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Community Night Out Beaufort Police Department hosts annual event Story and photo by Bob Sofaly Hundreds of people took part the annual Community Night Out to visit with police, firefighters and officers from the Department of Natural Resources for an evening of fellowship and goodwill at the playground along Washington Street on Tuesday, Oct. 2, according the Chief Matt Clancy of the Beaufort Police Department. “It’s an opportunity for the community to get together and meet the officers in an informal setting instead of seeing them in a working situation,” Beaufort Police Chief Matt Clancy said. “The better the community gets to know the officers and vice versa, the better off all involved are.” Lt. Charles Squires says the department’s ongoing Community Oriented Policing efforts have paid off. “Events like this help the relationship with the community,” Squires said. “We have events like this throughout the year. It helps maintain trust between the police officers and the community. I think it’s definitely paid off. We don’t have the problems the other areas have because of things like this… These things help keep the community healthy and that helps keep the bad guys away.” Left: PT-3 Eric Hayes, left, of the Beaufort Police Department, gets a little help from Booker Brunson, 5, while parking cars at the annual Community Night Out. Booker said he wants to be a police officer when he grows up.
Breast Cancer a Family Affair at the Burton Fire District All 56 Burton firefighters and their spouses will be wearing pink shirts this month to support those suffering from and surviving breast cancer, as well as to bring awareness to a disease that kills more than 40,000 women each year according to the American Cancer Society and the importance of early detection in combating it. The Burton Fire District, a provider of both Basic and Advanced Life Support medical services, are not only first responders to fires and accidents, but also to those suffering from diseases, many of whom are in the late stages. People suffering from such diseases often use 911, and many times firefighters have watched over time as it takes its toll on the patient and their families. So Burton firefighters have decided to do something about it during October, which is breast cancer awareness month. By wearing pink shirts, Burton firefighters and their families hope to bring awareness to this deadly disease by not only encouraging financial donations to help with research and treatment, but most importantly, to encourage early detection.
Because firefighters are first responders, Burton Fire Chief Harry Rountree says that firefighters out in the community encouraging people about the importance of early detection in battling this disease is in line with the ethos of the Burton Fire District. “Our purpose is to alleviate suffering,” Chief Rountree said. “The best way to do that is to encourage that first response of early detection.”
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Absentee voting is now open Absentee voting is now open throughout South Carolina for voters meeting any of the 15 legal reasons allowing for absentee voting. If you fit any of these descriptions, you can apply online to have your absentee ballot sent to you in the mail by your local county election commission or vote absentee in-person. Persons qualified to vote by absentee ballot: 1. Persons 65 years of age or older 2. Persons who plan to be on vacation outside their county of residence on Election Day 3. Persons who for reasons of employment will not be able to vote on Election Day 4. Persons who are physically disabled 5. Persons attending sick or physically disabled persons 6. Government employees serving outside their county of residence on Election Day and their spouses and dependents residing with them 7. Overseas Citizens 8. Members of the Armed Forces or Merchant Marine serving outside their county of residence and their spouses and dependents residing with them 9. Persons serving with the American Red Cross or with the United Service Organizations (USO) who are attached to and serving with the Armed Forces outside their county of residence and their spouses and dependents residing with them 10. Students attending school outside their county of residence and their spouses and dependents residing with them 11. Persons serving as a juror in state or federal court on Election Day 12. Persons admitted to the hospital as emergency patients on Election Day or within a four-day period before the election 13. Persons with a death or funeral in the family within three days before the election 14. Persons confined to a jail or pre-trial facility pending disposition of arrest or trial 15. Certified poll watchers, poll managers, and county election officials working on Election Day For more information about absentee voting in Beaufort County, visit scvotes.org/absentee-voting or call 843-255-6900.
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Rountree said this effort is just one of many ways the Burton FD is increasing public outreach in a preventive and proactive manner. “Having our spouses and families involved is important,” Rountree said. “This effort is from our families to those who will be impacted by this disease, and hopefully, those who will use early detection to beat it.”
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Beaufort County is hosting a Public Informational Meeting about the upcoming 1-cent sales tax which will be on the November ballot. It will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18, in the Lady's Island Middle School cafeteria. For Northern Beaufort County, this ties into the Lady's Island Plan 2018, along with some sidewalk/multi-use path improvements around the northern portion of the county.
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