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By Tess Malijenovsky

This Saturday, April 14, from 6 to 10:30 p.m., don’t miss out on the Junior Service League of Beaufort’s annual fundraiser: BBQ by the Marsh. What makes barbecue, an open bar, live music and friends even better is knowing the proceeds are directly helping Children Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) and CODA support victims of domestic violence.

The seventh annual BBQ by the Marsh will be at the historic Arsenal (713 Craven Street, downtown Beaufort). This landmark building dates back to 1798 and is a great spot to hear live music by The Broke Locals, eat food catered by Q on Bay, and enjoy a silent auction and an open bar. “It’s our signature event,� said Carson Bruce, a member of the JSLB board and service committee chair. “It’s always a lot of fun.�

The Junior Service League of Beaufort ( JSLB) is a nonprofit organization for the local community. Made up of roughly 50 active Beaufortonians and more than 200 friends, the civic group is dedicated to volunteerism and focuses on enriching the lives of women, children and families in the community. To date, this event has raised more than $100,000 for local charities.

Former President Gloria Duryea said that the Junior Service League of Beaufort chose CAPA and CODA as this year’s beneficiaries because of their aligning missions and great impacts on the community. “Child abuse and domestic violence doesn’t discriminate against the socioeconomic level of a family,� said Duryea.

The JSLB has been busy recently.

The group held the biggest blood drive in the county, bringing in 85 pints of blood, 76 of which were donated by first-time donors, last year. This year their prom boutique featured donated cocktail, semiformal and formal dresses for young women, helping to boost their selfesteem and give them a great prom.

Tickets to the barbecue are $40 and can be purchased online at www.jslbeaufort.org or by calling 843-315-7339.

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Dog rescued from tree Last week, the Beaufort Fire Department rescued little Cappy, a long haired dachshund, after she ran away and climbed a tree.

Chain Free Beaufort’s Kim Bonturi said she discovered her friend and neighbor, Mimi Austin, had lost her dog that she rescued. “I knew she was devastated, so I did the only thing I could at this point, got a friend of mine and me and her and her dog went out walking looking for little Cappy,� Kim said. “We headed towards the Beaufort National Cemetery where Cappy was last seen six and a half hours earlier. We heading into the back portion (north side of National street) calling her name and shining flashlights — and then Cappy barked!� Kim described the scene. “She was telling us where she was, we followed her bark to a tall oak Cappy in a tree. tree. We were looking every where in the thick, heavy brush around the tree. Mimi, who lives right next to the cemetery, heard her barking and rushed to help us. Mimi was cutting back all the brush and still no Cappy. I finally decided to call the non-emergency City of Beaufort Police dispatch to see if they would help with spot lights. At the same time, two police cars pulled up to see what was going on. We told them what we were doing, then one officer, said, ‘Well, there she is!’ We all said, ‘Where?’ We looked at the officer and he was looking up into the branches of the tree.

Cappy had climbed 12 feet up the tree and was stuck.�

After that, the Beaufort Fire Department was called and they showed up with a 14 foot ladder and rescued Cappy.

FOURTH ANNUAL PET & KID FAIR Beaufort Dog at Habersham, located at 24-A Market in the heart of the Habersham Marketplace in Beaufort, will host its Fourth Annual Pet and Kid Fair Saturday, April 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Among the activities offered are dog contests, games, agility demonstrations and a vaccine and wellness clinic. Children’s activities and entertainment will also be offered. The event is free and open to the public.

Beaufort Dog at Habersham invites the public to bring unwanted or gently used dog bedding and crates to the Pet Fair, as they will be recycled for animals in need. For more information, visit www.beaufortdogathabersham. com, call 843-812-5394 or email Beaufort Dog Owner and Top Behaviorist Kelley Blackston at Kelley@beaufortdog.com.

The Habersham Marketplace is located at 13 Market St. in the Habersham Neighborhood, located off of Joe Frazier Road in Beaufort.

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Hospital holds expo for young stroke survivors. see page 4

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Arlene Heape has signing for book about her grandpa. see page 14

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Meet the owners of the new Salon Aria Off Bay. see page 16 INDEX

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Friends of Crystal Lake update

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By Peggy Allard and Frank Gibson, Co-Chairs of Friends of Crystal Lake Committee The Friends of Crystal Lake Committee was formed in December 2011 for the purpose of developing a community sponsored plan for the development of the 26-acre Crystal Lake property into a passive park. The goal was to have such a plan completed

by March 1, 2012, and provided to Beaufort County Planning Department for use in the actual development of the park. The plan has been prepared and delivered to the Beaufort County Planning Department.

Based on the public response received from numerous public meetings and a community survey plus the generous contribution of the time and talents of many professionals the plan for the development of Crystal Lake as a passive park recommends the following: Recommendation 1: Crystal Lake be developed in the following phases: • Phase I — Safety. Conduct a survey of the existing fence followed by repair for those portions needing repair and erection of fencing for those areas without a fence. Make such repairs as may be necessary to the existing facility to make it a viable and safe structure.

• Phase II — 1. Conduct such additional engineering studies as may

be necessary to allow construction of a basic trail around the lake and determine the feasibility of a children’s playground. 2. Issue a “request for proposal” for a joint private-public partnership to determine the feasibility and desirability of allowing a private entity to operate in the existing facility to include use of the lake in return for support (financial or in-kind) in the operation of the park. 3. Investigate the feasibility of utilizing the school parking area (football stadium) adjacent to park on a limited basis.

• Phase III — Authorization and construction as necessary for the following prioritized projects/ uses. (Priority based on results of community survey) • Walking/nature trail • Children’s Playground • Interpretative Center (portion of existing facility dedicated to such use) • Fishing Recommendation 2: That the following programs be considered for inclusion in the operation of the park.

• A public garden • Nature program • Audubon program • Public/Private School Sponsored Science Program

As can be seen, the above recommendations only provide a framework for a future Crystal Lake Park. There is an enormous amount of work to be accomplished before the grand opening of the park actually occurs. From the process of putting a Crystal Lake plan together, it has become very obvious that the majority of the Lady’s Island and Beaufort residents are not aware of the lake or its potential contribution to the community. As a blended fresh water and salt water lake, it is a natural jewel that deserves to be protected and made available to the public. Hopefully, within the next year this will happen.

The Friends of Crystal Lake Committee will, at this point, transition into a “reserve” status as the proposed plan is considered and hopefully adopted for implementation

by Beaufort County. Once the plan is adopted and implementation authorized, the committee will reform and reorganize to better support the development and operation of the park.

Until that time please accept, on behalf of the members of the committee, our sincere “thank you” to all who have shared their thoughts, opinions and offers of future support for a Crystal Lake passive park.

Lady’s Island-St Helena firefighters to the rescue With the widening of Lady’s Island Drive and completion of the new McTeer Bridge came a very long grass median on the Lady’s Island side of the bridge. During the construction phase, many local businesses expressed an interest in sponsoring the landscaping of the median in a manner similar to that used for the Sams Point Road medians.

However, once the road and bridge were completed, and the size of the median was viewed from a landscaping cost perspective, it was, understandably, deemed too expensive for sponsorship by a local businesses.

Rob McFee, Beaufort County Division Director of Engineering and Infrastructure, mentioned the challenge of maintaining the landscaping of the median to Chief Bruce Kline who leads the Lady’s Island - St. Helena Fire District. Chief Kline indicated that the firefighters of the district are very civic minded and

Chief Kline posed the question of assuming the landscaping responsibility of the median on the new McTeer Bridge to the firefighters and received a positive response. involved in a number of community projects and might be willing to take on the median project. However, he indicated that any work performed on the median would have to be performed on the firefighters “off-duty” time since nothing of this nature can conflict with an “on duty” firefighter giving 100% to his or her normal duties.

Chief Kline posed the question of assuming the landscaping responsibility of the median (on an off duty basis) to the firefighters of the Lady’s Island - St. Helena Fire District and received an enthusiastic positive

response. A similar response of support was received from the members of the LISH Fire Commission.

LIBPA will provide appropriate signs on the median recognizing this contribution by our firefighters. In the future, if a decision is made to expand the landscaping to include more than basic maintenance of the grass in the median LIBPA will consider financial support of such a project.

A special thank you is extended to Mr. McFee for caring about the appearance of the median (it really is the responsibility of the SCDOT), Chief Kline for his leadership and each of the Lady’s Island - St. Helena firefighters for their willingness to contribute even more (on their “off duty” days) to our community. What a great group of individuals we are privileged to have serving as members of our fire district.

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Time for a change?

By Jack Sparacino

A few stray musings came into focus recently while I spent a day and a half changing all the clocks in the house and car plus our watches. Maybe some readers have had similar thoughts.

1. Maybe those of us who went to school before personal computers, word processors, e-mail and the internet should get extra credit. Punch cards?

Wite-Out? Typewriters? Crawling around the library at midnight? Dinner from a vending machine? You must be kidding!

2. Some smells like lemon tree blossoms or fresh baked bread are divine, but most smells aren’t up to Jack snuff. Take almost Sparacino any random list of everyday items, like this one, and see what you get: asphalt, burned almost anything, gasoline, carpeting, low tide, glue, paint, mold, vinegar, raw onions. It’s interesting how some usually nasty smelling stuff has been “upgraded” by manufacturers who add pleasant scents. Bleach, for instance, though there must be better ways to enjoy “lavender.”

3. What if practically all zoos were gradually phased out and converted

Jack Sparacino has a Ph.D. in psychology from The University of Chicago. He has published over 20 articles in psychological and medical journals. He is retired from United Technologies Corporation and now lives with his wife, Jane and their two dogs on St. Helena Island. His hobbies include fishing, clamming, crabbing, shrimping and writing.

to parks? Have economists performed appropriate cost/benefit analyses on this? Would the animals be better off?

Would children’s education really be undermined? Who’s got the data on this one?

4. Are there any foods that can’t be pickled? Seems like the list of things you can pickle goes on forever. Even cucumbers. Hey, wait a minute ...

5. Who should be in charge of statues?

There certainly are a lot of important questions to consider, so we don’t want the decisions to be made casually. The person(s) portrayed on a statue? How big should it be? Best location? Material?

Cleaning schedule? Should this person be able to speak Pidgin English?

6. Here’s one that my hands were really tied on: Who invented rope?

Have any patents been awarded? Turns out there are a lot. Swing rope (Patent #4789045, filing date 5/12/87), for example, is constructed of successive layers of polyurethane, fiberglass resin, polypropylene rope, a second fiberglass resin and an abrasive grit. But here’s the cool part. Swing rope may be used to transport crew members of an offshore

What is Your risk tolerance?

The most important thing to know about investing is that it involves risk. In fact, all investments carry some degree of risk. Even if you hide your money in a shoebox under the bed, there is still a risk that it might be stolen or that its value will decrease over time due to inflation. The best thing to do then is learn how to potentially minimize the risk, and make good judgments based on your individual risk tolerance. Here are some tips to help you identify your risk tolerance so you can make smart investment decisions.

First, identify your investment goals. Do your goals include retirement, college funding, or a major purchase, such as a home?

Then determine your time frame for each particular goal.

Generally, the longer the time frame, the more risk the investment portfolio can absorb, because there is potentially more time to recover from the ups and downs of market cycles. That means that your age and the length of time

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Time, however, is not the only indicator of your own personal risk tolerance. There are other important factors such as: your ability to tolerate stress, how much you worry about your finances, how much savings you need to have in the bank to feel comfortable, and how your financial decisions affect your family.

Experts advise people to have at least six months worth of income on hand to tolerate cash flow emergencies like job loss or illness. When determining your risk tolerance for investing, the most important thing to consider is what is needed to keep your financial home safe. After that, your individual time frame can influence the decision of whether or not you can afford the investments with a little more risk.

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Seahorses sure are strange little critters. They’re actually fish, and there are 47 species of them. rig to or from a waiting boat. A second application relates to a non-slip surface applied to a rescue sling. Seems you can really establish yourself in the world of rope if you don’t get tangled up in all the filing details or media attention.

7. Seahorses sure are strange little critters. They’re actually fish, and there are 47 (yikes!) species of them.

Seahorses swim upright, which is pretty neat. According to Guinness World Records, the dwarf seahorse is the slowest moving fish, with a top speed of about 5 feet per hour. Finally, a marine creature that I can actually out swim!

8. Am I the only person in the world who finds the Aflac duck annoying? On a brighter note, a recent commercial prompted us to have a lovely duck dinner.

9. What is the precise connection between cottage cheese and cottages?

Did it start out as a cottage industry?

Is it usually made in cottages? Does it taste better when eaten in cottages?

10. Google continues to amaze and educate me. But now I know there are guys out there with my name, something I used to think was pretty unlikely.

Some of them even have my middle initial! Should we start an organization?

Can I name the president? (Bet you can guess the name.)

11. I’ve read that major league baseball players have the fastest reflexes of any professional athletes. Do we know who the toughest, fittest athletes are? Hmm, maybe decathlon-ers. Or marathon runners. Pro football linebackers? NBA point guards? Channel swimmers?

12. OK, back to daylight savings time. I’ve looked into this in some detail and can’t find any consistent, tangible benefits, for example regarding energy usage or health. The notion that aligning the hours of daylight with the hours people are most likely to be active so they’ll use the lights less sounds intriguing, but the research fails to really back it up. What seems more likely to result from switching millions (billions?) of clocks back and forth is disrupted sleep patterns and missed appointments, meetings, travel arrangements, etc. Did Americans ever get to vote on this? I hope it’s not too late, but if it is, maybe we can just set all the clocks back.

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Jonah and his whale: Part II

By Danette Vernon

Many of us are familiar with the story of Jonah. He had a “whale of a time” with himself, running a gambit of emotions in the story, between resistant, then thankful; angry, then hot and bothered; despairing, then humbled.

Our own story can be much like this, a bit of an emotional roller coaster, until we reach our Nirvana. On Monday, we make the announcement of our intention to live a CHANGED LIFE, “No more donuts!” we vow. By Tuesday, we, just as quickly change our mind — and we have a donut to console ourselves. Surely people will realize we were just blowing off steam ... again.

But there comes a time when the pain of not living as we wish is greater than our fear of the unknown, and we take one hesitant step forward, trusting, as Barbara Winters writes, “that when we

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come to the edge of all that we know, one of two things will happen, there will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught to fly.”

Kevin Trudeau, noted expert on transformation, outlines his steps for change: 1. Find out who has gone before

you, and were successful, read about them, talk to them if possible. Look for mentors if need be. 2. Assess your willingness to learn, to change, on a scale of 1 to 10. It should be a 10. If it’s not a 10, that is the first step to a new life — increase your willingness to learn new things, to change, until you reach a 10.

How do you do that? Well, ask yourself, what am I willing to give up, to be different; to live differently? Are you willing to give up comfort, the creature comforts of your own bed, the familiarity of your friends and family, the level of salary you currently have? Or more significantly, are you willing to give up your beliefs, the ones that no longer serve you?

But what can you do RIGHT NOW you wonder? Kevin further advises, to get out a piece of paper and pencil, and jot down, without thinking, your top 10

goals, and then rate them on a scale of 1 to 10. Any goals that rated a 10, start taking steps towards manifesting these goals, as they are the ones most likely to come true.

Finally, when considering any goal, doing the first thing in front of you is always the next step.

But doing things one step at a time, may not be for you, maybe you NEED the sudden slam of a door, in order to change; well so be it. It’s a rougher road — but get on it! Dan Vaden says, “Things fall apart, so that things can fall together.”

So tomorrow, you quit a job, slam a door, break a heart, and it may appear that all is lost, but it is in these very moments that you will come to the beginning of the new tales that you tell your grandchildren.

The stories that will make them exclaim, “Then what happened?!”

STROKE SURVIVOR

Kevin Wiley has always taken his high blood pressure the shopping and most of the cooking. That was the seriously. His mother died of a heart attack when she biggest change in our lives.” was only 30 years old and two of his uncles suffered the After almost a year of occupational, speech and same fate in their 40s and 50s. physical therapy, Wiley is back shopping, cooking and But when his right arm and leg began to feel heavy serving as pastor of Second Pilgrim Baptist Church in one afternoon in the spring of 2009, Wiley dismissed Beaufort. But the stroke has left him with numerous it and continued to go about his disabilities. He walks with a day. That evening, his wife Shelia wobble and is unable to use his noticed his speech was slurred. right arm. He also suffers from “I didn’t want to admit short-term memory loss. something was wrong,” Wiley Once a health issue of the elderly, recalled. “I was in denial.” stroke is becoming more and more By 2:30 a.m. the next morning, prevalent in adults in their 40s and his symptoms had become so 50s. Nearly half of all diagnosed severe, he was hardly able to walk strokes in South Carolina now and was bumping into walls. Shelia occur to patients younger than 65. took her husband to the Beaufort The dramatic increase in young Memorial Hospital ER where he stroke patients has prompted was diagnosed with a stroke.

Beaufort Memorial Hospital Although Wiley had been on to host the area’s first stroke high blood pressure medication EXPO April 21 in Building 12 Kevin and Shelia Wiley. for 10 years, he stopped taking it of the Technical College of the in the fall of 2008. Five months later, he had the stroke. Lowcountry in Beaufort.

“I didn’t like how the medication made me feel, so “People don’t realize you can suffer a stroke at I switched to homeopathic supplements,” said the any age,” said Kathy Campbell, director of Beaufort 48-year-old father of four. “In hindsight, that was a Memorial’s inpatient rehab unit. “Young survivors mistake.” often have different needs and issues than older stroke The stroke left him paralyzed on the right side of his survivors. We’re starting a support group to provide body. He had trouble swallowing and couldn’t speak them with resources and tools to help them deal with clearly. the life-changing effects of stroke.”

“Those first few months, I had to do everything The EXPO is being cosponsored by YoungStroke, for him,” said Shelia, a software manager with the Inc., an advocacy organization for adults who Beaufort County School District. “He used to do all experienced a stroke between the ages of 20 and 64.

Stroke survivor and founder Amy Edmunds will be among the guest speakers featured during the 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. event.

“In the U.S., we don’t differentiate stroke survivors by age,” said Edmunds, who had her stroke when she was 43. “But there are differences. Young stroke survivors can have better outcomes if they receive more aggressive therapy.”

Edmunds will be joined by neurologist Dr. Paul Mazzeo, internist Dr. Philip Cusumano and Greg Gilbert of the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department. The EXPO also will include a panel of four stroke survivors and a caregiver, among them Kevin and Shelia Wiley. They will discuss their experiences and how they cope with life after stroke.

“I’ve had to change some things in my life,” Kevin Wiley said. “I exercise four times a week now and I stay away from pasta and pizza.”

To register for the EXPO, call (843) 522-5585. For more information about Young Stroke, Inc., go to www. youngstroke.org.

if you GO Young Stroke EXPO, hosted by Beaufort Memorial Hospital on Saturday, April 21 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Technical College of the Lowcountry (Building 12) in Beaufort.

The event is free, but registration is required. To register for the EXPO, call (843) 522-5585. For more information about Young Stroke, Inc., go to www.youngstroke.org.

Beaufort Memorial observes National Healthcare Decisions Day In observance of National Healthcare Decisions Day, April 16, Beaufort Memorial Hospital reminds community members that they can get easy access to state-approved advance directives on the hospital website at www.bmhsc. org. Click on the “Patients and Visitors” section and click on Advance Directives.

Copies can be made in English and in Spanish.

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Memorial has offered the free service of scanning copies of people’s advance directives and keeping them on file. If you are interested in doing that, please call Jamie McMahon, Director of Admissions, at 522-5097.

National Healthcare Decisions Day is observed annually on April 16 and is aimed at increasing the number of Americans who have completed an advance directive (“living will”), in

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which they name the person who will make medical decisions for them in the event they are seriously ill and can’t speak for themselves. Experts say only about 20-30 percent of Americans have completed an advance directive, even though all people age 18 and older should have one.

“It’s understandable that people would put off discussing the topic of serious illness and death, but it’s

essential to have this family conversation in advance,” Pat Foulger, RN, VP for Quality Services said. “It’s a discussion that should take place in the living room, not in the hospital waiting room when it may be too late.”

Beaufort Memorial has offered access to healthcare advance directives on its website for years, or call the hospital at 522-5171 to have the information mailed.

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On Tuesday, April 10, Higher Ground Outfitters both presented a check to Friends of Hunting Island and campaigned for One Day Without Shoes — an international movement to spread awareness of the impact a pair of shoes can have on a child’s life, sponsored by Toms shoes.

Every year Higher Ground puts on PaddleFest, a three- or six-mile race via kayak or standup paddleboard that launches from the lagoon in Hunting Island State Park.

Last November was the outfitter’s seventh year in the tradition, which raises proceeds for Friends of Hunting Island. Tim Lovett, owner of Higher Ground, presented Jon Greene, President of Friends of Hunting Island, and Jeff Atkins, State Park Manager, with a check for more than $1,300 for the Discover Outdoors Program of Hunting Island State Park on the behalf of Friends of Hunting Island.

Lovett and his staff, Leslie Norris and Josh Henderson, were barefoot on the job at the scene of the check’s presentation. Higher Ground, a retailer of Toms shoes, was participating in One Day Without Shoes.

The idea behind the campaign is that seeing someone in a store barefoot is unnatural to Americans. The curiosity sparks conversation about the cause: Millions of children live without proper footwear, exposing them to injury and disease every day. For every pair of

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Grace & Glory Uptown donates 50 chickens

GRACE & GLORY Uptown recently held a “Chicks for Chicks” fundraising event to benefit World Vision (www.worldvision.org). Through this event, GRACE & GLORY, Beaufort’s largest women’s boutique, was able to donate more than 50 chickens to hungry families in Africa.

Why chickens? Fresh eggs raise the levels of protein and other nutrients in a family’s diet. The sale of extra eggs and chickens can pay for vital basics like rice, milk and school supplies. Finally, families can sell the offspring for extra income or share them with other families in need.

The event was a huge success, supported by many women in the community who came out to support the cause. Cindy Turnbull, owner of GRACE & GLORY Uptown, offers a huge thank you to everyone who contributed to this worthy charity.

GRACE & GLORY Uptown is located at 1029A Boundary Street in Beaufort.

The women’s boutique carries a large selection of women’s clothing, shoes, accessories and home goods. The boutique is open Monday – Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call the store at 843-521-4050 or friend them on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/GraceandGloryUptown.

Parris Island Iron Mike Bike/Walk Tour Free Tour Open to the Public Saturday, April 14, 2012 9:00am - 1:00pm The Parris Island Historical and Museum Society will be sponsoring its 6th Iron Mike Bike Tour (bicycle) and Walking Tour of historic Parris Island. The Bike Tour is 14 miles and takes riders on a 16 stop tour of the Depot’s colonial plantation and military historic sites. The walk will be 3 miles covering historical portions of mainside Parris Island. At stops along the way, museum representatives will be available to explain the stops’ history and significance to Parris Island. Both the bike and walking tours start at the Museum. A driver’s license, registration and proof of insurance are required to access the base. Base policy requires cyclists to wear helmets and follow the rules of the road for safety purposes.

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High school students win for nature photos The Photography Club of Beaufort awarded the 2012 Dale Westcott Nature Award on Monday, April 9, at the club’s recent meeting. The award is given annually to local high school students for their nature photography in memory of Dale Westcott, a club member, retired educator and avid nature photographer. Mrs. Barbara Westcott, a co-sponsor of the award, was on hand to present the checks to the students. Three area high schools participated this year and submitted a total of 65 photos.

First place was awarded to Enrique Duran from Bluffton High School for “The InBetween,” pictured above.

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Jackson Canaday for “Marsh,” seen at left. Third Place was awarded to Emma Carrol of Bluffton H i g h School for “Floating Star Fish.” Two Honorable Mentions were awarded to Laura Roddey of Beaufort Academy for “Charlottesville” and Emma McCraken of Bluffton High for “Manning the Post.”

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St. Helena’s celebrates with special music series “Music at St. Helena’s” is part of the spring concert series arranged by the Parish Church of St. Helena (Episcopal) as part of its Tricentennial Celebration.

The church presents a free organ performance April 13 at 7 p.m. by S. Wayne Foster, organist-in-residence of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.

Pat Gould, Director of Music at St. Helena’s, said that Foster is one of the leading organists today. “Foster’s technical ability coupled with an unerring sense of musicianship will make for a recital that will electrify the music and excite the audience,” she said.

The Winthrop University Chamber Singers, will perform another free concert on Sunday, April 15 at 2 p.m. The Winthrop S. Wayne University Chamber Choir is a small ensemble of 15-20 singers Foster specializing in the performance of a cappella and chamber music from the Renaissance to the 20th century. The choir especially enjoys motets, madrigals, chanson, and part songs from early periods of musical history to the present day.

Although these concerts are offered free, donations are graciously accepted. The Parish Church of St. Helena (Episcopal) is located at 505 Church Street in Beaufort.

For more information, contact Pat Gould at patgould@islc.net or 843-522-1712 or visit www.sthelenas1712.org.

People, places and chickens The artwork of James St. Clair will be in the gallery at ARTworks, April through May 2012. The Artist Reception will be Friday, April 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. James St. Clair is an award-winning South Carolina artist. Many of his paintings depict the rich heritage and culture of the Lowcountry and the Sea Islands. His visual stories tell tales of work, humor and adventure, in acrylics on many surfaces, including

canvas, paper, clayboard, masonite, wood and even newspaper. Some of his most popular series of paintings are Harlem Renaissance, Lowcountry Folktales, Black and Blues, the Adventures of Geechee Joe and Gullah Girl, and the Misadventures of The Chickens.

ARTworks is in Beaufort Town Center, at 2127 Boundary Street. Call 843-3792787, www.artworksinbeaufort.org.

arts events Creative classes held at Carolina Stamper

Well-known Art Rubber Stamp Nature Artist Fred Mullett will be teaching classes at Carolina Stamper on April 20, 21 and 22. Fred Mullett travels all over the country teaching classes on how to use many different art mediums to embellish his nature art stamps. If you are a rubber stamper and artist, you will not want to miss these classes. Call 843-522-9966 for more information or e-mail carolinastamper@hargray.com for a complete description. Carolina Stamper is located at 203 Carteret St., downtown Beaufort.

USCB Festival Series Chamber Music concert

This performance will be Sunday, April 29, from 5 - 7 p.m. at the USCB Center for the Arts, Carteret Street. Celebrate the Festival Series grand finale with violinists Yehonatan Berick and Steven Copes, cellist Edward Arron and Rieko Aizawa on the piano and harmonium The performance will include a Schubert piano trio, a Prokofiev violin sonata, Dvořák bagatelles and a Fauré piano quartet. Tickets start at $40 and are available by calling 843-208-8246, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tickets are also available at the door.

For more information, visit us at www. uscb.edu/festivalseries.

THE INDIE FILM CORNER

By Dennis Tavernetti

“The Matchmaker” from The World Series presented by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center For the Arts on Sunday, April 15 at 6 p.m.

Synopsis: Arik, a teenage boy growing up in Haifa in 1968, gets a job working for Yankele Bride, a matchmaker. Yankele, a mysterious Holocaust survivor, has an office in back of a movie theater that shows only love stories. As Arik begins to learn the mysteries of the human heart through his work, he falls in love. The girl he loves has just returned from America and is full of talk of womens rights, free love and rock and roll. The disparate parts of Arik’s life collide in unexpected, often funny and very moving ways as he lives through a summer that changes him forever. The film mixes comedy with drama as it tells a coming-of-age story unlike any you’ve ever seen before.

Ratings & Reviews: The two leading film web sites give this film an IMDb rating of 7.1. Critics: Ferdi says it’s a “... wise and wonderful comingof-age tale ... teeming and brilliantly told story ... performances are superlative and believable.”

Jerusalem Post calls it “immensely pleasurable and moving ... outstanding acting.”

Previewer’s Comment: This World film filmed in Israel (2010) is in Hebrew with English subtitles. It is a comedy at heart with very funny situations we would never imagine happening in our surroundings. It is the 1960’s and the memories of the Holocaust are only 20 years away and this is used in the film for us to remember that in spite of the past, we all need to move on, and what better way to move on than to find a new love to enjoy life and the future with. Of course how to do that is always a challenge, and perhaps a matchmaker approach is better than church groups and online dating. The truth is they all have very funny results and in this case a teenager gets an education as well. I could think of worse summer intern jobs.

Rated: Unrated, but can be considered likely to be PG-13.

“Reuniting The Rubins” from The Indie Series presented

by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center For the Arts on Wednesday, April 18, at 7 p.m.

Synopsis: An up-tight lawyer, Lenny Rubins, has to put his dream retirement on hold when his ailing mother emotionally blackmails him into reuniting his estranged children for a Jewish holiday. They may be peas from the same pod, but in Lenny’s eyes, his grown-up children are certainly not even from the same planet: a ruthless control-freak and hard-nosed capitalist; an outspoken, argumentative eco-warrior committed to the cause and an outer-worldly Buddhist Monk; and to cap it all, a Bible bashing born-again Rabbi. While they might quarrel and fight, they are still family. It is going to take a whole lot of soul searching and sacrifice for all involved to come together in this heartwarming, comic, family drama that will have you thinking of your own extended family with a smile.

Ratings & Reviews: The two leading film web sites give this film an IMDb rating of 5.2 (middle of the road) and Rotten Tomatoes audience rating of 67. Not a favorite of the critics due to its exaggerated personalities and situations that stretch the imagination, but audiences give it OK marks for an evening’s comic diversion.

Previewer’s Comment: This UK World film in English reminds us how diverse our families are and why we do not always look forward to family reunions. However, they give us fodder for laughs and angst for years after. Family reunions somehow take” keeping up with the Jones” to the next level, even more intense than your 20th high school reunion, which is mere child’s play. Not all films are intellectual journeys that provide great awakenings in our being. This film is just for fun; and although it doesn’t qualify as slap stick comedy, it is that type of film.

Rated: PG Tickets for adults are $7, seniors $6, students $5. Call USCB Center for the Arts box office at 843-521-4145 or purchase tickets day of performance. The box office opens one hour before show time.

Dennis Tavernetti is a resident of St. Helena Island who retired to the Lowcountry having a lifelong interest in the arts. He encouraged USCB‘s Center for the Arts to investigate the possibility of bringing Indie, World and Documentary HD films to Beaufort. the island news | april 12-18, 2012 | www.yourislandnews.com

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Savannah Children’s Choir (SCC) will join the singers on the 10th Anniversary Concert. The guest choir from Savannah recently returned from a choral competition in Verona, Italy, and will share some of the choral works from that experience. SCC has performed with the Savannah Sinfonietta, the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, several artists in residence, and they were a featured presenter at this year’s Georgia Music Educators In-Service Conference in Savannah in February. The chorus was founded in 2006 by Roger Moss, Artistic Director and Cuffy Sullivan, Executive Director.

Their staff includes conductors Timothy Hall and Emmy Williams and Anne Acker, Accompanist.

Both choirs will perform individually for this concert and will also join forces on a few numbers. LCCC will present a choral set with a “water theme” in honor of the Lowcountry setting as well as feature a few of its outstanding young artists as soloists.

LowCountry Children’s Chorus is an auditioned, tuition-based, community chorus for treble voices ages 9 and up.

In residence at The Baptist Church of Beaufort, where most of the rehearsing and performing has transpired over the years, the chorus has also participated in a variety of community, regional and national choral events.

Some performance sites have included: • Beaufort and Hilton Head Orchestras • Hilton Head Choral Society • Fripp Island Friends of Music • Heritage Music Festivals in Orlando and Myrtle Beach • Children in Harmony, Walt Disney World • Carnegie Hall, New York City • Piccolo Spoleto, Charleston • Various community events.

LCCC was founded by executive director Dr. Melanie Williams and is accompanied by Mrs. Linda Keene. The choir is a nonprofit community group administered by a volunteer board of directors.

Auditions for LCCC’s Fall Semester will take place in May and August.

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Cartoons, Africa, Childhood and American Culture The Charles Street Gallery presents new work by Benton Lutz, April 20 through May 5. Meet the artist at the opening reception Friday, April 20, at 5:30 p.m. with live music by the Side Street Walkers. Lutz is well known in the Lowcountry for his thoughtful humor, visual storytelling and daring paintbrush. In this show, he revels in feminine beauty, how it’s displayed on the big screen by Jessica Rabbit (from the movie “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”) and how women themselves reveal it in their fashion rituals.

From his statement: “Two of my professional modalities in therapy with children are art and play therapy, which fits me perfectly because all I’m ever doing with paint is playing. In other words, I don’t take myself very seriously when it comes to painting. But I do pay attention to what’s around me and what is said to me. Paying that kind of attention is the highest price one will pay for anything.

“Painting is a way of losing touch with the need to be right or proper; it is my therapy. The world is too full of the need to be right, or to be proper, or to be critical of oneself or others. So play (in whatever form it takes) is essential and restorative.

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filling with paintings, I think to myself, ‘I better have a show and see if any of this can find a new home.’ The thing that I noticed, this time around, was that I had been painting many representations of women. There were images of women everywhere. Thus, I thought the Feminine Mystique. would be a good theme for the show.”

The Charles Street Gallery is an established source for local and international art. For more information, call 843-521-9054 or visit www. thecharlesstreetgallery.com. The gallery is located at 914 Charles Street, Beaufort.

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Events at the YMCA TIGERSHARKS SWIM TEAM OPEN HOUSE The YMCA is hosting an open house on Thursday, April 12 to showcase their distinguished aquatics department and swim team. After placing fifth in the Carolina YMCA Swim League last season, the Y wants to showcase the program as well as recruit new talent. This event begins at 5:30 p.m. and is open to boys and girls ages 18 and under who are interested in becoming part of the Tigersharks Swim Team.

New and advanced swimmers will have the opportunity to meet the coaches, tour the facility and review swim team season expectations. Interested swimmers can also try out for the team, so come prepared.

The YMCA is a charitable organization open to people of all abilities, ages, beliefs, cultures, faiths and incomes. Financial assistance is available based on need. For information, visit www.ymcabeaufortcounty.com or call 843-522-9622.

KID TRIATHLON ENCOURAGES YOUTH TO GET ACTIVE Working in partnership with Road Fish Bike Shop and numerous volunteers, the Wardle Family YMCA is hosting its first-ever Kid Triathlon on Saturday, April 28. Youth ages 5-15 will bike, run and swim and compete for first place in their age category.

All running, biking and swimming distances are age appropriate and will take place right in the Port Royal area including the Sands Beach, the new fitness trail and amphitheater in Port Royal. “Our goal is to keep today’s youth active and help them establish these habits throughout their lives,” says YMCA Health and Wellness Director Charles Ridlehuber. “The kid triathlon, along with other Y programs and membership, is the perfect way to do this.”

The cost to participate is $25 for Y members and $30 for community participants.

The first 50 registrants will receive a free T-shirt as well as a participation ribbon for all race finishers. This is a timed event and will begin promptly at 9 a.m. on April 28. All participants must have a bike helmet and running shoes to participate and can register at www.active.com or at the Y front desk.

Individuals interested in sponsoring the Kid Triathlon and having their personal name or company logo on all race-day T-shirts and marketing collateral, must select either the Bronze ($50-$99), Silver ($100-$249) or Gold ($250+) sponsorship level and visit or call the Wardle Family YMCA to make their pledge.

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Book signing at Old Bay Marketplace

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rlene Heape Hull has written a wonderful homage to her grandfather Artie Mitchell Heape who served in two wars and was chief of police in Beaufort. Her book “A Low Country Man and his Life” gives a fascinating account of the times and her grandfather’s contribution to shaping modern day Beaufort. Here are some pics from the book signing.

Raise a glass, raise awareness A great wine tasting will be held next Thursday from 5-7 p.m. at The Tooting Egret to benefit the American Cancer Society and Beaufort’s Relay For Life.

The Spring for the Cure event will feature a full range of Spanish wines with tapas.

Tickets are just $25, tax deductible. The Tooting Egret is located on the corner of Scott and Craven streets in the old firehouse building.

downtown gossip Here’s what people are talking about: In the Old Van Harten Building next to The Chocolate Tree on Carteret Street, an artisan bakery is going in. A bike shop is coming to the old bus station at the Northeast corner of Boundary and Charles streets. The Lipsitz building on Bay Street has finally been bought: all the old vinyl siding will be stripped off and six new residential condos will go upstairs. A wine store by the owners of Griffin Market will open in part of the downstairs as they look for a tenent for the big part of the store.

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Upcoming Relay Events: APRIL 13 “All White Party” at 9 p.m. in the “Garden” room at the Quality Inn Town Center, 2001 Boundary Street, Beaufort, SC. Tickets are $10; raffles 6 for $5. The prize is free “DJ” services for the party or event of your choice. Contact Doug for tickets and raffles – 843-441-5172.

APRIL 14 Yard Sale, Regions Bank sponsored by the Flippfloppers of the Sea. April 15 Scentsy party by the Beaufort Military Wives; products can also be ordered online. The consultant is donating her entire commission. Check out the Scentsy Party to Benefit the ACS Facebook page for details.

April 19 Enjoy the Spring for the Cure wine tasting fundraiser on the patio at The Tooting Egret on Thursday, April 19 from 5-7 p.m. featuring Spanish wines and tapas. Tickets are $25 each. Please call 973-885-3024 to make a reservation; space is limited. The Tooting Egret is located on Craven Street in the old firehouse building. Raise a glass, raise awareness!

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Salon Aria Off Bay Elizabeth Parker and Lynn Groff of Salon Aria Off Bay

a song for your hair

“The word ‘Aria’ is of Italian origin and is defined as a piece of music written for an operatic solo. In more generic terms, it is used to define individualism and as something that stands apart,” says Elizabeth Parker, salon owner. “I chose this name for all of the above meanings. I have been involved in music ever since I learned to talk. All my life I have been involved with community, school and church choirs. I also play piano and, once upon a time, the flute. I am currently a member of The Sea Island Chamber Singers here in Beaufort.”

Her partner Lynn is known as one of the best hair stylists in Beaufort, and together they have opened the new Salon Aria downtown, just off Bay Street.

Elizabeth describes how she met Lynn: “Lynn and I met in Beaufort when I applied to work at his Redken Salon in Habersham.

We’ve known each other for five years. Two and half years ago, our relationship became more of a personal one. We share a very high mutual respect for each other and we believe that is the key to success for any business and/or personal relationship.”

Lynn attended several world-renowned academies such as Sassoon, Jean Louis David, and Tigi. Says Lynn, “I am always researching and surfing the Internet for the most current fashion trends and hair styles. It’s almost like a drug; when I find something that jumps out at me, I get so excited and instantly start thinking of one of my clients whose looks and personality would compliment my new found style. I find myself thinking, ‘I can’t wait to do this haircut!’ I am inspired by European 16

about the business Salon Aria Off Bay is located at 700 Bay Street, Suite 105 A, Beaufort. For appointments, call 843-379-4230 or visit www.salonariaoffbay.com. (especially British) hair fashions as they are consistently about two years ahead of us when it comes to their style. The haircuts you see on the majority fashion-forward Americans today were most likely done years ago in England, Italy, etc.”

That’s why they both believe in regular trainings from Redkin and trips to major hair shows. Says Lynn, “We like to keep our clients evolving so that they don’t get stuck in an outdated look. Fashion evolves each season — both color and cut. In 2013 we hope to go to the big hair shows in London and Paris that occur just before the major fashion shows.”

Elizabeth trained at an elite Redken Salon in Atlanta. She said, “As a little girl, my biggest fashion influences were all of the Disney princesses. I remember being Ariel for Halloween when I was 7 and even wore a long red wig to make the costume seem more realistic. I probably wore that wig for three months, everyday after school, until I went to bed. I love HAIR!” Elizabeth’s specialty is color. Says Elizabeth, “I find color to be my passion because even the slightest color change of brightness and/ or depth and shine can dramatically improve someone’s appearance taking in consideration

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By Lanier Laney the skin pallet, eye color, face shape and even lifestyle for maintenance purposes. A clients’ color transformation is instant gratification for both the guest and myself, and best of all, it can be altered slightly or dramatically at anytime. I especially recommend varying or tweaking someone’s color when seasons change. For example, our skin tends to be lighter in the fall/ winter months, so balancing the color to marry with tones of the skin is always important and always exciting. I get bored doing the same-old, same-old, so even if the change is as subtle as slightly altering a low light tone, it opens up new future possibilities and prevents complacency. “ As a child, Elizabeth would vacation on Edisto Island, and Lynn used to visit his grandfather in Summerville, where he fell in love with the Lowcountry. They both moved here six years ago and love how Beaufortonians are so friendly, social and polite. Since being here, they both have been involved in the Locks-for-Love charity and helped raise money for breast cancer awareness.

Their beautiful new salon off Bay Street has been open since October 2011. As a business owner, Elizabeth said she has implemented a “level program,” inspired by the salon where she worked in Atlanta. This system guarantees a life-long career path in which the goal is for the stylist to become a salon stockholder. With this particular system, Elizabeth and Lynn are pioneering a way for future employees to become co-owners of the salon. They look forward to welcoming more hair stylists to the Aria team.

lunch bunch/happy winos

Serving up seriously delicious food at

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By Pamela Brownstein

Lunch Bunch was really looking forward to this week’s meal at Hecklers. For starters, we shared the housemade onion rings that are thinly sliced, beer battered, delicately fried and served with a horseradish dipping sauce. Nikki was raving about the onion rings, and we polished off a whole plate. We also tried the beer cheese dip with housemade chips. I really can’t think of anything better than beer cheese dip, it was so yummy.

Kim and Elizabeth shared their favorite barbecue chicken pizza, while Kim’s daughter sampled the teriyaki chicken wings.

Buck and Nikki ordered one of the most popular items on the menu, The Cheesesteak, made with Philly steak, white American cheese with sauteed onions.

They both devoured their delicious sandwiches.

I tried The Club Man sandwich and it was excellent.

Served on a hoagie roll, this sandwich has Guinness mustard, turkey breast, applewood bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion and melted Muenster cheese.

Special Lunch Bunch guest Daniel Brownstein had a build your own burger, cooked medium rare and topped with cheddar cheese and mushrooms. With a side of homemade fries and a Holy City beer to wash it down, this was a hearty, manly meal. Nikki said that you know the sign of a good burger if it has to have a knife sticking in it to keep it together.

Owner David Parker said the burgers are handpattied and never frozen. Even the fries are hand cut,

Barbecue chicken pizza.

A hamburger with cheddar cheese and mushrooms and homemade fries.

and it’s that attention to quality ingredients that makes the food at Hecklers top notch. “It takes a lot of energy to make fresh food,” David said, but the effort is always worth it.

In addition to amazing food, Hecklers offers great nightly specials such as Wednesday wings (buy one pound, get one free!), Tuesday taco night and Friday prime rib for only $9.95. Thursday night’s karaoke with Steve always draws a crowd with drink specials and more than 20 beers on tap.

Hecklers is located at 2121 Boundary Street, Suite 100, Beaufort, SC, 29902. For more information, call 843-379-2090.

The Club Man sandwich: Turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion, Guinness mustard with melted Muenster cheese.

The days of wine and noses

By Terry Sweeney

I don’t know what rituals you and your family had around the dinner table, but in my family as soon as the meal was served and my mother sat down to join my father, my older brother and myself, everybody just dug in.

No holding hands, no grace, no thanking God. Not the Sweeneys! As my mother loved to point out, God hadn’t slaved over the stove for hours, she had. And if we had to thank anyone, she felt it should be her. So I developed a slightly unusual ritual of my own that drove my family crazy. Before starting in on my food I would loudly say, “Thank you, God,” hoping to shame the heathens around me, and then I would dramatically bend over my plate (my thick dorky eyeglasses steaming up) and reverently sniff each and every item on it. The fresh pungent garlic my Italian mother had rubbed on the London Broil mixed with the savory meaty beef juices.

Next to it, I inhaled the glorious aroma of salt and melting butter on a fluffy baked potato whose charred earthy skin whisked me outdoors where the sweet smell of fresh picked peas from my mother’s garden danced around my head. I was floating on an aromatic cloud in Foodie Heaven!

But the sound of my dear, sweet mother’s voice brought me back to earth.

“FOR CHRISSAKE, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!! THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR FOOD!!,” she would screech.

“Maybe ‘four eyes’ needs stronger glasses,” my jerky older brother was only

a worth while wine tasting

Terry Sweeney

P.S.: Follow your nose to this year’s Spring for the Cure event: A Spanish wine tasting at The Tooting Egret to benefit the American Cancer Society on Thursday, April 19 from 5-7 p.m. The very knowledgable Matt Pieper will be on hand to offer nine extraordinary wines along with some mouth watering tapas. The cost? Just $25 bucks (tax deductible). Worth every penny!

too happy to volunteer.

“Shut up stupid!” my father would yell at my brother, which would prompt my mother to scream, “Don’t you dare call him stupid! Even if he is!” Which would then cause my brother to shout, “This is all your fault!” then slug me, which caused me to throw my milk in his face and then the usual nightly all-out screaming, slapping, melee would erupt.

(The truth is, I had started it all with my crazy food smelling fetish, I giggled secretly to myself ).

I tried to explain to these bozos that the nose was where the most important tasting began and ended. For instance, when you had a cold, you couldn’t taste anything. Blank stares were their response. They just didn’t get it. More proof, as far as I was concerned, that I was adopted and that my real parents (aristocrats fleeing some awful coup) had haphazardly left me on this depressing cookie cutter Long Island doorstep, where they would hopefully return (perhaps tomorrow??) to reclaim me.

As the years went by, and I got around my peers, I thought it best to hide my food smelling fetish — that is until now. In my career as a wine educator,

I realized that I can now proudly sniff until my Happy Wino heart is content.

Swirling glass after glass of wines from around the world, I am happily challenged to identify and describe the many nuances of The Grape so that my Happy Wino friends might know what to expect if they order them.

What a delightful cornucopia of smells now fills my sense memory. With white wine — peaches, ripe melons, green apples, limes, mangos, grapefruit, and these are just a handful of the fruit essences that tickle my nose. With the reds — black cherries, strawberries, pomegranates, raisins and plums all compete for my olfactory attention.

At this point, there are so many fruits dancing in my head, I sometimes feel like Carmen Miranda. (Note to younger readers: you will just have to Google her and scare up one of her campy, fruity publicity shots.)

Of course, there is an entire gamut of non-fruity smells that I’m sure you have read about or maybe even smelled first hand in your very own wineglass: things like saddle, leather, mushroom, burnt toast, tobacco, licorice, even bacon. The best analogy I heard concerning this

process of swirling and sniffing of wine and the inhaling of its aromas was from wine expert Philip Seldon, who likened it to hearing a full orchestra in concert.

One listens to a symphony in its entirety, yet one can pick out an oboe here, or a cello there, and the various harmonies and melodies that float throughout it.

All of it together makes the music all the sweeter. So too with wine. The color, the aromas, the taste and the texture all play their part in the wine tasting experience.

Sure the tongue can taste sweetness and salt, sourness and bitterness, and most certainly can determine the texture of your wine. (Smooth or rough, heavy or light bodied). But as any professional wino will tell you, most wine flavors are actually aromas that are vaporized in the mouth and perceived through the rear nasal passage. Or “retronasal passage” if you prefer true wine geek speak. That’s why the real pros make that annoying slurping sound as they bring the air over the wine in their mouth to deliver the wine’s aroma to their retronasal passage to better “taste” the wine. (I personally do it to show off and make others feel less sophisticated).

Since hearing about it, I have tried to work the term “retronasal passage” into my daily conversation whenever I can. When someone asks, “How are you?,” I have now taken to replying, “My retronasal passages are worn to the bone!” So far no one seems the least bit impressed by my new highly esoteric terminology. Once more, “Pearls before Swine’” — the story of my life.

Cheers!

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school news SCHOOL briefs • April 12-13: No school for all Beaufort County public schools for Heritage days. (Beaufort Academy closed for Spring Break.)

• April 16-20: The Spring Book Fair at Riverview Charter School.

• Tuesday, April 17, second graders at Beaufort Academy begin swim lessons at the YMCA twice a week. This free program will last four weeks.

• Monday, April 16: Riverview Charter School is kicking off the Hawaiian Luau Scholastic Book Fair with a Pizza Party at 6 p.m. The Riverview Community Cooperative (RCC) will be accepting nominations for 2012-2013 RCC Officers for the following areas: President, Elect, Secretary, Treasurer. The RCC will also have positions open for standing committees.

• Tuesday, April 17: Hawaiian Luau Spirit Day at Riverview Charter School. Wear a Hawaiian shirt or lei with a uniform bottom to show your school spirit.

A letter from President Obama Beaufort Academy students in grades PreK-3, PreK-4 and kindergarten received a letter from President Barack Obama in response to writing him on President’s Day. In addition to letters, they sent drawings and a request for him to visit them at school.

Perfect college acceptance Beaufort Academy’s class of 2012 has already reached 100 percent college acceptance As of April 5, BA seniors have been accepted to 63 different schools, including Washington & Lee University; Trinity College, (Conn.); New York University (NYU-Poly); Clemson; University of Georgia; Vanderbilt University; and Wake

Beaufort Academy’s class of 2012.

Buggy Tour, our students are on the way to becoming active leaders in our community,” said the school staff.

The PreK-4 class from Beaufort Academy poses with their letter from President Obama.

Forest University. “Congratulations to all for a job well done. We are very proud.”

LIMS students meet elected officials Last month, Lady’s Island Middle School’s Junior Leadership class met three Beaufort County leaders: State Senator Tom Davis, Mayor Billy Keyserling and State Representative Shannon Erickson in the chambers of the new City Hall complex. They discussed the roles of government, local issues and how to develop solutions. The class was impressed that all three politicians had full time jobs and families as

well as their leadership positions. They also learned how city, county and state politics are handled, how to become an active citizen in school and community, and how to properly discuss the issues. The second half of the day, students learned about Beaufort’s past. Larry, from the Southurn Rose Buggy Tour Company, escorted them through time as he not only brought the history alive to the class but engaged the students in discussions that aligned with Beaufort County’s Social Studies standards.

“Thanks to Mayor Keyserling, Representative Erickson, Senator Davis and the Southurn Rose

Riverview to move to Shell Point Elementary Riverview is moving to Shell Point Elementary school this summer and Riverview students will attend classes there beginning August 20. The move was approved by the Board of Education at a recent work session. “We appreciate the district’s support. This move will provide Riverview students with many facility related learning spaces that don’t exist at Burroughs — a gymnasium, a media center, a fully functional commercial kitchen and 30 classrooms,” Riverview said. The charter school still intends on fulfilling its long-term goal of building a permanent campus on Old Salem Road.

Volunteer for Riverview Book Fair Riverview Charter School would love to see some new faces at the Book Fair. They need parents to help set up/break down the book fair, help at the pizza party, and to sign up to work shifts during the week. Book Fair hours are 8:15-9 a.m., 12-1:30 p.m. and 3:30-4:45 p.m., Tuesday through Friday.

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school news WHAT’S HAPPENING AT TCL? Explore creativity through upcoming TCL classes

• Cake Decorating, the Essentials: Take a one-day class and learn the essential skills to decorate cakes and cupcakes. The class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 14 at the TCL Beaufort Campus. Students will make their own icing, learn how to properly handle their icing bag, learn about basic bag icing tips and their uses, and learn to make the most popular flowers. Cost is $79.

• Memoir Writing: The Technical College of the Lowcountry Continuing Education division will offer a six-week memoir writing class on Mondays, April 16 through May 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Beaufort Campus, 921 Ribaut Road.

The class will allow you to recount and record those tales you’ve been telling your family, children and grandchildren for years. Whether you choose to write about a specific experience or cover a number of years, you’ll learn the skills necessary to organize and craft a written legacy for yourself, your family or for publication. The class will be taught by Katherine Tandy Brown, who has been a successful freelance writer for 20 years and has led a wide variety of writing workshops on freelance, travel, memoir and peaceful life writing (based on meditation and recollection).

She is also a Coaches Training International writing coach. Cost is $110.

• Creative Organization for Writers: TCL welcomes local writer Stephanie Edwards who has joined Continuing Education to get writers organized! The class will be held Saturday, April 28, 10 a.m. to noon at the Beaufort Campus. This is a course for writers in how to get organized, to be more productive, and stick with and enjoy the writing process. Each student should have a basic knowledge of computers and the word processing program they use. Cost is $59.

For more information or to register for any of these classes, please call 843525.8205 or visit www.tcl.edu/ce.

Get your computer application skills certificate

The Technical College of the Lowcountry Division of Continuing Education is offering a Computer Application Skills Certificate Program. This program teaches students to properly prepare and edit business documents, successfully communicate with internal and external clients on the phone and in person, manage multiple tasks and priorities, and make effective presentations. Students in the program also learn to use Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint effectively.

The Computer Application Skills Certificate curriculum is designed to give the student the necessary education, training, and skills to obtain an entry-level position in the secretarial/administrative assistant field.

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TCL to host college preview nights

High school graduation is right around the corner, but many high school seniors are still trying to figure out their next steps. The Technical College of the Lowcountry will hold two College Preview Nights to assist those, like high school seniors, who are looking to begin college or start training for a career.

The first open house will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 26 at the New River Campus, 100 Community College Dr., Bluffton. The second will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 3 in MacLean Hall at the Beaufort Campus, 921 Ribaut Road.

TCL offers fully accredited degree, diploma, certificate and transfer programs in industrial technologies, business technologies, arts and sciences, and health sciences. Experts from TCL’s admissions, financial aid and academic divisions will be on hand at the open house to walk students through the entire application and registration process as well as answer questions that students may have about the college. Parents are also encouraged to attend. Federal and state financial aid options are available through the TCL financial aid office. Additionally, most South Carolina residents qualify for S.C. Lottery Tuition Assistance, which is not based on need or income, and can pay more than half of TCL tuition.

For more information, please call 843.470.8405 or visit www.tcl.edu/openhouse.

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Beaufort Memorial is pleased to welcome Dr. Randy Dalbow, an internal medicine specialist, who is joining Dr. Philip Cusumano at Lady’s Island Internal Medicine.

Dr. Dalbow recently moved to Beaufort from Pennsylvania, where he

was associated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).

For 14 years, he served as Chairman of UPMC Passavant Continuing Medical Education Committee and Chairman of the Library Committee. Prior to joining UPMC, Dr. Dalbow was in a solo internal medicine practice in Wexford, PA, and served as Medical Director for Mariner Healthcare, a sub-acute facility for post-hospitalization and long-term care nursing home patients.

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For information or an appointment, call (843) 522-7240.

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Underground Railroad topic of historical lecture “Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the African American Quest for Freedom” will be the topic at Dinner & a Lecture at the Verdier House, 801 Bay Street, April 23 at 5:30 p.m. One of a monthly series of educational lectures sponsored by Historic Beaufort Foundation, it will be presented by historian Ron Roth and is funded by The Humanities Council SC. The story of the Underground Railroad is one of the most epic in American History and one that played

a role in Beaufort County history when abolitionist Harriet Tubman raided plantations on the Combahee River guiding slaves to freedom.

This presentation describes the heroic efforts of African Americans and whites to hide and guide runaway slaves in their desperate journeys to freedom in the north and in Canada. Highlights include first person narratives of escaping runaway slaves and their encounters with slave catchers and kidnappers; the courageous work of railroad “conductors”

like Tubman; and the role of plantation slavery, African American churches and slave uprisings like the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina in generating the growth of the Underground Railroad.

Roth, the curator of the current exhibit at the Verdier House, “The Beaufort Volunteer Artillery: Guardians of the Lowcountry Since 1776,” was director and CEO of the Reading (PA) Public Museum and director of the Museum of Nebraska Art before moving to Bluffton.

Open to HBF members and non-

members, the lecture series features a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception, 5:30 – 6 p.m. The program is 6 – 7 p.m. followed by audience questions.

Admission to the lecture is $15/$25 per member/member couple respectively, and $20/$30 per non-member/nonmember couple respectively. Seating is limited; call 379-3331 to make reservations. A three-course dinner at Saltus is offered at $19 per person for attendees at the lecture. Call Saltus directly to make dining reservations.

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March of Dimes ready to take steps for healthy babies On Saturday, April 21, at Naval Heritage Park, residents will join together and walk for healthier babies. “Each step we take at March for Babies brings us closer to the day when every baby will have a healthy start in life,” said Ryan Connelly, 2012 Ambassador Family.

The most urgent infant health problem in the U.S. today is premature birth. It affects more than half a million babies each year. The March of Dimes is committed to reducing this toll by funding research to find the answers to

premature birth and providing comfort and information to those affected.

The Connelly family understands firsthand what it can mean if a baby is not born healthy.

“We thought we’d planned for everything in our pregnancy, from the anticipated due date to the best chances in gender selection, but when the doctor humored us with an ultrasound at only one week pregnant, we had not planned for twins! And girls! Twenty-five weeks later, we found ourselves attempting to

plan again in celebrating with friends and family at a co-ed baby shower when yet again the girls had other plans,” the family describes. There wer issues with Emilia’s ‘Baby A’ placenta. “The babies were born by emergency C-section the next day. Emilia was born first at 10:03 a.m., weighing 2 lbs., and Olivia right behind her at 10:05 a.m., weighing 1 lb, 14 oz. After months of 3 a.m. feedings for two hungry babies with at least one screaming heart monitor, everyone is healthy and doing great.”

The family will share their story to help the March of Dimes raise awareness and funds to help all babies get a healthy start by fighting serious threats to infant health.

In Beaufort, the March for Babies presenting sponsor is Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Other sponsors include Beaufort Pediatrics, MCAS of Beaufort, Beaufort OB/GYN, Stokes Honda, Toyota and Used Cars, All Children’s Pediatrics, Navy Federal Credit Union, and Carolina Sportscare & Physical Therapy. To register, visit marchforbabies.org.

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Dr. Mazzeo, along with Beaufort Memorial Clinical Nutrition Manager and Registered Dietitian Roxanne Davis-Cote, will also be available to answer questions after the lecture.

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ALL ABOUT EARTH DAY

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Third annual Earth Day event at Habersham

Please join us on Friday, April 20, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Habersham Market Place to celebrate Earth Day. This family friendly event is designed to educate the community on options for a greener way of living. The Habersham Green Committee is proud to host the second annual art show “Up-Cycled Art in Downtown Habersham” which will feature art exhibits by both youths and adults. The winners will be recognized and awarded during the festival. There will be fun and educational children’s activities throughout the marketplace.

Meet local farmers and sample their goods while listening to live music by Billy Drysdale. Various “green” groups, organizations and exhibitors will showcase their products and services.

Earth Day Celebration at the ReStore

LowCountry Habitat for Humanity ReStore will celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 21, with a variety of earth-friendly activities for the whole family. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ReStore, located at 612 Parris Island Gateway in Beaufort.

Great bargains can be found at the Plant Sale featuring beautiful new annuals and perennials and at the Book Sale with lots of wonderful used books.

A Kids Craft Corner will help children learn that it is never too soon to develop a “green” attitude.

The highlight of the day will be a silent auction of Recycled Art created by prominent local artists. The artists have borrowed ordinary items from the ReStore and re-purposed them into fabulous new creations that will amaze you. These unique items are currently on display at the ReStore and you are invited to stop by and vote for your favorite piece! At the same time you may also place a silent auction bid on any of the items. The winner of the contest will be announced at 1:30 p.m. and silent auction bidding will also close then.

Adding to the fun on Earth Day, live music will be provided by Peter Zamuka.

The Beaufort County Solid Waste and Recycling Agency will also be on hand to provide helpful information to all.

All proceeds from Earth Day will help provide materials to build another LowCountry Habitat for Humanity home with a local family. Contact the ReStore at 843-525-0055 for further information.

Recently the Dr. Henry Woodward Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century met at the home of Treasurer Betty Waskiewicz. President Anita Henson introduced guest speakers Dana Cheney and Jack Jackson of Walterboro. Both Cheney and Jackson are Colonial period reenactors. Cheney was dressed as Quartermaster of the Fort Dorchester Garrison (Summerville) while Jackson portrayed a rice and Indigo planter of the Lowcountry.

During the meeting, Historian Leola Fanning reported on four awards the chapter received during the recent South Carolina State Conference. Secretary Marnie Fyfe and Treasurer Betty Waskiewicz presented gift certificates of appreciation to both Cheney and Jackson for their portrayals and presentations on this period in South Carolina history. Pictured above, from left, is Jack Jackson, Marnie Fyfe, Betty Waskiewicz and Dana Cheney.

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Earth Day, every day at farmers market

Celebrate Earth Day 2012 on Saturday, April 14 at the Port Royal Farmers Market at Heritage Naval Park from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Many environmental agencies and groups will be on hand so you can learn about what’s going on in Beaufort County while enjoying local foods at the Farmers Market.

Call Beaufort Conservation District for Details at 522-8100 or email shelby. berry@sc.nacdnet.net.

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commemoration of the 280th Birthday of George Washington, the South Carolina Society, Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) hosted a large gathering of the public, members of the SAR and many other statewide heritage organizations. The event was hosted by State SAR President Mark Anthony, dressed in period Revolutionary War uniform on the steps of the Statehouse in Columbia at the foot of the bronze replica statue of the famous Jean Antoine Houdon sculpture of President Washington sculpted in 1789. Local SAR Gov. Paul Hamilton Chapter past Presidents Carroll Crowther and Wayne Cousar along with current President Jody Henson attended the event. Maj. General Robert E. Livingston, Adjutant General of South Carolina, was the guest speaker addressing Washington as the epitome of the “Citizen Soldier” in his time. Pictured above, from left, is Jody Henson, Carroll Crowther, Wayne Cousar. the island news | april 12-18, 2012 | www.yourislandnews.com

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Penn Center hosts 1862 Circle Gala This year marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of Penn School, one of the nation’s most historically significant, African-American, educational and cultural institutions. In celebration of its founding and in recognition of 150 years of service to the community, Penn Center, Inc. will hold the ninth annual 1862 Circle Gala and Awards Banquet on Saturday, April 28, at The Crowne Plaza on Hilton Head Island.

The 2012 Gala will honor two individuals and one organization for diverse contributions they have made in support of Penn Center: Louis Dore, John Gadson and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Louis O. Dore: A Beaufort native, Louis O. Dore is an educator, businessman, civic leader, lawyer, historian, and politician. His many contributions to community and state include service as chairman of the South Carolina Board of Education. There he worked with leaders and legislators to pass the Education Improvement Act which funded remedial education

programs and statewide pre-school kindergarten. He has been a friend of Penn Center dating from his work in the 1970s with the Black Land Program.

Mr. Dore was a member of the Board of Trustees for more than eight years. He also advised Penn Center with legal matters during a critical time in its history, and still provides such assistance.

John W. Gadson, Sr.: A native South Carolinian, John Gadson served as Penn Center’s Executive Director from 1969 - 1976. Under his leadership, the York W. Bailey Museum was created, and Penn Center’s 50 acre campus was recognized as a National Historic Landmark, one of three in South Carolina. His subsequent professional career in state government and higher education focused on enabling small business ventures throughout the state to compete successfully. John Gadson says that his philosophy is consistent with that of Penn Center, emphasizing the long-term effectiveness of working with people, enabling them and their communities to affect conditions in

WOMEN INVITED TO BIBLE STUDY SPRING BRUNCH The Beaufort class of Community Bible Study will hold an informational Visitor’s Day Brunch for women on Thursday, April 19, at 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. at St. Helena’s Episcopal Parish Hall, 507 Newcastle St., Beaufort. This event is open to all area women interested in joining Community Bible Study for the 2012-13 class study of the book of Acts beginning in September.

Community Bible Study is a non-denominational class presenting an in-depth study in a caring format. The Beaufort class is beginning its 12th year and meets from September to May on Thursday mornings and is open to women and their children, infants to age 12; classes are limited. Childcare will be provided for the Visitors Brunch, advanced reservations are required for visitors bringing children. To make a reservation or for more information, email fishnet@islc. net or call Sandi Fischer 838-0212 or Carol Griffis, 522-6825 or visit www.beaufortcbs.org.

has inducted noteworthy individuals and organizations, including: Congressman James Clyburn, Congressman John Lewis, Senator Ernest F. Hollings, Courtney Siceloff, Emory Campbell, James Denmark, Jeanne MoutoussamyAshe, Jonathan Green, Juan Williams, Phillip Simmons, Thomas Barnwell, Vernon Jordan, Phylicia Rashad, Mary Inabinett-Mack, Pat Conroy, Roland Gardner, the Penn Club, Inc. and Sankofa Circle.

Historic Penn Center, located on St. Helena Island in Beaufort County is funded through grants and donations only. The 1862 Circle Gala fundraiser will include fine dining at 7 p.m., with the doors opening at 6 p.m. for live entertainment, a silent auction and a cash bar. Formal attire is preferred. Reservations are $100 or $150 per person. Event sponsorships are available from $2,500 to $25,000. For reservations and corporate sponsorship packets, contact the Penn Center at 843838-2432 or email info@penncenter.com.

All proceeds will benefit Penn Center, Inc., a non-profit organization.

Catch the bunny Malia Cooler took this picture of the Easter Bunny playing Peek-a-Boo with two girls during the Hunting Island Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 7. The girls were fascinated with chasing the bunny and grabbing its tail, before and after the hunt.

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By Burton Sauls

I remember mule wagons in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot. Women in sundresses would come out of the grocery store, balance their paper grocery bag on their head, and open an umbrella over the bag to keep the sun off of the groceries while they walked home. The Piggly Wiggly was located on Port Republic Street and always had a dozen or more people around the front, some waiting while their friend shopped some swapping news. And the house next door to the grocery store was so overgrown with vines and bushes that it wasn’t visible from the road.

Join us Thursday, April 19, 5-7 p.m.

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which they live.

The University of North Carolina: In 1962, Penn Center first placed its records in the nationally ranked library system of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Housed in the Southern Historical Collection, The Penn School Papers consist of more than 32,000 items, such as Laura Towne’s original 1862 diary, an outstanding collection of 3000 photographs dating from the 1860s to the 1960s, correspondence and financial records from the earliest days to recent years, and audio recordings of meetings, interviews, storytelling, and community sings. UNC Chapel Hill and Penn Center maintain an active partnership, now working together to improve access to documents through digital technology and online presentation of documents.

The 1862 Circle recognizes local and national leaders who embody the spirit of Penn Center and who serve as advocates for the enduring history and culture of the Sea Islands.

Established in 2003, the 1862 Circle

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Beaufort Then & Now This moment in Beaufort’s history is an excerpt from the book “Beaufort ... Then and Now,” an anthology of memories compiled by Holly Kearns Lambert.

Copies of this book may be purchased at Beaufort Book Store. For information or to contribute your memory, contact Holly at lowcountrymemories@hotmail. com or beaufortmemories@gmail.com.

Spring for the Cure Enjoy a wine tasting on the patio at The Tooting Egret Featuring Spanish wines and tapas hors d’oeuvres 100% of proceeds benefit The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life Beaufort event Tickets $25 per person. Space is limited, please call 973-885-3024 to reserve your spot

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It’s interesting how we remember certain wines that we’ve loved. Just as interesting, but much less discussed, are some of the wines that we remember drinking too much of and the suffering that came afterwards. The wine we’re going to learn about today is one of those less discussed for me. Fortunately, the drinking of it, and, yes, a horrible afterwards, are so long ago I can claim they were part of a different life.

We’re in Italy for this wine, the region of EmiliaRomagna. This region is in northern Italy, with the city of Bologna as its capital. The hyphenated name of this region tells us the two sub-regions that make it up.

Today, Emilia-Romagna is one of the richest and most developed areas in Europe and has the third highest GPD per capita in Italy. The region is a major cultural and tourist center — it is a major food center, home to much of Italy’s car production (including Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati), has a beautiful coastline with resorts and is full of history with three well known Renaissance cities (Modena, Parma and Ferrara).

The name “Emilia-Romagna” itself is a piece of history. It’s legacy is from ancient Rome. The “via Aemilia” was the highway that connected Rome with northern Italy. It was completed by the Roman consul Marcus Aemilius Lepidus in 187 BC and named for him. During the Middle Ages trade, culture and religion all flourished in the area. The numerous monasteries and the University of Bologna (one of the first in the world) were centers of learning and the development of civilization. With all the growth, though, there were lots of politics in the region also.

During the Renaaissance, many noble families lived in and around Bologna. After the Renaissance, the ruling of the region was divided between the church, the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza; and the Duchy of Modena and Reggio. (Is anyone besides me seeing a lot of well-known food names in all of this?). In the 16th century, most of these separate entities were included into the Papal states except Parma, Piacenza and Modena remained independent until Emilia-Romagna came into the Italian kingdom in 1859-1861. (We tend to forget that Italy was not a unified country until the mid-19th century.)

Backing up to the food thing for a moment — the Renaissance was more that just about art, literature and architecture. Part of making life better had to include fancier foods and better wines. EmiliaRomagna is known for its egg and filled pastas. Soft wheat flour is used for the pasta here instead of the semolina more common in southern Italy. The city of Bologna is known for such wonders as “tortellini” and “lasagna.” There is a piece of history that says tortellini pasta (little knots filled with various meat and cheese) was invented by a chef in one noble’s kitchen. It was modeled after the noble’s wife’s beautiful navel with

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Out loud. But hang on.

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whom the chef was having an affair. On a less romantic note, great cheeses are made here, the most well-known being Parmesan-Reggiano. It is obviously named for the cities of Parma and Reggio. Duh! And let’s not leave out all the sausages and salamis the region is known for. Guess where our bologna was first made?

The best-known wine from Emilia-Romagna is Lambrusco. And I know you just groaned. Out loud.

But hang on. Having talked last week about how Americans, by nature, have sweet palates and that there is a massive trend in wine in this country toward more sweet wines, I figure we should take a look at this one. Of course, many of us remember Lambrusco as a cheap, sweet red wine that we drank when we didn’t know any better or couldn’t afford any better. If we try it again, now, maybe we’ll find that it’s a perfect warm weather quaffer, just right for grilling menus, fried seafood and much more.

Lambrusco is the name of the wine, but it is also the name of the grape variety that makes it. There

are many versions of where the name came from. My favorite is the story by Luigi Bertelli who wrote a verse about Lambrusco. This version says that during the war between Bologna and Modena over the possession of the Stolen Bucket, Venus, Mars and Bacchus all came to support the Modena side. On their way to the fighting, the three deities stopped at a local inn to eat.

When Bacchus ordered the wine, the inn keeper asked him if he preferred sweet or dry. Bacchus replied that he loved dry- “Io l’amo brusco.” Lambrusco. (True or not, that’s a great story and I’m sticking to it! And who fights over a stolen bucket anyhow?)

There is archaeological evidence that shows the Etruscans, who pre-dated the Greeks and the Romans, cultivated Lambrusco vines. In Roman times, these vines were highly valued because they produced such a large amount of grapes. Lots of grapes means lots of wine. The ancient romans used the term “labrusca vitis” to describe the wild vines that grew around the borders of cultivated fields. Virgil, Cato and Varro all mentioned Lambrusco vines in their writings. In the 14th century, a Bolognese author, Pier de’Crescenzi, was the first to discuss the wine that came from all these vines. From that point on, Lambrusco became one of the most important wines in Italy. And one of the most widely consumed wines in the world.

Our Lambrusco comes from the Cavicchioli family.

This family has been growing grapes in the Modena province of Emilia-Romagna for over a century. In 1928, Umberto Cavicchioli started using his family name on their bottles. The bottles now have that date on them His two grandsons, Sandro and Claudio, are still part of the business today. (Sandro runs the commercial side of things and Claudio is the wine maker.) They are one of the largest land owners in the area with 95 hectares (1 hectare is 2.471 acres).

Of the six varieties of Lambrusco grapes, 70 hectares are planted in the prized Sobrara variety. The family focus is on vineyard ownership, low yields from their vines and DOC (the top legal level for Italian wines) production.

The Cavicchioli Lambrusco we have is designated “Lambrusco di Modena.” It is slightly frizzy, “frizzante,” semi-sweet, “amabile,” and, truly, quite good. It is made from five varieties of Lambrusco grapes, each bringing its own flavors to the wine, and vinified with a short, cold fermentation. The slight foam that forms when you pour it is violet colored and the flavors are berries and flowers. I happen to have (not really, I always have) some spicy salami in the house today. Sliced up and sipping the well-chilled Cavicchioli Lambrusco, I have an excellent Sunday afternoon. I plan on doing this again. Be brave and try it yourself. Go back all those years. Now that we’ve learned how to control our drinking, there’s no need to worry about the afterwards.

Enjoy!

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dining guide

A listing of local restaurants in northern Beaufort County:Your resource for where to eat AMATA THAI FUSION: 2127 Boundary Street, Beaufort Town Center; 843-379-9197; L.D.

SPOTLIGHT ON:

SAN JOSE

ATHENIAN GARDENS: 950 Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 379-9222; Greek; L.D.

524-7771; Barbecue, Southern cooking;L.D.

RED ROOSTER CAFE: 1210 Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 379-2253; B.L. RYAN’S FAMOUS PIZZA & SUBS: 14 Savannah Highway, Shell Point Plaza, Beaufort; 379-3479; L.D.

BACK PORCH GRILL: 950 Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 525-9824; L.D.

SAKE HOUSE: 274 Robert Smalls

BARBARA JEANS RESTAURANT & BAR: 47 Ferry Road, Lady’s Island; 524-

Parkway; Beaufort; 379-5888; Japanese; L.D.

BELLA LUNA: 859 Sea Island Parkway,

SAN JOSE: 5 Sams Point Road, Lady’s Island, 524-4001, and 2149 Boundary St., Beaufort, 524-5016; Mexican; L.D.

BERRY ISLAND CAFE: Newpoint

SALTUS RIVER GRILL: 802 Bay St., Beaufort; 379-3474; Seafood, upscale; L.D.

BERTOS GRILL TEX-MEX:

SAND DOLLAR TAVERN: 1634 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island; 838-3151; L.D.

2400; Home-style Southern; B.L.D.

St. Helena Island; 838-3188; Italian; B.L.D. Corners, 1 Merchant Lane, Lady’s Island; 524-8779; Soups, salads, ice cream; B.L.D.

9 Market, Habersham Marketplace; Mexican; 644-1925; L.D.

BIG JOE’S BAR-B-Q: 760 Parris Island Gateway, Beaufort; 770-0711; L.D.

BLACKSTONE’S DELI & CAFE: 205

Scott St., Beaufort; 524-4330; B.L.

BLUE DOG CAFE: 736 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island, inside The Lowcountry Store; 838-4646; L.

BOONDOCKS RESTAURANT:

1760 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island; 838-0821; D.

BREAKWATER RESTAURANT & BAR: 203 Carteret St., Beaufort; 379-0052;

Upscale dining, tapas; D.

BRICKS ON BOUNDARY: 1420

Boundary St., Beaufort; 379-5232; Salads, sandwiches, appetizers, sports bar; L.D.

CAROLINA DOG & DELI: 968 Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 379-2122; L. CAROLINA WINGS & RIB HOUSE: 1714 Ribaut Road, Port Royal;

379-5959; Wings, ribs, sports bar; L.D.

CAT ISLAND GRILL & PUB: 8

Waveland Ave., Cat Island; 524-4653; Steaks, seafood, pasta, burgers, more; L.D.

DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT: 1699

11th St. W, Port Royal; 524-7433; Seafood; D.

EMILY’S TAPAS BAR: 906 Port Republic St., Beaufort; 522.1866; D.

FACTORY CREEK FISH COMPANY: 71 Sea Island Parkway, Lady’s Island; 379-3288; Seafood; L.D.

There are more than 20 plates to choose from in the Lunch Only section, and 32 combinations offered on the general menu, so come with an appetite. Happy Hour specials from 4 to 7 p.m. include .99 cent draft beers, .99 cent margaritas, and .99 cent chips and salsa. San Jose is located on 5 Sams Point Road, Lady’s Island, across from Publix. Lunch is served Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; it is also open for dinner. Call 843-524-4001.

SANDBAR & GRILL: 41B Robert Smalls Parkway, Beaufort; 524-3663; L.D. SEA ISLAND PIZZA: 136 Sea Island Pkwy, Beaufort; 522-1212; L.D. SGT. WHITE’S: 1908 Boundary St.;

Beaufort; 522-2029; Southern cooking; L.D.

SHOOFLY KITCHEN: 1209 Boundary GOURMET ON WHEELS: 812-8870;

Healthy home-cooked meals delivered to your door weekly; D.

GREAT GARDENS CAFE: 3669 Trask Parkway, Beaufort; 521-1900; L.

HAROLD’S COUNTRY CLUB BAR & GRILL: Highway 17-A & Highway 21,

Beaufort; 470-1100; Mexican; L.D.

St., Beaufort; 379-9061; B.L.

LUTHER’S RARE & WELL DONE:

SHRIMP SHACK: 1929 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island; 838-2962; L.

910 Bay St., Beaufort; 521-1888; L.D.

MAGGIE’S PUB & EATERY: 17 Market, Habersham; 379-1719; L.D. MAGNOLIA BAKERY CAFE: 703

SOUTHERN GRACES BISTRO:

809 Port Republic St., at The Beaufort Inn, Beaufort; 379-0555; L.D.

STEAMER: 168 Sea Island Parkway;

Yemassee; 589-4360; Steaks, wings; L.D.

Congress Street, Beaufort; 524-1961; B.L.

HECKLERS: 2121 Boundary St., Suite 100, Beaufort Town Center Beaufort; 3792090; L.D.

MARILYN’S LUNCH AT SOUTHERN SWEETS: 917 Bay St.,

HEMINGWAY’S BISTRO: 920 Bay

MARKETPLACE NEWS: 917 Bay St., Beaufort; 470-0188; Ice cream and sandwich cafe; B.L.

SUWAN THAI: 1638 Paris Ave., Port

MARYLAND FRIED CHICKEN: 111

Square, Beaufort; 379-2160; B, L.

St., Beaufort; 521-4480; bar & grill; L.D.

HOUSE OF TOKYO: 330 Robert Smalls Parkway, Beaufort; 521-9011; Japanese; L.D. ISLAND GRILL: 7 MLK Drive, St.

Beaufort; 379-0798; Sandwiches, soups; L.

Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 524-8766; L.D.

MEDICAL PARK DELI: 968 Ribaut

Helena Island; 838-2330; L.

Road, Beaufort; 379-0174; B.L.

JADE GARDEN: 2317 Boundary St.,

MOONDOGGIES CAFE: 930 10th St.,

Beaufort; 522-8883; Chinese and Japanese cuisine; L.D.

Port Royal; 522-1222; Steaks, salads; L.D.

JIMMY JOHN’S: 2015 Boundary St.,

burgers; 379-8555; L.D.

Beaufort Town Center; 379-3009; Sub sandwiches; L.D.

NIPPY’S: 310 West St., Beaufort; Seafood,

Lady’s Island; 522-0210; L.D.

SUSHI SAKANA: 860 Parris Island Gateway, Port Royal; 379-5300; L.D. Royal; 379-8383; Thai cuisine; L.D.

SUZARA’S KITCHEN: Newcastle SWEETGRASS: 100 Marine Drive, Dataw Island; 838-2151; L.D.

TOOTING EGRET BISTRO: 706 Craven St., Beaufort; 521-4506; B.L.

UPPER CRUST: 97 Sea Island Parkway, Lady’s Island; 521-1999; L.D.

PALM & MOON BAGELS: 221 Scott

WEEZIE’S CRAB SHACK: 1634 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island; 838-2197; Seafood, burgers; L.D.

St., Beaufort; 379-9300; B.L.

JOHNSON CREEK TAVERN: FOOLISH FROG: 846 Sea Island

PANINI’S CAFE: 926 Bay St., Beaufort;

Parkway, St. Helena Island; 838-9300; L.D.

2141 Sea Island Parkway, Harbor Island; 838-4166; L.D.

WREN: 210 Carteret St., Beaufort; 5249463; Local seafood, steaks, pasta; L.D.

FRYED GREEN TOMATOES SOUTHERN EATERY & CAFE:

KOOKY MOOKY’S: 101 Scott St.,

PIACE PIZZA: 5-B Market, Habersham,

Beaufort; 521-4445; L.D.

Beaufort; 379-3287; L.D.

YES! THAI INDEED: 1911 Boundary St., Beaufort; 986-1185; L.D.

2001 Boundary St., Beaufort; 379-9601; Buffet-style Southern cooking; B.L.D.

L.T.’s HOMECOOKED MEALS: Sea

PIZZA INN: 2121 Boundary St., Beaufort Town Center, Beaufort; 379-8646; L.D.

FUJI RESTAURANT: 97 Sea Island Parkway, Hamilton Village, Lady’s Island; 524-2662; Japanese steak house; L.D.

LADY’S ISLAND COUNTRY CLUB: 139 Francis Marion Circle, Lady’s

PLUMS: 904 1/2 Bay St., Beaufort; 525-

FUMIKO SUSHI: 14 Savannah Highway, Beaufort; 524-0918; L.D.

LA NOPALERA: 1220 Ribaut Road,

GILLIGANS: 2601 Boundary St.,

Beaufort; 838-9300; Seafood, steaks; L.D.

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Island Parkway, Lady’s Island; 524-3122; L.

Island; 522-9700; L.D.

Beaufort; 521-4882; Mexican; L.D.

LOS AMIGOS: 14 Savannah Highway;

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379-0300; Italian, wood-fired pizzas; L.D.

1946; Sandwiches, seafood, live music;L.D.

PORT ROYAL PASTA COMPANY: 1340 Ribaut Road, Port Royal; 379-0146; D

Q ON BAY: 822 Bay St., Beaufort;

A GUIDE TO DINING • All area codes are 843 • B = Breakfast • L = Lunch • D = Dinner • To feature your restaurant in the SPOTLIGHT, email theislandnews@gmail.com.

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Learn about canine behavior with Tracie Korol

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ou are at the local coffee shop, sitting at an outside table with your well-trained dog lying quietly at your feet. You have chosen a safe, out-of-the-way spot for your Best Friend so as not to impede traffic. As you and Giant (who is named Giant for a reason) are enjoying the moment, suddenly the table rocks, your coffee spills, and your now-standing dog is giving a warning to the stranger who startled him. What just happened? And how can you prevent another occurrence — or worse, an act of aggression? On another occasion, you and Giant are at a big box pet store picking up supplies.

As you browse the aisles, you notice a stranger heading directly for your dog without permission from you. It is likely Giant will be as uncomfortable with this approach as you are. How can a potential confrontation be avoided?

We know the importance of socializing our dogs and are always on the lookout for opportunities to expose them to new experiences. But what about the well meaning but inexperienced dog lover who rushes up to our dogs with no warning? Or, my personal horrormovie-waiting-to-happen, the squealing, flapping, unattended 3, 4 or 5 year old charging at an unknown doggie?

Invariably these good people make direct, unblinking eye contact, and step quickly and directly toward the dog while making high-pitched “ooh!” noises.

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They’ll walk up to the dog from the rear and enthusiastically rub her cute little bum. They’ll approach a dog by looking directly at her with arms extended and clap, clap, clap their hands or click their fingers right at the dog’s face. They’ll crouch over at the waist, outstretching their arms and very slowly slink toward the dog while looking directly into her eyes. Or they’ll assume that because they love dogs, all dogs love them, too, and that they possess a special affinity for dogs, and they with them, and therefore they can forego the formalities that ordinary humans should observe.

Dogs have their own language and protocols for meeting strange dogs (and people) and it’s high time we learned what they are. After all, it just doesn’t seem fair that the full burden of figuring out how to live with another species should fall entirely on our dogs. We need to hold up our end of the relationship by learning to politely greet a stranger.

So ... how do you greet a strange dog?

Here are some do’s and don’ts:

Don’t approach the dog. Pretend you are ignoring the dog. Dogs prefer not to be zeroed in on by strangers. Have you ever noticed how well-mannered dogs meeting for the first time turn their heads away from each other? Ask the dog’s person for permission to meet their dog. Assuming they say yes, follow the steps below: 1. Stay relaxed. You can yawn, put on an easy smile, or slowly blink your eyelids. Keep you body loose. All these signal to the dog that you are not a threat.

2. Do not look the dog in the eyes. While eye contact signals trustworthiness to human Westerners, in the dog world it signals aggression or threat.

3. Turn your body so you are not facing the dog. Again, being face-to-face

is polite to most of us, but can signal threat or aggressive intentions to a dog.

Notice how well mannered dogs greet — as they approach they make a halfmoon curve as they pass each other and turn nose to butt.

4. Stand straight or squat. Do not crouch over the dog. I doubt you want to be crouched over by a stranger and neither does your dog. It’s threatening.

5. Allow the dog to come to you. Most dogs are naturally curious and they will let you know if they are interested in you. If not, don’t take it personally.

6. If the dog shows interest by sniffing you with a relaxed posture, tail wag (not all dogs will wag and not all wagging is friendly), perhaps looking at you with soft eyes — then you can slowly offer the dog your hand (fingers in) for investigation.

7. Let the dog sniff your hand, if she wants to, and then gently touch the dog on the shoulder, neck or chest, not the top of the head.

8. The dog will clearly tell you if she wants more interaction or if she is finished with you. Listen to her.

9. If at any time during the interaction the dog backs away, stop what you are doing. Dogs will love you for it.

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April busy month for Palmetto Animal League

April is an extremely busy month for Palmetto Animal League: On Sunday, April 15, PAL hosts a three-hour vaccination clinic offering rabies and distemper shots for cats and dogs as well as low-cost microchipping.

From Friday, April 20 to Monday, April 23, the annual Bid for PAL online auction returns with hundreds of items going to the highest bidders. There are

items ranging from dining certificates to getaways, spa treatments to golf, pet portraits and services and boarding. The preview has begun but the bidding does not start until 8 a.m. April 20.

On Sunday, April 22, celebrity chef Robert Irvine opens his NOSH restaurant for a special private dinner to help raise funds for PAL. Each “household” will receive an Irvine cookbook and he will sign them.

For more information, call Amy Campanini at 843-645-1725.

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what to do Faith Memorial Baptist celebrates 57 years

Guest churches and speakers nightly at 7:30 p.m. are: Thursday, April 12, Reverend J.W. Williams and Mt. Nebo Baptist Church; Friday, April 13, Rev. Sam T. Spain and Lady’s Island Baptist Church.

Services will conclude on Sunday, April 15 at 12:30 p.m. with Rev. Lawrence Miller and Grace Chapel AME Chapel. At 2:30 p.m., the church will commemorate the “The Life and Legacy” of our late pastor Dr. Horace Williams, Jr. DRE, with Rev. Abraham Murray and Brick Baptist Church as guest. The public has a cordial invitation to attend both services. For more information, call 843-271-6473 or 838-838-5826.

Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club meets

The Beaufort Sportfishing & Diving Club April meeting will be held Thursday, April 12 at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club located off Meridian Road on Lady’s Island. The social will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting at 7 p.m. Well-known local Captain Dan Utley, aka the Fishin’ Coach, will be the guest speaker. Captain Dan is a 30+ year veteran fishing the near shore and inshore waters surrounding Beaufort and Hilton Head Island. His topic will be Cobia, where he will discuss their arrival time at the artificial reefs and Broad River, how and where to anchor, and what to expect when the big one is hooked. Captain Dan will offer his professional opinion on fishing techniques, baits of choice, rigs, rods, and reels. For more information, please call Captain Frank Gibson at 843-5222020.

Special tea to be held for DAR state president

The Thomas Heyward, Jr. Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold their next meeting

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on Thursday, April 12 at The Fellowship Hall, First Presbyterian Church, 1208 North Street, Beaufort, beginning at 2 p.m. This will be a tea held with the Emily Geiger Chapter of the DAR from Bluffton honoring special guest Marilyn Altman, State President of the South Carolina DAR. The chapter is very proud to host this tea, providing both chapters’ members a unique opportunity to meet and visit with Mrs. Altman. For more information, please call Regent Nancy Crowther at 521-0134.

Beaufort singing groups to perform at BHS

The Beaufort Harbormasters and the Beaufort Belles will be in concert Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14. Performances of “Walkin’ on the Waterfront” will be held at 7 p.m.

(Friday) and 3 p.m. (Saturday) in the Beaufort High School Auditorium.

Tickets are $15 for the evening performance and $12 for the matinee.

Group discounts are available and tickets may be purchased online at www. beaufortharbormasters.org or call 843368-6544.

Oldfield Club to host Business After Hours

Oldfield Club will host the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Business After Hours on Thursday, April 12 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. Oldfield Club is located at 136 Oldfield Way in Okatie. This month’s Business After Hours will feature an intercambio, or cultural exchange, as part of our Hispanic business outreach partnership with La Isla Magazine.

Additionally, Oldfield is preparing a menu for the event that will span the many different segments of Hispanic culture represented in Beaufort County.

The event is open to chamber members for $10 and all others for $20. Please RSVP to Renee Faucher at (843) 5258537, via email at renee@beaufortsc.org or online at http://beaufortchamber. chambermaster.com/Events/details/ april-business-after-hours-oldfield-club.

Library commemorates Titanic 100 anniversary

The Beaufort library will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic with a one-man theatrical presentation by Howard Burnham on Saturday, April 14 at 11 a.m. The acclaimed one-man show, “Take her to the Sea, Mr. Murdoch,” is a 45-minute fully costumed dramatic monologue in which actor Howard Burnham, in costume as Captain E. J. Smith, will trace the history of transatlantic steam navigation while providing his take on the Titanic’s disastrous demise. There is no charge; space is limited to 75 persons.

Women’s group hosts fashion show luncheon

“Springing into Fashion Do’s” by Belks with the Beaufort Christian Women’s Connection will be held Thursday, April 19, at St. Helena Parish Hall located at 507 Newcastle Street. Doors open at 11:45 and lunch is served at 12:15. Speaker for the day is Martha

book signing at port royal pasta co Come enjoy Happy Hour with the “Don,” Saturday, April 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. Don De Luca is the protagonist of Guy J Tirondola’s debut novel, “The Accidental Don: A Man Caught Between Two Identities.” Guy’s grandfather, Joe Malizia, inspired the creation of Don De Luca. “Papa Joe” owned the legendary Joe’s Spaghetti House which occupied the same building that currently houses the Port Royal Pasta Company, and is the setting for the novel. This debut book-launch event begins a new chapter in Guy’s life, in the very spot where a new chapter began in his grandfather’s life over 60 years ago. A special menu, discounted for book buyers, will be offered that evening. Port Royal Pasta Company is located at 1430 Ribaut Road.

Cahoon, artist and author, whose topic will be “Painted Hope into Her Life”. Luncheon and program is $12 and reservations must be in by Friday, April 13. To make reservations, email or call Karen Whitehead at 838-7627 or mommakaren@islc.net.

22, at 12:30 p.m. This annual event will be held at the Sheldon church ruins in Yemassee. The Rev. Canon Jim Lewis will be the guest preacher. A picnic lunch on the grounds of the ruins will follow the service. Call the church at (843) 522-1712 with questions.

Women of Shell Point Baptist have conference

Lecture looks at Atlantic Coast shorebirds

The women of SPBC are having their 2012 Spring Women’s Conference on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21.

The theme for the weekend is “Running Unhindered.” Topics of discussion are: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, Throwing off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles us, and Running with perseverance the race marked out for us.” Music, snacks and lunch are provided. Tickets are $20. For more information, call 843-575-2200.

What are the Sea Island Quilters doing?

• The SIQ will have a workshop open to the public by Fiber Artist Jeanne Flanagan on Saturday, April 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants will learn fabric dying, fabric folding techniques and go home with 5 yards of fabric with their very own chosen colors. The cost is $60. For details, contact Trudy Flanagan at 843-838-7166.

• The Sea Island Quilters will meet on Thursday, April 19, at 6 p.m. at Praise Academy, 800 Paris Island Gateway.

Barbara James, Fabric Artist, will discuss how to “Add mystery and depth to quilts through use of hand dyed and printed fabrics.” For details, call Sharon Kimber at 838-2870.

Classic car show will be at Soft Shell Crab Fest

The Classic Car and Truck Club of Beaufort will host a show to coincide with the Soft Shell Crab Festival on Paris Avenue in Port Royal on Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cars and trucks will be judged by the participants and the public, with trophies given to the owners of the top 25 cars for Best Ford, Best Chevy, Best Mopar, and Best of the Rest and Best in Show. Awards are due to be given at 2:30. Cost is $20 to register a vehicle. Details at www. classicsofbeaufort.com.

Annual service held at Old Sheldon Church

The Parish Church of St. Helena will celebrate Old Sheldon Sunday, April

A special LCMNA Lecture about the Hemispheric Conservation of Atlantic Coast Shorebirds will be held Friday, April 27 at TCL, 921 Ribaut Building 12, Beaufort. Social at 5:30 p.m., lecture at 6:30 p.m. Open to the public. The ecosystems of the world are linked by birds, and nowhere is that more apparent than the Atlantic Coast, where some shorebirds nest and rear their young, while huge flocks of other species pause to refuel on their long treks to their breeding grounds in the Arctic. Stephen Brown, Ph. D., Director of Shorebird Science at the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, will discuss the research and conservation work conducted at Manomet, focusing on this imperiled group of birds that depend on coastal habitats like those of South Carolina to survive.

Black chamber to hold free cancer screenings

The Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce and the American Cancer Association announces free cancer screenings, mammograms and pap smears. Women between the ages of 4764 years old and are without insurance (no Medicaid or Medicare) might be able to take advantage of this program if they meet the income qualifications. Anyone who qualifies must take advantage of this opportunity before June. Interested, call 800-227-2345 or 843-812-4374.

Lowcountry Patriots host NRA banquet

Join the Lowcountry Patriots as they host a special benefit for the nonprofit NRA Foundation, Saturday, April 28 at Beaufort’s Quality Inn. Live and silent auctions plus games and door prizes.

Come away with fine firearms and shooting gear. Enjoy an evening of fun, friends and barbecue by chef Bob Brower.

Proceeds support youth shooting sports, firearms education, JROTC, women’s safety classes, wildlife conservation and shooting range development. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Details: 843-263-3671/ skip82965@hotmail.com Tickets $30 (age 16 and under $15), available at Port Royal Gun & Pawn or online at www. friendsofnra.org.

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Beverly Porter is a true friend to our community. see page 9

happY wINOs

ABOVE: The Bands, Brews & BBQ event served up barbecue at its annual fundraiser in Port Royal. See page 14.

BELOW: ARTworks holds “Re-Nude” exhibit and fundraiser. See story, page 10.

Let’s have some wine for breakfast. see page 15

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Irish recording artist Harry O’Donoghue entertains the crowd with traditional Irish folk music last Saturday during the fifth annual Beaufort Irish Festival.

Photo by Bob Sofaly. See more about the Irish Fest, pages 12-13.

Lunch Bunch goes to Habersham for Piace Pizza. see page 24 INDEX

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wo Beaufort students take home wins during a recent South Carolina chess tournament. Beaufort Academy third grader Kevin Rogers won the K-3 state title while BA kindergartner Whit Suber won Kindergarten State Champion.

This is the third straight year a BA chess team player has won this title. Beaufort Academy Chess Coach Darrin Rogers said, “The team is playing phenomenal chess.” The chess team will be tested in May when they attend the K-6 national chess tournament in Tennessee.

Pictured at right is Whit Suber; far right is Kevin Rogers.

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