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Vet has honor of seeing his new-Marine grandson graduate

U.S. Marine Private Skylar Martin was happy that his grandfather, former Marine Jim Pike, was able to attend his graduation on Nov. 4. Photos by Elizabeth Moore, multimedia director, Honor Flight Savannah.

By Kat Walsh

“Is it real? Is this for me?” World War II veteran and former Marine Jim G. Pike couldn’t believe his dream was actually coming true. The 94-year-old was going to be able to see his grandson graduate from Marine Corps boot camp.

“Dad’s goal was always to see Skylar graduate. And now, it’s happening,” said his daughter, April Martin. Honor flight Although Pike was given medical approval to travel to the graduation on Parris Island, the 10-plus hour car ride would

have been too much, so Martin contacted Honor Flight Southern Indiana. With 130 chapters nationwide, Honor Flight is a network of volunteers whose mission it is to escort veterans free of charge to Washington D.C. to visit the memorials built in their honor.

This trip was an exception, said board member Jim Weiskopf. “It’s not part of our normal mission, but when our Southern Indiana counterpart asked for help, we wanted to assist in any See MARINE, page A9

Heritage Days: Fun fuh de chillum and famlee The Gullah Gechee culture influences so many aspects of the Lowcountry, from the food to the music to the arts. Those influences will be celebrated at the 34th Annual Heritage Days from Thursday, Nov. 10, to Sunday, Nov. 13.

It’s sure to be "fun fuh de chillun and famlee" (fun for the children and family in Gullah). Heritage Days Celebration is a four-day cultural event celebrating the Gullah/Geechee/Sea Island history, folk arts, food, music, crafts and West-African

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cultural legacy. The event will be held at the 50-acre historic Penn Center — formerly the Penn School, one of the first schools for former slaves and their descendants living on St. Helena Island. Special events for the week-

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end include demonstrations of West-African/Gullah cultural connections, including: • Live demonstrations of sweetgrass basket making and net making; See HERITAGE, page A9

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Students to make up 4 days in December After several members reconsidered their votes, the Beaufort County board of education changed course and decided to make up four of the eight instructional days lost to Hurricane Matthew by shortening winter break rather than by extending the first semester into January, according to a district release. Full instructional days will now be held Monday, Dec. 19, through Wednesday, Dec. 21, with all schools operating on normal schedules. Students will have a half-day on Thursday, Dec. 22, which will be the final day before winter break. Students will return from winter break on Jan. 4. Seven of the 10 board members participating in the meeting voted to make up four days in December, which was the option favored by school principals, by school district employees and district parents in a pair of online surveys, and by two advisory groups of high school students. Board members who changed their votes said they were increasingly concerned about extending the first semester into mid-January, which would have created problems for high school students taking important end-of-course exams after winter break, seniors who planned to graduate early and begin college in early January, and high school students who planned to begin taking dual-credit college-level courses in early January. Superintendent Jeff Moss said that school principals would work with parents and employees whose families have travel plans or schedule commitments for Dec. 19-22. “We certainly understand the complications that may arise from this change, and any parents or employees with scheduling problems should contact their principals immediately,” Moss said. “Our schools See DAYS, page A9


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