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A beautiful evening view from the Fish Camp restaurant in Port Royal captured by Sarah Back Appleby. 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.
PAL PETS OF THE WEEK Cat of the Week: Lidia is a beautiful 2-yearold girl. She is playful, enjoys treats and especially loves laser toys. She gets along well with other cats and kids. She likes attention and knows how to ask for a treat. She is spayed, microchipped and up to date on vaccinations.
Legionnaire Bob Shields thanks Marie Lewis, owner of Alvin Ord's, for displaying the U.S. flag.
Dog of the Week: Mia is a sweet 2-year-old girl. She loves her pink tennis ball and is a true snuggle bug. This lovely girl is a bit shy, but once she warms up to you she is in love! She is spayed, microchipped and up to date on vaccinations.
Meet these pets and more at the Palmetto Animal League Adoption Center from noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Email us at info@palmettoanimalleague.org or call 843-645-1725 for more information.
Beaufort Police investigating shooting death By Mindy Lucas Investigators with the Beaufort Police Department are looking into the shooting death of a man who was sitting in a car in a residential area east of Ribaut Road at the time of the incident, officials say.
Naval Hospital Beaufort to host ArmyNavy flag football game As a pre-game to the official Army-Navy football game held Dec. 14, Naval Hospital Beaufort has challenged Army Winn Hospital (Ga.) to a friendly game of football. The Army has accepted the Navy's challenge. As a result, on Saturday, Dec. 7, Naval Hospital Beaufort will host the first Lowcountry Army-Navy Flag Football Game at Naval Support Facility Beaufort. Opening ceremonies start at 11:30 a.m., and kickoff at is a noon. As of October 1, 2019, Naval Hospital Beaufort and it's outlying clinics transitioned from under the Military Health System (MHS) to the Defense Health Agency (DHA). This transition created an opportunity for Navy Medicine to increase focus on operational support and keeping our Service members healthy and on the job. This transition has also created a "Lowcountry Market" and a partnership between Naval Hospital Beaufort and the Army Winn Hospital, where resources will be shared throughout the region.
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Ethan Bosworth, 20, of Beaufort, was shot around 10 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22 while in a car on Waddell Road, said Beaufort County Deputy Coroner David Ott. After he was shot, Bosworth drove a short distance before crashing into a tree. He was taken to Beaufort Me-
morial Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, Ott said. The shooting has been ruled a homicide. Bosworth was the only person in the car at the time of incident, said Sgt. Patrick Schmucker with the Beaufort Police Department. No arrests have been made and no other
details on the shooting were available as of Monday, Dec. 2. The investigation is on-going, Schmucker said. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Sgt. Josh Dowling at 843-322-7950 or the tip line at 843-322-7938.
Penn Center lecture series to open with Robert Smalls — The Inside Story The York W. Bailey Museum at the historic Penn Center will launch the Hastings Gantt Reconstruction Era Lecture Series with a special presentation, “Robert Smalls — The Inside Story,” at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. The Hastings Gantt Reconstruction Era Lecture Series aims to provide a deeper understanding of how individuals, organizations, and even schools like Penn School, contributed to our nation’s, and especially Beaufort County’s Reconstruction era history, beginning in 1861 and lasting through 1898. During this historic period, our nation began to work on strategies on how to integrate the newly freed African Americans into every level of society. The lecture series is named in honor of Hastings Gantt, an unsung hero of the Reconstruction Era and formerly enslaved man from St. Helena Island, who once owned the 50-acres of land known today as Penn School National Historic Landmark District, and sold it to Laura Towne, who founded Penn School in 1862. Gantt later served in the South Carolina Legislature at the same time as Congressman Robert Smalls. The story of Smalls' bold conquest of freedom and his ground-
WANT TO GO? What: “Robert Smalls — The Inside Story,” the first in the Hastings Gantt Reconstruction Era Lecture Series. When: 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 7. Where: Frissell Community House, Penn Center, 6 Penn Center Circle West, St. Helena Island. Cost: $10 for adults, $8 for teachers and $5 for students. More information: For reservations/tickets, call 843-838-7105. For more information, email Victoria Smalls at vsmalls@penncenter.com.
breaking legislative and business career is growing in stature. A number of new books have come out in the last few years and major motion picture projects are currently in development. For the first time though, hear the inside story of the life and times of Robert Smalls. Exclusively at Penn Center, Smalls’ great great grandson, Michael Boulware Moore, shares family stories and never before shown family pictures that present even greater detail about the person Congressman James E. Clyburn calls "the most consequential man in South Carolina history!” Michael Moore is the Founding President and CEO of the International African American Museum in Charleston. Located on the spot where almost half of all enslaved Africans brought to America took their first steps, the museum is scheduled to open in 2021 and will be an innovative, in-
formative, and emotionally powerful experience for all. Moore led efforts to raise over $100 million in capital funds, the curation and design of the museum experience, the architecture and landscape design, the hiring of a world-class leadership team, as well as the creation of national and international awareness of the museum. During his presentation, Moore will share many family stories and why Penn School was so important to the Robert Smalls family. “Robert Smalls — The Inside Story” will take place at Penn Center’s Frissell Community House located at 6 Penn Center Circle West, St. Helena Island. Reserve your seat today by calling 843-838-7105 to pay your admission, or pay on arrival. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for teachers and $5 for students. For more information on this event, please contact vsmalls@ penncenter.com.
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