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Be the first to see The Inn at Cotton Hall, one of South Carolina’s great historical estates. Enjoy a guided tour of the newly designed grand home with decorator Q&A and light refreshments. Stroll the grounds and visit the Barn Sale and local vendor market. Food truck onsite for delicious food and drinks.

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Talking about having your hands tied …

COVERING BEAUFORT COUNTY

Parris Island Fire Chief Wieder dies at 54 From staff reports Parris Island Fire and Emergency Services Fire Chief Robert K. Wieder died Wednesday, June 9 at Haven Hospice in Jacksonville, Fla., according to an announcement on the fire department’s Facebook page. He was 54.

There will be a memorial service at 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 22 on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, where Parris Island Fire and

Emergency Services will conduct a Bell Ceremony.

Wieder was born June 27, 1966 in Bennington, Vt., to Robert K. Sheila and Martin Wieder Wieder. He was a graduate of Miami Killian High School before joining the Army in 1983.

He was honorably discharged

and began his federal career at Naval Air Station Cecil Field and then the Naval Air Station Jacksonville Fire Department as a Firefighter/ Driver-Operator in 1999. In 2004 he took a position with Souda Bay Fire and Emergency Services, where he picked up the rank of Fire Captain.

In 2009, Wieder made his way to the NSA Naples Fire Rescue Division where he was promoted to Battalion Chief. Finally, in 2015 he

was hired at Parris Island Fire and Emergency Services as an Assistant Chief of Operations. He was promoted to Fire Chief in 2018.

Wieder played soccer at the collegiate level before making it into a semi-pro league. He coached youth soccer and baseball and loved golf, camping, traveling and anything outdoors.

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BEAUFORT ome members of the city’s Historic Review Board seemed to believe their proverbial hands were tied last week when, after an hour of debate, the majority gave final approval to developer Dick Stewart’s plans for a parking garage and four-story hotel in the downtown historic district.

The garage at 918 Craven Street, which has been in the planning stages since 2016, and the hotel on the corner of Port Republic and Scott streets, first blessed by the city in 2017, is the subject of a lawsuit filed by opponents of the projects.

Opponents, being downtown property owner Graham Trask, contend the city planning staff used the wrong development codes to approve the projects, which they also contend do not meet National Historic Landmark District standards.

The two projects were initially on the May agenda of the HRB but were pulled because of the lawsuit.

But there they were again on the June agenda, the last meeting for three of the four board members.

Of the three – Chairman John Dickerson and architect Bill Allison – repeatedly stated during last week’s meeting, at the counseling of City Attorney Bill Harvey, they could not consider the issues of the lawsuit in giving final approval to the contentious projects.

The third board member – Katherine Pringle, who cast the only vote against approval – will be leaving HRB because the City Council, the night before, on a 4-1 vote, opted not to reappoint her.

That leaves realtor Stacy Applegate, who joined the HRB last September, as the “veteran” member.

She’ll be joined in July by Maxine Lutz, former director of Historic Beaufort Foundation; building contractor specializing in historic buildings and former City Councilman Mike Sutton; Jeremiah Smith, architect with Allison Ramsey Architects; and Michelle Prentice, an interior designer whose husband Josh Gibson serves as chairman of the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals.

Councilman Phil Cromer cast the only “no” vote against the nominations, stating he did not think the “best candidates” were being selected.

Despite all the political maneuvering, it’s unlikely we’ll see any groundbreaking anytime soon on

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Swimmers prepare to enter the water in Port Royal before the start of the 15th annual Beaufort River Swim. Photo by Susan Trogdon.

Youth is served

High school teammates claim men’s, women’s championships at 15th annual Beaufort River Swim

By Mike McCombs Last week, when Skylar Bruner, the Beaufort River Swim’s 16-year-old defending overall champion, was talking about what makes open-water swimming different from competing in a pool, she said, “It’s more about the way you swim the

Left: Hilton Head Island High School teammates Blaise Minckner, 15, and Skylar Bruner, 16, pose together after winning the Beaufort River Swim on Saturday, June 12 at the Beaufort Downtown Marina.

Photo by Mike McCombs.

race. You can be fast, but it’s the smartest race that wins.”

Bruner, a rising junior at Hilton Head Island High School, explained that spotting the buoys, taking the shortest route and knowing where everyone is

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Battery Creek Jam 2021 coming to Port Royal

By Mike McCombs PORT ROYAL – Almost a year to the week after Port Royal Town Council made the decision to cancel the annual Independence Day Fireworks Display scheduled for July 4, the Port Royal community announced via Facebook the addition of a big event this Independence Day. The Port Royal community, in conjunction with Rock Block Productions, is bringing Battery Creek Jam – billed as a first annual 4th of July Festival – to the area.

According to the release, the goal of this family-friendly event near Sands Beach is to bring the community back together through music and the promotion of local vendors.

The live music acts will be headlined by Atlanta’s Drivin N Cryin –

BATTERY CREEK JAM 2021 Sunday, July 4, 601 Paris Ave., Port Royal Tickets: www.showclix.com/ event/battery-creek-jam Schedule 1 p.m.: Festival doors open 1 p.m.-8 p.m.: Live music from six bands 8:30 p.m.: July 4 fireworks finale

Drivin N Cryin – from left, Tim Nielsen, Dave V. Johnson, Kevn Kinney and Laur Joamets – will be playing the Battery Creek Jam 2021 on July 4 in Port Royal. Promotional photo. members of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame – and Bluffton’s Zach Deputy. The festival will also include an inflatable water zone for the kids.

The event is free to the public with VIP upgrades available. Paid park-

ing will be available. The event is not hosted by the Town of Port Royal.

Mike McCombs is the editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.

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Richard Robinson

RICHARD ROBINSON

Beaufort’s Richard Robinson, 66, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in Atlantic City, N.J., in 1977. After Boot Camp at Parris Island, he trained in physical security at the Military Police School before serving at MCAS New River.

Robinson was an MP at a variety of Marine Corps stations including three tours in Beaufort (Parris

PAL PETS OF THE WEEK Cat of the Week: Aster is playing big brother to all of his roommates, and he is doing a great job. He and his best friend, Marvin, are excited to find their new homes. Aster loves other cats and would love to find a home with a buddy. He is a year old, neutered, up to date on vaccines, and microchipped.

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Most not aware of miracle of hospice

Thank you very much for publishing the information on hospice in the June 3 edition of The Island News. This subject is so important yet far too many people do not know about the wonderful services hospice provides.

The author has skillfully linked the likely cares and concerns

of potential patients and their families to the available important hospice services. So many families suffer through trying to be caregivers and continue to try to work full time, which totally wears them out physically, financially and spiritually because they are not aware of the miracle of hospice.

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Emergency orders related to Covid-19 no longer in effect

From staff reports On Monday, June 7, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster ended the state’s emergency order that he instated at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic. He first enacted the order on March 13, 2020, and extended it multiple times.

The City of Beaufort, which lifted its mask ordinance several weeks ago, has also lifted any other emergency measures that were in existence to help contain the pandemic.

The city continues to urge res-

idents, visitors and businesses to follow their own safety protocols.

Various vaccines for Covid-19 are available throughout Beaufort County at drugstores, grocery stores, clinics and doctors’ offices.

Almost 2 million South Carolina residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine, or 45 percent of the population. In Beaufort County, more than 86,000 residents have received at least one vaccine. All residents 12 years of age and older are eligible to receive the vaccine.

Island and MCAS Beaufort) and two in Okinawa. As a graduate of the FBI National Academy he was Provost Sergeant at 29 Palms, Parris Island and MCAS Beaufort.

He retired with 29 years of service in 2006 as a Master Gunnery Sergeant.

Thereafter, he served as a civil servant physical security specialist at MCAS Beaufort and Parris

Island for 12 more years. His wife, Rosella, served as a Marine for 10 years; three of his sons are Marines and his daughter finished law school and works for the Veterans Administration.

– Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 9.

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City Council appoints members to multiple planning boards

From staff reports At its meeting June 8, Beaufort City Council appointed new members to several boards, and reappointed others. New terms begin July 1.

Most of the applicants were interviewed at a City Council Work Session on May 25.

Building Board of Appeals Current members Rob Bogardus, Rob Montgomery and Jennifer Pender Paterson were reappointed to the board, which meets on an as-needed basis.

Design Review Board Current members Kim McFann and Benji Morillo were reappointed.

Historic District Review Board Maxine Lutz, former executive at Historic Beaufort Foundation, was appointed to a two-year term expiring June 30, 2023.

Jeremiah Smith, an architect

with Allison Ramsey Architects and a member of the Beaufort Housing Authority Board, was appointed to a two-year term expiring June 30, 2023.

Michelle Prentice, owner of Michell Prentice Interiors, was appointed to a three-year term expiring June 30, 2024.

Mike Sutton, former member of City Council and a historic renovation and restoration contractor, was appointed to a three-year term expiring June 30, 2024.

Metropolitan Planning Commission Sue Cosner, a principal with Public Management Resource Group, was appointed to a threeyear term expiring June 30, 2024.

Current member Mike Tomy was reappointed.

Zoning Board of Appeals Kenneth Hoffman, with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, was appointed to a three-year term.

New waste management company in Beaufort will start July 1

From staff reports The City of Beaufort will have a new vendor providing waste management services beginning on July 1.

On Tuesday, June 8, City Council approved a recommendation that Capital Waste Services be contracted for five years to provide residential and commercial trash pickup, yard debris pickup, and recycling services.

Waste Pro, the city’s current vendor, will stop services June 30.

It has been the city’s waste pickup vendor for almost 12 years.

Capital Waste Services, which is based in Columbia, currently

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routes and pickup days will stay the same for the immediate future.

Recycling services will be provided every other week but will be on the same service day as the customer’s garbage and yard debris pickup.

The company was one of four that responded to the City’s Request for Proposals advertised in February. Waste Management, Waste Pro and Ryland Environmental also responded.

Capital Waste says its technology will help ensure good customer service. This includes the 3rd Eye GPS Tracking System, which allows management to see where

each truck is at all times. It also records the truck’s speed, idle time, and whether a stop has been completed.

In addition, the company has a proprietary customer support software program called Zendesk that has a service app notifying various managers of any customer complaint. Capital Waste says that it expects managers to get back to the customer within 30 minutes of making the complaint.

The City of Beaufort will put out more information on this transition on social media, its website, and in its newsletter in the coming weeks.

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New app makes Beaufort history come alive

From staff reports A launch party Thrusday, June 17 in Naval Heritage Park will celebrate the release of a new interactive app called “Free & Equal,” which makes Beaufort’s past come alive in a walking and driving tour that uncovers personal stories at historic sites.

The audio and augmented reality tour lets locals and visitors experience the Lowcountry’s Reconstruction Era history through the perspective of formerly enslaved people.

The “Free & Equal” launch event is a partnership between the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era and San Francisco-based media company Walking Cinema. The National Endowment for the Humanities funded the project.

"The Free & Equal app is a state of the art, interactive, and tremendously engaging way for anyone with a smartphone to learn about Beaufort's rich and storied history. The eyes of the world were on Beaufort 150 years ago and post-Civil War ideas and events still resonate,” USC Beaufort Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era Executive Director J. Brent Morris said. “We are proud to be associated with this project and the talented developers at Walking Cinema."

USC Beaufort students from one of Professor Robert Landrum’s public history courses also helped create the tour.

The experience begins with sites in the Reconstruction Era National Historic Park, then visits the home of a future Harriet Tubman monument at the Tabernacle Bap-

USC Beaufort interns Andre Ragsdale and Amy Maier test new history app “Free & Equal” at the Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve in Port Royal, which is one of the stops on the augmented reality (AR) driving and walking tour. Submitted photo. tist Church, and continues on to the Brick Baptist Church on St. Helena Island.

“Free & Equal” makes history personal and modern by featuring Darius Brown, a young genealogist from Grays Hill, as one of the main characters. He is a descendent of Isaiah Brown, a sergeant in the United States Colored Troops who likely attended Port Royal’s Emancipation Day celebration in 1883— depicted in the app in 360-degree augmented reality.

“I heard about Isaiah from my great-grandfather. Isaiah died when he was a little boy.

What this app does is tell the

story of Reconstruction from the point of view of a Black man who was enslaved, then became a free land owner and enlisted in the Union army,” Brown said.

Brown got involved in “Free & Equal” when Michael Epstein, writer and director at Walking Cinema, reached out to the soon-to-open International African American Museum in Charleston in search of a living connection to the Lowcountry’s Reconstruction Era history. Brown, who is scheduled to start work in August as a research assistant at the museum, was the link Epstein and his crew chose to

feature in their production.

Other scenes that come alive in the app include the 1861 Civil War battle where Union forces overtook Beaufort, and a time at the Historic Beaufort Arsenal when white officials tried to force free Black soldiers to give up their munitions.

Tour participants experience layers of history at local settings including the Carnegie Library, the building that now houses the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce. In the Civil War, it was used as City Hall and the Office for Freedmen.

Walking Cinema has part-

nered with local businesses allow audiences to find artifacts that add to the tour narrative. On Bay Street, where retail shops Monkey’s Uncle and Emporium now stand, the Freedman’s Bank opened in 1865 as a place for Black Union troops to deposit their paychecks.

A few doors down, Walking Cinemas hung aged and framed replicas of Freedman’s Bank cards at the Rhett Gallery for tour participants to discover.

Download the free app “Free & Equal” (starting June 17) at Google Play and Apple App Store.

Darius Brown, 22, of Gray’s Hill is a main character in the new “Free & Equal” app.

He is a descendent of Isaiah Brown, who was enslaved, then became a free land owner and enlisted in the Union army.

The augmented reality driving tour app is a free download at the Google Play and Apple App stores. Submitted photo.

WANT TO GO? What: “Free & Equal” Beaufort history tour app launch party When: 7-8:30 p.m., Thursday, June 17 Where: Port Royal Farmers' Market (Naval Heritage Park), Ribaut Road Details: Live music, screenings and augmented reality demonstrations.

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School district again providing summer meals

From staff reports Beaufort County School District is once again participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children free of charge.

Acceptance and participation requirements for the Program and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.

The following sites are open to the public and will provide free meals to all children (age 18 and younger): Beaufort County Libraries • Beaufort Branch, June 21-July 30, Noon to 1 p.m., 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, S.C. 29902 • Hilton Head Branch, June 21-July 30, 11 a.m. to noon, 11 Beach City Road, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 29935 • St. Helena Branch, June 21-July 30, 11 a.m. to noon, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, St. Helena, S.C. 29920 • Lobeco Branch, June 21July 30, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., 1862 Trask Parkway, Seabrook, S.C. 29940 • Bluffton Branch, June 21-July 30, 11 a.m. to noon, 120 Palmetto Way, Bluffton, S.C. 29910 Summer programs Meals will be provided at the sites and times as follows, only to enrollees of these programs. To enroll: • Boys and Girls Club Summer Camps, please contact your local Boys and Girls Club Office.

• Beaufort-Jasper YMCA, please contact the YMCA at 843-522-9622.

• Neighborhood Outreach Center, please contact the NOC at 843-4800360.

• Island Recreation Center, please contact the Island Rec Center at 843-681-7273.

• Thumbs Up Summer Program, please contact the Thumbs Ups Learning Center at 843-3798882.

• Extra Mile Club, please contact the Extra Mile Mentoring Program at 843-812-2056.

• Wright Directions Summer Camp, please contact Wright Directions Family Services at 843-645-7700.

YMCA Migrant Camp To enroll in the YMCA Migrant Camp, please contact the YMCA at 843-522-9622.

Enrollees of the Migrant Camp must be students (Kindergarten to 12th Grade) and the family must have moved within the last 36 months for the purpose of engaging in agriculture.

Boys and Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry • Shanklin Club, June 28-July 29, Breakfast 8-9 a.m., Lunch noon-1 p.m., at Whale Branch Elementary School, 15 Stuart Point Road, Seabrook, S.C. 29941 • Broad River Club, June 28-July 29, Breakfast 7:30-9 a.m., Lunch noon1 p.m., at Robert Smalls International Academy, 43 WK Alston Drive, Beaufort, S.C. 29906

• Bluffton Club, June 28-Aug. 6, 8:30-10 a.m., Lunch 10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 100 H.E. McCracken Circle, Bluffton, S.C. 29910 • Hilton Head Club, June 28-Aug. 6, Breakfast 8:30-9:30 a.m., Lunch 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 151 Gumtree Rd., Hilton Head, S.C. 29925 • Sheldon Club, June 28-July 29, Breakfast 8-9 a.m., Lunch noon-1 p.m., 21 Agnes Major Rd., Sheldon, S.C. 29941

Beaufort-Jasper YMCA • YMCA Summer Camp, June 21-Aug. 13, Breakfast 7:30-8:30 a.m., Lunch 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal, S.C. 29935 • YMCA – Coosa Club, June 28-July 29, Breakfast 7:30-8:30 a.m., Lunch 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1025 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena, S.C. 29920 • YMCA Migrant Education Program, June 28-July 29, Breakfast 8-9 a.m., Lunch noon-12:45 p.m., Dinner 4-4:45 p.m., 1025 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena, S.C. 29920 Neighborhood Outreach Center • Cordillo Learning Center, July 6-July 30, Lunch noon-1 p.m., 50 Pope Ave., Hilton Head Island, S.C. 29928 • Marsh Pointe Learning Center, July 6-July 30, Lunch noon- 1 p.m., 1716 Greenlawn Dr., Beaufort, S.C. 29902 • Avalon Shores Learning Center, July 6-July 30, Lunch noon-1 p.m., 20

Simmonsville Rd., Apt. 2303, Bluffton, S.C. 29910 • New Oaks Learning Center, July 6-July 30, Lunch noon-1 p.m., 4 Southwood Park Drive, Hilton Head, S.C. 29926

Island Recreation Center • June 21-Aug. 13, Lunch 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 20 Wilborn Rd., Hilton Head, S.C. 29926 Thumbs Up Summer Program • June 22-July 23, Breakfast 8:30-9 a.m., Lunch noon-1 p.m., 914 Hamar Street, Beaufort, S.C. 29902 Extra Mile Club • June 21-Aug. 12, Dinner 6:30-7 p.m., at Whale Branch Early College High School, 169 Detour Road, Seabrook, S.C. 29940 Wright Directions Summer Camp • Beaufort Camp, June 21Aug. 13, Breakfast 9-10 a.m., Lunch noon-1 p.m., at Battery Creek High School, 1 Blue Dolphin Drive, Beaufort, S.C. 29906 • HHI/Bluffton Camp, June 21-Aug. 13, Breakfast 9:30-10:30 a.m., Lunch noon-1 p.m., 233 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head, S.C. 29926 Summer Reading Programs Beaufort County School District will be holding its Summer Reading Programs at selected schools and breakfast and lunch will be served to the attendees of the Summer Reading Programs.

• Bluffton Early Childhood Center (BLES Students) • Coosa Elementary School • Hilton Head School of Creative Arts (Includes HHIBE Students) • Ladys Island Elementary School • MC Riley Early Childhood Center (MCRES Students) • Mossy Oaks Elementary School • Okatie Elementary School • Port Royal Elementary (Includes BES Students) • Pritcharville Elementary School • Red Cedar Elementary School • River Ridge Academy • Robert Smalls International Academy (Includes BRES Students) • Whale Branch Elementary School (Includes JSES Students) • Battery Creek High School • Beaufort High School • Bluffton Middle School • Beaufort Middle School • HE McCracken Middle School (Includes BLHS Students) • Hilton Head Island Middle School (Includes HHIHS Students) • Ladys Island Middle School • May River High School • Whale Branch Early College High School

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Glass manufacturer coming to Beaufort, bringing jobs

From staff reports Materials Research Group, a glass manufacturer based in Rozelle, N.J., has announced plans to open a facility at the Beaufort Commerce Park, investing $3.1 million and creating 27 new jobs, according to press releases from the City of Beaufort and S.C. Governor Henry McMaster’s office.

The facility, which will be 10,000 square feet with an option to expand, is expected to be completed by December 2021. The company, which was founded in 1998, specializes in manufacturing ready-to-press glass powders, glass preforms and solder glass rings. Its glass is used in aerospace, senor, automotive, medical and battery markets.

“Materials Research Group is excited about our growth and our move into Beaufort,” owner Walt Reed said in a news release. “The support

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the four-story parking garage, which will overlook the adjoining Tabernacle Baptist Church and Robert Smalls monument, or the one-time three-story hotel, which recently had a fourth-story bar added to the top.

Or the three-story Charles Street apartments – the Cannon Building – which the HRB has also approved. It is also a subject of the lawsuit filed against the city and Stewart.

Last week’s HRB meeting brought out a lively crowd of observers including former Beaufort County Councilwoman Beth Grace and former state Rep. Catherine Ceips Scarborough, who spoke against the two projects.

Bottom line, in their opinions, the projects were

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from the local area and the state has been excellent. We look forward to getting our operation up and running and becoming part of the Beaufort community.”

The City of Beaufort, which owns the Commerce Park, worked closely with the Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation to bring the company to Beaufort.

Mayor Stephen Murray said, “The City of Beaufort is excited to welcome Walt Reed and his team, Materials Research Group, into the Beaufort Commerce Park. MRG is exactly the kind of innovative and environmentally sustainable manufacturing company that Team Beaufort has been working to attract. We're thankful to Beaufort County and the Beaufort County Economic Development Corp. for their work on this project."

The Coordinating Council for Economic Develop-

ment has approved a $50,000 Set-Aside grant to Beaufort County to assist with costs

related to the project.

“I am happy to see Materials Research Group choose

dents to find meaningful employment,” Beaufort County Councilman Gerald Dawson

just too big for the downtown area.

On top of all this, the National Park Service has decided to take a look at what’s happening in Beaufort with its National Historic Landmark designation which the county seat has had since 1973.

Those charged with making official decisions on what’s happening in Beaufort may feel their hands are tied, but it’s certainly becoming a tangled knot.

nominated by the existing board. The new proposal would increase the board to 11, one from each of the council districts.

The proposal comes after BMH filed a lawsuit earlier this year against the council when the county entity threatened to reinstate a board member who resigned after her public comments against mask usage drew the ire of her colleagues.

County Council said the current ordinance establishing the relationship with BMH was more than 40 years old. Members were also lavish in their praise for the hospital and its work during the recent COVID epidemic.

BMH CEO and President Russell Baxley and a medical team voiced their concern about the proposal, as did former Mayor Billy Keyserling whose father helped establish the hospital. BMH Chairman of the Board David House said he was “amena-

ble” to withdrawing the lawsuit.

Both sides they wanted to sit down and discuss.

County Council almost puts move on BMH BEAUFORT – Stressing they don’t want to be in the hospital business, County Council members this week almost gave initial approval to an ordinance change to take over the Beaufort Memorial Hospital Board of Regents.

The hospital’s current nine board members are appointed by the Council but are

our community. Investments like this, in turn, become opportunities for area resi-

This is another step for the City in diversifying our workforce and bringing new industry to our Commerce Park. We thank the Beaufort Economic Development Corporation for their assistance and in locating this company and working with us to finalize a good program to attract them to Beaufort.”

Oh no, it’s not sexist …

BEAUFORT – Beaufort County has its new administrator and now we know his salary.

Eric Greenway, the county’s former planning director, was promoted from within last month after serving as interim since November.

This week, the council agreed on his salary – $210,000 compared to the $190,000 which former administrator Ashley Jacobs made.

Supporters said across the state, the salaries for county administrators have increased in the past two years.

At least one councilman who voted against the proposal said it was going to be viewed as sexist, an issue that was implied when Jacobs, the county’s first female

said in a release. “Thank you to the Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation, the SouthernCarolina Alliance, my fellow council members and the team that made this happen.”

City Manager Bill Prokop said, “This is another step for the City in diversifying our workforce and bringing new industry to our Commerce Park. We thank the Beaufort Economic Development Corporation for their assistance and in locating this company and working with us to finalize a good program to attract them to Beaufort.”

The Beaufort Commerce Park, which is owned by the City of Beaufort, is comprised of 196 acres just off U.S. Highway 21 and S.C. Highway 116.

It is 20 minutes from Interstate 95, and a short distance to Charleston and Savannah international airports and ports.

Materials Research Group will be joining Glass WRX SC at the Commerce Park. Glass WRX, which manufactures products made from recycled glass, is renovating an existing facility, and is expected to hold a ribbon cutting in the near future. Glass WRX is expected to create 63 jobs over five years.

The Economic Development Corporation is also working with Magnus Development Partners, which has begun construction on a spec building at the Beaufort Commerce Park. The building, at 64,000 square feet, will offer flexible layouts and options to subdivide to as small as 16,000 square feet.

Individuals interested in joining the Materials Research Group team should visit the company’s contact page at https://www.materialsresearchgroup.com/contact. html.

administrator, was forced out.

in the municipality with complaints about garbage collection, now we know the rest of the story.

After picking up our residential, commercial garbage and recycling for the past 12 years, Waste Pro was dumped last week by the City Council, which agreed last week to a five-year contract with Capital Waste Services.

Council didn’t share the financial details of the agreement but a city press release says we’ll get new garbage collection cans AND with a new computer software program, they’ll provide responses to complaints within 30 minutes.

Speaking of missing women ...

PORT ROYAL – The town’s welcoming waif, Zephyr, is gone from her perch overlooking the Ribaut Road-Paris Avenue intersection.

The metal sculpture, which welcomed those coming into the village, was removed recently by town officials who opted for a more appropriate banner featuring the seven flags that once flew over the town during its history.

Town Manager Van Willis, who gave the sculpture its name, said Zephyr, who originally stood in front of what was The Shed at the south end of Paris Avenue, will be stored carefully until a decision is made to display her elsewhere.

Bye, bye, Waste Pro BEAUFORT – For those

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.). She can be reached at bftbay@gmail.com.

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SC Association of Registration and Elections elects Smalls as President

From staff reports The South Carolina Association of Registration and Elections, Inc., (SCARE), has elected Marie S. Smalls as President the organization for the next two years. Smalls is currently the Director for the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Beaufort County.

“I am humble that the membership of this association, have entrusted me to be their front runner for the ensuing two years.” Smalls said in a

news release. “It’s not about me, or any one county, it is about the voters of our great state and conducting elections with integrity, transparency, and instilling voter confidence in our voter registration process.”

Smalls is certified as a Registration and Elections Administrator from the National Association of Election Officials and is also state certified by the South Carolina Election Commission. She has been with the organization for 16

Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands receives generous donation From staff reports The Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands announced that its inaugural annual fundraising campaign has received overwhelming support from the local business community, including a generous donation by The Gray Family Foundation.

“We are pleased to support the Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands and its efforts to educate visitors to Port Royal on the importance of conserving the natural habitat of the wetlands,” Richard Gray said in a news release.

“Our donation from The Gray Family Foundation will be used for improvements to the boardwalk and creating better access to view the wildlife in the wetlands.”

Generous donations from

other businesses in the community will provide additional informational signage to educate all visitors on stormwater retention, as well as the abundant wildlife and vegetation found throughout the wetlands.

The Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to support the cypress wetlands and rookery, increase community awareness through education, and advocate for maintaining this stormwater retention system as a working organic laboratory.

Those interested in becoming a friend of the cypress wetlands can visit friendsofportroyalcypresswetlands.org or email them at FOPRCW@ outlook.com.

years. In addition to serving on several committees, Smalls has held offices in the organization as, Secretary, 2nd Vice President, 1st Vice President and now President.

“It’s a tremendous responsibility and I look forward to bearing the torch and being representative of those who preceded me,” Smalls said. “It is also imperative that we continue to fulfill our obligation to ensure that all qualified voters have an opportunity to participate in fair and free

elections.”

SCARE is an affiliate member of the South Carolina Association of Counties, with a membership of more than 400 voter registration and election officials from across the state.

SCARE was organized in 1975 by a group of election officials for the purpose of providing a forum for counties voter registration and election officials to study, discuss, and recommend improvements in voter registration/election laws; to exchange ideas and

experiences; to promote and encourage education for officials; to distribute information regarding voter registration/ election laws; and to promote legislation which will endorse and enhance the efficiency of the registration and election process in South Carolina.

Smalls has been employed in Beaufort County government, nearly 39 years. She first came to the County as a Human Resources Specialist and worked her way up the ladder to become the Human

Resources Director before changing professions.

In 2005, Smalls served as the Deputy Director for the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Beaufort County. In 2013 she became the Director.

Smalls is a native of Beaufort and is married to her high school and college sweetheart, Pastor Isiah Smalls. They’ve been married for 41 years and have four children – Natarcia, Isiah II, Patrice, and Aaron – and eight grandchildren.

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From staff reports The Beaufort County Library congratulation the winners of its 2001 Bookmark Contest.

The four winning designs will be available as bookmarks at library locations during the Summer Reading Program.

The library staff thanks all the participants who submitted their artwork and is thrilled by the great turnout – more than 1,000 entries – and enjoyed reviewing each entry.

Tiny Tails winner – Liam Ungvarsky, Age 8

Junior Tails winner – Sharlene Mosqueira, Age 12

Teen Tales winner – Emely L. Masis, Age 15

Tall Tales winner – Irene Baumfalk, Age 81

Individual winners Tiny Tails (ages 5 to 8): Liam Ungvarsky, Age 8 Junior Tails (ages 9 to 12): Sharlene Mosqueira, Age 12 Teen Tales (ages 13 to 17): Emely L. Masis, Age 15 Tall Tales (ages 18 and older): Irene Baumfalk, Age 81

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City of Beaufort PUBLIC NOTICE Request for Proposal – RFP 2021-117 HWY 170 Sidewalk Extension Project The City of Beaufort is seeking proposals for the construction of 8’ sidewalk extension on Robert Smalls Parkway, HWY 170. The sidewalk project encompasses approximately 550' in length and will disturb 0.125 acres.

The extension of sidewalk is on the southside of SC-170 and will be constructed to connect the existing sidewalk to the Spanish Moss Trail. Construction activities include sidewalk, storm drainage, site lighting, and landscaping improvements.

The RFP and additional documents may be accessed on the City’s website, https://www. cityofbeaufort.org/165/Procurement, Bid Opportunities - or by contacting the Procurement Administrator.

THE SUBMITTAL DEADLINE IS 2:00 PM ET ON JULY 29, 2021 “EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY”

City of Beaufort PUBLIC NOTICE Request for Proposal – RFP 2021-119 Whitehall Drive Boardwalk The City of Beaufort is seeking proposals for the construction of an approximately 280' boardwalk connecting US 21 to abandoned White Hall Drive roadbed over a tributary of the Beaufort River. The plan is to construct a multi-use 12' wide timber boardwalk along the Whitehall Park Trail to connect to Sea Island Parkway, US21. The site connects the two roadway embankments consisting of grassy landscaped areas Specifically, the boardwalk will provide a direct connection from existing bicycle-pedestrian facilities to Whitehall Park.

The project is for public transportation of pedestrians and bicycles.

The RFP and additional documents may be accessed on the City’s website, https://www. cityofbeaufort.org/165/Procurement, Bid Opportunities - or by contacting the Procurement Administrator.

THE SUBMITTAL DEADLINE IS 2:00 PM ET ON AUGUST 12, 2021 “EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY”

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from page A1 He is proceeded in death by his father Martin Wieder and stepfather John Stark. He is survived by his wife Lisa; sons Timothy Hughes and Joshua Wieder; daughters Amber Myers, Brittany Myers, Jessica Wieder, and Chelsea Wieder; and 14 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Condolences may be shared with Parris Island Fire and Emergency Services at 455 Wake Blvd, Parris Island, S.C. 29905 or to the attention of Andrea Fabian at 843-5752998.

Those who plan on attending and do not have base access, please notify Fabian by phone or at andrea.fabian@ usmc.mil.

Workmen get the old concrete base of the Harbor River bridge ready for demolition Tuesday morning, June 8. The superstructure of the bridge had already been removed, remnants of which can still be seen in small piles as one drives up the bridge. The base was demolished with explosives.

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from page A1 around you are all important in an open-water race.

Blaise Minckler, Bruner’s teammate on the Seahawks, hadn’t quite mastered all of those skills in the 15th annual Beaufort River Swim on Saturday. Ironically, that may be the reason he’s this year’s overall champion with a blazing time of 47 minutes, 17.1 seconds.

Counting the buoys late in the race, Minckler determined he was nearing the finish and picked up his pace significantly for the homestretch. The only problem for Minckler? He wasn’t that close. There were more buoys left than he realized.

“If I hadn’t thought that, I probably wouldn’t have won,” Minckler said. “The finish was really so much farther.

But I was able to keep my pace going.”

The River Swim was just the second open-water event Minckler, 15, has competed in, the first being the USA Swimming Open Water Nationals in April in Fort Myers, Fla. He certainly didn’t expect to win.

“No,” Minckler laughed. “I totally thought Cohen (Bruner) and Tommy (Hughson)

were going to beat me. But I just pulled it out at the end.”

Minckler’s Hilton Head Island teammates, Bruner and Hughson, finished third and second, respectively.

Skylar Bruner came up short in her bid to repeat as overall champion, finishing fourth overall with a time of 49 minutes, 11.7 seconds. She did, however, claim her third straight female championship.

“It was really fun. I got to swim next to (my friends and Hilton Head Island teammates) the whole way. I would smile and we would see each other,” Bruner said. “It’s just a fun race. I love swimming with my friends and I love Beaufort. I love being here.

It’s a nice track, a nice race course.”

Other winners Jack Ussery, 15, was the overall and male champion in the biathlon (Swim + 5K) with a time of 2:10:07.7.

On the women’s side, Claire Cuda, 34, was the champion with a time of 2:28:50.4.

Justin Bullard, 45, was the overall and male champion in the 5K with a time of 26:28.5. Elisabeth Snyder, 12, was the women’s champion with a time of 29:30.6.

In the Challenge (8K + Swim + 5K), Yorlliry Moreno, 30, was the overall and male

After removing the superstructure of the old Harbor River turn bridge, there was nothing left to do but blow up the concrete base, which was accomplished on Friday, June 11. Some parts of the old bridge can be seen in the foreground along with a very unofficial looking “No Trespassing” sign. Photos by Bob Sofaly.

Competitors make their way toward the finish at the Beaufort Downtown Marina during the 15th annual Beaufort River Swim. Photo by Susan Trogdon. champion with a time of 1:40:29.6. Heidi Gross, 33, was the women’s champion with a time of 1:43:17.1.

In the 8K, John Duberley, 33, was the men’s and overall champion with a time of 21:09.4. Gross was the women’s champion with a time of 23:05.3.

Complete final results can be found at GroundedRunning.com.

Behind the scenes “I think it went really well,” Beaufort River Swim Event Director Denice Fanning said after the awards ceremony on Saturday morning. “(There were) a lot of details this year with all of the a la carte options. We had a couple of snafus. The bridge opened up but fortunately did not affect the bulk of the runners. Other than that, …

there were no injuries. I think it was a success.”

The event brought in more than $6,000 over last year, close to $21,000 for this year’s event. The event’s proceeds help fund the Lowcountry YMCA’s Learn to Swim program.

Fanning attributed the increase in revenue to “about 65 more participants.”

Also, the Beaufort Sports Council helped secure a grant this year from S.C. Parks, Recreation and Tourism to fund race necessities, helping to keep expenses down and bring revenue up.

Fanning wanted to be sure the people in the water received the proper credit for the continuing success of the event.

“I could not do this event as successfully without the team that’s in the river, Fan-

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Open to the public everyday during daylight hours, located on Paris Ave. Free. Experience the wonders of the wetlands as you stroll the boardwalk and visit the rookery. This is a working organic laboratory and stormwater system for the benefit of all. A photographer’s paradise with nesting birds, alligators, turtles, etc. For more information visit www.friendsofportroyalcypresswetlands.org, Facebook at FriendsofPRCypressWetlands, or on Instagram at friendsofprcypresswetlands.

The Historic Port Royal Museum

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.

Ancestor of the Land – Rufus Daniel Mitchell

11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursdays through Saturdays, Beaufort Arts Council Exhibition Hall, Mather School Museum, 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 (19131987), his family and the historic Sheldon farming community.

Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club meetings

6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursdays, 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 New-

ning said. “George Utter is the lead coordinator of all the kayakers that assist the swimmers. His job is probably the most important to make sure that heads are accounted for and people safely make it to the finish.

“Clay Emminger and the Beaufort Water Rescue are also critical to the success of this event, as well as the Port Royal Police Department. I would definitely hand it to that group. This is our 15th year and everyone has made it to that ramp. Kudos to them.”

Fanning said the final tally for this year was 213 participants across all events, roughly 150 swimmers for the River Swim itself.

Mike McCombs is the editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.

castle Street in Beaufort. Speaker for May 20 will be Rev. Kenneth Hodges, Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church and champion of the Harriet Tubman Monument.

LIVE After 5

5 to 8 p.m., Thursdays, 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.

Kirk Dempsey & Tim Devine

6 p.m. Sunday, June 27, USC Beaufort Center for the Arts lawn. Tickets are $12 for ages 12 and older. Part of the Listen on the Lawn, the USC Beaufort Center for the Arts fundraiser. Bring a chair or blankets, snacks or supper, and beverage of choice. The Lawn will open at 5:30 p.m. for seating. Tickets must be purchased in advance online at https://www.uscbcenterforthearts.com/.

BUSINESS

Six Priorities for the Sandwich Generation

By Wells Fargo Advisors The “Sandwich Generation”—adults caring for aging parents as well as children— faces several stressful challenges that come from trying to juggle everyone’s needs.

One of those top stressors: finances, such as how to cover education and health care costs and still save enough for retirement. The demands often compete with one another—which is why setting clear priorities is so important.

Here are six tips for setting those priorities to help you deliver the support your loved ones need—without shortchanging yourself.

1. Take care of your future first. Saving enough for retirement should be your top priority. You have to take care of your needs before you help your parents and your children.

2. Create or update your investment plan. Create an investment plan

that will help you balance your financial goals with the needs of your children and parents.

Review your budget, analyze your expenses, and set savings targets to help you prioritize planning for an upcoming expense, such as college costs or long-term care for your parents.

3. Review your insurance coverage. Protecting your assets is always a good idea, but it’s even more important when you have two generations depending on you. Make sure you have enough life insurance in case something happens to you to pay off your mortgage and other debt, and to help cover the future living expenses of your dependents. And don’t forget disability insurance: More than a quarter of today’s 20-year-olds will become disabled before they retire, according to

the Council for Disability Awareness.* 4. Check in on your parents’ financial health.

Though it might seem awkward, talk to your parents about their wishes for the future and their financial health.

What financial assets and expenses do they have? How do they plan to meet their financial obligations? Do they have a plan to cover the costs of long-term care?

This conversation can help you determine how much financial support you will need to provide.

Also, make sure your parents have done adequate estate planning, and ask for copies of their will or trust, durable power of attorney, healthcare power of attorney, and advance healthcare directive.

Make sure your own estate-planning documents are complete and updated as well.

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5. Consider reducing financial support for grown children. Many parents still help their grown children with their finances—sometimes even to their detriment. Many young Baby Boomers are still paying their kids’ expenses, cell phone bill, or car insurance. If this is the case for you, talk with your children about the steps they can take to start becoming more financially independent.

6. Look for ways to help reduce your taxes. In some cases, you may be able to claim your aging parents as dependents.

Also check with a tax advisor to see if their medical expenses qualify as a tax deduction. Another way that may benefit your financial bottom line is to set up a 529 Plan account for your children’s education expenses.

New frame shop, gallery open in Beaufort

* https://disabilitycanhappen.org/ overview/ Wells Fargo Advisors is not a tax or legal advisor.

All investing involves risk, including loss of principal. Please consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing in a 529 savings plan. The official statement, which contains this and other information, can be obtained by calling your financial advisor. Read it carefully before you invest.

This article was written by/for Wells Fargo Advisors and provided courtesy of Whitney McDaniel, CFP®, Financial Advisor in Beaufort, SC at [843] 524-1114.

Investments in securities and insurance products are: NOT FDIC-INSURED/NOT BANK-GUARANTEED/MAY LOSE VALUE Wells Fargo Advisors is a trade name used by Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, Member SIPC, a registered broker-dealer and non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. © 2020 Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC. All rights reserved.

From staff reports Fran’s Frame Shop and Gallery, at 1180 Ribault Road in the Magnolia Center, has opened for business.

Owner Fran Sobieski specializes in framing, art restoration, Gullah art, folk art, local historic prints and handmade gifts. Sobieski, a local art dealer for 25 years, has been involved with several Beaufort area galleries, including the Red Piano Too, House of Ahhs and, most recently, the Firehouse Gallery in Port Royal.

Fran’s has a wide assortment of Beaufort County historic nautical maps, photographs, posters and unique original art, as well as an assortment of internationally known Gullah artist Jonathan Green’s prints.

Business hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays; and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, call Fran’s Frame Shop at 843-473-9193 or find her on Facebook.

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Can You Help Their Dream Come True?

Can you help us build an amazing playground for our smallest students?

The padded turf will create land next to the Sea of Galilee.

Peter’s house will have a small climbing wall and five slides.

Our youngest students need a new playground.

Can you help us make this playground a reality?

We would like to build a new school playground for our students, ages 3-5. The children have to cross part of our church parking lot to reach the current playground, and the equipment is nearing the end of its useful life.

We know that most of this paper’s readers are not Catholic, but many of you love to do things that benefit kids. Our school serves children of all faith backgrounds, and this project will bring joy to many children for years to come.

The new playground will be connected to the school, for even more safety. It will feature a fun biblical theme based on the life of the apostle Peter. The children will be able to play in Peter’s house, take a ride in his boat, and even “walk” on water to a child-friendly statue of Jesus!

So far our school has raised more than half of the funds we need, but we are still $25,000 short. If you are moved to help us build this playground, would you please reach out to us at the contact information below? You can also give online or spread the word by visiting the GoFundme page below. Thank you so much!

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The children can climb onto Peter’s boat, which rocks like a see-saw

Like Peter, the children can “walk” on the water toward Jesus!

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THE JOY OF SONG

Scott Gibbs, far right, music director and piano player for the Beaufort Mass Choir, introduces his singing groups assembled from local churches Sunday evening prior to the concert at the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Center for the Arts.

The Beaufort Mass Choir, a mixture of singing talent from area African American churches, entertained with spiritual and ancestral songs.

Photos by Bob Sofaly.

Scott Gibbs, director of music and piano player for the Beaufort Mass Choir, coaxes his singers to hold the ending note during their performance Sunday evening at the USC Beaufort Center for the Arts.

Beaufort High’s Perryman wins 2nd annual Ann Head Literary Prize From staff reports Beaufort High School junior Holland Perryman has been selected as the winner of the second annual Ann Head Literary Prize for her story “Our Toothpick House.”

Perryman will receive a cash prize of $500 and her name will be engraved on the Ann Head Literary Prize plaque to be permanently displayed at Beaufort High School. She will also be honored at the Pat Conroy Literary Festival this fall, where she will have the opportunity to read from her story.

Perryman won by the unanimous vote of the competition’s six judges.

From the judges’ perspectives, Perryman’s story speaks with empathy to the anxieties of this peculiar year and, at the same time, presents a fresh and ultimately life-affirming take on a mother-daughter relationship. Using just the short time frame between when a mother drops off her daughter for her weekly therapy appointment until she must pick up her daughter afterwards, Perryman delves

Beaufort High School junior Holland Perryman has been selected as the winner of the second annual Ann Head Literary Prize.

Photo submitted by Pat Conroy Center. into the mother's feelings of failure, her concerns for her daughter's well being, and her own fears of what their future holds.

According to the judges, such was the accuracy and insight of Perryman's depiction of a mother's thoughts that they all felt they knew and loved this woman. To create a character whose authenticity feels so genuine that a reader truly comes to care about the character is at the heart of ev-

ery fiction writer's craft.

A Beaufort High School junior and the newly elected student body president, Perryman was a finalist for the inaugural Ann Head Literary Prize in 2020 and the recipient of the creative writing award for a competition inspired by the Pat Conroy Literary Center’s March Forth partnership at Beaufort High in 2019. She was selected for the Creative Writing Academy Program at the South Carolina Governor’s Doug Crowley and Lisa Wechsler

School for the Arts and Humanities in 2019.

Perryman is also the first writer, of any age, to be twice featured in the Lowcountry Poets Corner segment of the Telly Award-winning ETV series By the River. Her book reviews and author interviews have been published in the Charleston Post and Courier, Lowcountry Weekly, and the Southern Review of Books.

She is in her second year as the first intern of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center. Perryman is also an accomplished musical theatre actress, a member of the Beaufort High Voices auditioned choir, and captain of the Beaufort High School Girls Varsity Lacrosse Team.

The winning story was chosen from short stories written by students at Beaufort High School and submitted for consideration. The judges were all family members of Ann Head.

About Ann Head Writer Ann Head, the pen name of Anne Wales Christensen Head Morse (1915–

1968), was the granddaughter of Abbie Holmes Christensen, who came to Beaufort during the Civil War to educate the recently freed enslaved populations of the Sea Islands.

Moving back and forth between Boston and Beaufort, Ann carried on the family tradition of bucking traditions and creating new literary forms.

Ann Head was Head Pat Conroy’s first creative writing teacher at Beaufort High School and became Conroy’s mentor, confidante, and friend. She was a central figure in Beaufort’s mid-century literary scene, befriending many of the famous authors who wintered in Beaufort, including Samuel Hopkins Adams (whom she considered her mentor), Somerset Maugham, John Marquand, and Katherine and E. B. White among others.

Head published dozens of short stories and serials in the major national magazines

of her day, with many of her stories set in a small town just like Beaufort. She wrote of divorce, snobbery, affairs both emotional and sexual, prejudice, death, and out-of-wedlock childbirth, championing the non-typical heroines of the magazines that eagerly accepted her work.

In addition, she authored four novels which were published internationally, most notably Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones, a compelling story of teen pregnancy which was on school reading lists for 50 years and is credited with helping create the Young Adult novel genre.

Head died in 1968 at the age of 52, cutting short a vibrant life and promising literary career. The Life of Ann Head was chronicled by her daughter, Nancy Thode, in a lecture originally presented at the Beaufort County Library and now available on YouTube at https://tinyurl. com/annheadpresentation.

Head is the revered subject of the essay “My First Novelist” in the Pat Conroy Cookbook.

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Breast cancer may be thought of as a disease that affects only women. It's the second most common cancer diagnosed in women in the U.S., and it will affect 1 in 8 women, according to the American Cancer Society. Much of the messaging around breast cancer research focuses on the disease in women. However, breast cancer can occur in men, as well. For more information visit Breast self-exam for breast awareness.

An estimated 2,650 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in men this year and 530 men will die from breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. Men diagnosed with breast cancer at an early stage have a good chance for a cure.

Male breast cancer treatment often involves surgery to remove the tumor and surrounding breast tissue. Radiation therapy, hormone therapy and chemotherapy also may be recommended. If you've been diagnosed with breast cancer, your treatment will be based on the stage of your cancer, your overall health and your preferences.

Learn more about the signs, symptoms and risk factors of male breast cancer at https://www.mayoclinic. org/diseases-conditions/ male-breast-cancer/symptoms-causes/

Diagnosing male breast cancer

Start by seeing your family doctor if you notice any unusual signs or symptoms that worry you. If your doctor thinks you may have breast cancer, you may be referred to a doctor who specializes in treating cancer (oncologist).

Your doctor may conduct a number of diagnostic tests and procedures, such as: • Clinical breast exam.

• Imaging tests.

• Removing a sample of breast cells for testing (biopsy). A biopsy is the only definitive way to make a diagnosis of breast cancer. During a biopsy, your doctor uses a specialized needle device guided by X-ray or another imaging test to extract

Breast cancer in men

• Computerized tomography (CT) scan • Positron emission tomography (PET) scan Breast cancer stages range from 0 to IV with 0 indicating cancer that is noninvasive or contained within the milk ducts. Stage IV breast cancer, also called metastatic breast cancer, indicates cancer that has spread to other areas of the body.

Breast cancer staging also takes into account your cancer's grade; the presence of tumor markers, such as receptors for estrogen, progesterone and HER2; and proliferation factors.

a core of tissue from the suspicious area. Biopsy samples are sent to a laboratory for analysis where experts determine whether the cells are cancerous.

A biopsy sample is also analyzed to determine the type of cells involved in the breast cancer, the aggressiveness (grade) of the cancer, and whether the cancer cells have hormone receptors or other receptors that may influence your treatment options.

Other tests and procedures may be recommended depending on your particular situation.

Preparing for your appointment

Because appointments can be brief, and because there's often a lot of ground to cover, it's a good idea to be well-prepared. Here's some information to help you get ready and what to expect from your doctor.

What you can do • Be aware of any pre-appointment restrictions, such as not eating solid food for a period of time before your appointment.

• Write down your symptoms, including any that may seem unrelated to the reason why you scheduled the appointment.

• Write down your key medical information, including other conditions.

• Write down key personal information, including any recent life changes.

• Make a list of all your medications, vitamins and supplements.

• Ask a relative or friend to accompany you, to help you remember what the doctor says.

• Write down questions to ask your doctor. List your questions from most important to least important in case time runs out.

For male breast cancer, some basic questions to ask your doctor include: • What type of breast cancer do I have?

• What is the stage of my cancer?

• Has my cancer spread be-

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Treatment

An estimated 2,650 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in men this year and 530 men will die from breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. yond the breast?

• Can my cancer be cured?

• Will I need more tests?

• What are my treatment options?

• What are the potential side effects of each option?

• Is there a treatment option you feel is best for me?

• How long will cancer treatment last?

• How will cancer treatment affect my daily life?

• I have these other health conditions. How can I best manage them together?

• Should I see a specialist?

What will that cost, and will my insurance cover it?

• Are there any brochures or other printed material that I can take with me?

What websites do you recommend?

In addition to the questions that you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask questions that occur to you during your appointment.

agnosed your breast cancer, he or she works to establish the extent (stage) of your cancer. Your cancer's stage helps determine your prognosis and the best treatment options.

Tests and procedures used to stage breast cancer may include: • Bone scan

To determine your treatment options, your doctor considers your cancer's stage, your overall health and your preferences. Male breast cancer treatment often involves surgery and may also include other treatments.

Coping and support

Receiving a cancer diagnosis can be shocking and upsetting. With time you'll find ways to cope with the stress and challenges of cancer and cancer treatment. Until then, you might find it helpful to consider: • Talking with someone.

You may feel comfortable discussing your feelings with a friend or family member, or you might

Excerpted from an article by Laurel Kelly, Mayo Clinic https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic. org/discussion/consumer-healthbreast-cancer-in-men/

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Kimberly Stockstill, APRN, FNP-BC

to Beaufort Memorial Lowcountry Medical Group Board-certified nurse practitioner Kimberly Stockstill has joined the gastroenterology team at Beaufort Memorial Lowcountry Medical Group, helping meet the demand for GI services in the community.

Determining the extent of the cancer

Once your doctor has di-

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prefer meeting with a formal support group. Support groups for the families of cancer survivors also are available.

Prayer or meditation.

You can pray or mediate on your own or receive guidance from a spiritual adviser or from an instructor.

Exercise. Gentle exercise may help boost your mood and make you feel better. Ask your doctor to recommend appropriate exercise.

Creative activities. Certain activities, such as art, dance and music, may help you feel less distressed. Some cancer centers have specially trained professionals who can guide you through these activities.

Relaxation exercises.

Relaxation exercises help refocus your mind and help you relax. Relaxation exercises include guided imagery and progressive muscle relaxation. You can do relaxation exercises on your own, with an instructor or by listening to a recording that guides you through the exercises.

Stockstill brings broad experience to the practice. No stranger to Beaufort Memorial, she served as a charge nurse in the hospital’s emergency department from 2003 to 2011. Afterward she was a nursing supervisor at a regional hospital while obtaining her advanced degrees and most recently was employed as a primary care nurse practitioner at a family practice.

A Mississippi Gulf Coast native, Stockstill earned both a Master of Nursing in the family nurse practitioner specialty track and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Chamberlain University in Downers Grove, Illinois.

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PTSD's long-term impact on mental health

With June being PTSD Awareness Month and June 27th marking National PTSD Awareness Day, now is a crucial time to bring awareness to this complex disorder… to encourage conversations on the topic and to encourage our leaders to find healthy solutions and offer support to those struggling with it every day.

Dr. Teralyn Sell, Psychotherapist and brain health expert, touches on the impact that PTSD has on one’s longterm mental health and how loved ones and colleagues can support those struggling with it. “PTSD's impact on mental health still hasn’t hit mainstream understanding.” says Dr. Sell. “However, as we learn more about symptomology we begin to see a few more common signs that someone may be impacted by a traumatic experience such as depression and anxiety, problems sleeping, being triggered by a smell, sound or memory, disinterest in things that used to bring joy, being withdrawn, negativity, irritability, risky behavior and addictions to name a few.”

Here are some common symptoms of PTSD that we should all be aware of:

Symptom #1: Sensory Triggers

Your senses do a great job of alerting us to danger. For instance, we smell milk to see if it is spoiled and recoil if it smells off. Often a trauma event is linked to a particular smell. A common smell is that of gunfire. However, a pneumatic nail gun also smells like gunfire. This could trigger a flashback or a body sensation of tenseness or anxiety.

Other things like perfumes or deodorants can do the same thing. The limbic system (emotional center) of the brain is triggered by smell and induces positive and negative memories. Instead, grab an essential oil that is grounding such as lavender or chamomile. It will trigger a relaxation response when you are triggered by smell.

Symptom #2: Hypervigilance

Hypervigilance is a state of alertness. If you find yourself tense in public, scanning your surroundings for threats or

exits you might be experiencing hypervigilance. Avoiding people and places can also be a sign of hypervigilance. Notice what your body is telling you, do you tense up in public, does your heart race or do your hands get sweaty? This could be a hypervigilant response to your environment.

Instead, engage in some guided positive relaxation prior to going out into public. You can easily include some yoga stretches to help impact your vagus nerve (nervous system superhighway) and head out of the home in a more relaxed state to begin with. If you find yourself becoming hypervigilant using long exhaled breathing and positive mantras to help you out.

Symptom #3: Sleep Trouble

Having problems sleeping is a hallmark of PTSD. Sometimes, you can’t turn your brain off to fall asleep, or you wake up from a nightmare or in a state of panic. There is a lot of emerging research that suggests cortisol levels may be to blame for these kinds of symptoms. Cortisol (stress

careTALK© Don’t drink sugar calories. Sugary drinks are

among the most fattening items you can put into your body. This is because your brain doesn’t measure calories from liquid sugar the same way it does for solid

hormone) doesn’t allow our bodies to fall asleep. Cortisol is trying to find the threat, even at night.

Additionally, our minds are trying to process events and emotions during the night which can account for the nightmares. Try doing some breathing exercises before bed or when you wake up.

Your heart is tied directly to your breath. If your heart is beating more than 100BPMs it will kick in adrenaline and cortisol and then you are in fight or flight mode before bed, sleep is elusive at that point. Instead, turn down your heart rate by using long, slow exhales (exhaling slows down your heart rate) for about 10 minutes.

Here are 3 tips on managing PTSD and how loved ones can support someone struggling with it:

Tip #1: Seek Appropriate Trauma Counseling

Let’s face it, not all therapists are skilled in trauma work. So, it is important to dig a little deeper into your selection of a therapist that

is skilled in trauma work.

There are several types of evidenced-based trauma treatment available so make sure you ask the therapist ‘what type of trauma therapy are you trained in and skilled in?’. Go ahead and ask the therapist if they have had any supervision for their trauma therapy skill set. Ask them how long the training was and did they do all parts of the training or only some. You would be surprised to learn that not all therapists have done full training with supervision components for trauma therapy.

Tip #2: Keep Your Thinking Brain Online All Day

There are many ways you can work on reducing stress response and dialing down your nervous system. One easy way to keep your thinking brain online is to keep cortisol levels in check. Make sure to eat protein every 2 hours. This will not only stabilize your blood sugar but will also fuel your brain’s neurotransmitters. Stable blood sugar will keep your fight or flight in check and not trigger adrenaline or cortisol.

Tip #3: Validate Your Loved One’s Emotions

If you support your loved one who has been through trauma, it's important to validate their lived experience and emotions around that experience. Instead of telling that person to ‘get over it’ or engaging in argumentative behavior about it, take a step back and ask the person how you can assist them. Better yet, reflect on how the person is feeling and support their emotional expression. Encouraging them to seek help in such a way that is supportive, not punitive, and certainly not during an argument.

Dr. Teralyn holds a PhD in Psychology and Master's degree in Psychology. She is not a medical doctor. Information found on this website is not meant to diagnose, treat or cure disease or replace your relationships with medical or psychological professionals. In addition to being a Lifestyle Coach and a Licensed Therapist, she is an author of the book “Kick Off Your Damn Heels!” How to Quit Anxiety and Live a Badass Life. As the host of the edgy and inspiring national podcast series, Kick Off Your Damn Heels, Dr. Sells delivers real-life advice for anyone struggling with anxiety who wants holistic options. Source: https://drteralyn.com/

Did You Know . . .

food. Therefore, when you drink soda, you end up eating more total calories. Sugary drinks are strongly associated with obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and many other health problems. Keep in mind that

certain fruit juices may be almost as bad as soda in this regard, as they sometimes contain just as much sugar. Their small amounts of antioxidants do not negate the sugar’s harmful effects.

Drink some water, especially before meals

nih.gov/14671205/ and https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm. nih.gov/17519319/) note that it can increase metabolism by 24–30% over 1–1.5 hours. This can amount to 96 additional calories burned if you drink 8.4 cups

Drinking enough water can have numerous benefits. Surprisingly, it can boost the number of calories you burn. Two studies (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.

(2 liters) of water per day.

The optimal time to drink it is before meals. One study showed that downing 2.1 cups (500 ml) of water 30 minutes before each meal increased weight loss by 44%

Healthy Recipes

Chicken strips with honey mustard sauce Dietitian's tip: By using skinless, boneless chicken breast instead of chicken wings, you cut fat and saturated fat in half and save more than 100 calories.

Number of servings Serves 4

Ingredients For the strips: 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, each 4 ounces and cut into 3 strips 1/4 cup skim milk 1/4 cup all-purpose (plain) flour

1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper 2 tablespoons canola oil For the sauce:

Nutritional analysis per serving

1/2 cup honey

Serving size: 3 strips and 3 tablespoons sauce

1/4 cup Dijon mustard

Directions In a large bowl, add the chicken strips. Pour the milk over the chicken and mix to coat well. Place in a single layer on wax paper.

Total carbohydrate 41 g Dietary fiber Trace Sodium 254 mg Saturated fat 1 g Total fat 10 g Trans fat Trace

Cholesterol 83 mg Protein 27 g Monounsaturated fat 5 g Calories 362 Total sugars 35 g Added sugars 0 g

In a small bowl, mix together the flour and pepper. Sprinkle over the chicken strips, turning the chicken to coat evenly. Shake to remove excess.

Source: By Mayo Clinic Staff. This recipe is one of 50 collected in "The Mayo Clinic Kids' Cookbook," published by Good Books.

In a large, nonstick frying pan, heat the canola oil over medium-high heat. Place the chicken strips in an even layer in the pan. Sauté 2 to 3 minutes a side, or until golden brown.

Remove and place on paper towels to drain.

To make the dipping sauce, combine the honey and Dijon mustard in a small bowl. Stir to mix evenly.

Study shows obesity may increase risk of long-term complications of COVID-19

Among COVID-19 survivors, risk of hospital admission after the acute phase of the disease was 30% higher in patients with obesity A Cleveland Clinic study shows that survivors of COVID-19 who have moderate or severe obesity may have a greater risk of experiencing long-term consequences of

the disease, compared with patients who do not have obesity.

The study was recently published online in the journal of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.

Multiple studies have identified obesity as a risk factor for developing a severe form of COVID-19 that may require hospital admission, intensive

care, and ventilator support in the early phase of the disease.

Obesity, which is a complex disease caused by multiple factors, is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, blood clots and lung conditions. In addition, obesity weakens the immune system and creates a chronic inflammatory state. Those

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conditions can lead to poor outcomes after an infection with SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19.

The study found that a health condition called postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) is an extremely common problem in COVID-19 survivors. Specifically, during a 10-month follow-up after the acute phase of COVID-19, 44% of the study participants had required hospital admission and 1% died.

Furthermore, results show that compared with patients with

normal BMI, the risk of hospital admission was 28% and 30% higher in patients with moderate and severe obesity, respectively. The need for diagnostic tests to assess different medical problems, compared with patients with normal BMI, was 25% and 39% higher in patients with moderate and severe obesity, respectively.

More specifically, the need for diagnostic tests to assess cardiac, pulmonary, vascular, renal, gastrointestinal, and mental health problems was significantly higher in patients

with a BMI of 35 or greater, compared with normal BMI patients.

Future studies are planned to confirm findings of this study that obesity is a major risk factor for the development of PASC and determine the long-term and rigorous follow-up that patients with obesity need after a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Source: https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2021/06/03/study-showsobesity-may-increase-risk-of-longterm-complications-of-covid-19/

EDUCATION

FLY, EAGLES FLY!

Above: Junior Marshall, left, leads the top 10 graduating seniors to their seats as the Commencement Exercises of the Beaufort High School Class of 2021 got under way Monday evening at Eagles Stadium. BHS graduated 256 seniors.

Right: Beaufort County School Superintendent Frank Rodgriguez, left, congratulates Caleb Ernest Henry, center, as the top ranked graduating senior during Commencement Exercises for the Beaufort High School Class of 2021 on Monday evening at Eagles Stadium. At right is Zoe Faith Pejsa, the No. 2 senior, waiting her turn to cross the stage. Photos by Bob Sofaly.

Culinary Institute to hold Enrollment Expo on Thursday From staff reports Is food your first love?

Looking to take your skills to the next level?

If so, now’s your chance to learn more about one of the region’s most exciting new culinary schools – the Culinary Institute of the South at Technical College of the Lowcountry.

The college will host an Enrollment Expo for pro-

spective students on Thursday, June 17, at its New River Campus in Bluffton.

“What a great time to enroll with this program, and what a great time to be in this business,” said Chef Miles Huff, Dean of the institute.

As the tourism and hospitality industry continues to emerge from the pandemic, there’s been an ongoing demand for workers – especial-

ly employees with the right skills set, Huff said.

“Wages are up 30 percent and often come with a signon bonus, and that’s just from a few months ago,” he said.

While the Culinary Institute is set to open this fall, enrollment has already begun. In fact, a number of students have already started moving through the institute’s “fast-track” summer

program which began this month.

As Huff explained, students enrolled in the expedited program take four classes in just seven weeks putting them at the head of the class when the institute opens this fall.

At the upcoming Expo, those interested in attending the institute will have an opportunity to learn more

about its three program areas: Baking & Pastry, Culinary and Hospitality.

In addition, information on scholarships and financial aid as well as application assistance will be provided on-site. And the best part of all – faculty and staff will be on hand to answer any questions prospective students may have, Huff said.

“The admissions team will

be available to talk to you about your next steps and walk you through the enrollment process,” he said. “And our chefs will be available to discuss our programs.”

The Expo is 4 to 6 p.m., Thursday, June 17, at the New River Campus, 100 Community Drive, in Bluffton. For additional details and to RSVP visit www.tcl.edu/exporsvp.

Battery Creek High honored by MUSC’s Boeing Center

From staff reports The Medical University of South Carolina’s Boeing Center for Children’s Wellness (BCCW) awarded Battery Creek High School with its 2021 Grand Prize Wellness Award on Wednesday, June 9 at the school.

School administrators, wellness committee members,

students, faculty and staff were present for the presentation by MUSC Boeing Center for Children’s Wellness program coordinator Magie Young.

The MUSC BCCW SchoolBased Wellness Initiative engages schools and districts in creating a culture of wellness by utilizing the School Well-

ness Checklist, which serves as a guide to choose evidence-based wellness strategies and resources that meet the needs of a school community. Schools earn points based on the number of strategies and activities they implement, and are awarded funds based on the number of points earned.

EDUCATION BRIEFS

8 from Beaufort on USC Beaufort’s Spring 2021 Academic Honor List

Eight students from Beaufort made the University of South Carolina Beaufort's Spring 2021 Academic Honor Lists.

• Tonna Gallagher (29906) was named to the Chancellor's List; • Mariela Moreno Nava (29906) was named to the Chancellor's List; • Madison Negrin (29906) was named to the Chancellor's List; • Timothy Sullivan (29907) was named to the Chancellor's List; • Kathryn Bosley (29907) was named to the President's List; • Ariel Brosnan (29906) was named to the President's List; • Molly Hoffman (29902) was named to the President's List; • Melissa Marable (29906) was named to the President's List.

USCB is the fastest growing fouryear institution within the University of South Carolina System. It offers 20 baccalaureate degrees on three campuses – Bluffton, Beaufort and Hilton Head Island.

3 from Beaufort make Wofford College Dean's List for spring 2021

Michael J. Sosulski, provost of Wofford College, has announced Dean's List students for the spring 2021 semester, and it includes three students from Beaufort – Caroline Quinn Fleming, Kathleen H. Simkins and Paige Marie Zeigler.

To be named to the Dean's List, a student must be enrolled for at least 12 semester hours of graded courses and attain a semester grade point average of 3.6 or higher.

Wofford College, established in 1854, is a four-year, residential liberal arts college located in Spartanburg, S.C.

This is the first year BCSD partook in this initiative, with 15 schools participating. Coosa Elementary, Bluffton Middle, and Battery Creek High schools were named as top three finalists. Battery Creek High School was named Grand Prize Winner and will be awarded $1,000 (as well as an additional $1,000 for earn-

Beaufort’s Shepherd named to Alabama Presidents List

William Shepherd was named to The University of Alabama Presidents List for Spring Semester 2021.

A total of 11,813 students enrolled during the spring 2021 term at The University of Alabama made the Dean's List with academic records of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale), or the President's List with academic records of 4.0 (all A's).

The UA Dean's and President's lists recognize full-time undergraduate students.

Beaufort native named to Slippery Rock spring 2021 Dean's List

Slippery Rock (Pa.) University has announced its dean's list for the spring 2021 semester, and it includes Beaufort’s Deleah Gibson.

The dean's list consists of SRU undergraduate students who earned

ing the most points in the district).

The funds awarded will go to Battery Creek High School’s wellness committee to help support and expand future wellness initiatives.

“Battery Creek High School had been working to create a culture of wellness even before they began participating

an adjusted semester grade-point average of 3.5 or higher, based on a schedule of at least 12 newly attempted and earned credits.

8 from Beaufort among more than 2,100 on Coastal Carolina Dean's List

More than 2,100 undergraduate students at Coastal Carolina University were named to the Dean's List for the Spring 2021 semester.

Students who make the Dean's List have achieved a grade point average between 3.5-3.99 for the semester. Among those students are eight from Beaufort: • Jaliyah Bates, a Psychology major (29906).

• Sierra Herb, a Health Administration major (29902).

• Devin Hyatt, a Information Technology major (29907).

• Xavier Jackson, a Theatre major (29902).

• Derek Kidd, a Recreation and Sport Management major

in the initiative,” Young said in a release. “But through their participation in the initiative, Battery Creek High School has further embedded wellness into the day-to-day lives of students and staff which will have long-lasting positive impacts on both health and academic outcomes for their school community.”

(29906).

• Tiffany Linton, a Exercise and Sport Science major (29906).

• Joseph Mooney, a Music major (29902).

• Daniel Richards, a Sociology major (29907).

Coastal Carolina University is a dynamic, public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, located just minutes from the resort area of Myrtle Beach.

2 from Beaufort among nearly 900 on President's List at Coastal Carolina

Almost 900 undergraduate students at Coastal Carolina University were named to the President's List for the Spring 2021 semester.

Students who made the President's List achieved a 4.0 GPA for the semester. Among those students were two from Beaufort – Will Durbin, a Political Science major (29907), and Zoe Lyons, a Marine Science major (29906).

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Team Beaufort’s Hala headed to Tokyo

By Mike McCombs When C.J. Cummings competes in the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo next month, he won’t be the Beaufort-trained weightlifter representing his country in Japan.

Lebanese-born Mahassen Hala, who also trains with Coach Ray Jones and Team Beaufort at the Foundry, will be the first female to represent

her country in weightlifting in the Olympic Games.

“TOKYO 2021 It's official!

In 43 days I will become the first female weightlifter in the Lebanon's history to compete at the Olympic Games,” Hala posted on her Facebook page shortly after 8 a.m., Thursday, June 10. “I am at a loss for words, but am filled with gratitude for so many people

who have supported me and played a role in getting to this moment. Thank you all!”

Hala, who has been lifting since 2004, made the decision in 2017 to move from Beruit to Beaufort with her husband, Ryan Paiva, to train full time with Coach Jones to prepare for the 2017 World Championships, where she turned in a top-10 finish.

“Coach Ray has been a game changer for me and my career,” Hala said in a 2019 interview with abouther.com.

“Not only have I gotten stronger, I have remained injury free. It is a difficult sacrifice to live away from my husband who I see for only a few days each month, but we are both very committed to each other and our dream.”

Team Beaufort’s Mahassen Hala will represent Lebanon in the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Submitted photo.

OUT AT HOME

Athletics’ catcher Blake Gruel puts the tag on the Braves’ Tyler Wester for the out in the bottom of the third inning during the opening game of the Beaufort County Adult Baseball League’s summer season on Tuesday at Burton Wells Recreational Center. The game, tied at 4 after 5 ½ innings, had to be suspended because the lights wouldn’t come on. It will be completed at a later date. Photo by Bob Sofaly.

Beaufort all-stars compete in O-Zone tourney LowcoSports.com Beaufort’s all-stars competed in the Dixie Youth Baseball O-Zone (11-12) district tournament over the weekend at The Crossings Park on Hilton Head Island.

Beaufort dropped its opener 15-0 to eventual champion Hilton Head on Friday and lost a tough 3-2 matchup with Bluffton in an elimination game Saturday.

The Beaufort all-stars couldn’t get anything going against a strong Hilton Head pitching staff that did not allow a single run in three games en route to the district title.

Bluffton eliminated Beaufort with a hard-fought 3-2 win in a pitching duel marked by outstanding defense from both teams. Cam Howard went the distance on the mound for Beaufort.

Beaufort’s James Williams delivers a pitch in the Dixie Youth Baseball O-Zone (11-12) district tournament opener against Hilton Head. Photo by Justin Jarrett / LowcoSports.com.

Beaufort’s all-star teams are competing in the AA Coach Pitch (7-8) tourna-

ment in Walterboro and the Minors (9-10) tournament in Bluffton this week.

Beaufort’s Best

Beaufort weightlifter and native C.J. Cummings, left, is all smiles as he receives a City of Beaufort Resolution from fellow Beaufort native, Mayor Stephen Murray, honoring him for his weightlifting accomplishments Tuesday, June 8, at City Hall. Cummings, 21, trains with Coach Ray Jones at The Foundry in Beaufort. He will compete for Team USA in the 2020 Summer Olympics to be held Friday, July 23 through Aug. 8 in Tokyo. City of Beaufort photo.

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Re-reading Dennett reminds me of Theroux T here is a writer — Paul Theroux — who once took epic railway trips.

His books Old Patagonia Express and The Great Railway Bazaar are two books that I have read, with enthusiasm, more than once.

Theroux’s descriptions of ancient steam engines and open-windowed carriages are satisfying. But the passengers are the real reason to page through his non-fiction.

Theroux let the passengers talk and then (back in his hotel room) wrote-up these conversations. And these conversations told one everything about the social landscape in Japan, India, Thailand, Argentina.

I’ve always wanted to encounter complete strangers, get their stories, but when I’m on Amtrak, my aging face is usually planted in a legal file.

Earlier this week I was reminded of Paul Theroux as I re-read John Richard Dennett who (in 1865) got a gig from The Nation to write on the de-

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The Nation published my first magazine article, “A Blight Hits Black Farmers” in 1978.

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feated, destitute Confederacy.

His interviews are collected in “The South As It Is.” In November of 1865, Dennett found himself on Hilton Head Island described as “a neat, whitewashed town, built there in the sand by the quartermasters and sutlers during the last four years, with its hospitals, and storehouses, and machine shops, and offices. … losing its importance and sinking back into the quiet dullness of its natural condition.”

From Hilton Head, Dennett took a one-hour trip by packet boat to Beaufort, and then went over to St Helena Island.

And on St Helena he talked with former slaves (called

Freedman) as well as a just-arrived northerner entrepreneur who was attempting to cultivate cotton.

“To them (Freedman) he proposed that they should work for him for wages in money; they proposed that he should give them half the crop as their wages, which he refused to do.”

The Freedmen relied on Order No. 8 from General Saxton that specified that anyone working ‘shares’ should get one-half of the cotton raised.

While this dispute was under way the former slaves had moved back into their homes on the plantation, and now the new owner demanded that they leave these homes

or sign his contract.

“The threat alone was sufficient, and the signatures of the laborers were at once given.”

But the just arrived planter discovered their were other problems — a summer drought and an August invasion of caterpillars “made for a very unsatisfactory result.”

In addition to natural setbacks, the Freedman did not want to go into the marshes and collect mud and marsh grass and use this mixture to fertilize the cotton fields.

According to another northern planter, “The collection of marsh grass and marsh mud for manure is a branch of farm work comparatively disagreeable, and the Negroes will not undertake it except at a price which is altogether exorbitant.”

While all of these factors reduced cotton production on St Helena, the Freedman’s Bureau was subdividing the

large plantations and selling small tracts, 5- and 10-acre parcels, to the former slaves for $5 an acre.

When the Freedman got their piece of land, they also got a measure of independence. They could grow corn, sweet potatoes and string beans and not be wholly dependent on their employer.

They didn’t like hauling mud out of the marshes and now, for the first time, they could say “no.”

“The gentleman who carried on this plantation was of the opinion that before cotton-raising in the Sea Islands could become either a profitable or pleasant occupation it would be necessary to make a complete change in the system of labor. The fault of the present plan lay in the fact that the employer had no control over his laborers. They worked when they pleased and at what they pleased and only so long as they pleased.

It was a fault that made the

system almost unendurable.”

Cotton, as a crop, did not immediately leave Beaufort County but it began its migration to Texas and California where large tract, mechanically assisted farming made it profitable. Eventually the Boll Weevil arrived and forever ended the dominance of long staple, Sea Island cotton as a local export. These days India and China outproduce Texas, California, Mississippi and Arizona.

After leaving Beaufort, Dennett traveled west to Louisiana, sharing railroad carriages with penniless planters, former slaves and former Confederate soldiers.

He eventually sent 36 articles back to The Nation. He worked as an editor for The Nation until shortly before his death in 1874.

Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. He can be reached at cscottgraber@gmail.com.

Men can thrive without bashing women

y elementary school principal, Hal Howington, called me into his office. I’d written a “love letter” of the typical grade-school variety (“I like you. Do you like me, yes or no”) and responded to my beloved’s rejection by re-sending my note with a not-very-nice pejorative scrawled across the bottom of the page.

“You can’t do that, Terry,” Mr. Howington said. “Just because a girl doesn’t like you doesn’t mean you can call her a bad name. It happens to us all. You’ll see as you grow older.”

He was right. I apologized to her. For the next few years, basically, I gave up on every female who wasn’t in the lingerie section of the Sears catalogs that came to our house.

I grew up. I loved. I lost. I learned. I don’t guess every guy makes that transition

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ivil, civility and civilization.

Interestingly, all three words derive from the same root, stemming from the Latin word civis, which means "citizen."

The Merriam Webster dictionary defines civility as civilized conduct, courtesy or politeness. A civilization is based on the premise that civil folks may disagree without relinquishing their civility, which allows the civis to live in peace and harmony. These are critical elements to maintaining our democratic republic.

Using common-sense thinking, it seems to me that a civil society would be one where all manner of ideas can be discussed and even criticized without risk of the citizens in question being physically attacked.

It would NOT be a “civilization” where criticism of the government or its leaders is not permitted; where citizens are prohibited from reading certain books, and from saying certain criticisms

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relatively unscathed.

The harbinger for me was radio host Tom Leykis.

His show in the mid-to-late 1990s was libertarian, bawdy and, frequently, decidedly anti-woman.

Much of his airtime was dedicated to talking about how women take advantage of men who are soft-hearted – or just dumb – and how the court system is no place of refuge. His listeners, mostly loud-mouthed carbon copies of their radio idol, queued up to share their own stories of conniving women and the piles of money lost to feminine manipulations.

I lost track of Leykis and his cohort for years afterward. It was only in recent weeks that I discovered a fresh wave of YouTube and podcast hosts spreading the word to guileless men to beware these scheming temptresses.

First was Kevin Samuels.

A friend sent a link to me of a video clip showing a welldressed Black man berating a woman on her opinions on dating and what she “brought to the table” compared to what she expected of the kind of man she was hoping to meet.

He badgered her over her weight and appearance. I thought to myself, “Who the hell IS this guy? And WHY would anyone subject themselves to this?”

Samuels describes himself as an “image consultant” for regular men who don’t know how to dress and otherwise prepare themselves for the

kind of high-end lifestyles they desire. Yahoo called him a “YouTube sensation,” which aligns with the popularity of his diss sessions on the channel – he has more than 950,000 subscribers.

He seemingly aspires to motivate men how to become “high value,” but most of his videos are just verbal attacks on women for being overweight and over ambitious in their dating outlook. (Men don’t get off scot-free; one of his earliest viral videos was his belittling a caller for being overweight, not making enough money and having a small penis.

Dude’s really got a thing about weight.)

On the heels of discovering Samuels I found the Fresh and Fit podcast out of Miami. On their YouTube page, the hosts promise to “provide the TRUTH to dating, fitness, social media, finances, and overall male

improvement. … (and to) teach you how to fully optimize the dating market by specifying topics that relate to female psychology.”

Sounded interesting on paper, but the clips I watched typically involved the hosts, Myron Gaines and Walter Weekes (a.k.a. Fresh Prince CEO), inviting good-natured party girls onto their show to tell them how useless they are.

The shows typically feature snarky comments submitted by male viewers bashing the women and urging Gaines to “go Frank Castle” (alter-ego of the Punisher comic book character) to forcefully remove female guests who sober up enough to defend themselves.

Then I found Richard Cooper’s Entrepreneurs in Cars.

There’s not much more to his clips than Cooper driving around talking to a GoPro, helping men understand

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about Abrahamic religions, and where such utterances are met with certain torture, imprisonment, or death.

Unfortunately, many such so-called civil societies and nations no longer meet the core requisites of civility and tolerance.

Belief, and its synonym, “faith,” are powerful emotional forces. History illustrates that such forces can literally move mountains.

But such beliefs/faiths do not necessary equate to Truth, with a capital T. Indeed, all too often deeply held faith contradicts Truth.

Among the definitions of “faith” in Webster’s dictionary are “a firm belief in something for which there is no proof; complete trust;

without doubt or question …”

The British politician, writer and diarist Tony Benn said “Faith is something you die for; a doctrine is something you kill for; there is all the difference in the world.” The influential British philosopher Bertrand Russell said “Man is a credulous animal and must believe in something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.”

In discussing the controversial anthropologist Teilhard de Chardin’s notions of cultural “beliefs,” Peter Medawar opined “… if it were an innocent, passive gullibility, it would be excusable; but all too often it is an active willingness to be deceived.”

Logicians and philosophers discriminate faith/ belief from truth by this simple principle: to accept a proposition as true, there must be some degree of evidence that it is so. The greatest chasm between Faith and Truth rests on propositions for which there

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is no evidence, nor is the juxtaposition of such evidence required for a belief/faith to be accepted as truth by the believer.

Today, large constellations of otherwise good and sound folks too easily believe in a proposition that evidentially is untrue. To wit: This country’s republic form of government is under vicious attack by adherents of “The Big Lie.” A false belief in what is blatantly a falsehood, and which has been proven to be so. What remains a mystery is how so many Americans are blinded into believing an invention that is demonstrably a fiction.

I would remind our readers of the axiom of the world’s most successful (and evil) propogandist, Heinrich Himmler, one of the leaders of Nazi Germany’s National Socialist Party: “Yell a lie loud enough and long enough, and some people will believe it.” And that, my fellow Americans is exactly what is engaging the national political discourse today.

How about we reverse Himmler’s axiom: “Yell a TRUTH loud enough and long enough, and some folks will believe it!” Perhaps this is the only remedy against the metastasizing cancer of The Big Lie, which is eating away at the soul of so many of our citizens, characterized by incivility and the belief in more lies.

Recall the sage words of Simon and Garfunkel: “I have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles such are promises.

All LIES in jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. LIES, LIES, LIES.” I understand why these power-hungry know-nothings are engaging in such a destructive game; singularly to gain and retain POWER. What I may never understand is why so many normal citizens readily accept these false beliefs as truth. Perhaps because Truth really is stranger than Fiction.

Psychologists, neurologist, linguists, philosophers can

“how to make better choices with life, money and women so they don't make a train wreck in their life.”

For Cooper, a train wreck means marrying a single woman with children or any other way a man gets played for his hard-earned wealth.

Yeesh.

After a short survey of this genre, I’ve concluded it is a lot of self-pitying, misogynist nonsense disguised as male empowerment. Maybe my opinion is to be expected from the kind of guy these jokers would call a beta. Or is it delta? I’m not an alpha, certainly not a sigma.

Dating is not for the faint of heart, but it’s not a blood sport. Men and women are not adversaries.

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.

wrestle with why otherwise rational humans can hold strong beliefs in, and have unwavering faith in, transparently deceptive notions.

Belief/faith is a phenomenon that is a mystery of the human brain and spirit, which I cannot wrap my reason around. But, I do understand the power that derives from whatever it is that underpins this malady.

Historically, dictators and demagogues have succeeded because they convince others that their false delusions are “Truth.” That is, the ability to turn paranoid fantasies and megalomaniacal delusions into a toxic belief.

Are you listening out there?

Superman had his beliefs right, and in the correct order: “Truth, Justice and The American Way!” “Well, all I know is what I read in the newspapers.” – Will Rogers.

David M. Taub was Mayor of Beaufort from 1990 through 1999 and served as a Beaufort County Magistrate from 2010 to 2015. You can reach him at david.m.taub42@gmail.com.

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GONE FISHING

United States Marines and their dependents participate in the air station’s inaugural fishing derby aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort on Saturday, June 5. Marines and their dependents took to Scout Pond to test their skills against each other over the course of two days. Events like these are integral to boosting unit morale, they give Marines a chance to get outside, be competitive, and meet new friends. Photo by Lance Cpl. Nicholas Buss/USMC.

End-of-Life Planning and VA Hospice Program

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he June 3rd article covered the eligibility criteria and the definition of hospice. Last week’s article explained the four levels of hospice care, pain emergency, some of the palliative treatments, and the importance of hospice volunteers. This week’s column will provide a summary of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospice program.

The five-star rated Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (RHJVAMC) in Charleston, SC provides many types of world-class Geriatric and Extended Care services to Veterans.

VA hospice care is one of those types of care. VA hospice care is available to all Veterans who are eligible and enrolled in VA health care, regardless of their disability rating. Hospice is one of the benefits of the Veteran Health Administration’s Basic Medical Benefits Package.

According to page 4 of the Hospice Veteran Partnership Tool Kit, all Medicare-eligible Veterans, whether or not they are enrolled in VHA, have access to hospice care through Medicare. Veterans not eligible for Medicare may have hospice benefits through Medicaid or other private insurance. Unfortunately, like 90% of all Americans, most Veterans simply don’t know that these options exist.

According to the VA web site at www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/pages/Hospice_Care. asp, VA hospice care is comfort care provided to you and your family, if you have a terminal condition, with less than six months to live, if the disease takes its normal course, and you are no longer seeking treatment other than palliative (pain and discomfort control) care. The VA’s multi-disciplinary team approach to hospice care helps Veterans live fully until they die. The VA works closely with community and home hospice agencies to provide care in the veteran’s home. All Veterans enrolled in VA health

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care are eligible for hospice care, if they meet the clinical eligibility criteria for hospice.

There are no copays for VA hospice care, whether it is provided by the VA or one its contract organizations.

Veterans can choose to have insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurance pay for VA hospice care or have the VA pay for the care.

The VA will pay for Nursing Home Care for Veteran hospice patients if the patient is eligible for hospice care and nursing home level of care. Hospice care can be provided wherever the Veteran lives including the home of the Veteran or caregiver, assisted living and long-term care facilities, community nursing homes, community hospitals, VA community living centers, and VA medical centers.

Under VA hospice care, there is no consideration of any kind (cost for example) that limits the amount of palliative care an enrolled Veteran hospice patient can safely receive. Even though the Veteran agrees to end curative treatment for the terminal diagnosis, VA hospice patients can receive palliative surgery, chemo therapy, radiation therapy, blood transfusion, fluid withdrawal, and other such treatments to improve quality of life and function, or to control pain concurrently with hospice. Veterans can also continue to receive dialysis, if the terminal diagnosis is not end-stage renal disease, or to treat health conditions that are not part of the patient’s terminal disease.

The goal of VA hospice care is to allow the patient to live his or her remaining life as free of pain and discomfort as possible, in the

patient’s home or in an inpatient facility like a Skilled Nursing Facility or a VA Inpatient Facility. The RHJVAMC’s inpatient hospice unit is called Liberty Hall, which is located next to the Patriots Harbor Community Living Center (skilled nursing unit) in the VA Medical Center in Charleston.

The VA’s Liberty Hall Hospice facility and Patriots Harbor are located in the RHJVAMC at 109 Bee Street, Charleston, SC 29401. Liberty Hall and Patriots Harbor have a Patriots Harbor family break room, library, large deck, juke box, activities room, media room, computers, card tables, and other comfort and recreational areas and equipment. Patriots Harbor also has a separate bereavement room for families. Most inpatient hospice patients are in advanced stages of their illness, but if the veteran is well enough, Patriots Harbor may provide opportunities for bowling, fishing, horseback riding, escorted trips to Walmart, and other similar activities for inpatients after the COVID-19 pandemic has ended. Liberty Hall can accommodate seven hospice patients.

Normally RHJVAMC hospice program provides background checked, trained, motivated, kind, compassionate, and empathetic volunteers to help care for patients, but because of the Coronavirus pandemic and to ensure the safety of patients, families, staff, and volunteers, volunteers are not currently allowed in Liberty Hall. The VA expects to allow volunteers back into Patriots Hall when the COVID-19 pandemic has ended and the risk of infection is deemed low. Liberty Hall and Patriots Harbor have resumed allowing families back into Patriots Hall.

Patriots Harbor is going through an extensive renovation, which will be completed in about ten weeks.

There are seven hospice patient rooms in Liberty Hall and there are currently five hospice patients living

EDITOR’S NOTE 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.

Larry Dandridge is not an employee of THE ISLAND NEWS and his opinions are his alone. Readers should rely their Doctor, Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, and Registered Nurse, Medicare, Medicaid, their Private Insurance Company, State Medical Department, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), and the hospice of their choice for advice on hospice. 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.

there. The RHJVAMC has never run out of space for hospice inpatients because the vast majority of patient’s want to live and die at home.

The average number of inpatient and outpatient veterans enrolled in the RHJVAMC hospice program is 75-to-100.

Veterans desiring care at home or in a skilled nursing facility are referred to VA community hospice agency partners (private for-profit and not-for-profit hospices).

The RHJVAMC contracts with community hospices to provide hospice care to eligible Veterans. The VA also provides community hospices with veterans in hospice tool kits. You can download a copy of the Hospice Veteran Partnership Tool Kit at https://networkofcare.org/ library/veterans-toolkit.pdf.

The VA is partnered with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) through the “We honor veterans’ program” and The Carolinas Center (TCC) for Hospice Care and local hospices to improve the quality of hospice care for veterans.

If you or your business are interested in becoming part of the National Hospice Veterans (HVP) program, begin by finding out if an HVP already exists in your state or region. If an HVP has not yet been formed, you can use the Hospice Veteran Partnership Tool Kit toolkit to help get one started. Get more information by contacting one of the following organizations: • Department of Veter-

ans Affairs Veterans Health Administration 810 Vermont Ave, NW Washington, DC 20420, Christine Cody, National Program Manager, Hospice and Palliative Care, E-mail: Christine.

Cody@va.gov Phone: 202/273-8537 • National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 625 Alexandria, VA 22314, Phone: 703/837-1500, Fax: 703/837-1233, Donna Bales, Director State Relations E-mail: dbales@ nhpco.org Phone: 800/338-8619.

There is not space in one article to cover all the good things about the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center and the VA Hospice Program. However, it is obvious that Veterans should: • Contact the RHJVAMC Eligibility/Enrollment Office, room B189, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, phone 843-789-7008 and find out if you are eligible for VA health care and enroll. When you go to the Eligibility Office, take a copy of your DD214 and a picture form of identification (SC driver’s license, etc.). You will need to fill out a VA Enrolment Application for Health Benefits Form 10-10EZ. You can also determine your eligibility for VA health care and enroll in VA health care at one of the RHJVAMC Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs),

which are located in Beaufort, Savannah and Hinesville GA, North Charleston, Charleston Naval Weapons Station, and Myrtle Beach.

• Talk to your VA Social Worker and learn more about end-of-life planning and hospice.

Read more at these helpful links: • Ralph H. Johnson, Charleston VA Medical Center Hospice Care – https://www.charleston. va.gov/services/Hospice_Services_for_Veterans.asp and Geriatrics and Extended Care (including hospice) phone: 843-789-7426 • Hospice Care – https:// www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/pages/Hospice_ Care.asp • Palliative Care – https://www.va.gov/ GERIATRICS/pages/ Palliative_Care.asp • Skilled Home Health Care – https://www. va.gov/GERIATRICS/ pages/Skilled_Home_ Health_Care.asp • Remote Monitoring Care – https://www. va.gov/GERIATRICS/ pages/Remote_Monitoring.asp • Veteran-Directed Care – https://www.va.gov/ GERIATRICS/pages/ Veteran-Directed_Care. asp • Respite Care – https:// www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/pages/Respite_ Care.asp • National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization - www.nhpco. org Larry Dandridge is a past hospice volunteer, volunteer coordinator, marketing manager, administrator, CEO, and board chairman, and the founder of a hospice in Missouri. An accomplished writer and motivational speaker, he writes columns for the ISLAND NEWS, including the Veterans Benefits Column, What Citizens Should Know About Policing Column, and the Hospice Column.

You can contact Larry at his email, LDandridge@earthlink.net.

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LAST WEEK'S CROSSWORD & SUDOKU SOLUTIONS

JUNE 17–23, 2021

A17

820 Bay Street

•

Beaufort, SC 29902

843.521.4200

$549,000

$195,000

FRIPP ISLAND | MLS 171487 3BDRM | 3B | 1484sqft | Oceanview Pat Dudley 843.986.3470

$65,000

WALLING GROVE | MLS 171143 1.12acre | Tidal Creek | Private Dock Bryan Gates 843.812.6494

$954,450

WILLOW POINT | MLS 166612 .24acre | Tidal Creek Dock Donna Duncan 843.597.3464

FACTORY CREEK | MLS 167292 4BDRM | 4.5B | 37’ Boat Slip Included Edward Dukes 843.812.5000

$350,000

$199,000

MOSSY OAKS | MLS 171565 4BDRM | 2.5B | 2287sqft Shannon Denny 843.575.7055

$69,900

BERMUDA BLUFF | MLS 170455 .85acre | Deepwater | Panoramic Views Paige Walling 843.812.8470

$495,000

CENTER OF BEAUFORT | MLS 170795 .1acre | Convenient Location Jeff Peth 843.252.5600

FRIPP ISLAND | MLS 171139 2BDRM | 3B | 1092sqft Trudy Arthur 843.812.0967 Nancy Butler 843.384.5445

$475,000

$1,850,000

DATAW ISLAND | MLS 169191

LUXURY WATERFRONT HOME

$100,000

$1,499,000

1.23acres | Deepwater Dock Trudy Arthur 843.812.0967 Nancy Butler 843.384.5445

MARSH HAWK | MLS 168651 5.3acres Homesite | Waterfront Community Trudy Arthur 843.812.0967 Nancy Butler 843.384.5445

MLS 169158 | 3BDRM | 3.5B Elevator | Secure Parking Edward Dukes 843.812.5000

BULL POINT | MLS 170015 4BDRM | 4.5B | Private Dock Amy McNeal 843.521.7932

$520,000

HABERSHAM | MLS 171502 3BDRM | 3.5B | 2308sqft Dawn Yerace 843.441.6518

$99,000

COFFIN POINT | MLS 171227 .24acre | Waterfront Lot Wayne Webb 843.812.5203

$28,250

LANDS END | MLS 167465 .66acre | Private Gated Community Scott Sanders 843.263.1284

$125,000

BULL POINT | MLS 166770 1.25acres | Tidal Creek Amy McNeal 843.521.7932

$129,900

CELADON | MLS 169665

.23acre Homesite | Overlooking Green/Open Space Lloyd Williams 1.843.754.4735

$525,000

HISTORIC DISTRICT | MLS 171311 1BDRM | 1B | Residential/Commercial Edward Dukes 843.812.5000

$769,000

NEWPOINT | MLS 169988

4BDRM | 2.5B | 3458 sqft | Community Dock Laura Blencoe 843.321.1615 David Polk 843.321.0477

$1,165,000

COOSAW POINT | MLS 170853 5BDRM | 5B | 5258sqft | Waterview Lloyd Williams 1.843.754.4735

$259,900

$95,000

COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY

BATTERY POINT | MLS 167765

$315,000

$34,000

MLS 170328 | 4346sqft | .16acre | Terrific Location Amy McNeal 843.521.7932

COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY MLS 167372 | 1700sqft | 3/4 mile from I95 Lloyd Williams 1.843.754.4735

2 Lots | .18acre | Waterview Colleen Baisley 843.252.1066

ISLANDS OF BEAUFORT | MLS 156063 .35acre Homesite | Community Dock Robin Leverton 843.812.3344

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