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Tanner will face Woodward once again in June primary Longtime Beaufort Co. Sheriff officially files to run for re-election By Tony Kukulich P.J. Tanner, Beaufort County sheriff since 1999, has filed papers indicating his intention to run once again for the elected office. “I’m all signed up,” Tanner said. “Everything is a go.” Tanner’s 23-year tenure makes him the longest continually serving sheriff in Beaufort County history. “I love this job,” he said. “I’ve always loved it. I started three days af-
ter I turned 21 years old. I love it as much today as I did the first day I started.” Tanner is slated to face Joey “JoJo” Woodward in what P.J. will be a rematch of Tanner the 2018 election. To date, Tanner and Woodward are the only candidates to have filed their intention
for candidacy with the county. The deadline to file is noon, Wednesday, March 30. Both men are registered Republicans. Woodward challenged the incumbent Tanner in 2018 and lost with just over 45 percent of the vote in the June primary. Tanner subsequently ran unopposed in the general election. Prior to the 2018 election, Tanner had not faced an opponent since 2002.
“I think all elections are difficult,” Tanner said. “I ran the first time in 1994, and there were seven of us in the race. I ran against the incumbent in 1998 and won by 114 votes. In 2002, I had a Democrat run against me. I beat him 75 to 25. The next election after 2002 was 2018, when JoJo ran. So yeah, I take every election cycle seriously.” In the 2018 contest, Tanner, a resident of Bluffton, generally out-
STANDING WITH UKRAINE
‘A simple act of love’ Beaufort artists find way to show support for town in war-torn Ukraine
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n addition to the war still being waged, the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 set in motion a humanitarian crisis that has, so far, created approximately 2.5 million refugees and an unknown number of civilian deaths. The world has united around Ukraine, and many people, however possible, want to help. That includes the people here in Beaufort. “In our little town of Beaufort, espe-
cially when something big happens, we are a community and we all chip in to help and serve,” said local artist Mary Thibault, Greg co-owner of Thibault Rawls Gallery on Bay Street. Along with the City of Beaufort, a couple of local artists have gotten together to directly help
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Murray to host panel discussion on Ukraine
Mary and Eric Thibault of Thibault Gallery individually wrap each glass Ukraine pin in tissue bags for mailing. Photo by Bob Sofay.
By Bob Sofaly
performed Woodward north of the Broad River. He captured two of the three Beaufort precincts and lost the third by only three votes. The candidates split the two Port Royal precincts, while Tanner dominated the St. Helena and Lady’s Island precincts. Woodward’s only bright spot in the northern portion of the county was Burton, where he grabbed six
WANT TO BUY A FLAG PIN, HELP UKRAINE? If you want to directly help the people of Ostroh, Ukraine, you can drop by the Thibault Gallery on Bay Street and purchase a Ukraine flag pin for $20, or visit https://bit.ly/3wg97U0 to place an order. All of the proceeds go to help the people of Ostroh, and each purchase is also a tax-deductible charitable donation. If you simply want to give through the City of Beaufort’s Pride of Place account, you can make a donation at https://bit. ly/3Jmapkf.
By Mike McCombs Initially, City of Beaufort Mayor Stephen Murray said, it was USC Beaufort’s Center For The Arts Diretor Bonnie Hargrove that reached out to him. “We had adopted Ostroh, informally, and that has been awesome,” Murray said. “And then Bonnie reached out and said, ‘What if we held some kind of event to raise awareness (of Ukraine) and hopefully raise some funds?’” Murray said they initially thought about showing a documentary about Ukraine and were looking for those to which they could acquire the rights to show in public. “But then,” Murray said, “we said, ‘what if we had a little panel discussion with some people who know some stuff about Ukraine?’ After we got three people, we decided to scrap the movie. Now, the City of Beaufort and the University of South Carolina Beaufort will present a panel discussion on the war in Ukraine at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 28 at USCB’s Center for the Arts. The panel, entitled Unite for Ukraine, is free and open to the public. Murray will moderate the discussion among three panelists, which include: • USC Beaufort Professor of Political Science Kevin Dopf, Ph.D., a retired Army officer who taught at the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College. • Julie Siebold, who taught English to students in Ukraine. • Inna Lanigan, a Ukrainian
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