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(49765, 4, '2021-04-29 09:56:10', '2021-04-29 13:56:10', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Mindy Lucas</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>South Carolina’s top health officials say they are taking a “deeper dive” into the state’s data to see why the state’s overall vaccination rate has slowed and appointments are going unfilled.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The slowdown follows a nationwide trend as health officials across the county work to determine what’s behind the drop in numbers – whether it’s “vaccine hesitancy” or a reluctance to get the shots or whether it’s a normal dip in numbers as supplies of the vaccine become more plentiful.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We’re doing everything we can to reverse that trend and get more people vaccinated as quickly as possible,” said Dr. Brannon Traxler, Public Health Director for the S.C. 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In a joint statement made on Friday, the CDC and FDA said they were lifting the pause “after determining the known and potential benefits of the vaccine outweigh the known and potential risks of the vaccine.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Health officials also said they were seeing an increase in supply of vaccine compared to demand.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We knew from early on when we were seeing the opposite that we would see this,” Traxler said. “We are likely seeing it now, but that is really all what makes it even more important for everyone who hasn’t been vaccinated but is eligible to go and get vaccinated as soon as they can.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Only 29.6 percent of the state’s population had completed the vaccination process of press time on Tuesday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The slow down in vaccinations is concerning, health officials said, given that more people need to be vaccinated before herd immunity can be reached.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Herd immunity is the only way to beat this virus,” said Dr. Brannon Traxler, Public Health Director for DHEC. “We still have a ways to go before that happens.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In terms of the “positive side of vaccinations” DHEC officials said residents should keep in mind the benefits of getting vaccinated.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“When you’ve been vaccinated, and you are getting together with other vaccinated people – for example if you want to go over to a friend’s place and both of you have been vaccinated – then you don’t need to worry as much about masking and social distancing,” Traxler said. “So there are benefits and there is guidance from the CDC on some of the preventative measures that can begin to be relaxed especially when you are around other people who have been vaccinated.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Breakthrough Infections</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As of Friday, South Carolina has 326 “breakthrough” cases, or cases where people who were vaccinated still became sick from COVID-19.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DHEC officials said while they were tracking those cases, they were still very low compared to the number of people who have been vaccinated.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s also important to remember that with those cases the infection might be less severe, Dr. Traxler noted. 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(49767, 4, '2021-04-29 09:59:03', '2021-04-29 13:59:03', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Mike McCombs</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s C.J. Cummings successfully defended his overall gold medal and broke his own American record in the Snatch in the 73 kg weight classification at the 2020 Pan Am Games on Wednesday in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cummings made 148 kg and 142 kg on his first two Snatch attempts. His American-record 155 kg Snatch on his third lift, ironically, was only good for silver in the lift. He was just short of Venezuela’s Julio Mayora. The current Pan American record holder lifted 156 kg to take gold</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I felt really confident with the 155kg Snatch,” Cummings told USA Weightlifting after the competition. “In my mind I already had it made up, so what I did was just pulled it really hard and had to take a step back because I over-pulled it. It felt like an easy lift.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cummings made up for the shortfall in the Snatch with a dominant Clean and Jerk to win gold in the event and the total for the weight class.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort High grad made 178 kg on his opening attempt before a big leap to 188 kg. He missed on his American record attempt at 194kg on his third lift, but the 188 would stand for gold. His 343 kg total was good enough for gold and made him the 73 kg Pan American Champion.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I wanted to go six for six today, obviously I didn’t,” Cummings told USA Weightlifting after the competition. “All in all, it was a great performance and I’m just happy to have won another championship.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Including Cummings’ three medals, Team USA’s men scored 14 medals, including five gold, three silver and six bronze, to finish in third place.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This competition was a qualification event for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Olympic Qualifying period runs through May 31, and according to USA Weightlifting, it will be able to name its Olympic Team by that point.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Originally scheduled for the spring of 2020 but delayed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the 2020 Pan American Championships were rescheduled for April 2021. The 2021 edition of the Pan American Championships are scheduled for Nov. 1-11 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cummings is an American hopeful for the XXXII Olympic Summer Games to be held July 23 through Aug. 8 in Tokyo.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mike McCombs is the editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Cummings repeats as Pan Am champ, breaks own American record', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cummings-repeats-as-pan-am-champ-breaks-own-american-record', '', '', '2021-04-29 09:59:05', '2021-04-29 13:59:05', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49767', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49769, 4, '2021-04-29 10:02:30', '2021-04-29 14:02:30', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Blue Angels show up, show off over Beaufort</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Mike McCombs</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you thought when MCAS Beaufort announced in February that the 2021 Air Show scheduled for Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25 was canceled that it meant you wouldn’t see the Blue Angels over Beaufort this year, you likely now know better.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Social media was abuzz Thursday afternoon as the Blue Angels flew low and fast around town. The Blue Angels then flew again Friday and Sunday afternoons, staying grounded Saturday because of rain.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Civilians were initially surprised, but those who work aboard MCAS Beaufort and their families were aware the Navy’s flight demonstration team would be in town to practice and perform their routines.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And it wasn’t a secret, really.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>MCAS Beaufort had announced earlier in the week that the Blue Angels would be flying but made clear the demonstration, set to begin around 2:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, was not open to the public.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will conduct flight training at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort to support flight currency and proficiency requirements. These training flights on MCAS Beaufort will not be open for public viewing. We appreciate the understanding of our surrounding community as we look forward to&nbsp;the 2023 MCAS Beaufort Air Show,” MCAS Beaufort said on Facebook.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The U.S. Navy Blue Angels typically fly at more than 30 air show sites each year. With many 2020 and 2021 air show cancellations, MCAS Beaufort offers the U.S. Navy Blue Angels an opportunity to practice for future air shows, utilizing multiple environments under varying conditions.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The safety of our community and service members remains the top priority. We request the public continue to abide by CDC social distancing guidelines, and not congregate to view the training. For questions, please call the Communication Strategy and Operations Office at 843-228-7225.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Folks gathered wherever they could to watch and take pictures, while motorists tried hard to get a glimpse of the show above without crashing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Thursday afternoon, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office sent out a text asking citizens not to congregate on and near Highway 21 near MCAS Beaufort to watch the demonstration.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“For the safety of the public and motorists, those who wish to get a glimpse of the flight training from outside the military gates are advised not to park their vehicles along Trask Parkway (Highway 21) near the Marine Corps Air Station,” the Sherriff’s Office wrote.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The air show was canceled in order to protect the health of service members, their families and the members of the community, according to a news release at the time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The MCAS Beaufort Air show is a cherished event that allows the Air Station the opportunity to say thank you to our neighbors who support the men and women serving this nation. It is a difficult decision for me to cancel such a monumental event, but given the current COVID-19 environment it must be done,” MCAS Beaufort Commanding Officer Col. Karl Arbogast said in the February release.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The air show, which features military aircraft on display as well as aviation demonstrations by the Navy’s Blue Angels and other pilots, military and civilian, is free and usually attracts 100,000 spectators or more.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Mike McCombs is the editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><br><em>The Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team was in town this past weekend in support of “flight currency and proficiency requirements” practice session, according to a statement released by the Public Affairs Office at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. 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(49772, 4, '2021-04-29 10:10:12', '2021-04-29 14:10:12', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Tess Malijenovsky</strong><br><strong>Photos by Bob Sofaly</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The new bridge along U.S. 21 (Sea Island Parkway) over the Harbor River in Beaufort County officially opened Monday, April 25, two months ahead of schedule. It is the only way the communities of Harbor, Hunting and Fripp Islands can access the mainland of Beaufort County, making the replacement of the previous 82-year-old swing drawbridge foremost a matter of safety, according to state officials.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The new bridge is also the S.C. Department of Transportation’s most expensive bridge construction project to date for aging infrastructure that isn’t eligible for State Infrastructure Bank funding, coming in at $77 million, according to Senator George “Chip” Campsen (R-District 43 – Beaufort, Charleston and Colleton Counties).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rising 65 feet above the Harbor River and spanning close to three-quarters of a mile long, the new bridge will provide unimpeded passage for shrimp boats and sailboats that no longer have to wait for the old Harbor Island bridge to swing open. That goes for the estimated 6,200 motorists that cross the bridge every day, too. More importantly, the new bridge provides a faster, safer way to evacuate the barrier island communities in the event of a hurricane or tropical storm.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The age and the working mechanisms of the bridge are just worn out,” said S.C. Rep. 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Erickson. “It certainly will assist getting folks off of those barriers islands and evacuated in a much faster, safer manner.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":49641,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/04262021-Harbor-River-Bridge-ribbon-cutting-1-4942.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/04262021-Harbor-River-Bridge-ribbon-cutting-1-4942-1024x724.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49641\"/></a><figcaption>Some of those helping to usher in the new Harbor Island Bridge during the ribbon cutting ceremony are from left: Paul Sommerville, Vice Chair, Beaufort County Council; S.C. Rep. Jeff Bradley, S.C. Senator Chip Campsen; Jim Triplet, main contractor; S.C. DOT Secretary Christy Hall; S.C. Rep. Shannon Erickson; York Glover, Beaufort County Council; and S.C. Rep. 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One such person was Davis Dempsey of Dempsey Farms, 82, the same age as the bridge, who shared his memories of the bridge at the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Others recalled the way the bridge would “sing” while driving across its steel.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More than 70 people were in attendance at the ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate both bridges and to be the first to “officially” drive over the new bridge.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Standing on that bridge today, I was just reminded of how amazing our salt marsh and estuary and river systems are – you get one of the most beautiful bird’s eye views from that bridge that I’ve ever seen,” Rep. Erickson said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Soon the old swing bridge will have a new home and a new purpose. The steel superstructure will be welded to a barge and then sunk 52 miles offshore between Charleston Harbor and St. Helena at the site of the South Carolina Memorial Reef, the only managed deep-water artificial reef on the East Coast.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The old bridge will create critical habitat and the basis of the food chain for an ecosystem of new marine life, including species of concern, like grouper and snapper, and prized billfish coveted by sport anglers. Demolition starts this week.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Tess Malijenovsky is a journalist, columnist and photographer based in Beaufort, S.C. 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(49819, 4, '2021-05-05 13:01:28', '2021-05-05 17:01:28', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What is Qualified Immunity? Qualified immunity dates back to 1871 and is a defense frequently invoked by government employees, including police officers, accused of violating a person\'s constitutional rights. Qualified immunity applies to civil suits brought against police officers and other government employees. Qualified immunity applies only to government officials in civil litigation, and does not protect the government itself from suits arising from officials\' actions.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Qualified immunity is not unqualified or total. There is no such total immunity that prevents a police officer from being internally disciplined, re-trained, fired, losing his or her certification, or being criminally charged.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Proponents of the current rule argue that qualified immunity is needed so public officials can perform their duties without hesitation. Supporters of qualified immunity argue that it is needed to protect police officers who have to make snap judgments, under tremendous stress, while in danger, sometimes in low visibility conditions, and with limited information, in the line of duty. Supporters of qualified immunity also say it is needed because lawsuits won against public officials almost always end up being paid for by the government entity and the financial burden of loosening the qualified immunity standard would fall to local and state governments and taxpayers.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Critics say that qualified immunity makes it nearly impossible to hold officers and other government officials accountable in civil court. Opponents to the current qualified immunity standard argue that the “clearly established rights” standard is so high that victims can only win if they can point to a case with nearly identical facts and circumstances. Given this high bar, critics maintain public officials are not accountable for their actions, and victims effectively have no remedy under the law for violations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Supreme Court has certainly set a high standard for pursuing lawsuits over official misconduct. Officers\' behavior must violate clearly established laws or constitutional rights, and courts have found it seldom does because almost every specific allegation is different.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some cities and states have taken steps to end the practice of qualified immunity while debate continues at the national level. Colorado became the first state to ban qualified immunity for police officers in June 2020. On March 25, New York City Council voted to end qualified immunity for police officers, becoming the first city in the country to do so. In April of 2021, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Grisham signed a bill ending the provision for all government workers.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the national level, The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R.7120) was recently approved, nearly along party lines, by the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation would eliminate qualified immunity for police officers nationwide and make other changes in policing policies, like banning chokeholds. This bill addresses a wide range of policies and issues regarding policing practices and law enforcement accountability. It includes measures to increase accountability for law enforcement misconduct, to enhance transparency and data collection, and to eliminate discriminatory policing practices.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The bill facilitates federal enforcement of constitutional violations (for example, excessive use-of-force) by state and local law enforcement. Among other things, it does the following:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>lowers the criminal intent standard—from willful to knowing or reckless—to convict a law enforcement officer for misconduct in a federal prosecution,</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>limits qualified immunity as a defense to liability in a private civil action against a law enforcement officer or state correctional officer, and</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>authorizes the Department of Justice to issue subpoenas in investigations of police departments for a pattern or practice of discrimination.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The bill also creates a national registry, the National Police Misconduct Registry, to compile data on complaints and records of police misconduct. It establishes a framework to prohibit racial profiling at the federal, state, and local levels. The bill also establishes new requirements for law enforcement officers and agencies, including to report data on use-of-force incidents, to obtain training on implicit bias and racial profiling, and to wear body cameras.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many police officers and some Fraternal Order of Police organizations are cautiously on board with many police reform ideas being pushed out at the local, state, and federal levels. Many in law enforcement can accept concepts such as more training, body cameras with reasonable policies, oversight boards with fair processes, and databases to keep officers with bad records from getting rehired.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, most in law enforcement are against ending the judicial doctrine of qualified immunity and believe that ending this protection, would allow cops to be subject to never ending lawsuits over their conduct. In general, COPs and many others believe that qualified immunity is a very important tool for law enforcement, and if those safeguards were removed, it could have a huge negative impact, not just on today’s law enforcement, but the recruiting and retention of qualified people.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Qualified immunity certainly presents difficult decisions for anyone considering filing a legal action against a public official. If you think your civil rights have been violated, contact a civil rights attorney who can help evaluate your case and advise you on what to do.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Larry Dandridge is an honors graduate of three police academies and a DoD Counter Terrorism course graduate. He served as a police officer and deputy sheriff in AL and MO. He has also worked as a consultant with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in GA and SC, and the Military Police and Customs operations in TX. An accomplished writer and motivational speaker, the owner of TVV Publishing, a retired Army Test Pilot, the author of the award-winning BLADES OF THUNDER (book One), a retired Aerospace Industry Region Manager, a past University Business, Writing, and Aeronautics Instructor, and volunteer Patient Adviser at the RHJ VA Medical Center, he writes two columns, as a free-lance writer, for the ISLAND NEWS, the Veterans Benefits Column and the What Citizens Should Know About Policing Column. You can contact Larry at his email, LDandridge@earthlink.net. </em><br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>EDITOR’S NOTE</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is column 10 of a 12-column series on what citizens should know about police officers, use of force, and challenges the police and citizens face. Columns 1 through 9 introduced the series by answering the questions:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. What are the risks involved in police work?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. How does a COP (Constable on Patrol) decide on what level of force to use?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. When can a police officer use deadly force?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. When can deadly force be used on a fleeing felon?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5. Do life and death decisions made by police really have to be made so quickly?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6. What does the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office do for Beaufort County?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7. Do police officers take care to avoid hurting innocent bystanders?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8. Do police officers have to retreat when facing a dangerous person?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9. Can a police officer be unfit to serve, even if they do not break the law?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10. Do police officers have to retreat when facing a dangerous person?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>11. Can a police officer be unfit to serve, even if they do not break the law or violate department written policies?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>12. Why do police officers not hot pursue and chase down every person who runs from them in a vehicle?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>13. Why do police officers sometimes use choke holds on people?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>14. Why do the police not shoot guns and other weapons out of people’s hands?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>15. Why do police sometimes use deadly force on people brandishing a Fake Gun?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>16. Why do the police not read everyone their Miranda rights?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>17. How does a police officer deal with a person with a knife or other edged weapon?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>18. Why do many police officers have second jobs?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>19. How much training does a police officer get?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>20. How many police departments are there and how many COPS are on the job per 1,000 citizens?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>21. Are all police departments certified by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>22. How thorough are the background checking, screening, testing, and interviewing, of police recruits and officers transferring from one department to another?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>23. Why do police departments need armored cars and other military types of equipment?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>24. 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(49824, 4, '2021-05-05 13:08:25', '2021-05-05 17:08:25', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Every so often I receive letters (emails, actually) in response to my columns. I typically thank the authors for their opinion and taking the time to read what I wrote and share their response, but I won\'t lie and say I hold them all in the same regard.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The supportive ones are typically short and sweet. Those are my favorites. Not because they agree with me but because they usually are so well written. The former newspaper editor in me appreciates the clean copy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And then there are my critics. Ugh!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They tell me to leave the former president and his supporters alone. They dare me to defend Burn Loot Murder (their definition of the “BLM” acronym, known in accurate circles as standing for Black Lives Matter).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They call me a typical liberal loser, blah blah blah. That’s fine, but they just write so poorly. To them I say: Paragraphs aren’t just for progressives. Libtards don’t own logic. Patriots can – and should – use spellcheck!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These writers I least enjoy telling me what I should be watching and reading (instead of the New York Times or CNN) or whom I should be praising. South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott’s name has come up more than once. I do read the New York Times, and occasionally the Washington Post. I peruse the Savannah Morning News often enough to validate buying a subscription.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here are some lesser-known names I follow:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Michael Harriot</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The native of Hartsville, S.C., is a senior writer at The Root website, a contributing writer to The Amber Ruffin Show and a self-proclaimed “wypipologist.” The Root is unapologetically pro-Black and fearless in looking at American popular culture through the lens of its Black citizens. No one on their staff exemplifies that more than Harriot. His tongue is sharp, his analysis incisive and his research above reproach.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>His work on The Root is always worth reading, and he has perfected the use of Twitter as a medium for longer-form storytelling. When he starts stringing together links to historical articles and data, what starts out looking like his personal opinion evolves into an indisputable argument in support of his original premise.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A recent article on the Root site, “Was Tim Scott Right When He Said \'America Is Not a Racist Country\'? An Investigation” is a perfect amalgamation of his approach.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Kirk Tuck</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The professional photographer from Austin, Texas, has a wonderful blog, Visual Science Lab, where he writes about his work as a photographer, his opinions on gear and randomly peppered musings on other topics, including politics.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Unlike many photography-related sites, VSL is less about cameras than it is about photography. He writes about the impact of the pandemic on his business. The affection is palpable in the photos he shares of his wife and son.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The way Tuck describes the pleasures of simply walking and taking photos around downtown Austin is comforting. A bum left knee keeps me from doing the same as often as I would like, but his writing offers vicarious enjoyment.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>John Pavlovitz</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pavlovitz, probably the best known of the names I’m including here, likely would be considered a unicorn by standard-issue conservatives. He is a liberal who is as far from “godless” as you can get, being pastor at a church in Wake Forest, N.C. His writings, including books and posts on Twitter and his personal website, support a Christianity that is decisively inclusive and “woke.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pavlovitz writes about police brutality, mental illness, white privilege, and other social issues from a perspective grounded upon his faith and interpretations of the Scriptures. He is both profound and prolific in writing about how Christians should advance acceptance of the LGBT community and immigrant populations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In a post titled, “Let My People Vote: Why Voter Suppression is Unbiblical” he writes: “The book of Genesis tells us that each human being is a specific image-bearer of the Divine, uniquely reflecting the nature of God. Whenever someone silences another human being’s voice, they are silencing the very God within them.” Good stuff.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A quick review of this short list tells me 1) I respect writers who can make a strong argument, and 2) I need to get more women writers into my daily mix. I read women – Savannah’s Rana Cash, for one – but none so frequently their names came to mind as quickly as these men. I hope my critics are as willing to broaden and diversify the content they consume.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And to start using spellcheck. It’s still F7, right?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Terry E. Manning lives and works in Savannah, Ga. He is a Clemson graduate and worked for 20 years as a journalist. 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(49826, 4, '2021-05-05 13:13:25', '2021-05-05 17:13:25', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is Saturday, early, and I’m in Knoxville, Tennessee.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This morning I’m in the lobby of the Graduate Hotel. I’m sitting at a large table that one might find in a law school library. The table comes with built in brass ports for one’s computer, two brass lamps providing more than adequate lighting, and a football helmet.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The helmet, encased in plexiglas, has the signature of Peyton Manning on it. Indeed the entire, comfortably furnished, orange-painted room is a shrine to Manning and his football career with the Tennessee Volunteers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Yesterday, I sat in this same lobby, at this same table, watching tentative teenagers come into the lobby. They came in the door with one or both parents, usually wearing a baseball cap with the orange “T” logo, here in Knoxville for a tour of the campus.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As I watched the procession, I tried to eavesdrop on some of the conversations, but was too far away to get much detail, “This isn’t anything like Arizona State …”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Graduate does not come with a complimentary breakfast. There are no tough-to-chew bagels; or microwaveable egg and cheese biscuits; or days-old muffins encased in shrink wrap. But they do offer a cup of coffee that is on the house.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This morning my wife is still in our orange-painted room, sleeping, and I’m waiting for her to wake and ask for a cup of this strong, surprising aromatic coffee. When she does, by way of e-mail, I’ll go back up to the room and we will watch Prince Philip’s funeral.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We will do this because we have watched “The Crown” and thanks to this beautifully produced program know a little something about this carefully groomed man who stood beside Elizabeth.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The Crown” focused on the royal family. We got portraits of the lovesick Charles; the cigarette-accessorized, terminally unhappy Margaret; the dead-eyed Elizabeth who valued duty above every other thing, including her husband, Philip. And against all of this delicious (video) gossip, we saw the British Empire evaporate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Like some Americans I share a nostalgia for the British Empire. Contrary to contemporary thinking, I think the British did a pretty good job governing (the world) right up until World War II.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Yes, I know they used their battleships — with names like Resolute and Formidable — together with their Maxims to colonize Nigeria, India and Sudan. Then they took raw materials — cotton, palm oil and rubber — back to Wolverhampton Bristol and Manchester. But the British, unlike modern-day China, brought something with them.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The British sent their best and brightest into the Foreign Service. These young men took their ideals, morality and notions of a light-handed government into Burma, Ghana and South Africa. And while they would never believe the natives were of equal worth, they were careful to keep the indigenous religions and the local rulers in place.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These young, gin-drinking men (and their sometimes convention-bending wives) made sure that trade remained uninterrupted, but one must also concede that along the way they gave India, Hong Kong and Ceylon stability for more than 100 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is contrasted with the Chinese who build roads and lay rails in Britain’s former colonies, but do not moralize or proselytize or attempt to replace despots or dictators. The Chinese take home the raw materials, all the while making the world less stable.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By the time Elizabeth reluctantly took her crown; the Empire was unraveling and the colonies were demanding self-rule. At this point the United Kingdom had won two World Wars. But in the process of winning those wars it wiped-out several generations of young men; depleted its treasury and, importantly, watched its manufacturing shift to the United States.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Elizabeth came into office with a Commonwealth that was splintering into shards that were not economically or ideologically tethered to the United Kingdom. In an effort to slow down the splintering, Elizabeth and her consort, Philip, toured the world, waving, smiling, accepting gifts from children, and making ceremonial toasts that were mostly theatre.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>God knows the two of them had style. They also had a yacht, their own train, and were always surrounded by men in scarlet tunics playing “Good Save the Queen” or, my own favorite, “Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In an hour I’ll watch the pomp and circumstance of Philip’s funeral — no doubt thinking that these Brits can do a damn good funeral!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>(A personal note. My nephew, Alexander Littlewood, is producing Philip’s funeral for BBC.)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. He can be reached at cscottgraber@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The Brits know how to throw a good funeral', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-brits-know-how-to-throw-a-good-funeral', '', '', '2021-05-05 13:13:29', '2021-05-05 17:13:29', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49826', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49828, 4, '2021-05-05 13:14:59', '2021-05-05 17:14:59', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Robert S. Young</strong><br><br>It is time to re-imagine visitor use at Hunting Island State Park. Long-term sea level rise is dramatically changing this park, but not in the way that most people would imagine.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hunting Island is a low-elevation, barrier island with a dense, beautiful, maritime forest covering ancient dunes throughout most of the island. The backside has a wide Spartina salt marsh typical of so much of the lowcountry. According to the United States Geological Survey, Hunting Island has one of the highest erosion rates on the East Coast. It has been this way for a while.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The historic Hunting Island Lighthouse was constructed to be moved. In 1889, the lighthouse was moved 1.3 miles inland. It now stands a few hundred feet away from the beach. The view from the top is fabulous, but the builders never intended to protect that lighthouse in place.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The State of South Carolina, however, has spent millions trying to hold the beach in place by pumping sand and building sheet-pile and rock groins. Why would we spend so much money putting rocks on a “protected” beach inside a State Park?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visitors.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 5,000-acre park is the most visited in the South Carolina State Park system, providing substantial annual revenue. Believe me, I get it. I have been coming to Hunting since I was a boy in the late 1960s. Check out some of the groups dedicated to the Park on social media, and you will gain an appreciation for how many people love this place.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But that love cannot save Hunting Island from the inevitable changes being brought by changing climate and rising sea level. You see, the greatest threat to future visitor use of Hunting Island is not shoreline change. It is constant flooding and standing water.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rising sea level doesn’t just move beaches, it also lifts the local water table. In other words, the water is rising beneath Hunting Island. This has several important implications. First, it means that there is almost no room for rain to infiltrate. When the water table is literally at, or inches below, the surface, precipitation events will flood the island. The rain has nowhere else to go. In the Low Country’s humid climate, that water will not evaporate quickly, and it cannot go into the ground.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Additionally, the water table is tidally influenced. King tides will raise the groundwater under Hunting Island just as they cause unusually high tides in general. The lowest spots on the island can actually flood because the water table intersects the ground level. Crazy huh?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All of this flooding is causing a die-off of vegetation in some areas. Losing trees makes the situation even worse because the trees help pump water out of the ground and into the sky.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What does all this mean?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I’m afraid it presents a future where Hunting Island will be more wet, than dry. The island will lose maritime forest and gain wetlands. The park will struggle to maintain the same level of visitor access because the flooding will become more and more frequent.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Just recently, South Carolina Parks Recreation and Tourism (PRT) applied for a permit to tear down a section of newly constructed sand dune in an attempt to drain some of the persistent flood water. It will not be the last time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What we really need is a brand new vision for how visitors will be able to experience the island in the future. Park managers understand that this is a dynamic place. Some areas have already been abandoned in response to recent storms.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What we still need though is a detailed and frank, long-term management plan that examines all the future challenges coming to Hunting Island. It also needs to account for all of the costs that will be incurred by trying to maintain the high visitor usage of the past few decades.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visitor revenues may be high, but the costs of maintaining access are increasing rapidly. At some point, the balance sheet will no longer be in the black.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This does not mean the end to Hunting Island — not at all. The island itself will be different, but fine. The State of South Carolina has many rapidly changing barrier islands. That isn’t a catastrophe.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Those of us who love the place may have to be willing to change the relationship we have with the Park. We need to preserve the place, and not the parking.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And PRT will also need to imagine a future managing a different kind of visitor experience. I’m sure all of us who love Hunting Island State Park will be happy to help guide that plan.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>(Note: This op-ed appeared in the Charleston Post &amp; Courier)</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Robert S. Young, Ph.D, is a licensed professional geologist in N.C., S.C., and Fla. He is the Director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines and a professor of Coastal Geology at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C. He can be reached at ryoung@email.wcu.edu.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'We have to change how we use Hunting Island', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'we-have-to-change-how-we-use-hunting-island', '', '', '2021-05-05 13:18:51', '2021-05-05 17:18:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49828', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49830, 4, '2021-05-05 13:17:46', '2021-05-05 17:17:46', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Chapter 4: The Bitter Taste of Retribution</strong><br><br><strong>By David Taub</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There they stood, Jazabel and an unnamed young man, like stone statues from Easter Island, staring contemptuously down at A3, who was the only member of don David’s army present there. Before Jazabel could open her mouth, her young man friend, copped a nasty attitude, and began a barrage of loudly delivered insults direct at A3.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“You are an old fool. Don’t you know who you are messing with? This family has lots of influence in Merida. You are about to find yourself in deep kimshi, my old friend! Best you return Señorita Jazabel’s business post haste and remove yourselves immediately!”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the voice of a gentleman that defines A3, he replied, “Young man, let me tell you about ‘influence.’ I suggest that you go down to the Sakh-beyh cenote, just a short walk behind you. Insert your arm into its magical water, up to your arm-pit; quickly remove your arm. The size of the hole you leave in those crystal waters is the amount of influence you and Señor Zero and Señorita Jazabel have. Get my drift, sonny-boy?”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The young man stood frozen, mouth clamped shut. Señorita Jazabel quickly took command from this impish fool.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Forgive my foolish friend; he sometimes lets his mouth take control of his brain,” she said quietly. “We have come to get my belongings. I have lots of money in property here—my clothes, food, alcohol, furniture. These things belong to me. Please, this is all I have, and I would like to have it back quickly,” she pleaded.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By now, other members of don David’s army had arrived at the gate. A3 dismissed them, wising to deal with the dreaded duo himself.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He said simply, “We shall be delighted to return your property, as you clearly understand you have no right to be here or to use this hacienda, which belongs to don David.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She nodded her head in agreement.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“However, you must present papers, receipts, documents that prove that which you ask for in fact belongs to you,” A3 said. “Upon demonstrating your ownership, we shall be pleased to hand-over what you allege belongs to you.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I understand,” said Jazabel haltingly, “but please can you let me have my clothes?”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He agreed, and shortly Fernando brought out several boxes of clothes, some of which were men’s clothes. Fernando told A3 that Jazabel frequently had different male visitors at the hacienda. Remember those gossiping villagers?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A3 and Jazabel agreed that in one week’s time, Jazabel would return early that day, with the required documents to retrieve her belongings. A3 assigned the task of dealing with Jazabel to attorney C2, who was an expert in such matters.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A week later, on the appointed day, attorney C2 arrived early; alas, Jazabel never appeared. And since that time, no communication of any kind has taken place with the complaining and “highly influential” liars.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Perhaps Jazabel or Señor Zero did not know the Mexican law that reads that if someone does not remove their belongings from someone else’s property within 90 days, the property shall belong to the other party. As of this writing, already 45 days have elapsed. Time sprints onward.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With Los Bastardos in the rearview mirror, things at the hacienda began to change in a major way. Don David, A3 and the guru of tourism, NN, created an LLC company, to continue operating the B&amp;B, bar/restaurant. It took time to accomplish this in accordance with the Mexican law, something Señor Zero and Jazabel never did. Remember Mexican Axiom No. 2.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rumors flew through Yucatán like western wildfires in the U.S. Soon, NN began to receive requests from clients, and the business took off as word of “new management” reached curious ears. Families began to appear, to eat, swim in the magical waters of the hacienda’s cenote, and to stay in the renovated apartments. Yippie!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Don David enjoyed being a gringo businessman in Yucatán. Curiously, nothing more was heard from Los Bastardos.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A3 asked his coterie of other attorneys to investigate further. They discovered/uncovered that there was an arrest warrant pending on Señor Zero, but he seems to have disappeared again.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jazabel had moved in with her mother, who left Señor Zero after the car accident in which his alleged mistress was killed. Attorney C2 met with the aggrieved widower and they went to the “county’s” attorney general to seek redress from Señor Zero for the wrongful death of his former wife.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If Los Bastardos thought they could intimidate don David and A3, they have now come to understand that their zapatos are now on the other foot. The telenovela of Los Bastardos are stories for another time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The tale of the Life and Times of don David now comes to a happy end. Don David has possession of his cherished hacienda and he is now a successfully gringo businessman in Yucatán. Many important upgrades to the property have been made. Life is good in the environs of Los Pelicanos.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So now, my friends, we must end the saga of don David and La Hacienda de los Pelicanos. I hope you have enjoyed the four episodes of his telenovela. Saludos a todos de don David.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Well, all I know is what I read in the newspapers.” – Will Rogers.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>David M. Taub was Mayor of Beaufort from 1990 through 1999 and served as a Beaufort County Magistrate from 2010 to 2015. 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(49834, 4, '2021-05-05 13:24:58', '2021-05-05 17:24:58', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Joann Orischak</strong><br><br>As Mother’s Day approaches, I reminisce about my mother’s guidance. Though she passed several years ago, she left my five siblings and me with countless practical sayings to help us navigate life’s future challenges long after she’s gone.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One that has served me well, and that I’ve passed onto my own children, is “When in doubt, don’t.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I am not certain if she was the author, or perhaps my grandmother, but it has made easier work of difficult decisions on many occasions.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This saying simply means if you’re uncertain whether or not to make a decision (any decision), you’re better advised not to take action at that time.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It doesn’t dismiss the prospect altogether, but it underscores that nagging doubt is typically accompanied by well-founded justifications.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I realize the no-risk, no-reward crowd probably wouldn’t approve of this mantra, but If you’ve ever erred on the side of caution and steered clear of a risky decision to later learn you’ve been spared, you understand the wisdom of this counsel. To err is human, but regret is exponentially compounded when we disregard warning signs, hastily entering into poor decisions, particularly when avoidable.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Doubt comes in many forms, personal and otherwise. It’s the reason behind many broken marriage proposals, or routine situations such as choosing not to power through a yellow light teetering on red.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Opting out of public salad bars during a pandemic, and whether or not to purchase those expensive shoes you might only wear once a year all fall under the “when in doubt” umbrella.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No one relishes asking themselves the all-too familiar question “why didn’t I listen to my gut?” Hindsight has 20/20 vision, but that little voice you heard beforehand telling you not to proceed becomes deafening if in fact you choose wrongly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As someone else’s mother once said, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For elected officials, doubt poses an even heavier burden, because they are making decisions on many others’ behalf. Doubt and reluctance can be prompted by many factors, not the least of which is insufficient or inaccurate information.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We want our elected officials to ask themselves the following each time they consider new proposals or continue existing ones: Is the information received accurate and complete in order to cast an informed vote? Was the information received in adequate time allowing for proper review? Would the electorate largely support this action?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I learned early while serving as a school board representative that nagging, lingering doubt in any given decision almost always foretold of a cautionary tale down the road. That “pound of cure” more times than not involves legal fees.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This Mother’s Day, in addition to giving traditional gifts and placing flowers by tombstones, consider honoring our mothers by heeding the insights they most wanted us to embrace. Pass along a saying or two of your grandmother’s to your children they’ve never heard before, and explain to them what it’s meant to you.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What better way to celebrate our mothers than to pay homage to their sagacity? Mother really does know best.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>JoAnn Orischak served as the District 11 Representative to the Beaufort County Board of Education from 2012-2020. She resides on Hilton Head Island and can be reached at JoAnnOrischak.TheIslandNews@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Mother usually really does know best', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'mother-usually-really-does-know-best', '', '', '2021-05-05 13:25:50', '2021-05-05 17:25:50', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49834', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49837, 4, '2021-05-05 13:27:45', '2021-05-05 17:27:45', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BOYS GOLF</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trojans stun HHIHS, BHS for region crown</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>James Island won the Region 7-4A boys golf championship Tuesday at Charleston Municipal Golf Course, posting a team score of 319 to edge Hilton Head High and Beaufort High for the title.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Trojans capitalized as the host team at their newly remodeled home course, besting Hilton Head High (329) by 10 shots and Beaufort High (333) by 14 strokes. May River (345) finished fourth, and Bluffton (357) rounded out the top five.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hilton Head High’s Nolan Hawkins won medalist honors with an impressive 1-over-par 73 on a steamy day in Charleston. The Seahawk junior won by two shots over James Island’s Connor Heyboer, who fired a 3-over 75. Beaufort High School’s Jerry Bruns placed third with a 76, and May River High School’s Andrew Swanson claimed fourth place with a 6-over 78.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Other notable scores included HHIHS’s Ben Batson (81), Beaufort’s George Cooler (82), and Bluffton’s Jones Saylor (85).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With their top four finishes, James Island, Hilton Head, Beaufort, and May River qualified for the Lower State Championship and will travel to the Country Club of South Carolina in West Florence next Monday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After Hilton Head and Beaufort dominated region play throughout the regular season, the two squads will look to hit reset and find their top form heading into the state championship. The top eight teams from the one-day Lower State qualifier will advance to the Class 4A State Championship at Dolphin Head Golf Club on Hilton Head Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BOYS SOCCER</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mighty Lions cruise in first home playoff match</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Holy Trinity boys soccer made its first home postseason game a memorable one Monday, crushing visiting South Aiken Baptist 7-0 in the first round of the SCISA 1A playoffs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Banks Scarpa and Houston Wilson each scored twice, and Levi Dyer, Bray Sheehan, and Michael Smith added a goal each for the Mighty Lions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Addison Wilson made three saves in the first half, and Andrew Jennings added two saves in the second half to finish off the clean sheet.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Holy Trinity (9-0) were scheduled to host Conway Christian in the SCISA 1A semifinals on Wednesday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>GIRLS SOCCER</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Eagles close out season with shutout of Sharks</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High girls soccer ended its season on a high note with a 1-0 win at May River on Thursday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anna Brown scored the lone goal of the evening in a defensive struggle.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lexi Jones and Molly Smith anchored the excellent showing from Beaufort’s back line, and Quinn Wilson continued her outstanding play in goal to earn the clean sheet.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort finishes the season 7-7-1 overall and fourth in Region 7-4A with a 6-6 mark.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Golden Warriors come up short in playoff opener</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John Paul II girls soccer saw its season end Tuesday with a 3-1 loss at Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach in the first round of the SCISA 2A playoffs.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Golden Warriors controlled much of the match and had plenty of scoring opportunities, but they weren’t able to finish them off. JPII’s lone goal came on a penalty by Brenna Frank.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Frank helped anchor a strong defensive effort along with Jessica Tilton and Alondra Hurtado, and Trinity Grace Maxwell made five saves in goal, including a spectacular stop on a penalty to keep JPII within striking distance.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'SPORTS ROUND UP', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sports-round-up-3', '', '', '2021-05-05 13:27:49', '2021-05-05 17:27:49', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49837', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49839, 4, '2021-05-05 13:37:41', '2021-05-05 17:37:41', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LowcoSports.com</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bluffton softball jumped out to an early seven-run lead and held on for an 8-5 home win Wednesday over Beaufort High.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Bobcats got the offense rolling quickly, scoring a pair of first-inning runs on singles from Alyssa Rose and Katie Ryan before extending the advantage to 6-0 in the second and 7-0 an inning later on the strength of two RBI hits from Parker Ray.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High got on the scoreboard in the fourth inning via a passed ball, and the Bobcats restored the seven-run advantage with another tally in the fifth. The Eagles didn’t quit, scoring two runs each in the sixth and seventh innings.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Karley Rouse and Nia Holmes drove in a run each to cut it to three in the final inning and bring the tying run to the plate, but Bluffton held off the comeback bid.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ray paced the Bobcat offense from the leadoff spot, going 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs while earning the win on the mound and striking out seven batters. Ryan put together a strong day, finishing 2-for-3 while driving in a run. Rouse led the Eagles in a valiant comeback attempt with a 2-for-3 performance and a trio of RBIs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High (6-13, 2-8) finishes the season Thursday at John Paul II. <br><br><em>Above: Beaufort’s right fielder, Leela Hildenbrand, sprints to the ball during the top of the fifth inning. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Bobcats hold off late surge from Eagles', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bobcats-hold-off-late-surge-from-eagles', '', '', '2021-05-05 13:37:44', '2021-05-05 17:37:44', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49839', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49841, 4, '2021-05-05 13:41:35', '2021-05-05 17:41:35', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>LowcoSports.com</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High swept the team titles with the help of outstanding individual performances from Layla Warren and Zyrin Odom on Wednesday at the nine-team Beaufort Track Classic.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s girls amassed 182 points to easily outdistance runner-up May River (127) and third-place Hilton Head High (96), while the Eagles’ boys racked up 170 points to outpace the Sharks (132) and Seahawks (123).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren led the way on the girls side, claiming gold in the 100 and 400 hurdles along with the javelin and contributing to the Eagles’ win in the 4•400 relay. Anna Brown (400), Hannah Merchant (pole vault), Reyonce Black (long jump), Jayla Daise (shot), and Acionna Lowe (discus) also won individual titles for the Eagles.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anya Arroyo led the Sharks to a runner-up finish with wins in the 1600 and 3200, while teammate Victoria Sosa won the 800 and May River claimed the 4•800 relay.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":49810,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/04282021-BHS-Track-Classic-1-5423.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/04282021-BHS-Track-Classic-1-5423-1024x662.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49810\"/></a><figcaption>Beaufort High’s Keona Sanders takes first place after clearing five-feet, one and-a-half inches on the high jump bar during the Beaufort Track Classic on Wednesday, April 28, at BHS. Photo by Bob Sofaly</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Seahawks placed third despite not boasting an individual champion, as Cynthia Gudaitis led the way with runner-up finishes behind Arroyo in the 1600 and 3200.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek’s Myra Smith (100) and Keona Sanders (high jump) won events for the fourth-place Dolphins, and Faith Eugene (200) and Kaylyn Caldwell (triple jump) earned gold for sixth-place Whale Branch, which also won the 4•100 relay.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On the boys side, Odom led the Eagles with wins in the 400 and long jump, and teammates Daryl DePass (100), Charlie Bennett (800), and Nash Mills (3200) also claimed individual gold in addition to Beaufort’s win in the 4•400 relay.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The runner-up Sharks won the 4•800 relay and got individual titles from Colin Keck (1600), Sean Hamby (400 hurdles), and Kyle Rivers (high jump).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Janile Roberson (200) and Nathaniel Rohr (javelin) won titles for the third-place Seahawks, while Michael Martello won the shot put and discus for fourth-place Battery Creek. Noah Player (110 hurdles) and David Tobin (pole vault) also won gold for the Dolphins.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bluffton’s Adarion Ransburg won the triple jump, and Colleton County claimed the 4•100 relay.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High is set to host the Region 7-4A meet on Wednesday and the Class 4A state qualifier on May 15. Battery Creek is slated to host the Region 8-3A meet on Wednesday. <br><br><em>Top: Anya Arroyo, left, of May River High School, smiles as her coach Catherine Rosenblum praises her moments after Arroya won the 1,600 meter run in 5:11 during the annual Beaufort Track Classic on Wednesday at Beaufort High School.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Eagles sweep titles at Beaufort Track Classic', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'eagles-sweep-titles-at-beaufort-track-classic', '', '', '2021-05-05 13:46:05', '2021-05-05 17:46:05', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49841', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49843, 4, '2021-05-05 13:43:51', '2021-05-05 17:43:51', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LowcoSports.com</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High boys tennis rolled into the second round of the playoffs with a 6-0 sweep of visiting Wilson on Tuesday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles didn’t drop a set in a dominant performance, with the most competitive match coming at No. 2 singles, where Tucker Martin held off a challenge in the second set before finishing it off.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Graeme Angus, Diego Alvarez, Bodie Daniel, and Griffin Stone also won singles matches, and Joseph Combs and Witt Compton easily won their doubles match.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles (13-2) will host North Augusta or North Myrtle Beach in the second round Thursday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Singles</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Graeme Angus def. Anish Jona 6-0, inj.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Tucker Martin def. Joshua Anyim 6-2, 7-5</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Diego Alvarez def. Trey Garland 6-0, 6-0&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. Bodie Daniel def. Jaques Mildrow 6-0, 6-0&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5. Griffin Stone def. Jalen Durant 6-0, 6-0 </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Doubles</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Joseph Combs/Witt Compton def. Xavier Brown/Alvbert Schirippa 6-0 6-1</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Above: Beaufort High’s fourth seed Bodie Daniel stays focused and keeps his eyes on the ball during his singles match against Bluffton’s Ryland Pollard on Monday at Beaufort. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Eagles begin state title quest', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'eagles-begin-state-title-quest', '', '', '2021-05-05 13:43:55', '2021-05-05 17:43:55', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49843', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49846, 4, '2021-05-05 13:49:25', '2021-05-05 17:49:25', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LowcoSports.com</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High baseball clinched the No. 2 seed in the Class 4A playoffs with a 6-3 win in nine innings Wednesday at Bluffton.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s James Davenport blanked the Bobcats for five innings before Bluffton rallied for three runs in the sixth to tie it and force extras. After two scoreless extra frames, the Eagles got a rally going with back-to-back singles from Patrick Daley and Josh Denton to start the ninth and took advantage of two critical errors to push across three runs.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Daley then worked around a leadoff error to retire the next three Bobcat batters and seal the win. Daley struck out six and allowed just one hit over four strong innings in relief of Davenport, who limited the Bobcats to three runs (two earned) on nine hits over five-plus innings with two strikeouts and two walks.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":49808,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/04262021-Bluffton-@-BHS-baseball-2-6442_edited-1.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/04262021-Bluffton-@-BHS-baseball-2-6442_edited-1-1024x748.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49808\"/></a><figcaption>Beaufort shortstop Jimmy Davenport fields the ball against the Bluffton Bobcats during the top of the fourth inning Monday night at Beaufort High. Despite giving up four early runs, the host Eagles went on to defeat the Bobcats, 10-4. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>William Winburn was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs to lead the Eagles, while Denton added two hits and an RBI and Daley went 2-for-4.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A day later, Beaufort smacked three home runs in a 4-1 road win at Hanahan on Thursday. Wes Graves tossed a two-hitter, and Rhogue Wallace, Ollie Holmes, and Josh Denton all blasted home runs to lead the Eagles.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Graves struck out six and allowed one run on two hits with five walks in a complete game.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Hawks opened the scoring in the third, when two walks set the table for Luke Blankenship’s RBI single, but Holmes launched one to left to tie it in the top of the fourth. Denton led off the fifth with a blast to right to give the Eagles the lead, and Wallace mashed a two-run shot to right in the sixth after William Winburn led off the inning with a single.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles (11-8) host Battery Creek on May 10 to open a home-and-home set between the crosstown rivals. <br><br><em>Top: Beaufort pitcher Ollie Holmes winds up for the pitch against the visiting Bluffton Bobcats during the fourth inning Monday. Photo by Bob Sofaly</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Eagles win marathon over Bobcats to clinch playoff spot', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'eagles-win-marathon-over-bobcats-to-clinch-playoff-spot', '', '', '2021-05-05 13:49:27', '2021-05-05 17:49:27', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49846', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49848, 4, '2021-05-05 13:51:31', '2021-05-05 17:51:31', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Palmetto Girls and Boys State Delegates named</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John Paul II Catholic School is happy to announce that two juniors – Lissy Rembold and Aidan Tibbitt – have been chosen as the 2021 candidates for the American Legion Palmetto Girls State and Boys State.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"Our students were chosen to represent JPII based on their character, leadership skills, and a strong desire to be a part of Palmetto Girls and Boys State,\" JPII Asst. Principal Heather Rembold said in a release. \"The scholarship possibilities, as selected delegates, are extensive, and we are excited for Aidan and Lissy as future leadership opportunities become available.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to The American Legion and its Auxiliary, the Boys and Girls State educates youth in the “duties, privileges, rights, and responsibilities of American citizenship. State programs are held nationally, and alumni of these programs known and recognized nationwide for their academic achievement and civic leadership. Many alumni of Palmetto Boys and Girls States have gone on to successfully run for local and state office in South Carolina. Colleges and universities also offer scholarships to Boys and Girls State alumni.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort’s Owens graduates Ole Miss</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s Thomas Andrew Owens is among the more than 5,000 candidates for graduation in the Class of 2021 who will be celebrated during the University of Mississippi’s 168th Commencement exercises.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Owens, who is a Music major, is a candidate for a Master of Music degree in the Graduate School.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"This class of graduates is marked by incredible achievements, character and resilience, and it is a great privilege to celebrate them during Commencement,\" UM Chancellor Glenn Boyce said in a release. \"They have accomplished so much during their years at the university, and the path ahead is bright and filled with endless possibilities.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The University of Mississippi, affectionately known as Ole Miss, is the state\'s flagship university.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'EDUCATION BRIEFS', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'education-briefs-28', '', '', '2021-05-05 13:51:33', '2021-05-05 17:51:33', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49848', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49850, 4, '2021-05-05 13:53:52', '2021-05-05 17:53:52', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trey Thomas Smith, a graduating senior at Holy Trinity Classical Christian School, has accepted an appointment to the United States Naval Academy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The Naval Academy looks for students who are well-rounded. They want students who can think with the scholars, compete with the athletes, and, of course, serve with the military,” Smith, who excelled in academics and athletics, said in a release from the school. “I do not say this to brag on my own character, because I certainly could not have gained acceptance on my own. Praise God for His work in my life and for my parents making me go to Holy Trinity! As a Classical Christian School, Holy Trinity’s focus on all-around development—mental, physical, and spiritual — has done a great job preparing me to be a student at USNA and for the challenges I will face as an adult. I hope I am the first of many Holy Trinity Midshipmen to come!”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This year, Smith was recognized by the College Board as a Rural and Small-Town Scholar. This National Recognition Program grants students’ academic honor based on exceptionally high SAT scores.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In order to be considered for appointment to the United States Naval Academy, students must complete a rigorous nine-step application/admissions process that includes seeking a formal “nomination” from either a member of the U.S. Senate or a member of the U.S. House of Representatives along with academic transcripts, college entrance exams, fitness assessments, and medical evaluations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The US Naval Academy is a highly-selective, prestigious four-year university that accepts just 9 percent of those who apply — a similar figure to Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Rice, and Northwestern,” according to the Naval Academy’s website (USNA.edu). “In addition to the fact that 91 percent of applicants are ultimately rejected, high school students seeking admittance into the USNA also need to understand that they face a different type of admissions maze than encountered by applicants to other uber-selective universities.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am so proud of Thomas and thankful for his time here at Holy Trinity. I have witnessed him grow and flourish over the past four years,” Rev. Chad E. Lawrence, founding Headmaster of Holy Trinity, said. “Of all that I could say about him perhaps most striking to me is his willingness to step into new areas such as auditioning for a lead part in a theater production — which is both refreshing and inspiring. His leadership will be sorely missed here at Holy Trinity but will serve our nation for years to come. We at Holy Trinity stand behind him and look forward to hearing how God uses him.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Holy Trinity\'s Smith accepts appointment to US Naval Academy', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'holy-trinitys-smith-accepts-appointment-to-us-naval-academy', '', '', '2021-05-05 13:53:54', '2021-05-05 17:53:54', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49850', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(49852, 4, '2021-05-05 13:57:28', '2021-05-05 17:57:28', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Each spring, members of the Photography Club of Beaufort submit their best photos in competition among their peers. This spring, the club is still meeting virtually so judges could be selected from around the world as long as they were available to Zoom on the night of the competition.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Spring 2021 judges were Rick Rhodes, a commercial photographer from Charleston; Don Wouri, a nature photographer from Columbia; and Joanne Stolte, a landscape and nature photographer from Southern California.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":49817,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-05-at-12.09.50-PM.png\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-05-at-12.09.50-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49817\"/></a></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Winners this Spring were:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Novice: Pam Keith for “Ruffled Feathers”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Intermediate: 1. Ruth McCully for “Autumn Sunset in the Smokies” and 2. Jack Beaucaire for “Widgeon Point”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Advanced: 1. (tie) Sophia Schade for “It Tastes Like Chicken” and 1. (tie) Private Thoughts by Rich Matheny and 2. Juergen Thiessen for “Autumn Reflection”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Expert: 1. (tie) Joan Eckhardt for “Feather Afloat” and 1. (tie) Paul Nurnberg for “Blue Eyes”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The club will continue to meet virtually the second Monday of every month at 7 p.m. through Fall 2021, when hopefully life will begin to return to normalcy. For more information, visit www.beaufortphotoclub.com.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Spring 2021 Photography Club Winners', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'spring-2021-photography-club-winners', '', '', '2021-05-05 13:58:07', '2021-05-05 17:58:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49852', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49855, 4, '2021-05-05 13:59:51', '2021-05-05 17:59:51', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Finally! You\'re again safely planning road trips, family vacations, and other fun excursions this summer. Keep in mind that summer is the time of year when the most childhood injuries and accidents occur. While it\'s fun to play outdoors in the summer, it\'s important to make sure your children are staying safe and alert. Parents and child caregivers are encouraged to learn more about what can be done to prevent injuries and death and help raise public awareness of safety. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Prevent heatstroke.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Heatstroke is a severe form of heat illness that occurs when the body cannot regulate its own temperature. This can happen when a child is left inside a car on a hot day or is performing extreme physical activity and not drinking enough water. Symptoms of heatstroke include headache, nausea flushed skin, and rapid breathing. You can prevent your kids from getting heatstroke by making sure they drink plenty of water, wear light colored clothing, and teach them to come indoors as soon as they feel overheated.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Keep kids safe in parking lots.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Parking lots are dangerous and it only takes a few seconds for a tragedy to occur; keep your kids safe at all times by teaching them to stay close to the car, go only with you, when you say, and that parking lots are no place to play.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Never let kids swim alone.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It\'s extremely important that parents closely supervise children in the water, whether at the pool, lake, or beach. Even if children are swimming in your own backyard pool, it only takes seconds of looking away for an accident to occur. Always remain at least an \"arm\'s length\" away from small children so you stay within immediate reach. If your children are not strong swimmers, it\'s a good idea to provide them with personal flotation devices, but you still must keep an eye on them at all times.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. Have an emergency plan.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When traveling with your kids to a new and unfamiliar location, it is possible for your children to get separated from you, especially when in a crowded location like a theme park or zoo. Come up with a plan for your kids in case they ever get lost and practice going over it with them so they\'ll be prepared in case of an emergency. Let your children know to seek help from an employee and stay away from strangers. Have your child memorize their name, parent\'s name(s), address and phone number so they will know how to contact you in case of separation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5. Make sure they\'re strapped in correctly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you have small children traveling with you in the car it\'s important to check that they are seated and strapped in correctly. Children age 5 and younger are required to have a child restraint device and must use vehicle safety belts properly. Parents can get a ticket for having kids in the backseat who are not properly secured and this can be extremely dangerous if a car accident occurs. Always check with your child\'s car seat manufacturer to make sure you are correctly buckling them in.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6. Keep an emergency road kit.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you\'re traveling by car this summer, be prepared for emergencies with a road kit stored in the trunk at all times. Keep jumper cables, flares, a flashlight, extra batteries, a first aid kit and more. Other necessities like bottle water, a blanket, and nonperishable foods can come in handy in case of car trouble if you get stranded on the highway.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7. Keep an emergency phone list.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A simple travel emergency phone list can make a huge difference if something goes wrong. Keep the list in a safe place and easily accessible. Make sure that everyone traveling together knows where the list is. Add to the list numbers such as mom/dad cell phone, mom/dad work number, neighbor\'s number, relatives, or friends you’re visiting phone numbers, local police (911), poison control, and other important numbers one may need at a moment\'s notice. <br><br><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Safety tips when traveling with children this summer', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'safety-tips-when-traveling-with-children-this-summer', '', '', '2021-05-05 13:59:54', '2021-05-05 17:59:54', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49855', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49857, 4, '2021-05-05 14:01:53', '2021-05-05 18:01:53', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Everyone needs a little foot pampering from time to time! Whether you are getting your toes ready for prom, prepping for beach season, or just want to splash on a bright color of polish before a hot date, grooming your feet should be done frequently to not only keep feet looking good, but also to ensure proper foot health.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here are a few pointers to keep in mind the next time you get a pedicure at home or in the salon:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DON’T shave your legs before receiving a pedicure. Resist the urge to have smooth legs, at least until afterward. Freshly shaven legs or small cuts on your legs may allow bacteria to enter your body.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DON’T allow salons to use a foot razor to remove dead skin. Using a razor can result in permanent damage if used incorrectly and can easily cause infection if too much skin is removed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DON’T apply nail polish to cover up discolored nails. Thick and discolored toenails could be a sign of a fungal infection. Nail polish locks out moisture and doesn’t allow the nail bed to “breathe.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DO bring your own pedicure utensils to the salon. Why? Because bacteria and fungus can move easily from one person to the next if the salon doesn’t use proper sterilization techniques. Yuck!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DO use a pumice stone, foot file or exfoliating scrub when eliminating thick, dead skin build-up, also known as calluses, on the heel, ball and sides of the feet. Be sure to soak your feet in warm water for at least five minutes and then use the stone, scrub, or foot file.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DO gently run a wooden or rubber manicure stick under your nails. This helps keep your nails clean and removes the dirt, glitter, and other types of build-up you may not be able to see.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you think you have a toenail infection, schedule an appointment with today’s podiatrist</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>immediately to get it checked out.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If your feet are hurting, something doesn’t look right, or you want more information about foot health, visit www.apma.org/myFEET.<br><br><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'DOs and DON’Ts for a fabulous pedicure', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'dos-and-donts-for-a-fabulous-pedicure', '', '', '2021-05-05 14:01:57', '2021-05-05 18:01:57', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49857', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49859, 4, '2021-05-05 14:07:00', '2021-05-05 18:07:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sun safety is never out of season. Summer in the South and the fun in the sun that naturally goes with it … equals a spike in sunburns, no matter the color of your skin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The need for sun safety has become clear over the past 20 years, with studies showing that excessive exposure to the sun can cause skin cancer. Harmful rays from the sun—and from sunlamps and tanning beds—may also cause eye problems, weaken your immune system, and give you unsightly skin spots and wrinkles, or “leathery” skin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sun damage to the body is caused by invisible ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which reaches us as long wavelengths known as UVA and short wavelengths known as UVB. UVB radiation can cause sunburn. But the longer wavelength UVA is dangerous too, as it can penetrate the skin and damage tissue at deeper levels.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tanning is a sign of the skin reacting to potentially damaging UV radiation by producing additional pigmentation that provides it with some—but not nearly enough—protection against sunburn.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No matter what our skin color, we’re all potential victims of sunburn and the other detrimental effects of excessive exposure to UV radiation. Although we all need to take precautions to protect our skin, people who need to be especially careful in the sun are those who have</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>pale skin</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>blonde, red or light brown hair</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>been treated for skin cancer</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>a family member who’s had skin cancer</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you have an illness and/or take medications, ask your doctor about extra sun-care precautions, because some medications may increase sensitivity to the sun. Cosmetics that contain alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) also may increase sun sensitivity and susceptibility to sunburn. Look for FDA’s recommended sunburn alert statement on products that contain AHAs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reduce time in the sun</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is especially recommended from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., when the sun’s rays are strongest. Even on an overcast day, up to 80% of the sun’s UV rays can get through the clouds. Stay in the shade as much as possible throughout the day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dress with care</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wear clothes that protect your body. Cover as much of your body as possible if you plan to be outside on a sunny day. Wear a wide-brimmed hat, long sleeves and long pants. Sun-protective clothing is now available in stores. However, the FDA does not regulate such products unless the manufacturer intends to make a medical claim. Consider using an umbrella for shade.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Be serious about sunscreen</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Check product labels to make sure you get a “sun protection factor” (SPF) of 15 or more—SPF represents the degree to which a sunscreen can protect the skin from sunburn. The higher the number, the better the protection against UVA and UVB. Water resistance is important. Choose a sunscreen that stays on your skin longer, even if it gets wet. “Water-resistant” does not mean “waterproof.” Water-resistant sunscreens need to be reapplied as instructed on the label. Give babies and children extra care in the sun. Ask a doctor before applying sunscreen to children under 6 months old. Apply sunscreen to children older than 6 months every time they go out.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Don’t forget your eyes</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sunlight reflecting off sand, pavement or water further increases exposure to UV radiation, increasing your risk of developing eye problems such as cataracts. Long hours on the beach or at summer events without adequate eye protection also can result in a short-term condition known as photokeratitis, or reversible sunburn of the cornea.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When buying sunglasses it’s advised to look for a label that specifically offers 99-100% UV protection. This assures that the glasses block both forms of UV radiation. Eyewear should be labeled “sunglasses.” Be wary of dark or tinted eyewear sold as fashion accessories that may provide little or no protection from UV or visible light. Don’t assume that you get more UV protection with pricier sunglasses or glasses with a darker tint. Be sure that your sunglasses don’t distort colors and affect the recognition of traffic signals. You can ask an eye care professional to test your sunglasses if you’re not sure of their level of UV protection.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People who wear contact lenses that offer UV protection should still wear sunglasses. Consider that light can still enter from the sides of sunglasses. Those that wrap all the way around the temples can help. Children should wear real sunglasses—not toy sunglasses— that indicate the UV protection level. Polycarbonate lenses </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sun safety is never out of season. Summer in the South and the fun in the sun that naturally goes with it … equals a spike in sunburns, no matter the color of your skin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The need for sun safety has become clear over the past 20 years, with studies showing that excessive exposure to the sun can cause skin cancer. Harmful rays from the sun—and from sunlamps and tanning beds—may also cause eye problems, weaken your immune system, and give you unsightly skin spots and wrinkles, or “leathery” skin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sun damage to the body is caused by invisible ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which reaches us as long wavelengths known as UVA and short wavelengths known as UVB. UVB radiation can cause sunburn. But the longer wavelength UVA is dangerous too, as it can penetrate the skin and damage tissue at deeper levels.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tanning is a sign of the skin reacting to potentially damaging UV radiation by producing additional pigmentation that provides it with some—but not nearly enough—protection against sunburn.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No matter what our skin color, we’re all potential victims of sunburn and the other detrimental effects of excessive exposure to UV radiation. Although we all need to take precautions to protect our skin, people who need to be especially careful in the sun are those who have</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>pale skin</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>blonde, red or light brown hair</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>been treated for skin cancer</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>a family member who’s had skin cancer</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you have an illness and/or take medications, ask your doctor about extra sun-care precautions, because some medications may increase sensitivity to the sun. Cosmetics that contain alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) also may increase sun sensitivity and susceptibility to sunburn. Look for FDA’s recommended sunburn alert statement on products that contain AHAs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reduce time in the sun</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is especially recommended from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., when the sun’s rays are strongest. Even on an overcast day, up to 80% of the sun’s UV rays can get through the clouds. Stay in the shade as much as possible throughout the day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dress with care</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wear clothes that protect your body. Cover as much of your body as possible if you plan to be outside on a sunny day. Wear a wide-brimmed hat, long sleeves and long pants. Sun-protective clothing is now available in stores. However, the FDA does not regulate such products unless the manufacturer intends to make a medical claim. Consider using an umbrella for shade.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Be serious about sunscreen</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Check product labels to make sure you get a “sun protection factor” (SPF) of 15 or more—SPF represents the degree to which a sunscreen can protect the skin from sunburn. The higher the number, the better the protection against UVA and UVB. Water resistance is important. Choose a sunscreen that stays on your skin longer, even if it gets wet. “Water-resistant” does not mean “waterproof.” Water-resistant sunscreens need to be reapplied as instructed on the label. Give babies and children extra care in the sun. Ask a doctor before applying sunscreen to children under 6 months old. Apply sunscreen to children older than 6 months every time they go out.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Don’t forget your eyes</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sunlight reflecting off sand, pavement or water further increases exposure to UV radiation, increasing your risk of developing eye problems such as cataracts. Long hours on the beach or at summer events without adequate eye protection also can result in a short-term condition known as photokeratitis, or reversible sunburn of the cornea.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When buying sunglasses it’s advised to look for a label that specifically offers 99-100% UV protection. This assures that the glasses block both forms of UV radiation. Eyewear should be labeled “sunglasses.” Be wary of dark or tinted eyewear sold as fashion accessories that may provide little or no protection from UV or visible light. Don’t assume that you get more UV protection with pricier sunglasses or glasses with a darker tint. Be sure that your sunglasses don’t distort colors and affect the recognition of traffic signals. You can ask an eye care professional to test your sunglasses if you’re not sure of their level of UV protection.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People who wear contact lenses that offer UV protection should still wear sunglasses. Consider that light can still enter from the sides of sunglasses. Those that wrap all the way around the temples can help. Children should wear real sunglasses—not toy sunglasses— that indicate the UV protection level. Polycarbonate lenses </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sun safety is never out of season. Summer in the South and the fun in the sun that naturally goes with it … equals a spike in sunburns, no matter the color of your skin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The need for sun safety has become clear over the past 20 years, with studies showing that excessive exposure to the sun can cause skin cancer. Harmful rays from the sun—and from sunlamps and tanning beds—may also cause eye problems, weaken your immune system, and give you unsightly skin spots and wrinkles, or “leathery” skin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sun damage to the body is caused by invisible ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which reaches us as long wavelengths known as UVA and short wavelengths known as UVB. UVB radiation can cause sunburn. But the longer wavelength UVA is dangerous too, as it can penetrate the skin and damage tissue at deeper levels.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tanning is a sign of the skin reacting to potentially damaging UV radiation by producing additional pigmentation that provides it with some—but not nearly enough—protection against sunburn.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No matter what our skin color, we’re all potential victims of sunburn and the other detrimental effects of excessive exposure to UV radiation. Although we all need to take precautions to protect our skin, people who need to be especially careful in the sun are those who have</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>pale skin</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>blonde, red or light brown hair</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>been treated for skin cancer</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>a family member who’s had skin cancer</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you have an illness and/or take medications, ask your doctor about extra sun-care precautions, because some medications may increase sensitivity to the sun. Cosmetics that contain alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) also may increase sun sensitivity and susceptibility to sunburn. Look for FDA’s recommended sunburn alert statement on products that contain AHAs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reduce time in the sun</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is especially recommended from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., when the sun’s rays are strongest. Even on an overcast day, up to 80% of the sun’s UV rays can get through the clouds. Stay in the shade as much as possible throughout the day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dress with care</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wear clothes that protect your body. Cover as much of your body as possible if you plan to be outside on a sunny day. Wear a wide-brimmed hat, long sleeves and long pants. Sun-protective clothing is now available in stores. However, the FDA does not regulate such products unless the manufacturer intends to make a medical claim. Consider using an umbrella for shade.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Be serious about sunscreen</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Check product labels to make sure you get a “sun protection factor” (SPF) of 15 or more—SPF represents the degree to which a sunscreen can protect the skin from sunburn. The higher the number, the better the protection against UVA and UVB. Water resistance is important. Choose a sunscreen that stays on your skin longer, even if it gets wet. “Water-resistant” does not mean “waterproof.” Water-resistant sunscreens need to be reapplied as instructed on the label. Give babies and children extra care in the sun. Ask a doctor before applying sunscreen to children under 6 months old. Apply sunscreen to children older than 6 months every time they go out.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Don’t forget your eyes</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sunlight reflecting off sand, pavement or water further increases exposure to UV radiation, increasing your risk of developing eye problems such as cataracts. Long hours on the beach or at summer events without adequate eye protection also can result in a short-term condition known as photokeratitis, or reversible sunburn of the cornea.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When buying sunglasses it’s advised to look for a label that specifically offers 99-100% UV protection. This assures that the glasses block both forms of UV radiation. Eyewear should be labeled “sunglasses.” Be wary of dark or tinted eyewear sold as fashion accessories that may provide little or no protection from UV or visible light. Don’t assume that you get more UV protection with pricier sunglasses or glasses with a darker tint. Be sure that your sunglasses don’t distort colors and affect the recognition of traffic signals. You can ask an eye care professional to test your sunglasses if you’re not sure of their level of UV protection.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People who wear contact lenses that offer UV protection should still wear sunglasses. Consider that light can still enter from the sides of sunglasses. Those that wrap all the way around the temples can help. Children should wear real sunglasses—not toy sunglasses— that indicate the UV protection level. Polycarbonate lenses </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sun safety is never out of season. Summer in the South and the fun in the sun that naturally goes with it … equals a spike in sunburns, no matter the color of your skin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The need for sun safety has become clear over the past 20 years, with studies showing that excessive exposure to the sun can cause skin cancer. Harmful rays from the sun—and from sunlamps and tanning beds—may also cause eye problems, weaken your immune system, and give you unsightly skin spots and wrinkles, or “leathery” skin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sun damage to the body is caused by invisible ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which reaches us as long wavelengths known as UVA and short wavelengths known as UVB. UVB radiation can cause sunburn. But the longer wavelength UVA is dangerous too, as it can penetrate the skin and damage tissue at deeper levels.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tanning is a sign of the skin reacting to potentially damaging UV radiation by producing additional pigmentation that provides it with some—but not nearly enough—protection against sunburn.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No matter what our skin color, we’re all potential victims of sunburn and the other detrimental effects of excessive exposure to UV radiation. Although we all need to take precautions to protect our skin, people who need to be especially careful in the sun are those who have</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>pale skin</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>blonde, red or light brown hair</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>been treated for skin cancer</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>a family member who’s had skin cancer</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you have an illness and/or take medications, ask your doctor about extra sun-care precautions, because some medications may increase sensitivity to the sun. Cosmetics that contain alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) also may increase sun sensitivity and susceptibility to sunburn. Look for FDA’s recommended sunburn alert statement on products that contain AHAs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reduce time in the sun</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is especially recommended from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., when the sun’s rays are strongest. Even on an overcast day, up to 80% of the sun’s UV rays can get through the clouds. Stay in the shade as much as possible throughout the day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dress with care</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wear clothes that protect your body. Cover as much of your body as possible if you plan to be outside on a sunny day. Wear a wide-brimmed hat, long sleeves and long pants. Sun-protective clothing is now available in stores. However, the FDA does not regulate such products unless the manufacturer intends to make a medical claim. Consider using an umbrella for shade.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Be serious about sunscreen</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Check product labels to make sure you get a “sun protection factor” (SPF) of 15 or more—SPF represents the degree to which a sunscreen can protect the skin from sunburn. The higher the number, the better the protection against UVA and UVB. Water resistance is important. Choose a sunscreen that stays on your skin longer, even if it gets wet. “Water-resistant” does not mean “waterproof.” Water-resistant sunscreens need to be reapplied as instructed on the label. Give babies and children extra care in the sun. Ask a doctor before applying sunscreen to children under 6 months old. Apply sunscreen to children older than 6 months every time they go out.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Don’t forget your eyes</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sunlight reflecting off sand, pavement or water further increases exposure to UV radiation, increasing your risk of developing eye problems such as cataracts. Long hours on the beach or at summer events without adequate eye protection also can result in a short-term condition known as photokeratitis, or reversible sunburn of the cornea.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When buying sunglasses it’s advised to look for a label that specifically offers 99-100% UV protection. This assures that the glasses block both forms of UV radiation. Eyewear should be labeled “sunglasses.” Be wary of dark or tinted eyewear sold as fashion accessories that may provide little or no protection from UV or visible light. Don’t assume that you get more UV protection with pricier sunglasses or glasses with a darker tint. Be sure that your sunglasses don’t distort colors and affect the recognition of traffic signals. You can ask an eye care professional to test your sunglasses if you’re not sure of their level of UV protection.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People who wear contact lenses that offer UV protection should still wear sunglasses. Consider that light can still enter from the sides of sunglasses. Those that wrap all the way around the temples can help. Children should wear real sunglasses—not toy sunglasses— that indicate the UV protection level. Polycarbonate lenses are the most shatter-resistant.<br><br><em>Above: Check your entire body regularly for signs of skin cancer. Look for changes in the size, shape, color or feel of birthmarks, moles and spots. If you find any changes or find sores that are not healing, see your doctor.</em><br><br><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Summer skin care for all ages', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'summer-skin-care-for-all-ages', '', '', '2021-05-05 14:07:03', '2021-05-05 18:07:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49859', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49861, 4, '2021-05-05 14:09:47', '2021-05-05 18:09:47', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Citing attendees’ safety and health for the eighth celebration of the Birthday for the Bird’s event, Town of Port Royal Officials and the Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands board canceled the event that had been scheduled for May 1, 2021.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to a release, the community’s safety and well-being are of the utmost importance, and although disappointing, the celebration will continue next year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Birthday for the Birds was the brainchild of Pete Richards, whose love of birding created his mission of “the importance of the birthday event is making wildlife and birds accessible to community, families, and children.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With support from the Town of Port Royal, this day was to include education, tours, Hunting Island rangers showcasing wildlife, a birthday cake, and the joyful out-of-tune playing of the kazoos.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information or to read all about the Rookery, visit www.friendofportroyalcypresswetlands.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Pandemic cancels 8th Birthday For The Birds', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'pandemic-cancels-8th-birthday-for-the-birds', '', '', '2021-05-05 14:09:49', '2021-05-05 18:09:49', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49861', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49863, 4, '2021-05-05 14:12:41', '2021-05-05 18:12:41', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Precautions will remain in place to protect patients and staff</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County and the City of Beaufort may have recently decided against extending mask mandates, but Beaufort Memorial Hospital is staying the course.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH) will maintain masking, screening and other precautions for patients, visitors and staff to prevent the spread of viruses and infections and based on CDC recommendations for healthcare settings.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The announcement came Friday, April 30 in a news release.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Healthcare settings like Beaufort Memorial treat patients who are often sick or immunocompromised and, therefore, at higher risk for viruses and infections of all kinds, including COVID-19,” BMH President and CEO Russell Baxley said in a news release. “It is our mission and our duty to ensure that everyone who enters our facilities is safe and protected, which is why we will continue to require masking for all.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Though area governments and municipalities will allow broad mask mandates to expire, businesses still maintain the authority to enforce masking in their facilities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Patients and visitors can expect to be screened for symptoms and temperature before entering a facility. Patients and visitors who have proof of full vaccination may bypass screening checks if they do not have symptoms.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Complete visitor information, including visitor hours, entrance closures and safe care precautions, is available at www.beaufortmemorial.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort Memorial will continue to require masks', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-memorial-will-continue-to-require-masks', '', '', '2021-05-05 14:12:43', '2021-05-05 18:12:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49863', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49865, 4, '2021-05-05 14:14:04', '2021-05-05 18:14:04', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Provided by Hargray</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mother\'s Day is coming up, so mark your calendars and remember to schedule lunch or call your mom! We all know moms are superhumans who deserve more than one day a year dedicated to them, but this holiday is a special day to honor the moms in your life. Whether you are spending the holiday with your family or not, there are ways to celebrate moms even if just in spirit. Here are five movies that capture various tales of motherhood:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mamma Mia</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Meryl Streep shines as the mother in this musical about a daughter searching to find out who her father is. This mother must take a trip down memory lane when her daughter invites all three men to her wedding. To top it all off, the film takes place on a beautiful Greek Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Blind Side</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Based on the 2006 book by Michael Lewis, this movie is both heart-wrenching and heartwarming. It tells the touching tale of a mother who steps up to be more than a guardian, but a mom, to a homeless teenager. Sandra Bullock portrays a strong, selfless, and dedicated mother figure.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Life as We Know It&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After a disastrous first date, this rom-com follows two godparents who are confident they are not a match unexpectedly become their goddaughter\'s caretakers. The two must put aside their differences and learn to step up to co-parent a baby girl they both love.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Steel Magnolias</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Loved by many, this adaptation of Robert Harling\'s 1987 play explored the bond a group of women share in a southern small-town and their experience mourning the death of one of their own. Julia Roberts and Dolly Parton shine in this comedy-drama that will bring laughs and maybe even some tears.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Freaky Friday</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This classic from the early 2000s tells the hilarious story of a mother and teenage daughter who don\'t get along and suddenly switch bodies and get a taste of what it is like to live in each other\'s shoes. This dramatic comedy is full of laughs and relatable mother-daughter moments.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You can find these and other movies on TV channels such as AMC, Hallmark, and HBO or stream them without buffering using the Fastest Internet in Town.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', '5 movies perfect for Mother\'s Day', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5-movies-perfect-for-mothers-day', '', '', '2021-05-05 14:14:06', '2021-05-05 18:14:06', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49865', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49867, 4, '2021-05-05 14:16:46', '2021-05-05 18:16:46', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Chief Financial Officer Whitney Richland announced Friday, April 30 that, due to previous delays in the revision of the debt millage on tax bills, the County tax roll value and corresponding value of a mil will not be set and released to County stakeholders until the beginning of June.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In previous years, this information would have been available in April, and the County would have met with others to aid in revenue projections for the upcoming fiscal year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“When staff was first made award of this situation, County Administration as well as Assessor Ebony Sanders accommodated the necessary revisions to tax bills by complying with the requirement to cease other changes to the tax roll, such as changes from 6 percent to 4 percent,” County Chief Financial Officer Whitney Richland said in a news release. “Because this delay impacts so many of our partners — municipalities, fire districts, school board, to name just a few — we wanted to acknowledge this delay, recognize and apologize for the inconvenience to all stakeholders. Beaufort County Council and staff understand that this delay has far reaching effects as all stakeholders rely on this information each year when developing their respective budgets.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“My office is working diligently to process changes to assessed values and also add new construction both of which affect the value of the County tax roll, and consequently, the value of a mil for the 2021 tax year,” County Assessor Ebony Sanders said. “Although the time frame for processing these changes and providing this information is delayed this year, my staff is carefully processing each application so that all taxpayers are treated fairly and equitably, and their interests are protected.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At this time, the updated numbers are expected to be available the beginning of June. Beaufort County Council members have been informed of the delay. The Mayors of Yemassee, Port Royal, Beaufort, Bluffton and Hilton Head Island and other stakeholders will be contacted by either County CFO Whitney Richland or Interim County Administrator Eric Greenway who will share updates and answer questions.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This is an unfortunate and obviously unanticipated delay. We’ve contacted County Council members personally and I’m working closely with both Miss Richland and Miss Sanders and their department staffs, to make sure we are working together as a team,” Interim County Administrator Eric Greenway said. “Again, we recognize the implications of this information delay and are doing everything possible to make sure the budgetary impact to our stakeholders and ultimately County taxpayers, is kept to a minimum. I’m confident the millage will be set the beginning of June and budgets will be set for the new fiscal year, beginning July 1.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort County millage rate delayed until beginning of June', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-county-millage-rate-delayed-until-beginning-of-june', '', '', '2021-05-05 14:16:49', '2021-05-05 18:16:49', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49867', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(49871, 4, '2021-05-05 14:20:04', '2021-05-05 18:20:04', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Low Country Kappa Delta Alumnae chapter is celebrating its most successful charity event ever, raising nearly $1,600 for the Child Abuse Prevention Association of Beaufort (CAPA).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thirty KDs, their friends and families walked together on Hilton Head’s Coligny Beach last month. More than 50 individuals, families and teams also walked “virtually” or in their own neighborhoods.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beach Walk is the latest in a series of fundraisers the Low Country Kappa Deltas have held to benefit CAPA.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Over the past 12 years, the Alumnae Chapter has raised thousands of dollars for the nonprofit which serves families in the Lowcountry with residential and outreach programs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last fall, the Low Country KDs collected school supplies for teens served by CAPA and also “cleaned their closets” for donations to the CAPA thrift store. The local alumnae have also earned two KiDs Grants, allowing CAPA to buy portable cribs for local parents and bedding for its residential facilities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beach Walk fundraiser also raised nearly $400 for National Kappa Delta’s Shamrock Project in support of Prevent Child Abuse America.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Low Country KD Alumnae Chapter is a diverse group of community-minded women from Hilton Head, Bluffton, Okatie, Ridgeland and Beaufort. The Low Country Chapter is one of 224 active Kappa Delta alumnae chapters across the country.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Low Country KD raises $1,600 for CAPA', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'low-country-kd-raises-1600-for-capa', '', '', '2021-05-05 14:20:06', '2021-05-05 18:20:06', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49871', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(49874, 4, '2021-05-05 14:25:24', '2021-05-05 18:25:24', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>New benches, designed by local artists, to be unveiled Thursday</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The City of Beaufort and the Beaufort Cultural District will unveil on Thursday, May 6 the six new benches that will be added to the Cultural District’s Bench Project. The event will be held at 5 p.m. on the lawn at USC Beaufort’s Center for the Arts, and the public is invited to attend.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Bench Project began in 2019, when six artists were sponsored by various Beaufort organizations to design benches that celebrated the art, history, and culture of the Beaufort region. The six benches were placed in prominent places around downtown Beaufort, fulfilling both a practical and esthetic need.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Earlier this year, the Cultural District Advisory Board accepted applications for sponsorships for six more benches.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The sponsors and artists include:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Arts Council</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Artist: Diane Britton Dunham.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dunham’s paintings have been recognized internationally as a genuine illustration of the history and tradition of African-American Southern culture. Her bench celebrates The Mather School, founded in 1868 as a boarding school for black girls in the aftermath of emancipation. For 100 years, The Mather School offered interdisciplinary education. Its legacy lives on in the Technical College of the Lowcountry.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>City of Beaufort</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Artist: Shawn Hill (above)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hill, a graphic designer and photographer, made photographs from around the City that illustrate the City’s commitment to ensure that Beaufort is a place where “history, charm and business thrive!”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Fripp Island Golf &amp; Beach Resort</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Artist: Linda Silk Sviland.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sviland, a graphic artist who retired to Beaufort a couple of years ago, worked in acrylic latex to create a bench that has iconic scenes from the movie “Forrest Gump,” much of which was filmed in and around Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":49800,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Rev.-Simmons-and-Tabernacle-bench.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Rev.-Simmons-and-Tabernacle-bench.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49800\"/></a><figcaption>Rev. Johnnie F. Simmons with Tabernacle Baptist Church’s bench.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tabernacle Baptist Church</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Artist: Rev. Johnnie F. Simmons.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Simmons, a Vietnam War veteran, grew up on St. Helena Island and is known as a Gullah artist. He uses paint and wood-burning techniques and the Gullah language to tell stories in his artwork. His bench, entitled “The Black Church,” memorializes the Tabernacle Baptist Church, which was founded in 1811, and in 1863 became the first Baptist church for African-Americans in Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rev. Johnnie F. Simmons with Tabernacle Baptist Church’s bench.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Pat Conroy Literary Center</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Artist: Aki Kato.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kato is a native of Yokohama, Japan, has lived in Beaufort since 2003. He has worked on numerous commissioned artworks for Pat Conroy and his family, and painted the large-scale mural at the Pat Conroy Literary Center. His bench evokes Conroy’s first book, “The Water is Wide,” a novel based on Conroy’s year as a teacher on Daufuskie Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Private donors</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Artist: Lisa Gilyard-Rivers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Gilyard-Rivers is known for her Gullah and heritage-themed works. Her bench captures the tranquil view of the downtown Waterfront Marina. The artwork conveys the Lowcountry sun as it shines down on the boats as they gently sway beside the marsh. On the back of the bench, a Gullah couple can be seen enjoying the view of the water near the oak tree-lined road.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The benches are back in Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-benches-are-back-in-beaufort', '', '', '2021-05-05 14:28:46', '2021-05-05 18:28:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49874', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49876, 4, '2021-05-05 14:28:16', '2021-05-05 18:28:16', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Historic Port Royal Museum</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or upon request, Thursdays through Sundays, The Historic Port Royal Museum, 1634 Paris Ave. The museum features the turn-of-the-century businesses and industries of Port Royal: Shrimping, crabbing, oystering, the railroad, the school and the mercantile. Great gifts featuring local artists are available. For more information. visit www.portroyalhistory.org, email unionchurch1004@gmail.com or call 843-524-4333.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club’s May meeting</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6 p.m., Thursday, May 13, Beaufort Yacht Club\'s new deck on Lady’s Island off Meridian Road. The social will be from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Dues and renewals will continue on the same monthly system prior to the pandemic. The porch bar will be utilized and Club restrooms will be available. The BS&amp;D Club\'s Best Charter Captain, (two years in a row), Christopher Mattson, will discuss Cobia: how, when, where, and why not; top water and deep water techniques, and rods and reels, and appropriate nets. Guests are welcome. Reservations are not needed. For additional information, contact Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2122 or email fgibson@islc.net.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ancestor of the Land – Rufus Daniel Mitchell</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 20, Beaufort Arts Council, Mather Campus, Technical College of the Lowcountry, 921 Ribault Road, Building 1. A Tribute by Bernice Mitchel Tate, Andy Tate and Dr. Derek Mitchell Tate to the Beaufort County Rural Black Farmer. An authentic Beaufort County, S.C. Gullah Cultural Heritage photographic, visual art, digital art, material culture exhibition and instillation experience celebrating the life and times of Rufus Daniel Mitchell (1913-1987), his family and the historic Sheldon farming community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club meetings</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursdays, May 20, June 17, July 15, Washington Street Park. After a year of masks, social distancing, hygiene measures and vaccinations (you have yours, right?), we can finally meet in person. Meetings at the beautiful, newly refurbished Washington Street Park at the corner of Washington Street and Newcastle Street in Beaufort. News about speakers will be coming soon.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>LIVE After 5</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5 to 8 p.m., Thursdays, May 20, June 17, July 15, downtown Beaufort. Every third Thursday of the month is downtown Beaufort’s newest recurring monthly party with live music, local artists, late night shopping and drink and food specials. Rain or shine. Free entertainment, sponsored by Activate Beaufort, featuring Wayne Grabenbauer and Southbound 17.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>CPR training</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8 a.m to 12:30 p.m., Saturdays, May 29, June 12, July 10, Aug. 21, Sept. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 20, Dec. 11, at the Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal, offers CPR. Cost is $35 for YMCA certified course. Those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first come, first serve basis. Questions? Contact William Howell, Aquatics Director, 843-522-9622. To register visit the Y front desk or online at beaufort-jasperymca.org and click ‘Register for a Program’ at the top of the page.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>CPR re-certification</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8 a.m to 12:30 p.m., Saturdays, June 5, Aug. 14, Sept. 25, Nov. 13, at the Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal, offers CPR. Cost is $25 for YMCA certified course. Those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first come, first serve basis. Questions? Contact William Howell, Aquatics Director, 843-522-9622. To register visit the Y front desk or online at beaufort-jasperymca.org and click ‘Register for a Program’ at the top of the page.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'WHAT’S HAPPENING', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'whats-happening-51', '', '', '2021-05-05 14:28:19', '2021-05-05 18:28:19', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49876', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49878, 4, '2021-05-05 14:31:46', '2021-05-05 18:31:46', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Though the City of Beaufort’s mandatory mask/face covering ordinance, implemented last year to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, expired at 11:59 p.m. April 30, the City Council passed an emergency ordinance last week strongly encouraging individuals to continue to wear masks in buildings opened to the public going forward.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ordinance was passed at the Tuesday, April 27 meeting.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The City continues to seek guidance from doctors and leadership at Beaufort Memorial Hospital as it modifies its emergency ordinances related to Covid-19. Vaccines are readily available in Beaufort County for anyone 16 years old or above, and the South Carolina Department of Health &amp; Environmental Control estimates that 48 percetn of Beaufort County residents (in that age range) have received at least one vaccine. The number of new cases of Covid in the county has also dropped significantly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The new ordinance specifies that restaurants and retail establishments can continue to require their employees to wear masks. Business owners can also set their own policies requiring customers to wear masks.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The City of Beaufort will continue to require members of the public to wear masks when coming to City Hall, the Police Department, or other City buildings. Municipal Court is also requiring masks.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County, the Town of Port Royal and the Town of Bluffton no longer have a mandatory mask mandate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort to ‘strongly encourage’ wearing of masks', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-to-strongly-encourage-wearing-of-masks', '', '', '2021-05-05 14:31:48', '2021-05-05 18:31:48', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49878', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49880, 4, '2021-05-05 14:35:29', '2021-05-05 18:35:29', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Yemassee plantation built by 2 Frank Lloyd Wright; proceeds benefit Open Land Trust</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Open Land Trust\'s 2021 Auldbrass Tours will be held Thursday, Nov. 4, Friday, Nov. 5 and Saturday, Nov. 6, and tickets are now available.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Daily tours to run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and proceeds from the tour benefit the Beaufort County Open Land Trust. Tickets are $175, and there are no refunds.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>About Auldbrass</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Auldbrass, located at 7 River Road in Yemassee, was built in 1939 for C. Leigh Stevens, a Michigan industrialist, by Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright famously designed the residential structure without any right angles. He was supposedly inspired by the lean of the live oak trees found throughout the local region.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation describes the property as a “4,000-acre tract of land on the banks of the Combahee River, the plantation is one of the largest and most complex residential projects Wright ever undertook.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wright is arguably the most famous architect in American history.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Auldbrass Plantation was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and is one of only two buildings Wright designed in South Carolina. The other is an additional residential project called Broad Margin in Greenville.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>About the tour</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The division of tickets into morning and afternoon is to assist with the flow of the main house portion of the tour.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A buyer of a morning ticket has the ability to tour the main house from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The ticket holder may stay on property longer, but the ticket restricts the ticket holder to the Main House portion of the tour during the morning session.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A buyer of an afternoon ticket has the ability to tour the main house from 12:31 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The ticket holder may come earlier or stay on property longer, but the ticket restricts the ticket holder to the Main House portion of the tour during the afternoon session.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ticket holders are permitted just one tour through the main house. All other areas of the property are open and may be toured at the ticket holder’s leisure.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Important information about the sales and tour:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets are sold on a first come- first served basis;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The tour is mostly self-guided;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Main House tour is guided with groups of 12;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rain or shine event;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No children under the age of 12;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No strollers;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No coolers;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No pets;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No smoking;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No interior photos;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Walking tour – Absolutely no third-party sales.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There is no lunch on the property. However, Lowcountry Produce is offering a 10 percent discount with proof of ticket or event brochure on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets can be purchased at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/auldbrass-tours-2021-tickets-151537892917.<br><br><em>Above: Auldbrass, located at 7 River Road in Yemassee, was built in 1939 for C. Leigh Stevens, a Michigan industrialist, by Frank Lloyd Wright. Photo provided.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Tickets available for Auldbrass tour', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'tickets-available-for-auldbrass-tour', '', '', '2021-05-05 14:35:32', '2021-05-05 18:35:32', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49880', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49883, 4, '2021-05-05 14:36:32', '2021-05-05 18:36:32', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The South Carolina Republican Party Executive Committee voted on Wednesday night, April 28 to have a hybrid in-person state convention on Saturday, May 15.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to a release from the S.C Republican Party (SCGOP), per state law and SCGOP rules, the Party reorganizes every two years, with precinct meetings throughout March, county conventions in April, and state convention in May. Roughly 1,400 people, at a minimum, from across the state typically attend the state convention – delegates, alternates, and guests.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The state Executive Committee voted to require each county party to caucus in-person by county and cast their votes through paper ballots at a local meeting on May 15. County totals will be reported to the Credentials Committee in Columbia. A representative from each county will serve on the Credentials Committee.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the state convention, 870 state delegates will conduct party business and elect SCGOP state leadership – Chairman, 1st Vice Chairman, 2nd Vice Chairman, and 3rd Vice Chairman – by a majority vote.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'SCGOP announces convention plans', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'scgop-announces-convention-plans', '', '', '2021-05-05 14:36:35', '2021-05-05 18:36:35', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49883', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49885, 4, '2021-05-05 14:39:05', '2021-05-05 18:39:05', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Have you ever listened to speeches with charts, graphs, and statistics and wondered what all that information meant to real people?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Have you ever heard a story about real people and thought about what that story meant to you?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stories are slices of information with faces and hearts and feelings. We often use stories to illustrate how things “used to be” and how things “can be.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At 6 p.m., Thursday, May 13, the League of Women Voters Beaufort, S.C. Area will host its May meeting online, presenting “experts,” who will share how they use stories to transform presentations, policies and positions into the living, the personal, and the memorable.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During the program, We All Have a Story—What’s Yours? the League’s specially-invited “storytellers,” Cassandra King Conroy, C. Scott Graber, and The Rev. Roy Tripp, will talk about how they apply stories in their own professions and how we can learn from their experience.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The storytellers, all Beaufort residents, employ their storytelling skills in three very different ways: Cassandra King Conroy, weaves her stories of Southern drama, struggle, change and triumph into best-selling novels. Scott Graber is a lawyer who writes popular columns filled with memories, anecdotes and lessons learned for The Island News. At Port Royal’s St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, its rector Roy Tripp’s Sunday homilies apply stories from ancient writings to respond to our present-day hopes and needs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Although the Zoom meeting is free and open to the public, advance registration is required by accessing the Facebook page at the League of Women Voters Beaufort Area, or typing the following link: https://bit.ly/3njbSgJ.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the meeting.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Email questions or comments to lwvbeaufort@gmail.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The mission of LWVB, now numbering nearly 100 members, is to be a nonpartisan source of credible voter information and civic education in Northern Beaufort County; to provide all candidates with a platform to express their positions on community issues; and for every eligible person to be empowered, to be informed, to be registered and to vote.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'League of Women Voters brings storytellers to meeting', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'league-of-women-voters-brings-storytellers-to-meeting', '', '', '2021-05-05 14:39:07', '2021-05-05 18:39:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49885', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(49893, 4, '2021-05-05 14:51:38', '2021-05-05 18:51:38', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Old Harbor River Bridge still has a role to play in Lowcountry</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Tess Malijenovsky</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The old Harbor River Bridge, recently replaced by a new fixed-span bridge on Sea Island Parkway (U.S. 21), will soon become a part of the only managed deepwater artificial reef on the East Coast, the South Carolina Memorial Reef.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The riveted through truss swing bridge connecting St. Helena to Harbor, Hunting, and Fripp Islands was a locally cherished landmark built in 1939 at the start of World War II. There are only seven moveable bridges left in South Carolina, one of them being the Woods Memorial Bridge in downtown Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While some locals are disappointed to see this piece of history removed, hoping it would remain as a fishing pier, others support the idea of the bridge living a second life under the sea enhancing saltwater marine fisheries and boosting sport fishing tourism for the state\'s coastal economy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sen. George \"Chip\" Campsen is one of those supporters. He spearheaded the efforts to re-purpose the old swing bridge into an offshore artificial reef by teaming up with the board of the S.C. Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series to raise funds to acquire the old bridge from its owner.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We approached Mr. Jim Tripplett, who’s the owner of the company that built the bridge, about not selling the bridge for scrap but to set it on a barge, take it offshore, sink it, and create an artificial reef,\" said Sen. Campsen. “Mr. Tripplett was great to negotiate with but basically we had to get him to agree to this because he owned the bridge. In the future, I convinced DOT that they’re going to retain ownership of a bridge with a superstructure like this bascule bridge so that we can add to our artificial reef system.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The senator is an avid billfish sports fisherman himself who participates in the S.C. Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series. His team set a new tournament record for most points scored catching billfish in 2019. He is also the chairman of the Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee, which has jurisdiction over South Carolina’s laws for environmental protection and conservation (Title 48); waters, water resources and drainage (Title 49); fish, game, and watercraft (Title 50); and parks, recreation, and tourism (Title 51).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"I’ve been offshore many times going over these reefs and you look at the sounder and it’s like a column of baitfish coming from the bottom that may be 100 feet or 150 feet tall that are congregating around the structure,\" said Sen. Campsen. \"That attracts the big pelagic predator, like billfish, wahoo, and mahi-mahi.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The steel superstructure of the old bridge will be welded to a barge and then sunk 52 miles offshore between Charleston Harbor and St. Helena Sound at the South Carolina Memorial Reef. This is a designated 4-by-6-mile area roughly 300 to 450 ft deep where other structures, like shipping containers, culvert pipes, and tugboats, have already been sunk. It\'s one of many artificial reefs managed by the Marine Resources Division of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), but it\'s the only deepwater artificial reef on the Atlantic Coast.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Underwater, the old bridge will quickly become covered with algae, barnacles, corals, sponges and other marine organisms that create the basis of a food chain for marine ecosystems.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The structure also creates a safe haven for shrimp, crab, sea urchins, mollusks and other fish to take shelter, spawn and seek protection from larger predators. This prey attracts larger bottom fish, including species of concern like grouper and snapper.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In turn, they attract pelagic fish that hunt along the surface. And these trophy fish — tuna, marlin, sailfish, mahi-mahi, wahoo — attract anglers and tourism dollars for the state.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the senator, the truss of the swing bridge is ideal for an artificial reef because it has a lot of relief.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"The superstructure on that bridge is probably 40 feet high,” he said. “You need a lot of elevation coming from the bottom that deep to create habitat for bottom fish, like grouper and snapper.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to SCDNR, artificial reefs are important to South Carolina’s marine life because the majority of the state’s continental shelf is a barren dessert — flat, featureless and made of sand. Only 10 percent is made of hard-bottom areas appropriate for natural reef formation, leading to considerable pressure by anglers and divers on those areas.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The artificial reef where the old swing bridge is going, also known as “Charleston’s Deep Reef,” is the state’s first Type II Marine Protected Area. This prohibits bottom fishing for snapper and grouper while allowing trolling at the surface, giving grouper and snapper an opportunity to recover from overfishing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We also have a need for nearshore reefs,” said Sen. Campsen, who hopes the concrete rubble leftover from the bridge will be repurposed into a nearshore artificial reef 5 to 10 miles offshore in St. Helena Sound. These plans are still in negotiation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Over the next month, United Demolition will prepare the bridge for its trip offshore, salvaging what DOT can use and using underwater divers to burn the fender’s sheet pile in preparation for explosives. The truss will be cut in two, lashed onto a barge and moved in late May or early June, according to Brian Clark who is overseeing the bridge’s demolition.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Tess Malijenovsky is a journalist, columnist and photographer based in Beaufort. You can see more of her work at tessmalijenovsky.com or contact her at tessmalijenovsky@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Replaced but not forgotten', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'replaced-but-not-forgotten', '', '', '2021-05-05 14:51:40', '2021-05-05 18:51:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49893', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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Most recently, OLT partnered with the county to create the Widgeon Point Preserve on S.C. 170 and the Broad and Chechessee Rivers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The nonprofit’s staff and volunteers were instrumental in the fight against proposed development of Bay Point Island, a project still in litigation as the developers protest the county’s Zoning Board of Appeals rejection. They helped negotiate an agreement with the developers of Whitehall on Lady’s Island for reduced construction.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since 1968, the Trust has worked with movie producer Joel Silver, owner of Auldbrass Plantation near Yemassee, in an agreement that preserves the Frank Lloyd Wright designed plantation buildings and makes them open for ticketed tours every two years as a fundraising effort to support the OLT projects. As another fundraiser, the Trust’s popular SEA ISLAND SEASONS cookbook remains in print since 1980.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The list of accomplishments goes on and on and hopefully will for another 50 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Citizens have spoken – playgrounds for Southside Park</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BEAUFORT – Speaking of parks and open spaces, the Beaufort City Council now has a detailed wish list for the popular Southside Park. The key is going to be how to pay for it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A citizen’s task force which has been working since the beginning of the year reported their findings last week to the City Council. And while&nbsp;the report carried no price tag, city officials have already said they may be grants to support the improvements.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Structured playgrounds made the top of the list but the 1,171 survey respondents also gave high priority to improved walking trails and the dog park, event pavilions and enhanced wetlands on the property. 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(49904, 4, '2021-05-05 15:25:32', '2021-05-05 19:25:32', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>No one claims outdated utility&nbsp;pole that smashes family car</strong><br></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Mindy Lucas</strong><br><br>When Bunny Winkler woke up Christmas morning in 2020, she got a present she wasn’t exactly expecting. An old utility pole had fallen and smashed the back end of her car.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But not just any car. It was “Old Bessie” – the Beaufort family’s 2007 Honda CR-V. A workhorse of a car, Old Bessie had more than 160,000 miles on her but had never let Winkler or her family down.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She took the kids to school and back, to music lessons and to softball practice. She carried groceries from the grocery store and faithfully performed all the duties a “mom taxi,” as Winkler called it, usually performs without fail.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":49793,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_1240.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_1240-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49793\"/></a></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But now Old Bessie sat wounded in the family’s driveway, her rear windows smashed, her once gleaming black roof now dented inward.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It was my baby,” Winkler said, as she recently recounted what happened after the utility pole with loose wires came crashing down on top of Old Bessie, effectively ending the car’s long run.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It all started when some contractors who were cutting trees in the neighborhood in mid-December caused some wires from the pole to fall down across Winkler’s car and driveway. The lines also tore a few shingles off her home’s roof as they fell.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Winkler knows because she was sitting in her bedroom&nbsp;watching TV at the time and had a clear view of the action outside.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I could see them out there working on the tree,” she said, referring to a scrub tree in front of her neighbor’s house.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As Winkler and most everyone in Beaufort knew, Dominion had work crews in the area cutting trees back from power lines. But mostly they were trimming or pruning back vegetation along North Street, Winkler said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This tree, however, was being completely cut down and removed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So when the lines came down on Winkler’s home and car, naturally she wanted to know what the workers outside were planning to do about it, and if she should be concerned about any live wires.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I walked out there with my hands on my hips and said, ‘Excuse me,’” she said, in what can only be described as an unusually laid back tone given the situation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The men indicated they would put the lines back, which they did, but not before one of them poked and prodded around the base of the pole with his work boot. Winkler could see that the pole was wobbly at the base, but if they weren’t concerned about it she wouldn’t be either, she thought.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some days later, however, on Christmas Day, the family woke to realize the pole had come down in the night and had smashed their beloved Bessie on her side.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The pole was lying beside the car in the family’s small front yard facing North Street and the car’s back windows were smashed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I said, blankity, blank, blank, Merry Christmas to me,” Winkler said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So Winkler took some photos and after the holidays started making calls. And that’s when the real problems began.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No one, it seems, would claim the pole.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After many calls to Dominion Energy, customer service representatives told her the pole wasn’t theirs. She also tried calling the City of Beaufort and they too said the same thing – not theirs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Winkler didn’t believe the pole was hers, but if it was, she just wanted to know that so she can figure out how to have it removed. If it wasn’t, she wanted to know that too, so the right company or entity could take responsibility and come get the pole.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If indeed it’s someone other than me, I want them to take responsibility,” she said recently. “And if it’s me, then so be it.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Winkler also happened to take a photo of the work truck belonging to the work crew out cutting trees the first time the line came down. She took the photo in case she needed to follow up on the downed line.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A plate number on the truck is registered to the Columbia, Miss.-based tree cutting company “Looks Great Services.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Calls and messages left by a reporter through the company’s main number listed on its website went unreturned, but a call to a foreman was answered. That individual said he would investigate the incident.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As of press time on Tuesday, neither the paper or the homeowner had heard from the company.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A call to Dominion’s media line resulted in a call back from Senior Communications Specialist Paul Fischer who asked for more information and promised to look into Winkler’s situation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In an email sent on Tuesday, Fischer said the company’s lines were removed from the pole in 2009 and that often other utility lines, such as telephone and cable TV lines, remain attached to poles once electric lines were removed, requiring the pole to remain in place until “all attachments are removed.” He said the company was “actively working with the local telecommunications company.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He also said and that Dominion would send a crew to remove the pole from in front of the customer’s home and apologized for the delay in resolving the incident.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, there was no mention in the email of what the company plans to do, if anything, about Winkler’s roof or car.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, the company did not answer specific questions about whether it has any policies or protocols in place if a subcontractor working in the area sees or causes a pole to become loose around a homeowner’s property. Are they to flag that pole, for example, or notify a foreman on the job to prevent property damage or worse from happening, should the pole fall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Winkler doesn’t necessarily blame Dominion for the pole coming down, she said, but these older poles, located directly next to the newer taller power line poles, can be seen throughout the neighborhood. So surely someone must be responsible for their upkeep, she reasoned.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We are continuing to review this incident,” Fischer said in an email. “The safety of the general public and our employees remains our top priority. We have also reached out directly to the customer, and will continue to work with her to further resolve this issue.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As of press time on Tuesday, Winkler said she had heard from Fischer as well, but only once and it was to say a work crew would be by to remove the pole.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":49905,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-05-at-3.19.39-PM.png\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-05-at-3.19.39-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49905\"/></a></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the meantime, it’s been four months since the pole smashed her vehicle and Winkler has pretty well given up on anyone taking responsibility for the pole or what happened to her car.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And it hasn’t been easy – going without a car.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A single mom with one child still at home, Winkler relied on Old Bessie to take her 11-year-old to school or pick up groceries or do any of the things busy parents normally do. And with limited liability coverage, there was no replacing the car through insurance, she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So last week Winkler finally had the car hauled away to the salvage yard and went and purchased a 2017 Kia Sportage. She hasn’t given the new car a name yet.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I figured Ok, let’s face facts,” she said. “This is probably going to be too expensive to repair or more than it’s actually worth so the best bet is to get it out of here. I’m sure my neighbors will appreciate not looking at in anymore and I have to let go.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Still, Winkler was disappointed about the loss of “her baby.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It was the first new car I ever bought,” she said sounding nostalgic. After all, the family had had a lot of good times in the car, from the road trips back home to Myrtle Beach each year to just running errands with the kids around town.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Though Old Bessie was a little long in the tooth, Winkler had taken such good care of her that her mechanic had said she could easily get another 10-15 years out of it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But all that’s gone now in the blink of an eye. Or the downing of a pole.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And the unsightly pole which laid along the sidewalk on North Street for the last four months?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A work crew from Dominion finally came and collected it Tuesday afternoon as this paper was going to press.<br><br><em>Top photo: Bunny Winkler stands next to the utility pole that fell on her car on Christmas Day 2020. 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Suspicious behavior and indicators of criminal behavior might include a citizen’s description, report of a crime in progress, report of a crime previously committed, or a person running or driving away when asked to stop by the police.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Profiling is used to identify suspicious activity or signs such as a person with a bulge on his waist line that may be a gun; who is standing in a high crime area, where guns are often used in crimes; who has gang tattoos and wearing gang colors of clothing; who quickly turns away from the police officer, avoids eye contact, and begins walking away from the officer; who is a known convicted felon or a person who has been the subject of many complaints in the past; who drops something while walking away; who is acting nervous; and who is sweating heavily on a cold night; and it is 2:00 AM in the morning. All of these observations need not be present to legitimately arouse a police officer’s suspicion.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Profiling is an established law enforcement practice. Profiling has evolved with the incorporation of social science theory and statistical methodology into law enforcement’s crime solving and crime prevention strategies. Profiling has been shown to be a successful and legal supplement to other policing strategies.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most would agree that profiling is a lawful and useful tool when it is not based purely on race or ethnicity. On the other hand, racial profiling occurs when a police officer stops, questions, arrests, or searches someone <em>solely on the basis of the person’s race or ethnicity</em>. Critics typically use this definition when condemning racial profiling, as do law enforcement agencies when denying the existence of racial profiling.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Few things are more important to the vast majority of police officers and more on their mind than proving they are <em>race-neutral </em>in their public safety duties. Officers know they do use profiling to identify suspected criminal activity and to stop reported criminals and reported suspicious persons.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Police departments and academies certainly train and direct officers to use their skills, training, citizen reports and complaints, community requests for close patrol, briefings, wanted information, reports, statistical information, experience, knowledge of criminal activity, the time of day or night, the weather, a person’s behavior, and other information to help them identify criminal activity.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Unfortunately, there have been cases where, police officers have stopped, questioned, searched, and arrested someone solely on the basis of the person’s race or ethnicity. This history of racial profiling calls for increased training for law enforcement personnel to better sensitize officers to the subtle and unintended ways in which broad-based racial assumptions and stereotypes may lead to racial profiling and other racially biased justice outcomes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Racial profiling has also led to redoubling efforts to recruit minority persons into positions of responsibility throughout the justice system. However, because it is hard to find qualified minorities, who are interested in low paying police officer jobs, more long-term strategies, like the Police Explorers program, aimed at the earlier preparation and encouragement of children of color for careers in the justice system are needed.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most police officers are committed to doing everything they can to help every citizen they come in contact with, including using profiling correctly and condemning racial profiling. Every day, police officers are able to control themselves, even when threatened, cursed at, and spit upon. COPs do things like:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Changing flat tires, pushing disabled vehicles out of the road, clearing clogged street drains when they were clogged and frozen with snow and ice, giving first aid, and giving money, toys, and clothing to those in need. Playing basketball with street kids, removing dangerous obstacles from roadways, visiting businesses and giving crime prevention advice. Driving folks with dementia home and a thousand other things to serve and protect.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Addressing everyone (including criminals who were disrespectful and disorderly) with dignity, using sir and mam, please, thank you, and you are welcome, avoiding cursing, giving money to folks they arrest and jail so that they did not leave jail broke and so they remembered it was a compassionate policeman they had encountered. Giving children’s books to the children in cars that I stopped for traffic violations, eating lunch with children in the schools in their beat, and giving warnings, rather than tickets where ever and whenever they can.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, these examples of what most call “community policing” are not enough to completely stamp out racial profiling and to build the trust and respect needed between the public and police. Only significantly increasing: screening of recruits, training of police officers, funding of police, public education on policing and laws, and passing a police reform bill will build trust, cooperation, and respect between the public and police officers.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Larry Dandridge is an honors graduate of three police academies and a DoD Counter Terrorism course graduate. He served as a police officer and deputy sheriff in AL and MO. He has also worked as a consultant with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in GA and SC, and the Military Police and Customs operations in TX. An accomplished writer and motivational speaker, the owner of TVV Publishing, a retired Army Test Pilot, the author of the award-winning BLADES OF THUNDER (book One), a retired Aerospace Industry Region Manager, a past University Business, Writing, and Aeronautics Instructor, and volunteer Patient Adviser at the RHJ VA Medical Center, he writes two columns, as a free-lance writer, for the ISLAND NEWS, the Veterans Benefits Column and the What Citizens Should Know About Policing Column. You can contact Larry at his email, LDandridge@earthlink.ne</em>t. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>EDITOR’S NOTE</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is column 11 of a 12-column series on what citizens should know about police officers, use of force, and challenges the police and citizens face. Columns 1 through 10 introduced the series by answering the questions:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li>What are the risks involved in police work?&nbsp;</li><li>How does a COP (Constable on Patrol) decide on what level of force to use?&nbsp;</li><li>When can a police officer use deadly force?&nbsp;</li><li>When can deadly force be used on a fleeing felon?</li><li>Do life and death decisions made by police really have to be made so quickly?</li><li>What does the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office do for Beaufort County?</li><li>Do police officers take care to avoid hurting innocent bystanders?&nbsp;</li><li>Do police officers have to retreat when facing a dangerous person?&nbsp;</li><li>Can a police officer be unfit to serve, even if they do not break the law?&nbsp;</li><li>Do police officers have to retreat when facing a dangerous person?&nbsp;</li><li>Can a police officer be unfit to serve, even if they do not break the law or violate department written policies?&nbsp;</li><li>Why do police officers not hot pursue and chase down every person who runs from them in a vehicle?</li><li>Why do police officers sometimes use choke holds on people?</li><li>Why do the police not shoot guns and other weapons out of people’s hands?</li><li>Why do police sometimes use deadly force on people brandishing a Fake Gun?</li><li>Why do the police not read everyone their Miranda rights?&nbsp;</li><li>How does a police officer deal with a person with a knife or other edged weapon?</li><li>Why do many police officers have second jobs?</li><li>How much training does a police officer get?</li><li>How many police departments are there and how many COPS are on the job per 1,000 citizens?</li><li>Are all police departments certified by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)?&nbsp;</li><li>How thorough are the background checking, screening, testing, and interviewing, of police recruits and officers transferring from one department to another?&nbsp;</li><li>Why do police departments need armored cars and other military types of equipment?&nbsp;</li><li>Are Driving While Impaired (DWI) and Driving Under the Influence (DUI) really all that serious crimes?</li><li>What is qualified immunity?</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These columns are not meant to replace carefully reading local, county, state, and federal law or the need for a lawyer when seeking legal advice.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Larry Dandridge is not an employee of THE ISLAND NEWS and his opinions are his alone. Readers should rely on their local police and sheriff’s departments, federal law enforcement agencies, and their attorneys for all law enforcement information and legal advice. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of these articles, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed by the author or THE ISLAND NEWS for damages resulting from the use of information contained herein.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Good and Bad Profiling', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'good-and-bad-profiling', '', '', '2021-05-12 14:15:14', '2021-05-12 18:15:14', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49953', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(49957, 4, '2021-05-12 14:20:52', '2021-05-12 18:20:52', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As the elected officers of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), we are writing to express our concerns for children as the pandemic continues.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Representing more than 750 pediatricians statewide, we stand united with our AAP colleagues (more than 67,000) nationally to speak out on behalf of the health, safety and well-being of the children and families under our care and advocacy umbrella. We take our oath of service seriously and will always “educate, advocate and agitate” for children.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our current concerns are threefold.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– 1. There seems to be a complacency developing that children are safe from the ill effects of the COVID-19 virus. Let’s be clear — they tend to suffer less ill effects than adults, but recent data shows that children are making up a growing share of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S., accounting for nearly 21 percent.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since the start of the pandemic, more than 3.63 million children have tested positive, making up about 13.6 percent of all cases. Children can still suffer severe consequences and even death, and we all worry about the long-term unforeseen consequences for childhood infections and long-term health.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They deserve our protection now. Since children are not currently eligible for the vaccine, they will continue to spread the virus (and its more infectious variants) unless the adult population establishes herd immunity with overwhelming immunization.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To get all children safely back in school, back in athletics, back in summer camps, and back in all of their vital social activities that they need, it is now up to the adults to get vaccinated and stop the spread. We should do no less. The vaccine is safe.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– 2. Vaccine hesitancy is a serious concern to us and our colleagues. The vaccine was developed with apparent lightning speed, but in point of fact, its development was based on decades of science.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So, its rapid speed to market and into arms in no way reflects a disregard for safety. Its safety is really undeniable, and appropriate precautions are being taken even given some recent concerns.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As noted above, if we want to take care of the medical and social needs of our children, vaccine hesitancy needs to be replaced with vaccine urgency.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– 3. A movement is afoot to discourage the wearing of masks while we are still in the midst of the pandemic, have not yet achieved sufficient immunization levels, and in spite of clear evidence that masks decrease the spread of the virus. We fear that this movement puts the health and well-being of children at increased jeopardy.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We still need to stop the respiratory spread until vaccine hesitancy is replaced by vaccine urgency and we have enough of the population protected. As health care professionals who wear masks all day at work and then again when we are out in public, we can attest to ease of mask-wearing and sense of pride that comes with protecting others.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We think the health and safety of our children far outweighs the alleged affront to the civil liberties of others. Mask-wearing will be unnecessary in the not-too-distant future if we all just wear the masks until the public health officials give us the go-ahead.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our children are our most precious resource and our most vulnerable citizens going forward. We must do everything we can to protect their health now to give them the best chance at a healthy tomorrow. It is the responsibility of all of us.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Robert Saul, MD –&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>President, SCAAP&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Elizabeth Mack, MD –&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Vice President, SCAAP&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Martha Edwards, MD –&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Secretary-Treasurer, SCAAP&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kerry Sease, MD –&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Immediate Past President, SCAAP&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Robert A. Saul, MD, born and raised in the Chicago area, graduated from Colorado College (Colorado Springs, C0lo.) and from the University of Colorado School of Medicine. 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(49960, 4, '2021-05-12 14:27:41', '2021-05-12 18:27:41', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is Wednesday, 6:30 a.m., and I’m on a wooden deck, with complimentary coffee, waiting for the sun- rise above the blue-tinted mountains of western North Carolina.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I’m at the Pisgah Inn, elevation 5,000 feet, but the sun has not crested a dark ridge just to my left. There are two other people on the semi-dark deck, one who asks, “Are you writing poetry?”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“No,” I respond. “I’m doing a column for my newspaper back home.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“And where is home,” she asks.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Beaufort County,” I reply.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Pisgah Inn is four buildings clinging to a 1,000-foot-high ledge at Mile Marker 408 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The two-storied buildings are not impressive — we’re not talking about hand-hewn logs or huge stone fireplaces one might find in Montana.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But those who know Pisgah forgive the 50’s-era architecture because of the magnificent, ever-changing, topographical map-like view that extends 30 miles to the East. A view that infuses a sense of serenity and wonder.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Below, especially in Minnesota, there is confrontation and convulsion. There has been another killing, another night of anger, tears and calls for justice. All of which reminds me of a book, by my friend Tom Wilson, titled “The Ashley Cooper Plan.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is a book about the founding of South Carolina and the concept of governance envisioned by Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper — a layered society that had the Lord’s Proprietors at the top; followed by a hereditary nobility; then by landowners, then tradesmen and, finally, laborers.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Cooper Plan gave governance of Carolina to those at the top, but it came with a concept called reciprocity. Reciprocity meant each class had a duty to the other classes. In the case of the nobility a duty to govern fairly and with generosity — with noblesse oblige.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then, in 1690, a surge of “immigrants” arrived in Charleston from Barbados.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Barbados had an economy based on sugar cane, sugar plantations and slavery. Initially the slaves were Irish; but they tended to die. So when African slaves arrived in Barbados they replaced the Irish and would eventually make up 70 percent of the island’s population.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The South Carolina Colony — a colony that was raising indigo for British textile makers — had no trouble shifting from wage-paid labor to slave labor and putting them on the bottom rung of it’s “Great Chain of Being.” </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This “Great Chain of Being” was at odds with other American colonists, especially those in New England, that came ashore with compacts that fooled around with the notion that all people were created equal. And slavery worked well with a culture built upon difficult work in flooded fields; then labor on huge cotton plantations requiring the application of marsh mud in winter and weed-chopping in the summer.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The South Carolina concept of “Being,” its large-tract agriculture and the absolute authority of the plantation elite did not remain solely in South Carolina. As the cultivation of cotton went westerly — to Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi — these same concepts went with it, creating enormous wealth and elaborate moral justifications for the expansion of an economy based on slave labor. And that expansion began to collide with New England’s wage-based labor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many southerners pointed to New England’s mill workers, especially the children in those mills, saying they were no different from slaves. But there was no question that these over-worked, short-lived children were not chattel. They were not bought, sold and mortgaged.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We all know the history of the compromises that were made to reconcile the difference of opinion. We know about Thomas Jefferson’s belief that slavery had to end; about the Missouri Compromise; about the Dred Scott decision; about the internecine blood-fest that decided the issue in 1865.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Well, we thought it decided the issue — but iterations of this same debate linger on today.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As I sit on this elevated deck, looking past Funnel Top Mountain and down upon the fertile plain that is South Carolina, I wonder what might have happened in the slave-owning Barbadians had not left Barbados? If hurricanes and worry about insurrection had not forced them to relocate?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But the prospect of getting South Carolina’s cotton into the great Triangular Trade Route, an obsession with the accumulation of property, a contempt of centralized government (brought to us by the Scots-Irish), and a belief in firearms to protect that property conspired to end Ashley Cooper’s and John Locke’s vision for South Carolina’ s enlightened development.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. 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(49962, 4, '2021-05-12 14:31:48', '2021-05-12 18:31:48', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I sat down last year and started combing the Internet looking for all the columns I wrote during my journalism career, mostly from college, but also from my tenure as a technology columnist for the Montgomery Advertiser newspaper.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The tech columns were pretty generic. I wrote about the newspaper’s website, its reader forums, reader complaints, the usual. My college work was more problematic.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As editor-in-chief, I wrote a column at least every other week. I covered a lot of issues from a pro-student perspective, but on one occasion I wrote a terrible column about Black identity and how I felt I was misperceived by other Black students. I used racially insensitive imagery in describing some of my perceived detractors. I was angry and used the power of my position to try to inflict hurt and embarrassment.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Classmates with cooler heads patiently discussed with me the ramifications of what I had done, and all these years later I’m still embarrassed by the column – but I kept it in my collection. Why? Because I wrote it. Because it represented my thoughts at that moment in time, with my bad judgment and bitterness displayed in all their ignominy.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Should I be canceled now for what I wrote 30 years ago? Should that column be removed from the university’s online archives? Why not every other thing I wrote?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some, myself included, would argue history demands the record be preserved intact for the sake of completeness. Should I be fired from my current job? Would justice be served? What individual could file claim to being most offended?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So no, I am not comfortable with the idea everything bad from the past must be excised from existence, and not just because of my own example.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let me clear, though: I am completely opposed to conservative intransigence on an issue they have mischaracterized and weaponized. By definition, conservatives want things to stay as they are or were, but that is not a defensible position when tradition and “owning the libs” are the only justifications.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For example, how does one make an argument for Confederate monuments when most were installed by power structures invested in promoting the false Lost Cause narrative surrounding the Civil War or later as a thumbing of the nose to the Civil Rights Movement? With everything we know about the war and the rights movement, why are people still defending these relics, which number in the hundreds and exist in states that were never even part of the Confederacy?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These are fair questions, I think, but Republicans have weaponized the notion of reappraising historical and social matters using the catch-all label of “wokeness,”a term they use pejoratively as a knee-jerk reaction to any inquiry of which they don’t approve.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I admit there are progressives who have pushed hard in seeking correctives to a culture that for too long deemed one perspective – white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant – as the only one worth honoring, but that’s how negotiations work: Ask for a lot upfront, but accept a lesser amount. It’s called compromise. Deeming any efforts at offering broader context to historical events (The 1619 Project), being more inclusive (LGBTQ), addressing racial disparities (take your pick) or addressing police brutality as “wokeness” and therefore bad is disingenuous at best and simple-minded at the very least.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some of the loudest voices don’t even seem to know what “woke” means. NBC News surveyed Congressional Republicans, and their definitions were all over the place. Some admitted they couldn’t define it. A Republican Senate aide said, “It\'s … about a particular worldview of racial, social hierarchies and social leveling and things like that.” Equality. Who would want that?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But as the aide added later, calling something “woke” stirs the base. Like calling someone a “social justice warrior” (as opposed to being a warrior for injustice?), saying someone is “virtue signaling” (is it better to identify as a vice character?), or calling BLM “Burn Loot Murder” because it’s unthinkable to utter the phrase “Black Lives Matter.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Cancel culture” seems to apply only when conservatives want to defend things. Not because those things deserve to be defended, but because a liberal might have raised the initial question. When conservatives target people or institutions, they call it “freedom of speech” or “the market at work.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Republican Party has sent its base on a cultural snipe hunt, but party leaders don’t seem to be in on the joke.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Terry E. Manning lives and works in Savannah, Ga. He is a Clemson graduate and worked for 20 years as a journalist. He can be reached at teemanning@gmail.com. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', '‘Cancel culture’ shuts down necessary dialogue', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cancel-culture-shuts-down-necessary-dialogue', '', '', '2021-05-12 14:31:51', '2021-05-12 18:31:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49962', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49964, 4, '2021-05-12 14:41:26', '2021-05-12 18:41:26', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ajané Jones, a senior at Battery Creek High School, was selected to receive a $2,500 STAR Scholarship from the P.E.O. Sisterhood.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jones, recommended by P.E.O. Chapter W of Beaufort, is Treasurer of Student Government, Editor of the yearbook, clarinet section leader and band chaplain, and was the inaugural member of the Leader in Me school improvement model.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, Jones serves her church as a leader in the Christian education program CrossKids. She will attend Winthrop University in the fall to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education. Her ultimate goal is to become an elementary school teacher.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I want to empower young students and show them that they can do anything they put their minds to,” Jones said in a news release.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The P.E.O. STAR Scholarship was established in 2009 to provide scholarships for exceptional high school senior women to attend an accredited postsecondary educational institution in the U.S. or Canada in the next academic year. The competitive STAR Scholarship is for women who exhibit excellence in leadership, academics, extracurricular activities, community service and potential for future success.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Chapter W has been a part of the Beaufort community since it was organized in 1996.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) has been celebrating women helping women reach for the stars for more than 150 years. Since its inception in 1869, the nonprofit organization has helped more than 116,000 women pursue educational goals by providing over $383 million in grants, scholarships, awards and loans.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To learn more about P.E.O., its powerful educational philanthropies and see stories of women who have benefited from the programs, visit peointernational.org.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BC’s Jones receives PEO STAR Scholarship', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bcs-jones-receives-peo-star-scholarship', '', '', '2021-05-12 14:41:27', '2021-05-12 18:41:27', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49964', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49969, 4, '2021-05-12 14:43:30', '2021-05-12 18:43:30', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fourth grade students from Beaufort’s St. Peter’s Catholic School proudly display the mock check representing the $1,000 donation to their school from the Rotary Club of Beaufort. The Rotary Club of Beaufort annually supports nonprofit organizations in the Beaufort area. The donation is designated for the purchase of books for the Catholic elementary school’s library. With the students are (back row, left to right) school librarian Melanie Coombes, school principal Ann Feltzer and Rotary Club of Beaufort President Robert Bussa. Photo submitted by Rotary Club of Beaufort. <br><br><em>Fourth grade students from Beaufort’s St. Peter’s Catholic School proudly display the mock check representing the $1,000 donation to their school from the Rotary Club of Beaufort. The Rotary Club of Beaufort annually supports nonprofit organizations in the Beaufort area. The donation is designated for the purchase of books for the Catholic elementary school’s library. With the students are (back row, left to right) school librarian Melanie Coombes, school principal Ann Feltzer and Rotary Club of Beaufort President Robert Bussa. Photo submitted by Rotary Club of Beaufort. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'More books for their buck', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'more-books-for-their-buck', '', '', '2021-05-12 14:43:34', '2021-05-12 18:43:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49969', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(49979, 4, '2021-05-12 14:54:36', '2021-05-12 18:54:36', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LowcoSports.com</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek claimed 12 individual titles — including two each from Michael Martello, Myra Smith, and Keona Sanders — at the Region 8-3A track and field meet on Wednesday on the Dolphins’ home track.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The host Dolphins swept the podium in the boys 110 hurdles, as Trevin Singleton (15.64) took gold with teammates Noah Player and Kendall McMillan right behind him. McMillan added gold in the high jump (5-6), and Player won the triple jump (40-9), edging runner-up Singleton (40-3).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek’s boys also cleaned up in the throws, as Michael Martello won the discus (156-1) by a wide margin with teammate Tanner McCracken (115-5) in second, while McCracken won the javelin (132-2) with Player in third, and Martello claimed the shot put (47-10). David Tobin placed third in the pole vault (10-0).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":49948,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05042021-Region-83A-track-2-5519.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05042021-Region-83A-track-2-5519-1024x610.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49948\"/></a><figcaption>Bob Sofaly photo: Battery Creek’s Michael Martello took top honors in both the discus and shot put during the Region 8, AAA track meet Wednesday, May 4 at Battery Creek HIgh Shool. Martello threw the discus 156’1” and pushed the 12-pound shot put 47’10”.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On the girls side, Myra Smith (12.62) edged teammate Erica Tobin (13.21) in the 100 meters, as the Dolphins finished 1-2 in the sprint. Smith also claimed the 200 (26.81), while Tobin won the 100-meter hurdles (17.67) and Keona Sanders claimed gold in the 400 hurdles (1:13.11) and the high jump (5-0), edging runner-up Tobin (4-10).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Madison Berbigler also claimed goal for the Dolphins, winning the shot put (25-4.5). Smith also finished second in the long jump (15-6.5) and the triple jump (32-5.5), while Kiara Wilson took silver in the discus (78-6) and Tobin was second in the javelin (107-6).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Dolphins will compete in the Class 3A Lower State qualifier May 15.<br><br><em>Top photo: Battery Creek’s Erica Tobin, center, shows her championship form as she clears a hurdle in the girls 100 meter hurdles during the Region 8-AAA track meet at Battery Creek. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Trio of multi-event winners lead Dolphins at region meet', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'trio-of-multi-event-winners-lead-dolphins-at-region-meet', '', '', '2021-05-12 17:46:58', '2021-05-12 21:46:58', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49979', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49981, 4, '2021-05-12 14:56:55', '2021-05-12 18:56:55', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released guidelines to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection at youth summer camp. But what do those guidelines mean for families and children who look forward to the ritual of attending overnight or day summer camp?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"There not one strategy that\'s going to completely eliminate risk. But using multiple strategies can reduce the risk for everyone who\'s attending,\" says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some of the strategies include trying to limit the size of the camp as much as possible so that it\'s a smaller group of children—maybe with one camp counselor or supervisor rather than having large groups of children mixing.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"Testing prior to attending camp one to three days before camp starts is another strategy that can help reduce the risk of someone coming to the camp who\'s infected and going on to transmit to others,\" says Dr. Rajapakse. \"And, certainly, if anyone is feeling ill or having symptoms in any way, they should not be attending.\"&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Masking&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"The great thing about summer camps is that most of the activities have been outdoors. And we know that outdoors presents much lower risk of transmission. For indoor settings, masking is encouraged, as well as adhering to the physical distancing recommendations to further reduce the risk of transmission,\" Dr. Rajapakse says.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>High-risk activities&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"Certain activities in camps can pose more high-risks. Those include eating meals together. These are especially times where people really need to adhere to the physical distancing recommendations since you can\'t be masked, obviously, while you\'re eating. Additional kind of supervision and education for kids around those times is going to be important. And keeping most activities to the outdoors as much as possible is also one of the other recommended strategies.\"&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Considerations&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Rajapakse says each situation for a family and child will be unique. Taking stock of who is in your family and who is at high risk for illness is an important consideration.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"If you have a healthy child who doesn\'t have any known risk factors for more severe illness, then, certainly, that might be a lower-risk situation to send your child to camp. Whereas if you have a child who has underlying health conditions, who may be at a higher risk for illness, if they were to get infected, it might not be the best situation to send them into a camp type or group-type setting.\"&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Gather information about the camp\'s safety protocols and how they plan to ensure a safe experience for your child.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"It\'s also important to understand what the camp is doing, what precautions they are putting in place, what guidance your local public health organizations have given them and how closely they\'re (the camp) planning to follow those instructions. This information can help you feel a bit more comfortable, as well, in making a decision,” explains Dr. Rajapakse.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"We know that some kids have really struggled this past year with mental health issues, feelings of isolation, anxiety, depression and, certainly, for them, being able to return to an activity like going to a summer camp—if that\'s something that they really enjoyed in the past—may make a big difference to their well-being over the summer,\" says Dr. Rajapakse.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Information in this post was accurate at the time of its posting. Due to the fluid nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientific understanding, along with guidelines and recommendations, may have changed since the original publication date.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information and all your COVID-19 coverage, visit the Mayo Clinic News Network and mayoclinic. org.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Source: By Deb Balzer; https:// newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/what-to-know-about-youth-summer-camps-during-covid-19/ </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'What to know about youth summer camps during COVID-19', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-to-know-about-youth-summer-camps-during-covid-19', '', '', '2021-05-12 14:57:01', '2021-05-12 18:57:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49981', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49983, 4, '2021-05-12 15:04:04', '2021-05-12 19:04:04', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Bob Sofaly</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What started out as a small, personal ceremony to honor lost loved ones, turned into a community-wide remembrance of all loved ones with a release of a thousand butterflies called Release and Remember, sponsored by the Friends of Caroline Hospice, on Saturday, May 8, at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>LaNelle Fabian, Director of Community Engagement for Friends of Caroline Hospice said, “Every year we do a memorial service for the families of our patients who have passed. It was so well received we decided to share this with the community and let them get involved.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":49941,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05082021-Butterfly-release-2-5828.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05082021-Butterfly-release-2-5828-1024x730.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49941\"/></a><figcaption> Kris Legge, right, gets photographed with his new friend perched on his shoulder. Legge’s new pal was one of 1,000 “painted lady” butterflies released en masse during Saturday’s inaugural Friends of Caroline Hospice Release and Remember fundraiser at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Photo by Bob Sofaly</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fabian said they released 1,000 Painted Lady butterflies during the inaugural event and a small donation was made to Friends of Caroline Hospice for each butterfly released.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some of the butterflies hadn’t warmed up sufficiently to take flight and remained stationary for a while, giving observers an ample opportunity to take pictures. Many fluttered to the ground for a few minutes and then took off. It didn’t take long for the popular waterfront park to be full of the small, orange butterflies.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fabian said the Release and Remember ceremony will be an annual event and, although Saturday, May 8, had no actual significance, it might be the date in perpetuity.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It was just the date we picked,” she said. “But weather is perfect and not a cloud in the sky. This may be the date we use moving forward.”<br><br><em>Top picture: Elaine Lake, left, sings a moving rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow as “painted lady” butterflies are released.</em> <em>Photo by Bob Sofaly</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Butterfly ceremony becomes popular event', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'butterfly-ceremony-becomes-popular-event', '', '', '2021-05-12 15:04:09', '2021-05-12 19:04:09', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49983', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(49986, 4, '2021-05-12 15:05:58', '2021-05-12 19:05:58', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The Historic Port Royal Museum</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or upon request, Thursdays through Sundays, The Historic Port Royal Museum, 1634 Paris Ave. The museum features the turn-of-the-century businesses and industries of Port Royal: Shrimping, crabbing, oystering, the railroad, the school and the mercantile. Great gifts featuring local artists are available. For more information. visit www.portroyalhistory.org, email unionchurch1004@gmail.com or call 843-524-4333.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Jazz With Debbie McDaniel</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6 to 9 p.m., Thursday, May 13, The Foolish Frog, 846 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club’s May meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6 p.m., Thursday, May 13, Beaufort Yacht Club\'s new deck on Lady’s Island off Meridian Road. The social will be from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Dues and renewals will continue on the same monthly system prior to the pandemic. The porch bar will be utilized and Club restrooms will be available. The BS&amp;D Club\'s Best Charter Captain, (two years in a row), Christopher Mattson, will discuss Cobia: how, when, where, and why not; top water and deep water techniques, and rods and reels, and appropriate nets. Guests are welcome. Reservations are not needed. For additional information, contact Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2122 or email fgibson@islc.net.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Meet the Mayors</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 19, Rotary Community Center, 11 Recreation Court, Bluffton. Free and open to the public. The Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals From the Lowcountry present a panel discussion with the mayors of Beaufort, Port Royal, Bluffton, Hardeeville, Hilton Head Island and Ridgeland. Questions must be pre-submitted. Register at https://www.facebook.com/events/289577446076394/.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>2021 John Paul II Golf Classic</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9 a.m., Thursday, May 20, Hilton Head Lakes. Foursomes and hole sponsorships available. Contact Brian Quinty at 843-645-3838 or register online at JohnPaul2School.org under Support JPII.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Ancestor of the Land – Rufus Daniel Mitchell</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 20, Beaufort Arts Council, Mather Campus, Technical College of the Lowcountry, 921 Ribault Road, Building 1. A Tribute by Bernice Mitchel Tate, Andy Tate and Dr. Derek Mitchell Tate to the Beaufort County Rural Black Farmer. An authentic Beaufort County, S.C. Gullah Cultural Heritage photographic, visual art, digital art, material culture exhibition and instillation experience celebrating the life and times of Rufus Daniel Mitchell (1913-1987), his family and the historic Sheldon farming community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club meetings</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursdays, May 20, June 17, July 15, Washington Street Park. After a year of masks, social distancing, hygiene measures and vaccinations (you have yours, right?), we can finally meet in person. Meetings at the beautiful, newly refurbished Washington Street Park at the corner of Washington Street and Newcastle Street in Beaufort. Speaker for May 20 will be Rev. Kenneth Hodges, Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church and champion of the Harriet Tubman Monument.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LIVE After 5</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5 to 8 p.m., Thursdays, May 20, June 17, July 15, downtown Beaufort. Every third Thursday of the month is downtown Beaufort’s newest recurring monthly party with live music, local artists, late night shopping and drink and food specials. Rain or shine. Free entertainment, sponsored by Activate Beaufort, featuring Wayne Grabenbauer and Southbound 17.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>CPR training</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8 a.m to 12:30 p.m., Saturdays, May 29, June 12, July 10, Aug. 21, Sept. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 20, Dec. 11, at the Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal, offers CPR. Cost is $35 for YMCA certified course. Those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first come, first serve basis. Questions? Contact William Howell, Aquatics Director, 843-522-9622. To register visit the Y front desk or online at beaufort-jasperymca.org and click ‘Register for a Program’ at the top of the page.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Luncheon</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, June 3, Tabby Place, 913 Port Republic Street. Cost for Chamber Members is $45. Cost for nonmembers is 65. The Chamber\'s Legislative Reception is the business community’s opportunity to connect with Beaufort County’s state legislative delegation, federal officials, and local elected leaders. This two-hour, evening event will feature passed hors d\'oeuvres and complimentary beer and wine. Seating will be limited to encourage attendees to circulate. Attendees can choose to be indoors with A/C or on the patio with fresh air.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Maye River Quilters Guild meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m., Saturday, June 5 via Zoom. To get the link for the meeting, visit mayeriverquiltguild.com. For additional meeting dates and times, and for membership forms to join the group, visit the website or call 843-530-1244.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>CPR re-certification</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8 a.m to 12:30 p.m., Saturdays, June 5, Aug. 14, Sept. 25, Nov. 13, at the Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal, offers CPR. Cost is $25 for YMCA certified course. Those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first come, first serve basis. Questions? Contact William Howell, Aquatics Director, 843-522-9622. To register visit the Y front desk or online at beaufort-jasperymca.org and click ‘Register for a Program’ at the top of the page.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'WHAT’S HAPPENING', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'whats-happening-52', '', '', '2021-05-12 15:06:03', '2021-05-12 19:06:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49986', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49988, 4, '2021-05-11 15:07:06', '2021-05-11 19:07:06', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After more than a year of remote meetings, the City of Beaufort have started begin to conduct meetings in person at City Hall.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>City Council will conduct its work sessions and regular meetings – the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month – at 5 p.m. in the Planning Conference Room (work session), and 7 p.m. in Chambers (regular meeting). This started May 11.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These boards and commissions will also conduct their meetings at City Hall: Design Review Board, Historic District Review Board, Metropolitan Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals and Neighborhood Association.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The agenda of each meeting will have information on remote public participation. The meetings will continue to be live-streamed on the City’s Facebook page.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Members of the public who attend in person are asked to maintain social distancing and wear masks during the meetings.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'City begins to hold in-person Council, board meetings', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'city-begins-to-hold-in-person-council-board-meetings', '', '', '2021-05-12 15:07:34', '2021-05-12 19:07:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49988', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49990, 4, '2021-05-11 15:07:00', '2021-05-11 19:07:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Gullah Kinfolk Traveling Theater will present “Decoration Day, an Old Fashion Memorial Day Celebration” on Saturday, May 15, with two shows – at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. – at the USC Beaufort’s Center for the Arts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Both shows will be taped for the upcoming release of the “Decoration Day: The Movie.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The play, led by character Aunt Pearlie Sue, brought to life by Anita Singleton-Prather, tells the patriotic story through musical numbers by the Gullah Kinfolk troupe. The performances will transport the audience back in time to experience Memorial Day “like it ustah\' be,” equipped with the parade, dances at Sam\'s Stokes Greasy Garage, Silas Green from New Orleans Carnival, story of the Grand Army Hall and Beaufort National Cemetery, as well as Tootie, and Gullah-licious nibbles. All known as events to commemorate the historic Decoration Day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Decoration Day, also known as Memorial Day, was first celebrated by African Americans in 1865, right after the end of the Civil War. Decoration Day honored the newly liberated enslaved people and those Blacks who served and perished in the Civil War.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets are $40 and can be purchased at https://bit.ly/3tyfi0L.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Gullah Kinfolk Traveling Theater, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit multi-disciplinary organization based on the Sea Islands of Beaufort. It was founded in August 2013 by Beaufort County Sea Island native, Anita Singleton Prather, integrating art, education, social justice, cultural tourism, economic development and equity.<br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>WANT TO GO?</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What: </strong>Decoration Day, an Old Fashion Memorial Day Celebration</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>When: </strong>3 p.m. or 6 p.m., Saturday, May 15</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Where: </strong>USC Beaufort’s Center for the Arts</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tickets: </strong>$40 at https://bit.ly/3tyfi0L</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', '‘Decoration Day’ coming to USC Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'decoration-day-coming-to-usc-beaufort', '', '', '2021-05-12 15:08:56', '2021-05-12 19:08:56', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49990', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49994, 4, '2021-05-12 15:10:47', '2021-05-12 19:10:47', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hurricane Preparedness Week runs through Saturday, May 15.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During the next few days, Beaufort County residents are encouraged to set aside some time to review their emergency plans for the upcoming hurricane season, which lasts from June 1 to November 30.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Disasters can strike without warning and leave whole neighborhoods flooded and without power and water. Some emergencies can confine residents to their homes for days or even force them to evacuate the area.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As such, it is important to be ready. A few basics for planning include:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Have at least three days of water and nonperishable foods on hand;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Create an emergency supplies kit for both family members and any household pets. Visit ready.gov for emergency items to be included;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Gather copies of important documents, including health records, easily accessible. For documents to keep handy, visit https://bit.ly/3yfcbyq;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Learn about hurricane evacuation zones and their vulnerability to storm surge on South Carolina’s coast with an interactive map at https://bit.ly/3bfxOon;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Download S.C. Emergency Manager (the official app of SCEMD). Using this app, coastal residents can determine their evacuation zone based on their phone\'s location or by entering a physical address. Get the free app via the Apple App Store or Google Play;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sign up for updates from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office at https://bit.ly/2RFHX6N or text your ZIP code to 888777;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sign up for updates from Beaufort County government at https://bit.ly/3eDDDOs;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And follow Beaufort County government’s Facebook page at https://bit.ly/3tJfI4q.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'It’s Hurricane Preparedness Week', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'its-hurricane-preparedness-week', '', '', '2021-05-12 15:10:51', '2021-05-12 19:10:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49994', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49996, 4, '2021-05-12 15:13:22', '2021-05-12 19:13:22', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s Jim Handrinos, who turns 86 this month, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in Connecticut in 1954. After boot camp at Parris Island and follow-on training, he began a career in logistics serving stateside, in Okinawa, at sea for the Cuban Blockade and for the UN visiting Capetown, the Congo, South America, Canary Islands, and Spain before becoming a DI at Parris Island. He served at Hill 34 southwest of DaNang while stationed in Vietnam. He closed his 20-year Marine career at MCAS Beaufort where he retired in 1974 as a Master Sergeant. He then worked at Beaufort Memorial Hospital for 18 years and is known for his years of cooking for the Lowcountry Supper at the Beaufort Water Festival.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":49938,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jim-Handrinos-as-Young-Marine-1.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jim-Handrinos-as-Young-Marine-1-1008x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49938\"/></a></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>– Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 9. For nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'VETERAN OF THE WEEK – JIM HANDRINOS', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'veteran-of-the-week-jim-handrinos', '', '', '2021-05-12 15:13:25', '2021-05-12 19:13:25', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49996', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(49999, 4, '2021-05-12 15:14:55', '2021-05-12 19:14:55', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ron Callari snapped a photo of this Oak located on La Chene Circle in Habersham. To submit a Lowcountry Life photo, you must be the photographer or have permission to submit the photo to be published in The Island News. Please submit high-resolution photos and include a description and/or names of the people in the picture and the name of the photographer. Email your photos to theislandnews@gmail.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'LOWCOUNTRY LIFE', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-life-158', '', '', '2021-05-12 15:14:59', '2021-05-12 19:14:59', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=49999', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(50001, 4, '2021-05-12 15:20:29', '2021-05-12 19:20:29', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>&nbsp;<strong>New exhibit also pays tribute to artist’s father and family farm&nbsp;</strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Mindy Lucas&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The year was 1976 and Bernice and Andy Tate, who lived in New York City at the time, were visiting Bernice’s father on the family farm in Sheldon.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wanting to try out his new automatic camera, artist and illustrator Andy Tate took some impromptu photos of his father-in-law, Rufus Daniel Mitchell, working in his fields.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But an interesting thing happened. The film from that day somehow was never processed and wound up in storage, all but forgotten, until 30 years later when the old roll was re-discovered.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The husband-wife artist team had moved back to the Lowcountry after retiring in 2006, and after finding the roll in some old boxes, decided to have the film developed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What they found when the photos came back was simply astonishing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There in black and white was a perfectly preserved time capsule of Bernice’s father-in-law going about his work on the family farm as if no time had passed at all.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the more than 30 photos, Mitchell can be seen steering a wooden plow being pulled by a white horse down neatly tilled rows or staring intently into the camera as if preoccupied by thoughts of the day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When Bernice Tate saw the photos she experienced something of a flashback she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":49933,\"width\":640,\"height\":480,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image4.png\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49933\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"/></a><figcaption>Bernice and Andy Tate</figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It took me back so many years,” she said. “But it was definitely a ‘wow moment’ and almost brought me to tears.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The re-discovered photos of life on the family farm eventually inspired the couple to begin thinking about a larger art project that would tell the story not just of Rufus Daniel Mitchell, who died in 1987, but of the black farmer in general.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That led to “Ancestor of the Land” a new exhibit and installation which can soon be viewed at the Mather School Museum, on the campus of the Technical College of the Lowcountry.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The exhibit combines photography and digital art with farming implements to capture and celebrate the life and times of Mitchell and his family and the historic Sheldon farming community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While the exhibit is meant to be a tribute to Bernice’s father, it also explores various aspects of the Lowcountry and Gullah farming experience.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“He is a metaphor for almost all of the rural Black families in Beaufort County who had children and sent them away and so forth,” said Andy Tate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As Bernice Mitchell goes on to explain, she was one of nine children who grew up on the small, self-contained farm her father worked to essentially support the family.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“My father was just a hard working man that believed in family and family values and taught us to go out in the world and do what you have to do to make things work,” she said, adding that ironically her mother and father never had any intention of their children becoming farmers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Their goal was to educate us and move us on,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And true to their wishes, all eight of Mitchell’s siblings either earned college degrees or degrees and certifications that took them away from the farm in Sheldon and “out into the greater world,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“But I grew up on a farm literally, and that I’m proud of,” she said. “I’m just the daughter of a farmer I always tell folks.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today, the Tates enjoy supporting the local arts community and working with the Beaufort Arts Council and are known for their own thoughtful, multi-faceted exhibits that do more than provide a mere two-dimensional look at a series of paintings or photographs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Their exhibits and installations take viewers into an aesthetically rich, fully developed cultural experience that serves to both enlighten or educate as well as entertain on an artistic level.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They were contributors in the fascinating 2019 interactive exhibit “Black Medicine/White Bodies: An Investigation of Yellow Fever Epidemics in Charleston 1854-1871” held at the McKissick Museum in Columbia, and their 2015 exhibit “Doctuh’ Buzzard’s Hoodoo Awakening” at the Beaufort History Museum was colorful, inviting, thought-provoking and unsettling all at the same time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Other projects include the publishing of several children’s books and educational works under their imprint “Storybooks-4-kids” which features Andy Tate’s fun and inventive illustrations and Bernice Tate’s storytelling skills. The goal of the books is to promote how the power of art and literacy can “engage, educate and empower the next generation of children to be competitive in their global futures,” they say.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":49932,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image2.png\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49932\"/></a><figcaption>A series of impromptu photos taken by artist Andy Tate led to a new exhibit \"Ancestor of the Land.\" Photo provided. </figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Ancestor of the Land” is timely in that a renewed effort or consciousness has been under way in the last few years in the United States to include small farmers that have been left out of the aid or support process in favor of more large-scale or corporate farming operations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Right now, there is a huge, huge effort going on at the national and the state level in terms of rural farming particularly targeting black rural farmers,” Andy Tate said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, with no end in sight to the demand for organic farming and the growing popularity of locally grown, locally produced agricultural products, small farmers are finally getting the attention and recognition they deserve on those fronts, the Tates said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The timing is perfect,” said Bernice Tate. “There is a big thing going on for rural farmers be they Black or White. It’s just the small farmers that we’re looking at.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What’s more, the Tate’s son, Derek Mitchell Tate, a physician based in Bronxville, N.Y., also got into the family project by providing a grant making it a true family endeavor.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For Bernice Tate, it’s been interesting revisiting her childhood and what was for her, just part of growing up. While the exhibit does have bigger themes and messages, for her it’s still personal.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s a funny thing. When Andy came home some fifty-something years ago to meet my parents, he appreciated what we had more than we appreciated what we had because we wanted to get away from it,” she said laughing, adding that you don’t always appreciate what you have until it’s gone.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“But that was my dad and we’re just trying to honor him,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', '“Ancestor of the Land” spotlights life and times of black farmers', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ancestor-of-the-land-spotlights-life-and-times-of-black-farmers', '', '', '2021-05-12 15:20:33', '2021-05-12 19:20:33', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50001', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(50003, 4, '2021-05-12 15:32:56', '2021-05-12 19:32:56', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2> An abortion ban, looser gun laws, firing-squad executions </h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>A few of the things our state Legislators did for us this year&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BEAUFORT<em> </em>– By the time you read this, the closing gavel probably will have banged on the 2021 state legislative session. But in case you missed it or just chose to block it out, let’s look a few of the highlights our elected state officials enacted by May 13. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Early in the session, they passed a “fetal heartbeat” ban on abortions, legislation that is expected to be tied up in the courts for some time.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– They passed a bill improving in-state tuition assistance to military retirees and their dependents. The bill removes the time limit for retirees to file for the program whereas previous legislation required them to apply within three years of leaving the service. Supporters contend the assistance will increase the number of military folks moving to the state although it’s not a requirement that they live in South Carolina.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– They appear to have added firing squads to the acceptable methods of state-sanctioned executions since the option of lethal injection has vanished because of drug shortages. As of this writing, specifics of the bill are going back and forth between the House and Senate, but Gov. McMaster has said he’s ready to sign a bill to get the proverbial ball rolling on executions. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Also as of this writing, the Legislature appears to be on a fast-track with a bill to make it easier for gun owners with permits to carry those guns in the open. McMaster says he’s ready to sign this one as well.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– We didn’t get the right to use medical marijuana for debilitating illnesses. Our Sen. Tom Davis’ proposal to legalize medical marijuana made it through Senate committee, but yet again, the law enforcement protest the medical advancement as a pathway to hell.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Davis plans to push the state’s effort, called the Compassionate Care Act, to join 36 states which allow the use of when the Legislature reconvenes in January 2022 to tackle “unfinished business.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– And McMaster, who is running for a second term in 2022 in case you missed it, announced as of June 30, the state will no longer participate in the federal COVID-19 unemployment assistance – those $300 per month checks. He apparently has authority to do without action by the Legislature.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Palmetto State joined Montana as the second state in the nation to take this action to drive folks back into the workforce.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– The Legislature didn’t make a decision on what to do with the state-owned Santee Cooper utility company nor did they establish much groundwork – publicly – for the process of redistricting which they say will take place this fall, in time for the 2022 elections. Legislation was introduced to make the redistricting, aka gerrymandering, easier for the public to watch … a process not unlike making sausage.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Garbage fee update</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BEAUFORT – Closer to home, good news on the garbage collection scene.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The County Council has backed off the idea of adding a flat $169 fee for using the drop-off sites and opted for adding a special millage fee to cover the costs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But if this business of garbage collection is of interest to you, stay tuned. The consultants have recommended an eventual cost per visit to the sites down the proverbial road.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also on the subject of garbage collection, county officials have been reporting little impact, in terms of littering, since two collection sites were closed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On the other hand, Port Royal town officials say their restaurants and businesses are reporting a major increase in the amount of household debris being dropped illegally into their dumpsters. One Port Royal restaurant, according to reports, had to increase their weekly pickups from three days a week to five days.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Following up on the bridge</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>HARBOR ISLAND – Last week’s ceremonial opening of the new and improved Harbor River Bridge got some folks wondering why at least part of the bridge approach ramps couldn’t be developed as a recreational fishing pier.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When the Broad River Bridge was replaced in 2004, the northern span was left standing and is now one of the county’s most popular fishing pier. Same with the new Ravenel Bridge over the Cooper River where the old bridge span was developed into not just a fishing pier, but a lovely park area.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Well, it turns out S.C. Department of Transportation engineers considered a fishing pier at the Harbor River bridge site in the early planning stages but ruled against the idea because of the lack of adequate parking.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>Following up on the pole</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BEAUFORT – Mindy Lucas’ story last week, “Old Bessie vs. one old pole” brought up a problem that city officials have encountered before but apparently haven’t addressed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The story of an abandoned utility pole crushing a family car in the North Street neighborhood and none of the utility companies taking ownership was a situation the city also experienced during the Boundary Street renovation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>S.C. Electric and Gas, which preceded Dominion Electric, agreed to put active power lines underground. But it was noted during the project that a number of the power poles along Boundary had lines which were not longer active – telephone lines, cable, etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As one travels the community’s roadways and notice the trees which have been clipped, or removed by Dominion, you have to wonder if ALL those wires are necessary.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":49914,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_2110-rotated.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_2110-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49914\"/></a><figcaption>Photo by Lolita Huckaby</figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Lolita Huckaby Watson is a community volunteer and former reporter/editorial assistant/columnist with The Beaufort Gazette, The Savannah Morning News, Bluffton Today, Beaufort Today and The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.). 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(50005, 4, '2021-05-12 15:39:36', '2021-05-12 19:39:36', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong> By Mike McCombs</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Usually, you don’t hear about 159th anniversaries. Wedding anniversaries are only named through the 80th. And 159 is not a remarkable year. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also, aside from a few birthdays, May 13 isn’t a widely remembered date throughout American history.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But May 13 should be a big day in Beaufort.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was 159 years ago (give or take a few hours), in the early morning hours of May 13, 1862, that Robert Smalls, born into slavery in 1839 in Beaufort, sailed the Planter, a Confederate transport ship out of Charleston harbor, past Confederate checkpoints and into the waiting arms of the Union blockade.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And into the waiting arms of freedom. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And not just for himself. He delivered his family, as well as all the families of all his enslaved crewmates.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was a remarkable act by an even more remarkable man.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After serving in the U.S. Navy for the remainder of the Civil War, Smalls returned to Beaufort, purchased the home of the man who enslaved him, became a local businessman, advocated for public education, and then was a delegate to the state convention that wrote a new S.C. Constitution. He would later be elected to the S.C. House of Representatives, then the S.C. Senate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And he was elected to and served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But it’s fair to say, as remarkable as Smalls was, he may have achieved none of his accomplishments if not for that night in May, 159 years ago.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Smalls’ actions that night are the stuff great movies are made of … except not this time, not yet. But somehow, outside of the Lowcountry, Smalls\' actions are not all that well known.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you’re new to Beaufort or just vacationing here, or if you’ve been here all your life and just don’t know much about the Robert Smalls story, I encourage you to take a little time and dive in.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visit the Robert Smalls monument and gravesite at Tabernacle Baptist Church or take a trip to the Beaufort History Museum and learn a little about Smalls. A trip to the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park couldn’t hurt.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Or read a detailed 2017 chronicle of the actions of that night 159 years ago by Cate Lineberry of Smithsonian Magazine at<a href=\" https://bit.ly/3bki7Mw\"> https://bit.ly/3bki7Mw</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The more you know about Smalls and his heroics, the harder it is to believe he isn’t a hero to more Americans.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Mike McCombs is the editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.</em><br><br><em>Above: The bust of South Carolina statesman Robert Smalls is located on the ground of Tabernacle Baptist Church on Craven Street. Photo by Bob Sofaly</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'A day in the life of Robert Smalls', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'a-day-in-the-life-of-robert-smalls', '', '', '2021-05-12 15:39:40', '2021-05-12 19:39:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50005', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(50008, 4, '2021-05-12 15:47:57', '2021-05-12 19:47:57', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Is an outdoor advertising company using a recently amended ordinance to skirt Beaufort County’s billboard ban? Are they now gearing up to sue? </strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong> By Mindy Lucas </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Is a national billboard company using a recently amended local ordinance to skate around a ban on new billboards in Beaufort County?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An upcoming hearing to decide the fate of two billboards along Trask Parkway (U.S. Highway 21) may take up that question after Beaufort County issued a stop work order on the signs recently.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The billboards are owned by Adams Outdoor Advertising, a privately held company which has been called the fourth largest out-of-home advertising company in the United States.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County issued the stop work order on April 12, the county’s administrator Eric Greenway said by phone on Monday, and has taken a “citations code enforcement action” for violation of the ordinance.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A hearing will be held in Beaufort County Circuit Court on June 9 and the county is also preparing for “a more protracted and longer legal battle,” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Adams Outdoor Advertising has a history of suing municipalities that impose certain restrictions on billboards.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The company sued the town of Mount Pleasant in 2020 after the town rejected the company’s requests to erect new digital billboards and convert traditional billboards to digital signs. It has also sued municipalities in other states.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County does not currently allow new billboards and does not allow internally illuminated signs. Companies can paint or refinish the surfaces of the signs or structures in order to maintain them but does not permit “substantive maintenance.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But a recent change to the text of the ordinance may be complicating matters.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In October, Beaufort County Council voted in favor of amending the Community Development Code to allow for “minor modifications to billboards to improve safety standards during hurricanes and high wind events,” after the company petitioned the county for the change.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The hurricane safe signs were to be made of a material that, if ripped off by strong winds, would not cause any harm to people or property. However, rebuilding or replacing the foundation of billboards is still not allowed under the current ordinance, officials say.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The company was in the process of replacing the poles that held up the sign when the stop work order was issued, Greenway said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Adams Outdoor, however, said it is going by regulations governed by the state’s Department of Transportation (SCDOT).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When reached for comment earlier in the week, the company’s General Manager Liz Mitchum said, while she could not respond to questions asked by reporters by phone due to the company’s corporate policy, she could send a bulleted statement addressing the issue.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the emailed statement, the company applied to repair and rebuild the billboards under an SCDOT regulation which allows for the “repair/ rebuild of nonconforming billboard in the event the same is partially damaged by wind or other natural forces.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The statement went on to say that Adams Outdoor received approval from SCDOT for the work and that “no local government permit or permission is necessary.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Nevertheless, prior to performing the work, Adams informed Beaufort County that it would be performing the work approved by SCDOT and supplied Beaufort County with a copy of the approved applications,” the statement said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>State legislators and those watching changes to the state’s billboard laws over the years have said the highway act was meant to get rid of billboards in disrepair, not securely tied down, falling down, or not properly permitted, or those considered “non-conforming.” The act wasn’t meant or shouldn’t override county regulations, some have also noted.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Under Beaufort County’s current ordinance the county’s Code Enforcement Department has the ability to issue a notice to the permitted party if a sign becomes dilapidated or structurally unsound so that the sign can be removed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Two county council members took issue with the recent motion to amend the ordinance to allow for the safety modifications when it passed 9 to 2 in October. Both Alice Howard and Paul Sommerville voted against the measure.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“As I think everyone knows, the billboards are all grandfathered,” Sommerville said. “The idea is to get rid of them and all this does is prolong the life of them.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Digital billboards coming to Beaufort?</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Adams Outdoor also recently applied for permits to convert 10 existing signs at locations throughout the county to digital, Greenway confirmed on Monday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The company had marked the box on the applications, dated April 27, that states the signs would be illuminated. The application also states internally illuminated signs are prohibited in Beaufort County.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The applications list at least two locations on Sea Island Parkway and Trask Parkway and three along Parris Island Gateway.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The value of the 10 signs, according to the applications, totals $1.7 million dollars. They do not specify how much revenue the signs would generate for the company.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Questions sent in a separate email to the company about the permits and what exactly they include went unanswered at press time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While the company can apply for the permits, it doesn’t mean they will be approved, Greenway said. The process for reviewing the applications has just started, he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Adams Outdoor has fought for digital billboards in Beaufort County in the past.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The strategy of applying for permits to convert current billboards to digital is the latest in a long line of aggressive tactics, including legal action, the company has employed to fight state and local ordinances that do not favor them, some say.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This is not just a new billboard here and there,” said Chuck Newton chair of the Sea Island Coalition, an area group which is concerned about the effects the revised ordinance might have on signs throughout the area.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Beaufort County prohibited billboards several years ago, and overturning a carefully-considered and even-handed policy establishes a horrible new precedent …,” he said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After Adams Outdoor filed suit against the town of Mount Pleasant in 2020, they then offered to drop the lawsuit if the town would approve four new digital billboards and the conversion of one existing billboard to a digital format, effectively dropping planned digital billboard conversions at the base of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge and at a shopping plaza in the town, according to a Dec. 26 article in The (Charleston) Post and Courier.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The lawsuit claims Mount Pleasant’s sign ordinance violates its civil rights and refers to the U.S. and S.C. constitutions. The company has asked that their permits be approved and damages and legal fees be paid, according to the newspaper.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The company is also challenging billboard regulations in Virginia Beach, Va., and has challenged regulations in Madison, Wis. However, a federal judge there dismissed the company’s lawsuits, local newspaper reports stated.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Still, many residents are left wondering how will laws meant to clean up South Carolina’s roadways now be used to open the door to other types of advertising and if state laws will be used to trump local county ordinances.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some states, particularly those where tourism and natural resources are driving forces in the economy, have banned billboards altogether. Hawaii, Alaska, Vermont and Maine all do not currently allow billboards, or “off-premise” signs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"To the extent Adams is successful here and in Mt. Pleasant and other jurisdictions where digital boards are an issue, we change the face of South Carolina forever,” Newton said. “Billboards only go up, and are seldom if ever taken down.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Mindy Lucas is the Beaufort reporter for The Island News and is a staff writer for Lowcountry Weekly. She can be reached at mindy.islandnews@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', '2 Billboards in Beaufort County', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2-billboards-in-beaufort-county', '', '', '2021-05-12 15:48:01', '2021-05-12 19:48:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50008', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(50048, 4, '2021-05-19 10:22:41', '2021-05-19 14:22:41', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is the final article of a series of 12 articles on what citizens should know about policing, use-of-force, risks, and challenges citizens and police officers face today.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As the author of this series, I hope you have found the past 11 columns to be informative and provocative. More importantly, I pray that these articles have helped to promote understanding, cooperation, trust, and respect between citizens and law enforcement.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This final article is a notional list of things that I believe most COPs wish that citizens knew and would do to help promote safety, cooperation, crime prevention, and trust between our police and the public. Police Officers wish:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>First</strong>, Citizens knew that when a police officer first meets you, except in a very few cases, the officer does not know you. COPs also do not know if you: are armed, mentally ill, under the influence, happy, angry, under great stress, going through a divorce, grieving, just loss your job, have a police record, are a member of a gang, just committed a crime, or are on parole. Expect officers to be cautious when first meeting you and please obey their requests until the officer knows who you are and what you are doing.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Second</strong>, Citizens knew that COPs are sworn to serve and protect, and that they entered this high stress, low paying, and high-risk law enforcement profession based a sincere and powerful desire to serve ---- and not put him or herself, you, or others in danger.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Third</strong>, Citizens knew that in a routine traffic stop, an officer is taught to be as friendly as possible and to say to you something like this when he or she comes up to your vehicle, “Good morning sir or mam. I am officer XXXXXXX with the YYYYYY Police Department. The reason I stopped you is you were driving 45 miles per hour in a 25 MPH zone. Is there some reason you are driving so fast today?” Remember, police officers are taught to understand that if you are rushing someone to a hospital that you may be driving fast. If you are not driving under the influence and confirm you are rushing your wife to the hospital, because she is in labor or he or she is seriously injured or ill, the officer will assist you as much as he or she can (first aid, call for emergency medical care, etc.) and will not give you a ticket and allow you to continue quickly with just a warning to slow down and arrive alive.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Fourth</strong>, Citizens knew that if a COP makes a felony traffic stop of you and your vehicle, the officer suspects (and in many cases has probable cause) that you or your passengers or both or your vehicle has been involved in a felony (serious) crime and that you or your passengers may dangerous. You will be required to obey all officer commands, probably be handcuffed and searched, and detained until the officer can determine if you are a suspected criminal and if your vehicle is not stolen or has been used in a crime. You can also expect for your vehicle to be searched for weapons and illegal drugs, explosives, or other illegal items.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Fifth</strong>, Citizens would be patient until the officer can figure out what is going on. Officers are taught to be polite and use words like please, thank you, you are welcome, and yes sir. If citizens are patient, compliant, and non-threatening, they have the best chance for the situation to be settled peacefully, quickly, and with no force used. Most officers know that a verbal warning or warning ticket will do what the officer wants done, that is raise your level of awareness of driving safely. Officers are sympathetic to the fact that even a small fine or requirement for you to go to court could be disastrous for you financially. Officers know that if you do not have the money to pay a $200.00 traffic violation, cannot get off work to go to court, and miss court, a warrant will be issued for your arrest ------ and the officer does not want that to happen to you.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sixth</strong>, Citizens understood that officers are human too and make far less money than most other professions, get ill, have a higher-than-average divorce rate and suicide rate, get scared, and suffer from higher-than-average heart disease and PTSD rates. Officers are under stress almost constantly and get in vehicle accidents because they drive over 50,000 miles per year in all kinds of weather --- sometimes in hot pursuits, and get injured or killed while working near highways far more than others. Officers are constantly frustrated and saddened with being the mental illness first responders and frequently the only help mentally ill people get. Officers are continuously witness to our poorest, most victimized, least educated, most unhealthy, and most disadvantaged members of society. They are witness to more human tragedy than almost any other profession.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Seventh</strong>, Citizens knew that officers are constantly aware that they are in a profession that is unforgiving of the smallest mistake and that if they make a serious error with force or applying the law, they will be required to be retrained or severally punished or demoted or fired or sued in civil court or criminally charged, or all of these remedies will be used on the officer.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eighth</strong>, Citizens understand that police officers do not create poverty, unequal education and housing, slow and unjust courts, an inadequate mental health system, but COPs do promote and support remedying these problems.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Ninth</strong>, Citizens would attend a citizen’s police academy and promote the enrollment of minority and other youth to join a Police Explorer Program and seek a career in public safety.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tenth</strong>, Citizens would not drink and drive, not use or abuse legal or illegal drugs, wear seat belts, wear motorcycle and bike helmets, and join a neighborhood watch program.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eleven</strong>, Citizens would contact their congressmen and ask them to support a reasonable police and criminal justice system reform bill that:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Provides robust inpatient and outpatient treatment of the mentally ill.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Expands rehabilitation and training for those convicted of crimes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Requires a completed background check of all commercial weapon sales.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bans assault rifle sales and large capacity (more than 10 rounds) magazines, except to the military and police.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ensures bad actor COPs are identified, weeded out quickly, and debarred from law enforcement service.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Creates a national police registry to compile data on complaints and records of police misconduct.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Establish new reporting requirements, including use of force, officer misconduct, and routine practices.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Creates uniform accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Requires officers to complete training on racial profiling, implicit bias, and the duty to intervene when another officer uses excessive force.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Creates uniform accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies and requires law enforcement officers to complete training on racial profiling, implicit bias, and the duty to intervene when another officer uses excessive force.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Grants administrative subpoena power to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in pattern-or-practice investigations.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Larry Dandridge is an honors graduate of three police academies and a DoD Counter Terrorism course graduate. He served as a police officer and deputy sheriff in AL and MO. He has also worked as a consultant with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in GA and SC, and the Military Police and Customs operations in TX. An accomplished writer and motivational speaker, the owner of TVV Publishing, a retired Army Test Pilot, the author of the award-winning BLADES OF THUNDER (book One), a retired Aerospace Industry Region Manager, a past University Business, Writing, and Aeronautics Instructor, and volunteer Patient Adviser at the RHJ VA Medical Center, he writes two columns, as a free-lance writer, for the ISLAND NEWS, the Veterans Benefits Column and the What Citizens Should Know About Policing Column. You can contact Larry at his email, LDandridge@earthlink.net. </em><br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>EDITOR’S NOTE&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is column 12 of a 12-column series on what citizens should know about police officers, use of force, and challenges the police and citizens face. Columns 1 through 11 introduced the series by answering the questions:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li>What are the risks involved in police work?&nbsp;</li><li>How does a COP (Constable on Patrol) decide on what level of force to use?&nbsp;</li><li>When can a police officer use deadly force?&nbsp;</li><li>When can deadly force be used on a fleeing felon?&nbsp;</li><li>Do life and death decisions made by police really have to be made so quickly?&nbsp;</li><li>What does the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office do for Beaufort County?&nbsp;</li><li>Do police officers take care to avoid hurting innocent bystanders?&nbsp;</li><li>Do police officers have to retreat when facing a dangerous person?&nbsp;</li><li>Can a police officer be unfit to serve, even if they do not break the law?&nbsp;</li><li>Do police officers have to retreat when facing a dangerous person?&nbsp;</li><li>Can a police officer be unfit to serve, even if they do not break the law or violate department written policies?&nbsp;</li><li>Why do police officers not hot pursue and chase down every person who runs from them in a vehicle?&nbsp;</li><li>Why do police officers sometimes use choke holds on people?&nbsp;</li><li>Why do the police not shoot guns and other weapons out of people’s hands?&nbsp;</li><li>Why do police sometimes use deadly force on people brandishing a Fake Gun?&nbsp;</li><li>Why do the police not read everyone their Miranda rights?&nbsp;</li><li>How does a police officer deal with a person with a knife or other edged weapon?&nbsp;</li><li>Why do many police officers have second jobs?&nbsp;</li><li>How much training does a police officer get?&nbsp;</li><li>How many police departments are there and how many COPS are on the job per 1,000 citizens?&nbsp;</li><li>Are all police departments certified by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)?&nbsp;</li><li>How thorough are the background checking, screening, testing, and interviewing, of police recruits and officers transferring from one department to another?&nbsp;</li><li>Why do police departments need armored cars and other military types of equipment?&nbsp;</li><li>Are Driving While Impaired (DWI) and Driving Under the Influence (DUI) really all that serious crimes?&nbsp;</li><li>What is qualified immunity?&nbsp;</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These columns are not meant to replace carefully reading local, county, state, and federal law or the need for a lawyer when seeking legal advice.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Larry Dandridge is not an employee of THE ISLAND NEWS and his opinions are his alone. Readers should rely on their local police and sheriff’s departments, federal law enforcement agencies, and their attorneys for all law enforcement information and legal advice. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of these articles, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed by the author or THE ISLAND NEWS for damages resulting from the use of information contained herein.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Eleven Wishes of a Police Officer', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'eleven-wishes-of-a-police-officer', '', '', '2021-05-19 10:22:44', '2021-05-19 14:22:44', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50048', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(50051, 4, '2021-05-19 13:44:52', '2021-05-19 17:44:52', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Bill Rauch</strong><br><br>There’s a surprise in the Southside Park Task Force’s recommendations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Task Force found, after considering the views of the 1,100 respondents to its survey, that while Southside Park is not the place for it, that somewhere in northern Beaufort County there should be a splash pad.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I agree!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For the uninitiated a splash pad is the new (and better) descriptor for what used to be called an “interactive fountain.” These are those public places where children love to play on hot days where they can be sprayed with water, but where also they cannot drown because there’s no pool or standing water that is a part of the facility. Accordingly there’s no need for lifeguards, and parents can keep an eye on things while they rest easy nearby but safely out of range of the fun.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In their characteristically gritty way, big cities like New York and Chicago addressed this need long ago with the introduction of “spray caps” that on hot days, firemen screw onto the hose fittings of fire hydrants so that a cool shower of water can, to the delight of the neighborhood’s youngsters, spray out onto the sidewalk before it runs into the gutter and down the storm drain.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Charleston has a very popular — and attractive — version of the splash pad in its Ravenel Waterfront Park which, incidentally, former Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, who built the park, was always careful to say he had modeled on Beaufort’s Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But when Beaufort had its chance to build its splash pad, its city council balked.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I was there. Here’s the story.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":50038,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Beaufort-park.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Beaufort-park.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50038\"/></a><figcaption>The site of a proposed splash pad in Beaufort’s Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Submitted photo.</figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the year 2000, Beaufort’s Waterfront Park was washing storm-by-storm into the Beaufort River. Man-sized sinkholes were appearing regularly under the seawall walkway and elsewhere throughout the park, and the City’s Public Works staff, led by Public Works Director Isiah Smalls and City Engineer Lamar Taylor, were regularly fencing off parts of the park until the necessary stop-gap repairs could be made.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort City Council didn’t really want to take on the project — and especially to have to find the money to pay for its implementation — but they (we) finally tasked City Manager John McDonough with coming up with a plan to really fix the park.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>About half the park is built on fill, and surprisingly the riverside half is built on a concrete shelf that rests on concrete pilings that are sunk into the river bottom. Understanding that, City Manager McDonough knew that fixing the park would call for some major engineering work.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So that’s where McDonough’s efforts began — with the engineers who told him that to actually fix the park, it would have to be closed for more than a year, that it would have to be dug up right down to the shelf and pilings so that the pilings that had cracked or shifted and the parts of the shelf that were giving way to erosion could be made secure for the next generation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Once the extent of the structural work was truly perceived, it was clear to McDonough that this was the time for a full-fledged park redesign to correct whatever design shortcomings had been revealed by the park’s 25 years of use.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A national search brought to Beaufort from Watertown, Mass., Sasaki Associates, a 75-year-old engineering and design firm that is one of the handful of foremost park designers in the U.S. Sasaki’s planners went all over town speaking to everyone they could find about what was right and wrong with the park. Then they came up with their Master Plan, all of which (all of Phase 1 of which) except one feature is in bricks, mortar and concrete today along the river in downtown Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What’s the one missing feature?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You guessed it: the splash pad.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Yes, the 2002 Sasaki Waterfront Park Final Master Plan called for “an active recreation amenity fountain” at the foot of Scott Street where the Beaufort Tricentennial bronze history plaque display sits today just outside the playground’s front gate. The interactive fountain there was to be the capstone of what Sasaki’s planners envisioned as “the children’s end” of the park.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What happened?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Well, there was a group of well-heeled mothers in town in those days who saw it as threatening that their children might play in the fountain with children whose parents were of racial backgrounds that differed from that of the mothers. At the last minute the mothers made the rounds of the five council members.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A vote was taken, the decision was made, and in the end, three of the five members nixed the fountain.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The discussion that preceded the vote was brief, but there was one memorable line uttered by a then-council member (who recently stepped down as mayor). As he cast the swing vote that evening to kill the splash pad, the councilman opined that “Beaufort isn’t a fountain city,” as if it was his objection to the fountain as a objet d’art that caused him to vote as he did.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Southside Park Task Force, it seems, holds a contrary view. They want a fountain. So too should the present now more kid-friendly City Council if they believe what they say about wanting to attract to Beaufort young professionals, some of whom will undoubtedly be wishing to bring up children here.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The new splash pad should go where it was originally proposed by Sasaki to go, where the Tricentennial historical plaque garden was subsequently placed. And the Tricentennial plaques should be moved down to the marina (for grown-ups) end of the park near the other historical plaques. There is a leafy and contemplative circle of benches there where the historical plaques will fit nicely.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The children of the well-heeled mothers for whom the three council members were so concerned are all grown now.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is time to right the wrong.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Finally, it warrants noting here that John McDonough who shepherded the Sasaki Master Plan through all the necessary hoops in 2001-2 actually believed in it. Moreover, he saw the future and knew this day would one day come. That is why he ordered that while the park was dug up in 2004-5 that all the underground infrastructure for the splash pad be installed. And so all the necessary pipes are in place already — capped off — waiting patiently for a City Council kid-friendly enough to bring a new summertime joy to the city’s children.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Bill Rauch was the Mayor of Beaufort from 1999 to 2008 and has twice won awards from the S.C. Press Association for his Island News columns. He can be reached at The RauchReport@gmail.com.<br></em><br><br><em>Top picture: A Charleston fountain similar to a proposed splash fountain at Beaufort’s Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Public domain photo.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Waterfront Park splash fountain’s time has come', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'waterfront-park-splash-fountains-time-has-come', '', '', '2021-05-19 13:47:59', '2021-05-19 17:47:59', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50051', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(50054, 4, '2021-05-19 13:50:09', '2021-05-19 17:50:09', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Laura Kaponer</strong><br><br>An in-patient mental health stay placed the first stone on the path that would forever change Maria Beth Smith’s recovery journey. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Smith first became familiar with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) during that stay. She learned the presence of NAMI within a community created opportunities for advocacy, support and education through the programs they offered. This eventually led to her role as NAMI SC Regional Program Coordinator for Ending the Silence.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>NAMI Ending the Silence originated in Illinois to create real-life perspectives on mental illnesses to high school students. The once-local program was then offered to NAMI National.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The demand led Ending the Silence to spread to NAMI affiliates throughout the country. At this time there are three presentation versions available: Ending the Silence for Students, Ending the Silence for Families and Ending the Silence for School Staff.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Smith describes Ending the Silence as an interactive and innovative program that starts with the community requesting it. The program is available to any group such as churches, schools, work places, or local organizations. The more people know, the more they can better help support those around them with mental illnesses.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The presentation is led by a two-person team. The youth presenter, an individual under the age of 31, shares their own mental-health challenges in an effort to open a discussion among the audience. This is a safe atmosphere to ask questions someone may have not even known they could ask. The lead presenter facilitates a PowerPoint presentation with facts and embedded videos.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For those questioning why such a program is even necessary, please consider these statistics provided by NIMH (The National Institute of Mental Health):&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– 20 percent of all youth, ages 13-18, experience mental illness each year;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– ½ of these people never receive treatment;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– and ½ of all lifelong mental health conditions begin by age 14, and ¾ begin by age 24.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“In many communities, (mental health) has been a taboo subject because the origins of these conditions have been misunderstood,” Smith explains. “Ending the Silence emphasizes that mental health conditions are medical conditions just like other physical medical conditions.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This program educates the audience on how to recognize the signs and the symptoms of mental health disorders, statisics on mental health disorders in youth, ways to reduce stigma, recovery and coping strategies, suicide awareness and prevention, and how to get help for yourself or a friend.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Resources are provided to all participants. Additionally, at the end of the program, anonymous evaluations are given out to improve the program, as well as provide important data to the University of South Carolina.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The most important resource to any NAMI program are the volunteers. Smith strongly encourages people to reach out to NAMI SC to help improve the impact Ending the Silence can have within the community.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Laura Kaponer is a mental health advocate and blogger, as well as a volunteer with the local chapter of NAMI. You can find her on social media by searching #Laurakaponeris1in5. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Ending the Silence key to addressing mental illness in youth', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ending-the-silence-key-to-addressing-mental-illness-in-youth', '', '', '2021-05-19 13:50:13', '2021-05-19 17:50:13', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50054', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(50056, 4, '2021-05-19 13:53:23', '2021-05-19 17:53:23', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is Sunday and it is brisk. This morning I have my coffee — Honduras Honey — and a newspaper entirely focused on a forthcoming golf tournament. There is also national news about the proposed stimulus bill that seems to have money for just about everyone.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But, for me, the real news is a couple of paragraphs saying that Donald Trump has delayed any planning on a Presidential Library.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Apparently, Mr. Trump is not interested in a memorial to his presidency because, well, it’s not over. As far as he’s concerned we’ve only had Part One of the Trump Presidency.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To be honest, Trump generated few letters and fewer documents than any other President save James A Garfield who served from March to September, 1881 — a period of 7 months.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I have been to Roosevelt’s Library at Hyde Park; and Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Center in Atlanta. I wasn’t looking for any specific document, but was interested in the way each man framed his time in office. And, of course, the ship models in the basement at Hyde Park are fascinating.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All of this brings me to the recent PBS biopic on Ernest Hemingway — Ken Burns’ latest effort to help us better understand our history-makers, his effort to make sense of the complicated men and women who led larger than life-sized lives.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is not enough these days to look at the written word, or paragraph, and say, “Damn, that’s a marvelous sentence. I wish to God I could put words like that in the mouths of the characters I create.” No, these days you’ve got to dig past the prose; past the stunning insights on fly fishing and how to insert a banderilla. In the case of Hemingway you go straight, like a Sidewinder heat-seeking missile, to the writer’s masculinity.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hemingway’s masculinity — his love of shotguns, tequila and the killing of large African animals — is a target that is just too easy to shoot at. And so we get the suggestion that there was some “sexual ambiguity,” some androgyny, some confusion in his mind about gender.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then we move to the allegation that he was a liar inflating his wartime experience in Italy and Spain. Then we move to the women he married and how he screwed-up each of those marriages. It is really hard to focus on his words with all of this ripe, rotting, low-hanging fruit.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But most mornings of his life he sat down, early, and thought very hard about composing a sentence.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know.”&nbsp;</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Yes, he described where to insert the sword in the neck of an exhausted, dying, dull-eyed bull, but he was better at explaining abstractions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>“Courage is grace under pressure.”&nbsp;</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them, to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. 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The Big Lie that the past presidential election was stolen is the driving factor behind a broad series of moves by red-state legislatures to “secure the vote” or “to make voting easier and cheating harder.” Never mind election fraud is virtually nonexistent, but making voting “easier?”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If that’s the case, why is the Heritage Foundation bragging about writing the bills being used in these GOP-led states to advance their cause of voter suppression? The measures limit hours at polling places, reduce the number of days for early voting, eliminate no-excuse absentee voting, require surrendering personal information to request absentee ballots … you get the idea.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Even Republicans who accept the election was free and fair are voting for these measures. 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Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) proposed ending federal unemployment compensation related to the pandemic. Republicans like to say these enhanced benefits are making it harder for small businesses to find employees to help them recover lost business. Study after study has shown this not to be the case, but again, once you’ve adopted a talking point you gotta support it, right?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) introduced a measure preventing executive agencies from offering race or gender diversity training in adherence to an executive order by the previous administration. Owens somehow overlooked an injunction had already been declared against the order and that President Biden revoked it earlier this year.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Owens introduced another measure against “Critical Race Theory” being part of public school curricula. (Sigh) “Critical race theory” is another label conservatives rally around without knowing what it means, but in a nutshell, they say being truthful about the discrimination and racial violence in the nation’s history is racist against white people and makes schoolchildren think America is slightly less than the greatest country on earth.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Owens is Black and should know better, but he also is a former Democrat anxious to establish his conservative credentials by advancing Fox News talking points and writing books like his “Liberalism or How to Turn Good Men into Whiners, Weenies and Wimps.” There’s a guy you can trust to be impartial.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People like to say about politics, “Both sides are the same.” I dismiss that as lazy thinking or, worse, delusion. 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(50060, 4, '2021-05-19 14:25:09', '2021-05-19 18:25:09', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Public forum gives residents input on BofE budget</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A virtual public forum presentation is being offered for community members to learn more about the school district budget being developed by the Beaufort County Board of Education for the 2021-22 school year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The district hopes the new virtual format will provide more people an opportunity to participate in the forum process. The virtual public forum video presentation can be viewed on the district’s YouTube page at any time through June 30, 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDXEM7HLkIU&amp;t=6s.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Viewers of the presentation have the opportunity to make comments and ask questions by submitting them to budget@beaufort.k12.sc.us or calling 843-322-5928. Responses to questions will be answered on the phone or followed-up shortly thereafter via email.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The district will receive community input over the next several weeks. Beaufort County Council’s current timeline calls for a third and final reading of the district’s budget on June 28.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Two from Beaufort earn Academic Awards at USC Beaufort</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As the academic year draws to a close, USC Beaufort recognized Beaufort’s Laura Cenci (29907) and Brice Adkins (29907) for academic excellence.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>USCB reaffirmed its commitment to excellence in teaching, scholarship, learning, and service, recognizing the members of the academic community who have achieved excellence.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>USCB is the fastest growing four-year institution within the University of South Carolina System. It offers 20 baccalaureate degrees on three campuses – Bluffton, Beaufort and Hilton Head Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'EDUCATION BRIEFS', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'education-briefs-29', '', '', '2021-05-19 14:25:13', '2021-05-19 18:25:13', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50060', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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Anaiya Houseal finished second in the high jump (5-2) and Reyonce Black was runner-up in the long jump (17-7), and Jayla Daise (shot put, 36-1) and Acionna Lowe (discus, 88-3) qualified with third-place finishes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bluffton and May River each had three individual qualifiers and a top-four relay showing on the girls side. Madison Washington led the Bobcats, wining the shot put (36-3.25) and finishing second in the discus (92.8), while Tacoya Heyward was second in the 200 (12.46) and third in the long jump (17-5.75). 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May River also had three qualifiers on the field with Kyle Rivers (high jump, 6-2) and Jashawn Bacon (long jump, 21-4) notching runner-up finishes and Jason Epke-Bueso placing fourth in the high jump (5-10).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High had four individual qualifiers and won the 4×400 relay (3:30.11) with stars Nash Mills and Charlie Bennett leading the charge. Mills also qualified second in the 800 (2:01.33), third in the 1600 (4:29.36), and fourth in the 3200 (10:32.65), and Bennett was second in the 800 (2:02.48). Alvin Wilson also captured gold for the Eagles, winning the discus with a throw of 135 feet, 1.5 inches, and Gabriel Jenkins (130-5.5) was close behind in the third.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":50083,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05152021-BHS-regional-track-meet-3-7730.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05152021-BHS-regional-track-meet-3-7730-895x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50083\"/></a><figcaption>Beaufort High School’s Mathew\nDurrance easily clears 7 feet on his\nfirst pole vault during the Lower State\nQualifier track meet Saturday at\nEagles Stadium. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Camauri Simmons led Bluffton’s three individual qualifiers, winning the 100 (11.10) and placing third in the 200 (22.66) while helping the Bobcats place third in the 4×100 (43.75). Relay-mate Phillip McCants was fourth in the long jump (20-3) and Adarion Ransburg won gold in the triple jump (41-10).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hilton Head High’s Jaylen Sneed won the shot put with a heave of 49-7.75 inches, while Nathaniel Rohr was second in the javelin (146-2) and the Seahawks finished second in the 4×800 relay. Franklin Holland snagged the Seahawks’ final qualifying spot with third place in the pole vault (11-0).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Colleton County’s Ian Shark will represent the Cougars in the state meet, finishing fourth in the shot put (44-8.25).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Class 4A State Championships are set for Friday at Spring Valley High School. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Going for gold', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'going-for-gold', '', '', '2021-05-19 15:16:09', '2021-05-19 19:16:09', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50106', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(50108, 4, '2021-05-19 15:18:34', '2021-05-19 19:18:34', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Arthritis is the nation\'s most common disability, affecting 50 million adults in America. Between 2007- 2009 50% of adults 65 years or older reported an arthritis diagnosis. For seniors who suffer from arthritis, new research recommends the benefit of water aerobics to ease their pain. Seniors, or others who feel stymied by arthritis pain, all too often the prospect of increasing movement is the last thing they want to do because they fear injuring themselves further. But exercise in the water adds buoyancy and protects inflamed joints, and it can be fun.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The Disease&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Arthritis is an inflammation of a joint, usually accompanied by pain, swelling, and stiffness, and it may occur as a result of infection, trauma or degenerative change. A research study was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One of the more interesting findings of this study is that perseverance counts. For seniors who begin a recommended exercise, such as water aerobics, sticking to it is associated with better outcomes. The results from the study indicate that water exercise patients report less pain, improved joint function, increased muscle strength and better perceived quality of life and well being. Researchers caution however that complying with an exercise does not mean exercising intensely. In fact, moderate exercise is just fine.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Checklist for Seniors Starting a Water Aerobics Regimen&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Check in with a physician before beginning a water aerobics routine. Those with arthritis often fear creating more pain or injury to their body. Clearance for physical activity is good common sense and a smart practice for those with arthritis.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If taking a class, find a certified instructor. There are several associations that certify instructors including the Aquatic Exercise Association and the Arthritis Foundation.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Begin exercise in moderation to avoid injury.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Individuals may also exercise safely on their own. The Arthritis Foundation has a 45-minute water exercise DVD.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Water exercise may also be conducted in a bathtub at home focusing on the small muscle groups rather than the large muscle groups that require a pool or spa.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Seniors who use the support of wheelchair or walker may still enjoy benefits of water exercise with help of flotation belts.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Water aerobic sessions in Beaufort County SC: </strong><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https://www.beaufort-jasperymca.org/aquatics/water-aerobics/\",\"type\":\"wp-embed\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"beaufort-jasper-ymca-of-the-lowcountry\",\"className\":\"\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-beaufort-jasper-ymca-of-the-lowcountry wp-block-embed-beaufort-jasper-ymca-of-the-lowcountry\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.beaufort-jasperymca.org/aquatics/water-aerobics/\n</div></figure>\n<!-- /wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>https://www.bcscrec.com/ aquatics </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Research Recommends Water Aerobics to Ease the Pain of Arthritis', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'research-recommends-water-aerobics-to-ease-the-pain-of-arthritis', '', '', '2021-05-19 15:18:38', '2021-05-19 19:18:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50108', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(50110, 4, '2021-05-19 15:20:40', '2021-05-19 19:20:40', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Family reunions are on again! These get togethers are an opportunity to reconnect families, honor relatives, have fun, and share memories. Reunions are also an opportunity to plan safe and healthy activities. If you are planning or participating in a family reunion, take steps to make healthy living a part of family activities for a lifetime.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Plan Healthy Meals, Snacks, and Drinks</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Eating and exchanging recipes is a big part of family reunions. Use this opportunity to adapt recipes, snacks, and beverages to incorporate healthier options low in saturated fat, salt, and calories. Also, consider relatives that may have high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, or other conditions where special attention to foods and healthier options are needed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Recipe Re-Mix </strong>helps you enjoy your favorite comfort foods in a whole new way. Find helpful hints to reduce the total fat, saturated fat, calories, and sodium in your recipes. Discover how fruits and vegetables can give your all-time favorites a healthy new twist. Think about one of your favorite recipes and follow the steps to change it for the better.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Rethink Your Drink </strong>helps you understand that another way to cut calories may be to think about what you drink. Many people don’t realize just how many calories beverages can contribute to their daily intake. But there is good news: there are plenty of options for reducing the number of calories in what you drink and in making smart beverage choices.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Other important sources:</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nutrition Topics</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Diabetes and Me: Eat Right</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Buffet Table Tips for People with Diabetes (NIH)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Prepare Food Safely</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Make the most of the fun by making sure your food remains safe. Foodborne illness is caused by consuming contaminated foods or beverages. The following steps are easy, and they’ll help protect you and those around you from harmful foodborne bacteria.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Cook: </strong>Cook meat, poultry and eggs thoroughly. Using a thermometer to measure the internal temperature of meat is a good way to be sure that it is cooked sufficiently to kill bacteria. For example, ground beef should be cooked to an internal temperature of 160° F. Eggs should be cooked until the yolk is firm.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Separate: </strong>Don\'t cross-contaminate one food with another. Avoid cross-contaminating foods by washing hands, utensils, and cutting boards after they have been in contact with raw meat or poultry and before they touch another food. Put cooked meat on a clean platter, rather than back on one that held the raw meat.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Chill: </strong>Refrigerate leftovers promptly. Bacteria can grow quickly at room temperature, so refrigerate leftover foods if they are not going to be eaten within 4 hours. Large volumes of food will cool more quickly if they are divided into several shallow containers for refrigeration.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Clean: </strong>Wash produce. Rinse fresh fruits and vegetables in running tap water to remove visible dirt and grime. Remove and discard the outermost leaves of a head of lettuce or cabbage. Because bacteria can grow well on the cut surface of fruit or vegetable, be careful not to contaminate these foods while slicing them up on the cutting board, and avoid leaving cut produce at room temperature for many hours. Wash your hands with soap and water before preparing food. Avoid preparing food for others if you yourself have a diarrheal illness. Changing a baby\'s diaper while preparing food is a bad idea that can easily spread illness.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Report: </strong>Report suspected foodborne illnesses to your local public health department, an important part of the food safety system. Calls from concerned citizens are often how outbreaks are first detected.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Know and Share your Family Health History</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Family history refers to health information about you and your close relatives. Family history is one of the most important things that may increase your chance for health problems like heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer. Use the family reunion as a time to talk about family health. Let members know about health issues that are common in the family. Family members share not only their genes, but also their environment, lifestyles, and habits. You can’t change your genes, but you can change behaviors that affect your health, such as smoking, inactivity, and poor eating habits. People with a family history of chronic disease may have the most to gain from making lifestyle changes. Take a health quiz with family members to determine risk for disease or injury.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Other important sources:</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Health and Safety Quizzes and Tools</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Family Health History: Resources and Tools&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Travel Safely</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you are traveling down the street, across the country, or internationally, be prepared. Don’t drink and drive, and don’t let someone else drink and drive. Wear a seat belt every time you drive or ride in a motor vehicle. Always buckle your child in the car using a child safety seat, booster seat, or seat belt according to his/her height, weight, and age. If you’re taking a cruise, know your ship’s recent inspection scores. If traveling internationally, make sure you have all the vaccinations required for that area.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Other important sources:</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Child Passenger Safety&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Travel&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Be Safe</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Have lots of fun, but take precautions to make sure that family and friends are safe, especially outdoors and while traveling.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Other important sources:</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Healthy Swimming / Recreational Water</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Injury, Violence, and Safety</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Keep Your Cool in Hot Weather</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Skin Cancer Prevention</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Spring and Summer Outdoor Safety</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Be Active</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some reunion plans may involve walking, hiking, dancing, tennis, bowling, or other fun activities. All of these activities can contribute to our daily need for physical activity to stay fit. There is no need to think of strenuous exercise or boring workouts. Instead, imagine doing fun physical activities you enjoy, and watch the health benefits follow!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Adults should be active for at least 2½ hours a week. Include activities that raise breathing and heart rates and that strengthen muscles.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kids and teens should be active for at least 1 hour a day. Include activities that raise breathing and heart rates and that strengthen muscles and bones.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Regular physical activity may help reduce your risk for many diseases, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, colon and breast cancers, and osteoporosis. It also helps to control weight; contributes to healthy bones, muscles, and joints; and reduces falls among older adults.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Go Green</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Help reduce or prevent waste to lower greenhouse gases. Use less and throw away less. Reuse products instead of throwing them away. Recycle items, such as glass, plastic, or paper.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Family Reunion Health and Safety Tips', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'family-reunion-health-and-safety-tips', '', '', '2021-05-19 15:20:43', '2021-05-19 19:20:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50110', 0, 'post', '', 0);
