May 23 edition

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COVERING BEAUFORT COUNTY

Blue Sky shows off hemp processing facility

S.C. State Senator Tom Davis celebrates after dumping bio mass into the extraction machine – Davis has been a strong advocate for the agricultural hemp and medical cannabis industries in South Carolina.

CBD plant brings new technology, jobs to Beaufort County Agricultural hemp is growing into a major cash crop in South Carolina, and the newly-opened Blue Sky Processing facility is bringing some of the action to Beaufort County.

Blue Sky Processing held

its grand opening Thursday, May 16, as about 200 residents and local and state dignitaries gathered to celebrate the Palmetto State’s newest hemp CBD (cannabidiol) processing plant.

After a ribbon-cutting and champagne toast, guests toured the 15,000 square-foot facility near Gardens Corner in the Sheldon community.

The operation will create 16 jobs and help establish South

Carolina as a leader in the space.

Company officials and local and state politicians, including state senators Tom

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2019 Beaufort River Swim

These girls deserved better.

A FAMILY AFFAIR

Siblings win men’s, women’s overall titles

Sixteen-year-old Cohen Bruner of Hilton Head Island beat runner-up Kenny Geist by 4.46 seconds Saturday morning to win the annual Beaufort River Swim.

But in the future, it could be it isn’t Geist that Bruner has to watch out for.

It’s Cohen’s younger sister.

Skyler Bruner, 14, was only 8 seconds or so behind in the 3.2-mile race. Fast enough at 47:29 to win the overall women’s title.

“I’ll catch him next year,” Skyler Bruner said.

Cohen Bruner’s time was 47:21. Cohen and Skyler’s father, Carlton Bruner, swam for the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.

According to Betsy Hinderliter, the director of marketing and development for the Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry, there were 147 swimmers entered in the 3.2-mile race and a record-high 28 in the fun swim.

And most importantly, the YMCA raised more than $15,000 for the Y Learn To Swim program.

For complete results, visit https://tinyurl.com/y4bnz3rj.

MIKE MCCOMBS

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hen Battery Creek beat Union County last Monday in the 3A softball championship series, I knew the Dolphins would have a chance to win the title at home on Wednesday, so I brushed away any thoughts of seeing John Cusack in Savannah and committed to watch a hometown team try to win its first crown.

I wasn’t doing any work for The Island News as our sports guy and former editor, Justin Jarrett, had that covered. But as a favor to my friend Jed Blackwell of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, I promised to send him something short from a Union County perspective after the game but before a quite early deadline.

During the course of the game, I spent some time on the Yellow Jackets’ side because there was no where else from which I could see the action.

Over those couple innings, I became aware that a significant portion of the Union County crowd was quite unhappy. Not in a “we’re losing,

Photo at top left: Cohen Bruner, 16, left, and his 14-year-old sister Skyler took top honors during the annual Beaufort River Swim. Photo by Bob Sofaly. Photos to left by E. R. Smith.

SEE MCCOMBS PAGE A5 INSIDE Complete summary of 3A softball state championship series, B1

Gullah Festival visits Waterfront Park The 2019 Original Gullah Festival comes to Beaufort’s Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park this weekend, opening on Friday and closing Sunday evening.

On Friday, the family oriented event opens with Children and Family Day, free to all, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., featuring performances by various school bands, dance troupes, drama groups and

other acts.

A Gullah Festival Youth Pageant follows at 6 p.m., and then there is an “all-white” party from 9 p.m. until midnight. Tickets for the party are $30.

Saturday is filled with entertainment from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. There will be music, dancing, storytelling and more. Tickets cost $25.

Then Saturday night, there is a

A DAISY OF A NURSE

concert featuring Cece Peniston and the Liquid Pleasure Super Show Band from 8 p.m. until midnight.

Concert tickets are $35.

Also, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Friday and Saturday is Lest We Forget, an educational platform for panel discussions on the history, customs and culture of Gullah.

These lectures will be held at Grace AME Church on Charles Street.

DOLPHINS CLAIM CROWN

Beaufort Memorial RN Aiken honored with DAISY Award.

Battery Creek outscores its opponents 33-4 in seven postseason games, claims first softball title.

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Sunday opens with the Hour of Power Worship Service at 9 a.m. Admission to the unique worship experience is free. Be prepared to have your spirit lifted.

After a day of entertainment, the festival closes with a Unity Circle around the park at 7 p.m.

Throughout the three days, the vendor market and food court, featuring local cuisine and traditional

LEST WE FORGET This is an educational platform for panel discussions on the history, customs and culture of Gullah. This event will take place on Friday, May 24th and Saturday, May 25th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Gullah dishes, will be open.

For more information on the festival, visit www.originalgullahfestival. org, email info@originalgullahfestival.org or call 843-525-0628 or 843321-9288.

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Lending Room opens new facility with Habitat help With help from Habitat Humanity and after years of planning, The Lending Room’s new service facility on Parris Island Gateway opens Wednesday, May 29.

An all-volunteer organization that has operated for the past 58 years, The Lending Room provides needed medical equipment to Beaufort residents, regardless of insurance or ability to pay.

Located on Parris Island Gateway behind Lowcountry Habitat for Humanity offices, the new building was built by Habitat with funds pro-

vided by The Lending Room.

The new headquarters facility is home to hundreds of individual pieces of medical and rehabilitation equipment – wheelchairs, canes, crutches, orthopedic walking boots and more – collected though community donations, repaired and made available to recipients for a nominal donation per item.

Last year, more than 430 pieces of equipment were lent out to some 396 Beaufort-area residents and beyond. This number is set to increase now that the organization

Lowcountry United Way picks Douthat as president After a nationwide search, United Way of the Lowcountry announced Dale Douthat will take the reigns as president and chief executive officer of the organization later this month.

Prior to taking this position, Douthat was Director of ReStore at Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville, Ky., where he was born and raised.

“We believe Dale has the skills, experiences and attitude to be an excellent president and CEO for this organization and leader in our community,” said Becky Francis, CEO search committee member and chair-elect of United Way of the Lowcountry’s board of directors. “Dale's leadership will bring fresh ideas to United Way of the Lowcountry and we look forward to seeing the many ways he, along with the staff, will positively impact Beaufort and Jasper Counties."

Douthat graduated from Murray State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. After a 15-year ca-

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reer in advertising and design, he used his strategic planning, entrepreneurial and marketing skills to gain a leadership role in Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville.

As director of ReStore at Habitat for Humanity, he was responsible for the strategic planning, operations, and results of the thrift store operations. He started the operation in 2005 with zero resources and under his leadership, grew it to three retail locations including a paint recycling program, distribution center and logistics team with more than 30 employees.

“If we focus more on serving others than being served, we will do our part in leaving this world a better place,” Douthat said in a release.

Douthat, along with his wife, Dawn, and his four-legged friend, Emma, are looking forward to making the Lowcountry their home. Douthat will begin his position at United Way of the Lowcountry on May 28.

has more convenient facilities and volunteers to assist individuals in obtaining equipment.

The Lending Room operates through a network of volunteers, receives partial funding from grants and individual donations and can accept tax-deductible donations (to the extent provided by law) to support its work in northern Beaufort County and beyond.

On its website, The Lending Room extended its gratitude to Dick Stewart.

“We want to extend a special

shout out to Dick Stewart for his support over the years by giving The Lending Room a place to hang our hats (and crutches, walkers and commodes) rent free for 19+ years so we could save our money and make this possible too,” the website read.

A grand-opening celebration will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 29 at the new headquarters at 616B Parris Island Gateway in Beaufort. The public is invited to visit the new space and meet the volunteers.

NEWS BRIEFS

SCDNR offers courtesy boat inspection

With the approaching Memorial Day holiday weekend, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) Law Enforcement Division will be holding courtesy boat inspections at public boat landings across the state.

SCDNR officers will perform a quick, but thorough, inspection of your boat to make sure you have the required safety equipment and proper boat and motor registration for your watercraft before you launch. Those who are not in compliance with safety regulations or registration requirements will not be ticketed during the complimentary inspections. Instead, they will be given an opportunity to correct the problem before they launch their boat.

SCDNR officers will also be available to answer questions and give boaters tips on how to stay safe on the water.

For Beaufort residents, the courtesy inspection will be held from 10 a.m. to noon, Monday, May 27 at the Edgar Glenn (Lemon Island) Landing on the Chechessee River.

To report boating violations, such as reckless operation or an intoxicated boat operator, call the SCDNR toll-free, 24-hour hotline at 1-800-922-5431.

Beaufort County announces Memorial Day closings

All Beaufort County facilities, including Convenience Centers, library branches and Parks and Recreation facilities, will be closed Monday, May 27, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. All facilities will open according to their regular schedules Tuesday, May 28. Residents are encouraged to plan accordingly.

Emergency services and law enforcement personnel will remain available.

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HEALTH

Beaufort Memorial RN Aiken honored with DAISY Award In the three years Dana Aiken has been a nurse at Beaufort Memorial Hospital, she has received numerous thank you letters and commendations for demonstrating compassion to her patients.

But it was what she did for an agitated patient confined in restraints that earned her the DAISY Award for Exceptional Nurses.

The prestigious national honor, reserved for Registered Nurses who go the extra mile to care for patients and their families, was recently awarded to the Lady’s Island resident in a surprise ceremony held at the hospital.

“I don’t feel deserving of it,” Aiken said in a release. “Taking care of patients is my job. So many of us do that every day.”

The patient, an elderly nursing home resident, had been in the hospital for a couple of days when Aiken

arrived for her shift in the fourth-floor unit where she works three days a week.

“He was confused and upset,” Aiken recalled. “They had to put him in wrist restraints because he was trying to pull out his IV and Foley catheter.”

Although he was well enough to go home, he couldn’t be discharged until the restraint order was lifted. Following protocol, Aiken released him to assess his mental state.

“As long as I was in the room with him, he was OK,” Aiken said. “I spoke with his doctor and advocated to have a sitter watch him instead of keeping him in restraints.”

While the hospital provides sitters, none was immediately available. Undaunted, Aiken was determined to find a way to keep her patient out of restraints.

She spoke with the unit’s other nurses and certified

nursing assistants and rallied them behind her mission.

The team happily agreed to help and worked on their charts in the patient’s room, comforting him as needed.

At other times, they would take over some of Aiken’s duties, allowing her to stay with her patient. A visitor, who observed Aiken at the man’s bedside holding his hand and talking to him quietly, reported the compassionate care to her supervisor.

“When I asked her about it, she immediately gave credit to her team members for helping her care for her patient,” said fourth floor director Julie Schott. “That’s just the kind of person she is.”

The tag-team care went on for 12 hours before a sitter was available to stay with the patient. Thanks to Aiken’s efforts, he was discharged the next day.

Impressed with how diligently the nurse advocated for her patient, Schott nominated Aiken for the DAISY Award, a hand-carved sculpture titled “A Healer’s Touch.”

She was also nominated by Beaufort Memorial physical therapist Cheryl Mourges.

“Dana is one of the most caring and skilled nurses that I have worked with in my 30 years in rehab,” Mourges said. “Every day, her compassion shows for each and every one of her patients.”

Created in 1999 by a Seattle couple as a way to honor the nurses who took care of their dying son, the DAISY Award has since been adopted by healthcare facilities all over the world.

Anyone can nominate a Beaufort Memorial nurse for the award. Applications are available throughout the hospital.

Beaufort Memorial Hospital Registered Nurse Dana Aiken is congratulated by fourth-floor director Julie Schott. Impressed with how diligently Aiken advocated for her patient, Schott nominated her for the DAISY Award, a national award for those that go the extra mile for their patients.

Change in law paves way for more PAs in South Carolina South Carolina governor Henry McMaster signed into law a bill last week that will give physician’s assistants increased access to improve patient care in S.C. The S.C. Academy of Physician Assistants (SCAPA) commended McMaster for signing Senate Bill 132 into law on May 13. The legislation, to go into effect August 11, will allow PAs to increase access to care for patients and families throughout the state through its modernization of the regulation of PA practice.

"We are excited that the General Assembly continues to show their commitment to improving access to health-

care for all South Carolinians.

When providers are able to work collaboratively at the top of their skill sets, patients win," said Thornton Kirby, president and CEO of the South Carolina Hospital Association.

The new law will expedite PA entry into the healthcare workforce by streamlining licensure processes and removing archaic, extraneous requirements that serve no public protection role. For example, prior to the enactment of Senate Bill 132, South Carolina was one of 10 states that required PAs to pass a jurisprudence exam as part of the licensure process.

“I applaud South Carolina legislators for putting patients above politics. After evaluating the medical evidence, key outcome data, and best practices legislators are even more committed to removing barriers in the form of restrictive scope of practice laws,” said SCAPA Legislative Co-Chair, Kevin Harmon.

PAs are medical providers who diagnose illness, develop and manage treatment plans, prescribe medications, and often serve as a principal healthcare provider. With thousands of hours of medical training, PAs are versatile and collaborative. PAs practice in every medical setting and specialty,

improving healthcare access and quality.

“Admission to PA school is highly competitive with many student applicants coming in with a concentration in pre-medicine. PA students have diverse patient care backgrounds that include roles such as paramedics, registered dieticians, researchers and nurses,” said SCAPA Legislative Co-Chair Megan Fulton, MSPAS, PA-C. States are increasingly removing barriers in an effort to expand access to the high-quality care that PAs provide.

A June 2018 study conducted by the Hamilton Project, an

economic research group and think tank within the Brookings Institution, concludes that removing barriers to PA care would alleviate healthcare shortages and would improve efficiency and productivity in the delivery of healthcare — all with no adverse effects on patient outcomes.

“PAs are playing a critical role in addressing healthcare shortages throughout the country. We want to extend our gratitude to Gov. McMaster and the legislature for their efforts to ensure patients in South Carolina continue to benefit from the high-quality care PAs provide,” said SCA-

PA President Jen Marshall “Many people in South Carolina lack adequate access to quality healthcare, especially in rural areas – partly because South Carolina ranks 40th among the states with just 77.5 physicians per 100,000 residents. Nationally, the number is 90.1 per 100,000. This problem is compounded by a strong bias in the distribution of those physicians to urban or suburban areas. S. 132 eases this access problem by empowering physician assistants to provide health care services that are commensurate with their increased level of education and training,” said Senator Tom Davis.

HEALTH CARE IS SELF-CARE. GET YOUR $99 MAMMOGRAM. In recognition of Women’s Health Month, Beaufort Memorial has partnered with MDsave to provide $99 screening mammograms in both Bluffton and Beaufort through May 31, 2019.

BUY NOW, SCHEDULE LATER! $99 mammogram vouchers purchased in May can be scheduled up to six months after the purchase date.

Visit mdsave.com/beaufort to learn more.

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Lafayette Soiree at Tidalholm big success for HBF The Historic Beaufort Foundation chose to hold this year’s annual fundraising gala, the Lafayette Soirée, in the garden of historic Tidalholm in downtown Beaufort.

The sold-out event, presented by Audi Hilton Head on Saturday, May 11, and the first public event at the home, was a rousing success.

Event chairs Patrick and Becky Cunningham, and cochair Vimal Desai, welcomed guests with champagne at the grand Tidalholm iron gates. A silent auction — managed by Mary Cunningham — greeted patrons as they entered the Tidalholm garden.

Small plates of contemporary Lowcountry fare from some of Beaufort’s top restaurants were served throughout the property. Thanks to Merrill and Bank of America, the party vibe was strong with a five-piece band.

Tidalholm — also known as “The Big Chill House” because it was the setting of the 1980s film — is an 1853 Antebellum mansion located in The Point Historic District, overlooking the Beaufort River.

In March 2017, John Tashjian purchased the home with his then-girlfriend, Katie Cunningham. He had seen the property about a year earlier when visiting town with Katie, a Beaufort native. buying the home, the couple embarked on an extensive restoration of the home and grounds, led by Beaufort architect Robert Montgomery and renowned interior de-

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signer Steven Gambrel. The project inside is still under way inside the home.

The couple was married on the property in November 2018.

For Katie’s brother Patrick, his wife Becky, mother Mary, and long-time family friend Vimal, the event was personal.

“Chairing the 2019 Lafayette Soiree was special to us not only because we believe in the Historic Beaufort Foundation’s mission, but also because we are all personally connected to Tidalholm,” Patick Cunningham said in a release. “We saw Katie and John get married here. We’ve seen all they have put into restoring Tidalhom. So we wanted to do all we could to make this event as successful as we could.”

The mission of the Historic Beaufort Foundation is to support the preservation, protection and presentation of sites and artifacts of historic, architectural and cultural interest throughout Beaufort County. Revenues generated by this year’s event will go toward the renovation of exhibit space and reception area of HBF’s flagship property, the John Mark Verdier House.

“We are grateful to the Tashijans for hosting this special event,” HBF director Heather Seifert said. “And to the chairs and volunteers for the time and energy each gave to make this year’s Soiree a success."

Final event proceeds will be reported soon.

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from page A1 Davis and Margie Bright Matthews and Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, spoke about Blue Sky’s groundbreaking work in a burgeoning industry and praised the work of John O’Toole and the Beaufort County Economic Development Commission in helping bring the business to the county — though it wasn’t a hard sell to get Blue Sky’s founders to keep their business close to home.

CEO Josh Hartsel attended Hilton Head Island High School, and President Jennifer Pfuhl has been a Hilton Head resident since 2003.

“We all love the Lowcountry,” Pfuhl said in a release.

“We explored opportunities to take our processing operation into spaces with more advanced hemp programs, but unanimously decided South Carolina was the place to be.

We all love the weather, wildlife, and people here.”

While Blue Sky is not the first hemp processing facility in the state, it is unique thanks to its proprietary Delta-9 Technologies extraction equipment — the only automated hydrocarbon extraction system on the market.

“One of the things that makes hydrocarbons unique is the diversity and quality of

products we can make compared to CO2 and ethanol extraction methods,” Hartsel explained to the first group to tour the facility. “They’re really limited to isolate and distillate, whereas we can make a lot of the high-value products that you would associate with the cannabis industry, that are now being sold in CBD markets around the country.”

Another advantage Blue Sky has is its short path distillation machine, which produces a purer form of oil.

Many processors don’t have that option, so Blue Sky may find ample opportunity to take the handoff from other processors and further distill their crude product.

Blue Sky expects to have plenty of hemp to process thanks to South Carolina’s commitment to the growing industry. State Agriculture Secretary Hugh Weathers told the assembled crowd that new laws will increase the number of farmers allowed the cultivate industrial hemp from 40 in 2018 to 110 this year, with between 3,300 and 3,400 acres devoted to the crop statewide.

That’s great news for Blue Sky, which has the capabilities for hemp toll processing, as well as the ability to develop bulk wholesale CBD products and create white-labeled packaged products such as topical treatments, nutritional supplements, and even pet products.

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Blue Sky also hopes to make good use of its waste.

The plant produces up to 500 pounds of byproduct of the extraction process per day, and Hartsel said the company is experimenting with using the chaff to create pellets that could be used as a fuel source.

Blue Sky officially moved into the state-of-the-art plant, which was built by local company Fraser Construction, in late-April and has already begun processing hemp. Pfuhl said they had amassed a sizeable quantity of winterized crude CBD oil that they are continuing to stockpile before firing up the distillation process.

With its genesis as a testing company, Blue Sky is able to perform full-scale tests on its products on site to confirm the THC and CBD levels are within the allowable limits and ensure its processes are working properly.

“It takes it a little while to dial it in,” Pfuhl said. “You want to make sure you’re not leaving anything in the plant, because it’s so valuable, so we’ve been sometimes extracting the same batch more than once to verify that we got everything out of it.”

To learn more about Blue Sky Processing and sister company Delta-9 Technologies, please visit the company’s website at madebybluesky.com.

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I heard things that should never be uttered at a sporting event where kids are involved, if at all.

I made an effort to let it ride, block it out. Something at which I’m not good.

Once BC took the lead in the fourth inning, it got worse. And of course, when the Dolphins won, it was nasty.

After the Union County players had received their runner-up medals and trophy, I moved to their side on the field to get quotes from head coach Tommy Petty. I stood on the field next to their dugout, and directly in front of a large group of Yellow Jackets fans gathered at the fence.

Not just fans, but parents.

As the Battery Creek players, coaches and administrators were introduced, the ugliest comments came from the Union County gallery.

As assistant principal Gil Sanchez was introduced, one fan uttered, “Sanchez, Ortiz, Cortez, they’re all the same.”

It wasn’t the ugliest thing said, but it’s the one I’ll repeat. Things about people’s ethnicity.

As Petty gathered his team in the right field grass and took turns with assistant coaches telling his players how proud they were of them, the team’s fans and parents were doing anything but making their daughters proud.

It didn’t seem to matter an outsider was standing feet away, hearing things.

In the end, I don’t mean to crucify Union County. I understand this is a small

number of people and not necessarily representative of a big community.

But these parents aren’t setting any sort of example for their kids. And this is one of dozens of examples we see every day.

This will be behavior they will learn. Some will go on to repeat their elders’ mistakes instead of getting a chance to make their own.

I’m not sure why this has become the norm. Why it’s accepted. In some cases, why it’s expected.

These girls on both teams worked hard to get there Wednesday night. Not just this year, but all of their lives.

For some it was the last organized sporting event of their lives. It’s a day they will remember until they can’t remember.

The Union County girls deserved better. The Battery Creek girls did, too.

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Battery Creek’s softball team celebrates winning the Class 3A state championship after a 2-1 victory over visiting Union County on Wednesday. Photo by Justin Jarrett.

STATE CHAMPS!

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s she recalled watching the final out fall into first baseman Bailey Emmert’s mitt, Battery Creek pitcher Alexis Ortiz pointed out her wounds — not from the battle, but from the celebration.

After throwing a one-hitter and blasting the go-ahead home run, Ortiz found herself at the bottom of a dogpile with catcher McKenzie Young as the Dolphins celebrated a 2-1 win over visiting Union County that clinched the Class 3A state championship Wednesday night.

Ortiz pitched another gem, and she and Emily Crosby each hit long home runs in the fourth inning to give Battery Creek its first state championship in softball and its first in any sport since 2015.

The Dolphins celebrated the

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win with a huge home crowd that packed the bleachers and lined the fences around much of the field.

“I don’t even have words to describe it,” Ortiz said.

“We’ve had so much support.

It’s just the best feeling in the world.”

Ortiz made only one mistake, allowing Union County’s Kristin Kicidis to pull a pitch down the left-field line for a home run leading off the second inning.

The Dolphins didn’t have

a hit through three innings against Bailey Betenbaugh, but Crosby changed that when she Battery Creek 2 teed off Union County 1 on a 2-2 changeup and drove it over the left-field fence to tie the game.

“I just had a feeling she was going to throw that changeup, and I just told myself to keep my weight back,” Crosby said. “Obviously, it worked.”

Ortiz followed two batters later and crushed a 3-2 pitch to left-center to give the Dolphins the lead, and she made sure it stood up.

The Yellowjackets didn’t manage another hit after the Kicidis home run. The only time they threatened was in the fifth, when Ortiz hit the leadoff batter and a two-out

Host Hustle takes two titles

The Beaufort Hustle and Bluffton Bulls AAU basketball programs teamed up to host the first-ever USBA tournament in Beaufort County last weekend — and they kept three of the four division titles at home in the inaugural Battle by the Broad.

Nearly 30 teams from three different states gathered in Beaufort for the event, but the

local talent ruled the day. The Hustle won the middle school girls and high school boys divisions, while the Bulls claimed the seventh-grade boys division and the Lowcountry Storm from Charleston won the eighth-grade boys title.

McKayla Washington put up a tournament-best 20.1 points per game to lead the Hustle to the girls title, while Jawuan

Watson scored 22.4 points per game to lead Beaufort’s high school boys. Watson put up 30 points — including eight 3-pointers — in the Hustle’s semifinal win.

The Hustle will compete in the Port City Shootout in Charleston this weekend and will team up with the Bulls to host another tournament on July 6-7.

error put runners at the corners before the Dolphins got out of the jam.

Ortiz needed only five pitches — and a nifty overthe-shoulder catch from shortstop Journeigh Doray on a looping liner into left-center — to retire the side in order in the seventh, resulting in the mountain of Dolphins that Ortiz and Young found themselves on the bottom of in front of home plate.

Ortiz pitched all 48 postseason innings for the Dolphins, allowing four runs for a 0.58 ERA. She gave up 16 hits and eight walks and struck out 66.

“I just do better under pressure, in bigger games.

I’ve always done that,” Ortiz said. “I believe in myself and believe in my team.”

There were times early in

the season when the Dolphins had to be reminded to believe in themselves. They lost seven of their first eight games against a brutal early-season schedule designed to prepare them for the postseason.

Mission accomplished.

In seven postseason games, Battery Creek outscored its opponents 33-4.

“It’s a tribute to the kids we have. I came in and tried to help them instill a championship attitude,” second-year coach Chris Carr said. “I’m really fortunate we had some talented kids and they bought in to everything we were talking about. We kind of had all those special ingredients that made for a historic day like today.”

Justin Jarrett, Sports Editor for The Island News, can be reached at LowcoSports@gmail.com.

SPORTS BRIEFS

Softball stars earn all-state honors

Four local softball standouts have been named to the all-state team by the S.C. Coaches Association of Women’s Sports.

Beaufort High’s Essence Champion and Lily Bearden were named to the Class 4A team, while Alexis Ortiz and Emily Crosby represented state champion Battery Creek on the Class 3A team.

Eagles 8th at state golf

Beaufort High shot 632 over 36 holes to finish eighth among 16 teams at the Class 4A state golf championships last week at Port Royal Plan-

tation’s Barony Course on Hilton Head Island.

Jerry Bruns carded rounds of 79 and 75 to lead the Eagles and tie for 20th overall. Max Kase (75-80), Riley Kase (8278), Jack Lubkin (80-83), and Mason Westerfield (95-92) rounded out the lineup for the Eagles.

Host Hilton Head High won the team title with a 607 behind individual medalist Derek Bunce (70-71).

BHS spring football game this Friday

Beaufort High will hold its annual spring football game at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 24.

Admission is free for any-

Battery Creek pitcher Alexis Ortiz tries to find the corner of the plate against the Union County Yellow Jackets on Wednesday afternoon. The Dolphins won 2-1 to claim the Class 3A state championship.

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one who wants to get a first look at the Eagles under new head coach Bryce Lybrand.

Anderson 2nd at Knoxville Open

Beaufort’s Mark Anderson continued his outstanding season on the Web.com Tour with a runner-up finish at the Knoxville Open over the weekend.

Anderson carded four rounds in the 60s to finish at 14-under-par, one shot behind champion Robby Shelton.

Despite missing two months with an ankle injury, Anderson sits fourth on the Web.com Tour points list. The top 25 players at the end of the season will earn PGA Tour status.

VOICES

Are we ready for the Joe Frazier Fountain yet?

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here’s a new biography of Beaufort’s heavyweight boxing champion of the world from 1970-1973, Joe Frazier, due out next month although advance copies are available online already.

The book, Smokin’ Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier by Mark Kram, Jr., contains the fascinating tidbit that after Frazier beat Muhammad Ali in 1971 he used his newly-acquired celebrity to promote racial unity, including speaking on the topic to lawmakers in Columbia, and proposing a park in Beaufort with just one drinking fountain where children from all backgrounds might play together.

Frazier, the book makes clear, had bridled at the separate-but-equal Jim Crow laws that were enforced throughout the boxer’s youth and in more subtle ways beyond. It was because of the Jim Crow laws that the fighter imposed the one drinking fountain stipulation.

Frazier’s park ran into community opposition, the book says, and it was never built.

I wonder when Beaufort will be ready to welcome that park.

It wasn’t in 2004.

That was the year the city hired a world class design firm, Sasaki Associates of Watertown, Mass., to redesign

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the then 30-year-old Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

The park is built on a steel reinforced concrete shelf that is supported by hundreds of steel reinforced concrete columns that are anchored to the river’s floor.

In the early 2000’s some of the park’s structural elements were deteriorating. Parts of the park were literally washing into the Beaufort River.

Altogether fixing the park in 2004-2006 came to be an $8 millioin-plus job.

Sasaki won the bid to provide the design and engineering. The firm’s designers were instructed to keep the best of the original park, but to suggest also ways to update and improve upon the original. Their proposed master plan for the rebuild showed several substantial changes, most of which sought to make the park more kid-friendly.

At the end of the park by the Woods Bridge Sasaki proposed a playground and

bathrooms, all of which was built.

The designers also proposed an interactive fountain at the foot of the Scott Street Extension that was not built.

The proposed fountain, it was imagined, would be here – as were similar fountains elsewhere – a big hit with the children, and thus it was proposed to be built right outside of the playground’s front gate. The area finally became the now-familiar circular flower-bed that is known in some circles with derision as “the dirt fountain.”

Why? In 2004, Council took up the Sasaki-proposed improvements one-by-one. The issue was not the money. The city had the money. It was the willingness of the Beaufort City Council to build a place where children from all backgrounds might splash around together. In a surprise, the deciding “no” vote was cast by Beaufort’s present mayor, Billy Keyserling, then a city council member who explained his vote saying “Beaufort isn’t a fountains city.”

That’s what he said, but we knew what he meant.

Beaufort’s city manager, John McDonough, arranged in the end for a water line to be constructed down the Scott Street Extension to

Beaufort's "dirt fountain" was built in 2005 when City Council couldn't muster the votes to put an proposed interactive fountain here. where the street turns left to the parking lot. It is stubbed off there, silently awaiting the day when all the joy an interactive fountain will bring the city’s children seems to the Beaufort City Council to outweigh whatever problems may arise from children of all backgrounds playing together in the spray.

When the fountain is finally built, let’s call it the Joe Frazier Fountain.

Bill Rauch was the mayor of Beaufort from 1999-2008. Email Bill at TheRauchReport@gmail.com.

The interactive fountain at the entrance to the Riley Waterfront Park at 1 Vendue Range in Charleston has, since its opening in the late 1990’s, brought incalculable joy to Charleston's youngsters.

Home Guard is John Warley’s story to tell

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ohn Warley was born in Florence, just as World War II was coming to an end. His father, a naval officer, remained in the Navy after the war and John’s youth was that of a restless, peripatetic military brat.

That wandering brat-hood ended when he enrolled at The Citadel in 1963.

After graduating from The Citadel in 1967 John went to the University of Virginia School of Law. When he graduated in 1970 he began to practice law and remained a lawyer for almost 40 years.

Then, abruptly, he stopped and decided to be a writer.

One might assume that writing comes naturally to lawyers. They do write briefs and pleadings. But for those lawyers who choose to write fiction, or novels, lawyering is not the best foundation.

Novels require imagination, creativity and the ability to let one’s characters take them into unknown, unchart-

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ed waters. The writing of legal briefs is never a meandering journey into terra incognito.

One might think that putting together a good legal argument is much like writing fiction. But legal arguments are grounded in precedent — case law that was decided by long-dead judges who dictate the outcome of almost every conflict, civil or criminal, from the grave.

John had to learn to write fiction — to practice. And during that years-long practice, John probably wiped out at least 100 acres of Jasper County pine trees.

But John had a good teacher — Pat Conroy.

John and Pat had been classmates at The Citadel.

Both were athletes and both lived in the 4th Battalion — home of young men The Citadel was interested in keeping in hopes that sometime in the future they would win a Southern Conference Championship. Both were on the baseball team.

After graduation John became a sought-after trial lawyer; and Pat became a famous writer. Notwithstanding their differing paths, they remained friends and, from time to time, Pat would seek refuge from his celebrity with John and John’s family.

Sometimes, not always, Pat would read what John was writing.

“Don’t under any circumstances quit your day job,” was usually the advice that Pat would leave with John as he backed out of John’s driveway in Newport News, Va. Notwithstanding Pat’s advice, John continued to

write and eventually published “Bethesda’s Child.”

This novel was followed by “A Southern Girl,” which was followed by “The Moralist” — Volumes 1 and 2. Now he has written “The Home Guard.”

“Home Guard” is set in Beaufort County in 1862 just when Abraham Lincoln decided to invade the South, choosing Beaufort and Port Royal Sound as targets.

Specifically it concerns a boy, 12-years old, who is left behind and becomes a spy for the Confederacy.

“Home Guard” will be of interest to local folks because it brings to life the old homes and tide-washed topography that is familiar to all of us. However, John gives us a Civil War period piece just when many critics are blasting all things Confederate — especially the monuments that memorialize its soldiers.

John is familiar with this controversial landscape

having previously written “Standing Forever, Yielding Never” — the modern history of The Citadel. And in his history he deals with The Citadel’s loose connection with Denmark Vesey’s attempted slave rebellion in 1822 — a scare that caused South Carolina to establish armories in Columbia and Charleston.

Eventually the Charleston armory came to be guarded by a local militia that morphed into the Corps of Cadets.

John creates his Home Guard characters with attention to detail — clothing, food and dates. But it’s dialogue that makes you like, or dislike, his characters.

With respect to dialogue, John gives the reader his version of the Gullah/Geechee language used by the newly freed slaves. This effort is a potential landmine that some academics have criticized.

In fact Kirkus Review

writes: “Black characters speak in painfully rendered dialect — Me peoples yere. Uh spect uh gwine stay. Barnwells bin good to ole Rosa. I tank ya fo dat. Dem forts fall.

We gwain stay right ‘chere’” When John began writing Home Guard he must have known that recreating the Gullah dialogue could open him up to criticism.

But I suspect he remembered his mentor — Pat Conroy — who told many of his stories knowing some readers might be offended.

But Pat also told John, and other writers, to tell their stories as honestly as they could.

It was, he would say, “your story to tell.”

Writing takes candor and courage. One should never write timidly, tentatively or with one eye looking at the rear-view mirror.

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

Now, who is the SCUBA diver in the house?

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y girlfriend, up north, called to give me some good news a few weeks ago.

“Guess what! We are sleeping together again.”

She was referring to herself and her husband. Now, I thought it kind of odd that she should call with this news, but as it turned out, it was very good news.

She then explained that her husband’s snoring had gotten so bad, that she had been sleeping in the guest room.

But now he has a new device that he is wearing at night. It is called a CPAP machine and it helps with his

sleep apnea.

You may have seen the commercials for the CPAP machines in magazines or on television. They usually have the man lying in bed with the breathing mask on and the wife sleeping soundly next to him. It makes you wonder how many men get dragged to the doctor after their wives have seen these advertisements.

I knew her husband had some snoring issues. Even her granddaughters did not want to spend the night with them anymore.

“Pop Pop is just too noisy!” they declared.

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However, I had not realized that excessive snoring was a symptom of Obstructive Sleep Apnea which is potentially a serious sleep disorder.

The couple had tried everything from humidifiers, to fans, to antihistamines, but

nothing seemed to help. Then their doctor suggested he get tested and it was not long before the prescription for the CPAP was written.

After a few days of using the CPAP, they were both thrilled how well the device resolved his snoring issues.

And Donna was thrilled to get back into her own comfortable bed.

They were both sleeping better at night. Then she called her son to have the granddaughters spend the night again.

Although they were hesitant, she assured them that their Pop Pop had been fixed.

Finally, they agreed and were surprised how much quieter the house was at night.

The next morning the youngest granddaughter walked into her grandparent’s bedroom and screamed when she saw the strange man in the bed with a mask on his face. But her grandmother assured her it was just Pop Pop and that the machine helped him breathe better and best of all – not to snore.

When Pop Pop woke up, he announced that he was practicing with his SCUBA diving gear before he got in the water. Then he showed her the equipment.

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But a few days ago, my girlfriend called me again.

“Bad news,” she said, “I’m back to the guest bedroom again.”

“I’m so sorry.” I said, “What happened?”

“Well, it turns out I snore too loud.”

Looks like we need some new CPAP commercials.

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It’s all about the name, once again

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nce again, we’re talking wine names that have special meanings.

The name of a California growing area – Carneros.

And the name of a winery – Cuvaison.

Just interesting facts that can make learning new wines a bit more fun.

Carneros (Los Carneros also works) is a California American Viticultural Area (AVA) that is located across the southern tip of both Napa and Sonoma counties. It is one of the oldest grape growing and wine making areas in California.

Created in 1983, it covers ninety square miles in the foothills of the Mayacamas Mountains. And, it is known for high quality Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs – still wines and lots of sparkling also.

(Like Domaine Carneros owned by Taittinger, Gloria Ferrer owned by Freixenet and Mumm Napa owned by G H Mumm.)

Carneros has a cool, windy, foggy climate. In its early years of growing wine grapes, this caused vineyard problems. But by the 1970s, quality and consistency were achieved.

By then, winemakers had learned that the cooler weather of Carneros was perfect for cooler climate varieties. Chardonnay that is typically more elegant that most other California Chards, with crisper acidity and fresh, stone-fruit aromas.

And Pinot Noir that is traditionally lighter and tighter those from other California regions, with berry and herb notes.

In short, these wines resemble more closely French-style versions than

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American.

Besides the climate, Carneros’ soil also helps produce this style of wines.

It is predominantly clay, very thin and shallow, so there is poor drainage and low fertility. Grape ripening can be delayed and crops can be low yields. But struggling grapes in longer growing seasons can ripen to intense and vivid and deep flavors.

The wines from Cuvaison are perfect examples of what Carneros wine can be.

Releasing their first wine in 1969, Cuvaison has played an important part for years in establishing and maintaining this AVA’s reputation.

In 1979, they acquired 400 acres of prized vineyard land north of San Pablo Bay in the AVA. In 1991, they started a replanting program that emphasized each plot of land within the 400 acres, so that each specific plot got the best variety and best clone for its specific attributes. In 2012, Cuvaison was honored by “Wine & Spirits” as one of the Top 100 Wineries in the World.”

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Cuvaison Pinot Noir is just as exceptional. Also 100 percent Pinot Noir, 100 percent estate-grown, 100 percent Carneros grapes.

Also, a longer harvest time, so each grape is allowed to ripen as completely as possible and a one and a half to two and a half weeks for fermentation. Aging is done in French oak for 15 months. The finished wine is known for its velvety texture and concentrated aromas and flavors. Cherry tarts, dried raspberries, cinnamon and earth, wild raspberries, black plums, coffee notes, baking spices and crème brulée all float on silky tannins.

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“Carneros” is Spanish for sheep. Herds of them, Los Carneros, have been raised in this AVA for years.

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Island Girls Night Out, an opportunity to socialize, meet new friends and win prizes will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at Ballenger Realty at 613 A Carteret St. in Beaufort.

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Fripp Island Marina's 2019 Fishing Tournament will take place May 23-25. Fisherman are invited to compete for a more-than-$5,000 payout in the traditional Memorial Day event.

Prizes will include largest in the King Mackerel and Spanish Mackerel categories and more.

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Bus Stop coming to AmVets

Coastal Stage Productions is bringing its production of Bus Stop to AmVets on 1831 Ribaut Road in Port Royal.

The group will hold evening performances at 8 p.m. May 24, 25, 31 and June 1, as well as 2 p.m. Sunday matinees May 26 and June 2.

Advanced reserved seats are $25, while groups of 10 or more get reserved seats at $22. Student seats are $15. Tickets at the door are $27.

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Piccolo Spoleto brings Early Music to Beaufort

Three Piccolo Spoleto concerts of Early Music will be performed in Beaufort over the next three weeks.

Saturday, May 25, The Virtuoso Spanish Guitar Through the Ages: 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 1201 North Street, Beaufort, $25, cash or check only at the door.

Award-winning guitarist Marco Sartor takes us on a musical journey illustrating the genius of Spanish guitar. This program covers four centuries of masterpieces, including iconic works by Fernando Sor, Francisco Tarrega, Isaac Albeniz and others.

Sunday, June 2, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: 3 p.m. Baptist Church of Beaufort, 601 Charles Street, $25 cash or check only at the door.

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Sunday, June 9, The Virtuoso Recorder with Steve Rosenberg: 3 p.m. at the Verdier House, 801 Beaufort, $25, cash or check only at the door (limited seating).

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Shorts at High Noon

Shorts at High Noon is a collection of indie short films, student films and animation films included in the Beaufort Film Society's library of films and they are screened each Wednesday. Screenings are free.

These films were official submissions and finalists at our film festivals and in some cases winners at the Beaufort International Film Festival from 2007 to the present.

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Check in at 11:30 a.m. Screenings begin promptly at noon and will conclude by 1 p.m.

School is in session. Please allow yourself some time to find a parking space. Vehicle parking is available immediately adjacent to Maclean Hall (film screenings take place here) and the opposite side of Ribaut Road adjacent to the Administration Building (Building 3).

A pedestrian walkway is available under Ribaut Road from Building 3 parking to Maclean Hall. It is kindly requested that guests refrain from parking in posted faculty and staff parking spaces. Curb-side drop off is available at the front doors of Maclean Hall prior to proceeding to general parking.

More information can be found at our website, beaufortfilmfestival.com.

Schedule May 29 • Bean (19 min) Los Angeles, Calif. (BIFF 2010) (Student) Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=ESUUARd7zmw • Grandpa (11 min) Boiling Springs, S.C. (BIFF 2019) (Short) Trailer: https://vimeo.com/265905515 • Last Night at the Ellington (12 min) Charleston, S.C. (BIFF 2015) (Short) • Passive Aggressive Dads (5 min) Brooksville, ME (BIFF 2019) (Short)

Registration open for game design and development classes

The Beaufort Digital Corridor announces TWO summer camp sessions of Game On! –

game design and development geared toward middle and high school students. Registration is now open for this limited seating opportunity.

The courses will be held at the Beaufort Digital Corridor’s BASEcamp facility from 9 a.m. until noon, Monday-Friday, June 10-14 and July 15-19.

Among the topics will be game strategy, puzzle design and a final project.

This is a special curriculum by Seth Konoza, an animation, game design and computer science educator at Beaufort High School. Students are introduced to the theory, tools, and practice required to create their own games.

Helping students to discover a passion for game design, computer science and coding, Game On! presents kids with the possibility of continuing their education in technology.

Program manager Shelley Barratt adds, “In our third season of offering this course, we are well aware of the tech skills that the newer generation gains early on. The goal is to offer other skills — like critical thinking and user experience — to augment that, and the real work commences once they follow that curiosity throughout their education and into a potential tech career.”

Hunting Island Sand Sculpting Contest

The Friends of Hunting island will sponsor the annual Sand Sculpting Contest at Hunting Island State Park on Saturday, June 1 at North Beach near the Lighthouse.

Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. and sand sculpting is from 11 a.m. 1 p.m. T-shirts and hot dogs will be for sale. Prizes will be awarded at 1:30 p.m. You can cast your votes for a $1 donation in three categories of contestants: Sand Fleas, up to 10 years of age; Sand Hoppers, 11 to 17 years of age; and Sand Tribes, families and teams.

Spring activities at Hunting Island State Park

There are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.

• Mondays: Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.

• Tuesdays: CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Beach Walk, 3 p.m.

• Wednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.

• Thursdays: Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.

• Saturdays: Creatures of the Night (owls, raptors, bats), 2:30 p.m. (May 11, 25).

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on “Programs & Events.”

All are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.

For more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.

YMCA to offer CPR classes

The Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: June 8, June 22, July 20, August 17, September 7, September 19, and November 23.

Cost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org

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Join the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.

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Three-part workshop at Pat Conroy Literary Center in June

The Self at the Center of Creativity is a three-part workshop for writers and artists that will include discussions, readings, writing prompts, and activities to stabilize and deepen your creativity and to bring more authenticity and enthusiasm to your own unique creative practice.

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