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The Island News covering northern beaufort county
www.yourislandnews.com
September 5-11, 2013
WHAT’S INSIDE?
ARTworks to host exclusive opening reception HEALTH
Dr. Michael C. Staley performs new surgery. see page 9
SCHOOLS • Original art is a collection of Gordon W. Bailey • A few years before artist Sam Doyle died, he traveled from his modest twostory wood house on St. Helena Island to the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. to attend an important exhibition. The seminal 1982 event, Black Folk Art in America: 1930-1980, showcased works by some of the most talented,
African American, self-taught artists in the country and included a number of Doyle’s captivating paintings. At the members’ preview, the Lowcountry artist was photographed shaking hands with the First Lady of the United States, Nancy Reagan. The museum’s chief curator, Jane Livingston, raved to the Beaufort Gazette,
“His paintings are almost lyrical.” The event firmly established Doyle’s reputation. Since his death in 1985, Doyle’s paintings have traveled far and wide; many have entered prominent collections. The now highly-valued, neo-expressionist, DOYLE continued on page 16
Construction closes, improves Bay Street Road crews worked 24 hours a day beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 3, to repair and repave downtown’s Bay Street to help minimize the disruption. Although the South Carolina Department of Transportation’s schedule called for Bay Street’s paving to last four days, Beaufort city officials were hopeful it would be completed much quicker with the accelerated aroundthe-clock schedule. The work consisted of milling the existing asphalt pavement, full-depth pavement repair, repaving with new asphalt, and new striping of crosswalks, CONSTRUCTION continued on page 2
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Holy Trinity Classical Christian School begins second year. see page 11 INDEX
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Bay Street was closed to traffic on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Photo by Captured Moments Photography.
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