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COVERING NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY
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JANUARY 1-7, 2015
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SOCIAL
Volunteers address over 1000 invitations to the Valentine’s Ball. see page 6
By Wendy Nilsen Pollitzer
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s we say goodbye to 2014 and hello to a new year, many of us resolve to make our lives better. Whether we choose to be physically healthier, mentally stronger or more spiritually guided, we make promises to ourselves to strengthen our selfproclaimed weaknesses. January is usually a very positive month for our egos. Then, for various reasons, our well intended
Photo courtesy of Nate Hildreth resolutions slowly wane, and we become that creature of habit again…that person who was in the mirror in December. My objective for the cover of this issue was to ask Beaufortonians what their resolutions were for 2015. After inquiring many locals in the area, the overwhelming response was either, “I don’t make New Year’s resolutions anymore,” or “I don’t want to say publicly, because I know I
won’t succeed,” or some version of those two answers. I guess I didn’t want to begin the new year with pessimism. Most of you know I’m an overt and sometimes disillusioned optimist. So, I thought I’d give you a little humor and tell you my Top 15 resolutions of 2015. You’re about to understand my NEW YEAR continued on page 7
The Lowcountry says goodbye to an esteemed statesman Former South Carolina Gov. James B. Edwards, who also served as energy secretary under President Ronald Reagan, died Friday at the age of 87. Edwards, elected in 1974, was the first Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction, The Associated Press reports. Representative Mark Sanford released the following statement on the passing of Governor Jim Edwards: “South Carolina lost a great leader, a
visionary Republican, and an even more remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. Governor Edwards has always been extraordinary not only for all that he has accomplished but the way in which he did so. He had an ever-warm spirit that was infectious for the way that he showed concern and care for so many of us in the Lowcountry and across the state, and in that regard, he will be particularly Former South Carolina Governor missed. My prayers and thoughts go to James B. Edwards Ann and the family.”
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