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Water Festival only a week away By Mike McCombs We’re a week away from the opening ceremony for the 66th Beaufort Water Festival, and it looks like things are all in order. “We’re definitely ready,” said Shawna Doran, this year’s Water Festival Commodore. Doran said, as usual, most things will stay the same at this year’s Water Festival. Of course, organizers shake up the entertainment every year. But otherwise, why change what’s not broken, Doran said.’ “One of the biggest things we changed this year is the electronic ticketing,” Doran said. “Most festivals are INSIDE already doing Complete schedule it. We figured for the 66th annual it was our time Beaufort Water to do it. Now, Festival, Page A4 patrons who have ordered tickets won’t have to go to will call. The tickets are already on your phone.” Doran said the change would be extremely helpful for organizers and volunteers who will save a lot of time, no longer having to separate physical tickets into envelopes. “It will help us a lot on the logistics part and will be easier on the patrons, as well,” Doran said. “We also used to have to cut off ticket sales the night before. Now we can use our volunteers for other things. I’m excited about it.” In another seemingly simple change, the Ski Show will now be on
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he Town of Port Royal didn’t disappoint Monday night with their Fourth of July fireworks display at The Sands Beach. Spectacular bursts of red, white and blue mesmerized a crowd of more than a thousand spectators. Photo by Bob Sofaly.
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Lowco perspective: Anderson Jones Fan Club
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Beaufort High’s athletic standout, family face ‘new normal’ after accident
he first time I saw him play, I knew Anderson Jones was my favorite player on the court within a few minutes of the game tipping off. The permanent smile on his face caught my attention first, and I noted the way he went through pregame warm-ups with a purpose, which backed up the reputation Beaufort High coach Jeremy Huff had sold before the season. Then the game started. Anderson was a water bug with relentless, infectious, and seemingly limitless energy. He darted into passing lanes only to pop back into good defensive position. He pressured the ball persistently, swiped the ball from behind in transition, and
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dived all over the floor. On our next Lowco Hoops Report podcast, I declared myself the president of the Anderson Jones Fan Club. I never saw him on the soccer pitch, but by all accounts he played the same way — as hard and fast as he could go, having the time of his life all the way and becoming one
of the team’s most productive players. When he could slip away for a track meet, he was one of the area’s best 400-meter hurdlers. This coming year, his senior season, Anderson also planned to join the Eagles’ football team, making him an uber-rare four-sport athlete. That won’t be happening. Anderson and some friends spent the day at the beach a couple weekends ago and made the kind of dumb decision just about every one of us has made at their age, but while most of us skated past our indiscretions without any significant consequences, Anderson wasn’t as fortunate.
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Beaufort High’s Anderson Jones smiles from his hospital bed at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Submitted photo.
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