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Downtown apartment building earns final approval

By Tony Kukulich A 22-month-long process to obtain approval for the construction of an apartment building in downtown Beaufort culminated when the city’s Historic District Review Board (HRB) issued final approval for the Cannon Building project planned for 211 Charles Street.

During the April 13 HRB meeting, the board voted 3-2 to approve the initiative championed by Beaufort-based 303 Associates. The dissenting votes were cast by board members Michelle Prentice and Maxine Lutz.

“It’s a great building,” 303 Associates founder Dick Stewart said

after the vote. “It’s going to be, as one member said, a gift to downtown. We’re sorry it took this long, but sometimes great projects take awhile. It’s going to be a great one.”

This was the second time the project team appeared before the HRB seeking final approval for the three-story, 19-unit apartment building planned for the corner of Charles and Port Republic streets.

In February, hopes of getting that approval vanished among board debate over the inclusion of balconies and porches in design.

At that time, the board directed the project architect, Arnie McClure of Coast of Coast Architects, Inc., to

return to the board with new plans that eliminated those elements from the design. McClure did so to ensure adherence to the board’s request, but was clear that design for which they were seeking approval included balconies and porches.

“Beaufort is not Beaufort without porches,” McClure said after the ruling. “It’s part of the lifestyle.”

Concerns over balconies carried over into the public comments beginning with Lise Sundrla of the Historic Beaufort Foundation.

“The alternative submission that Mr. McClure made today without the balconies on the building, we feel, is a much better submission than the

one with the balconies,” Sundrla said. “That building would be great on Boundary Street. It would be great in another location, but it’s not in character with the small buildings along Port Republic Street. It’s not in character with our historic district.”

Of the four members of the public who provided comments, they were split evenly between those in favor of the project and those opposed.

Peggy Simmer, who spoke in support of the project, drew the ire of Lutz after Simmer leveled criticism at the HRB and the Historic Beau-

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303 Associates’ Dick Stewart, left, and his attorney Walter Nester, III, of Burr/Forman on Hilton Head Island, answer questions after the City of Beaufort Historic District Review Board voted to approve the Cannon Building project planned for 211 Charles Street. Photo by Bob Sofaly.

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Final council vote on impact fees draws near

By Mike McCombs The immediate future of impact fees in Beaufort County is in the hands of County Council and will be decided Monday night. The longterm future? That’s not as clear.

At the March 28 meeting, County Council voted to repeal all Beaufort County impact fees. Since that time, County Council Chairman Joe Passiment has written an opinion piece, distributed to local media, and the county has issued a media release, both in the first week of April, strongly expressing the need for impact fees in Beaufort County.

Both also lay the blame squarely at the feet of the county’s municipalities for the potential elimination of the fees.

"Beaufort County and the municipalities within the County have spent months, and in some cases years, discussing the need to adopt new impact fees for schools and EMS and renew/update existing fees," Passiment said in the county’s April 7 news release. "Lack of participation and cooperation by Hilton Head, Bluffton, Beaufort, and Port Royal has led Beaufort County Council to consider eliminating all existing impact fees and abandon its efforts to adopt school and EMS impact fees."

Some municipal leaders feel like they are being made the scapegoats by county leaders.

“Beaufort City Council had a public worksession discussion March 22 to look at (the intergovernmental agreement), and there are several outstanding issues that need to be resolved,” City of Beaufort Mayor Stephen Murray said. “The City of

Deanna Hubbard of Fire House Nutz in Bluffton seasons the soft shell crabs before they are fried during the annual Soft Shell Crab Festival on Saturday in Port Royal. Photo by Bob Sofaly.

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They’re back, they’re delicious

he Soft Shell Crab Festival returned from a two-year hiatus thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic for its 17th edition on Saturday.

Thousands strolled Port Royal’s

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Paris Avenue, shopped with vendors and enjoyed some good food, especially those soft-shelled, blue crab delicacies at the festival, organized by the Old Village Association of Port Royal.

Gullah Geechee heritage organization moves to downtown Beaufort

By Tony Kukulich The staff of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor National Heritage Area (GGCHC) has been busy managing several important events this spring that will have a positive impact on the long-term operation of the organization.

On March 15, President Biden signed H.R. 2471, a $1.5 trillion federal omnibus spending bill that fully funds

federal government projects and activities through Sept. 30, 2022. The bill provides a grant of $500,000 for 2022 and 2023 to the GGCHC. The grant is funded through the National Park Service’s National Heritage Areas (NHA) program.

“We’re really happy about that,” said GGCHC Executive Director Victoria Smalls. “But also, what is important is that it is a matching grant.

We have to find a match for that. That is one of the reasons I was brought on as executive director – to help with that process.”

Victoria A press release Smalls issued by the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, the body that

oversees the work of the GGCHC, stated that the grant will support cultural and historic preservation, educational projects and programs, natural resource conservation, land workshops, heritage tourism and additional initiatives outlined in the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor’s Management Plan.

In addition to the news regarding funding, GGCHC has relocated its

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“We haven’t decided when our grand opening is, but that’s where we have relocated our office from John’s Island to this historic site within the Beaufort National Historic Landmark District,” Smalls said.

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City Council sees proposed master plan for Southside Park at Work Session

From staff reports Beaufort City Council got its first look April 12 at a proposed redesign of Southside Park. Woods + Partners, a landscape architecture firm based on Hilton Head Island, presented the proposed master plan at City Council Work Session.

The plan takes into account all the amenities proposed by the Southside Park Task Force, which was appointed by City Council in 2021 to solicit public input and present that information to City Council. In late January of this year, City Council selected Woods + Partners to develop a master plan.

The proposed plan includes a festival lawn in the center of the park.

The lawn would be big enough to host two pickup soccer games. It would include a woodland playground that would have sections for younger and older children, and would include picnic tables. Connecting the festival lawn and playground would be a large pavilion that could hold about six picnic tables and would also have restrooms.

Other amenities include a renovated dog park that would have a pet fountain with misting sprays.

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The plan calls for a 9-hole disc golf course, a community garden, and inner and outer trail loops. Smaller picnic pavilions would be scattered around the park. The plan also calls for fitness stations.

Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH) and Lowcountry Legal Volunteers (LLV) have scheduled a series of clinics over the next six months at which residents who qualify can meet with an LLV staff attorney or a volunteer attorney from the community to develop a will and a health care power of attorney, also known as a health care proxy. Residents leave the meeting with the finalized documents in hand.

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The public can email any comments on the proposed plan to Downtown Operations Director Linda Roper at lroper@cityofbeaufort.org by April 30.

Woods + Partners plans to present a final plan to City Council on

May 10, with phasing recommendations and price estimates. Kyle Theodore, vice president of the firm, said that given the increasing cost of building supplies, the estimates could only be considered preliminary.

Partnership offers free will, health care power of attorney

From staff reports A partnership between two local not-for-profits is enabling area residents to get, at no cost, the two documents they would need on file should such an event come to pass: a legal will and a health care power of attorney. The documents help to ensure that at a time of crisis family members know your wishes and don’t have to decide — if you are unable to do so — what kind of medical care you would, or would not, want.

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If you are interested, the first step is to call the Lowcountry Legal Volunteer office. A member of the staff will assist you in determining if you meet the qualifications for free legal assistance.

Qualifications are based primarily on income.

If you qualify, the office will schedule an appointment for you between noon and 4 p.m., on one of the following clinic dates: April 22, June 24, Aug. 26, Oct. 22. Clin-

ics will be held in the Beaufort Memorial Medical and Administrative Center, 990 Ribaut Road, Beaufort.

Lowcountry Legal Volunteers provides free, critical legal services and education to low-income residents of Beaufort, Hampton and Jasper counties. Services are available in both English and Spanish.

For more information about the legal will and health care proxy clinics, call 843-815-1570 or email info@lclv.org.

Dog of the Week: Harley is one of our longest residents in our kennel. She has had time in a home and wants for that again.

She is looking for a home where she can be the only dog and take in all the love. Once she connects with you, you will have a buddy for life. She is 4 years old, spayed, up to date on vaccines, and microchipped.

If you are interested in adopting Bart, Harley, or any of our other pets, call our adoption center at 843-645-1725 or email us at info@ palmettoanimalleague. org to set up an appointment.

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There goes the neighborhood Harvey’s leaving Bay Street, headed for the Island

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BEAUFORT f there’s any further evidence needed that times, they are a changing, the news last week that Harvey’s barber shop on Bay Street is moving after almost nine decades pretty much closes the case.

After cutting hair at 919 Bay Street for more than 50 years and downtown for the past 86 years, Ray and Johnny Harvey have decided to move their operation across the Beaufort River to Lady’s Island near Grayco.

No more gathering place for the informed genteel of old Beaufort, no more hiding place for the Water Festival higher echelon organizers looking for a spot to get out of the July heat, no more free drinks for those hoping to see some “old faces” during the annual Night on the Town celebration.

Ray Harvey, in his interview last week with The Island News, didn’t say what’s going to happen to their valuable piece of real estate.

But the immediate guess for many was that it will be incorporated into 303 Associates plans for the area. The development firm already owns

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the old Bay Marketplace right next door and plans for a new 3-story apartment complex behind the barber shop just got final approval from the city last week.

That just leaves the First Citizens Bank, the last actual banking institution left in the downtown neighborhood, the rest already relocated across the same Beaufort River to Lady’s Island – standing in what could be a very nice, enlarged parking lot for residents of that new apartment complex.

Time will tell on that prediction.

Nope, as Ray Harvey said, the tourism traffic has increased downtown and it’s harder and harder for his regulars to find parking spaces.

“Sometimes you just have to do things,” was what he said.

He’s got that right.

Protest crowds for 211 Charles missing as much-debated apartments get approval BEAUFORT – Final approval for the Cannon Building, aka 211 Charles Street, was granted last week by the city’s Historic Review Board.

It was almost anticlimactic, considering the discussions and media reporting that’s occurred over the past two years about 303 Associates’ latest downtown project.

Of course, the project is still being challenged in court by the Historic Beaufort Foundation which questioned the Zoning Board of Appeals decision to grant an exception for the former one-story A&P grocery building. No date has been set for that hearing but demolition of the current structure cannot be issued until building permits for the new project are given by the city staff.

The HRB approval came on a 3-2 vote with the two minority members admitting they just couldn’t approve the 3-story, 19 apartment project which

some contend is going to change the face of the downtown forever.

One of the board members, interestingly enough, apologized to the developer for taking 22 months to approve his project. Another quickly stated she wasn’t going to apologize and in fact, wouldn’t have minded if the project had taken 44 months to review and fine-tune, if it had only ended up with an improved design.

Where board meetings dealing with this project in the past have drawn crowds, last week’s meeting drew fewer than a half-dozen interested folks and they, predominately, were involved with 303 Associates.

The rest of the audience was there for the six residential projects on the agenda for new construction or renovations within the historic district.

New life may be coming to Pine Court Apartments BEAUFORT – Speaking of “new” development, the proposed Pine Court Apartments complex is back on track.

Initial plans for the

five-building, 60-apartment complex received city approval starting in 2017 with the last construction permit issued in 2020. Pretty much since then, the first three buildings have sat empty and boarded up, waiting for something to happen.

Something DID happen last week with the city Design Review Board that gave the new owners out of Mt. Pleasant approval to move forward, recognizing they’re going to have to go through the whole process again since the previous approvals had expired.

Some neighbors of the property, who have been staring at first the land clearing, then preliminary construction for the past five years, told the board they still have concerns about all that building in their backyards.

Housing plans keep rolling in BEAUFORT – Members of the Beaufort-Port Royal Municipal Planning Commission got a plateful to consider at their monthly meeting this week.

Pointe Grande apartments, with 336 units in 14 different

buildings on 21 acres between Burton Hill Road and Salem Road, was the only project on the agenda for preliminary sketch approval.

But the Winter Park, Fla. developers opted to pull their project for the time being after MPC members began asking questions about traffic impact on the already compromised Salem Road.

Residents of Battery Point and Salem Road are already reeling over the recent tree cutting to accommodate Garden Oaks apartments, with 228 units, and Pulte Home’s Salem Bay projects with a proposed 325 home sites.

The MPC also got a “brief” update from the town of Port Royal which included proposed projects totaling 2,028 homes and apartments.

And, of course, one new storage unit facility.

Lolita Huckaby Watson is a community volunteer and former reporter/editorial assistant/columnist with The Beaufort Gazette, The Savannah Morning News, Bluffton Today, Beaufort Today and The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.). She can be reached at bftbay@gmail.com.

Developers plan to revive Pine Court Apartments

By Tony Kukulich New owners are breathing life into a failed Beaufort apartment complex that was abandoned in mid-construction approximately two years ago.

Maxwell Creative Contracting (MCC), the new owner of Pine Court Apartments located at 2307 Pine Court Road, received final approval on its architectural plan and preliminary approval on its site plan when the project went before the City of Beaufort Design Review Board (DRB), Thursday, April 14.

“I was a little apprehensive before getting up here not knowing if there was going to be any eyebrows raised,” said Hank Maxwell, MCC owner.

“Or, if you know anything about this project, if (we) were going to get a boo. But hopefully we’ll get some smiles from some people knowing that we’re taking over this project to get it moving forward. We understand that there’ve been some bad feelings about this project and the state that it’s currently in.”

The original project received final approval in May 2017. Three of five planned apartment buildings were

The Pine Court apartments were approved in 2017, but the project was abandoned around 2020 after three of five buildings were partially constructed. Photo by Dylan McCombs. partially constructed and a concrete slab was poured for the fourth building, but no construction was completed before work on the initiative ceased. The last construction audit was performed in March 2020 and all approvals and permits expired 180 days later. The existing buildings are wrapped in a weather resistant barrier that has degraded over time. There are some doors and windows

in the structures while others are boarded up.

MCC acquired the site in October of last year and presented a plan to the DRB that very closely followed the original plan. It calls for 60 apartments — 12 one-bedroom and 48 two-bedroom units — in five buildings totaling slightly more than 58,000-square feet on a 3.35-acre lot.

“We’re here to work with the board and the city to be

in compliance to follow the current code,” Maxwell said.

“To be extremely clear about this project we are not wanting to make changes in any way. We don’t want to change aesthetics. We don’t want to change anything with the building. We don’t want to add any floors to the building.

We just want to move forward as quickly as possible to get them built.”

While their appearance

before the DRB was successful, the developers still have some significant challenges. Maxwell said that City Building Official Bruce Skipper expressed concern over the condition of the existing building, and feared that if work to stop the degradation of buildings wasn’t started soon, the city could be forced to condemn them. He recommended hiring a forensic engineer to ascertain the buildings’ structural integrity and determine what actions were necessary to ensure their continued viability.

Maxwell did that and delivered the engineering report to Skipper in January. It was at that time Maxwell learned that all permits and approvals related to the project had expired.

Appearing before the DRB, Maxwell requested the project receive final approval so they could begin to address the actions spelled out in engineering study. The city’s staff report recommended only a preliminary approval.

“We would recommend preliminary approval understanding that a lot has to be gathered to come back to a

final (approval),” said Jeremy Tate, architect with Meadors Architecture who completed the city’s staff report.

Among Tate’s concerns was the fact that two of the existing buildings don’t meet the minimum setback, and will require a zoning variance from the county’s Zoning Board of Appeals. Tate said that if the developers begin to invest work in the buildings before that variance is granted, there is a risk that the variance won’t get granted and the money invested in restoring the buildings will have been wasted. While Maxwell acknowledged the risk, he appeared willing to accept it.

“We will take the risk of doing these repairs,” said Karl Kokinakis with MCC. “We also feel honestly that we have some good faith to show.

The track record from the last guy is terrible.”

Tony Kukulich is a recent transplant to the Lowcountry. A native of Wilmington, Del., he comes to The Island News from the San Francisco Bay Area where he spent seven years as a reporter and photographer for several publications. He can be reached at tony.theislandnews@gmail.com.

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Body found in Shell Point identified

From staff reports The identity of a human remains discovered in Shell Point last week has been determined by the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.

The body of 28-year-old Michael Seloske was found in

a wooded area off Broad River Drive around 6 p.m. Monday, April 11. Seloske’s driver’s license was found in his clothing, but his identity could not be definitively established at the scene.

According to the Sheriff’s

From staff reports Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office deputies charged three men with weapons and drug charges after their arrest in Burton on Tuesday morning, April 13.

The men were identified as 23-year-old Navonta Sneed of Burton, 24-year-old Tae’vion Smalls of Beaufort and 23-year-old Nicholas Jenkins of Burton.

A press release issued by the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office stated that deputies stopped a vehicle on Goethe Hill Road in Burton around 11 a.m. As they approached the vehicle, they reportedly detected the odor of marijuana.

A subsequent search uncovered distribution weights of marijuana and crack cocaine; a trafficking weight of cocaine; three handguns and a semi-automatic rifle.

All three men were arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine, possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute marijuana; unlawful carrying of a handgun and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

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“We’re going to have a big celebration regarding it. We want to make sure we invite the people that were very instrumental in forming the corridor well before 2006.”

The organization originally selected John’s Island as its home because the first executive director lived there and was able to secure office space there, Smalls said. The move to Beaufort was made in coop-

eration with the Greater Beaufort-Port Royal Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB).

“It was suggested that we could move the office to Beaufort to help build upon our heritage tourism initiatives,” Smalls explained. “Beaufort is also my hometown, so it’s a perfect fit for me. I had no arguments about that, but I can’t really say the decision was centered on me. The CVB has been wonderful and played a vital role in having us move.”

Smalls called the move a strategic effort to engage

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tourists, visitors and the Gullah Geechee community with other nearby historic sites like the Beaufort History Museum, the Reconstruction Era National Park and the Robert Smalls House.

“One of the things I feel is really important is the partnership with the greater National Park Service. We are a National Heritage Area, and that’s a program within the National Park Service. What better park to be within than the National Reconstruction Era National Historical Park because we’re talking about

The event is set for 11 a.m., Saturday April 23, at the Bluff on Bay, 1806 Bay Street. There will be catering by Susan Mason – complete with her famous crab cakes – as well as an open bar, entertainment and scenic views.

There will also be a raffle for a chance to win a week in the Bahamas, a stocked original Harbour Island Canvas bag and $3,000 in cash.

Parking is available street-side and at Beaufort Elementary School. Tickets are $125 and available at https://bit.ly/3OqNB5x.

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forensic pathologists were still unable to determine cause and manner of death.

Toxicology studies will be performed and may aid in those determinations.

Forensic odontologists used Seloske's dental records

— previously obtained by the Coroner's Office — to confirm his identity.

Though his cause and manner of death have not been determined, the Sheriff’s Office said there is no evidence to suggest foul play.

Beaufort Police Officer Keith Kastner-Smith, far left, heads toward the sheet of water falling from the Beaufort/Port Royal ladder truck during Chill With A Cop on Wednesday afternoon at Southside Park in Beaufort. Scores of children out of school for Spring Break took part. Photo by Bob Sofaly.

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advanced stage of decomposition when it was discovered.

The cause and manner of his death were not immediately apparent as a result. A forensic autopsy was conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina, though the

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Traffic stop leads to arrest in Burton

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Office, interviews of people said to have known Seloske indicated that he was last seen leaving his Broad River Drive home in November 2021. He was not reported missing.

Seloske’s body was in an

A Community, Career, and Education Expo is set for Saturday, April 23 at St. Helena's Historic Penn Center. The event, which will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., will highlight education resources, workforce training and existing Beaufort County employers.

Northern Beaufort Co. Democratic Club meeting

The next monthly meeting of the Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club will be Thursday, April 21 at 6 p.m. at Grace AME Chapel, 502 Chapel Street, downtown Beaufort.

There is ample room for social distancing and masks are optional.

The guest speaker will be Bill Love, Executive Director of Disabilities and Special Needs for Beaufort County.

Love says, "I want to learn as much as I can learn. See as much as I can see. And, try to understand as much as I can understand. My life’s travel has taken me to prison, to universities, to detention centers, to halfway homes,

the history of formerly enslaved people and how they were able to build towns and opportunities for education and land ownership.”

Chris Barr, interpretive supervisor/public information officer with the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, also spoke of the synergy between the two organizations.

“It's impossible to tell the story of Reconstruction in the Lowcountry without centering the experiences of the Gullah people who lived here,” Barr said. “This includ-

ed not just famous figures and leaders, but average citizens who kept their Gullah heritage alive while navigating through the process of emancipation during Reconstruction. We're excited to work with the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor to help share these Americans' stories to a wider audience.

Already, we've hosted a number of joint programs with the Corridor, and we look forward to continuing this.”

The purpose of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor NHA is to preserve,

share and interpret the history, traditional cultural practices, heritage sites, and natural resources associated with Gullah Geechee people of coastal North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. For more information, visit: www. gullahgecheecorridor.org.

Tony Kukulich is a recent transplant to the Lowcountry. A native of Wilmington, Del., he comes to The Island News from the San Francisco Bay Area where he spent seven years as a reporter and photographer for several publications. He can be reached at tony.theislandnews@gmail.com.

and to a deep awareness of the challenges faced by those with disabilities. What I have learned is that we all want to be seen, heard and respected."

Love will try and answer the questions, “Who are the one in four Americans living with disabilities? Do we see them, do we hear them, and do we care? And he will be able to answer questions about the resources available in Beaufort County for those with disabilities and those who care for folks with disabilities.

Startup Weekend from April 29 through May 1. This inaugural event will take place in the new South Coast Cyber Center (old Bridges Prep Building) at 1100 Boundary Street in downtown Beaufort. Tickets are now available for purchase and include options for both participants and observers as well as student discounted tickets. Sign-up today at https:// event.techstars.com/event/goX1RLOnho.

American Conquistador book release

The Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands and the Town of Port Royal will be hosting the annual Birthday for the Birds from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, April 30, at the Amphitheater on Paris Avenue.

This exciting community event will include party hats and artwork created by students from Port Royal Elementary and Riverview Charter schools. Hunting Island Interpretive Center and Birds of Prey will both be here with birds and wildlife critters.

The boardwalks will have Tour Guides along the way to answer any questions about plants, reptiles or birds. Kids will enjoy a scavenger hunt and be rewarded with a fun bird pin designed by Aki Kato and the Beaufort Conservation District will have coloring books to take home. The festivities will end with birthday cupcakes, kazoos to play and a birthday song for the chicks.

This event was started by Pete Richards, who saw the wonder of this magical place and wanted it shared with the community. The dedication of a plaque, remembering event founder Pete Richards to Port Royal, will take place at 9 a.m. This is a free event.

The Beaufort History Museum will host a town meeting and book release for Daryl Ferguson’s American Conquistador at 5 p.m., Thursday, April 26 at the Courtyard at the Arsenal and Beaufort History Museum, 713 Craven St. The event is free, though donations are accepted. Light refreshments will be served.

Come learn about the latest findings regarding our local history as Ferguson, founder of the Santa Elena Foundation, releases his book. Along with Larry Rowland, who will also be present, and several other scholars, Ferguson has researched the 16th century for almost a decade to lead to the publishing of this new book on Beaufort’s role in the founding of America and the identity of the first European settlers.

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NEWS

Remembering the Great Fire of 1907

Lady’s Island man missing, endangered From staff reports Authorities are asking for the public’s help to locate a 75-yearold Lady’s Island man who has been reported missing.

Neal Palmer’s family reported him missing and endangered Tuesday evening, April 19. Palmer reportedly has medical conditions that require attention.

At some point on Tuesday, it is believed that Palmer left his Mockingbird Drive home in a white 2015 Lexus ES350 with South Carolina plate SPP635. He has not been seen since then.

Palmer, who is white, is 6 feet tall and weighs 140 pounds. He has gray hair and brown eyes. A description of his clothing is not available.

Anyone who has information on Neal Palmer's whereabouts is urged to contact the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Emergency Dispatch at 9-1-1.

Heralded as the "most serious conflagration that ever visited the Old Town," the Great Fire of 1907 caused the destruction of more than 40 structures downtown and on The Point and set Beaufort back on its heels. The Beaufort County Historical Society (BCHS), along with the City of Beaufort, will commemorate this historic inferno with a new marker at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 21 at the corner of Bay and Carteret streets in Elliott Park. BCHS President Larry Rowland will offer brief remarks. Bring lawn chairs if desired. Submitted photo.

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fort Foundation. Simmer said the HRB “seems to have lost its way” and referred to the board’s concerns about the balconies as potential homeowners association or code enforcement issues, and well outside the purview of the board.

“I resent the tirade that just occurred.” Lutz said following Simmer’s remarks. “I also recall that our instructions initially at each meeting include that the public that speaks should identify what their

relationship is to the project and if they have any financial connections to the project.”

In an email to The Island News following the meeting, Lutz said that Simmer’s criticisms were a violation of HRB protocol and should not have been allowed.

She added, “This is the third blatant time that a member of the public has offered support for the project without mentioning their relationship to the developer.”

The city’s staff report recommended approval of the initiative. Vice Chair Mike Sutton said there were no objections substantial enough to stop the project and offered

his support. He was joined by Chair Jeremiah Smith and board member Stacy Applegate. Prentice said she would not support the 303 Associates’ project and added that it had a “suburban apartment complex feel” that was not worthy of the city’s historic district. Lutz joined Prentice in her opposition.

“It’s not the right building for this location,” she said.

“Its mass, scale and absolute size are not compatible with the area in which it’s planned, and I will not support it.”

The issue of the building’s mass and scale were also discussed during the February HRB meeting, prompting

City Attorney William Harvey to say at the time that those issues were not to be part of the deliberations.

“Those have long been decided,” he said. “They are a part of earlier proceedings and are not before you today.

It is not proper for you to revisit those issues” Lutz did vote to approve the mass and scale of the Cannon Building project when those matters were before the board. In an email to The Island News, she said she did so at the time in the belief that the developer and architect were willing to consider changes that would reduce the overall mass and scale.

She also contradicted Harvey’s assertions that the matters of mass and scale were settled matters.

“The mass, height and scale have already been decided and the developer has proceeded on that basis – and has a right to,” Harvey said.

“Addressing the specific issues the HRB has currently, let them deal with those issues and not revisit old issues that have already been decided.”

Demolition of the building currently occupying the project site has already been approved, but, according to McClure demolition is not to occur until a building per-

mit for the new structure has been issued.

“We still have work to do as far as construction documents, the actual drawings to build the buildings,” McClure explained. “That will take months. Then we will apply for a building permit with those drawings. We don’t have a firm timeline on when that will happen.”

Tony Kukulich is a recent transplant to the Lowcountry. A native of Wilmington, Del., he comes to The Island News from the San Francisco Bay Area where he spent seven years as a reporter and photographer for several publications. He can be reached at tony.theislandnews@gmail.com.

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Beaufort apartment project withdraws application

By Tony Kukulich The developer of a largescale apartment project withdrew their application for a sketch plan approval and after appearing before the City of Beaufort Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) Monday evening, April 18.

Hillpointe, LLC, the Winter Park, Florida-based developer, sought MPC approval of the development’s sketch plan, but was tripped up when the commission expressed their desire to see a traffic impact analysis (TIA) report included in the application. A city staff representative pointed out that a TIA is not required until later in the process.

“I know that we’ve looked into this in the past,” said Heather Spade, planner with the city’s Community and Economic Development department. “But as of right now, the way that the code reads, they don’t have to invest in a TIA until they get a little further on in the process. This is just for the sketch plan approval.”

MPC Chair Michael Tomy

did not waiver.

“This development can afford a TIA,” he said. “I’m not concerned about that.”

While the city’s staff report recommended approval of the sketch plan, the commission appeared to be in no hurry to grant approval.

“I think this could be a nice development,” Tomy said to Hillpoint representative Marc Wiedower. “There’s no question about that. But there’s a lot of hurdles that you’re going to have to go through before that.”

With the commission appearing unwilling to concede on the TIA issue, Tomy recommended to Wiedower that he withdraw the application, complete the TIA and come back before the board rather than risk a decline of the request.

“I can’t suggest anything, but I know that if the board moves forward and feels like they need to have that TIA before they can vote, it may get turned down,” Tomy said.

“As opposed to that, if you

want to remove it and do the TIA and bring it back, that would be certainly more than appropriate.”

Wiedower got the hint and agreed to come back to the commission at a future date with a completed TIA. The project called Point Grand Beaufort is planned for the south side of Robert Smalls Parkway about 300 feet southeast of the intersection with Burton Hill Road. It will consist of 336 residential units in 14 three- and four-story buildings. The project will also include a clubhouse, leasing office, several accessory buildings, seven garages and retail buildings. Several other parcels will be used for the future development of commercial space, though Hillpointe is not expected to participate in that effort.

According to Hillpointe's application, the project will occupy 17 acres of a 24-acre parcel. Approximately 10 acres will be developed, while about seven acres will remain as open space.

Hippity hop, look what the Easter Bunny brought

The Easter Bunny made an extra special delivery on Sunday morning to Beaufort residents Jennifer and Zach Painter – their first baby. Little Avery arrived at the Beaufort Memorial Collins Birthing Center at 10:29 a.m., weighing in at 7 pounds, 3 ounces. She was the only baby born on Easter Sunday this year at the hospital. Photos courtesy of Beaufort Memorial Hospital.

Wiedower said the project will target young professionals who are not yet ready to purchase a home. All of the units will include two bedrooms and two bathrooms.

“These are market-rate (apartments) with keyless entry, solid surface countertops and stainless steel appliances,” he added. “These are very nice units.”

Approval of the project’s sketch plan is one of the earliest steps in the process required to take a project from a concept to construction. The objective is to confirm that the project conforms to the allowable uses of the land on which the project will be built.

“Sketch plans are to provide the general layout of lots and streets, reviewed by the MPC, for the sole purpose of subdividing the land,” read the City of Beaufort staff report. “The intent is to provide the applicant confirmation that the ‘simple line drawing’ is consistent with the development code in terms of lot dimensions, street connectiv-

ity, street dimensions, and the allocation of required open space, in order for the applicant to confidently proceed with investing in technical drawings. It is not a building development plan.”

Traffic was not the only concern raised. The loss of trees at the proposed construction site and stormwater management were also discussed.

“For our day and age where we know we have flooding issues, we know we have climate change, we know our trees are being taken down willy-nilly all over the county, it’s really disappointing to see something like this,” Commissioner Wendy Zara said.

The county is currently updating its stormwater regulations, but this project will be bound to the current standards that one commissioner called inadequate. Wiedower responded by offering to voluntarily comply with the updated standards prior to their official adoption by the county.

MPC Vice Chair Judy Alling was unimpressed by the design of the building’s exteriors, which were uniform across all buildings. She did acknowledge that the project had not yet appeared before the design review board.

Again, Wiedower expressed a willingness to incorporate the commission’s suggestions into the project’s design.

“We are happy to change the facades and materials to accommodate any of those types of desires,” he said. “We understand that uniqueness does help, and we stand here ready, willing and able to satisfy those desires, should that be the desire of the board.”

The date for Hillpointe’s next appearance before the MPC is still to be scheduled.

Tony Kukulich is a recent transplant to the Lowcountry. A native of Wilmington, Del., he comes to The Island News from the San Francisco Bay Area where he spent seven years as a reporter and photographer for several publications. He can be reached at tony.theislandnews@gmail.com.

Sons of American Revolution honor Eagle Scouts

From staff reports Beaufort's Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Gov. Paul Hamilton Chapter participated in an Eagle Scout Court of Honor on Saturday, April 16 at John Paul II Catholic School in Okatie.

Eagle courts of honor are fully developed celebrations recognizing Scouts who have attained Scouting's highest rank.

The Sons of the American Revolution often participate in the special ceremonies commensurate with the high honor being bestowed upon outstanding young men.

By presenting "SAR Certificates of Recognition" at BSA Courts of Honor, the SAR recognizes the many common bonds of purpose and principals shared by the SAR and the Boy Scouts of America. Young men achieving the rank of Eagle Scout have demonstrated their belief in these common principals and are deserving of special recognition for their dedication and accomplishment.

Chairman of the chapter's Eagle Scout Committee Col. Harold Mills, USAF Ret,, participated in the Court of Honor for six new Eagle Scouts from Beaufort County, Scouts represented Troops 101 and 200. The event was attended by many parents,

Col. Harold Mills and Jacob Preston of Troop 101. siblings and grandparents in recognition of these young men and their Scout Leader Michael Brock who had been with them from 2013 to 2021.

Having been awarded their Eagle Patches and scarves, each scout gave special pins to a parent in appreciation of their enduring support.

Col. Mills followed with SAR Certificates of Recognition and the Eagle Patch and notified them of their option to compete for several National SAR Eagle Scout Scholarships of up to $10,000. Beaufort County's newest Eagle Scouts are Jacob Preston of Troop 101; and Jack Brock, Beau Cooper, Gordon Ivey, Clay Powell and David Shaw, all of Troop 200.

Eagle Scout Robert "Beau" Cooper is awarded his Eagle Patch and scarf while parents Mary James and Col. Dirk Cooper watch Scout Master Michael Brock make the presentation. Photos by Jody Henson.

Col. Harold Mills and Gordon Ivey of Troop 200.

Beaufort Memorial to offer free joint pain seminar

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from page A1 Beaufort sent a response on March 24 (four days before County Council voted to repeal the fees), clearly articulating our concerns to county staff. As of today (April 12), we have not had a response to our concerns. It is our opinion that the county is holding up the passage of impact fees, not the city of Beaufort.”

Beaufort County Administrator Eric Greenway defended the county’s response, saying it takes several weeks for staff

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From staff reports Achy knees or hips slowing you down?

You’re not alone. It’s estimated that more than 30 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis, the most common type of joint problem in older adults. Symptoms include pain, stiffness,

and a loss of ability.

“Many people start noticing joint pain in their 40s, but it’s Andrea not necessarSadler ily enough to slow them down,” Beaufort

Memorial Physical Therapist and Orthopaedic Care Coordinator Andrea Sadler said. “But by the time they reach their 50s and 60s, the pain is often bad enough to seek medical attention.”

If joint pain is keeping you from doing the things you enjoy, join Sadler for a

free joint-pain class where she discusses common causes of joint pain, how early diagnosis can solve pain issues, effective non-surgical treatments for joint pain and the latest minimally invasive surgical procedures.

The hour-long class will be held at 1 p,m., Tuesday,

April 26 in the conference room of the Beaufort Memorial Port Royal Medical Pavilion at 1680 Ribaut Road. The seminar is free, but registration is required as space is limited. For more information or to register, visit BeaufortMemorial.org/ SolvingJointPain.

to go through the concerns raised by the municipalities to determine if their concerns can be addressed.

“We have to go through those comments, with state statutes and see what we can and can’t do with the impact fees,” Greenway said. “We (had to) review those items.

The impact fee statute is very clear about what we can and can’t do, and there’s a very significant regulatory, if that’s the right word, process on impact fees. There’s also a lot of eyes on impact fees from people looking to take legal action, who oppose impact fees, so we

have to make sure that everything we’re doing is up to par as far as a legal response.”

In the meantime, County Council’s motion to eliminate the fees had a second reading April 11 and passed. The third and final vote will be held at Monday’s County Council meeting at Buckwalter Recreation Center in Bluffton.

Representatives from County Council, representatives from their consulting firm Tischler Bise and representatives from the county’s municipalities were scheduled to meet at least once in the past two weeks, but the county can-

celed that meeting just hours before it was scheduled.

According to Greenway the parties are set to meet at 1 p.m., Thursday at the Beaufort County Administration Building, likely the last chance to resolve any issues before Monday’s vote.

If the fees are repealed with no new agreement in place, areas in the county that are not seeing growth will face a property tax inequity as they are forced to help pay for growth in infrastructure in other, faster groing parts of the county.

“Of all the things that the state legislature has ever al-

lowed jurisdictions to do, (impact fees) are one of the most effective ways to manage growth,” Greenway said.

“An impact fee is exactly what the title says it is. They are designed to assist with providing the capacity of infrastructure based on growth.”

Port Royal Town Manager Van Willis said he understands what’s at stake, but like Murray and the City of Beaufort, Port Royal has a specific responsibility to its citizens to be sure they aren’t simply giving the county money.

“We see the validity of impact fees. But we need assur-

ances that the town will see equitable distribution of those funds,” Willis said. “You have to understand, experience has shown that in any sort of revenue that is collected collectively, that the town of Port Royal typically gets the short end of the stick. Our town council is committed to see that the money is distributed equitably. There has to be some assurance that the dollars that we contribute will be spent in Port Royal.”

Mike McCombs is the editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.

EDUCATION

Beaufort County BOE approves 3 percent cost-of-living increase, dual modality bonus From staff reports The Beaufort County Board of Education has approved the authorization of Superintendent Frank Rodriguez to pay a 3 percent costof-living increase to fulltime active employees as of May 27.

This payment will be retroactive to the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year.

“This pay increase comes at a crucial time for our employees,” Rodriguez said.

“Our educators and staff worked extremely hard during the pandemic to keep learning moving forward, and they deserve this.”

Retroactive funds will be distributed to employees on June 10. The raise will be reflected in employees’

paychecks when the 2023 School year commences.

The 3 percent salary increases will total approximately $5.5 million to be paid from savings in the District’s current year General Fund operating budget.

The Board also authorized the superintendent to provide bonuses for teachers who performed dual modality instruction for each semester of the 2021-2022 school year.

Certified educators were paid $1,000 on Dec. 17, 2021 to prepare for delivery of dual modality instruction for the first semester, but those who actually delivered dual modality instruction will receive additional payments.

Teachers who delivered dual

modality instruction in the first semester for 1 to 14 days will receive an additional $250; 15 to 28 days $350; 29 to 42 days $450; and more than 42 days will receive $550.

Teachers who deliver dual modality instruction during the second semester for 1 to 14 days will receive $1,250; 15 to 28 days $1,350; 29 to 42 days $1,450; and more than 42 days will receive $1,550.

These newly approved dual modality bonuses will be distributed to employees in June of 2022.

These bonuses are to be paid from federal Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds and shall not exceed $2 million.

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Reasons for Faith

Are We Just Lucky?

The Fine-Tuning of the Universe

What if the strength of gravity were slightly different?

The universe displays a remarkable fine-tuning.

Scientists have discovered that if the force of gravity were ever so slightly weaker than it is, the universe would have expanded so rapidly that stars like the sun would never have formed. And if gravity were ever so slightly stronger than it is, the universe would never have expanded outwards and formed stars and planets like ours. In either case, we would not exist. If the strength of gravity were analogous to the amount of sand needed to fill an Olympic pool, life would be impossible with the addition or subtraction of a single grain of sand!

We can imagine each of these fundamental constants like enormous dials on a wall. Each of these dials could have been turned to any setting, and yet they are each turned to the precise combination that allows for the formation of stars, planets, and life.

This has caused scientists to remark that the universe seems to be finely tuned to enable the development of life as we know it.

Many similar examples of precision have been discovered.

The strength of gravity is one of about twenty fundamental constants of nature identified by scientists. If any of these constants were slightly different, our universe would have been inhospitable for life. For example, the strong nuclear force binds together protons and neutrons. If it were slightly stronger, no hydrogen would have remained to form stars; if it were slightly weaker, no elements other than hydrogen would ever have formed, and therefore no building blocks of life such as carbon.

Is this fine-tuning simply the result of random chance?

Are the fundamental constants so precisely tuned merely due to random chance? The odds of all of these constants coinciding to allow for life are so remote that they seem to demand an explanation. It would be like a man buying one lottery ticket at a time, and winning the jackpot dozens of times in a row: the odds are so unthinkable that chance would be ruled out and other explanations would be sought, such as manipulation of the games.

Can this fine-tuning be explained by infinite universes?

Recognizing that there must be an explanation besides chance to account for the fine-tuning we observe, some scientists now speculate that an infinite number of universes were created from the Big Bang. Each of these universes has its own random setting of the “dials,” and we happen to be in one of the universes where the combinations align perfectly to allow for life. In the lottery example above, this would be like saying that there are countless universes where the man bought tickets and lost, and we happen to live in a universe where all his tickets were winners.

Is there a better explanation for this fine-tuning?

Since science is limited to the study of our own universe, we can never scientifically prove the existence of infinite universes.

In other words, such a belief would require a leap of faith. It is reasonable to look at the evidence and take a different leap of faith: that the universe is finely tuned for life because it has been purposefully designed this way by its creator.

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HEALTH & WELLNESS Options & References for a Healthier Life

Swimming in an open body of water (like a river, lake, or ocean) is different from swimming in a pool. Even kids who are good swimmers need to take care.

Parents— first, teach kids never to swim alone. Tell them that using the buddy system means there's always someone looking out for you.

When people swim together, they can help each other or go for help in an emergency.

Here are some tips based on the type of water:

Outdoor Water Safety WATER WISDOM:

• Floaters vs. PFDs (Personal Flotation Device or certified lifejacket) Q: Can blow-up objects such as rafts work like life preservers?

A: Nope. Although they float, they won’t do the trick.

• DO learn to swim. If you like to have a good time doing water activities, being a strong swimmer is a must.

• DO take a friend along. Even though you may be a good swimmer, you never know when you may need help. Having friends around is safer and just more fun!

• DO know your limits. Watch out for the “too’s” — too tired, too cold, too far from safety, too much sun, too much hard activity.

• DO swim in supervised (watched) areas only and follow all signs and warnings.

• DO wear a life jacket when boating, jet skiing, water skiing, rafting, or fishing.

• DO stay alert to currents. They can change quickly! If you get caught in a strong current, don’t fight it. Swim parallel to the shore until you have passed through it. Near piers, jetties (lines of big rocks), small dams, and docks, the current gets unpredictable and could knock you around. If you find it hard to move around, head to shore. Learn to recognize and watch for dangerous waves and signs of rip currents — water that is a weird color, really choppy, foamy, or filled with pieces of stuff.

At Lakes and Ponds

• Don't let kids swim without adult supervision. Lakes or ponds might be shallow near the bank, but get deep quickly away from shore.

• Ponds and lakes may hide jagged rocks, broken glass, trash, and weeds and grass that could entangle a leg or arm.

• Be mindful of potentially dangerous wildlife, such as snakes and alligators.

• Make sure kids wear foot protection. In the water, they should wear aqua socks or water shoes.

• Most boating accidents, particularly among teens, are alcohol-related. Any boat outing should include a designated driver who won't drink. Be sure teens know about the dangers of alcohol, on and off the water.

• In bad weather, they should get out of the water right away.

At Beaches

• Don't let kids swim without adult supervision, preferably where a lifeguard is on duty.

• They shouldn't swim close to piers or pilings because sudden water movements may push swimmers into them.

• The beach has special dangers like currents and tides. Look for posted signs about rip currents, jellyfish warnings, surfing restrictions, and other hazards. Also ask the lifeguard about the water conditions.

• Don't allow kids to swim in large waves or undertows.

Tell them never to stand with their back to the water because a sudden wave can

• DO keep an eye on the weather. If you spot bad weather (dark clouds, lighting), pack up and take the fun inside.

• DON’T mess around in the water. Pushing or dunking your friends can get easily out of hand.

• DON’T dive into shallow water. If you don’t know how deep the water is, don’t dive.

• DON’T float where you can’t swim. Keep checking to see if the water is too deep, or if you are too far away from the shore or the poolside.

LIFELINE If you see someone struggling in the water, go get help. You can also throw out a life preserver or other object that floats, BUT DO NOT JUMP IN YOURSELF! If you jump in without anyone else around, who will help save YOU if there is a problem?

knock them over.

• Teach kids that if they're caught in a rip current or undertow, they should swim parallel to the shore or should tread water and call for a lifeguard's help.

• The stings of jellyfish or Portuguese man-of-wars can be painful, so tell kids to watch out for them in the water and to tell an adult right away if they're stung.

• In bad weather, they should get out of the water right away. If there's lightning, the lifeguards will close the beach.

At Water Parks

Water parks can be a lot of fun for kids, but safety rules apply there too.

• Make sure the park uses qualified lifeguards.

• Read all posted signs before letting your child on any rides. Many have age, height, weight, or health requirements.

• Know which rides are appropriate for your child's age and development. For instance, keep little kids in safe areas away from older kids' splashing and roughhousing.

• Water depth and strength can vary among rides and features. Wave pools can quickly go from calm to rough, putting even good swimmers in over their head.

• Teach your kids to follow all rules and directions,

such as walking instead of running and always going down the water slide in the right position — feet-first and face-up.

• A Coast-Guard approved life jacket is a good idea too.

Boating and Jet Skis

• When boating, the captain or person handling the boat should be sober, experienced, and competent. One third of boating deaths are alcohol-related.

Because there are no road signs or lane markers on the water and the weather can be unpredictable, it's important to think quickly and react well under pressure. If someone is drink-

ing, this can be almost impossible.

• Use proper-fitting, Coast Guard-approved flotation devices (life vests). Check the weight and size recommendations on the label, then have your child try it on to make sure it fits snugly. For kids younger than 5 years old, choose a vest with a strap between the legs and head support — the collar will keep the child's head up and face out of the water. Inflatable vests and arm devices such as water wings are not effective protection against drowning.

• If you allow your child or teen to use Jet Skis or personal watercraft, follow the same rules as for boating. Also check the laws in your area about the use of personal watercraft. Some states won't allow people under a certain age to operate them; others require people to take a course or pass a test before they can ride one.

What Else Should You Know?

Water temperature is important. Enter the water slowly and make sure it feels comfortable for you and your kids. A temperature below 70°F (20°C) is cold to most swimmers.

Recommended water temperatures vary depending on the activity and a swimmer's age: • In general, 82°F–86°F (28°C–30°C) is comfortable for recreational swimming for children.

• Babies are more comfortable when the water is on the warmer side of this temperature range.

Body temperature drops more quickly in water than on land. It doesn't take long for hypothermia (when the body loses heat faster than it can make it) to set in. Get a child who's shivering or has muscle cramps out of the water right away.

Sources: https://kidshealth.org/en/ parents/water-safety-outdoors https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/ bam/safety/water-safety.htm

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What to know about red yeast rice and its health effects

Red yeast rice refers to a traditional Chinese medicinal product. Proponents suggest that it may reduce blood cholesterol and other fats in the blood. However, the composition of the product can vary, and it may contain harmful ingredients that can result in adverse effects.

Benefits of red yeast rice: Red yeast rice has gained attention as a natural supplement to help lower cholesterol. High cholesterol, particularly low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, is a potential risk factor for heart disease. To lower cholesterol, a doctor can prescribe statins, but some people may not want to take medications and instead want to use natural alternatives such as red yeast rice.

A 2019 review relates that consuming monacolin K in

red yeast rice on a daily basis can reduce LDL cholesterol plasma levels by 15–25% within 6–8 weeks. Additionally, red yeast rice may lower markers for inflammation and total cholesterol. The review suggests that consuming 3–10 milligrams (mg) of monacolin K daily may have low associated risks. Additionally, it indicates that red yeast rice is a safe and effective way to manage mild to moderate hypercholesterolemia in people with no additional cardiovascular risk factors. Other possible benefits, which may include it: controlling high blood pressure, being anti-inflammatory, being hypoglycemic (lowering blood sugar), having anti-cancer properties, being osteogenic (aiding bone formation).

Safety and risks: People produce the product through

a fermentation process involving cooked rice kernels with a Monascaceae mold, typically Monascus purpureus, which turns the rice reddish-purple due to its pigmentation capability. The term purpureus is Latin for dark red. In addition to turning the rice red, the fermentation process with this yeast produces substances known as monacolins. Notably, monacolin K is chemically identical to an active ingredient in some statins, which can reduce the liver’s production of cholesterol. However, the composition of red yeast rice varies depending on the yeast strains and culture conditions. Not only may some products contain very little or no monacolin K, but they can also contain harmful contaminants, such as citrinin, which may damage the kidneys.

As such, it suggests that

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red yeast rice products should come with appropriate warnings and highlight the varying monacolin K content and the scarcity of long-term safety data for these products. A 2020 study emphasizes the variability in the strength of red yeast rice supplements available in the United States.

Analyzing brands of red yeast rice for the presence of monacolin K, the study found

that some products contained none, whereas, in others, the quantity ranged more than 60-fold from 0.09–5.48 mg per 1200 mg serving. Using recommendations for daily serving sizes, this could range more than 120-fold from 0.09– 10.94 mg.

The FDA warns against using red yeast rice products, stating that people may risk severe muscle problems lead-

ing to kidney impairment.

Furthermore, monacolin K present in red yeast rice may interact with medications, including: the antidepressant nefazodone, some antibiotics, drugs that people use to treat fungal and HIV infections, other cholesterol-lowering medications.

Additionally, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health warns that red yeast rice products may contain citrinin, a toxin that can lead to kidney failure. It adds that people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or taking statins should avoid red yeast rice.

People who wish to try red yeast rice should consult their doctor first, especially if they currently take medications.

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Safe and healthier summer grilling

Healthier Choices and a Bit of Prep Can Reduce Carcinogens and Increase Flavor

Firing up your grill for a tasty meal? Experts at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), an organization that studies the impact of lifestyle on cancer risk, have words of wisdom warning about the hidden health hazards of cookouts and campfires.

"Research now shows that diets high in red and processed meat increase risk for colon cancer," said AICR registered dietitian Alice Bender. "And grilling meat, red or white, forms potent cancer-causing substances. But by keeping five simple steps in mind, it's possible to make this summer's backyard grilling both healthier and more flavorful."

Step One: Mix Up the Meat

The first thing to understand is that what meat you choose to grill is just as important as how you grill it. However you prepare it, diets high in red meat (beef, pork and lamb), are linked to increased risk for colon cancer. Even small amounts of processed meat (hot dogs, sausages) cause risk to inch up. So don't get stuck on steak, burgers and franks; get creative with fish and chicken, using spices,

herbs, hot peppers and sauces to dress up tender chunks of white meat.

Step Two: Marinate, Marinate, Marinate

Charring and cooking meat, poultry and fish under high heat causes compounds called heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to form.

These substances have shown the ability to damage our DNA in ways that make cancer more likely. Studies have shown that marinating meat, poultry, and fish for at least 30 minutes can reduce the formation of HCAs. Using a mixture of vinegar, lemon juice or wine along with herbs and spices seems to be the key. Scientists are still investigating precisely how these marinades help lower HCAs, but it's possible that compounds in these ingredients are responsible.

Step Three: Partially Pre-Cook

PAHs are deposited onto the meat by smoke. So, by reducing the amount of time meat spends exposed to flame by first partially cooking it in a microwave, oven or stove, you can reduce the amount of PAHs you ingest.

(Be sure to place the partially cooked meat on the preheated grill immediately. This helps keep it safe from bacteria and other food pathogens that can cause illness.)

Step Four: Stay Low

Cook the meat over a low flame. Doing so can reduce the formation of both HCAs and PAHs, and help keep burning and charring to a minimum.

Reduce flare-ups by keeping fat and juices out of the fire: cut visible fat off the meat, move coals to the side of the grill and cook your meat in the center of the grill. Finally, cut off any charred portions of the meat before serving.

Step Five: Throw Some Color on the Grill

Colorful vegetables and fruits contain fiber, vitamins and naturally occurring compounds called phytochemicals. These substances add anti-cancer action to your backyard bash. And by loading up on plant foods, you can cut back on red and processed meats. Try onions, zucchini, eggplant, bell peppers or tomatoes in thick slices on the grill, in a grill basket or in chunks for kebabs.

Another favorite: corn on the cob. Grilling brings out the sweetness in veggies, so even reluctant veggie eaters can find something to love.

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Listen on the Lawn Concert Series returns

From staff reports USC Beaufort Center for the Arts presents the return of the Listen on the Lawn Concert Series beginning at 6 p.m., Sunday, April 24 with the Beaufort Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Bring a chair or blanket, a picnic or snacks and beverages (if you choose) and enjoy a beautiful afternoon under the oaks, listening to BSYO’s beautiful sounds. Listen on the Lawn Concert Series continues May 15, with vocalist Gwen Yvette and June 5 with local favorite The Cluster Shucks band.

The Beaufort Symphony

The Beaufort Symphony Youth Orchestra. Submitted photo.

Orchestra is not only a performing organization, but

also provides opportunities for young musicians to de-

velop their talents as members of the Beaufort Sym-

phony Youth Orchestra. In the spring of 1999, Frederick Devyatkin realized a dream of forming a youth orchestra in Beaufort. With the backing of the Orchestra Board and widespread parental and community support, a nucleus of young players presented their first concert. The Youth Orchestra has grown to 40 plus members, many of whom donate time and talent for fundraising events sponsored by the orchestra.

The CFA Lawn will open at 5:30 p.m., on April 24, with the performance starting at 6 p.m., tickets are $10 a person – children younger than 12

WANT TO GO? What: Beaufort Symphony Youth Orchestra What: Listen on the Lawn Concert Series When: 6 p.m., Sunday, April 24 Tickets: $10 per person, younger than 12 are free. Purchase at www. uscbcenterforthearts.com or 843-521-4145

are free. Tickets may be purchased in advance at www.uscbcenterforthearts.com or by calling 843-521-4145. In case of inclement weather, the performance will be moved into the CFA theatre.

Poet visits Penn Center to address poetry in the Bible

From staff reports In conjunction with National Poetry Month and a Calvin Christian Institute Worshiping Communities Grant, Penn Center, Inc., will host a presentation and workshop by world renowned poet Kwame Dawes.

Dawes will be featured in a program called Exploring Poetry In The Bible Through The Lens Of The Gullah Translation Of The New Testament from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 23 at the Brick Baptist Church at

85 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive on St. Helena Island.

The presentation will explore seKwame lect passages Dawes from the Gullah translated New Testament Bible, King James Version.

This event is free and open to the public, and young and old are welcome.

The event is for writers and poets and lovers of the spoken word in the Bible. Light

refreshments will be available.

Dawes was born in Ghana and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. He received a BA from the University of the West Indies at Mona in 1983 and went on to study and teach in New Brunswick, Canada, on a Commonwealth Scholarship.

In 1992, he received a PhD in English from the University of New Brunswick.

He received the Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection in 1994 for Progeny of Air (Peepal Tree Press). Dawes is also the author of several

works of fiction, including the novel Bivouac (Peepal Tree Press Ltd, 2010), and non-fiction, including the memoir A Far Cry from Plymouth Rock: A Personal Narrative (Peepal Tree Press, 2006).

Dawes’ many honors include the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for service to the arts in South Carolina, a Guggenheim Fellowship for Poetry, the Musgrave Silver Medal for contribution to the Arts in Jamaica, the Poets & Writers Barnes and Noble Writers for Writers

Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Windham-Campbell Prize for Poetry.

In 2009, he won an Emmy for LiveHopeLove.com, an interactive site based on his Pulitzer Center project, “HOPE: Living and loving with AIDS in Jamaica.”

Until July 2011, Dawes was Distinguished Poet in Residence, Louis Frye Scudder Professor of Liberal Arts and founder, and executive director of the South Carolina Poetry Initiative. He was the director of the University of

South Carolina Arts Institute.

Dawes is currently the Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner at the University of Nebraska, where he is a Chancellor’s Professor of English, a faculty member of Cave Canem, and a teacher in the Pacific MFA Program in Oregon.

He is co-founder and programming director of the Calabash International Literary Festival, which takes place in Jamaica in May of each year.

In all, he has authored 36 books of poetry, fiction, criticism, and essays.

Holy Trinity announces spring production of The Crossing, a True Story From staff reports More than 45 Holy Trinity Classical Christian School students will be performing in the 9th annual Spring Production, The Crossing, a True Story, on Thursday and Friday, May 12 and 13 at 6 p.m. at Praise Assembly Church, 800 Parris Island Gateway.

The Crossing, a true-life story of one girl's valiant and selfless journey to save a train of strangers, is an original play written by Holy Trinity 2nd-grade teacher and Drama Department Head Elizabeth Booman. This year's production is complete with songs and dances, strong morals and Christian ideals. The Crossing is a play for the whole family.

Booman writes in her intro-

duction: “Violent storms are devastating the landscape of rural Iowa in the summer of 1881, and travel by rail is becoming increasingly dangerous. Gale force winds strew fallen trees and debris across tracks, and flooding washes away whole sections. When a bridge collapses in front of her house, young Kate Shelley must brave the storm to warn a nearby station before the oncoming passenger train reaches the fallen bridge. Can Kate overcome the darkness and danger – and her own inhibitions – and reach the station in time?"

Booman began writing plays for her family to perform when she was 9 years old. She wrote her first play for non-family

WANT TO GO? What: The Crossing, a True Story – Holy Trinity Classical Christian School’s annual spring production When: 6 p.m., Thursday and Friday, May 12 and 13 Where: Praise Assembly Church, 800 Parris Island Gateway

More than 45 Holy Trinity students in Grades 2-12 will perform in an original musical written by Drama Head Elizabeth Booman. Submitted photo. members in 2012 when the need arose for a school Christmas program (this turned into Where Love Is, There God Is Also). She has written, directed, and choreographed 18

more plays for Holy Trinity Classical Christian School.

Elizabeth Booman writes the scripts, songs, and lyrics, while her sister Anna Booman provides musical arrangement.

Anna Booman is an art and music teacher at Holy Trinity.

Online ticket reservations and payment are available at www.HTCCS.org/spring-musical-2022/. The cost is $5 per

Tickets: Reservations and payment are available at www.HTCCS.org/springmusical-2022/. The cost is $5 per person. For additional information, please contact the school’s office at 843522-0660 or visit www.

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SPORTS

Beaufort Academy’s Madi McDougal, right, fights off an aggressive player from Hilton Head Christian Academy on Monday at BA’s Merritt Field. Photo by Bob Sofaly.

HHCA blanks BA in battle of Eagles

LowcoSports.com It was a tough night for the Beaufort Academy soccer teams on Monday, as the Eagles were blanked twice by visiting Hilton Head Christian Academy.

Abby Peduzzi scored a hat trick and added two assists to lead HHCA’s girls to a 6-0 win, with Addie Lentz adding a goal and an assist, and Bless Hurtado and Devon Yarde each tallying a goal. Isabelle Cunningham had a pair of assists for HHCA and also made two saves while splitting time in goal with Reece Clark.

The Eagles were also unable to find the back of the net in the boys game, falling 2-0 as HHCA keeper Qayden Turner denied numerous chances from BA. BA was back in action at home against Palmetto Christian on Tuesday and travels to HHCA for a rematch Monday.

Beaufort Academy’s Galvin Midyette manages to steal the ball from the Hilton Head Christian Academy defender Monday at BA’s Merritt Field. HHCA made it a clean sweep by defeating the BA girls 6-0 and the boys 2-0. Photo by Bob Sofaly.

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Dataw Island hosting major Croquet tournament

From staff reports The United States Croquet Association Regional Golf Croquet Championship is returning to the Lowcountry Thursday through Sunday, for the first time since 2015.

Beaufort’s Dataw Island Club is the main host site with matches also being played at Sun City and Spring Island to accommodate the full field of 32 competitors.

The event will feature both singles (blocks) and doubles (knockout) play, with the winners of each advancing to the National Championship in Cashiers, N.C. Dataw Island is home to two championship croquet lawns overlooking the beautiful Jenkins Creek and coastal marshes.

Dataw’s Director of Golf Maintenance, Brian Hollingsworth, oversees the care of the private community’s 36 holes of golf in addition to the croquet lawns, one of which was recently expanded and renovated.

“We’re really excited to open our doors to this talented field of players,” Hollingsworth said in a release. “The lawns are in great shape and my crew is really happy to see their work showcased.”

The croquet lawns are maintained much like golf putting greens – mowed daily, fertilized weekly, and “top dressing” with sand and rolling the lawns frequently to

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Thursday

What: USCA Southeast Regional Golf Croquet Championship

8:30 a.m.: Doubles (Knockout) – Dataw CC / Sun City CC / Spring Island CC Friday 8:30 a.m.: Singles (Blocks) – Dataw CC / Sun City CC / Spring Island CC 7 p.m.: Tournament Dinner – Dataw, Tabby Room (Lowcountry Cuisine) / Cash Bar

When: Thursday through Saturday Where: Dataw Island Croquet Lawns More info: Spectators are welcome. For a brief synopsis of croquet, visit https://bit. ly/3ryIpCL. For the more, visit https://worldcroquet.org/.

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keep them smooth and fast.

“The croquet community here on Dataw Island is a really passionate group with some excellent talent,” Dataw Island Director of Racquet and Lawn Sports Warren Florence said in a release.

“We really owe much of this honor to them – their support of the game here locally as well as in the area regionally has helped get our name out there as one of the premier facilities.”

He added, “The programming our Croquet Club delivers on a regular basis has in-

troduced a lot of new players to the game. And, they really have fun doing it. That’s what this is all about, really. We do have some players who compete at a high level, but ultimately, it’s about getting outside, being social, and having fun. Period.”

The event was to have kicked off Wednesday with a players dinner. Doubles play commences at 8:30 a.m., Thursday, and Singles play starts at 8:30 a.m., Friday.

Bracket-style eliminations continue Saturday, with the finals being played at Dataw Island on Sunday.

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Tennis legend Stan Smith, co-chairman of the 2022 RBC Heritage, presents the tartan jacket to champion Jordan Spieth, who defeated Patrick Cantlay in a one-hole playoff to win his first Heritage title Sunday at Harbour Town Golf Links. Photo by Justin Jarrett, LowcoGolf.com.

Jordan Spieth conjures Sunday comeback for Heritage crown

By Wes Kerr LowcoGolf.com HILTON HEAD ISLAND – Tournament director Steve Wilmot often quips that the only two things he can’t control at the RBC Heritage are the weather and the leaderboard. In the first edition back at full capacity, he couldn’t have written a better script in either regard.

After a Sunday full of twists and turns at Harbour Town Golf Links, PGA Tour superstar Jordan Spieth emerged on top in a playoff with Patrick Cantlay to capture the 2022 RBC Heritage presented by Boeing and slip into a tartan jacket he seemed destined to don eventually.

On a day that had the potential for extremely low scoring, Spieth’s 5-under 66 was good enough to overcome a threeshot deficit and outlast the reigning FedEx Cup champion in the first extra hole — making a birdie and a par at No. 18 to seal the deal just a day after nearly costing himself dearly with a mental blip resulting in an easily avoidable bogey.

Just one week removed from missing the cut at The Masters, Spieth roared back with a thrilling performance to notch his 13th PGA TOUR victory and his first since the 2021 Valero Texas Open.

“You have a lot of events where you feel like you should have won and someone outplays you, and a couple times you have one where you feel like you played good but not good enough to win, and I honestly felt like this was that week,” Spieth said. “Every year, I think about Kapalua [for the Sentry Tournament of Champions] at the beginning of the year, and I missed it for a few years, and I never want to miss it again. I'm really glad that this will get me there.”

It was a whirlwind of a final round with the lead changing hands at every turn. With favorable conditions in the

morning hours, the chance was there for someone deep in the pack to put together a run and challenge overnight leader Harold Varner III at 11-under par. Australian Cam Davis got an early jump on the competition, setting the pace with an 8-under 63 to earn a share of the lead at 12-under.

It was a daunting task for Spieth to make the climb after some inconsistencies on the putting green, but the threetime major champion found his stroke early — and sent major shockwaves through Sea Pines. The roars began on the par-5 second, where Spieth holed out from a greenside bunker for eagle to thrill the growing gallery and vault right back into contention at 10-under par. Just three holes later, the heroics happened again. After finding the green in two on the par-5 fifth, Spieth calmly rolled in a 23-footer as the crowd erupted behind him.

It was his third eagle of the weekend and soared him all the way up to a tie with Davis at 12-under. While Spieth was making his run, 18-hole leader Cameron Young found a second wind, firing a front-nine 31 to match the two at the top before mustachioed South African Erik van Rooyen made it a foursome at 12-under par.

Just as Spieth looked to be taking control with a birdie at 8, a poor lie in the sand at the par-4 ninth forced him to bail out and play a shot into the grandstand area to earn free relief. He hit a brilliant pitch to set himself up with a 4-footer for par, but his inconsistent stroke reared its ugly head again for a costly bogey.

“It was just in the corner, so I couldn't even get a putter on it to hit it in the bunker more, and it was kind of half plugged,” Spieth said. “I just wished I made the putt.”

Meanwhile, several key names from the final groups began to make their climb to the top. Shane Lowry and

Jordan Spieth admires his pitch to set up a 4-foot par putt after finding a tough lie in the bunker on the ninth hole at Harbour Town Golf Links during the final round of the RBC Heritage on Sunday.

Photo by Justin Jarrett, LowcoGolf.com.

Sepp Straka caught fire to surge to 13-under, and van Rooyen led by as many as two shots at -14 on the strength of four consecutive birdies.

The back-and-forth madness continued into the final nine holes, with six golfers within one stroke of a trio of co-leaders at one point. There was no telling which one would be the name to emerge, but it quickly turned in the direction of Lowry. The Irishman rattled in a 20-foot birdie putt on 11 and made a pair of key par saves on 12 and 13 to maintain a narrow one-stroke advantage over a horde of talent right on his tail. But he couldn’t escape the wickedness of Pete Dye’s par-3 14th.

After missing the target and finding the waste area on the northwest side of the green, Lowry’s pitch bounded past the pin and over the railroad ties into the water, turning the tournament on a dime.

Staring down a birdie putt over on 18, Spieth was hoping to avenge disaster from a day prior and put a little pressure

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP LACROSSE

Eagles lacrosse teams qualify for postseason

Beaufort High School’s lacrosse teams earned at least one more game this season by earning spots in the 16-team SCHSL Class 4A-1A playoff brackets.

A year after going winless, Beaufort’s boys are 7-8 overall and have won three of their last four as they enter the playoffs as the No. 11 seed.

The Eagles travel to A.C. Flora on Wednesday.

Elsewhere in the Lowco, May River’s boys are the No. 4 seed and will host Eastside, while No. 3 seed Hilton Head High hosts No. 14 Bluffton in a Bridge Bowl rematch in the first round. If the Eagles win Wednesday,

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they will face the HHIHS-Bluffton winner in Saturday’s quarterfinals.

Beaufort’s girls eked into the playoffs as the No. 15 seed and will travel to No. 2 seed Oceanside Collegiate Academy for a difficult first-round matchup Tuesday. Region rival Hilton Head High is the No. 5 seed and will take on James Island in its opener, while No. 14 seed May River travels to No. 3 Lucy Beckham.

If the Eagles pull off the upset, they will travel to A.C. Flora or Greenville in the quarterfinals Friday.

BASEBALL

Dolphins walk off with win over Cougars

Matthew Hastings came through

on the rest of the pack. After flubbing a putt from inside two feet on Saturday, the former No. 1 player in the world drained a 10-foot birdie to get into the clubhouse at 13-under.

Even he didn’t know how big that could be in just another hour.

With Lowry’s sudden double-bogey collapse, it was Spieth who had the lead all by himself, but he knew that somebody was bound to catch up. Lowry, Varner and Cantlay all sat just one stroke back.

Two birdies on the last three holes were likely to win the tournament, but the swirling late-afternoon winds made those chances hard to come by. As Spieth headed back to the practice green to gear up for a potential playoff, Cantlay made him sweat with an 8-foot birdie putt on the 17th to tie for the lead.

Another brilliant iron shot on 18 set up Cantlay for a likely tournament-clinching putt, but the 12-footer rolled just off the mark. After both Varner

and Lowry came up empty on their last gasps overlooking a cloudy Calibogue Sound, the stage was set for Spieth and Cantlay to clash in a sudden-death playoff to cap off an enthralling day of golf.

“I can't stand watching golf when you're trying to dodge made putts because these guys are so good,” Spieth said.

“Every single putt looks like it's going in. It was just way more nerve-racking than actually playing. I went to the range after he hit his second shot thinking I'd come right back in, that he would make that putt. I don't know what ended up happening. I guess it just missed on the right side.”

In the first-ever playoff in the PGA Tour between former FedEx Cup champions, the advantage quickly went to Cantlay when Spieth came up about 30 yards short of his foil

Spieth stared out at Calibogue Sound, hoping for one of the best putters in the world to come up short. His prayers were answered, and the tartan jacket was his, soon after a joyful reunion with his wife, Annie, and infant son, Sammy.

“It was cool. I was kind of — I didn't think Annie was going to run onto the green, but she was really excited,” the newly-crowned Heritage champion recalled. “So it kind of took me — the whole thing took me by surprise because I legitimately thought Patrick was going to make it from 35 feet.”

Seven golfers finished tied for third at 12-under par, including Cam Davis, J.T. Poston, Cameron Young, Sepp Straka, Matt Kuchar, Harold Varner III and Shane Lowry.

After a rare missed cut at Augusta, Jordan Spieth made the trip to Harbour Town in

I really wish that it wasn’t the week right after the Masters because I would play this every single year, and after obviously just having this week happen, I certainly plan on it going forward.” off the tee and landed his second shot in the iconic greenside bunker, but the harsh winds shot down Cantlay’s bid into the sand, as well.

But there was no trouble at all for Spieth, who continued his spectacular bunker play.

With a sold-out gallery of fans rooting him on, Spieth rolled his bunker shot just inches from the cup, while Cantlay sailed his bunker blast well to the right of the pin, forcing the Californian to make a 40-footer to stay alive.

search of redemption. Four days later, he found it — and made a lasting touch on a community in a week that he and the Lowcountry will never forget.

“I really wish that it wasn't the week right after the Masters because I would play this every single year, and after obviously just having this week happen, I certainly plan on it going forward,” Spieth said. “What a great tournament to win. It's an amazing golf course.”

LowcoSports.com with a walk-off RBI single on Thursday to lift Battery Creek baseball to a 3-2 home win over Colleton County, giving the Dolphins two wins in their last four games.

Hastings capped off a two-hit day with an infield single to third, scoring Bradley Smith with the winning run after the Cougars had rallied to tie it in the top of the seventh. Hunter Hollingsworth also had a pair of hits for the Dolphins, including a two-run double to open the scoring in the second.

Aiden Hovest went the distance on the mound for Creek, striking out three and allowing two runs and five hits with no walks. Hovest needed just 78 pitches and threw 53 strikes in an efficient effort.

The Dolphins have gone 3-4 since an 0-10 start in coach Chad Schildt’s first season rebuilding the program.

"It was a great team win,” Schildt said. “We have been waiting all year for the boys to come together.

They played with passion and for each other. What a great game it was.”

The Dolphins were scheduled to play Oceanside Collegiate on Tuesday at Shipyard Park in Mt. Pleasant.

SOFTBALL

Eagles, Rast get revenge on Cougars

Beaufort High School softball earned a measure of revenge and

snapped a four-game skid with a big Region 7-4A win Monday, beating Colleton County 9-3 on the road to split the season series.

The Cougars scored a pair of unearned runs in the first inning, but Eagles ace Kylie Rast settled in from there and struck out 11 in a three-hitter, allowing three unearned runs and four walks over seven innings.

Karley Rouse went 3-for-3 and Kyrsten Cruikshank was 2-for-3 with a double and four RBIs to lead Beaufort at the plate, while Caylin Adkins added a pair of RBIs. The Eagles play at Hilton Head High on Wednesday before hosting the Seahawks for the rematch on Friday.

FAITH LIVING ON PURPOSE

Jesus gave His life so that we could live

I

admit I am an emotional person. I recall going to see The Passion movie a few years ago and I was disturbed to say the least. It’s not uncommon for me to shed a tear when I witness something that moves my soul and this was no exception.

Recently, I was watching a program about the “Make-AWish Foundation” and how they provide a way for very sick children to experience a happy but most likely a last request and I cried through the entire program. As the agonizing scenes of what Christ went through were presented, I kept thinking how could someone watch this and not be deeply stirred in their soul? I feel the same way about the Chosen series.

I’m not ashamed to wear my feelings on my sleeve and have no desire to act tough and pretend that expressing emotions is a sign of weakness. If we are not careful, we can become hardened by the harshness of life and lose our spiritual sensitivity.

Remembering the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ should be more than an annual holiday. For the Christian, it should be a constant awareness of His love. Once again we are bombarded with the celebrations

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of eggs, rabbits, baby chicks, baked ham, and new clothes that can be distractions from the focus of Christ suffering and dying on the cross and resurrecting three days later.

The incarnation is another celebration where worldly traditions attempt to deflect and compete for attention.

These holy seasons are a reminder of the gift of eternal salvation. We realize it’s never pleasant to imagine an innocent person being brutally tortured, but the fact that Jesus miraculously came back to life proves His infinite power and authority and why we are so filled with humility and encouragement.

Jesus Christ did not just talk about love, He demonstrated His mercy and compassion by suffering and surrendering His life so that we could live.

When I think about Christ and the reason why He came

to earth, it’s a comfort to know this was not a spur-ofthe-moment idea, but rather it was a carefully planned mission by the Father to restore our fellowship with Him. Jesus willingly left the glories of heaven, submitted to His Father's will, was betrayed and denied by those He trusted and mocked as someone delusional.

The religious community rejected His message and the legal system along with the demands from the general population overwhelmingly agreed to publicly execute Him without a reason other than they hated Him. Sadly, these negative attitudes have not changed.

We notice that Jesus was constantly approached by those in desperate need and it was His perfect nature to be concerned and compassionate. The world has always been filled with human suffering and He is always ready to respond in love and mercy.

Being emotional and even knowledgeable about the Bible is fine, but that does not necessarily mean that someone is following Christ. It’s what they do with what they have learned that transforms considerations into spiritual obedience.

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When we see someone who needs help or even an encouraging word, what good does it do to just look at them with pity? Christ was always ministering to those who would reach out to Him by faith and 2,000 years later, He is still pouring out His grace and forgiveness to anyone who will call upon His name.

As His followers, we have been called to focus our attention on becoming more like Him despite a troubled world that justifies walking

over the wounded and being self-centered. His command to take up our cross includes letting go of our natural way of selfish thinking and willingly embracing His character and nature.

The more I learn about His life and His message, the more I realize that I am far from being who I need to be.

As we meditate on His truth, we are given a deeper understanding of who He is, and what He wants to accomplish through us.

The reverential fear and

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Okay, let’s talk about talking points

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hen a reader responded to my column saying journalists deserved support, not scorn, he rebutted by saying too many are propagandists.

To him they participate in orchestrated campaigns using terms that mysteriously grow popular among news outlets, even across platforms. The word he referred to specifically is “gravitas,” used to imply George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign was fortified by his choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate.

Yes, sometimes media play “follow the leader.” They latch onto buzzwords, catchy phrases and fresh takes on stale topics. They can be lured by smoke and mirrors and the pursuit of bigger circulation sales, ratings and page views.

Most of the time this is frustrating but harmless.

Every so often it can be era-defining, like when a

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fast-talking, self-promoting real estate mogul generates better soundbites than the sober-minded Republican governor trying to become the third member of his family to serve as the nation’s president.

Or when media became fixated on a curiously unpopular Democratic candidate’s use of an email server that fell outside the purview of accepted practice. An election that felt like a fait accompli gained new energy.

Character and competency be damned: What about her emails?

But surely the reader didn’t mean to imply conservatives

eschew talking points? Because, brother, conservatives not only have talking points, they are more faithful to them and better evangelists for them than any liberal or journalist could ever hope to be.

In 1992, Hillary Clinton was dogged for saying she chose to be a professional wife to her husband, pursuing her own career and passions instead of being a stayat-home mom who baked cookies (the nerve!) When she added she wouldn’t be like Tammy Wynette’s “Stand

By Your Man” partner, the lifelong feminist was tagged as anti-woman and anti-family values, an image her critics play off of to this day.

Despite verified proof – and the concessions of the big mouth who pushed the allegation – there still are people who think President Barack Obama should not have been walked to serve because he was not a citizen.

I wrote a column once

that whenever readers of the Alabama newspaper I worked for submitted letters to the editor, they rarely missed on opportunity to criticize the Obama administration for the Fast and Furious, Benghazi, the IRS and NSA “scandals.”

What struck me was how often they were mentioned in that particular order as if, hmm … someone had given them talking points.

I remember being in the newsroom the day the phones started lighting up with locals wanting to know why the ACORN story wasn’t on the front page of their morning paper. We wondered why a middling sting operation with no local impact was expected to be on the front page until the publisher’s administrative assistant explained that just minutes earlier talk show host Glenn Beck had instructed his viewers to call their local papers and demand accountability.

A talking point became a

plan of action. It wasn’t the first time that happened, and it wouldn’t be the last. The rise of social media has made matters worse, with Pizzagate and the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol being two worst-case examples.

Across the country, conservatives are fighting rigged elections (no claim has met the legal standard in court); “wokeness” and critical race theory (though most don’t even know what they are); supposed liberal pedophiles (while credibly accused Republican members of Congress are left unchallenged); so-called indoctrination of children by transgendered people; Antifa; and any number of other bogus campaigns propped up by the talking heads of right-wing media.

I left out “cancel culture,” “defund the police,” “all lives matter” and others, but I think you get the idea.

Even emails I get from readers regularly include

attacks on Black Lives Matter (“They were burning cities across the country!”); the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton (“race hustlers); high crime in Democrat-led cities (they really love to hate Chicago): the Democratic lawmakers know as the Squad; and defenses of excessive force by police (“all you have to do is comply”) and the men who killed Trayvon Martin and Ahmaud Arbery.

Like most other things political, the topic of talking points can be “both sides”-ed to death.

But when it comes to actual life and death, I’ll take using words like “gravitas” any day over talking points intended to undermine democracy and destroy our country.

Terry E. Manning lives and works in Savannah, Ga. He is a Clemson graduate and worked for 20 years as a journalist. He can be reached at teemanning@gmail.com.

Adorable children then resentful teenagers then angry adults

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t is Wednesday, and I’m in Savannah. This morning I’m in the sleek, now empty bar at the TRYP Hotel. I’ve got a cup of brewed-in-theroom coffee and a six pack of Oreo cookies removed from the self-service pantry next to the front desk.

Susan and I came to Savannah yesterday to hear the writer-humorist, David Sedaris, read his essays.

I realize that many readers won’t recognize the name Sedaris. Some will think, “Why bother with a comedian who is not named Chris Rock and who doesn’t speak rap?”

Sedaris is gay, has a highpitched voice and often reads his writing out loud. His ironic, sardonic, self-deprecating voice is an important part of his humor. And his humor is almost impossible to explain unless you’ve heard “Santaland Diaries” — a 1992 essay about his part-time job as Santa’s elf at Macy’s Department Store.

examination. If you have trouble putting “prostate examination” and “Asian woman” into the same sentence you will know a little something about this man’s humor. From there he moved to a town called Uranus; and from there to an essay about using self-service scanners (when paying for toothpaste) at CVS. Eventually Sedaris got around to his father, Lou Sedaris.

Some years ago my wife’s mother, Jane, was a resident of a well-maintained, redbrick retirement community in Raleigh, N.C. My wife and I spent weekends — a great many weekends — at Springmoor. It turns out that this sprawling, well-carpeted community was the very same place that Lou Sedaris spent his final days on earth. In his signature essay David Sedaris told the story of being with his father when he died.

In the telling of that story we got the visual of Sedaris

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Last night I sat with a couple hundred people in the thinly carpeted, cavern-like Johnny Mercer Theatre.

The venue was simply too large and I felt embarrassed by an audience that barely filled one-forth of the red, velour-covered seats.

I had hoped that places like Sun City Hilton Head and Latitude Margaritaville, near Hardeeville, would send small busses filled-up with arthritic, stenotic, soon-to-bedeceased residents.

But I was mistaken in this belief.

David Sedaris’ first essay dealt with an “Asian woman” and her forthcoming prostate

and his siblings, standing around their shrunken, skeletal, heavily sedated father who is entirely unaware that his children had flown-into Raleigh for a final vigil.

Sedaris has them talking about themselves and their unhappy, unfortunate relationship with their father. This is not the usual sad-but-hilarious moment when old chestnuts are revealed and re-examined.

Rather the kids talk about how their father used his power and his position to make them miserable.

David Sedaris has written about this scene before; and it would be uniquely and unbearably painful except for the fact that it is also funny and (for some of us) familiar.

In this connection Sedaris reminds me of Pat Conroy and his relationship with his father, Donald.

Pat’s relationship was often violent with Don Conroy delivering inebriated punches

sentence.

Before we went to the show, Susan and I had drinks (French 1875s) and pate’ at Circa 1875 on Whitaker Street. At a nearby table there was a young, attractive couple with an infant and a toddler — both adorable.

While they tried to eat — and perhaps re-ignite the passion that had produced the two children — the children were restive, impatient, wanting the undivided attention of their parents.

As I sat and watched this tableau I imagined that these adorable children would eventually morph into resentful teenagers; and then into pissed-off adults who would, no doubt, tell stories about their imperfect father and their distant, distracted mother.

Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. He can be reached at cscottgraber@gmail.com.

A COMMON-SENSE ENERGY POLICY

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t’s probably not going to come as a big surprise to most of us, but, our energy policy, if we even have such at thing, is a complete disaster. Through no one’s fault but our own, the United States finds its self in a position of diminishing oil and gas supplies at a time when the world prices for oil and gas is accelerating by the day.

How could this be? Just over a year ago the nation was energy independent, and was a net exporter of oil and gas. In addition to being profitable and helping off set a trade imbalance, it gave us huge leverage in world politics, and was important to national security.

What happened in only one year to reverse this? In a four words “The Green New

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Deal.” Driven by the far left progressives, the Biden administration on Day 1 began a war on fossil fuel. With little forward planning and no regard for the consequences, they charged forward to shut down as much oil and gas production as they could as fast as they could, and now much to our dismay, we are finding out just how successful that they were.

In January 2021, when Mr. Biden took office, the world

price for a barrel of oil was $53.60, one year later in February of 2022 the price was $97.13, the national average price of gas in January 2021 was $2.67 the average price in February 2022 was $3.54.

This was all before Russia invaded Ukraine.

Almost everything that we eat, drink or consume is tied directly to the price of oil and gas, and when these prices go up, the price of everything that we need to live our daily lives goes up accordingly. We now have an inflation rate that we have not seen in 40 years, and it’s not getting better any time soon.

The Biden administration is now spinning this as “Putin’s Inflation,” but anyone who does not live in a cave somewhere in Mexico knows

that it started long before Russia invaded Ukraine. If it’s not “Putin’s Inflation,” then what is the cause? I have the answer. It’s nasty, greedy “Big Oil” taking advantage of the situation and gouging the public.

However, if you think about it, “Big Oil” was probably just as nasty and greedy before January of 2021 as they were after.

Somehow that one doesn’t wash either.

It’s been pretty well established that the world is going to be dependent on fossil fuels for the foreseeable future. So what do we do about it? Scrap all efforts to move away from dependence on fossil fuel, do away with wind, solar, and other forms of “green energy?”

That’s also a bad plan.

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far left drive energy policy.

Put people in charge who understand what needs to be done; and make a long term plan to make it happen. They are out there, we just need to listen to them and let them do their work. The United States can become the world leader in “green energy” and still maintain our position of strength and prosperity that is the envy of the world.

Born, raised and educated in the Southwest, Jim Dickson served in the U.S. Navy Reserve in Vietnam before a 35-year business career. Retired to St. Helena Island, Dickson and his wife are fiscally conservative, socially moderate and active in Republican politics, though they may not always agree with Republicans. Having lived around the country and traveled around the world, Dickson believes that the United States truly is the land of opportunity.

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The common sense answer is to develop a long term comprehensive plan to gradually move from fossil fuel to cleaner forms of energy. There are some very interesting new concepts out there other than solar and wind, such as small plant nuclear reactors that are safe, efficient and clean.

There are hydrogen cells that can power large trucks, buses and stationary power plants. They are in wide use today in warehouses to power forklifts, and there is even research to use them to power airplanes. Water is the only thing that comes out of the tailpipe on these machines, and hydrogen is the most abundant gas in the universe.

How do we make this happen? Stop letting the

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to Pat’s person after basketball games. With Sedaris, the relationship was not violent, but his father’s disappointment and constant verbal criticism was often creative.

Sedaris tells of giving the commencement address at Princeton.

Sedaris had asked his father to come along with him and they were having lunch with Princeton’s President when Lou Sedaris said, “You know, Madam President, you got the wrong person when you asked David to speak.

My daughter, Amy, is a much better speaker. You really missed the boat with this one.”

Last night also featured several wonderfully concise stories using nouns and descriptors like “spittle,” “semen,” “open-casket" and “multi-state death tour.”

His talk reminded me (again) of Pat who could put “Kristallnacht” and “Chrysanthemum” into the same

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Hunting Island State Park Nature Center April naturalist programs

All programs are free with park admission.

Call 843-838-7437 for information or reservations.

Tuesday: Creature Feature – 10:30-11 a.m., Nature Center. Discover some of the wildlife found around Hunting Island as represented by the animal ambassadors. (all ages); Sea Turtle Discovery – 12:30-1 p.m., Nature Center. Four species of sea turtles are found on the S.C. coast, and one is the state reptile. (all ages); Beach Walk – 3-4 p.m., Lighthouse. Walk along the beach with a naturalist to learn more about the treasures from the ocean. (all ages) (not held on Feb. 8).

Wednesday: Creature Feature – 10:30-11 a.m.; Turtle Talk – 12:30-1 p.m., Nature Center. Learn about the variety of turtles on Hunting Island. (all ages); Walk With a Naturalist – 2:30-3:15 p.m., Nature Center. Enjoy a 0.7-mile scenic walk that ends at Little Hunting Island, which you can explore on your own. Wear walking shoes, comfortable clothes, and bring sunscreen, bug spray and water. (limited to 15 walkers) Call by noon the previous day for reservations.

Thursday: Creature Feature – 10:30-11 a.m.; Gator Gab – 12:30-1 p.m., Nature Center.

Congregate around our modern-day dinosaurs and watch our vicious hunters eat a delicious meal. (all ages); What a Wharf – 2:30-3 p.m., Nature Center. Walk down the pier and learn how Hunting Island and its ecosystems came to be. (all ages).

Friday: Creature Feature – 10:30-11 a.m.; Serpent Exploration – 12:30-1 p.m., Nature Center. Get a chance to fight your fears and touch a snake or two. (all ages); Beach Walk – 3-4 p.m., Lighthouse.

Saturday: Walk With a Naturalist – 12:30-1:15 p.m., Nature Center.

Beaufort County Library Ongoing Programs

These are the ongoing programs available at the Beaufort Branch Library Downtown: 2:30 p.m., 1st Tuesday each month, Knitting/ Crochet Class; all day during business hours, 1st Thursday each month, Chess Club; 2:30 p.m., last Tuesday each month, Book to Movie Club; daily during library hours, Escape Quest Games.

Bluffton Night Bazaar — a Lowcountry Made Market

5 to 8 p.m., first Thursday of each month, Burnt Church Distillery, 120 Bluffton Road. A highly curated selection of accessories, clothing, home goods, custom gifts and more by local artists and makers.

Rooted Beaufort Yoga classes

5:30 to 6:45 p.m., Thursdays, Cypress Wetlands, Port Royal; 9 to 10:15 a.m., Whitehall Park or Pigeon Point Park. Rooted Beaufort is a collective of local Yoga teachers who host outdoor yoga classes and donation-based events with proceeds being donated locally on a rotating basis.

The Historic Port Royal Museum

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or upon request, Thursdays through Sundays, The Historic Port Royal Museum, 1634 Paris Ave. The museum features the turn-of-the-century businesses and industries of Port Royal: Shrimping, crabbing, oystering, the railroad, the school and the mercantile. Great gifts featuring local artists are available. For more information. visit www.portroyalhistory. org, email unionchurch1004@gmail.com or call 843-524-4333.

Tour Historic Fort Fremont

10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Fort Fremont History Center, Fort Fremont Preserve, 1124 Land’s End Road, St. Helena Island. Docent-led tours are at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. every Saturday. Travel back in time to the 1800s and the Spanish American War. Visitors to Fort Fremont can learn about the fort’s history by reading interpretive panels, taking a self-guided tour with a smart phone, visiting the history center exhibit hall, or attending a docent-led tour of the property. The Preserve is open to the public Monday through Sunday from dawn to dusk. For more information, visit www.fortfremont.org or contact Passive Parks manager Stephanie Nagid at snagid@bcgov.net.

Port Royal Farmers Market

9 a.m. to noon, Saturdays, year round, Naval Heritage Park, 1615 Ribaut Road, Port Royal.

Rain or shine. You will find fresh, local, seasonal produce, shrimp, oysters, poultry, beef, pork, eggs, bread and cheese, as well as plants, ferns, camellias, azaleas, citrus trees and beautiful, fresh cut flower bouquets. There are prepared food vendors serving barbecue, dumplings, she crab soup, crab cakes, paella, coffee, baked goods, bagels and breakfast sandwiches. No pets allowed. For more information, visit http:// www.portroyalfarmersmarket.com/, visit @ portroyalfarmersmarket on Facebook or call 843295-0058.

A War on Two Fronts: African Americans Fight for Victory at Home and Abroad

Through Saturday, Aug. 13, Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage, 10782 S. Jacob Smart Blvd., Ridgeland. A traveling exhibit adapted from an original exhibition and book developed by the Athenaeum Press at the Horry County Museum. The exhibition and book explore how African Americans in the 92nd and 93rd Army

THIS WEEK’S MOVIES AT HWY 21 DRIVE-IN The movies scheduled for this week (Thursday, April 21 through Sunday, April 24) at the Highway 21 Drive-In are The Bad Guys (PG, 8:15 p.m.) and Sing 2 (PG, 9:50 p.m.) on Screen 1 and Fantastic Feasts: Secrets of Dumbledore (PG-13, 8:15 p.m.) and Morbius (PG-13, 10:45 p.m.) on Screen 2.

Online ticketing is available at hwy21drivein.com on the Now Playing page. Patrons are asked to arrive early on Friday and Saturday nights. Gates open at 6:30 p.m.

Management would appreciate the wearing of masks while in the concession stand.

“Our family at the Hwy. 21 drive in feel a responsibility to our community,” a statement from Highway 21 Drive-In management reads.

“We are concerned about many things in these trying times and in making the right decisions. We are concerned with our employees, our patrons, our business, our community’s businesses, and the health and well-being of all.”

A reminder: no outside food or beverages can be brought into the drive-in.

Upcoming movies include Memory (April 29) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (May 6).

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infantry divisions fought for racial equality during wartime, and then went on to be active participants in the Civil Rights Movement. It traces the little-known stories of soldiers on the front lines, and how segregation affected their training, service and recognition. The exhibition draws from the work of Maggi Morehouse, Burroughs Distinguished Professor of Southern History and Culture at Coastal Carolina University and a daughter of a commanding officer in the 92nd infantry division. To learn more about “A War on Two Fronts” and other Athenaeum Press projects, visit www.ccu.press or www.warontwofronts.com. Morris Center is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit www.morrisheritagecenter.org or call 843-2849227.

Lowcountry Made Markets

9 a.m. to 1 p.m., first and third Saturday of each month through December, Buckwalter Place Park, next to Kroger off Buckwalter Place Blvd., Bluffton. Each market includes local vendors, live music, food and drink. The events are free.

Participating vendors include: Gullah Express LLC (food truck), Declan’s Delights, Pick N Paint Pottery, Preservation Tree Art, 7th & Palm, Kara Artman Art, Southern Botanica, Hedone (bath & body), Blue Door Boutique, The Herb Room Organic Apothecary, Juke Joint Sweets, BPC Custom Furniture, Back to Eden Self Care Products, LLC, Shutterbug Custom Designs LLC, Pet Wants Hilton Head, Grind Coffee Roasters, LLC, Fabula Collective, The Artsy Girl, KODA Glass Designs, Lowcountry Livin’, Legacy Art Gallery, Cottonwood Soap Company, Marsh View Candles and Crafted With A Purpose.

Lowcountry Made Markets in Port Royal

9 a.m. to 1 p.m., fourth Saturday of the month through May; second and fourth Saturday through November, Live Oaks Park, 904 14th Street, Port Royal. These markets showcase only local artists, artisans and small businesses. The open-air markets are held “farmer’s market” style with new vendors each month. Each market will also include live music, food and drink, and is free to attend. Vendors include Amidst the Alders, Preservation Tree Art, True South, Pet Wants, Meg’s Sweet Treats, Sativa Health Products, Back to Eden Self Care (Tea), Graceful Stitches, Cottonwood Soap Company (Bath & Body), Sweet Carolina’s Clothing Boutique, B&E Rustic Designs, Blue Door Boutique, Clayed by Reena LLC, Kara Artman Art, The Herb Room Organic Apothecary, Bliss Bites Cookies, Kilted Bee Mead (Soap), HandMade Beaufort, Lovin' My Skin, LLC, Purely, Inc. and KODA Glass, Lovely Olive Designs, Gone Gullah, Tout Sweet Macarons, Moonlight Crow Creations, Fabula Collective, Finch Sign & Design Metalworks LLC and Honey Bunny Boutique.

“Pull Yourself Up” Group Exercise Class for women

9:30 a.m., select Saturdays, Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal. This multi-generational women’s group training is a 5-week program taught by Kelly Blackston. It is designed for females who wish to be stronger especially using back muscle shoulders and arms plus build camaraderie and make new friends.

Free for ages 13-19; $10 per class for YMCA members; $20 per class for adult non-member.

Questions should be directed to Denice Davis, YMCA Healthy Living Program Director at 843521-1904 or beaufort-jasperymca.org.

Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands guided tours

Sunset walk from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 22; Sunset walk at 6 p.m., Saturday, May 14; 9 a.m., Friday, May 27. The Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands (501c3) offers free tours with Master Naturalist Jill Moore, from Moore2Life, as guide. Learn about the different types of wildlife, birds, and plants that inhabit this special place. Tours are approximately 90 minutes and limited to 12 participants. To sign up for a tour please email Kat Bray at info@foprcw.org. For more information, visit www.foprcw.org.

Black Poets of South Carolina with Len Lawson

6 p.m., Friday, April 22, Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage, 10782 South Jacob Smart Blvd., Ridgeland. In celebration of National

Poetry Month, this lecture explores three Black National Book Award for Poetry winners: Terrance Hayes, Nicky Finney and Sharan Strange. Learn hos South Carolina plays into the works of these poets and others. Sponsored by S.C. Humanities. For more information, call 843284-9227 or visit morrisheritagecenter.org.

Full 30-hour lifeguard training

April 22-25 & May 1; May 13-16 & 22, location TBD. Cost is $170. Schedule: Thursday 4 p.m. – swim test; Friday 4-9 p.m.; Saturday 8-5 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m. Those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first come, first serve basis. Questions? Contact Contact Frank Hamilton at 843-525-0233 or ghh60fwh@comcast.net.. To register visit the Y front desk or online at beaufort-jasperymca. org and click ‘Register for a Program’ at the top of the page. See Frank Hamilton for lifeguard recertification dates and times.

Adaptive Golf Experience Clinic

9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, April 23, The Legends at Parris Island. Register at https:// adaptivegolfexperience.org/monthly-clinic/

by April 10 to get on base. Free and open to civilians, veterans and active military. Led by golf professionals and physical therapists. Clinics target veterans and civilians with physical disabilities or challenges. As a participant, you’ll receive complimentary instruction on both the full golf swing and putting, taught by experienced professional golf instructors, fellow adaptive athletes who are already golfers and volunteers. No prior experience with golf is necessary – just a desire to learn or to help others.

Our goal is to help those with disabilities learn new abilities through adaptive golf.

Community, Career, and Education Expo

10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, April 23, St. Helena's Historic Penn Center, 16 Penn Center Circle, St. Helena Island. The event will highlight education resources, workforce training and existing Beaufort County employers.

Open Land Trust’s Brunch On The Bluff

11 a.m., Saturday April 23, The Bluff on Bay, 1806 Bay Street, Beaufort. Catering by Susan Mason – complete with her famous crab cakes.

There will be an open bar, entertainment and scenic views. There will also be a raffle for a chance to win a week in the Bahamas, a stocked original Harbour Island Canvas bag and $3,000 in cash. Parking is available street-side and at Beaufort Elementary School. Tickets are $125 and available at https://bit.ly/3OqNB5x.

Bessie Bates in Concert

5 p.m., Saturday April 23, United Church, 1801 Duke Street. Doors open at 4 p.m. Also featuring The Glover Sisters, Trinity One Sound, Bam Robinson, Bountiful Word Choir.

Junior Service League of Beaufort 17th annual Spring Fundraiser

6 to 10 pm., Saturday, April 23, Historic Beaufort Arsenal. Tickets are $40 in advance or $50 at the door and include heavy hors d’oeuvres and an open bar featuring wine and beer. Tickets can be purchased through a JSLB member or online at www.jslbeaufort.com. Event proceeds will be distributed back into the Beaufort community through a formal request-for-funds process.

The event will feature live music, dancing, food, an open bar, a silent auction, and specialty raffle. For information about sponsoring or attending the event, contact Communications Director Meredith Birch at communication.jslb@ gmail.com or visit www.jslbeaufort.com.

Rooted Beaufort Yoga Jam

4 to 6 p.m., Sunday, April 24, Naval Heritage Park. No yoga experience required. Familyfriendly event. Tickets are $25. Proceeds to be donated locally. Event planned to create movement, enjoy music and build community.

The 12th Street Band will be playing and Gullah Express and Diced Pineapple Food trucks will be there.

Listen on the Lawn Concert Series: Beaufort Symphony Youth Orchestra

6 p.m., Sunday, April 24, USC Beaufort’s Center For The Arts Lawn. Bring a chair or blanket, a picnic or snacks and beverages. The CFA Lawn will open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 a person – children younger than 12 are free. Tickets may be purchased in advance at www.uscbcenterforthearts.com or by calling 843-521-4145. In case of inclement weather, the performance will be moved into the CFA theatre.

Beaufort County Library Special Programs

These are the special programs available at the Beaufort Branch Library Downtown: 4:30 p.m., April 26, Pat Conroy’s Love of Poetry; 2:30 p.m., May 4, May the 4th Be With You Star Wars Celebration; 2:30 p.m., June 14, Hurricane Preparedness; 2:30 p.m., July 12, Comic Con; 2:30 p.m., Aug. 16, Local Art Display; 2:30 p.m., Sept.

13, Civic Awareness; 2:30 p.m., Oct. 20, Friends of the Library Celebration; 2:30 p.m., Nov. 15, Beekeeping; 2:30 p.m., Dec. 13, Gingerbread House Contest.

Beaufort Digital Corridor Startup Weekend

April 29 to May 1, South Coast Cyber Center (old Bridges Prep Building), 1100 Boundary Street. Tickets are now available for purchase and include options for both participants and observers as well as student discounted tickets.

Sign-up today at https://event.techstars.com/ event/goX1RLOnho.

Birthday for the Birds

9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, April 30, Amphitheater on Paris Avenue, Port Royal. Hosted by the Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands and the Town of Port Royal. Event will include party hats, artwork created by students from Port Royal Elementary and Riverview Charter schools and birds and wildlife critters from Hunting Island Interpretive Center and Birds of Prey. The boardwalks will have Tour Guides along the way to answer any questions about plants, reptiles or birds. Kids will enjoy a scavenger hunt and be rewarded with a fun bird pin designed

by Aki Kato and the Beaufort Conservation District will have coloring books to take home.

The festivities will end with birthday cupcakes, kazoos to play and a birthday song for the chicks.

The dedication of a plaque, remembering event founder Pete Richards to Port Royal, will take place at 9 a.m. This is a free event.

Taste of Beaufort

Friday and Saturday, May 6-7, Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park, Beaufort.

Maye River Quilters

10 a.m., Saturday, May 7, Church of the Palms, 1419 Okatie Highway. The wearing of masks is encouraged. For more meeting dates and times, and for membership forms to join the group, call 843-530-1244. To attend the meeting as a guest, send an RSVP email to mayeriverquilters@ gmail.com.

Wild Women’s Tea Party

2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 7, Indigo Hall at Indigo Run, Hilton Head Island. Tickets are just $50 and includes admission, food, a French-themed fashion show and silent auction.

All proceeds will benefit Lowcountry Legal Volunteers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing equal justice to those in need within Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton counties. In 2021, Lowcountry Legal Volunteers provided assisted more than 400 people and held 16 legal clinics. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities or to buy a ticket, visit lowcountrylegalvolunteers. org or call 843-815-1570.

Listen on the Lawn Concert Series: Gwen Yvette

6 p.m., Sunday, May 15, USC Beaufort’s Center For The Arts Lawn. Bring a chair or blanket, a picnic or snacks and beverages. The CFA Lawn will open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 a person – children younger than 12 are free. Tickets may be purchased in advance at www.uscbcenterforthearts.com or by calling 843-521-4145. In case of inclement weather, the performance will be moved into the CFA theatre.

Aviation Careers Expo

11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 4, Beaufort Executive Airport. Sponsored by the Beaufort Aviation Association. Learn about the many great careers available in aviation – maintenance and repair; design and engineering; management; avionics design; installation and repair; piloting; airline in-flight cabin service; space exploration; air traffic control; flight instruction; university and college opportunities; airline ticketing; cargo and ground servicing; and military aviation. Participants include American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Beaufort County Airports Department, the Beaufort County School District, the Civil Air Patrol, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, the Society of Women Engineers, Technical College of the Lowcountry, and Women in Aviation International. For more information, text 843-812-9909.

Listen on the Lawn Concert Series: The Cluster Shucks

6 p.m., Sunday, June 5, USC Beaufort’s Center For The Arts Lawn. Bring a chair or blanket, a picnic or snacks and beverages. The CFA Lawn will open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 a person – children younger than 12 are free.

Tickets may be purchased in advance at www. uscbcenterforthearts.com or by calling 843521-4145. In case of inclement weather, the performance will be moved into the CFA theatre.

Broadway Bound Summer Camp

9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, June 20 through July 1, USC Beaufort Center For The Arts. Campers will engage in all aspects of musical theatre, while gaining self-confidence and the ability to express themselves as they learn basic acting skills, vocal instruction and choreography. The highlight of the camp will be the children’s creation of their own show.

Tuition is $275. Register and pay at https://www. uscbcenterforthearts.com/summer-camp.

Creative Arts Camp

10 a.m. to 1 p.m., July 11 to July 16, USC Beaufort’s Center For the Arts. Cost is $130.

Camp is for ages 7 to 11. Subjects include Drawing and Clay, Mixed Media and Trash to Treasures – Focusing on Recycled Art. To register or for more information, go to www.

USCBCenterForTheArts.com.

APRIL 21–27, 2022

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HOMECOMING

Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 115, Marine Aircraft Group 31, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, greet their loved ones March 27 during a homecoming on Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. Photos by Lance Cpl. Nathan Saucier, USMC.

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Some ways the VA can help military retirees

he Island News article of March 24, 2022, was titled “How the VA can help you while getting out of the military.” This article will focus on some of the ways the VA can help military retirees.

Get VSO Help Firstly, military retirees should seek the help of a Veterans Service Officer (VSO) to determine what their federal and state veterans’ benefits are and how to file for those benefits. There is a State of S.C. government VSO in every S.C. county.

Go to the SC Department of Veterans’ Affairs website at https://bit.ly/3HNQLwt to find the contact information for each County Veterans Service Office.

Retirees (and all veterans) can also go to the VA’s eBenefits gateway at VSO SearchVA/DoD eBenefits (Get help filing your claim or appeal) to find a VA recognized local representative, which includes VSOs, attorneys, or claims agents.

This site will allow you to search by state/territory, zip code, or the organization’s name. Just open https://bit. ly/35ZKNur in your browser and click on Go To eBenefits, or just go direct to https:// www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits/vso-search, Examples of organizations found at https://www. ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits/ vso-search, with recognized VSOs (or Claims Agents or Attorneys), within 50 miles of Beaufort SC include the Beaufort County Veterans Affairs Office at 843-255-9445, American Legion at 843-255-6880 and 803-647-2434, and DAV Chapter 12 at 843-301-2543.

Retirees may want to review The Island News article of Nov. 24, 2020, entitled “Who can help me file a claim for State and Federal Veterans’ Benefits?” Past editions of The Island News newspaper and more than 40 articles on veterans’ benefits can be found at www.yourislandnews.com.

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Read about veterans benefits Secondly, retirees and all veterans should read the almost limitless information at www.va.gov, download and read the information in the free, 42 pages long VA Welcome Kit, which is titled HELLO. Welcome to VA. Let’s get started, at https://www.va.gov/welcome-kit/?utm_message=2.

Retirees and all veterans should also download and read the 2021 version of the 130 pages long and free, VA pamphlet titled “Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors,” found at https://www. va.gov/opa/publications/ benefits_book.asp.

Do not miss out on your hard-earned veterans’ benefits Military retirees (and all veterans, family members, caregivers, and survivors) should recognize that eligible veterans are entitled to a wide range of generous and valuable (very valuable) benefits in the categories of eBenefits, health care, non-healthcare, education and training, special groups, burial and memorial benefits, and others. The VA can help military retirees clarify their retirement goals, apply for benefits, provide detailed information online, answer questions via phone, and tell you where to go in person to get help with benefits.

There are far too many benefits to cover in one article but here are a few of the ways the VA can help military retirees.

Apply for a Disability Rating Retirees (and all eligible veterans) can and should apply for all military service-connected disability compensation ($$$$) that they are entitled to. Retirees should go to and read the information at https://www. va.gov/disability/how-to-fileclaim/ to file a VA disability claim. Retirees can call the VA at 800-827-1000 to get answers to questions they may have concerning disability claims. Retirees can also find their local Veterans Benefit Administration (VBA) Regional Center and other support facilities at https:// www.va.gov/find-locations.

Retirees may also want to read The Island News article dated Dec. 16, 2020, which is titled “Are you eligible for VA Disability Benefits?”

Apply for VA Health Care Retirees (and all eligible veterans) can and should apply for VA inpatient and outpatient health services at VA Medical Centers and Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs). Retirees should go online and read the information at https:// www.va.gov/healthcare.

Retirees can call the VA at 877-222-18387 to get answers to questions they may have about VA health care. Retirees can also visit their local VA Medical Center or Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) to determine their eligibility and apply for VA Health Care.

The Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (RHJVAMC) Eligibility Office is located on the first floor, room B189, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401. The RHJVAMC’s Eligibility Office phone number is 843-789-7008. The RHJVAMC Beaufort Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) is located at 1 Pinckney Boulevard, Beaufort, S.C. 29902-6122, phone number 843-770-0444. The Savannah, Ga., RHJVAMC CBOC is located at 1170 Shawnee Street, Savannah, Ga. 31419-1618,

phone number 912-920-0214.

Retirees can find the addresses and contact information for all RHJVAMC CBOCs at https://bit.ly/3rAOoaq.

Apply for VA Hearing Services Tinnitus and hearing impairment are the No. 1 and No. 2 service-connected disabilities. As of 2020, more than 1.3 million veterans were receiving disability compensation for hearing loss and more than 2.3 million veterans received disability compensation for tinnitus.

Eligible military retirees (and all eligible veterans) should apply for VA audiology services. The VA provides eligible veterans (including retirees) with hearing services including hearing aids and devices, care for hearing aids and other hearing assistance devices, batteries for hearing aids, and more.

Retirees should go online and read the VA hearing services information at https:// www.prosthetics.va.gov/psas/ Hearing_Aids.asp. Veterans can call the VA health Care Line at 877-222-8387 and press 0 to get answers to questions about VA hearing services and health care.

Retirees may also want to read The Island News articles, dated Sept. 14 and Sept. 22, 2021, which covered VA Audiology Services and the RHJVAMC’s Audiology Department. Retirees and other veterans can read 40 past ISLAND NEWS articles on veterans’ benefits at www. yourislandnews.com.

Use the VA for vision needs The VA’s rehabilitation services for blind and low-vision veterans are second to none.

Eligible retirees and veterans (and their family members and caregivers) should review the detailed information at https://www.va.gov//optometry and https://www.prosthetics.gov/features/Blinded-Veterans.asp. Retirees/Veterans can call the VA health Care Line at 877-222-8387 and

press O to get answers to questions about VA vision and other services and health care. Retirees can also visit their local VA Medical Center or Blind Rehabilitation Center to get help.

The Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System (RHJVAHCS) If you are a retiree (or veteran) living in the footprint of the RHJVAHCS service area (includes S.C. coastal areas from I-95 east and from N.C. to Ga., and the Northeast Ga. Coastal areas including Savannah and Hinesville, Ga.), you should read the information at https://bit. ly/3rwtQ2I. That informative site describes: • VA health care services; the Veterans’ Crisis Line, the 10 locations in the RHJVAHCS, vaccinations, and jobs and careers with the VA. • How to volunteer and donate, internships and fellowships, how to do business with Charleston VA health care, and the Fisher House Charleston.

• The Daisy Award Program, the Medical Foster Home Program, current related VA events, news, and stories, and leadership messages.

• Special Veterans programs and services like homeless veterans, women veterans, minority veterans, LGBTQ veterans, mental health, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and more.

• VA forms, VA health care providers, accredited claims representatives, VA mobile apps, VSOs, VA outreach materials, and your VA Welcome Kit. • The VA Vantage Point Blog, news releases, email updates, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, language assistance, and more.

• How to make, cancel, or reschedule primary care, mental health, or specialty care appointments at a Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System facility.

You may also want to read The Island News’ Dec. 9, 2020 edition’s article titled “Why use the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center?” You can find that article at https://bit. ly/3jSREtk. The bottom line Do not forget there are three VA Administrations in the US Department of Veterans Affairs. They are the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) providing healthcare benefits, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) providing non-health benefits), and the National Cemetery Administration.

This article is primarily focused on the VHA’s Veterans’ healthcare benefits and VBA disability compensation benefits.

Military retirees and other veterans earned their robust benefits through blood, sweat, tears, separation, wounds, injuries, illnesses, hazardous material contamination, and other hardships. Veterans’ benefits are paid for and safeguarded by U.S. law, so do not hesitate to apply for your benefits.

Applying for veterans’ benefits can be complicated, so use a VSO to help you determine what your benefits (health, non-health, and death) are and apply for them.

Larry Dandridge is a Vietnam War wounded warrior, disabled veteran, ex-Enlisted Infantryman, ex-Warrant Officer Pilot, and retired Lt. Colonel.

He is a past Veterans Service Officer, a Patient Adviser at the RHJ VA Hospital, the Fisher House Charleston Good Will Ambassador, and the VP for Veteran Affairs for the local Army Association Chapter. Larry is the author of the award-winning book Blades of Thunder and a contributing free-lance writer with the Island News. Contact him at LDandridge@earthlink.net or 843-276-7164.

LOCAL MILITARY

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

Recruit Training Regiment, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, 22 April 2022 Recruit Training Regiment • Commanding Officer, Colonel B. W. Ward 2nd Recruit Training Battalion • Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel C. J. Kearney Commander of Troops, Captain M. L. Curcio • Parade Adjutant, Captain S. P. Ryan Company “H”, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion • Commanding Officer, Captain M. L. Curcio Drill Masters • Gunnery Sergeant T. M. Moore, Staff Sergeant E. T. Holt PLATOON 2024

PLATOON 2025

Senior Drill Instructor SSgt C. R. Church

PLATOON 2026

Senior Drill Instructor SSgt S. B. Delacruz

PLATOON 2028

Senior Drill Instructor SSgt J. C. Dominguez

PLATOON 2029

Senior Drill Instructor SSgt B. L. Peik

PLATOON 2030

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Yurgen, J. C.

PFC

Yang, B.

PFC

Wilson, C. M.

PFC

Velasquez, B. J.*

Pvt

Zapata, A. E.

Pvt

Young, J. E.

PFC

Winnemoeller, N. J.

Pvt

Warkenthien, A. W.

PFC

Woods, T. M.

Pvt

Wells III, G. M.

Pvt

Wynn, G. P.

Pvt

Win, P. S.

Pvt

Young, T. J.

PFC

Turner, C. A

Pvt

Estanislao, A.W.

PFC

Sherrard, C. P.

Pvt

Wagner,

B. R.

* Denotes meritoriously promoted

APRIL 21–27, 2022

A17

SERVICE DIRECTORY ATTORNEY

FRAME SHOP

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Attorney at Law, LLC Criminal Defense & Civil Litigation

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Gallery, Gift Shop & Custom Framing

Fran Sobieski, Framer

843-473-9193

AUDIOLOGY & HEARING

NEW LOCATION: 102 Sea Island Pkwy, Suite P Lady's Island, SC 29907

Beaufort Audiology & Hearing Care Monica Wiser, M.A. CCC-A Licensed Audiologist 38 Professional Village West, Lady's Island, SC 29907 monica@beauforthearing.com www.beauforthearing.com | 843-521-3007

residential commercial real estate

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Hear the Beauty that Surrounds You

1001 Bay St, Beaufort, SC 29902 open Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun. by chance

The Beaufort Sound

furniture, home decor & more

Hearing and Balance Center Dr. Larry Bridge, AU.D./CCC-A

(843) 379-4488

843-522-3331

Retail Garden Center

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Serving Beaufort & LowCo Areas

Zippy Lube, Inc.

Quick Lube and Full Service Automobile Repair

Pressure Washing • Window Cleaning Soft Roof Wash • Residential & Commercial

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206 Sea Island Parkway, Suite 31, Beaufort, SC 29907 thebeaufortsound@gmail.com

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Ronnie Kizer, Owner 149 Sea Island Parkway • Beaufort, SC 29907

Other Services Include: Plant Design • Consultation Install • Landscape Maintenance

ROOFING

DA Roofing Company

Donnie Daughtry, Owner

HOME CARE SERVICES

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All repairs and new additions.

FREE ESTIMATES — 843-524-1325

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COINS AND COLLECTIONS WANTED:

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Free appraisals. Highest prices paid.

Over 60 years experience. Licensed.

Private appointments available.

DNA & OTHER TESTING SERVICES

843-379-0185

www.BeaufortPestControl.com

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HOURS | 10AM-3PM | Tuesdays – Saturdays 612D Robert Smalls Parkway | 843-263-4218 YARD SATHLE MAY 7

FULL SERVICE FLORIST

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CIRCLE OF

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WINDOW TINTING

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42 SEA ISLAND PKWY | BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA 29907

FEED & SEED NEW OWNERSHIP & NEW INVENTORY PET SUPPLIES COLE’S BIRD SEED LOCAL HONEY GOAT SOAP • CBD OIL LAWN & GARDEN

A U T O

347 Sea Island Parkway, Lady’s Island, SC 29907

MOBILE HOME INSURANCE

John D. Polk Agency

Site Built Homes

TOP-Quality Window Tinting Services for Your Home, Business & Automobile

843-525-1710

www.lowcountrywindowtint.com

Manufactured Housing Insurance

WELDING SERVICES

102 Sea Island Parkway, Suite 0 • Lady's Island, SC 29907 Fax: 843-524-6928 John D. Polk: 843-524-3172 • Leslie Lynam: 843-524-3172 polkagency@gmail.com

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LAST WEEK'S CROSSWORD & SUDOKU SOLUTIONS

APRIL 21–27, 2022

A19

820 Bay Street

•

Beaufort, SC 29902

843.521.4200

$1,295,000

$219,000

WARSAW ISLAND | MLS 174960 4BDRM | 4.5B | Deep Water | Private Dock Colleen Baisley 843.252.1066

$845,000

LOST ISLAND | MLS 174952 .32acre Homesite | Tidal Creek Lloyd Williams 1.843.754.4735

$619,000

PIGEON POINT | MLS 175387 3BDRM | 3B | OLREA | Marsh/Water View Edward Dukes 843.812.5000

$329,000

CAT ISLAND | MLS 175413 4BDRM | 2.5B | 2642sqft Julia O’Hara 1.201.456.8620

$2,600,000

TANSI VILLAGE | MLS 175324 2BDRM | 1.5B | Marsh/Water View Amy McNeal 843.521.7932

ST HELENA ISLAND | MLS 175156 223.85 Acres | Marshfront Scott Sanders 843.263.1284

$673,500

FRIPP ISLAND | MLS 175170 3BDRM | 3B | 1598sqft Pat Dudley 843.986.3470

$45,000

ISLANDS OF BEAUFORT MLS 174569 | .33acre Homesite Community Amenities Dawn Yerace 843.441.6518

$20,000

$279,000

DATAW ISLAND | MLS 171271

COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY

$699,000

$369,000

.17acre Homesite | Fairway Views Trudy Arthur 843.812.0967 Nancy Butler 843.384.5445

SHELL POINT | MLS 174296 3BDRM | 2.5B | Marsh/Water View David Polk 843.321.0477

MLS 174906 | 1700sqft | 3/4 mile from I95 Wayne Webb 843.812.5203

FRIPP ISLAND | MLS 172191 .06acre Homesite | Oceanfront Pat Dudley 843.986.3470

$125,000

$125,000

$649,000

$439,000

BATTERY POINT | MLS 167765

COFFIN POINT | MLS 175443

LADY’S ISLAND | MLS 174825

$695,000

$339,900

$1,840,000

$1,850,000 – $1,950,000

COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY

LADY’S ISLAND | MLS 175267

FRIPP ISLAND | MLS 174356

LUXURY NEW CONSTRUCTION

$20,000

$325,000

2 Lots | .18acre | Water View Colleen Baisley 843.252.1066

MLS 174940 | High Traffic Area | Great Location Wayne Webb 843.812.5203

ISLANDS OF BEAUFORT

MLS 173384 | .55acre Homesite | Beautiful Views Paige Walling 843.812.8470

3BDRM | 2B | Deep Water | Private Dock Lloyd Williams 1.843.754.4735

3BDRM | 2B | 1465sqft Bryan Gates 843.812.6494

DATAW ISLAND | MLS 172346 3BDRM | 2.5B | 1796sqft Trudy Arthur 843.812.0967 Nancy Butler 843.384.5445

3BDRM | 2B | 1920sqft Amy McNeal 843.521.7932

5BDRM | 6B | Private Dock | Oceanview Pat Dudley 843.986.3470

$459,000

OVERLOOK AT BATTERY CREEK MLS 175492 | 3BDRM | 2.5B | 1764sqft Laura Blencoe 843.321.1615

CAT ISLAND | MLS 175342 .43acre | Marsh/Water View | OLREA Donna Duncan 843.597.3464

MLS 174089 | 3BDRM | 3.5+B Elevator | Secured Parking Edward Dukes 843.812.5000

$299,000

LADY’S ISLAND | MLS 175353 3BDRM | 1.5B | 1210sqft Paige Walling 843.812.8470

If you are thinking about selling, now is the time to consider your options!

Call us today to learn what your home could sell for in today’s market.

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