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Lowcountry Literacy
Low Literacy in Beaufort County: What Can We Do?
Motivated by information gathered in a small group project during the 2018 Beaufort County Senior Leadership (BCSL) annual program, Charlie Cookson, Elaine Yates, Bruce Donatuti, Trish Lanier and other alumni from the last few years created a spin-off group (BCSL Reading Group) to expand their un derstanding of the low literacy rate in Beaufort County and identify actions to resolve the problem. For this is the exact thrust of the BCSL program – to guide participants through a 12-week journey exploring local topics such as History, Heritage & Culture, Local & County Government, the Arts, Edu cation, Environment, Economic Development, Social Services, Health Resources, Military Ties, and Public Safety & Law Enforcement. The BCSL program is designed to tease out participant interest in at least one of these areas to leverage their own knowl edge, experience & expertise as a way to channel their energy to have a meaningful impact on Beaufort County through volun teerism. Clemson Extension has run the program for over 20 years. Participants are generally newcomers looking to be informed about the region they now call home.
During the 2018 program on education, interim Superintendent Herb Berg, challenged Beaufort County citizens to help county schools and social organizations drive down the alarming 56% fail rate on the annual stan dardized 3rd grade language arts exam. Educators all over agree that if a child can’t read to standard by the end of 3rd grade, then their en tire educational success is in jeopardy.
Kim Statler of the South Carolina Department of Commerce told participants during the economic development session, that the most important challenge to Beaufort Coun ty’s future economic development is to produce an educated workforce.
“We have learned there is no quick fix to teaching children to read and to pass the 3rd grade reading milestone. On the contrary, the solution requires starting at birth with parents and their newborn. It requires ongoing support through eight years of age. Driving down the fail rate requires dedication, persistence and money,” Charlie Cookson said after the group met with tutors, teachers and school leadership – to take a more in-depth look at what has been done in the past and what is being done now to deal with the low literacy rate.
“We have concluded that our best chance at having an impact on the literacy rate is to raise money and partner with three successful, existing literacy programs,” Charlie added. They are as follows:
Born to Read, Inc – a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization led by Janie Ephland promoting early literacy in the Lowcountry. Their mission is to serve families with children who are birth to age three. Volunteers give information and books to help assist with oral language development and early childhood literacy. Materials are in English and Spanish and all families who deliver their babies at Beaufort Memorial, Coastal Carolina and Hilton Head Hospitals are served.
My First Books SC – is a pre-reading, school readiness program for children from birth to age five, led by Nell Killoy. Their objective is to ensure all children in South Carolina enter kindergarten with basic literacy skills essential to first grade advancement and beyond.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library – a book gifting program that mails high-quality books to children from birth to age five. After substantial growth and success from their 1995 launch in Sevier County, Tennessee (Dolly’s hometown area), the Imagination Library went national and international in 2003 – sending millions of books to children throughout the country and around the world.
In contrast to other states, neither the state of South Carolina nor the Federal Government subsidize Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Beaufort County. The private sector is the only remaining option for raising funds.
The role of the BCSL Reading Group will be to raise funds by appealing to those who understand the following concepts: the value of reading to children from birth; the importance of reaching out to new parents to confirm their buy-in; the need to break the generational cycle of illiteracy; that every child is capable of reading, but some do not have the support and resources available to them; the value of achieving a high school diploma and becoming a contributing member of their local workforce, economy and community; their contributions will fill the need to help a child learn to read, in families whose parents are financially not able.
The work of Nobel Prize winning economist Dr. James Heckman, who is perhaps the world’s leading scientist on early childhood education, says: • The most important time to focus on learning to read is from birth to 3 years, when 70% of the brain develops. Reading stimulates the side of the brain that helps with mental imagery, understanding and language processing. • When parents read to their child at least 15 minutes a day, they greatly increase a child’s opportunity to become successful in their community. Further, early literacy significantly lowers rates of crime, addiction, school drop-out, teenage pregnancy, obesity, and welfare. • Over the past 40 years, a growing fraction of US children have been born into disadvantaged families, which often, because of lack of guidance, do not promote their children’s physical and emotional development. These are the children who need special help.
Ten newborns at local hospitals are recent recipients selected by Born to Read on the basis of family enthusiasm for regular reading. Each baby will be given a “magic wand” for their future – a book a month for 36 months.
We invite contributors to come up with creative ways to fund the program through annual gifting ideas that satisfy their values. For example, a 1953 graduate of Clemson University, Princeton and Georgetown recently contributed a three-year enrollment and is planning to make additional magic wand donations ($99) on the birthdays of all his grandchildren, instilling a desire to help others in them. He believes in the science behind Dolly Parton’s Imaginary Library and the economics of an educated community when its citizens are literate.
Several tutors, including Kay Roller, site director of a BCSL-supported pre-kindergarten reading/tutoring program at Broad River Elementary School, have donated magic wands or more. Most of these folks became tutors either after attending the BCSL program or were recruited by BCSL alumni from Callawassie Island and Sun City and are convinced that because all donations will go to Beaufort County children, it is a significant act of volunteerism and truly an important contribution for the future of our county; as Berg and Statler said, “so much is at risk.”
Donations in any amount are welcome. A “Magic Wand” donation of $99 will provide 36 books, one a month for three years, to one child.
Individuals, organizations and businesses are invited to donate funds on-line to support Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Beaufort County, South Carolina at https://myfirstbookssc.org/donate-2. Checks can be made out to:
My First Books SC and mailed to:
My First Books SC
Palmetto Project, Suite 150 4500 Fort Jackson Boulevard
Columbia, SC 29209
Donations go to First Books SC – Beaufort County, which is a 501 (C) (3) program of the Palmetto Project and the South Carolina affiliate of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Its tax ID No. is 57-0807801. All donations will be acknowledged with a tax receipt.
In addition, the BCSL Reading Group is managing tutor volunteers; and in need of assistance in collecting donations from residential communities, hospitals, university alumni associations, and clubs and organizations – reading ambassadors, if you will. The goal is to allow for 3,000 Beaufort County newborn to age five children to be a beneficiary of Dolly Parton’s Imagination library, Beaufort, South Carolina. Lastly, we need reading ambassadors to enlist organizations in which you participate (church, social groups, hospitals and schools) to encourage parents (or families and friends) to read to their kids every day. Volunteers are needed to work with groups that care for the health of these children too!
You are invited to send an email to BCReading99@gmail.com to express your desire to participate in this very important reading campaign.
WRITER’S NOTE:
In these COVID-19 pandemic times, when educational leaders are navigating their way through unprecedented planning exercises to secure the health and safety of students, staff and teachers, our at-risk readers are in an even more dire situation. Private funding and community volunteerism in support of education has never been more critical.
Cyber Center
(continued from page 7) officials to lay out the reasons why it makes sense for Beaufort to be the next hub for cybersecurity.
The group made a pitch for $5 million in seed funding – what UCSB, TCL and the Beaufort Digital Corridor have estimated they would need to add the appropriate fac ulty, curriculum, technology and facilities.
Admittedly, USC Aiken, which has plans to construct a facility for cybersecurity on its campus, may be ahead of Beaufort since it too requested funds the year before.
But the group remains undaunted, Murray said, if only because the demand for skilled workers and expertise is so great.
“(An education) in cybersecurity is going to be as ubiquitous as education or business degrees,” Murray asserts. “You’re going to need cybersecurity programming across the country.”
The group also envisions the Beaufort Digital Corridor offering boot camps for adults who want to learn more and mentor ing to startup companies. It will also work with the Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation to recruit existing cybersecurity firms who may be interested in relocating to the area.
In the meantime, the group has filed for nonprofit status for the South Coast Cyber Center, has been filling out its advisory board and will have a website rolling out in the new few months.
“So the idea is to bring this broad coalition of stakeholders together,” Murray said. “We’ve got government, we’ve got education, we’ve got the private sector, we’ve got nonprofits – all working together under a common mission to create a cybersecurity and cyber defense ecosystem in Beaufort.”
Mindy Lucas is a staff writer for Lowcountry Weekly and reporter for The Island News.
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Head Case
Tuesday was partly sunny in the low tic bag and took off. It was a nice jog over, 80s. On the two preceding days I’d light breeze, birds flitting by. Once in the talked myself out of running, using store I snagged the toothpaste ($2 off the usual excuses—recurring lumbaeach), got my prescriptions, paid with my go, high pollen count, unfavorable card, and walked outside. dew point, you name it—so by mid-afterTo reduce what I would be carrying on noon I was intent on getting in a run. my run home, I went to the trash recepta
Having two prescriptions to pick up at cle near Walgreen’s front door, placed my Walgreen’s, two miles away—ones to keep credit card on top of it, tore off the packagmy blood pressure and serum cholesterol ing from the drugs and the toothpaste, and within a range considered “normal” (mak tossed the wad of paper and cardboard ing these the only aspects of my being fallthrough the opening in the top. I put the ing anywhere close to such limits)—I demedicine vials and toothpaste tubes into cided I could run to the pharmacy, fetch my plastic bag, but when I went to add my them, and run home. I wrapped my credit credit card, it wasn’t there. I’d apparently card and two Colgate coupons (in the tossed it into the bin with the wrappings. event I found toothpaste on sale) in a plas When I peered in through the recepta
cle’s openings, I could barely see what was inside, and when I reached in with my arm, I couldn’t feel anything like a credit card. Then, I tested to see if I could get my head through the opening, so maybe I could see inside and, with some turning and negotiating, I got it in. It was still pretty dark in there, and after looking around, I couldn’t see the card, while the position was quickly becoming uncomfortable. But when I tried to remove my head, I couldn’t. I suddenly realized I was standing in front of Walgreen’s wearing sweaty running shorts, bent at the waist with my head stuck in a trash bin.
I had a short moment of wondering if they’d made the receptacle openings like Chinese handcuffs, easy to slip fingers into but next to impossible to get them out of, and more difficult the more you tried. As I worked to remove my head, the edges of the opening cut into my forehead and the back of my head; it felt like I might be bleeding. And so involved was I in working to extract my head that I didn’t pay attention to the people coming or going through Walgreen’s front door. Finally, after what must have been two minutes, I turned my head almost sideways, which must have been the position I’d used to get it through the opening in the first place, and extracted it.
The rest is anticlimactic: I went inside and told an incredulous staffer my story. He shook his head, got a key, walked outside, and unlocked the trash bin. As he walked back inside to attend to customers at the cash register, I reached in and, fairly quickly, located the credit card, clinging to one side of the plastic bag lining the bin. I
By
Donald Wright
extracted it, closed the bin, and walked back inside to thank the clerk, waving the card at him.
“You get all sorts of people in here, don’t you?” I asked. “Wonder what the police would have said had they spotted me with my head stuck inside your trash can?”
“They probably would’ve figured you were just another drug addict,” he laughed.
I wrapped the card with my purchases and ran home. When I arrived and looked into the bathroom mirror, I found abrasions on my forehead and could feel worse ones on the back of my head at the hairline. After showering and getting dressed, I spent a good part of the evening wondering if somewhere a woman was saying to her husband over the dinner table, “You won’t believe what I saw when I went into Walgreen’s this evening. There was this old guy with his head stuck in the trash bin.”
Her husband would have responded, “C’mon, Mabel, you gotta stop makin’ up stories like that!”
Donald Wright retired from SUNY-Cortland after 31 years as a professor of African history. He has authored of half a dozen books, held Fulbright, Rockefeller Foundation, and NEH Fellowships, and lectured in South Africa, China, and cruises along Africa's Atlantic coast. He lives with his wife, Doris, in Beaufort.
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A Passion for Pots
By Sandra Educate
The title for this article was inspired by my friend, Alice Massey, a former contributor to this column who recently moved near Jacksonville, Florida. Many of us were the recipients of the pots she couldn’t take with her. She is a passionate and inspired gardener, but her new temporary home is a rental. A real challenge for a passionate gardener. But she’s up to it. She loves pots. We call it container gardening now. In bygone days, ‘container gardening’ was found mostly in large estates whose owners had pockets deep enough to buy huge urns and planters. And to pay a crew of gardeners to keep them fed, watered, and refreshed. As lightweight containers began to replace heavy concrete and stone, we home gardeners ea gerly embraced the concept. Unless you are a Zen gardener, less is not more. Most of us follow the “more is not nearly enough” concept in our gardens, and this is definitely true for containers. There’s no ex cuse for a skimpy container. The perceived wisdom for containers is “Thriller, Filler, and Spiller.” As with most perceived wisdom, this is subject to wide interpretation. But no mat ter what, when you think it’s full enough, add some more. Here in the Lowcountry, small containers require the kind of monitoring needed to make soft boiled eggs. Inattention will result in fail ure. In our hot summers, daily watering is almost essential. However, if you do have small Donald Wright retired from SUNY-Cortland containers, grouping them together makes after 31 years as a professor of African history. tending to them much easier and will make He has authored of half a dozen books, held them read as a vignette rather than a garden Fulbright, Rockefeller Foundation, and NEH with measles. It goes without saying that you need to group plants with like needs together. na, and cruises along Africa's Atlantic coast. Sun lovers won’t play well with shade lovers. We do love our hanging baskets down here, but they require some prep if they are to last through a Lowcountry summer. Because of the cost of potting soil and its shipping weight, hanging baskets rarely come with enough soil. If you have a drip irrigation sys tem for your pots and baskets, you’re home free. If not, some prep when you get them home will save you a lot of time and effort. At the very least, add some good potting soil and tamp down well. Preferably, soak some hydro gel crystals in a weak solution of soluble fertilizer and mix them in with new potting soil and repot the entire basket. The crystals will re-hydrate each time you water, and you’ll have to water less often. yard. Containers restrict root growth, and therefore plant size. The container will act like a large bonsai. It would need pruning for size and shape, and every few years, you would probably need to root-prune and repot it. Small price to pay for having a favorite tree. One of the benefits of a pot is that you can move the container to follow the sun if your garden tends to be shady. Invest in a
Lined and soil filled metal baskets can be Try planting small evergreen trees or wired together to make a hanging plant ball. shrubs in large containers to flank your enJust poke in small plants all over the ball and trance, and then surround them with colorful in no time, you’ll have an eye catching garden annuals which can be replaced seasonally. ornament to hang from a tree or shepherd’s You can bury small empty pots around the crook. If you’re really ambitious and want to base of the evergreen to make replacing the Gardener website. http://lowcountrymga.org/ wow the neighbors, you can make a chain of flowers a snap. wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Container-Water-Gardens.pdf There is even a concept called “Pot et Fleur,” a French garden idea for home décor in which a container holds both live plants and cut flowers. If the concept tickles your fancy, you can find several YouTube videos that describe how to construct them. Basically, it’s a large container into which you put a smaller one to hold water for cut flowers, and then surround it with potting soil to hold live plants. The live plants make a permanent frame for a succession of cut flowers. Clever, no? Just remember that in addition to the more frequent watering requirements, containers also need more fertilizer. Even if the fertilizer label says “season long”, monthly fertilizing during full growth is recommended. A few well placed, colorful containers can Kathi McKinley's Garden what if your tender container plants evict your them to hang from your balcony. You could Be mindful that containers need good cars from the garage in winter? They’re worth even make a snow man from large and small drainage! The lightweight composite or plasit. Just ask Alice. balls covered with white flowers. An upturned tic ones will usually need more holes than the basket makes a great body for a turtle, adding factory provided, so drill a few more before small clay pots for the head and feet and . . . I filling with soil. could go on and on. And probably would if An exception to this rule is a container there were space. water garden. Undoubtedly the most mainteSandra Educate is active in the local Master Gardeners AssociaYour small back yard needn’t be a deterrent to planting a large tree that you love. nance free container garden there is. Once established, all you need do is top off with water tion and the Beaufort Garden Club, and she produces the annual Lunch and Learn series at the Port Royal Farmers Market. She loves strange and unusual plants and hates weeds. Sandra won’t You can plant trees in containers which, in and fertilize once in a while. You can find comgive away her age, but takes her inspiration from Thomas Jefferthe ground, would become too large for your plete instructions on the Lowcountry Master son, who said, "though an old man, I am but a young gardener." brighten an otherwise pretty dull area. And so good, wheeled plant dolly to make it easier. Most fruiting and flowering trees need at Tasting Tours $10. Taste our spirits and see how its made. least six hours of full sun. Family owned and operated.
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All Saints Garden Tour Contributes to Charities
Normally all proceeds from the All Saints Fifteen individuals who purchased their Garden Tour (ASGT) are distributed to tickets early contributed $700 of their ticket charities in late summer or early fall money to the charities. Donations from paonce the numbers are finalized. In spite rishioners and friends of All Saints contributof cancelling the May 2020 Garden ed another $4900. Tour, the ASGT Board was delighted that they Thanks to the generosity of many busi were still able to continue the practice this year, nesses and individuals, the ASGT Board made though at a reduced level. The contributions to a contribution of $1870 to Family Promise of the six charities were made possible thanks to Beaufort Co., Hilton Head Island Safe Harthe generosity of the ASGT advertisers, early bour, The Hunger Coalition of the Low Counticket purchasers, and donations from All try (HHI Backpack Buddies), Antioch EducaSaints parishioners and friends. tional Center (Jasper Co. Backpack Buddies),
Twenty-four sponsors who would have Crossroads Community Support Services had ads in our ticket booklet contributed their (BackPack Buddies of Bluffton), St. Stephens ad monies totaling $5425 to the charities. UMC Outreach Foodbank. These businesses were Ace Hardware, All While the Board were disappointed that we Saints Episcopal Church, Bruno Landscape & were not able to contribute at the normal level, reNursery, Carolyn's Landscaping, Critter Man sponses from the charities who are most in need agement, Discount Fabrics, Enliten Salon, now were heartwarming. In several cases these Episcopal Church of SC, Four Corners Fine Nancy Renner (right) presents a check to Helen Schuler, Director of The St. Stephens United Methodist unanticipated funds were extremely important Art & Framing, Green Thumb Nursery & Church Outreach Food Bank in Ridgeland, SC. for they filled an immediate unmet, pressing Landscapes, Gum Tree Nursery, Snell & As Jones Brothers Tree Surgeons, Kelca CountSeabrook of Hilton Head, Wild Birds Unlimitneed. One recipient’s thank you note stated they soc., Hilton Head Wine & Spirits , Island Quilers, Plantation Station, Charles Sampson ed, 100+ Women Who Care and Women's Fiwanted to “show how important what you ters, Island Time Jewelers, It's Greek to Me, (Charter One), Dr. Robert Savarese, DMD, nancial Network . thought was a small donation actually was.”
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Beaufort Digital Corridor Finds Strong Entrepreneurial Spirit in the Lowcountry
Anew survey from the Beaufort Digital technology entrepreneurs become growing, Corridor revealed an interest in develhiring companies, and part of that process is oping a diverse economy and fostering helping to source capital,” said BDC Board an entrepreneurial climate in the LowChairman Kevin Klingler. country. More than 60% of the residents in Beaufort who responded to the survey consid er themselves entrepreneurs and want to take a chance and pursue a dream. “The BDC was created for just such a purpose. As Beaufort’s premier business incubator, the BDC offers tech entrepreneurs • As one would expect, 95% of Beaufort’s collaboration, mentorship, and a place where respondents think it is a good idea to diversidreams meet reality,” said Nicie Phillips, Exec fy the economy in the Lowcountry by creatutive Director of the BDC. ing more tech-oriented job opportunities.
The survey, conducted during the last half The BDC can help with startups by providof July and first half of August, gathered input ing mentors with solid industry experience, from 232 Beaufort residents. The findings were planning next steps in business developan exciting mixture of new information and ment and budgeting, and furnishing a collabbest kept secrets. Here are some key points: orative environment in which to work. • Over 85% of the replies showed that • Over 75% are familiar with the BDC eipeople either want to begin or support a ther by having heard of it or attending events startup business. “Empowering localized ef such as the Fridays @ the Corridor, TECHforts for the innovation community is crucial connect, CODEcamps, or having visited the as South Carolina’s knowledge economy Art Gallery. It is no secret that the BDC is continues to grow,” said Secretary of Com open to helping others achieve their dream merce Bobby Hitt when speaking about ofof starting a tech business. BDC’s BASEcamp fering grants to diversify the economy in is a place where minds engage with each othSouth Carolina. The BDC is here to empower er as well as the community to create a thrivBeaufortonians. ing ecosystem here in Beaufort. • Not surprisingly, almost 60% were con“Nurturing Beaufort’s technology entrecerned about finances and having access to preneurs is something we take very seriously capital. But did you know that the Beaufort at the BDC,” said Kevin Klinger. “This survey Digital Corridor has dedicated investors helps us understand the Beaufort entreprewith committed funds for curated technolo neurial climate plus the findings potentially gy startup businesses? “The reason the help other education and commerce initiaBeaufort Digital Corridor exists is to help tives here in the Lowcountry.”
BDC’s Nate Schaub Leapfrogs into DMS
Acompany owned in part by Nate Schaub, a member and resident at the Beaufort Digital Corridor, was recently acquired by Digital Media Solutions (NYSE: DMS), a publicly-traded performance marketing company that helps some of the world’s biggest brands expand their reach and acquire new customers.
Nate originally moved his company, MINDFLINT, to Beaufort during the summer of 2018 and immediately became part of the Beaufort Digital Corridor (BDC) as a resident entrepreneur. After 18 months of mentorship and collaboration at the BDC, MINDFLINT was acquired by SmarterChaos, a mid-size digital marketing agency based in Denver, Colorado. Then, just 6 months later, SmarterChaos was acquired by DMS.
Schaub had this to say about the recent acquisitions: “2020 has definitely been a wild year so far. After 15 years of building a small business, it’s rewarding to have that hard work recognized by a leader in our industry. I’m grateful for all the support we’ve received at the BDC over the past 2 years, and I’m excited about this next chapter, both for our incredible team and our clients, especially those here in Beaufort.”
Kevin Klingler, BDC Chairman, commented, “We are proud of Nate. He is one of our own here at the BDC, and he has worked hard to get where he is. To have been acquired not once but twice in less than a year is an incredible show of how mentorship and hard work pay off.”
Nate Schaub
The Beaufort Digital Corridor is a com munity-sourced business initiative to attract, nurture and promote the city’s technology economy through an array of impactful programs, products and events while leveraging the city’s renowned livability.
For more information visit www.beaufort digital.com
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CLASSES & SEMINARS
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FRIDAY SOCIAL DANCES The Hilton Head Carolina Shag Club hosts Friday dances from 6-9:30 pm at Dolphin Head Golf Club, 59 High Bluff Rd, Hilton Head Plantation. Open to the public. Shag, ballroom, swing, country, or line. Singles welcome. Cash bar and light dinners available. $5 floor fee. HHICSC also teaches beginner Shag lessons Tuesday nights. www.hilton headshagclub.com, or www.facebook.com/HHICSC.
STAINED GLASS CLASSES IN BEAUFORT Pinto Bean Studio forming morning, afternoon and evening classes for adults 18 or older. Beginning & advanced classes. Marty Nash at 614-260-6668 or pintobeanstudio@hotmail.com
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POTTERY CLASSES IN BEAUFORT McSweeney Clay Studio is offering morning, afternoon and evening classes for children and adults. Pottery dates and parties available as well. Classes are on going. Beginner or advanced welcome. mcsweeneyclaystudio.com or call 843-694-2049. Lessons with Tommy & Sheri O'Brien and others. Occasional Ballroom Dance and once a month a Line Dance is taught. Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced lessons. Open dancing after lessons. Visit www.lowcountryshaggers.com or lowcountryshaggers@aol.com.
BEAUFORT ART ASSOCIATION offers classes for artists at all levels. For info visit www.beaufortartassociation.com. or 913 Bay St.
WEDNESDAYS, BEAUFORT SHAG CLUB founded '02, meets Wed evenings at AMVETS on Ribaut Rd., Port Royal. Free lessons to members. The club is an ACSC, SOS, and the National Fastdance Association member. For info visit www.beaufortshagclub.com
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for HELP of Beaufort, 1810 Ribaut Road. Looking for committed volunteers for clothes sorting, pantry help, front desk help and Mobile Meals drivers. We are open M-F from 9:30-12:30, Mobile Meals delivers to home bound seniors 5 days/ week, routes takes about 30-45 mins. Email Lori at helpbeaufort@gmail.com, or call 843-524-1223, or stop in and fill out an application.
SNOWBIRDS! Wondering what to do with unopened, non-perishable food items at the end of your stay? Drop them off at the YMCA and we’ll deliver them to a local food bank on your behalf. Conveniently located in Port Royal at; 1801 Richmond Ave., 843-522-9622, beaufort-jasperymca.org
PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP - First Thursday of the month at Beaufort Memorial LifeFit Wellness Center, from 1:30-2:45pm, 900 Ribaut Rd. Beaufort. We are individuals with Parkinson’s care partners of those with Parkinson’s, and individuals or companies providing products or services for Parkinson’s patients. For more info: Rick Ostrander at pdawaresc@gmail.com or Facebook at Parkinson’s Support Group Of Beaufort SC Port Royal & Lady’s Island.
US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY, Flotilla 07-10-01, Port Royal Sound, a uniformed, all volunteer component of the U.S. Coast Guard. We conduct safety patrols, assist search & rescue, teach boat safety, conduct free vessel safety checks and other boating activities. Monthly meetings are open to all and held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Port Royal Sound Foundation classroom at 7pm. For info call Flotilla Commander Pattie McGowan (706-633- 6192) and visit us on Facebook - USCGA Beaufort.
PASTEL ART CLASSES IN BEAUFORT now forming by artist Randall Messina. Beginner to advanced. Max class size 5 students. At Atelier on Bay, 203 West Street. Supplies provided. Classes fill quickly so call or email to reserve. One on one classes also available. 843-321-3281 or e-mail: randallmessina@gmail.com.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for a few hours each week at St. Francis Thrift Shop. Open Tuesday thru Saturday. Call 843-689-6563 or come in to speak with Mr. Hal. Definitely shop.
COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE Safe & effective centuries old healing system treats and prevents a wide range of health-related conditions. Experience individualized treatment in a peaceful group setting. Sliding scale fee. Beaufort Acupuncture, 12 Fairfield Rd, 5B, Lady’s Island. For info and to schedule: (843) 694-0050 or www.BeaufortAcupuncture.com
SECOND HELPINGS seeking Day Captains and other volunteers to crew our trucks distributing food to local charities. Flexible schedule at your convenience. Email officeadmin@secondhelpingslc.org.
AGAPE HOSPICE seeks volunteers to spend time bringing joy to our patients and families during a difficult time. Activities include playing music, baking, arts and crafts, pet therapy, manicures, listening to stories, holding hands, etc. Provide companionship to the elderly who often feel lonely and unappreciated. Contact Ashlee Powers at 843- 592-8453 or apowers@agapehospice.com.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for HELP of Beaufort. Come join the team providing food, mobile meals, clothing and emergency financial assistance to those in need in our community. Open Mon-Fri 9:30-12:30. 2 Ice House Rd., Beaufort. Call or email Jennifer 843-524-1223 or info@helpofbeaufort.org
TIDEWATER HOSPICE SUPPORT GROUP: Last Wed. and Thurs. of the month. Weds. 10-11am at Sun City; Thurs. 12-1pm Brookdale Hilton Head Ct., Hilton Head; for those who provide physical, emotional or practical support to a family member or friend. Jodi Johnson, LMSW. Bereavement Group: 5-6 pm., Thursdays, 10 Buckingham Plantation Drive, Suite A, Bluffton; for those who have experienced a loss and would like support and info associated with grief and bereavement. Corrie VanDyke, LMSW or Marie James, MA. 843-757-9388
THE SANTA ELENA HISTORY CENTER in downtown Beaufort hosts regular lectures, presentations, exhibits and programs about history, culture, science and archaeology. For more info visit www. Santa-Elena.org or 843-379-1550.
INTERESTED IN HEALTHY EATING? Second Helpings, of Beaufort, Hampton, and Jasper counties, seeks committee members and chairperson for Healthy Food Program. Funding available to procure fresh produce and protein for the 60 food pantries and soup kitchens served by Second Helpings. Contact Exec. Dir. Lili Coleman, 843-689- 3616 or execdirector@secondhelpingslc.org.
BORN TO READ working for early childhood literacy, needs volunteers to deliver books and materials to new mothers at Coastal Community Hosp., HH Hosp., and BMH. Visits are from 10am – noon. More info at borntoread.org. Interested volunteers call 843-379-3350. grams: Caregiver - Weds., 12:30pm, Helena Place Assisted Living, 1624 Paris Ave., Port Royal; Living with Alzheimer's - for those diagnosed and still in early stages - Mondays 1pm, Parsons Parlor, Carteret Street Methodist Church, 408 Carteret, Beaufort; Social Day Program- 10am-1:45pm $40 Day Fee, Mon. & Wed., Port Royal United Methodist, 1602 Columbia Ave., Port Royal, Weds. at Cornerstone Christian Church, 2301 First Blvd., Beaufort; In Home - Respite Aides available for 2 hr. minimum, $12-$24 sliding scale; Maintain Your Brain - 2nd & 4th Thursday, 10-11:30am, $10/person, $15 couple, Port Royal United Methodist, 1602 Columbia Ave., Port Royal; Free Memory Screenings available. (843) 521-9190 or (843) 263-2062.
THRESHOLD SINGERS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY
A choir to ease and comfort people at bedside by offering gentle voices and sacred songs, with sincere kindness. Two to four singers go to bedside when asked and sing a cappella and in harmony. Practice at St. John's Lutheran Church the 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month from 2:30- 4:00 pm. Our songs are our gift of service for no charge. Call Pat Keown at 843-476-6073 to either join or ask us to sing for a loved one.
THE LITERACY CENTER is seeking volunteers to tutor adults in reading, writing, math and ESL. Students hope to acquire skills to pursue life goals, support families, and contribute to our community. Daytime and evenings in Bluffton and HHI. Call 843-815-6616 (Bluffton); 843-681-6655 (HHI). No teaching, tutoring or other language knowledge necessary. www.theliteracycenter.org.
THE SANDALWOOD COMMUNITY FOOD PAN
TRY. Volunteer-based, non-profit provides groceries, clothing and basic needs items to ANYONE in need. Open Tues & Fri 11:30am-1pm. Located at 114 Beach City Rd., Hilton Head. Donations of food and funds are needed. For info contact Rev. Dr. Nannette Pierson at 843-715-3583 or email sandalwoodpantry@gmail.com.
PARRIS ISLAND MUSEUM. The legacy of the Marine Corps and the history of the Port Royal region. Thousands of artifacts, images, and other materials illustrate the stories in exhibit galleries from Native American to modern Marines. FREE admission. Mon-Sat 10am4:30pm and 8am on Family Graduation Days. Closed New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Info at parrisislandmuseum.com or 843-228-2166.
MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA SEEKS VOL
UNTEERS - Volunteers needed to provide companionship or skills like yard work, music, and crafts to patients and their families or assist in the office with admin tasks. Volunteers needed in Beaufort, Hampton, and Jasper counties. For info contact 843-322-0063
Grays Coosaw
Hill River
Oldfield Beaufort Broad River Parris Island Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Port Royal St. Helena Island Lady’s Island Coosaw Island Laurel Bay Burton Shell Point Lemon Island Spring Island Calawassie Dataw Island River St. Helena Sound Harbor Island Hunting Island Fripp Island Sun City Island West Colleton River Rose Hill Westbury Park Island Belfair Moss Colleton River Port Royal Sound Hilton Head Buckwalter Sheriden Park Creek Island
Bluffton Heritage Lakes Port Royal Palmetto Bluff Myrtle Island May River Plantation Atlantic Ocean Calibogue Sound Sea Pines Palmetto Dunes Daufuskie Island
Tide Chart FOR THE BEAUFORT RIVER AT WATERFRONT PARK DATE AM PM
Sep
Oct 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21 Mo n 22 Tue 23 Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun 28 Mo n 29 Tue 30 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3 Sat 4 Sun 2:31A 0.5 3:20A 0.1 4:09A -0.2 4:58A -0.3 5:46A -0.3 12:23A 8.6 1:16A 8.2 2:14A 7.7 3:17A 7.4 4:22A 7.1 5:28A 7.0
8:41A 8.4 9:29A 8.8 10:18A 9.2 11:08A 9.4 11:59A 9.4 6:36A -0.1 7:27A 0.2 8:21A 0.6 9:20A 1.0 10:19A 1.3 11:18A 1.4 6:33A 7.1 7:29A 7.3 8:16A 7.5 8:55A 7.7 9:30A 7.9 10:04A 8.0 10:36A 8.0 11:08A 8.1 2:51P 0.0 3:43P -0.3 4:34P -0.4 5:25P -0.4
12:52P 9.2 1:49P 8.9 2:52P 8.5 3:56P 8.2 5:01P 7.9 6:06P 7.8 12:14P 1.4 1:07P 1.4 1:55P 1.3 2:40P 1.2 3:24P 1.1 4:07P 1.0 4:49P 1.1 5:31P 1.1 9:09P 9.0 9:56P 9.2 10:43P 9.1 11:32P 8.9 6:16P -0.1 7:08P 0.3 8:03P 0.7 9:01P 1.2 10:00P 1.5 10:59P 1.7 11:55P 1.8 7:07P 7.8 7:57P 7.9 8:39P 7.9 9:15P 7.9 9:49P 7.9 10:21P 7.8 10:53P 7.7 11:24P 7.5
Charles Street Gallery & frame shop presents
Over Fifteen Years Experience Serving the Lowcountry’s Buyers & Sellers with Closings, Deeds & Contracts
2 Professional Village Circle, Beaufort, SC 29907 Phone: (843) 524-4000 • Fax: (843) 524-4006 Derek C. Gilbert - derek@dcgilbert.com Melissa R. Wicker - melissa@dcgilbert.com
BEAUFORT/PORT ROYAL
Foolish Frog, 846 Sea Island Pkwy, St. Helena Island. (843) 838-9300. thefoolishfrog.com
Luther’s Rare & Well Done, 910 Bay Street. (843) 521-1888 or www.luthersrareandwelldone. com
Q on Bay, 822 Bay St, Beaufort. (843) 524-7771 or www.qonbay.com
Rosie O’Gradys Irish Pub , in Beaufort Town center adjacent K-Mart. Karaoke Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays with Eric and the Girls - 9pm. Open daily for Rock N Roll Lunch 11:30am. Best Reubens, Phillys, Fish & Chips and Now a Great Shrimp Burger. (843) 379-7676 or Rosie O'Grady's on Facebook.
Saltus River Grill, 802 Bay St, Beaufort. (843) 379-3474 or www.saltusrivergrill.com
BLUFFTON/HILTON HEAD
Big Bamboo, Coligny Plaza. (843) 686-3443 or www.bigbamboocafe.com The Jazz Corner, Village at Wexf1ord, Hilton Head. Sundays - Deas Guyz; Mondays - Martin Lesch Band; Tuesdays - Fat Tuesdays - a Swinging Celebration of New Orleans & Beyond; Thursdays - Lavon Stevens with Louise Spencer. 9/16 Quiana Parler with The Lavon Stevens Trio, 9/18 & 9/19 Noel Freidline Quarter with Maria Howell, 9/20 The Corner Quintet - celebrates the Swing Era, 9/23 Bobby Ryder, 9/25 & 9/26 Edwin G. Hamilton Quartet, 9/30 Grammy Winner Quiana Parler with Lavon Stevens Trio, 10/2 & 10/3 Rodney Jordan Quintet. (843) 842- 8620 or www.TheJazzCorner.com
Omni Hilton Head Ocean Front in Palmetto Dunes. Buoy Bar - HH Prime - (843) 842-8000 or www.omnihotels.com
OUT OF TOWN
The Music Farm, 32 Ann Street, Charleston. 843-577-6969 or www.musicfarm.com.
The Pour House, 1977 Maybank Hwy, Charleston. Performances on the Deck Stage until further notice. Sundays - Motown Throwdown, G.LO.W; Mondays - Slim & Psychodelics; Tuesdays - Nightshades; Wednesdays - Grateful Dead Wednesday with Reckoning; Saturdays - Ward Buckheister. 9/17 Of Good Nature, 9/18 She Returns From War, 9/19 Marshgrass Mamas, 9/24 Guilt Ridden Troubadour, 9/25 The Grateful Brothers - Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers tribute, 10/1 9 to 5 Magazine Issue #10 Party, 10/2 Brandon 'Taz' Niederauer. (843) 571-4343 or www. charlestonpourhouse.com
Windjammer, 1008 Ocean Blvd, Isle of Palms. Thursdays - Karaoke. 9/18 Bud Light Seltzer Beach Series with The Vegabonds, 9/19 Bud Light Seltzer Beach Series with Warrick McZeke, 9/25 Bud Light Seltzer Beach Series with The Piedmont Boys, 9/26 Muscadine Bloodline - on the Sunset Stage; Bud Light Seltzer Beach Series with Randall Fowler. (843) 886-8596 or www.the-windjammer.com
Logan
LAW FIRM
Real Estate Closings • Titles • Deeds Impeccable Reputation • Reasonable Fees
Henri Ann Logan Attorney email: henriann@loganlawfirm.com www.loganlawfirm.com
Editors Note: Events listed here may be subject to postponement or cancellation. Please check for further information. GALLERIES/ART
Now - 9/26, Earth to Sky, an exhibit of work by the SC chapter of National Association of Women Artists at Art League of Hilton Head Gallery. Located mid-island inside Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island, 843-681-5060.
Now - 10/31, Seeking Solace, the work of artist Beth Tokey Williams and her poet daughter Hailey Morgan Williams will be featured at the Beaufort Art Association Gallery. This work was created during an Artist in Residence stint in the Dry Tortugas National Park. Opening reception Fri9/4 from 5-8pm at 913 Bay Street in Beaufort on Friday, September 4, from 5 to 8 pm.
Now - 11/2, 'Art Speaks' Exhibit at USCB Center for the Arts. www.uscbcenterforthearts.com
10/1, Got Art? Art League of Hilton Head’s annual fundraising benefit. Each $100 ticket provides participation in the live Zoom drawing and guarantees one original piece of art. Only 100 tickets will be sold. Tickets available at www. artleaguehhi.org/gotart
10/4 - 10/30, USA from Sea to Shining Sea. Penny Healy has captured all 50 state flowers and seascapes for her upcoming art exhibit at The Society of Bluffton Artists (SOBA) gallery in Old Town Bluffton. For more information visit www. sobagallery.com or call 843-757-6586.
10/6 - 10/31, CraftHiltonHead2020, Art League's 7th National Juried Fine Art Craft Exhibition, Art League Gallery, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. A virtual awards reception will be held Wednesday, 10/7, 5-6pm via Facebook Live. 843-681-5060.
OTHER EVENTS
10/24 and 11/21, CPR Classes at The Ward
le Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal. 8am-12:00 pm. Cost is $35 for this YMCA certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first come, first serve basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y: 843-522-9622 or visit: beaufort-jasperymca.org
First & Third Tuesday, Beaufort Toastmas
ters Club meets from 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm in the Beaufort College Building, Rm. 103 (USC-Beaufort Campus), 801 Carteret Street, Beaufort. To learn more visit www.beauforttoastmastersclub.toastmastersclubs.org
First & Third Wednesday, FREE Acupunc
ture for Veterans – Veterans, Active Duty, Transition, Their Families and First Responders are Eligible) 4 - 6pm. Walk In Clinic. No Need to Pre-Register or Call. Nourishing Health Acupuncture and Herbs Clinic. 1214 Prince Street, Downtown Beaufort
Thursdays and some Tuesdays, Tours of the
Historic Hunting Island Lighthouse sponsored by the Friends of Hunting Island. Keeper Ted and his team will tell you all about the history of the Lighthouse which was built in 1875 and is the only Lighthouse in South Carolina open to visitors. If you are at least 44 inches tall you may also climb the 167 steps to the top of the Lighthouse for a 360 degree view. Reservations are recommended by calling the Nature Center at 843-838-7437. Tours are $2 a person and park entry fees apply.
Third Thursday, TECHconnect is a monthly networking event for professionals working in and around technology. Come and join on the for the conversation at BASEcamp 500 Carteret 5:30-7:30pm. 843-470-3506. www. beaufortdigital.com
Thursdays, History Tours of Fort Mitchel by the Heritage Library, 10am. $12/Adult $7/ Child. 843-686-6560.
1st Saturday of Every Month, Maye River Quilters meeting at Palmetto Electric Cooperative, 1 Cooperative Way, Hardeeville. Members meet at 9:30am for social exchange. The meeting starts at 10 am. We welcome new members. Please call 843-707-6034.
4th Saturday of Every Month, While Fort Fremont is closed during the construction of an Interpretive Center, the Friends of Fort Fremont is presenting historical lectures at 10am at the St. Helena Library. The first lecture will be “Bringing History to Life, Fort Fremont Dioramas" by Dennis Cannady, Master Modeler. For more information call the Library at 843-255-6487.
$449,000
$1,545,000 $515,000
PIGEON POINT | MLS 167928 3BDRM | 2B | 2026sqft | Marsh/Water View Karen Doherty 843.812.9689 DATAW ISLAND | MLS 166999 3BDRM | 2B | 1853sqft Nancy Butler 843.384.5445 Trudy Arthur 843.812.0967 HISTORIC DISTRICT | MLS 167935 4BDRM | 3.5B | 3546sqft | Waterview Edward Dukes 843.812.5000
$1,950,000 $419,000 $309,900
CITY WALK | MLS 164482 3BDRM | 2.5B | 1890sqft Colleen Baisley 843.252.1066
$275,000
SUNSET BLUFF | MLS 167961 5BDRM | 4.5B | Waterfront | Private Dock Trea Tucker 843.812.4852 FRIPP ISLAND | MLS 157176 3BDRM | 2B | 1404sqft Pat Dudley 843.986.3470
$1,500,000 $199,000
HABERSHAM | MLS 165303 3BDRM | 3B | 1660sqft Paige Walling 843.812.8470
$1,475,000
DATAW ISLAND | MLS 163774 3BDRM | 2B | 1809sqft Trudy Arthur 843.812.0967 Nancy Butler 843.384.5445
$410,000
DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT | MLS 160525 6BDRM | 1.5+B | Commercial/Residential Lloyd Williams 1.843.754.4735 SHELL POINT | MLS 167300 3BDRM | 2B | 1075sqft Amy McNeal 843.521.7932 NEWPOINT | MLS 167122 5BDRM | 5.5B | 4928sqft | Water View Edward Dukes 843.812.5000 CAT ISLAND | MLS 167190 3BDRM | 2.5B | 2100sqft Julia O’Hara 1.201.456.8620
