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HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY GIRLS WIN STATE BASKETBALL CROWN

Led by Dior Shelton’s 17 points, Hilton Head Christian Academy’s girls basketball team won the SCISA Class AA state basketball championship. The Eagles defeated Palmetto Christian Academy 48-32 at Sumter Civic Center to earn their third straight title. Abby Peduzzi added 11 points. In SCHSL competition, the Hilton Head High boys basketball team fell to South Point High 52-50 in the Class AAAA state-title game at the USC Aiken Convocation Center. At the SCHSL state wrestling championships, Eli Hall (220 pounds) and Gabe Juarez (160 pounds) of May River High and Hilton Head High’s James Levy (113 pounds) won state titles.

BEAUFORT COUNTY SITES PART OF RECONSTRUCTION ERA NATIONAL HISTORIC NETWORK

Three Beaufort County sites are now among six spots joining the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network. The national collection includes 67 public and private sites and programs that provide education, historical interpretation, and research related to the American Reconstruction era from 1861 to 1900, a news release said. The local sites are Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park on Hilton Head Island, Penn Center on St. Helena Island and Wesley United Methodist Church in Beaufort.

LOWCOUNTRY WOMAN WINS $100,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

A Bluffton woman’s lucky numbers won her a $100,000 prize playing the South Carolina Education Lottery. The winning ticket was bought at the Parker’s No. 33 on Buckwalter Parkway in Bluffton. The numbers for the Feb. 25 drawing were 2-12-15-19-35. “I was shocked,” said the woman, who was not identified in a news release. Parker’s received a $1,000 commission for selling the ticket. The odds of winning $100,000 playing Palmetto Cash 5 games are 1 in 501,942.

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ZOOEY

Age: 9 months Gender: Female Weight: 41 pounds Breed: German Shepard Temperament: Big puppy. Learning manners. Is a sweet girl who wants to play non-stop.

ELI

Age: 3 Gender: Male Weight: 70 pounds Breed: Lab Mix Temperament: Sweet, low key. Loves walks and just hanging out with you.

Adopt them at: Noah’s Arks Rescue Noah’s Arks Rescue specializes in helping animals with special needs. Meet these pets and their other adoptable animals by appointment only at 231 Hazzard Creek Village, Suite 3 in Ridgeland. For more information: 843-540-6755 OR WWW.NOAHS-ARKS.NET

“ in memoriam”

LOIS RICHARDSON

Lois Richardson, known as a pillar of the Hilton Head Island community, died March 19. She was 101. Richardson, one of the earliest residents of Hilton Head, along with her husband, the late Norris Richardson,

LOIS RICHARDSON built the first grocery store on the island in the Coligny area. Norris and Lois started other firsts, according to her obituary, including the island’s first bakery, hair salon, clothing store, laundromat, dry cleaners, real estate office and other businesses. She and Norris founded the First Baptist Church

In celebration of her 100th birthday in 2019, Lois told Hilton Head Monthly: “Go do something you dream about and live your dream.”

FIELDS

DWON FIELDS JR.

Dwon Fields Jr., an 18-year-old senior at Bluffton High School, was shot and killed on March 5, Bluffton Police said. A vigil was held at Bobcat Stadium several days after the shooting. Fields, who competed for the Bluffton High football team, was known for being humble. “He was just so sweet,” Bluffton Town Councilwoman Bridgette Frazier said, according to Bluffton Today. “Just

DWON FIELDS JR. always a happy kid and all the kids around him fed off that.” Two suspects were charged with accessory after the fact of murder, according to the Town of Bluffton. Two other suspects were charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. The shooting, which was at Bluffton and Hampton parkways, also injured two other Bluffton High students, E.J. Graham Jr. and Kylan Simmons.

The community is assisting the families with fundraisers. For a list of ways to help, including donating to GoFundMe pages, visit townofbluffton.sc.gov or lowcosports.com.

PORT PROGRESS

JASPER OCEAN TERMINAL COULD BOOST LOWCOUNTRY ECONOMY, TRIGGER INVESTMENT

BY MARK E. LETT

Jasper County and Georgia legislative reviews, a officials share a vision of a day construction plan, site when their collaboration will preparation, environmental enable mammoth, ocean-going protections, and agreement on ships to dock at a spanking new who will control operations. port in Jasper County. Previous initiatives had

It will take teamwork to make envisioned an operating port their dream work. by 2025, then 2035, but those

Progress on a Jasper port has PROPOSED LOCATION OF JASPER OCEAN TERMINAL targets foundered in the proven elusive for two decades, backwash of disagreements awash in disputes and delays. between the two states and in

Now, however, officials are the South Carolina Legislature. embracing fresh agreements to The project was first floated make the county and the Georgia in 2004. Iterations have Ports Authority partners in included public-private developing a multi-billion-dollar partnerships and a 50-50 port. collaboration between the S.C.

The anticipated $5 billion Ports Authority and the Georgia Ocean Terminal on 1,500 acres Ports Authority. along the Savannah River in EXHIBIT 1 - VICINITY MAP None of those arrangements Jasper County would be less than 10 miles from the Savannah Port. NORTH have succeeded, leaving Jasper County officials in line for another try. The Jasper development would relieve congestion at Savannah, where The newest plan calls for transferring the S.C. Ports Authority’s additional capacity is expected to be strained by 2035. 50-percent ownership to Jasper County.

Moreover, a deep-water port in Jasper could be designed to receive A choreography of approvals — from the county level to the S.C. supersized-ships carrying thousands more containers than the Savannah Ports Authority and Georgia’s Ports Authority — is in motion to operation handles. seal the deal. At press time, Jasper County and the SCPA had voted

Lowcountry officials see the project as a big-bang to boost the to ratify the agreement. Lowcountry economy. Proponents are hopeful the new arrangement will result in an

“It’s transformational,” said Marty Sauls, a member of the Jasper operating port sooner than 2035. County council and president of the county’s Chamber of Commerce. Davis noted that the Jasper property — once a dumping ground The port has the potential, he said, to be the county’s “Golden Egg” for dredging from the port of Savannah and Savannah River — sits for job creation and economic health. idle and undeveloped.

Barbara Clark, council chair, said the economic ripple from building, “It looks like the surface of the moon,” he said. supporting and operating the port will provide a “brighter future” for That barren landscape can be shaped into an efficient, economical “young people in school right now.” port — a lifeline to the world – capable of handling the world’s

South Carolina State Sen. Tom Davis — who has tracked the port largest cargo ships, Davis said. project for 20 years, initially as chief of staff to then-Gov. Mark Making that a reality will test the 50-50 partnership of Jasper Sanford and later as an elected official — said a Jasper port could County and the Georgia Ports Authority. trigger unprecedented investment in the Lowcountry. “We’re partners, not enemies,” said Sauls. “We are going to

“We’re about to bring prosperity to a region of the state that has proceed in a friendly and harmonious way.” been ignored historically,” Davis said. “The global shipping industry Jasper County Administrator Andrew Fulghum said the county is very sophisticated. The partnership between Jasper County and welcomes the opportunity to partner with the Georgia Ports Authority. Georgia Ports sends a tremendous signal to investors.” “We look forward to working directly with them,” he said. “We’ve

Long lists of details remain to be worked out. Among those: not had that opportunity previously.”