed and launched by Takiya La’Shaune, herself.\r\n\r\nThe Brow Company features a four station brow detailing studio, three room lash spa and six seat makeup bar which is open to the public as well as offered as a community venue for private events such as bridal parties, showers, girls night out, direct sales parties and more.\r\n\r\n“Upon softly opening our doors on April 29, we have already hosted a princess birthday party for a wonderful group of little girls as well as a lash spa party for the cast of ‘A Piece Of My Heart’ directed by Gail Westerfield at USCB Center for the Arts,” said Takiya. “Our events calendar is quickly filling up with private event requests and our professional beauty team can also be found out and about in the community participating in upcoming events such as the Habersham First Friday on Friday, June 6 at 5 p.m. where we will showcase our services and retails products.”\r\n\r\nIn response to the growing demand and popularity of professionally designed brows, The Brow Company plans to offer monthly hands-on classes, video tutorials and DIY trainings to not only sculpt its clients brows but to send them away with the personal knowledge on what tools and techniques will suit them in their day to day lifestyle to maintain gorgeous brows. Classes will be led and taught by Takiya La’Shaune and a guest panel of licensed estheticians, cosmetologists and beauty consultants. To inquire or be added to the mail list, sign up at thebrowcompany@gmail.com\r\n\r\nNot to be left out, The Brow Company recognizes its growing clientele of men who know the value of a well-groomed brow and hosted a First Annual Military Appreciation Memorial Day event by offering free eyebrow threading on Monday, May 26, in which the men actually outnumbered the ladies. The Brow Company proudly services both men and women alike and will make every effort to continue to support and thank our military with a 10% discount for all Active Duty Military and spouses.\r\n\r\nThe store’s Pink Carpet Grand Opening event will be held in the upcoming weeks and the staff looks forward to offering a unique and new concept to the community for years to come.\r\n\r\nLike The Brow Company on Facebook and follow us on Instagram @thebrowcompany for events, pictures, specials, classes and updates.\r\n\r\nFor more information regarding events and community participation, Salon Manager, Michelle Bookmiller may be contacted at 843-322-0426.\r\n\r\nThe Brow Company Beauty Bar &amp; Makeup Studio is located at 1115 Boundary Street, near Crave Cupcake Boutique just past Indigo Salon and next door to Andy’s Secret. 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(16974, 4, '2014-06-05 08:17:53', '2014-06-05 12:17:53', '<b>Upcoming events:\r\n</b><b>• Thursday, June 5: Beaufort Networking:</b> 8:30 - 9:30 a.m., Beaufort Hilton Garden Inn, 1500 Queen Street. WorkKeys — SC WorkReady Communities will be the topic.\r\n\r\nWorkKeys is a job skills assessment system that helps employers select, hire, train, develop, and retain a high-performance workforce. The speaker will be Elisabeth Kovacs, workforce &amp; Community Development Coordinator. This is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<b>• Friday, June 6: Ribbon Cutting: </b>Grand Opening of the new Salt Gallery at 802 Bay Street, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.. (This is also the First Friday Art Walk on Bay Street so many of the galleries and businesses will be open later than normal and serving light refreshments).\r\n\r\n<b>• Thursday, June 12: </b>Business After Hours: 5:30-7 p.m., hosted by Fripp Island Resort\r\n\r\nThe Beach Club on Tarpon Boulevard on Fripp Island. Free event, all are welcome.\r\n\r\n<b>• Wednesday, June 18: </b>Ribbon Cutting: Grand Opening of the brand new Parkers Gas Station, 1705 Ribaut Road, Port Royal, at 11 a.m.\r\n\r\n<b>• Friday, June 20: </b>Coffee With Colleagues: 8:30 -9:30 a.m., Hosted by River Oaks Assisted Living, 1251 Lady’s Island Drive, Port Royal. This is a free networking opportunity for chamber members, bring your business cards.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17029\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Biz-of-Week-HELP-of-Beaufort.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17029\" alt=\"Each week, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce chooses a chamber business to honor and surprises them with breakfast courtesy of Sonic. Pictured is the Business of the Week, the nonprofit HELP of Beaufort.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Biz-of-Week-HELP-of-Beaufort-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Each week, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce chooses a chamber business to honor and surprises them with breakfast courtesy of Sonic. Pictured is the Business of the Week, the nonprofit HELP of Beaufort.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'The Chamber Corner', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-chamber-corner-23', '', '', '2014-06-05 08:17:53', '2014-06-05 12:17:53', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16974', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16985, 4, '2014-06-05 08:25:12', '2014-06-05 12:25:12', 'The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the winners of the 2014 Civitas Awards. The chamber presented the awards during the Annual Meeting &amp; Civitas Awards on Friday, May 30 at Dataw Island, which was another sell-out event with 300 people in attendance.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17032\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"200\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SDP38415.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17032\" alt=\"Author Pat Conroy receives the Palmetto Achievement Award.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SDP38415-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a> Author Pat Conroy receives the Palmetto Achievement Award.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis event is an opportunity for the chamber to  recognize and honor outstanding leaders, teachers, businesses and organizations who help make this community a wonderful place to live and work. This year, the chamber was also honored to bestow the inaugural Pat Conroy Palmetto Achievement Award to author Pat Conroy.\r\n\r\nLockheed Martin, in partnership with Hargray Communications, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Plum Productions and 94.5 The Coast, partnered with the chamber to roll out the “plum carpet” for the guests. Photos by Susan DeLoach.\r\n\r\nHere are the 2014 Civitas Winners:\r\n\r\n• Chamber Ambassador of the Year: Lynn McCartney,  Marine Federal Credit Union\r\n\r\n• Tourism Leadership: Anita Singleton-Prather, ASE-Gullah Education\r\n\r\n• Outstanding Employee: Tracey Robinson, Wardle Family YMCA\r\n\r\n• Outstanding Lowcountry Young Professional: Stephanie Greene, River Oaks Assisted Living\r\n\r\n• Outstanding Leadership Beaufort Alumni: Jack Cunningham<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SDP38320.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17033\" alt=\"SDP38320\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SDP38320-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n• Outstanding Non-Profit: Second Helpings\r\n\r\n• Community Stewardship: Harris Pillow Supply\r\n\r\n• Excellence in Free Enterprise: Sea Eagle Market\r\n\r\n• Regional Economic Impact: Heritage Classic Foundation\r\n\r\n• Non-commissioned Officer of the Year: Cpl. Juan A. Garay, USMC\r\n\r\n• Junior Enlisted Service Member of the Year: LCpl. Timothy J. Zawiski, USMC\r\n\r\n• Military Citizenship: Lt. Col. W.R. “Skeet” Von Harten, USMC (Retired)\r\n\r\n• Lifetime of Leadership: Susan Cato\r\n\r\n• Palmetto Achievement Award: Pat Conroy\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17034\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SDP96613.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17034\" alt=\"Lynn McCartney, winner of the 2014 Ambassador Award, and Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce CEO Blakely Williams.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SDP96613-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> Lynn McCartney, winner of the 2014 Ambassador Award, and Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce CEO Blakely Williams.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17035\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SDP96623.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17035\" alt=\"Will Achurch, Tracey Robinson, Kurt Dimitrov.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SDP96623-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> Will Achurch, Tracey Robinson, Kurt Dimitrov.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17036\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SDP96642.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-17036\" alt=\"Will Achurch, Steve Wilmott, Jack Cunningham\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SDP96642-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Will Achurch, Steve Wilmott, Jack Cunningham[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17037\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SDP96663.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17037\" alt=\"Henry Chambers, Connie Hipp, Malcolm Goodridge, Susan Cato, Fred Washington, Dot Gnann and Skeet Von Harten.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SDP96663-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> Henry Chambers, Connie Hipp, Malcolm Goodridge, Susan Cato, Fred Washington, Dot Gnann and Skeet Von Harten.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17038\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SDP96646.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-17038\" alt=\"John Payne, Bo Payne, Robin Boozer,  Cpl. 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(16987, 4, '2014-06-05 07:47:55', '2014-06-05 11:47:55', '<b>By Mayah Hawthorne</b>\r\n\r\n<i>“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.”</i>\r\n\r\n<i>– William W. Purkey</i>\r\n\r\nThere’s only one thing this quote could mean: Live your life to the fullest. Live your life like everyday is your last! You can’t hinder your life by being scared or because your heart is broken. Move on. Life is too short to stay back in the past or hold your life up over something that may seem huge at the time but is little in reality.\r\n\r\n<i>Mayah Hawthorne is a sophomore at Battery Creek High School.</i>\r\n<div><i> </i></div>', 'Quotes of Life from the Millennial Generation', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'quotes-of-life-from-the-millennial-generation', '', '', '2014-06-05 07:47:55', '2014-06-05 11:47:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16987', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16989, 4, '2014-06-05 07:49:52', '2014-06-05 11:49:52', '<i>Editor’s Note: In recognition of the 70th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, the Ernie Pyle World War II Museum in Dana, Indiana, and the Scripps Howard Foundation are offering reprints of columns written by journalist Ernie Pyle immediately after the Normandy invasion in 1944. It’s a reminder to all of the ultimate sacrifice made by so many Americans to maintain the freedoms we enjoy.</i>\r\n<div><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: normal;\">NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, June 12, 1944 — Due to a last-minute alteration in the arrangements, I didn’t arrive on the beachhead until the morning after D-day, after our first wave of assault troops had hit the shore.</span></i></div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16990\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"232\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/army_mil-96627.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16990\" alt=\"Ernie Pyle\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/army_mil-96627-232x300.jpg\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" /></a> Ernie Pyle[/caption]\r\n\r\nBy the time we got here the beaches had been taken and the fighting had moved a couple of miles inland. All that remained on the beach was some sniping and artillery fire, and the occasional startling blast of a mine geysering brown sand into the air. That plus a gigantic and pitiful litter of wreckage along miles of shoreline.\r\n\r\nSubmerged tanks and overturned boats and burned trucks and shell-shattered jeeps and sad little personal belongings were strewn all over these bitter sands. That plus the bodies of soldiers lying in rows covered with blankets, the toes of their shoes sticking up in a line as though on drill. And other bodies, uncollected, still sprawling grotesquely in the sand or half hidden by the high grass beyond the beach.\r\n\r\nThat plus an intense, grim determination of work-weary men to get this chaotic beach organized and get all the vital supplies and the reinforcements moving more rapidly over it from the stacked-up ships standing in droves out to sea.\r\n\r\n*\r\n\r\nNow that it is over it seems to me a pure miracle that we ever took the beach at all. For some of our units it was easy, but in this special sector where I am now our troops faced such odds that our getting ashore was like my whipping Joe Louis down to a pulp.\r\n\r\nIn this column I want to tell you what the opening of the second front in this one sector entailed, so that you can know and appreciate and forever be humbly grateful to those both dead and alive who did it for you.\r\n\r\nAshore, facing us, were more enemy troops than we had in our assault waves. The advantages were all theirs, the disadvantages all ours. The Germans were dug into positions that they had been working on for months, although these were not yet all complete. A one-hundred-foot bluff a couple of hundred yards back from the beach had great concrete gun emplacements built right into the hilltop. These opened to the sides instead of to the front, thus making it very hard for naval fire from the sea to reach them. They could shoot parallel with the beach and cover every foot of it for miles with artillery fire.\r\n\r\nThen they had hidden machine-gun nests on the forward slopes, with crossfire taking in every inch of the beach. These nests were connected by networks of trenches, so that the German gunners could move about without exposing themselves.\r\n\r\nThroughout the length of the beach, running zigzag a couple of hundred yards back from the shoreline, was an immense V-shaped ditch fifteen feet deep. Nothing could cross it, not even men on foot, until fills had been made. And in other places at the far end of the beach, where the ground is flatter, they had great concrete walls. These were blasted by our naval gunfire or by explosives set by hand after we got ashore.\r\n\r\nOur only exits from the beach were several swales or valleys, each about one hundred yards wide. The Germans made the most of these funnel-like traps, sowing them with buried mines. They contained, also, barbed-wire entanglements with mines attached, hidden ditches, and machine guns firing from the slopes.\r\n\r\nThis is what was on the shore. But our men had to go through a maze nearly as deadly as this before they even got ashore. Underwater obstacles were terrific. The Germans had whole fields of evil devices under the water to catch our boats. Even now, several days after the landing, we have cleared only channels through them and cannot yet approach the whole length of the beach with our ships. Even now some ship or boat hits one of these mines every day and is knocked out of commission.\r\n\r\nThe Germans had masses of those great six-pronged spiders, made of railroad iron and standing shoulder-high, just beneath the surface of the water for our landing craft to run into. They also had huge logs buried in the sand, pointing upward and outward, their tops just below the water. Attached to these logs were mines.\r\n\r\nIn addition to these obstacles they had floating mines offshore, land mines buried in the sand of the beach, and more mines in checkerboard rows in the tall grass beyond the sand. And the enemy had four men on shore for every three men we had approaching the shore.\r\n\r\nAnd yet we got on.\r\n\r\n*\r\n\r\nBeach landings are planned to a schedule that is set far ahead of time. They all have to be timed, in order for everything to mesh and for the following waves of troops to be standing off the beach and ready to land at the right moment.\r\n\r\nAs the landings are planned, some elements of the assault force are to break through quickly, push on inland, and attack the most obvious enemy strong points. It is usually the plan for units to be inland, attacking gun positions from behind, within a matter of minutes after the first men hit the beach.\r\n\r\nI have always been amazed at the speed called for in these plans. You’ll have schedules calling for engineers to land at H-hour plus two minutes, and service troops at H-hour plus thirty minutes, and even for press censors to land at H-hour plus seventy-five minutes. But in the attack on this special portion of the beach where I am – the worst we had, incidentally – the schedule didn’t hold.\r\n\r\nOur men simply could not get past the beach. They were pinned down right on the water’s edge by an inhuman wall of fire from the bluff. Our first waves were on that beach for hours, instead of a few minutes, before they could begin working inland.\r\n\r\nYou can still see the foxholes they dug at the very edge of the water, in the sand and the small, jumbled rocks that form parts of the beach.\r\n\r\nMedical corpsmen attended the wounded as best they could. Men were killed as they stepped out of landing craft. An officer whom I knew got a bullet through the head just as the door of his landing craft was let down. Some men were drowned.\r\n\r\nThe first crack in the beach defenses was finally accomplished by terrific and wonderful naval gunfire, which knocked out the big emplacements. They tell epic stories of destroyers that ran right up into shallow water and had it out point-blank with the big guns in those concrete emplacements ashore.\r\n\r\nWhen the heavy fire stopped, our men were organized by their officers and pushed on inland, circling machine-gun nests and taking them from the rear.\r\n\r\nAs one officer said, the only way to take a beach is to face it and keep going. It is costly at first, but it’s the only way. If the men are pinned down on the beach, dug in and out of action, they might as well not be there at all. They hold up the waves behind them, and nothing is being gained.\r\n\r\nOur men were pinned down for a while, but finally they stood up and went through, and so we took that beach and accomplished our landing. We did it with every advantage on the enemy’s side and every disadvantage on ours. In the light of a couple of days of retrospection, we sit and talk and call it a miracle that our men ever got on at all or were able to stay on.\r\n\r\nBefore long it will be permitted to name the units that did it. Then you will know to whom this glory should go. They suffered casualties. And yet if you take the entire beachhead assault, including other units that had a much easier time, our total casualties in driving this wedge into the continent of Europe were remarkably low – only a fraction, in fact, of what our commanders had been prepared to accept.\r\n\r\nAnd these units that were so battered and went through such hell are still, right at this moment, pushing on inland without rest, their spirits high, their egotism in victory almost reaching the smart-alecky stage.\r\n\r\nTheir tails are up. “We’ve done it again,” they say. They figure that the rest of the army isn’t needed at all. Which proves that, while their judgment in this regard is bad, they certainly have the spirit that wins battles and eventually wars.\r\n\r\n<i>Permission to distribute and re-publish Ernie Pyle’s columns was given by the Scripps Howard Foundation.</i>\r\n<div><i> </i><b>The Ernie Pyle World War II Museum features the famous journalist’s birthplace and a museum dedicated to Pyle’s life and writings as a war correspondent. </b>\r\n\r\n<b>To learn more about the museum, or make a donation to assist the efforts of the Friends of Ernie Pyle, go to www.erniepyle.org. The Pulitzer Prize winning journalist’s legacy rests in his words and the impact they had on Americans before and during a war that threatened to take the world behind a curtain of fascism. His columns open a window to the hardships endured by the common U.S. soldier during World War II and serve today to honor what has been called “The Greatest Generation.”</b>\r\n<div><b> </b></div>\r\n</div>', 'A Pure Miracle', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-pure-miracle', '', '', '2014-06-05 07:49:52', '2014-06-05 11:49:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16989', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16992, 4, '2014-06-05 08:28:10', '2014-06-05 12:28:10', '<b>By Lanier Laney</b>\r\n\r\nTwenty years ago, <b>Marion Leach</b> (age 92) founded the Garden A Day event in Beaufort through the Beaufort Garden Club.\r\n\r\n“I wanted the garden club here to do something for National Garden Week (June 1-7), but we aren’t big enough for a whole week of gardens, so I came up with Garden-a-Day,” said Marian with a smile. “There is no charge for it, it’s a gift from the homeowners, the Beaufort Garden Club, and for the past few years, the Lowcountry Master Gardener Association.” The Master Gardeners act as docents at each garden and tell visitors the names of particular flowers and plants. The first day of this year’s five-day event featured two lovely gardens in The Point neighborhood — Sheryl Steele and Susan Rainey, who were on the first tour 20 years ago.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Garden Club is also celebrating a milestone. This is its 80th year, making it the oldest garden club in the county and one of the oldest in the state. It’s founded on a charter that limits its members to 29, and there is a waiting list. <b>Deena Kulp</b> is the current president.\r\n\r\nMarion, who has visited every garden, every year, for the past 20, had nothing but great things to say about her many years with the Beaufort Garden Club. “To me it is the ‘premier’ garden club — premier meaning both first and best,” she said with a smile and headed off into the garden on her walker.\r\n\r\nKudos to Marion Leach for having that original vision of beauty to create this event and to the Beaufort Garden Club and all the homeowners over those many years who brought that vision alive and have given so much to the residents and visitors to our community.  Job well done!\r\n\r\nHere are some pics for you:\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16993\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Garden-A-Day-founder-Marion-Leach-center-with-Master-Gardener-docents.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-16993\" alt=\"Garden-a-Day founder Marion Leach, center, with Master Gardener docents Sandra Educate, left, and Caroline Havens on Monday, June 2.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Garden-A-Day-founder-Marion-Leach-center-with-Master-Gardener-docents-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Garden-a-Day founder Marion Leach, center, with Master Gardener docents Sandra Educate, left, and Caroline Havens on Monday, June 2.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_1911.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17026\" alt=\"IMG_1911\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_1911-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_1916.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-17027\" alt=\"IMG_1916\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_1916-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_1919.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-17040\" alt=\"IMG_1919\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_1919-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_1914.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17041\" alt=\"IMG_1914\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_1914-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_1920.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-17042\" alt=\"IMG_1920\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_1920-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Milestone Garden-a-Day attracts record crowd', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'milestone-garden-a-day-attracts-record-crowd', '', '', '2014-06-05 08:28:10', '2014-06-05 12:28:10', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16992', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(16995, 4, '2014-06-05 07:52:32', '2014-06-05 11:52:32', '<b>BEAUFORT ACADEMY</b>\r\n\r\n• BA summer hours, office will be open – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.\r\n\r\n• Fall Sports pre-season practices have begun. Contact the coach or the front office at 843-524-3393 for more information.\r\n\r\n• Sign up today: Beaufort Academy’s second week of summer camp for ages 3-6 begins Monday, June 16. BA is also offering Boys Basketball camps the week of July 21 for boys in grades 3-8. Camps are open to the community.  Contact at 843-524-3393 or visit www.beaufortacademy.org for more.\r\n\r\n<b>COOSA ELEMENTARY</b>\r\n\r\nIn partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Coosa Elementary School is pleased to offer the nationally-acclaimed Camp Invention program to children entering grades one through six. It’s an exciting, weeklong summer adventure in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) that’s all about big ideas. This begins on July 7, when Karyn Levesque will direct the Camp Invention MORPHED!™ program at Coosa ES. Visit www.campinvention.org or call 800-968-4332 to reserve a spot today.\r\n\r\n<b>MISCELLANEOUS</b>\r\n\r\nCelebrate 25 years of Environmental Science Camps at Eco-Camp from July 28-31 at Port Royal Elementary School. For students rising first through rising sixth grades. There will be hands on activities and presentations by local naturalists and wildlife specialists.\r\n\r\nSign up through the school district at http://tinyurl.com/ECOCampRegistration or find out more online at www.beaufortconservationdistrict.org.', 'School Notes', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-notes-68', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:45', '2018-07-12 15:00:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16995', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(16997, 4, '2014-06-05 07:54:31', '2014-06-05 11:54:31', 'The Ladies First Mentoring Program for Young Women at Beaufort High School is a personal and educational development program to empower young women to aspire toward higher education through the creation of self-awareness and positive self-esteem building activities. Seminars have been presented on various topics such as self-image, respect, time management, leadership, health, study skills and goal setting, social media responsibility, bullying, etiquette, and future aspirations. Teachers and staff members serve as mentors for the girls, exposing them to experiences that will help them reach their goals.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/School-BHS-Ladies.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16998\" alt=\"School-BHS Ladies\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/School-BHS-Ladies-300x146.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" /></a>On Thursday, May 22, Ladies First mentors and mentees had their end-of-the year dinner on Dataw Island, where the girls used skills they learned in their etiquette class. They were required to dress in black or white. They participated in a “Mix and Mingle,” had a delicious dinner, and listened to a keynote address by BHS counselor Aswan Holmes. Residents of Dataw Island sponsored the dinner by making donations of over $1,000. The evening was organized by Tarsha Smith, Susan Mitchell, Margie Simmons, and Shelia Cato.', 'Ladies First Mentoring Program has end-of-year dinner on Dataw', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ladies-first-mentoring-program-has-end-of-year-dinner-on-dataw', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:45', '2018-07-12 15:00:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=16997', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17000, 4, '2014-06-05 07:56:36', '2014-06-05 11:56:36', '[caption id=\"attachment_17001\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Hammock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17001\" alt=\"Beaufort Academy’s 2014 Senior Tea, hosted by the Junior Class, was held at the home of the Guest Family. This year marked the 46th year of the Senior Tea. The tradition was initiated in 1969 when the BA Board of Directors’ wives hosted a tea for the women of the first graduating class. The special tea was their way of honoring these young women by sharing with them the southern tradition of gracious entertaining. The Senior Girls on a hammock, left to right, front: Madeleine Gray, Carli Cline, Rebecca Strawn, Megan Potter. Back: Caroline Avera, Courtney Smith, Autumn Harris, Miranda Weslake.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Hammock-300x214.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a> Beaufort Academy’s 2014 Senior Tea, hosted by the Junior Class, was held at the home of the Guest Family. This year marked the 46th year of the Senior Tea. The tradition was initiated in 1969 when the BA Board of Directors’ wives hosted a tea for the women of the first graduating class. The special tea was their way of honoring these young women by sharing with them the southern tradition of gracious entertaining. The Senior Girls on a hammock, left to right, front: Madeleine Gray, Carli Cline, Rebecca Strawn, Megan Potter. Back: Caroline Avera, Courtney Smith, Autumn Harris, Miranda Weslake.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17002\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/K-class-pic-2014-v2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17002\" alt=\"The Little Eagles at Beaufort Academy graduated from Kindergarten. Pictured left to right, sitting: Braxton Hines, Quinlan LeSalle, Jack Adams, Sara Bette Bundy, Liam Gibbons, Jane Rhodes. Standing: Sellers Lynn, JoLin Huang, Topper Burgin, Maxwell Winters.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/K-class-pic-2014-v2-300x214.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a> The Little Eagles at Beaufort Academy graduated from Kindergarten. Pictured left to right, sitting: Braxton Hines, Quinlan LeSalle, Jack Adams, Sara Bette Bundy, Liam Gibbons, Jane Rhodes. Standing: Sellers Lynn, JoLin Huang, Topper Burgin, Maxwell Winters.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'End of year events at BA', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'end-of-year-events-at-ba', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:45', '2018-07-12 15:00:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17000', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17004, 4, '2014-06-05 08:00:57', '2014-06-05 12:00:57', '<strong>By Lanier Laney</strong>\r\n\r\nNathan Harris, 84, could have lived a life of leisure. Born into a wealthy English family, he did not have to work after he graduated from college. He spent his time fox hunting three days a week, hunting, shooting, and riding the steeplechase the other days.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17005\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Profile-Nathan-Harris-bike1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17005\" alt=\"Nathan Harris, 84, is often seen in one of his dapper outfits riding his bike around town.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Profile-Nathan-Harris-bike1-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Nathan Harris, 84, is often seen in one of his dapper outfits riding his bike around town.[/caption]\r\n\r\nBut he felt there must be more to life, some contribution he could make. His father had served his community as Lord Mayor of Leicester England. Nathan remembers WWII vividly when, as a child, he watched his father constantly work to get refugees and Jews out of France before and after the Nazis took over. He also remembered a vacation at the seashore where he watched the legendary flotilla of small boats manned by local citizens rescue more than 30,000 British troops from across the English channel the night that France fell to the Germans and the Nazis were rushing to annihilate the trapped troops.\r\n\r\nHe saw that one person’s efforts could make a big difference in peoples’ lives and he wanted to do that also.\r\n\r\nHis first chance came when he was elected to Leicester County Council. He started looking for ways he could help improve the quality of life of  local families. A deeply spiritual man, he also chaired the Parish Council. He felt education was a way to open horizons for many of the poor, working class children there. He became involved with the Leicester Education Authority (which was the largest education authority in England at the time) and later became its head. Over the years, it became a model as one of the most progressive and successful education authorities in England and received many awards.  While there, Nathan also organized students and teachers to create the most successful youth orchestra in Britain.\r\n\r\nAfter seeing what enrichment music brought to the students’ lives, Nathan wanted to expand their experience of the visual arts as well, since many were too poor to travel to the great museums of London. Nathan oversaw the creation of the finest collection of art by living artists in Britain outside of the Tate Gallery by getting artists involved to put their art in schools for students to feel and touch and experience first hand. The collection even featured pieces from English art icons, including famed sculptor Henry Moore.\r\n\r\nNathan was head of the these organizations for more than 20 years, as well as being a columnist on education and social improvement issues for two major London-based newspapers (The Times and Guardian) and often appeared on television as a popular pundit.\r\n\r\nBefore she became Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher was appointed Minister of Education for England. In that capacity she began to butt heads with Nathan, who was chairman of the Leicester Education Authority and East Midlands Arts Association.\r\n\r\nSays Nathan, “She thought art and music were unnecessary, a waste of money and irrelevant. She said publicly that the idea of bringing culture into the education of working class children gave them ideas beyond their station.” He continues, “She started off good by restraining the unions, but her anti-working class attitude proved to be a disaster. So though they think here in America she’s the cat’s whiskers, by the time she left office she wasn’t well regarded in England and had lost her luster.”\r\n\r\nBut before that, when Margaret Thatcher was elected Prime Minister, Nathan decided it was time to leave England.  Says Nathan “I didn’t want to see my life’s work destroyed. There was nothing I could do to stop it.”\r\n\r\nNathan’s marriage of 27 years — which resulted in “four wonderful children” — had ended in divorce a few years earlier and he had met a new love, Alison Strong, from a well-regarded aristocratic family.\r\n\r\nSays Nathan, “She was a unique second wife in that she insisted on giving everything to my first wife.”\r\n\r\nRealizing he’d have to make money, Nathan flew to New York City and joined a marketing business run by a friend there. The friend, who lived in Connecticut, wanted to move the business South to a little town called Beaufort, and that’s how Nathan ended up here.\r\n\r\nHis wife, Ally, soon followed and became the office manager at Fripp Island Real Estate company.  They lived together in Beaufort for eight years.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, Ally became sick and passed away after a long illness. Nathan had to mortgage the house to pay all the hospital bills, which he did, and had enough left over to barely buy the historic Joseph Patterson House on the corner of Duke and Newcastle street in the Northwest Quadrant in downtown Beaufort. Although it was a “falling down wreck,” he and a carpenter friend persevered, and over the years, saved it and restored it to its present day beauty.\r\n\r\nNathan has been involved with AMIkids Beaufort (formerly known as the Beaufort Marine Institute) since its early days for the past 23 years.\r\n\r\nSays Nathan, “I think it is the best program for young people in trouble with the law in the world.  Nearly 80 percent non-recidivism, and it’s usually the other way around.   The Department of Juvenile Justice recommends kids they think will benefit from the program. It’s phenomenally successful.”\r\n\r\nAt the recent AMIkids Croquet Fundraiser at Brays Island, Nathan, as one of the “master of ceremonies,” stayed on the mic with his soft-cultured English accent for nearly four hours, talking to the crowd about the organization and imploring them to contribute. As a result, he raised nearly $45,000 of the record $95,000 raised this year.\r\n\r\nAMIkids has literally helped hundreds and hundreds of young men get back on track with their lives over the 20 years Nathan has been working with them.\r\n\r\nNathan has also enjoyed being the eucharistic minister at St. Helena’s Episcopal Church for over 20 years.  He’s been friends with Rev. Alexander McBride, the minister of the First African Baptist Church on The Point, for years and finds his sermons “very inspirational” and the people in the congregation “lovely.”\r\n\r\nAbout Beaufort, Nathan says, “It’s a very interesting mixture of many sorts of people that I find interesting. The epitome of American small town charm.”\r\n\r\nNathan met the third love of his life, Carol Washington, and they were married three years ago when he was 81.  You can often see Nathan in one of his dapper outfits, biking around town. He says it helps him stay well and fit.\r\n\r\n“Life in Beaufort has been pretty good and I hope it goes on for another 84 years,” he said.\r\n\r\nNathan Harris has demonstrated  that one person, no matter what age, can make a difference in children’s lives, and we thank him for that.', 'Nathan Harris: Making the world a better place, one child at a time', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'nathan-harris-making-the-world-a-better-place-one-child-at-a-time', '', '', '2014-06-05 08:00:57', '2014-06-05 12:00:57', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17004', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17007, 4, '2014-06-05 08:02:47', '2014-06-05 12:02:47', '<b>Annual Lowcountry Regatta will be held</b>\r\n\r\nThe 48th Annual Lowcountry Regatta, a one-design dinghy regional sailing regatta, will be held June 21-22, hosted by the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club, 30 Yacht Club Drive, Lady’s Island.\r\n\r\nThis is the largest event organized by the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club each year, with over 80 visiting boats and 200 visitors, as well as approximately 40 local Beaufort sailors competing.\r\n\r\nThe race starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 21, and there will be a Lowcountry Boil with live music that night. On Sunday, June 22, the race starts at 11 a.m. The awards ceremony will be held at approximately 2 p.m.\r\n\r\nThere are three race courses: Two in the Beaufort River between the McTeer Bridge and the marsh in front of downtown Beaufort, and one at the Sands in Port Royal at the confluence of the Beaufort River and Battery Creek.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call 843-522-8216 or visit www.byscnet.com.\r\n\r\n<b>Sign up for football camp at Beaufort High</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort High Football program will hold its 11th Annual Football Camp from June 16-19 for all rising third through eighth grade boys ages 8-14. The registration fee is $80. Camp begins at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, June 16 in the BHS gym.  Pre-registration is preferred, but first day walkins are welcome. Families with two or more campers will be charged only $70 per camper. The fee includes camp tuition, entrance to the pool, a camp certificate, and a camp T-shirt. This is a non-contact camp. T-shirts, shorts, and cleats are the only requirements. Water will be provided. For more information, visit online at bhs.beaufort.k12.sc.us.\r\n\r\n<b>YMCA Youth Boating Program starts June 16</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort YMCA in conjunction with Spirit of America provides unique boating opportunities available to youth. The Spirit of America Program focuses on STEM-based (science, technology, engineering, math) practices, education, safe boating environmental awareness, leadership development and physical fitness. This program actively targets youth participants and has set a goal this year of putting at least 50 percent of the participants through the programs on scholarship. This amounts to thousands worth of programming provided at no or low cost.\r\n\r\nThe YMCA Boating Experience, a program of the Spirit of America Foundation, is the only community-based non-profit boating organization in Beaufort County.\r\n\r\nFor more information about signing up or volunteering, contact YMCA Boating Director Paul Spencer at boatingymca@gmail.com or 843-522-9622. The Wardle Family YMCA is located at 1801 Richmond Ave. in Port Royal\r\n<div></div>', 'Sports briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sports-briefs-6', '', '', '2014-06-05 08:02:47', '2014-06-05 12:02:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17007', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(17009, 4, '2014-06-05 08:04:04', '2014-06-05 12:04:04', 'Whale Branch Early College High School junior pitcher Olivia Walker has been named to the All-State softball team by the South Carolina Coaches Association for Women’s Sports.\r\n\r\nWalker thrived throughout the 2014 season, leading Whale Branch Early College High School to a dozen wins.\r\n\r\nThe Whale Branch standout joined players from throughout the state as selections on the All-State softball team.\r\n\r\nThe Region 5-A Player of the Year, Walker hit .684 with 19 RBIs. 15 stolen bases and 19 runs. Walker, however, made her biggest impact from the circle. Whale Branch’s ace pitcher, Walker finished with a 12-10 overall record and a 3.05 ERA. She registered 78 strikeouts in 70 innings, claiming the win in each of Whale Branch’s victories.', 'High school softball: Whale Branch High’s Walker named to All-State team', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'high-school-softball-whale-branch-highs-walker-named-to-all-state-team', '', '', '2014-06-05 08:04:04', '2014-06-05 12:04:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17009', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(17011, 4, '2014-06-05 08:05:40', '2014-06-05 12:05:40', 'Beaufort High School baseball player Carson Gregory has been selected to represent the 4-A/1-A South team in the North-South All-Star baseball games to be held June 12-14 at the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17012\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"168\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Sports-Gregory-bw-4-10.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17012\" alt=\"Carson Gregory\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Sports-Gregory-bw-4-10-168x300.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" /></a> Carson Gregory[/caption]\r\n\r\nGregory excelled for the Beaufort High School baseball team throughout the 2014 season, ranking as one of the state’s top high school baseball players.\r\n\r\nAnother area player, Bluffton High School’s Chance Murphy, was also chosen for the 4-A/1-A team. Bluffton head coach Bryant Kitty will serve as a coach for the South squad.\r\n\r\nHigh school baseball players from across the state will participate in the annual all-star games.', 'High school baseball: Gregory to play in North-South All-Star game', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'high-school-baseball-gregory-to-play-in-north-south-all-star-game', '', '', '2014-06-05 08:05:40', '2014-06-05 12:05:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17011', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17014, 4, '2014-06-05 08:08:28', '2014-06-05 12:08:28', 'Beginning this month, yoga practitioners in Beaufort County will have a whole new style of yoga to practice, play and pray with. Holy Yoga, a Christian faith-based practice of yoga, will be led by Beaufortonian and Registered Holy Yoga Instructor (R-HYI) Carrie Carper. Holy Yoga offers scriptural meditation, breath work and movement that combines Hatha-style yoga with experiential worship and wellness. In addition to helping develop the strength,\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17015\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ME.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-17015\" alt=\"Carrie Carper\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ME-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Carrie Carper[/caption]\r\n\r\nflexibility and balance that comes with many yoga practices, Holy Yoga aims to unite the believer with the timeless practice of yoga and provide the non-believer a look at the Christian faith in an entirely new light.\r\n\r\nCarper found yoga after years of dancing, where, for her, the connection of the body, mind and Spirit was always prominent. Initially considering yoga for solely its physical benefits, she quickly learned through Beaufort County area teachers like Marty Crocker, Carol Morrissey, Kim Nichols-Cech and Dragana Pavio-Zappia that it was so much more, a continuation of the dance, so-to-speak. Yoga is prayer, a way of life, a never ending journey, and a constant state of learning.\r\n\r\nHoly Yoga can be found at One Yoga Sanctuary, at 73 Sea Island Pkwy. in Beaufort and at the YMCA of Beaufort County, located at 1801 Richmond Ave. in Port Royal. For information on class times and locations, or to bring Holy Yoga to your home or place of worship, contact Carper at 843-812-9422 or carriecarper@holyyoga.net.', 'Holy Yoga bends, twists and prays itself into Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'holy-yoga-bends-twists-and-prays-itself-into-beaufort', '', '', '2014-06-05 08:08:28', '2014-06-05 12:08:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17014', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17017, 4, '2014-06-05 08:09:29', '2014-06-05 12:09:29', 'The Indie Film “In Bloom” will be shown at USCB Center for the Arts, 801 Carteret St., on Monday, June 9 at 7 p.m.\r\n\r\nDirected by Nana Ekvtimshvili and Simon Gross, this Georgian film with English subtitles is set in the early ‘90s, in Tbilisi, the capital of the newly independent Georgia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The country is facing violence, war on the Black Sea coast (Abkhazia) and vigilante justice that plagues society. But for Eka and Natia, 14-year-old inseparable friends, life just unfolds — in the street, at school, with friends or Eka’s elder sister. Although they are already dealing with men’s dominance, early marriage and disillusioned love, for these two girls in bloom, life just goes on.\r\n\r\n“The excellent new drama ‘In Bloom,’ Georgia’s Oscar entry in the foreign-language category, has the heartbreak and hope of a country slipped inside a coming-of age-story of two 14-year-old girls,” wrote Betsy Sharkey of The Los Angeles Times.\r\n\r\nTickets are adults $7, seniors $6, and students $7. Contact 843-521-4145  or email Bonnie Hargrove at bhargrov@uscb.edu, or visit them online at www.uscbcenterforthearts.com. The box office opens an hour prior to the show.\r\n<div></div>', 'The Indie Film Corner: \"In Bloom\"', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-indie-film-corner-in-bloom', '', '', '2014-06-05 08:09:49', '2014-06-05 12:09:49', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17017', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(17020, 4, '2014-06-05 08:12:52', '2014-06-05 12:12:52', '<strong>Event honors Fine Arts Committee, will be final show before museum moves to new home</strong>\r\n<div>The Beaufort History Museum is looking to its fabled past to create a retrospective art event even as it looks to the future, anticipating with excitement a move back home to the historic Arsenal next month.  To commemorate a time during the l960’s that saw the art collection develop and grow, the museum board of directors will honor members of the Fine Arts Committee with an exhibit showcasing pieces in the museum’s own collection as well as the work of local artists and works with a local influence. The exhibit will be presented from June 9 - 24 at the museum, which is currently located at Beaufort City Hall.</div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17021\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17021\" alt=\"From left: Docents Mary Mollison and Carol Lauvray with featured art.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> From left: Docents Mary Mollison and Carol Lauvray with featured art.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnna Schaffer, Beaufort History Museum board president, announced the exhibit. “We are extremely excited by this opportunity to host an event to honor The Fine Arts Committee, which was so instrumental in procuring pieces of art for the museum’s permanent collection”, she said. “This is especially important since it is the final exhibit at the museum’s current location before we move to our new space at The Arsenal in Beaufort’s historic district.”\r\n\r\nMany recognized leaders in the community served on the Fine Arts Committee and remained a strong support group with active volunteers through the 1970’s. They actively sought local artists, as well as artists from throughout the country, to donate to the collection. Many of the pieces in the current collection are the results of their efforts.  More than 50 pieces of art are now being stored in the museum.\r\n\r\nSchaffer said that the museum will display local art and art with a local influence for a period of 12 business days at the City Hall location prior to the museum’s move. A cocktail party will be held onsite for families and the art community on the opening day of the exhibit. Visitors from the community will be welcome at the museum during the week of the art show during regular museum hours.\r\n\r\nThe board will also host a mid-week social for the Young Friends of the Museum at Wined it Up, the Bay Street wine bar. Select pieces of art will be displayed.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort History Museum was originally chartered in 1939. It has evolved to focus specifically on the deep and rich history of the Beaufort District.     It strives to manage and display artifacts and documents held by the City of Beaufort, telling the compelling stories of this area from the early 16th Century until modern times. Through community engagement, children’s programs, educational opportunities and social events, the museum provides many services to visitors and local residents.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort History Museum is currently located at 1911 Boundary Street on the first floor of the Beaufort City Hall. It will be relocating to the Arsenal, 713 Craven Street, after July 14, 2014.\r\n\r\nHours of operation are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with docents on duty to provide information and conduct tours. A donation of $3 per visitor is requested. Children are admitted free of charge. The organization maintains a website at www.beauforthistorymuseum.org.\r\n<div></div>', 'Beaufort History Museum presents retrospective exhibit ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-history-museum-presents-retrospective-exhibit', '', '', '2014-06-05 08:12:52', '2014-06-05 12:12:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17020', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17023, 4, '2014-06-05 08:13:48', '2014-06-05 12:13:48', '<b>High on the Hog BBQ for Habitat for Humanity</b>\r\n\r\nThe third annual CBC National Bank High On The Hog BBQ Festival to benefit LowCountry Habitat for Humanity will be held the first weekend in June at the old Whitehall Plantation on Lady’s Island. Friday, June 6, from 6 to 10 p.m., will be “Everything Lowcountry” where teams cook their favorite dishes in the Lowcountry theme. The local band Deas Guys will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Wristbands are $20, active military, $18. There will also be a VIP tent Friday night, sponsored by The Island News. Tickets are $50 per person and include seating under the tent, unlimited samples while they last, two drink tickets per person and a dessert. Saturday, June 7, is the barbecue competition. Gates open to the public 12 until 4 p.m. Broke Locals will entertain. Wristband price is $15, active military $14, kids under 12 free. Two-day ticket price is $30, active military $27. For more information, visit www.highonthehogbeaufort.com or call Habitat at 843-522-3500.\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<b>Island Girls Night Out celebrates summer</b>\r\n\r\nAnother great night for Island Girls Night Out will be Wednesday, June 11 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at What’s In Store on St. Helena Island, 853 Sea Island Parkway. There will be fabulous door prizes, libations and food, also great shopping and fun for all. Island Girls Night Out is a free event sponsored by The Island News and is about sharing stories and business tips and successes. It’s also a nice time for women to get together and hear opportunities for work and play. If you are retired or new to Beaufort this is a great way to meet other women and men. Please call Irene Goodnight at 615-243-4684 if you have a door prize or would like to advertise your business with The Island News. This monthly event has grown in popularity and attracts quite a crowd of fun, talented and interesting women. Don’t miss it!\r\n<div></div>\r\n</div>', 'Beaufort\'s best bets this week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beauforts-best-bets-this-week', '', '', '2014-06-05 08:13:48', '2014-06-05 12:13:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17023', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17044, 4, '2014-06-10 18:37:28', '2014-06-10 22:37:28', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wastepro-logo.png\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17045\" alt=\"wastepro-logo\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wastepro-logo.png\" width=\"260\" height=\"101\" /></a>Heat indexes close to 100 degrees coupled with mechanical breakdowns slowed Tuesday’s Waste Pro trash collection in parts of Beaufort, but routes were expected to be completed later in the evening, city leaders saidTuesday afternoon.\r\n\r\nAny garbage that was supposed to have been picked up on a Tuesday route – and still on the curbside -- will be collected first thing Wednesday morning, according to Isiah Smalls, director of public works and facilities management for Beaufort.\r\n\r\n“The Waste Pro crews are going to work late into tonight trying to catch up,” Smalls said. “They had some mechanical breakdowns and the crews had to take precautions because of the high heat index. We are all working together, as quickly as possible, to catch up with the scheduled routes for today and Wednesday.”\r\n\r\nAny Beaufort resident whose trash was scheduled for collection Tuesday but wasn’t picked up should contact Waste Pro at 645-4100 or the City of Beaufort Public Works at 525-7054 ext #1.\r\n\r\nAnother option is to go online at <a href=\"http://www.cityofbeaufort.org/\" target=\"_blank\">www.cityofbeaufort.org</a>, click on Departments, go to Public Works/Sanitation and then click on Request Service.\r\n<div></div>', 'Beaufort garbage service running late Tuesday due to high heat, mechanical breakdowns', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-garbage-service-running-late-tuesday-due-to-high-heat-mechanical-breakdowns', '', '', '2014-06-10 18:37:28', '2014-06-10 22:37:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17044', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17047, 4, '2014-06-12 07:00:52', '2014-06-12 11:00:52', '<b>Sales tax commission decides list of projects</b>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County’s Capital Project Sales Tax Commission has chosen the projects that could appear on November’s ballot.\r\n\r\nDuring the commission’s June 4 meeting, the six members voted for 21 projects that will cost a little more than $221M. The commissioners also decided the 1 percent sales tax, if passed, will last eight years or until all $221M is collected, whichever occurs first.\r\n\r\n“This was a good process and one which all the commissioners took very seriously. I believe we chose a list of projects that take into account the health, wellness and safety of those living in and visiting Beaufort County,” said Commission Chairman Craig Forrest.\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Council must now vote for or against the list and language. If they agree, the final list of projects and ballot language must be sent to the Beaufort County Board of Elections by August 15 to be placed on the November ballot.\r\n\r\nThe final list of projects can be viewed at the Beaufort County’s website www.bcgov.net under the Capital Project Sales Tax Commission slider.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Property </b><b>tax exemption available for military</b>\r\n\r\nActive military given orders outside of Beaufort County are now able to receive the 4 percent property tax rate while renting out their homes due to a bill Gov. Nikki Haley recently signed.\r\n\r\nIn the past, when members of the military moved outside Beaufort County and rented their home, they were taxed at the non-primary residence rate of 6 percent. However, due to this recent legislation, active military whose home was assessed at 4 percent and are given orders outside the county for a period of one year or longer are now eligible for the primary residence rate of 4 percent.\r\n\r\nThis new exemption will be in effect for the tax year 2014, but since it is a mid-tax year enactment, the Beaufort County Assessor’s office will accept applications on or before Jan. 15, 2015.\r\n\r\n<b>Executive director of Penn Center resigns</b>\r\n\r\nOn Friday, June 6 the Penn Center Board of Trustees voted to accept the resignation of Michael A. Campi as Penn Center’s Executive Director. Mr. Campi served in that capacity since June 2013 at the center on St. Helena Island; he tendered his resignation citing personal obligations.\r\n<div></div>', 'News briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'news-briefs-85', '', '', '2014-06-12 07:00:52', '2014-06-12 11:00:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17047', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(17049, 4, '2014-06-12 07:01:28', '2014-06-12 11:01:28', 'The Town of Port Royal in conjunction with Leadership Beaufort Alumni Association and the Historic Port Royal Foundation will be hosting three back-to-back events related to the port property on Thursday, June 19.\r\n\r\nThese events will provide opportunities to learn more about the port property’s history, current status, and future plans. All three events are free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nThe first event will be a tour of the port property led by Town Councilman Joe Lee, which will depart from Union Church, 1004 11th Street, at 4:30 p.m. Visitors will be able to access the property and get a behind-the-scenes look at the lay of the land and its relation to the water and the Old Village.\r\n\r\nThe second event will be a meet-and-greet reception at Union Church starting at 5:15 p.m. The Historic Port Royal Foundation has recently made updates and improvements to the Union Church’s historic collections. Attendees will be given a chance to view the artifacts and discuss them with foundation members. Light refreshments will be provided.\r\n\r\nThe third event will be a moderated panel discussion hosted by Leadership Beaufort Alumni Association at Union Church at 6 p.m. The four confirmed panelists include:\r\n\r\n• Ogden Lazenby, discussing the site before port operations\r\n\r\n• Scott Graber, discussing the relationship between the port and the Old Village\r\n\r\n• Joe Lee, discussing the period since the port closure\r\n\r\n• Pete Cotter, former port manager\r\n\r\n• Judy Alling, representing the Sell It Now campaign.', 'Port Royal to host port-related events', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'port-royal-to-host-port-related-events', '', '', '2014-06-12 07:01:28', '2014-06-12 11:01:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17049', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(17051, 4, '2014-06-12 07:03:18', '2014-06-12 11:03:18', '<b>By Jim Hicks</b>\r\n\r\nThe announcement that E.C. Montessori will not open its doors for another school year is noted with a bit of sadness. The school has served as a key part of the Beaufort educational community for 40 years. According to their web site, the school was originally founded in 1973 by Mrs. Anne Christensen Pollitzer and a small group of concerned parents. The school was named Eleanor Christensen School after Mrs. Pollitzer’s mother who was a teacher. It originally served as a traditional elementary school but over the years transitioned into a Montessori curriculum, and in 1981 changed its name to E. C. Montessori. Located in the city of Beaufort, its student population reached the point of needing additional space at which time the school relocated to Lady’s Island.\r\n\r\nIn the past, the education offered by E. C. Montessori School was unique and parents desiring their children to be educated in a Montessori type of environment were attracted to the school. Over the last few years two things have occurred that added stress to all local private schools and to some degree public schools.\r\n\r\nThe first is the movement toward charter schools, which are funded with tax dollars but allowed more flexibility in their operation than normal public schools. The second thing that has challenged private schools is the movement toward providing each public school a specific area of emphasis and through a magnet or school of choice program providing parents greater latitude as to which school their child attends. Specifically affecting E. C. Montessori is the fact that last year Beaufort Elementary School offered a Montessori curriculum for grades 1 through 3, and this coming year will extend the curriculum to grades 4 and 5. Throughout the U.S. there are 100 public schools offering a Montessori style education and 17 of these are located in South Carolina. This fall, the Lowcountry Montessori School, a state chartered public school, will open its doors offering a Montessori style education for grades 1 through 9.\r\n\r\nAs can be seen, parents desiring their child to attend a Montessori school are now faced with either paying for their child to attend a private school (E.C. Montessori) or attending a public school offering the same thing at no extra cost.  It should come as no surprise that E.C. Montessori has been faced with tough choices as it saw its enrollment go from 135 students in 2010 to less than 50 students this year.\r\n\r\nThe parents, educators and politicians who enthusiastically believe that charter schools are the answer to improving our schools are to be commended for their efforts to offer alternatives to traditional public education. The Beaufort County School District is to be commended for taking the initiative and trying new concepts such as schools of choice, magnet schools and district sponsored charter schools (Riverview). Understanding that change is necessary in a fast-moving world and that we all are struggling to find the magic bullet in regard to educating today’s children, it is still sad to see an institution such as E.C. Montessori School fall victim to these tides of change.\r\n\r\nTo Mrs. Anne Pollitzer and the many teachers and administrators who throughout the last 40 years have contributed so much through the E.C. Montessori School to the children of the Beaufort and Lady’s Island community — thank you. You made a difference.\r\n\r\n<i>Jim Hicks is with the Lady’s Island Business Professionals Association.</i>', 'The price of change: E.C. Montessori school closes', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-price-of-change-e-c-montessori-school-closes', '', '', '2014-06-12 07:03:18', '2014-06-12 11:03:18', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17051', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(17053, 4, '2014-06-12 07:09:37', '2014-06-12 11:09:37', '<b>By Pamela Brownstein</b>\r\n\r\nI am faced with this dilemma every year: What do I get my husband, Daniel, for Father’s Day?\r\n\r\nI am a notoriously poor gift-giver. It’s not that I don’t care, it’s mostly that I am so last minute: By the time I think of something thoughtful and cool, it’s the day before and too late to find it or order it, and I usually give up in frustration.\r\n\r\nIt’s in that moment of frustration I think, “In the past two years, I’ve given him two beautiful children, really, what more does he want?”\r\n\r\nBut once I get past that flash of selfishness, I realize that the hardest part for me is finding a gift that represents all that Daniel does for his children and his family. How can I find a gift that equals his patience and kindness and involvement? What item can express my love and gratitude for being understanding and funny, even when we are completely exhausted at the end of the day?\r\n\r\nOf course, I knew when we got married that Daniel would be a good dad. But this year has proven that he’s not just a good dad, but a great father. With a 2-year-old boy and a 9-month-old girl, these are chaotic times in our house as we navigate through Babyland. With both of us working, things can get stressful when the baby gets fussy or our toddler throws a temper tantrum and won’t go to sleep in his big boy bed.\r\n\r\nThrough it all, though, Daniel has shown me what it means to be a good parent in all the little things he does for the kids, especially for our son, Wolfe.\r\n\r\nHe goes to great lengths to make sure that Wolfe has healthy, balanced meals and tries a variety of food. It’s such a sweet act to see Daniel cut a cucumber into little bites, and add just a dollop of ranch dressing to the plate. Then he watches proudly as Wolfe eats every bite.\r\n\r\nHe also goes online and researches popular children’s books so when he goes to the library during his lunch hour at work he can pick out the best books to bring home to read with Wolfe. And even though he’s probably read “Curious George Makes Pancakes” more than 100 times, he still uses funny voices and reads it in bed with Wolfe when he asks.\r\n\r\nWith our daughter, Selah, even though I spend all day with her at home, as soon as her dad walks into the room, her fat little face lights up with a big smile — revealing her two little bottom teeth — and she can’t crawl to him fast enough.\r\n\r\nI’m also trying not to take it personally that her first word was “Da-da.” (OK, I get it. Mama’s on deadline and wishes Dada were home too, but you don’t see me saying his name every five minutes.)\r\n\r\nBut even though I don’t say it enough, I couldn’t be more proud of Daniel or more grateful to have him in my life. I’ve watched him evolve from a father-to-be who had never even changed a diaper to a full-fledged, hands-on dad who doesn’t think twice about cleaning a dirty diaper and knows just the right combination of powder and Desitin to fight diaper rash.\r\n\r\nSo this year, in addition to my unending love, I want to give him something special. And I think it will be exciting to see the look on his face when I reveal his gift. Surprise! Here’s the double jogging stroller you’ve always wanted!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>SHOP LOCAL WITH THESE FATHER\'S DAY GIFT IDEAS</b>\r\n<div><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><b>FOR THE FOODIE DAD</b></span></b></div>\r\n• The Chocolate Tree makes special treats that will make dad smile.\r\n\r\n• Specialty olive oils and vinegars from Olive the Above will definitely impress the man who loves to cook.\r\n\r\n• Upgrade dad’s old grill with an awesome new version from Grayco.\r\n\r\n<b>FOR THE OUTDOORSY DAD </b>\r\n\r\n<b>• </b>Bay Street Outfitters has gear for guys as well as fishing equipment.\r\n\r\n<b>• </b>A yearlong pass to Hunting Island State Park will save money when the whole family goes to the beach.\r\n\r\n<b>FOR THE FUNNY DAD </b>\r\n\r\n<b>• </b>Lulu Burgess carries a variety of humorous cards and books that will make any funny father chuckle.\r\n\r\n<b>FOR THE SENTIMENTAL DAD</b><b> </b>\r\n\r\n<b>• </b>Book a family photo session with a local photographer for memories that will last a lifetime.\r\n\r\n<b>FOR THE BEER-SNOB DAD </b>\r\n\r\n<b>• </b>Piggly Wiggly features an excellent growler station and selection of unique craft beer.', 'What do you get for the dad who has everything?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-do-you-get-for-the-dad-who-has-everything', '', '', '2014-06-12 07:11:02', '2014-06-12 11:11:02', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17053', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(17057, 4, '2014-06-12 07:15:43', '2014-06-12 11:15:43', '[caption id=\"attachment_17058\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_1023.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17058\" alt=\"Bruce and Jan Szelewa took pictures of Eastern Bluebirds at their house on Lady\'s Island. Here, the baby birds are seen with their mouths open. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_1023-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Bruce and Jan Szelewa took pictures of Eastern Bluebirds at their house on Lady\'s Island. Here, the baby birds are seen with their mouths open.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17059\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_0568.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17059\" alt=\"The unmistakable blue eggs in their nest.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_0568-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> The unmistakable blue eggs in their nest.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Baby Blues', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'baby-blues', '', '', '2014-06-12 07:15:43', '2014-06-12 11:15:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17057', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17061, 4, '2014-06-12 07:19:11', '2014-06-12 11:19:11', 'The three Rotary Clubs of Beaufort recently added an important amenity on the Spanish Moss Trail by collaborating with the Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail to sponsor and install pet-waste stations.\r\n\r\n“We hope this joint Rotary project will provide a model for others to support additional pet-waste stations and other important amenities and enhancements on the Spanish Moss Trail,” said Sissy Perryman, the Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail’s Public Awareness and Development Consultant. “These stations provide an attractive and convenient solution for managing pet waste and help ensure an enjoyable experience on the trail for everyone.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17062\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"200\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Rotary-Club-Depot-Building-Pet-Waste-Station.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17062\" alt=\"The pet-waste stations installed by area Rotary Clubs at the Depot building on the Spanish Moss Trail.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Rotary-Club-Depot-Building-Pet-Waste-Station-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a> The pet-waste stations installed by area Rotary Clubs at the Depot building on the Spanish Moss Trail.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Rotary Clubs involved include the Rotary Club of the Lowcountry, Sea Island Rotary Club and the Beaufort Rotary Club. Under the leadership of Charlotte Gonzalez, President of the Rotary Club of the Lowcountry, the three clubs funded and installed five pet-waste stations on the trail. Their leadership inspired a sixth station sponsored by private citizens Alan Beach and Wendy and Ron Wekenmann. The six stations are located at strategic locations on the Trail at the Depot Building; the trestle behind Technology College of the Lowcountry; the benches between Rogers and Broome Lane; the benches between Brotherhood and Riverside; and at the Westvine Trailhead.\r\n\r\n“For years, the Rotary Club of the Lowcountry has been involved in Adopt-A-Highway and when asked to get involved in the Spanish Moss Trail we didn’t hesitate,” said Gonzalez.  “We have adopted the trail area between Riverside and Brotherhood and pick up the trash at least once a week for that portion of the trail. So when the Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail approached us to help secure these pet-waste stations, we invited the Beaufort Rotary Club and Sea Island Rotary Club to work together for this important project in community.”\r\n\r\nOver the two days of installing the pet-waste stations, Gonzalez said they had about 25 different Rotary members along with their children and spouses pitch in along the trail.\r\n\r\nThe cost of these six trail pet-waste stations was $1,300. The Rotary Clubs also purchased 6,000 extra\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17063\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Rotary-Clubs-Pet-Waste-Installation-on-Trail.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17063\" alt=\"Members of local Rotary Clubs and their families install pet-waste stations recently on the Spanish Moss Trail.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Rotary-Clubs-Pet-Waste-Installation-on-Trail-300x225.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Members of local Rotary Clubs and their families install pet-waste stations recently on the Spanish Moss Trail.[/caption]\r\n\r\nreplacement bags and a sign attached to each station indicating they were provided by the three local Rotary Clubs.\r\n\r\nIf you or your business is interested in information about sponsoring additional pet-waste stations or supporting other amenities for the Spanish Moss Trail, please contact info@spanishmosstrail.com.\r\n\r\nThe Spanish Moss Trail has a 10-Phase Master Plan, which when complete, will be a 13.6-mile long, 12-foot wide, paved trail dedicated to pedestrians and bicyclists. The first two phases (3.3 miles) are complete and open for public use connecting the heart of Beaufort to the Town of Port Royal (with parking at Depot Road, Broome Lane and Westvine Drive). The Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail has led the effort in support of the most recent phase under construction between Parris Island Gateway and Roseida Road.\r\n\r\nThe Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail is dedicated to improving the quality of life in Northern Beaufort County by developing, enhancing and maintaining the Spanish Moss Trail — through community partnerships, local government participation and private support. For more information, visit www.spanishmosstrail.com or email info@spanishmosstrail.com.\r\n<div></div>', 'Rotary clubs sponsor stations along the Spanish Moss Trail', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'rotary-clubs-sponsor-stations-along-the-spanish-moss-trail', '', '', '2014-06-12 07:19:11', '2014-06-12 11:19:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17061', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17065, 4, '2014-06-12 07:20:51', '2014-06-12 11:20:51', '[caption id=\"attachment_17066\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/News-Primary-MIdterm-election-6-12.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17066\" alt=\"Voter participation was steady most of the day Tuesday, June 10, with periods of heavy turnout at the polling station for Burton precincts, according to Beaufort County Poll Manager Delores Norman. Here, Rose and Jeff Beck of Burton 2-A, show their identification prior to casting their vote. Photo by Bob Sofaly. For a complete list of local and statewide primary election results, visit the South Carolina State Election Commission website at www.scvotes.org.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/News-Primary-MIdterm-election-6-12-300x210.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" /></a> Voter participation was steady most of the day Tuesday, June 10, with periods of heavy turnout at the polling station for Burton precincts, according to Beaufort County Poll Manager Delores Norman. Here, Rose and Jeff Beck of Burton 2-A, show their identification prior to casting their vote. Photo by Bob Sofaly. For a complete list of local and statewide primary election results, visit the South Carolina State Election Commission website at www.scvotes.org.[/caption]', 'Every vote counts', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'every-vote-counts', '', '', '2014-06-12 07:20:51', '2014-06-12 11:20:51', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17065', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17068, 4, '2014-06-12 10:26:06', '2014-06-12 14:26:06', '<b>By Brittney Hiller</b>\r\n\r\nThis weekend I spent some time watching Rafeal Nadal versus Novak Djokovic in the French Open. The massive amount of power these two tennis players show — athleticism, mental strength, and stamina — was beyond anything I could fathom. For more than three and a half hours they played consistently — back and forth with the tennis ball.\r\n\r\nWatching the emotion in their faces that partially portrayed physical fatigue and increasing pain, the question came to mind: How often do we pound away at ourselves without giving our body the rest it deserves? Are we constantly on the go? Are we lacking the ability to take a moment to sit, breathe, admire, and just be?\r\n\r\nI would like to invite you to try these few poses that require five minutes of your time. These poses will help you strengthen your mental state, but will also allow you to find the rest your body may need for this moment.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>DEEP BREATH MEDITATION</b>\r\n\r\nSit in a comfortable position, either on the floor with your legs crossed or seated in a chair with your feet\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17069\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image_6.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17069\" alt=\"Deep breath meditation\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image_6-225x300.jpeg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Deep breath meditation[/caption]\r\n\r\nplanted on the floor.  Place your hands on your abdomen.  Begin to inhale through your nose. Exhale out through your mouth.\r\n\r\nAs you take a couple rounds of breath, begin to slow your inhale and exhale down. For example, I often invite my students to begin to breathe in deep and count to four as they inhale. Try this, then as you exhale count to six, continuing to slow down your breath.\r\n\r\nOften we breathe with a quick breath and omit ourselves from obtaining the full amount of oxygen we are capable of taking in. Sit and breathe deep for six rounds of breath — close your eyes to allow yourself to feel the rise and fall of your chest and lower abdomen.\r\n\r\nAfter you finish, sit for a moment and feel how your body has potentially changed in sensation. Perhaps you feel more at ease or less stressed. Notice how simple it was to sit and breath?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>FULL BODY STRETCH</b>\r\n\r\nWhile seated in a chair or lying on the floor, stretch your legs long in front of you and interlace your fingers. Press your palms up and over your head. Inhale deeply and stretch. As you exhale, press your shoulders\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17070\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image_5.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17070\" alt=\"Full Body Stretch\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image_5-225x300.jpeg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Full Body Stretch[/caption]\r\n\r\ndown and away from your ears.  Feel your entire body stretch from your fingers to your toes. Breathe in and out for six rounds of breath — on your last exhale lower your arms to your side. Sit for a moment to notice how you feel.\r\n\r\nAs you take just five minutes to be with yourself each day, notice the benefits you receive — stress relief and a moment to be mindful and clear with yourself.\r\n\r\nWe often walk around in a zombie-like state — full of thoughts, worries, “what-if’s” — when instead we can be right here and present with our wonderful bodies. Yoga helps us to reacquaint ourselves with our actual being, our actual true selves.\r\n\r\nNadal won his ninth French Open last weekend. I am certain he took a moment to reacquaint himself in thankfulness for his capable and powerful body.\r\n\r\nMay you do the same for yours!\r\n\r\n<i>To contact Brittney, visit her online at www.brittneyhilleryoga.com or email brittneyg82@gmail.com.</i>', 'I remember ... when we used to sit', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'i-remember-when-we-used-to-sit', '', '', '2014-06-12 10:26:06', '2014-06-12 14:26:06', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17068', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17072, 4, '2014-06-12 10:27:49', '2014-06-12 14:27:49', 'Main Street Beaufort awarded its 2014 Small Business Partner of the Year Award to Eric and Susan Smith of Captured Moments Photography.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17073\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Mainstreet-award-press-size.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17073\" alt=\"Susan and Eric Smith of Captured Moments Photography.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Mainstreet-award-press-size-300x298.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" /></a> Susan and Eric Smith of Captured Moments Photography.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs a partner, Captured Moments provides all the photography for their events, including the Shrimp Festival, A Taste of Beaufort, A Night on the Town, Trick or Treat Beaufort, Light up the Night, the Christmas Parade, Beaufort Beauties, the Downtown Plate Crawl, the Downtown Farmers Market, and other business functions and meetings. This library of pictures has allowed Main Street Beaufort to provide images to various magazines and publications interested in promoting Beaufort as a tourist destination.\r\n\r\nFor the past three years, Captured Moments has supported other groups with photographic coverage. Some of the charities and organizations that have benefitted from Eric’s unique style of photography include HELP of Beaufort, Historic Beaufort Foundation, Dragon Boat Beaufort, the Alzheimer’s Foundation, and the Lowcountry Food Bank. Eric Smith also provides community images to The Island News.\r\n\r\nCaptured Moments has a studio in downtown Beaufort. They are available for both in-studio and on-location portraits. They can be reached at 843-379-0223 or at www.capmom.com.', 'Captured Moments named small business partner of year', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'captured-moments-named-small-business-partner-of-year', '', '', '2014-06-12 10:27:49', '2014-06-12 14:27:49', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17072', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17075, 4, '2014-06-12 10:31:25', '2014-06-12 14:31:25', 'Main Street Beaufort, USA, celebrated 29 years of downtown revitalization last Thursday evening in the Dolphin Room at The Best Western Sea Island Inn in Beaufort.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17076\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC03565.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17076\" alt=\"Photo by Captured Moments Photography\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC03565-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> Photo by Captured Moments Photography[/caption]\r\n\r\nAt the Annual Meeting and Awards of Excellence reception, the organization reviewed its accomplishments in the 2013-14 fiscal year, took a look back at job creations and public and private investments into downtown for the last 29 years, and announced plans for the upcoming 2014-15 fiscal year.\r\n\r\nNorma Ramirez de Meiss, Senior Program Officer and Director of Leadership Development with the National Main Street Center, was the keynote speaker. Meiss congratulated the business and property owners and leaders in downtown revitalization for their efforts and stated that downtown Beaufort and the Main Street Beaufort program was one of the best of the national program. She ended her speech by saying, “I would come to Beaufort before going to Charleston or Savannah any day.”\r\n\r\nThe evening concluded with the organization’s awards in downtown excellence. The membership of the organization voted and awarded the following:\r\n\r\n• Best Interior Rehabilitation: Bay Street Outfitters\r\n\r\n• Best New Sign/Awning: Olive The Above\r\n\r\n• Outstanding New Business: Atelier On Bay\r\n\r\n• Small Business Partner of the Year: Captured Moments Photography\r\n\r\n• Corporate Partner of the Year: Best Western Sea Island Inn\r\n\r\n• Volunteer of the Year: Don Starkey\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC03581.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17077\" alt=\"DSC03581\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC03581-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC03606.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17078\" alt=\"DSC03606\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC03606-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC03608.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17079\" alt=\"DSC03608\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC03608-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC03617.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17080\" alt=\"DSC03617\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC03617-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Main Street Beaufort gives awards', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'main-street-beaufort-gives-awards', '', '', '2014-06-12 10:31:25', '2014-06-12 14:31:25', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17075', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17082, 4, '2014-06-12 10:33:38', '2014-06-12 14:33:38', '<b>Grand Opening:</b><b>\r\n</b>The grand opening of the Salt Gallery, 802 Bay Street, Suite B, was held last Friday.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/salt.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17083\" alt=\"salt\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/salt-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<b>Upcoming events:</b><b>\r\n</b><b>• Thursday, June 12: </b>Business After Hours: 5:30-7 p.m., hosted by Fripp Island Resort\r\n\r\nThe Beach Club on Tarpon Boulevard on Fripp Island. Free event, all are welcome.\r\n\r\n<b>• Wednesday, June 18: </b>Ribbon Cutting: Grand Opening of the brand new Parker’s store and gas station, 1705 Ribaut Road, Port Royal, at 11 a.m.\r\n\r\n<b>• Friday, June 20: </b>Coffee With Colleagues: 8:30 -9:30 a.m., Hosted by River Oaks Assisted Living, 1251 Lady’s Island Drive, Port Royal. This is a free networking opportunity for chamber members, bring your business cards.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17084\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-06-09-11.11.15.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17084\" alt=\"Each week, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce chooses a chamber business to honor and surprises them with breakfast courtesy of Sonic. Pictured is the Business of the Week, Beaufort County Open Land Trust.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-06-09-11.11.15-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Each week, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce chooses a chamber business to honor and surprises them with breakfast courtesy of Sonic. Pictured is the Business of the Week, Beaufort County Open Land Trust.[/caption]\r\n\r\n</div>', 'The Chamber Corner', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-chamber-corner-24', '', '', '2014-06-12 10:33:38', '2014-06-12 14:33:38', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17082', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17086, 4, '2014-06-12 10:34:51', '2014-06-12 14:34:51', 'Parker’s, the nationally recognized convenience store leader, announced that the company’s new store in Port Royal will open this weekend, June 13-15, based on completion of all permits.  It will be the company’s 35th store in the Georgia and South Carolina area.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17087\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/AmyandGreginConferenceRoomMay2014DSC_7520ab.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17087\" alt=\"Chief Operating Officer, Amy Lane, and Greg Parker, president and CEO of The Parker Companies, in the company’s headquarters in Savannah. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/AmyandGreginConferenceRoomMay2014DSC_7520ab-300x202.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" /></a> Chief Operating Officer, Amy Lane, and Greg Parker, president and CEO of The Parker Companies, in the company’s headquarters in Savannah.[/caption]\r\n\r\nConstruction is almost completed and stocking of inventory is on-track.  A ribbon-cutting for the new Port Royal store, located at 1706 Ribaut Road, will be held Wednesday, June 18, according to Greg Parker, president and CEO.  “Our team is excited to be opening our sixth store in Beaufort County, in the beautiful Port Royal area.”\r\n\r\nThe modern convenience and fuel store will feature the latest in The Parker Company’s customer-friendly and high-quality store design and product display strategies, according to Brandon Hofmann, Parker’s director of merchandising.  Hofmann oversees in-store design, signage, aesthetics, product selection, merchandising and product placement in all of the company’s 36 convenience stores and gourmet markets.\r\n\r\nThe 3,963-square-foot store will offer  wide open aisles,; a 24-valve fountain for soft drinks with Chewy Ice;  12 fueling positions; attractive landscaping; and the beautiful tile bathrooms that are a Parker’s trademark and a favorite of moms and families.\r\n\r\nThe Port Royal store will also feature Parker’s signature gourmet coffee bar with a selection of fresh milk and creams, fresh-brewed sweet tea and ice cold lemonade.\r\n\r\nFor fuel customers, in addition to Parker’s standard line of regular, mid-grade and premium fuels which include 10% ethanol , the new store will also offer diesel fuel and non-ethanol fuel — a favorite of boat owners.\r\n\r\n“Non-ethanol fuel increases the efficiency of boat motors and extends motor life,” according to Amy Lane, Parker’s Chief Operating Officer. The store parking lot design will provide marine customers towing boats with easy in and out access, she added.\r\n\r\nFor the company’s adult customers, the store will feature Parker’s “Beer Cave” which offers a wide-selection of domestic and imported beers; and an extensive line of e-cigarettes. Parker’s also guarantees its adult customers interested in tobacco products “the absolute lowest cigarette carton prices” in the area, according to Hofmann.\r\n\r\nThe Parker Companies is a member of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, and will hold a ribbon-cutting sponsored by the chamber on June 18 to officially welcome the public.\r\n<div></div>', 'Parker’s Port Royal store set to open this weekend', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'parkers-port-royal-store-set-to-open-this-weekend', '', '', '2014-06-12 10:34:51', '2014-06-12 14:34:51', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17086', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17089, 4, '2014-06-12 10:36:03', '2014-06-12 14:36:03', '<b>ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE</b>\r\n\r\nDestinee Andrews, a junior majoring in history, recently earned President’s List honors at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah. Andrews, who is originally from Beaufort, was recognized for earning a 4.0 GPA for two consecutive semesters during the 2013-2014 academic school year.\r\n\r\n<b>BELMONT UNIVERSITY</b>\r\n\r\nSeth Black, of Beaufort, SC, qualified for the Spring 2014 Dean’s List at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.\r\n\r\n<b>BOB JONES UNIVERSITY</b>\r\n\r\nBenjamin Robinson of Beaufort, a Senior Business Administration major, was named to the Dean’s List for grades achieved during the Spring 2014 semester at Bob Jones University.\r\n\r\n<b>DUKE UNIVERSITY</b>\r\n\r\nLindsey Ann Ware, daughter of Jim and Nancy Ware, graduated with honors from Duke University on May 11. Ware graduated Cum Laude and received a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy Studies and Political Science. She will be attending Georgetown Law School in the fall.\r\n\r\n<b>JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY</b>\r\n\r\nLindsay Catherine Baratelle of Beaufort, SC, graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree(s) in Media Arts and Design - BA from James Madison University during commencement exercises May 10, 2014.\r\n\r\n<b>LENOIR-RHYNE UNIVERSITY</b>\r\n\r\nLenoir-Rhyne University takes great pride in congratulating Emily Hutchins, of Beaufort, SC, for being named to the Spring 2014 semester Dean’s List.\r\n\r\n<b>PARK UNIVERSITY</b>\r\n\r\nPark University awarded degrees to 76 area students at commencement exercises held at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on May 27, 2014.  The degree recipients were:\r\n\r\n• David A. Cadd, Master of Business Administration\r\n\r\n• Todd Whittington, Master of Business Administration\r\n\r\n• Jeffrey Failing Master of Health Care Administration\r\n\r\n• Isaias Gaitan Rodriguez, B.S. Computer Science\r\n\r\n• B.S. Criminal Justice Administration: Joel Rolando Alvarenga, Daniel Trey Beach, Brooker Brooks, Xochitl Noelia Cassanova, Kimberly Dessart, Adam Mendel Draisen, Timothy Allen Boyd Hodges, Daniel Jayne, Marcus Miller, Prince Duane Norton, Eric Shanard Patrick, Sr, Cristian Rodriguez, Eugene J. Sell III.\r\n\r\n• Jalane Lugo, B.S Education\r\n\r\n• B.S. Management: Alberto T. Burgos, Jason Aaron Grayson, Patrick John Griffin. Jr. Jerry M. Green, Gregory Griggs\r\n\r\n• Flavia Fabiano: B.S. Management/Aviation\r\n\r\n• B.S. Management/Computer Information Systems: Gunner M. Church, Corey W. Ellis, Stephen W. Ouzts, James Warren Springer\r\n\r\n• B.S. Management/Health Care: Patricia Ford Beaton, Cassandra A. Coker\r\n\r\n• B.S. Management/Human Resources: Lakisha M. Fripp, Shekeila Shante Joyner, Rachel Elizabeth Michener, Rufus Lexie Siler, Deanna Y. Urbina, Oronda Latasha Washington\r\n\r\n• Joshua S. Perrella: B.S. Management/Marketing\r\n\r\n• B.S. Social Psychology: Marie J. Boice, Joy Desiree Miller\r\n\r\n• A.S Criminal Justice Administration: Daniel James Black, George T. Erdel III, Lucas L. Warner\r\n\r\n• A. S. Management: Billy D. Bennett, Jessica Mae Singley, Jeramiah Lewis Saunders\r\n\r\n• A.S. Social Psychology: Carolina P. Andrade, Erinn Jessica Izykowski, Julie D. McElwain\r\n\r\n• Bachelor of Science degrees were awarded in absentia to: Christine Lee Adcox, Laura P. Barrios, Jaime L. Bircher, Jason D. Delafe, Fredy Jesus Diaz, William G. Drake, Shedrick L. Garrett, Jason Allen Hewes, Dominika Krekora-Sawyer, Alfonza Mayora, Sr., Sean David McCullough, Kenneth J. Mimlitsch, Tabetha Kristal Garrido Pombo, Fernando Carlos Pupo, Robert A. Rice and Elizabeth R. Wells.\r\n\r\n• Associate of Science degrees were awarded in absentia to: Travis Dwaine Bowling, Jacqueline Diane Campbell, Alexis Nicole Curry, Tony Lee Darling, Chandra Rachelle Drayton, Ralph E. Drew, Jr., Donna Denise Green, Paul E. Greenfield, Roger Dale Hoeft, Jr., David Dwayne Sealey, Carl W. Shultz and Scott Patrick Sylvester.\r\n<div></div>', 'School Honors', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-honors-9', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:45', '2018-07-12 15:00:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17089', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(17091, 4, '2014-06-12 10:38:40', '2014-06-12 14:38:40', '<b>BATTERY CREEK HIGH </b>\r\n\r\n• Congratulations to the following Battery Creek High School rising seniors for being elected officers of the student body:\r\n\r\nStudent Body President: Shelly Houge\r\n\r\nStudent Body Vice President: Kierra Grayson\r\n\r\nStudent Body Secretary: Morgan Doray\r\n\r\nStudent Body Treasurer: Shelby Puckett\r\n\r\nStudent Government Advisor is Mr. Michael Thompson.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>BEAUFORT ACADEMY</b>\r\n\r\n•   BA summer hours, office will be open, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.\r\n\r\n• Fall sports pre-season practices have begun.  Contact the coach (available on the BA website) or the front office at 843-524-3393 for more information.\r\n\r\n• Sign up today!  Beaufort Academy’s second week of summer camp for ages 3-6 begins Monday, June 16. BA is also offering Boys Basketball camps the week of July 21 for boys in grades 3-8!  Camps are open to the community.  Contact us at 843-524-3393 or visit www.beaufortacademy.org.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>LADY’S ISLAND MIDDLE</b>\r\n\r\n• Last Thursday, Lady’s Island Middle School held its first “Parent/Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. The school would like to thank the following businesses for their support: Dangerfield Inc.,  Holiday Inn &amp; Suites (Albergotti Grill), Moondoggies Cafe, Suwan Thai Cuisine, Fat Patties Restaurant, Madness Fitness.\r\n\r\n• The 2014-2015 Cheer Squad will be: Skyler Rodriguez, Kaylee Gedraitis, Sara Correll, Dominique Barnes, Alex Macis, Faith Houston, Haven Washington, Katherine Larrow, Zaryia Coaxum, Aby Freeman, Madysen Shelby, Sydney Weiland, Quiana Butler, Keatin Reichel, Bella Gregory, Emily Merritt, Kirra Hantske, Janie Yoskovich, Hailey Hughes, Madison Wyman, Jackson Nix, Macey Mullens, and Laney Patton.\r\n\r\n• The Lady’s Island Middle Orchestra is now accepting new students for next year. No experience needed. Students in orchestra not only learn to play, but also learn how to read music. If you have a student who is interested in playing the violin, viola, cello, or string bass, please contact Mr. Roedig, chorus and orchestra teacher, at 322-3168 or by email geoffrey.roedig@beaufort.k12.sc.us.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17092\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/School-BHS-French-induction-ceremony.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17092\" alt=\"The National French Honor Society of Beaufort High School held its induction ceremony at the Beaufort Bread Company recently. Membership to the Société Honoraire de Français is based on scholarship and is restricted to those students actively engaged in the study of French. To be eligible, candidates must have maintained an A average in French and a B average or higher in all other subjects. Congratulations to the newly inducted members and thank you to Ms. Stone, the owner of BBC, for providing the Society with such a delightful and relevant place to hold its ceremony. Ms. Stone speaks French, and served several French dishes for the event.  Pictured from left to right are: Madame Marshall, NFHS advisor; Austin Dyar, new member; Jonathan Boulon, NFHS treasurer; Robert Crumley, NFHS president ; Dmitry Shipsey, new member; Claire Haas, new member; Grace Pemberton, new member; Samantha McDaniel, NFHS secretary; Victoria Settlemire, new member; Kayley Gilbert, NFHS officer; Mary Margaret Achurch, new member; Rachael Scheper, new member. \" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/School-BHS-French-induction-ceremony-300x146.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" /></a> The National French Honor Society of Beaufort High School held its induction ceremony at the Beaufort Bread Company recently. Membership to the Société Honoraire de Français is based on scholarship and is restricted to those students actively engaged in the study of French. To be eligible, candidates must have maintained an A average in French and a B average or higher in all other subjects. Congratulations to the newly inducted members and thank you to Ms. Stone, the owner of BBC, for providing the Society with such a delightful and relevant place to hold its ceremony. Ms. Stone speaks French, and served several French dishes for the event. Pictured from left to right are: Madame Marshall, NFHS advisor; Austin Dyar, new member; Jonathan Boulon, NFHS treasurer; Robert Crumley, NFHS president ; Dmitry Shipsey, new member; Claire Haas, new member; Grace Pemberton, new member; Samantha McDaniel, NFHS secretary; Victoria Settlemire, new member; Kayley Gilbert, NFHS officer; Mary Margaret Achurch, new member; Rachael Scheper, new member.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>What are teachers reading this summer?</b>\r\n<div><b><b></b></b>Summer break means a lot of things to many people.  For a lot of teachers at Lady’s Island Middle School, it means opportunities to read books that they do not get during the school year.\r\n\r\n•  Ms. Corbet (8th grade ELA)says, “I am going to read a lot! One book will be ‘Kedzie, Saint Helena Island Slave.’ I have to finish ‘America’s Longest Siege,’ and I have ‘Goldfinch’ after that.\r\n\r\n• Ms. Burvenich will be reading through the entire “Divergent” series.\r\n\r\n• Mr. Rodeig (Band) said, “ I just started reading David McCullough’s ‘Path Between the Seas.’”\r\n\r\n• Ms. Smith, (Behavior Intervention) is going to digging into “A Day Late and A Dollar Short” by Terri McMillan.\r\n\r\n• Reading Assistant Ms. Alexander is reading “The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd, which is set in Charleston.\r\n<div></div>\r\n</div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div></div>', 'School Notes', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-notes-69', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:45', '2018-07-12 15:00:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17091', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17094, 4, '2014-06-12 10:40:12', '2014-06-12 14:40:12', 'Third graders at Bridges Preparatory School partnered with Kelli Franklin, a landscape architect in Beaufort, to teach students the importance of green roofs and the planning process behind them, which integrates math, engineering, design (new urbanism) and the environmental sciences.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_17095\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/roof.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-17095\" alt=\"Bridges third graders display their green roof models.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/roof-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> Bridges third graders display their green roof models.[/caption]\r\n\r\nDuring Mrs. Franklin’s visit to Bridges, she taught students about landscape architecture and showed them examples of green roofs in our country. Students were able to look at real landscape architect plans as well, and learn about the benefits of good planning on a STEM project.\r\n\r\nFollowing this exciting lesson, students had to create their own plan to build a green roof. After drawing their plans, students used shoe boxes, crafts, and soil to plant grass seed on the top of their shoe boxes.\r\n\r\nEach day students had to care for their green roofs and water them. They had some success and grass started growing on several roofs.\r\n\r\nTo wrap things up, students created a presentation on green roofs and their benefits to the environment. Bridges students thoroughly enjoyed the project.', 'Bridges Prep students build green roof models', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'bridges-prep-students-build-green-roof-models', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:00:44', '2018-07-12 15:00:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17094', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(17097, 4, '2014-06-12 10:41:04', '2014-06-12 14:41:04', '<b>By Tracie Korol</b>\r\n\r\nThe kind folks at the Beaufort County Shelter asked me to dedicate an article to the perils of a Lowcountry summer, dogs in cars and the terrible demise of our dog friends due to heatstroke.\r\n\r\nRecently, I was asked by a seemingly smart person, “It’s OK to leave my dog in the if I leave the A/C on, right?” No, it’s not OK to leave your dog unattended in a car in this county, ever. Ever. Not in the winter. Not under a tree with the windows cracked and not in an idling car with the air conditioning running. It’s against the law.  The penalty? A fine of upwards onto $1,000 plus the shame of having done something really stupid to your Best Friend.\r\n\r\nLet’s talk about summer. Common sense check: if you’re hot, your dog is hot, too. If it’s too hot for you to sit in a car without air conditioning, it’s too hot for your dog. If it’s too hot for you to walk barefoot across a parking lot or the sand, it’s too hot for your dog to walk there, too. If you’re sweaty and thirsty, your dog is too. He’s wearing fur and he can’t sweat.\r\n\r\nThe unattended dog-in-car is very common in Beaufort culture when seemingly caring people will leave their dog in the car while they do a bit of shopping or dining. People are fooling themselves if they believe that their dog is having a good time, along for the adventure. Even though your dog may enjoy a ride in the car, sitting in extreme heat anxiously awaiting your return is not fun at all, even if it’s just for 5 minutes. In another ten minutes, while you chat with the store clerk, he could be approaching death from heat stroke.\r\n\r\nEven in the shade, and especially in humid conditions, dogs need to inhale air cooler than their normal body temperature of 100 degrees to be able to stay alive. Dogs confined in cars where the ambient temperature and humidity are above tolerable levels will begin to acquire heat from the environment faster than they can dissipate it. Overheated humans begin to sweat which evaporates and cools the skin dissipating heat buildup. Dogs, remember — fur-covered — have very few sweat glands to begin with and can only dissipate excess body heat via panting.  Movement of air over a moist tongue and airway surfaces increases evaporative cooling somewhat. However, panting actually generates heat due to the muscle activity involved.  Keep in mind that as a dog pants 100 percent humidity into his confined space, the ambient temperature and humidity of the car increases. It’s science.\r\n\r\nSigns of heat stroke are intense rapid panting, wide eyes, salivating, staggering and weakness.  Advanced heat stroke victims will collapse and become unconscious.  The gums will appear pale and dry. If heat stroke is suspected and you can take the animal’s temperature rectally, any temperature above 106 degrees is dangerous. The longer the temperature remains at or above 106 degrees the more serious the situation. If you return to your car and find your dog seems to be highly agitated, wide-eyed and panting uncontrollably, start for the nearest animal hospital right away with the air conditioning going at full blast.\r\n\r\nEven if heroic measures are taken, he may die from massive intravascular clotting, hemorrhaging, cerebral edema and kidney failure. Really.\r\n\r\nHeat stroke is a dire emergency and one from which many pets do not recover.  And it’s an ugly death. It occurs so quickly that your only response should be to get to the nearest animal hospital immediately — don’t even call first. Just GO!\r\n\r\nShort-faced (brachycephalic) breeds such as Boxers, Pekingese and Pugs and dogs with heavy coats are at greater risk for heat stroke than some other breeds. Also, age and physical condition (heart problems, obesity) lessens a dog’s efficiency in dissipating heat buildup in the body. All it takes to avoid this serious problem is diligence and common sense. No, it’s not OK to leave your dog in the car.', 'Heat kills dogs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'heat-kills-dogs', '', '', '2014-06-12 10:41:04', '2014-06-12 14:41:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17097', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(17099, 4, '2014-06-12 10:42:52', '2014-06-12 14:42:52', '<b>AARP sponsoring a safe driver course\r\n</b>\r\n\r\nAn AARP Safe Driver Class will be given at Summit Place of Beaufort, 1119 Pickpocket Plantation Drive, Beaufort, SC, on Friday, June 13. This class is open for drivers age 26 and above. The fee is  $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. The class will be held from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Completion of this course will earn you a certificate good for a three year discount on your auto insurance. Learn how to become a safer driver. Class size is limited; you must register now by calling Harry Ammon, instructor, at 843-521-1941.\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort sportfishing and diving club to meet</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing &amp; Diving Club’s June meeting will be held Thursday, June 12 at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club on Lady’s Island, off Meridian Road. The social begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. Well known local Captain Wes Chesnutt of Southern Spots Fishing Charters will lead a discussion on summertime fishing for flounder, redfish, and trout. You do not need a reservation and guests are always welcome. For additional information, contact Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2122.\r\n\r\n<b>Public invited to open house at Helena Place</b>\r\n\r\nThe public is invited to attend Helena Place’s open house on Thursday, June 12, from 3-5 p.m. Dr. Irina Borissova will be on hand to answer questions about senior housing options available in the Beaufort area and senior health care in general. Daphne Francis-Smith, Helena Place’s full-time Registered Nurse, will also be available to answer questions and conduct complimentary wellness screenings. Gift cards to Walgreens and CVS will be raffled off. Helena Place Senior Living, formerly Helena House, is located at 1624 Paris Avenue in Port Royal. Please call 843-252-3001 or e-mail rewing@enlivant.com for additional information.\r\n\r\n<b>Gamecock Classic Golf Tournament to be held</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Gamecock Classic Golf Tournament sponsored by DuPriest Construction Co. will be on Saturday, June 14. It will be held at the Sanctuary Golf Club at Cat Island. This is a 4 person scramble, Captain’s Choice format starting at 9 a.m. Proceeds benefit USC Scholarship Athletes. Entry fee of $100 per player includes a green fee and golf cart, gift bag, sausage or chicken biscuits for breakfast,  awards lunch, beverages (on the course), and hole contests and prizes. Call Linda McCarty at 843-521-1445 for details.\r\n\r\n<b>Organizations have flag retirement ceremony</b>\r\n\r\nThere will be a Flag Retirement Ceremony on Saturday, June 14, at 10 a.m. in the parking lot at the intersection of Boundary Street and S.C. 170. This will be put on by Chapter 12, Disabled American Veterans, The Exchange Club Of Beaufort and The Boy Scouts Troop 251. The Beaufort Fire Department will be in attendance. If you have a flag that is battered or torn, you may drop it off that morning. For more information, please contact Ron Voegeli at 812-2796 or email Rvoegeli@hargray.com.\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort Memorial has </b><b>free seminar on joint pain</b>\r\n\r\nIf you suffer from hip or knee pain, you’re not alone, as over 25 million Americans experience joint discomfort. To learn more about available solutions, join Beaufort Memorial for a free seminar on Monday, June 16 at 9 a.m. in Room 364 of the hospital’s Medical and Administrative Center at 990 Ribaut Road where Beaufort Memorial Orthopedic Care Physical Therapist Andrea Sadler will provide information about normal knee and hip anatomy, signs and symptoms of joint-related problems, and treatment options to relieve or resolve pain. From in-home exercise and medical management, to physical therapy and surgery, she will explain appropriate options that can be personalized for a patient’s specific needs. The seminar is free but registration is requested. To learn more or make a reservation, call 843-522-5585.\r\n\r\n<b>Parris Island Marine Band plays free show</b>\r\n\r\nOn Saturday, June 14, at 7:30 pm, the Parris Island Marine Band will present its summer concert hosted by the University of South Carolina Beaufort at the USCB Center for the Arts on Carteret Street in downtown Beaufort. Although the concert is free and open to the public, tickets are required. Tickets can be picked up at the Parris Island Band Building 6005 on Parris Island or at the USCB Center for the Arts box office. Call 843-228-4967 for tickets and more information.\r\n\r\n<b>Fellowship choir holds annual summer concert</b>\r\n\r\nThe Fellowship Concert Choir will present its annual Summer Concert with familiar hymns and contemporary music at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, 2002 Greene Street, Beaufort, on Saturday, June 21, at 5 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, contact 843-812-6111.\r\n\r\n<b>‘Diva’s Night Out’ being held by local nonprofit</b>\r\n\r\nNext Level Living, a non-profit organization that mentors children and families from all walks of life, with special emphasis on families facing economic hardship, is holding Diva’s Night Out “Creating The Life You Really Want.” This event will take place June 20 at the Quality Inn Town Center, 2001 Boundary St., Beaufort, SC, 29902. The speaker will be Lucinda Cross, a creative life activator and a pay-to-play empowerment partner. The event will also be honoring individuals in the community. For more information, contact Elder Phyllis Smart at 843-473-9776, or Sis Shontell at 843-263-2504.\r\n\r\n<b>Black chamber course to help small businesses</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Service Corps of Retired Executives to offer a course on developing a business plan, acquiring a business loan, and other financial strategies to help small existing businesses and start-ups. Sessions will be from 6 to 8 p.m. June 16, 18, and 20 at the chamber office at 801 Bladen Street in Beaufort. Enrollment is $25, which will be reimbursed upon completion of all three sessions.  To enroll, call 843-986-1102.\r\n\r\n<b>Riverview Baptist has Vacation Bible School</b>\r\n\r\nRiverview Baptist Church, 2209 Boundary Street, Beaufort, SC, 29906, presents Vacation Bible School Son Treasure Island Theme from June 23-27 from 5:45 to 8:45 p.m. For ages Pre-K through 12th grade. Contact Deb Solze at 524-6441 or 271-4153.\r\n\r\n<b>Free classes let kids learn about archaeology</b>\r\n\r\nThe Archaeology Society of SC/Beaufort is joining forces with the Beaufort History Museum and the Beaufort County library to bring a fun and free opportunity for kids of Beaufort to learn how to be a real archaeologist from a real archaeologist. Dwayne Pickett of Pickett Educational LLC will teach kids ages 6-12 at St. Helena Branch library on Thursday, June 12 from 11 a.m. to noon and at the Beaufort branch downtown on Thursday, July 10 from 11 a.m. to noon about archaeology. Students will learn how to dig and will each bring home a certified artifact from the Beaufort History Museum’s abundant pile of pottery pieces.\r\n\r\n<b>Exchange Club meeting will welcome speaker</b>\r\n\r\nA representative from the Civic Green  Initiative (a citizens group formed to stop the formally proposed development of the downtown waterfront marina parking lot) will be the speaker at the next Exchange Club meeting on Thursday,  June 12 at the Golden Corral on Robert Smalls Parkway. He will be speaking about ways in which  we can grow our city without compromising it’s existing natural beauty and historical character. For more information about the Exchange Club of Beaufort, please call club President Darlene Douglas at 522-1872.\r\n\r\n<b>Workshop to discuss climate change at library </b>\r\n\r\nThere will be a symposium called “Climate Change and what we can do about it” at the Beaufort library, 311 Scott Street, downtown Beaufort, on Thursday, June 12, from 3 to 5 p.m. They will review the science of climate change and its pervasive impacts on weather, sea level rise, food and water security, forest fires, species and habitat and economics. Presenter Mike Seymour is president of The Heritage Institute (www.hol.edu) a program of continuing education with a mission to “educate for humanity and the world we want” and reaching teachers across the glob. Since 2007 Mike has presented extensively around the Northwest and in national conferences on global sustainability issues and recently attended a Climate Leaders training given by the Climate Reality Project founded by former Vice President, Al Gore. Mike is a Friends of Hunting Island Board Member, a Master Naturalist volunteer and a founding team member of Compassionate Beaufort Communities.\r\n\r\n<b>Parris Island Museum opens canoe display</b>\r\n\r\nOver 400 years ago, a group of Native Americans abandoned a hand made canoe, or perhaps the Spaniards scuttled it as they left the area. Regardless of how it came to be in the pluff mud off Parris Island, it was found by a local fisherman, extricated and put in storage for over a decade. Recently the project of restoring it was undertaken by Lynn Harris, PhD, assistant professor at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. After much hard work, the canoe will be on display at the Parris Island Museum. To celebrate the unveiling of the canoe exhibition, the Parris Island Museum and Historic Society and the Archaeology Society of South Carolina Beaufort Chapter are partnering to present a dutch treat luncheon and lecture in the Regimental Room at Traditions on Parris Island on Weds. June 18 at 11:30 a.m. for luncheon and 12:15 lecture. RSVP for seating by Monday, June 16 by emailing pimuseumsociety@gmail.com.\r\n\r\n<b>ARTworks festival highlights food trucks</b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Food Truck Festival, a fundraiser for the non-profit Arts Council of Beaufort County, will be held on Saturday, June 21 at the Beaufort Town Center Shopping Plaza.\r\n\r\n<b>Annual Lowcountry Regatta will be held</b>\r\n\r\nThe 48th Annual Lowcountry Regatta, a one-design dinghy regional sailing regatta, will be held June 21-22, hosted by the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club, 30 Yacht Club Drive, Lady’s Island. This is the largest event of the year for BYSC with over 80 visiting boats and 200 visitors, as well as approximately 40 local sailors competing. The race starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 21, and there will be a Lowcountry Boil with live music that night. On Sunday, June 22, the race starts at 11 a.m. The awards ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. Call 843-522-8216 or visit www.byscnet.com.\r\n<div></div>', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-141', '', '', '2014-06-12 10:42:52', '2014-06-12 14:42:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17099', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(17101, 4, '2014-06-12 10:43:58', '2014-06-12 14:43:58', '<b>By Celia Strong</b>\r\n\r\nIt’s time to learn more and taste more with a new wine this week from Australia. It’s hard to believe that a new week has already arrived, but it is a pleasant thing to discover the where, what and winery of this new wine.\r\n\r\nI realize that we haven’t visited Australia in a while, but it will make for a fresh and interesting discussion. This country is the fourth largest wine exporter in the world with 750 million liters leaving the country, or 1 billion 750 ml bottles — and that’s after they drink 40 percent of their wines themselves. No matter how you look at it, there’s a lot of wine made down there.\r\n\r\nWines are made in every state in Australia, with more than 60 wine regions. These are mostly located in the cooler, more southern, areas and include South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. Like any other wine producing country, these different regions have different soils and climates and produce different wine styles. Most of the major grape varieties are grown here, with Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Semillon, Pinot Noir, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc leading the pack. Most Australian wines are labeled by their grape variety, like other New World wine producers, with a minimum of the named variety being 85 percent. (In the United States, our minimum by federal law is 75 percent.)\r\n\r\nThere is a huge amount of history and related information we could get into regarding Australian wines, as you can imagine. For the sake of time, it seems best if we just look at the area that our wine for this week comes from: Adelaide.\r\n\r\nAdelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth largest city in the country. It was founded in 1836 and named for Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, the queen consort to King William IV. Before 1836, this area was inhabited by the indigenous Kaurna Aborigine nation.\r\n\r\nNot only is Adelaide a thriving modern city, now, it is in the center of the largest wine producing area in Australia. South Australia has 18 distinct wine regions. Besides Adelaide, there is Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Plain, Barossa Valley, Eden Valley, Clare Valley, and more. The National Wine Centre is in Adelaide also.\r\n\r\nOur winery for week, Penfolds, was founded in Adelaide in 1844 by an English physician, Christopher Rawson Penfold. Christopher arrived in Australia when he was 24 years old and his wife, Mary, was 15. With help from family, they got 500 acres, the Magill Estate. In addition to planting the land, they built a cottage to live in, called The Grange. They used French grapevine cuttings that came from England. Their plan was to produce  a wine tonic for the treatment of anaemia. Their first wines were port and sherry styles, mostly for Christopher’s parents. Increased demand was met by expanding and establishing Penfolds in 1844.\r\n\r\nIn 1870, Mary had to take over most of the operations when her husband died. The business grew to over 60 acres, Mary added more varieties, and personally handled the blending of wines. The Penfolds’ daughter, Georgina, married Thomas Hyland. He tried to encourage Mary to sell the business, before she was ready to retire even, which resulted in a partnership with him in Melbourne and Mary in Adelaide. After Mary retired, Georgina and Thomas ran the winery, followed by their sons and daughters. Mary died in 1896, the winery went public in 1962, and the family had controlling interest until 1976.\r\n\r\nIn 1903, Penfolds was the largest winery in Adelaide. During the 1940’s and 1950’s, they changed their focus to making table wines. Max Shubert, the chief winemaker, went to Europe after World War II, to learn about sherry making, but ended up spending more time in Bordeaux. In the 1960’s, Penfolds introduced a series of red wines — Bin 389, Bin 707, Bin 28 and Bin 128 — all dry reds made from Shiraz and Cabernet. In addition, Shubert developed Grange Hermitage, later just called Grange, one of Australia’s best and most expensive reds.\r\n\r\nBut we are trying a Penfolds white wine this week: The Thomas Hyland Chardonnay. This tier of Penfolds wines, which also includes a Cabernet Sauvignon and a Shiraz, takes advantage of the location in Adelaide and the cool climate that the grapes grow in there. This Chardonnay was first made in 2001. Over the years the style of the wine has become less oaky in order to highlight the varietal flavors that the cool climate grows. This wine is 100 percent Chardonnay, with over 90 percent of the grapes coming from the Adelaide Hills area. The grapes are gently pressed and the wine is matured in French oak barrels for six or seven months, about 30 percent of them new.\r\n\r\nThis Chardonnay is minimally filtered. It has white peach flavors with citrus notes, and hints of pecan from the oak. It has a creamy texture with a crisp minerality and a long, lingering finish. There is just enough oak to make this wine complex, but the balanced acidity lifts the Chardonnay flavors up. Many wine writers describe this wine as tasting like a much more expensive Chardonnay.\r\n\r\nAt Penfolds, this wine is recommended with salt and pepper scallops, Thai chicken salad, and spaghetti with olive oil — a list that seems to open many doors to many flavors including shellfish and seafood, fried and grilled, roast poultry, white sauces and cheeses.\r\n\r\nSo, back here in the Lowcountry, you can cook up some local seafood and enjoy the summer evenings from the comfort of your own home, or backyard or dock, with your glass filled with a chardonnay from Down Under. This wine is available at Bill’s Liquor on Lady’s Island for $12.99.\r\n\r\nEnjoy.\r\n<div></div>', 'Enjoy a Penfolds Chardonnay from Australia', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'enjoy-a-penfolds-chardonnay-from-australia', '', '', '2014-06-12 10:43:58', '2014-06-12 14:43:58', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17101', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(17103, 4, '2014-06-12 10:44:56', '2014-06-12 14:44:56', 'The Beaufort Ospreys suffered their first loss in the 2014 season earlier in the week, falling to visiting Goose Creek at Beaufort High School. Goose Creek used a two-out rally to battle back to edge Beaufort 13-12.\r\n\r\nThriving at the plate late in the matchup, Christian Sillampa delivered an RBI-double to help lift Goose Creek to the win.\r\n\r\nOn the mound, Goose Creek pitcher Zac Owens earned the win. Owens registered four strikeouts in six innings of work.\r\n\r\nBeaufort pitcher Thomas Smith took the loss. Smith, who worked three innings, notched a trio of strikeouts in the setback.\r\n\r\nAt the plate, Owens helped his pitching cause by going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.\r\n\r\nBeaufort managed to outhit Goose Creek 14-12 in the loss.\r\n\r\nStruggling defensively, Beaufort committed six errors.\r\n\r\nBeaufort, however, fared well at the plate throughout the contest. Offensively for the Ospreys, Rome Wallace went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and two stolen bases. Carson Gregory finished 2-for-3 with two doubles while Jesse Sanborn went 2-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and three runs.', 'Ospreys drop home game to Goose Creek', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ospreys-drop-home-game-to-goose-creek', '', '', '2014-06-12 10:44:56', '2014-06-12 14:44:56', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17103', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(17105, 4, '2014-06-12 10:45:37', '2014-06-12 14:45:37', '<b>• Spanish Mackerel:</b>\r\n\r\nFirst: Baylee Dean, 5.75\r\n\r\nSecond: Buddy Seder, 5.10\r\n\r\nThird: Grayson Bridgers, 3.55\r\n\r\n<b>• Cobia</b>\r\n\r\nFirst: Tyler McTeer, 41.15\r\n\r\nSecond: Lee Green, 22.90\r\n\r\nThird: Mitchell Stewart, 22.40\r\n\r\n<b>• Flounder</b>\r\n\r\nFirst: Perrin Tribble, 1.45\r\n\r\nSecond: Andy Murphy, 1.40\r\n\r\nThird: Sharon Rourk, 1.25\r\n\r\n<b>• Sheepshead</b>\r\n\r\nFirst: Ann Galllant, 4.35\r\n\r\nSecond: Ryan Coyne, 3.20\r\n\r\nThird: Pam Mucha, 2.85\r\n\r\n<b>• Spadefish</b>:\r\n\r\nFirst: Marv Copeland, 7.10\r\n\r\n<b>• Spot Tail</b>\r\n\r\nFirst: Montana Housand, 4.45\r\n\r\nSecond: AP Murphy, 4.30\r\n\r\nThird: Travis Plair, 3.50\r\n\r\n<b>• Trout:</b>\r\n\r\nFirst Lucas Posey, 2.60\r\n\r\n<b>• Black Drum</b>\r\n\r\nFirst: Ann Gallant, 8.70\r\n\r\nSecond: AP Murphy, 4.05\r\n\r\nThird: Tom Adylette, 3.60\r\n\r\n<b>• Blue Fish</b>\r\n\r\nFirst: Baylee Dean, 1.80\r\n\r\nSecond: Buddy Seder, 1.55\r\n\r\nThird: Chas Graham, 1.50\r\n\r\n<b>• CCA</b>\r\n\r\nMale: Travis Plair\r\n\r\nFemale: Sharon Rourke\r\n\r\n<b>• Youth Male: </b>Grayson Bridges\r\n\r\n<b>• Youth Female:</b> Racheal Graham\r\n\r\n<b>• Overall Female: </b>Ann Gallant\r\n\r\n<b>• Third Place Team:</b> (No Name): Captain AP Murphy, Andy Murphy, Russell Keys, Lenny Andrews.\r\n\r\n<b>• Second Place Team: Gone Catchin: </b>Captain John Mucha, Pam Mucha, Robert Gallant, Ann Gallant.\r\n\r\n<b>• First Place Team: Rowboat:</b> Captain Baylee Dean, Buddy Seder, Ashley Seder, Matt Guldner.', 'Water Festival 2014 Fishing Tournament Results ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'water-festival-2014-fishing-tournament-results', '', '', '2014-06-12 10:45:37', '2014-06-12 14:45:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=17105', 0, 'post', '', 0);
