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The Island News covering northern beaufort county
LABOR DAY WEEKEND HAPPENINGS
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The Lands End Woodland, Inc. of St. Helena Island will celebrate the 5th Lands End Woodland River Festival from September 2-3, to commemorate the legacy of its Gullah founding fathers. The festival is a community celebration of the Gullah ancestry and traditions of the people of St. Helena Island through music, storytelling, historical presentations, crafts and food. Admission is $3 for adults; children (16 and under) free. Free parking. The Woodland beachfront property is located on Lands End Road, six miles south of Penn Center on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive on St. Helena Island. For more festival information, please call (843) 838-4503 or (843) 838-2474. Hunting Island State Park presents Pirate Day on Saturday, Sept. 3. Pirate Roulette will be at 10 a.m.: Meet in the Nature Center parking lot and battle other pirates in a brutal egg off! Last one standing, not covered in egg, wins a prize. Pre-Registration required. $2/ person, fee waived if you dress like a pirate. At 11 a.m. there will be Life of a Pirate Relay Race at the lighthouse. At 2 p.m. Pirates of the Carolinas: Meet at the Nature Center. Make your own Treasure Chest at the Nature Center at 3 p.m. $5/person, ages 4 and up. Call the Nature Center for more details at 843-838-7437. The annual Labor Day program will be held at the Penn Center campus on Monday, September 5, with a fish fry, homemade ice cream and fun for the whole family. A Community Yard Sale will also be held and interested parties may register. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Penn School National Historic District is located on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive on St. Helena Island, off Sea Island Parkway. For details, call (843) 838-2432.
september 1-8, 2011
WHAT’S INSIDE?
ARTS
Friday Nights Live series comes to ARTworks. see page 3
SCHOOL
First day back at Beaufort Academy. see page 6
LOUD
BEAUTY
Columnist Takiya Smith wants to bring sexy back. see page 11
By Pamela Brownstein
INDEX
oday, even the most inspiring words have a hard time reaching teenagers, who are plugged into an incessant bombardment of peer pressure, media hype and negative influences. One Beaufort group uses hip-hop and spoken word to break through all of the noise and nudge youth onto a path toward achieving their goals. Living Out Ur Dreams (LOUD) has a lot to say if the community is willing to listen.
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