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APRIL 27 - MAY 3, 2017

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COVERING BEAUFORT COUNTY

Plastic bags might be on their way out in Beaufort County

By Lisa Allen

The MCAS Beaufort Air Show is sure to be filled with excitement as pilots perform exciting maneuvers. Photos by Bob Sofaly.

Staff reports

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort will host nearly 100,000 of its closest friends and neighbors at the Beaufort Air Show on Saturday, April 29, and Sunday, April 30.

The event will showcase naval aviation at its best. The highlight will be the United States Naval Flight Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels.

The mission of the Air Show is three-fold: to promote the Marine Corps and Navy recruiting efforts, to demonstrate the full force and capabilities of the military and to say “thank you” to the members of the surrounding communities who support the men and women who serve the nation and are stationed at the Air Station and in the Tri-Command area, according to www.beaufortairshow.com.

Here’s some information about the show: When and Where The MCAS Beaufort Air Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday at the air station in Beaufort off U.S. 21/ Trask Parkway.

Tickets General admission is free, but for special box seat tickets, visit www.beaufortairshow.com.

Parking Parking will be in the adjacent parking lot at MCAS Beaufort.

Upon entering MCAS Beaufort, security personnel will direct you to the general parking areas.

Parking will be available on a first come, first served basis.

Displays There will be a wide variety of aircraft, military vehicles and clas-

The audience watches as flyers perform feats of derring-do at the 2015 MCAS Beaufort Air Show.

sic cars on display at the show.

The Performers The performances at the air show will include: • U.S. Navy Blue Angels: The Blue Angels exhibit choreographed refinements of skills possessed by all naval aviators. The Blue Angels’ C-130, affectionately known as Fat Albert, will demonstrate aerobatic maneuvers.

Visit www.blueangels.navy.mil.

• F-16 Viper Demonstration Team: The Air Combat Command F-16 Viper Demonstration Team at Shaw AFB performs precision aerial maneuvers to demonstrate the unique capabilities by one of the Air Force's premier multi-role fighters, the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

Visit www.acc.af.mil.

• F-35B: Designed with the entire battle space in mind, the F-35 is the most flexible, technologically sophisticated multirole fighter ever built.

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• Jim Tobul: This is the man behind the stick in "Korean War Hero," a Chance-Vought F4U-4 Corsair. An avid pilot for over 40 years, Tobul performs dramatic aerial displays in his legendary aircraft. He will be performing The Class of '45 dual routine with Scott Yoak in his P-51D Mustang “Quick Silver.”

Visit www.koreanwarhero.com.

• MARSOC Parachute Jump: An elite team of Marines will demonstrate one the versatile capabilities of the Special Operation Command.

• Mike Goulian: Millions of air show spectators around the globe have witnessed the ferocity of a Mike Goulian air show performance. Every roll, pull, and tumble of his flight is a deliberate execution of precision.

Visit www.mikegoulian.com.

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EVERYONE WINS The Special Olympics partnered with the Beaufort County School District to hold a recent event.

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Interest is growing is finding a way to keep plastic bags out of Beaufort County waterways.

Isle of Palms was the first South Carolina community to ban single-use plastic bags in 2015, followed a year later by Folly Beach, also in Charleston County.

That’s what stirred things up.

Novolex, a $2-billion plastics and recycling company based in Harstville, S.C., urged state legislators to ban plastic bag bans.

Yes, a ban on bans. Last year, Rep. Weston Newton, R-Bluffton, killed the bill in his Legislative Oversight committee.

This year, the plastics industry tried again, this time getting it assigned to the Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee.

The bill made it out of committee and was debated twice on the House floor. Many legislators objected to the legislation, primarily over the principal of home rule, or the ability of local governments to do what they think is best in their community.

Using that argument, three Republican Beaufort County lawmakers — Reps. Shannon Erickson, Bill Herbkersman and Weston Newton — spoke against the “ban of bans” bill.

Newton said he objected to the ban because local coastal communities can see the need to keep plastics from harming their ecosystems.

The House voted to keep the bill from being considered again, until at least next January.

“But it will come up again,” said Rikki Parker, project manager for the South Coast office of the S.C. Coastal Conservation League (SCCCL).

In the meantime, SCCCL, the Friends of Hunting Island and Beaufort Indivisible are trying to get a local ban of plastic bags on the books.

Circulating petitions have garnered several hundred signatures. The topic drew a lot of attention at the Earth Day celebration at the Port Royal Farmers Market on April 22.

A plastics summit at the South Carolina Aquarium last month highlighted how plastics are wreaking havoc on all species, including humans.

Endangered sea turtles love to dine on jellyfish. Their mouth and esophagus are lined with sharp, pointy, backward-facing papillae to prevent slippery jellyfish from escaping by floating back out of their mouth. But when they mistake a floating plastic bag for

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food, they can’t spit it out. The bag can block their airway or, if completely consumed, their intestines. Either way, the bag can kill them.

Plastics imperil creatures further down — and then up — the food chain too. Plastics don’t disappear, but crumble into smaller and smaller pieces, fooling smaller and smaller creatures into thinking the particles are food, down to shrimp and oysters.

When we eat shrimp and oysters, we ingest the plastic, too.

EcoWatch said that over the last 10 years, we have produced more plastic than during the whole of the last century. Half of the plastic we use, we use just once and throw away.

A study estimated that 8 million metric tons of plastic went into the oceans in 2010, the equivalent of five grocery bags filled with plastic for every foot of coastline in the world, said study author Jenna Jambeck, an environmental engineer from the University of Georgia.

By 2025, the annual output of plastic into the world's oceans is estimated to be around 155 million metric tons.

Plastics corporation Novolex compiled a list of reasons plastic bags are more environmentally friendly than either paper or cloth bags. They argue that making plastic bags requires less energy and water than making paper or cloth bags, they consume less energy to transport and take up less room in landfills. They also point out how much plastic is recycled.

Novolex didn’t mention in its pro-plastics briefing all of the plastic that is neither sent to landfills nor recycled, but instead winds up in the oceans, local waterways, woods and roadsides.

Beaufort County Councilman Rick Caporale, R-Hilton Head Island, thinks a ban is a good idea.

He forwarded information about the damage plastic does to marine life, particularly sea turtles, to senior county leadership and his fellow council members.

Brian Flewelling, chair of the Natural Resources Committee, agreed to take up the issue this summer, but isn’t certain what solution will emerge. It could be a revenue stream that can fund picking up bags near waterways, Flewelling said.

“We’ll figure out what makes the most sense,” he said.

Caporale said, “Being a coastal county, I can see the potential for the good that could accrue from See PLASTIC, page A9

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An accident on April 15 on the Richard V. Woods Memorial Bridge caused lane closures for repairs on April 19-20. Here, part of the concrete barrier hangs from the Richard V. Woods Memorial bridge after a pickup truck hit a guard rail, injuring both the driver and a passenger in the truck.

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2 charged in Subway robbery

A former employee of a Subway on Lady’s Island and an accomplice have been arrested after an investigation into an armed robbery that occurred on the morning of April 14 at the restaurant, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff ’s Office report.

According to that report, Elijah Fludd, 22, who had Elijah Fludd worked at the Subway on Sams Point Road, and Jhylil Jones, 18, have been arrested in connection with the robbery.

Search warrants were obtained for Fludd’s Lady’s Island residence, and the Toyota Rav4 he allegedly used to get to and from Subway on the morning of the armed robbery.

When investigators and patrol deputies served the search warrants at his Venice Court residence, they found Fludd and his Toy- Jhylil Jones ota Rav4. Also present was Jones, 18, who investigators suspected stood lookout for Fludd at the back door of Subway.

Inside Fludd’s residence, investigators say they found the hooded sweatshirt and bandana he wore and the handgun he pointed at the clerk during the robbery.

During the search of Fludd’s Toyota Rav4, investigators say they located a suitcase belonging to Jhylil Jones. Inside the suitcase they found a small amount of marijuana and a handgun with an obliterated serial number, according to the report.

Jones was taken into custody and charged with simple possession of marijuana and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. During an interview with the suspects, Jones said he was involved in the robbery with Fludd, according to the report.

Jones was then charged with robbery while armed with a deadly weapon in addition to the marijuana and firearm charges.

Fludd and Jones were transported to the Beaufort County Detention Center.

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bery while armed with a deadly weapon and $20,000 for possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

Bonds for Jones were set at $40,000 for robbery while armed with a deadly weapon, $10,000 for possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number and $615 for simple possession of marijuana.

Fludd posted bond and was released from the jail, while Jones remained incarcerated.

Anyone with information regarding the Lady’s Island Subway armed robbery is encouraged to contact Staff Sgt. Adam Zsamar at 843-255-3408 or CrimeStoppers at 888-CrimeSC to remain anonymous and for a possible reward.

Sheriff ’s office is searching for suspect

The Beaufort County Sheriff ’s Office is attempting to locate Michael Brown regarding a shooting incident that occurred on Round About Loop on April 17.

Anyone with any information about Brown can call Investigator Draisen at 843-255-3409, Beaufort County Dispatch at 843Michael Brown 524-2777 or CrimeStoppers at 888-CrimeSC to remain anonymous and for a possible reward.

Burton FD answers 19 calls in one weekend

The Burton Fire District didn’t get a break over the weekend of April 22 after responding to 19 emergency calls which included two motor vehicle accidents, a vehicle fire, two brush fires, a house fire and a hazardous materials concern.

Burton and MCAS Fire Department responded to a house fire in the Shadow Moss development just after 11 a.m. on April 22. A fire which began in a waste container up against a home spread to the side of the residence.

The homeowner and a neighbor were able to extinguish the fire with a garden hose before firefighters arrived. Burton firefighters checked the residence with thermal imaging

to ensure the fire was out and the home was safe. A battalion chief from the city of Beaufort Fire Department also responded.

The first motor vehicle accident occurred just before 4 p.m. April 22 at the Parris Island Gateway and Magnolia Bluff intersection.

The two-vehicle accident resulted in damages but no injuries and delayed traffic for approximately 30 minutes.

The second motor vehicle accident occurred just before 11 a.m. April 23 on Robert Smalls Parkway at the entrance to Walmart. The two-vehicle accident resulted in damages but no injuries. Traffic was delayed for approximately 30 minutes.

Just before 4 p.m. April 23, Burton firefighters were summoned to a residence in Seabrook when a homeowner had a hazardous materials concern involving a fuel container. Burton firefighters assisted the homeowner and ensured the container and fuel was safe.

Burton firefighters also extinguished two brush fires and a vehicle fire in the Gray’s Hill area of Burton on April 23. All fires were minor and caused no damages to structures and only minor damages to an SUV. The Burton Fire District has responded to almost 1,100 emergency calls so far in 2017.

Firefighters respond to small shed fire

Firefighters with City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire department responded to a report of a fire in the dockage of the Port Royal Landing Marina at about 11:30 p.m.

April 17.

The fire was apparently reported by multiple passersby.

“Firefighters were right across the street at an activated fire alarm at the River Oaks Assisted Living Facility, and were able to clear and arrive on scene within moments of receiving the call for the fire at the marina,” according to Fire Chief Reece Bertholf.

Firefighters arrived to find a small shed, situated on a small “dock floater” which was tethered to a construction barge, on fire.

The docks are under renovation as a result of Hurricane Matthew. Access was limited to the floater where the fire was due to the renovation construction, and the dock master assisted in transporting fire crews to the barge near the fire with the marina boat.

Crews utilized a standby fire pump that is kept on site and trained on periodically throughout the year, in order to extinguish the flames.

“All in all, even with limited access, the crews were able to control the fire in under 20 minutes. Everyone did a great job,” said incident commander Battalion Chief Warren “Chip” Cooler.

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Officials: New fire station needed to deal with growth Staff reports

As new neighborhoods develop and commercial construction continues along Robert Smalls Parkway and adjoining areas, the town of Port Royal and city of Beaufort are considering establishing a new fire station on Robert Smalls Parkway to better serve the growing needs of both municipalities.

The station is planned to open by January 2018 near Robert Smalls Parkway and Castle Rock Road, according to a press release.

If approved, the municipalities will lease the property and the new fire station, which would be delivered as a turn-key project ready for fire trucks, equipment and firefighters, said Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Chief Reece Bertholf.

“We’ll turn on the lights, roll in the equipment and be ready to roll back out if there’s an emergency,” Bertholf said. “The property is perfectly located for us to provide exception-

al emergency protection to Port Royal and Beaufort businesses and residents.”

The Port Royal Town Council and the Beaufort City Council heard formal presentations about the new fire station and service agreements on April 19 during a joint meeting. Both councils were scheduled to consider and vote on an expanded intergovernmental agreement and the lease during a special meeting on April 24.

The Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department is proposing a mutual aid agreement with the Burton Fire District that will have the fire station closest to any emergency be the first responder, regardless of governmental boundaries.

“As firefighters and first responders, we are here to save lives and property, and that’s the purpose of the mutual aid agreement,” Bertholf said.

The goal is to provide better service to area

residents and businesses while at the same time providing better allocation of resources to other parts of the community, Port Royal Town Manager Van Willis said.

“This plan has been under consideration for several years and the commercial and residential growth happening now on S.C. 170 and Parris Island Gateway make this the ideal time to open the new fire station,” Willis said.

As part of the feasibility study, Port Royal and Beaufort councils engaged the services of the International City/County Managers Association’s Center for Public Safety Management to review the plan and proposed service areas and response times. Their analysts confirmed the new fire station would be ideally located to provide full fire and emergency service to Port Royal and Beaufort residents and businesses – now and into the future.

In the coming months, a large car deal-

ership, a fast food restaurant and other businesses are expected to open on Robert Smalls Parkway/S.C.170 within the Beaufort city limits.

In the near future, a large campus is scheduled to open for Bridges Preparatory School in the Port Royal section of Robert Smalls Parkway, along with residential developments.

Extending the Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department’s reach with the new fire station isn’t expected to affect taxes in Beaufort or Port Royal, Willis said. The properties affected already pay city or town taxes.

A possible benefit of the new fire station to affected property owners is that the ISO fire rating, related to fire insurance premiums, may improve.

The councils will consider a 30-year lease for the property and fire station, including all equipment that’s not vehicles or personnel equipment.

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IN OTHER NEWS NEWS BRIEFS City releases new draft of codes

The city of Beaufort’s Planning Department has been working on an update to its Unified Development Ordinance, which was adopted in 2003. Now, an updated draft is available for public review.

From 2015 through 2017, the city hosted a number of public meetings to review drafts of the Beaufort Code. Comments heard during that time were incorporated into a draft that was released on Jan. 26.

During the months of March and April, the Metropolitan Planning Commission met eight times in two- to three-hour work sessions to review the outstanding public comments on the Jan. 26 draft of the code.

The Metropolitan Planning Commission has reviewed and discussed the more than 250 comments and proposed a specific recommendation for each. Their recommended changes have been incorporated into an updated version of the Beaufort Code dated April 24.

An updated Regulating Plan accompanies the draft, both of which can be found at www.cityofbeaufort.org.

The Beaufort City Council began its review on April 25. It will meet in a special work session at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, to work on the proposal.

Report: Local military impact reaches $2.2B

The South Carolina Military Base Task Force recently released an updated study, which reflects that the Beaufort region's military presence boasts an annual economic impact of approximately $2.2 billion that is supported by 19,240 jobs and $993.8 million in generated labor income.

The 2017 study was prepared by Dr. Joey Von Nessen of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.

The Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort accounts for $787 million in economic activity annually. The Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island accounts for $739.8 million in economic activity annually. The Naval Hospital Beaufort accounts for $217.4 mil-

lion in economic activity annually.

The South Carolina military community collectively creates an economic impact to the state of $24.1 billion.

The Palmetto State is home to eight major military installations and numerous facilities, supporting 62,520 in Department of Defense (DoD) personnel with $2.6 billion in payroll. Additionally, $2.1 billion in DoD contracts are currently being executed among 752 firms within the state.

The 2017 study reports that the military community represents 8.4 percent of the South Carolina economy, composed of 181,847 jobs, or one of every 12 jobs in the state. The average compensation for jobs supported by the military community is $54,701 per year, 37 percent higher than the average job.

"The significance of the military in Beaufort and Port Royal cannot be overstated," said Blakely Williams, president & CEO of the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce. "We are forever grateful for the service and economic engine of military men and women at our local bases and for both the Navy and Marine Corps' continued engagement in our community."

"As the study indicates, our local installations are vital to not only our national defense but our state and local economies as well," said Jim Wegmann, Military Enhancement Committee chairman. "The Military Enhancement Committee remains vigilant in their defense of our three military installations and dedicated to improving the quality and value of Beaufort's installations."

The full text of the 2017 report is available on the South Carolina Military Base Task Force website at www.scmilitarybases.com.

For more information, visit www.beaufortchamber.org or call 843-525-8500.

Lady’s Island preservation meeting set for May 1

The Lady's Island Community Preservation Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, May 1, at the Lady's Island Airport Conference Room, to review a proposed project which has been referred to it by the

Beaufort County Planning Department.

The nature of the project is a request to build an assisted living facility on the 9.5 undeveloped acres (presently advertised as being for sale) located on the right side of Lady's Island Drive near the Meridian Road intersection. The meeting is open to the public.

In-person absentee voting is underway

In-person absentee voting for the town of Port Royal Special Election started April 24.

Absentee voting is taking place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Beaufort elections office at 15 John Galt Road in Beaufort.

The last day of in-person absentee voting for the special election will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, May 15.

A sample ballot can be found at www.bcgov.net/vote.

The following precincts will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for voting on Tuesday, May 16: Burton 1A (part) at Burton Wells Recreation Center at 1 Middleton Recreation Drive; Burton 2A (part) at Community Bible Church at 638 Parris Island Gateway; Burton 2B (part) at Love House Ministries at 423 Parris Island Gateway; and Port Royal 1 and 1 at Port Royal Town Hall at 700 Paris Ave. Only voters residing within the town of Port Royal town limits may vote in the special election.

The filing period closed on March 20 for the Tuesday, May 16, election to fill the seat left by the passing of Port Royal Town Councilman Vernon DeLoach, who died on Feb. 20.

The four citizens who filed to run in the election are Patty Crower, Bob Ellis, Marjorie Lamb and Darryl Owens.

Meanwhile, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will host a Candidates Fo-

rum for the open Port Royal Town Council seat at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, at Port Royal Elementary School.

Free legal clinics are being offered

The SC Bar Pro Bono Program will sponsor three free legal clinics in Beaufort County in May. • Friday, May 5: Family law issues, including divorce, custody, visitation and support, presented by Eric J. Erickson. The clinic will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the St. Helena Senior Center at 44 Penn Center Road.

• Tuesday, May 9: Consumer law issues, including loans and credit cards, presented

by Jannine M. Mutterer. The clinic will be held from 6-7 p.m. at the Hilton Head Island Branch Library at 11 Beach City Road, Hilton Head.

• Friday, May 26: Consumer law issues, including loans and credit cards, presented by Philip L. Fairbanks. The clinic will be held from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Burton Wells Senior Center at 1 Middleton Recreation Drive.

These seminars are free for anyone who would like to attend. The format typically consists of an overview followed by a question-and-answer session.

SC to open new welcome center

South Carolina is opening a new welcome center at I-95 northbound in Hardeeville.

Duane Parrish, director of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism, will join local leaders and industry officials for the grand opening of the new South Carolina welcome center at 11 a.m.

Tuesday, May 2.

The center is located at 4968 Jasper Highway at the Georgia border.

UPCOMING MEETINGS • Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority: 8 a.m. Thursday, April 27 • Zoning Board of Appeals: 5 p.m. Thurs-

day, April 27 • Lowcountry Council of Governments: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27

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Gov. Henry McMaster was joined by cabinet officials recently to announce that he has issued Executive Order 2017-09, which provides state agencies with guidance on reducing regulations.

The order is designed help maintain and expand the state’s competitive business climate, according to a press release.

“Burdensome regulations must never hurt our main street businesses or weaken South Carolina’s competitive edge in economic recruitment,” said McMaster. “This Executive Order demonstrates my administration is com-

The Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce, a HUD-approved agency, is offering classes for first-time homebuyers.

The classes, if completed, allow a homebuyer a certificate of 18 credit hours that can be presented to their loan officer to purchase a home. The primary objective of the program is to educate families and individuals in order to help them make smart decisions regarding improving their housing situation and meeting the responsibilities of tenancy and homeowership.

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If you answered no, you're not alone.

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We like politics, and we love investing. But we run from anything conflating the two.

Earlier this week Bloomberg reported that Americans recently broke the American Psychological Association's anxiety meter for a record level of stress. You read that right. No, this is not from late 2008. This is from January 2017: "The results of the January 2017 poll show a statistically significant increase in stress for the first time since the survey was first conducted in 2007," the APA Arthur Levin said in a report on the survey of 1,019 adults living in the U.S., conducted from Jan. 5 to Jan. 19 by Harris Poll.

Americans' stress levels in January were worse than in August, in the middle of the angriest, most personal campaign in recent memory, when some believed the anxiety would abate after the election. At 57 percent, more than half of respondents said the current political climate was a very or somewhat significant source of stress. Stressors for everyone, including Republicans, were the fast pace of unfolding events and especially the uncertainty of the current political climate, said Vaile Wright, director of research and special projects at the APA. What is it that has everyone so worked up? Politics.

How many people do you know that invest their politics?

When the resident of the Oval Office is of their same political party, do they tend to be more bullish, and when the opposite is true, do they tend to be more bearish?

When we read that article we couldn't help but think back to something that The Motley Fool wrote last year as it relates to the problem of conflating politics and investing: “Economics is a close cousin of politics, which is dangerous because politics is a close cousin of emotional decisions detached from reality.

“Not only do most of us have emotional

opinions about who should/shouldn't run the country, but we unfailingly overestimate how much influence presidents have over the economy and stock market. When presidents do impact the economy, good luck guessing how markets will respond. Lots of smart people predicted that Barack Obama's spending plans meant surging interest rates and a collapsing dollar.

“Growing the economy means getting everyone to win, whereas politics by definition means getting the opposing party to lose. Rationality melts when you set up this kind of my-teamversus-yours dilemma. Psychologist Geoffrey Cohen showed that Democratic voters supported Republican proposals when they were attributed to fellow Democrats more than they supported Democratic proposals attributed to Republicans, and vice versa. Imagine the same part of your brain analyzing investments. It's a disaster.

“We like politics, and we love investing.

But we run from anything conflating the two.”

Thus, the power of an emotionless method of investing.

So despite all of the stress, things continue to look pretty good to us.

This article was written by Dorsey Wright and Associates Inc., and provided by Arthur Levin, managing director, TLS Wealth Management of Raymond James.

Arthur Levin is a financial advisor with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Member New York Stock Exchange/SIPC located at 2015 Boundary St., Suite 220, Beaufort SC 29902.

He can be contacted at 843-379-6100 or arthur.levin@raymondjames.com or visit our website at: www.tlswealthmanagement.com.

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Beaufort Memorial earns ‘A’ for patient safety Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade — the most complete picture of patient safety in the U.S. — has awarded Beaufort Memorial an “A” in its spring 2017 report card.

The nonprofit hospital was one of only six medical centers of the 20 in the region to earn the top grade.

“To achieve an ‘A’ requires a hospital-wide commitment to safety, involving everyone from our housekeeping and food services staffs to the nurses, doctors and technicians on our medical team,” BMH President and CEO Russell Baxley said. “We continue to work hard every day to maintain our ’A’ grade and provide our patients

with the highest standards of care.”

Developed under the guidance of an expert panel, Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 30 measures of hospital safety data to assign A, B, C, D and F grades to more than 2,600 hospitals twice a year.

Hospitals are graded based on how they scored in five major categories: infections, problems with surgery, practices to prevent errors, safety problems, and doctors, nurses and hospital staff.

In the category of infections, BMH scored as well as the best hospitals in the country in four of the five areas surveyed, including MRSA infections, infections in

the blood and urinary tract during an ICU stay and surgical-site infections after colon surgery. It also received the top rating in five of the seven categories involving problems with surgery.

South Carolina came in at No. 17 among the 50 states, a ranking based on the number of hospitals that earned an “A” compared with the total number of hospitals that operate in the state. Of the 46 hos-

pitals in South Carolina participating in the survey, 18 received the top grade.

More than 1,000 people a day are estimated to die from preventable hospital errors.

“When we launched Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade in 2012, our goal was to alert consumers to the hazards involved in a hospital stay and help them choose the safest option,” said Leapfrog President and CEO Leah Binder. “We also hoped to galvanize hospitals to make safety the first priority day in and day out.”

To view individual hospital grades and state rankings, go to www.hospitalsafetygrade.org.

Two BMH nurses receive kudos from SC Two Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH) nurses have received the Palmetto Gold Award, a designation bestowed by the South Carolina Nurses Foundation to honor the state’s 100 top registered nurses.

The presentation was made at the 16th Annual Palmetto Gold Gala held April 22 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.

Nancy Fu, nursing director of the hospital’s fifth floor medical/surgical unit, is being honored for her dedication and commitment to promoting a culture of patient safety. Her nursing unit has earned a number of citations, including the South Carolina Hospital Association’s Zero Harm Award for achieving 100 days with no acquired pressure wounds.

The unit also received BMH’s Shining Star Award for best infection prevention and a certificate of achievement for being in the 80th percentile for patients’ overall rating of the hospital.

Outside of her job at BMH, Fu works with her congregation’s women’s ministry on

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a number of outreach programs, including the Franciscan Center for migrant workers, Red Cross shelters and Family Promise for

displaced families. Most recently, she hosted two Ugandan children in her home.

Shawna Doran, BMH corporate direc-

tor of quality, also earned a Palmetto Gold Award for making huge strides in enhancing patient care. Her evidence-based quality improvement initiatives helped the hospital achieve an “A” rating from Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades and the only four-star score among area hospitals in Hospital Compare, a federal program offering information about the quality of care at more than 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals across the country.

Last year, Doran represented the South Carolina American Heart Association on Capitol Hill, successfully advocating for $3 billion in funding for heart and stroke research at the National Institutes of Health.

In addition, she lobbied senators and state representatives for nutritious lunches for South Carolina students.

Like Fu, she also is actively involved in the community. She has worked in the Washington Park soup kitchen, volunteers with the Annual Beaufort Water Festival and the Beaufort County Healthcare Community Outreach program.

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Taking break from information can calm the soul

By Chris Suddeth

In this timely, + Perspectives, I would like to explore the hot button issues that push our collective buttons. It hardly matters what “side of the aisle” you find yourself on, if we can just agree that our buttons have been mashed.

It’s OK. It happens to the best of us, this button mashing.

In these times, it’s never been easier to be heard given the social media engines at our collective fingertips. A big question that we need to start asking with social media is, “Just because we can add to the cacophony, should we?”

Let’s assume that most of us have nothing but the best of intentions.

I intend to make a fine, but important, point. However, before I do that, please know I’m not endorsing any sort of violence, immorality or –ism.

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Previous paragraph said, let’s take a step back from the vitriol of hot button issues, not because you’re wrong about a certain issue, but careful consideration is needed as there are 1,500 newspapers, Chris Suddeth 1,100 magazines, 9,000 radio stations, 1,500 TV stations and 2,400 publishers owned by six corporations.

SIX CORPORATIONS control, that’s right, control all those media outlets. The power rests in the hands of an elite few that likely weren’t elected to any office.

Do you really think that propaganda died on Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri? Of course not, it’s just gotten more sophisticated.

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Controversy sells. Why? Because we buy it and feed into it. We crave it. We have to make New Year’s resolutions to cut back on it, but alas, we want what we want. Does it have to be this way? No, it starts with one person deciding to starve the media machine of mayhem and fear that affects both sides of the aisle.

Is it all garbage? No, but the best way to manipulate is to have at least a kernel of truth in what you’re propagating.

I barely passed, or remember, my college course in statistics, but one thing that has always stuck with me is that statistics can be made to say almost anything. Ponder that as you lap up and vehemently spew stats at whoever you perceive to be in the wrong.

Good questions to ask are before any contact with others: “Is it helpful? Is it kind? Is it true? Is it necessary?”

“Fine Sutty, I hear ya, but I have to do something. I have to vent. Movements start with one voice.”

You’re right, of course, but that voice is heard more effectively with love, compassion and acceptance of our neighbors.

For starters, pray and send good thoughts to a situation. Naïve, you say. Well, I disagree, but I submit that naïve is thinking the media doesn’t have an agenda that sells the masses on vaccines, for instance, or can’t get a president elected.

It only took the media playing Howard Dean’s yelp on a loop to derail his 2004 campaign. 'Memba that? That’s where the “real” power lies.

Regardless of what we feel about a question like gun control, let’s start asking questions like, “What monster is actually being fed when all the media at our fingertips rallies against guns and 2015 broke records for gun sales?”

Even if you like guns, is putting the latest Sig Sauer .45 on a charge card fear-driven when you’ve got a dozen other firearms to protect against a home invasion? Or are you feeding into the media madness?

Do you fancy yourself a modern day Gore

Vidal or William F. Buckley Jr.? In case you don’t know, they were pundits who tore each other apart on live television before it was fashionable. As a matter of fact, their displays during the 1968 presidential election year probably saved ABC from becoming a footnote in television history when referencing “The Flying Nun.” The insults in one particular exchange followed these distinguished gentlemen to their graves.

Controversy sells. Why? Because we buy it and feed into it. We crave it. We have to make New Year’s resolutions to cut back on it, but alas, we want what we want.

Does it have to be this way? No, it starts with one person deciding to starve the media machine of mayhem and fear that affects both sides of the aisle. A synonym of mayhem in this case could be division. It’s the old divide-and-conquer routine that works only as long as we allow it. We’re more alike and connected than the elite few would have us believe.

All I ask is that you pay attention to what you’re doing while you’re doing it.

This is the heart of meditation.

Chris “Sutty” Suddeth was born in Greenville in 1975 and has lived his whole life in various locales within the state of South Carolina. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1998 with a minor in English literature. Writing began its siren song for him at the age of twelve while sitting on the rocks of Fripp Island, where he now lives with his wife and daughter. Sutty is a full-time Mr. Mom with his own holistic health business. He has been a practicing Reiki master for over six years and uses his passion and proficiency with energy work to inform his writing. Visit www. energynovelist.com.

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Other event information • The Parris Island Marine Band will perform.

• There will be a Kids' Zone with bounce houses, obstacle courses, giant slides and more.

Admission is $10 per child. The Kids’ Zone will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Parents must accompany their children at all times.

Socks must be worn in the Kids' Zone.

• This year marks the introduction of the MCAS Beaufort Air Show Coloring Banner.

In the spirit of encouraging children to come together to learn, play, and create, a 20-footby-6-foot mural will be placed near the Kids’ Zone.

Parents are encouraged to bring their children and let them color and draw on the mural. The finished mural will be given to the show’s sponsor, Centex, as a thank you gift.

• Helicopter rides will be available. A ride in a UH-1H Huey is $85 for 6-8 minutes; a ride in an AH-1F Cobra is $350 for 8-10

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• There will also be a wide variety of exhibitors at the show.

Do's • Wear comfortable shoes as the flightline is paved and you may walk long distances.

• Discard trash in the trash receptacles.

• Dress for the weather as the MCAS Beaufort Air Show will go on rain or shine.

• Wear hearing protection – it is highly encouraged for all MCAS Beaufort Air Show spectators, especially for young children.

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• Smoke near aircrafts or the flightline during the MCAS Beaufort Air Show.

• Use cellphones while operating a motor vehicle without a hands-free device.

• Tailgate in the parking areas.

• Bring any of the prohibited items. That includes weapons; outside food or drink, including alchohol; pets; glass containers; tents; tripods; ice chests or coolers; bicycles, roller scates, scooteres; and wagons, carts and buggies other than small strollers More information Call 843-228-7675 or visit www.beaufortairshow.com.

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it. If I lived in an inland county, I wouldn’t have as much interest in it.

“I’ve seen a lot of articles about that damage that plastics bags and other pollutants do, like that plastics blob in the Pacific.

They’re far enough away from us, like war, that we could ignore it. But we all contribute to it because of the amount of the pollution that we cause. I’m horrified when I go to the convenience center and see how much trash my wife and I generate.

“When I go to the beach, I see diapers and hundreds of straws and cigarette butts in the sand. When I fished, it was not uncommon to see pelicans caught in fishing line or hooked. It’s like a lot of other environmental issues. The facts are what they are and you have to respond.”

Beaufort City Councilmember Stephen Murray also supports a ban.

“There are two issues here,” Murray said.

“The first is home rule. Local governments best serve their local communities. I was frustrated that again the legislature would take something out of the hands of local government.

“The second is that this is important to coastal communities. I know several local watermen and they told me they see plastic bags in our waterways every day.”

Beaufort City Council hasn’t had any discussions about plastic bag bans yet, Murray said.

“I think it’s a countywide issue,” Murray said. “Every municipality in the county has to come up with something that makes sense for everyone. It would be easier for the local businesses if it was the same everywhere.”

Caporale knows the ban will face opposition. Right now, he pegs the chances of success at about 50-50.

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Susan McDowell won a gift from Modern Jewelers on Bay Street.

Above from left: Claudia Thomas, left, won a temporary membership to Celadon presented by Stephanie Fairbanks; Mary Daise shows off her gift card from Mermaid Chandelier; information is on the photo; and Grace Dennis shows her winning ticket and door prize from Guys and Dolls Hair Salon. Photos by Bob Sofaly.

Hand & Tanner, Celadon host fun night for ladies Island Girls Night Out (IGNO) was a hit on April 20 at Celadon, a beautiful residential community on Lady’s Island. IGNO is a monthly event where local women to have the opportunity to socialize, make

new friends and win prizes. The next IGNO will be held from 5:307 p.m. Thursday, May 18, at Boondocks Restaurant on St. Helena Island. In addition to refreshments there will be karaoke shag music.

Some of the guests at Island Girls Night Out enjoyed their refreshments on the patio at Celadon.

Martha Ala, left, won a gift certificate from Hand & Tanner’s Gail Greenway.

Priscilla Butler, left, won a “virtual assistant” from Melissa St. Clair of Paper Chasers.

Inez Miller, picks up her Nut Shoppe door prize from Bob Guinn of The Island News.

Kim Stroud, center, won a Hand & Tanner gift of a free financial evaluation.

Veronica Robdeau won a gift card from The Kitchen.

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SCHOOLS & SPORTS SCHOOL BRIEFS Wheelan to deliver keynote at graduation

Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, the first woman and first African-American president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, will deliver the keynote address at its 2017 commencement exercises at 6 p.m. Friday, April 28, on the Hilton Head Gateway Campus.

Wheelan’s career in education spans more than 40 years and includes Dr. Belle S. roles as college president Wheelan and secretary of education in the Commonwealth of Virginia. She was appointed by Virginia’s newly elected governor in 2001 to be secretary of education in his administration.

She spent three and a half years in the position, handling a variety of education-related issues, before being named to lead the regional organization that accredits nearly 800 educational organizations throughout the South in 2005. She holds that post today.

In 2001, Wheelan was named one of Washington Magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Washington D.C. In 2002, she received the Woman of Distinction Award presented by the American Association of University Women. In 2015, she earned the Dr. John Hope Franklin Award from Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine.

USCB will graduate 398 members of the Class of 2017. This is the largest graduating class in USCB’s history. Visit www.uscb. edu/commencement.

District finance staff earns national awards

Finance staffers from the Beaufort County School District have earned a pair of national awards for excellence from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.

The first award, the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting, recognized the school district’s 2016 annual financial report.

It was the 27th consecutive year that the school district had earned the national rec-

ognition.

GFOA said the award honors financial reports that demonstrate a constructive “spirit of full disclosure” and that clearly communicate a school district’s financial story and motivate citizens to read the annual report. It said the award represents “the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management.”

The second recognition, the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award, honors government budgets that succeed simultaneously as policy documents, financial plans, operations guides and communications devices.

Budget documents must be rated “proficient” in all four of those categories – along with the 14 criteria in each one – to receive the award.

Superintendent Jeff Moss credited members of the finance staff for their “superlative efforts,” including Chief Finance and Operations Officer Tonya Crosby; Director of Internal Controls Reggie Murphy; Director of Finance Lori Mock; and Budget Analyst Louis Ackerman. Moss also congratulated Phyllis White, who retired in December as the district’s chief finance and operations officer.

The school district’s bond ratings are Aa1 with Moody’s Investors Service and AA with Standard and Poor’s.

BHS recognized as model program

The American School Counselor Association has announced that Beaufort High School is now a recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) school.

The RAMP designation is awarded to schools that align with the criteria in the ASCA National Model and are committed to delivering a comprehensive, data-driven school counseling program and an exemplary educational environment.

"It has been a comprehensive effort that required a high level of participation on the part of every counselor in our department," said Beaufort High counselor, Michelle Dixon. "Our work is purposeful and important.

We truly believe our students are different

because of what we do. It has been an extraordinary journey for our department."

Since the RAMP program's inception, more than 700 schools have earned the designation.

Beaufort High will be honored at a recognition ceremony at ASCA's annual conference in Colorado in July.

Contract negations underway for Whale Branch gym

The Beaufort County board of education recently voted to proceed with contract negotiations with an architectural firm to design a competition gymnasium and performing arts center for Whale Branch Early College High School.

McMillan, Pazdan Smith Architecture – with offices in Greenville, Spartanburg, Charleston, Asheville, Charlotte and Atlanta – emerged as the top choice at the end of a multilayered selection process. The firm has designed school facilities for 29 South Carolina districts, and school design comprises 65 percent of its work.

McMillan Pazdan Smith has been named among the nation’s top firms by Architect Magazine and has earned recognitions from the Council of Education Facility Planners in 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011-2015.

The Beaufort County board of education voted Feb. 7 to build the competition gymnasium at Whale Branch Early College High and voted March 21 to build the school a performing arts center.

Whale Branch is currently the only district high school that does not have a performing arts-style auditorium for student performances and classes, and is also the only district high school that doesn’t have a larger competition gym.

Parents and community supporters had urged the district to build both a performing arts center and a competition gymnasium since the high school opened in 2010.

Local students are recognized

Shandy Simpson, of Beaufort, has been named to the Provost's List at Troy University for Term 3 of the 2016/2017 academic year.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK Cameron Wilson Grade: 12 Whale Branch Early College High School

Cameron Wilson was nominated by Kimberly W. Fields. “Cameron is very respectful and works hard to excel in school,” said Fields. “He took advantage of all opportunities to improve his grade and displays a warm, cheerful attitude. He loves people, works hard, and always tries to lift the spirits of those around him.

I believe these characteristics represent Cameron a well-rounded stu- Wilson dent athlete.”

Cameron took some time recently to answer a few questions: Q: What’s your favorite subject and why?

A: Science because I am able to learn more about the human body.

Q: What are some of your accomplishments?

A: I was able to place third in the state track and field championship.

Q: What clubs and activities are you involved in?

A: I am involved in football, track and Empowering Young Men. Q: Who do you admire and why?

A: I admire Michael Strahan because he plays football and I aspire to become a professional football player.

Q: What’s your favorite movie?

A: “Friday Night Lights” Q: What’s your favorite TV show?

A: ESPN Q: What’s your favorite music?

A: R&B

The Provost's List honors full-time undergraduate students who are registered for at least 12 semester hours and who have a grade point average of at least 3.65.

At The Citadel, two local students were honored at the 2017 Joint ROTC Awards.

They are Nicolas Cucinotta, of Port Royal; and Adam Hannah, of Beaufort.

SPORTS BRIEFS BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS

BA defeats Charleston Collegiate, 6-1

Beaufort Academy dominated familiar rival Charleston Collegiate in a boys' high school tennis match on April 20.

The experienced Eagles pulled away to win 6-1 in the boys' high school tennis match.

James Carden and Lawrence Lindsay led the Beaufort Academy boys' tennis team to the win. Both Carden and Lawrence won in dominant fashion, recording 6-0, 6-0 wins in singles matches.

The only loss for Beaufort Academy was in a No. 5 singles match.

Daniel Richards won at No. 3 singles for the Eagles, prevailing 6-0, 6-1.

William Lindsay and Preston Aivaz were additional singles winners for Beaufort Academy in the match versus Charleston Collegiate.

Beaufort Academy excelled in both singles and doubles matches.

The duo of Carden/Richards won in a doubles match for Beaufort Academy boys' tennis program.

GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER

BA shuts out First Baptist, 9-0

The Beaufort Academy Eagles were back in the win column following a triumph in a girls' high school soccer regular season match last week. Beaufort Academy blanked First Baptist 9-0 in a girls' high school soccer game on April 20.

The Eagles set the tone early. Beaufort Academy moved ahead with little time gone off the clock and never faltered as it pulled away to win easily.

Numerous Beaufort Academy players contributed both offensively and defensively.

A pair of Beaufort Academy players registered hat tricks. Abby Dalton and Mary Keane netted three goals apiece for the Eagles in the victory.

Amelia Huebel paced Beaufort Academy defensively, excelling from her goalkeeper position.

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The Eagles returned to the field following a two-week layoff.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

Eagles edge Thomas Heyward

Beaufort High used a strong pitching performance from Mary Claire Sumner to edge Thomas Heyward 3-2 in a high school softball game on April 19.

Sumner threw a five-hitter as Beaufort High outlasted Thomas Heyward.

The Eagles plated three runs on seven hits.

Beaufort High turned in a solid allaround effort against longtime rival Thomas Heyward.

In addition to her pitching, Sumner provided two hits for the Eagles in the thrilling victory.

Along with Sumner, Savannah Mullen added two hits for Beaufort High.

The Eagles plated all of their runs in the third inning. Beaufort High proved to be productive during its third plate appearance, making the most of some offensive opportunities.

Ivy Bryan belted a home run for Thomas Heyward in the setback.

Battery Creek blanks Bluffton, 10-0

Battery Creek pitcher Alexis Ortiz tossed her second no-hitter in less than one week as Bluffton blanked Battery Creek 10-0 in a high school softball game on April 21.

In a dominant performance, Battery Creek posted its ninth straight win.

Ortiz was strong from start to finish, registering 12 strikeouts against the Bluffton softball squad. The Battery Creek pitcher retired the final 10 batters she faced. Ortiz walked one Bluffton batter and another opposing player reached base on an error.

The Battery Creek pitcher worked five strong innings to earn the win.

Offensively, several players delivered for Battery Creek in the victory.

Leading Battery Creek at the plate, Journeigh Doray provided three hits and three runs.

Aiding the Battery Creek offensive attack, Michaux Gee added two hits and Julianna Greer connected for two RBIs in the Dolphins' winning effort.

Battery Creek has been one of the area's top high school softball teams over the past month.

Whale Branch falls to Woodland

Whale Branch allowed its opponent to plate seven runs in the fifth inning as Woodland pulled away to win 15-5 in a high school softball game on April 20.

Thriving throughout the contest, offensive-heavy Woodland plated 15 runs via 16 hits.

Alicia Davis and Rikia Singleton led Whale Branch with two hits apiece. The productive Davis drilled a double and legged out a triple for the Warriors in the setback.

BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL GOLF

Beaufort High finishes third in county match

Beaufort High finished third in a four-team county boys' high school golf match at Oyster Reef on April 20. Hilton Head Prep won the four-team boys' high school golf match.

Hilton Head Island finished second and had a winning streak snapped.

Hilton Head Prep won the match with a team score of 156. The Dolphins finished five shots ahead of Hilton Head Island.

Jonathan Griz led Hilton Head Prep with a 1-under par 35. Directly behind his teammate, Aidan McCloskey turned in a 36 for the Dolphins.

Chris Lifvergren paced Hilton Head Island with a 39. Ending the event one shot behind his teammate, Charlie Farrell turned in a 40.

Matthew Campbell led Beaufort High with a 39.

May River finished fourth in the final team standings but featured two golfers with scores under 38. Drew Weary led May River with a 36 and Brandon McBride added a 37 for the Sharks.

Area high school golf teams are headed into the postseason.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Eagles edge Hilton Head Island

The Beaufort High baseball team halted a six-game losing skid early last week, outlasting Hilton Head Island 8-6 on April 18.

Connor Clancy led a six-run Beaufort High fifth inning, delivering a basesloaded triple.

Rome Wallace and Jeffrey Smith helped to pace Beaufort High with two-out singles in the fifth frame.

Hilton Head Island missed offensive opportunities in more than one inning.

Wallace and Smith led the Beaufort High offensive attack, supplying two hits apiece for the Eagles in the winning effort.

Koty Brigham led Hilton Head Island with three hits. Another Seahawk, Shane Clark, collected two RBIs in Beaufort High's hard-fought victory.

Bluffton shuts out Battery Creek, 14-0

Behind a strong pitching duo, Bluffton beat familiar rival Battery Creek 14-0 in a high school baseball game on April 21.

Bluffton notched its second shutout win over Battery Creek in three days.

The Bluffton pitching duo of Cody Eldridge and Sean Sutay combined to pitch a five-hitter for the Bobcats.

Trenton Dailey provided the biggest lift at the plate for Bluffton, driving home four runs on a single and a fielder's choice grounder.

Hartley Smith provided two RBIs and scored three runs for the Bobcats in the win.

Also contributing offensively, Hunter Eldridge and Jimmy Nowakowski banged out two hits apiece for the Bobcats.

Bluffton carried a 4-0 lead out of the fifth inning. Excelling late, Bluffton erupted for four runs in the sixth inning.

Excelling during its final plate appearance, Bluffton finished even stronger, scoring six more runs in the seventh frame.

AROUND TOWN

Beauty & the Feast

By Lanier Laney

Hundreds of Beaufort's best-dressed danced, drank, and bid for charity during a garden-party-under-the-stars fundraiser at the Historic District waterside home of Nancy and Howell Beach recently to raise funds for the much needed repairs to Beaufort's historic Verdier House on Bay Street.

This year's chairs were Donna Dehncke and Mary Savage, who coordinated a successful event that took a year in planning and involved dozens of hardworking volunteers. The headline sponsor was O'Quinn Marine construction and the gold sponsors were J.H.Hiers Construction and CBC National Bank.

Photos by Jasmina Kimova Photography.

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EVERYONE IS A WINNER! The Special Olympics partnered with the Beaufort County School District to hold a recent event. “Thanks to all of you for helping us make our inaugural event a great success,” said Linc Lyles, of Beaufort High School. “Watching our kids excitement and feeling the stadium energy was unbelievable. … There are too many people to thank personally but you know who you are and I will be calling on you again to help our team be the best in South Carolina!”

Photos provided.

CAPA honors 25 volunteers with award The Child Abuse Prevention Association held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Night on April 18 and honored 25 volunteers with a President’s Volunteer Service Award.

The award recognizes, celebrates and holds up as role models Americans who make a positive impact as engaged and deeply committed volunteers. Awards are issued for volunteer hours served within a 12-month time period or over the course of a lifetime.

Jessica Chapman, CAPA’s director of development, celebrated the volunteers’ dedicated service and achievements, presenting each with a pin, a letter from the president of the United States and a customized certificate.

Volunteers gave more than 10,073 hours

to CAPA in 2016.

They donated their time at the Open Arms Children’s Home, CAPA’s Closet and other CAPA projects.

Barb Ettl received the gold award for contributing 570 hours. Silver award winners who contributed 250-499 hours each are Arlene Line, Barbara Mullen, Lora Lee Herron and Rosie Robson. Bronze award winners contributed 100-249 hours each. They are: Barbara Norris, Becky Baldwin, Cathy Gross, Cheri Simkins, Christina Oehring, Cynthia Zapatoczny, Dave Collins, Eleanor Bednarsh, Gary Bednarsh, Heather Marquardt, Jean March, Karen Ackerman, Kathy Ehmig, Linda Willingham-White, Mary Collins, Norma Duncan, Pat McKee, Shirley Templeton, VaLois DuBoise and

CAPA Presidential Service Award recipients are shown here. Photo by Charmian Hedrick.

Theo Woods.

Chapman believes volunteers are ordinary people with extraordinary hearts. “Their

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Cadets talk about military careers

Civil Air Patrol cadets and senior members from the Low Country Composite Squadron recently joined professionals for Career Day at the Royal Live Oaks Academy in Hardeeville.

During the day, over 100 students visited

the classroom where the cadets and senior members discussed the mission of Civil Air Patrol, the ways that cadets and senior members can grow in leadership capability, and how involvement in CAP can lead to a military career or ROTC in college.

time and talents support CAPA’s mission of breaking the destructive cycle of child abuse and neglect.”

The 14th Annual Soft Shell Crab Festival in Port Royal was held recently, and one of the highlights of the day was the Rotary Club of Beaufort’s annual charity crab race down Battery Creek. Here, Blake Althoff, son of Rotary Club of the Lowcountry Past President Jeff Althoff, helps scoop crabs from the boom that caught all 5,000 crabs dropped by Sea Eagle Market owner Craig Reeves' boat Palmetto Pride. Photo provided.

Group celebrates compassion through fashion The 14th annual “Fashion for Compassion” charity fashion show and auction, benefiting the Friends of Caroline Hospice, was held recently at the Dataw Island Club.

This annual fundraiser includes a fashion show, luncheon and silent auction sponsored by local stores and vendors.

Guest speakers Tim Conroy and Kathy Harvey, siblings of the late Pat Conroy, gave speeches describing a journey of love and care provided to their family from Friends of Caroline Hospice.

“The impact that Friends of Caroline Hospice has had on our community was apparent, as many local businesses showed their support by sponsoring the event, donating products and services for the silent auction and 14 stores modeled clothing in the fashion show,” according to a press release.

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Above from left: A fashion show was one of the highlights at the Fashion for Compassion event presented by the Dataw Island Club; Attendees browse items to bid on in a silent auction. Photo provided.

were treated to the full hair and makeup prep before strutting down the runway wearing outdoor apparel, active wear, resort dresses, children’s clothing, lingerie and even secondhand thrift store items.

The first flight showcased the stores Red Door, Lotus, Matilda

Jane Clothing, Beaufort Clothing Company, Urban Nest, and Balance Boutique Fitness. The second flight of stores included It’s Retail Therapy, Higher Ground Outfitters, Grayco Hardware & Home (yes they have clothing!), Grace and Glory, Etcetera, Grounded Running and Kalon and Com-

pany – accessorized by Circa 1910 Jewelry.

During intermission, DJ Jesse played auctioneer, awarding various vacations and getaway experiences, including a cruise, a New York shopping trip and a New Orleans vacation.

Friends of Caroline Hospice is

a nonprofit organization serving Beaufort County and its residents for over 35 years. Friends of Caroline provides quality-of-life care that offers hope and encouragement to those nearing the end-of-life’s journey and support for their family, friends and the community.

AROUND TOWN

Pinta, Nina sail into town The Pinta and the Nina, replicas of Columbus’ ships, sailed into Port Royal Sound recently and were open to the public for tours at the Downtown Marina in Beaufort.

The replica of the Nina was built completely by hand and without the use of power tools. Archaeology magazine called the

Replica ships of Columbus’ Pinta, foreground, and Nina visited Beaufort last week at the Downtown Marina. Here, members of press meet some of the crew on April 19.

ship “the most historically correct Columbus replica ever built.”

Both ships tour together as a new and enhanced “sailing museum” to educate the public and school children on the “caravel,” a type of Portuguese ship used by Columbus and many early explorers to discover the New World.

A crewman leans over the side of small boat to apply a stain to the hull of the Nina which helps keep corrosive salt water out. Photos by Bob Sofaly.

This is a replica of the Nina’s crew roster.

Crewmen add stain to the deck hatches. One crew member said there is always something to do aboard the replicas of Christopher Columbus’ ships.

Both replicas of Columbus’ Pinta and Nina were tied up to the outer dock at the Downtown Marina in Beaufort.

QUILT SHOW

The Sea Island Quilters will present its annual Quilt Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6, at the Holiday Inn at 2225 Boundary St. in Beaufort.

The event will feature vendors, more than 100 quilts, a silent auction, demonstrations, items for sale and door prizes.

A drawing for “Song of the Sea Islands” quilt, shown at right, will take place at 4 p.m.

Saturday (the winner need not be present to win). Admission is $6; children under 12 are free. For more information, visit seaislandquilters.blogspot.com.

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Gov. McMaster should veto defective pension bill A couple weeks ago, the South Carolina General Assembly passed H. 3726, aka the “Public Employees’ Pension-Reform Bill.”

This week it was sent to Gov. Henry McMaster for consideration.

I voted against this bill, and I urge the governor to veto it. Here’s why: H. 3726 increases taxpayers’ annual contributions to the public employees’ retirement system by 60 percent. Currently, taxpayers contribute $1.36 billion each year; in FY 2023, after the increase is phased in, that annual contribution will swell by $826 million to a total of $2.18 billion.

For some perspective, consider this: In FY 2023, General Fund revenues are projected to be $9.6 billion; of that amount, if the increased taxpayer funding mandated by H. 3726 comes from the General Fund (as proposed in this year's budget), then $1.22 billion would be taken off the top to fund the pension. Put another way, 12.75 percent of every dollar paid by taxpayers into the General Fund would go toward the public employees’ retirement system.

And to the extent this increased pension funding doesn't come from the General Fund, the cost is shifted to local governments and other public bodies; any way you cut it, taxpayers end up footing the bill.

By contrast, H. 3726 increases public employees’ annual contributions to their retirement system by only $40 million. Hiking taxpayers’ annual contributions by $826 million and public employees’ Tom Davis by only $40 million is a tough pill to swallow.

The Heartland Institute recently reviewed the pension plans in the 50 states and in Washington D.C. and concluded that: “It seems that a fair rule of thumb would be that government workers should contribute at least as much toward their retirement as taxpayers. Roughly half of all pension plans require taxpayers to contribute more than employees. This is unfair and needs to be changed. Employees should pay, at minimum, half the cost of their own pensions.”

H. 3726 has taxpayers paying more than double into the pension than public employees do; nevertheless, I would have swallowed this pill and supported the bill if the underlying cause of the current pension-funding shortfall had been addressed – that is, if H. 3726 had honestly taken on and tackled the thorny issue of defined-contribution vs. defined-benefit plans. Unfortunately for

taxpayers, however, the General Assembly punted on this.

South Carolina’s public employees have the right to participate in a defined-benefit plan, which provides for an exact monthly payment for life in retirement based on the tenure of the employee and his or her salary; historically, this has been the norm with public-sector pensions. In recent years, however, 15 other states have shifted at least one of their pension systems to a defined-contribution plan, where a certain amount of money is set aside each year for each employee’s benefit; in other words, the contribution is defined, but the benefit is not.

As noted by the Reason Foundation, this trend tracks what has already happened in the private sector: “Over the past several decades, the private sector has rapidly shifted away from defined-benefit plans toward defined-contribution plan for good reason – traditional plans are expensive, unpredictable and unsustainable in the long run. Defined-benefit plans put virtually no risk on the workers or retirees, because taxpayers must make up any funding shortfalls.”

I proposed and the Senate approved an amendment to H. 3726 to provide that, once the pension became solvent as a result of the increase in taxpayer funding, all newly

hired public employees must be placed into a defined-contribution plan; those who were promised defined benefits would get them, but a sustainable defined-contribution plan would be phased in for new hires.

That amendment, however, was subsequently stripped from the bill, with legislative leaders promising that another bill at some other time would be filed to change the pension-plan structure for new hires, and insisting that, right now, the focus must only be on getting more of the taxpayers’ money into the public employees’ retirement system.

I have heard this before. Almost always – whether it is in regard to roads, healthcare, K-12 education or whatever – the legislative response to a problem is “let’s spend more of the taxpayers’ money now and fix the system flaws later” … and then the reform never happens.

Let’s not let this happen with the pension bill. McMaster should veto H. 3726 and insist on a bill that both ensures retirees and current public employees receive benefits they were promised and enacts the reforms needed to avoid taxpayer-funded bailouts in the future.

Tom Davis is an SC state senator representing portions of Beaufort and Jasper counties.

Woods Bridge crash reminds us there's no traffic plan Last week a pick-up crashed on the Woods Bridge and knocked the bridge out for a day. As Port Royal Town Manager Van Willis likes to say: “When the Woods Bridge is down it’s chaos Bill Rauch over here.”

“Over here” is the Port Royal approach to the McTeer Bridge, the only way on and off the islands when the Woods Bridge is down.

Never mind that the Beaufort mayor’s blog said the city council was “smelling the roses” last week. Good for them. The rest of us were bumper to bumper in the chaos and smelling one another’s exhaust.

Sure, the 1971 classic swing bridge is going to go down once in awhile, and there’s going to be some chaos. That’s not the problem.

The problem is new rooftops are going up fast on Lady’s Island, and there’s no action plan that addresses how the additional 2.4 cars per house will get across the Beaufort River. No plan. Not even a glimmer of a plan. The plan, if you can call it a plan, is that there will be increasing chaos.

Let’s be clear. This issue is not new. There have been plans. Several.

Forty-six years ago in 1971, for example, the South Carolina Highway Department promulgated the BEAUTS (Beaufort Area Transportation Study) Plan that called for a by-pass — or “ring road,” as they call such things in Europe — all the way around Beaufort, including a bridge at Brickyard.

But the powers that be at the time found the Brickyard portion of the plan infeasible.

Bridges are costly, right?

Then, a generation later back in the late 1990s the Beaufort County Council member who then represented Lady’s Island, Mark Generales, got motivated. Standing up for his constituents, he said the afternoon traffic off the Woods Bridge in the afternoons was “intolerable.”

The McTeer Bridge, Generales proclaimed, must be four-laned.

Walmart's coming. So are more F-35's and D.R.Horton homes -- as pictured here last week at Oyster Bluff. But where's the traffic plan?

Never mind that the South Carolina Department of Traffic’s engineers, the county’s in-house traffic experts, and the Beaufort City Council all expressed their preference for the bridge at Brickyard instead, Councilman Generales had his way and the parallel bridge at McTeer was built only to find that the experts had been correct and that with the extra lanes available on the McTeer Bridge corridor there was no appreciable effect upon the situation at the Woods Bridge.

About that time Generales exited the scene and the city of Beaufort called for $5 million to be put on Beaufort County’s 2007 penny sales tax referendum for studying, engineering and buying right-of-way for a “third Beaufort River crossing,” wherever the experts that the county hired said it should be.

That penny tax measure passed and the county’s traffic consultants got with SCDOT and took another look at the situation.

What they concluded was, surprise, that the solution to the Carteret Street/Woods Bridge/Sea Island Parkway congestion is to

build a bridge at Brickyard and an improved corridor that would connect Sams Point Road to U.S. 21 just west of the Air Station.

Why? Because many of the occupants of the cars who cross the Woods Bridge are residents who live in Northern Beaufort County’s largest bedroom community, Lady’s Island, and who work at Northern Beaufort County’s largest employer, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

These people twice daily, and the million visitors a year to Hunting Island, and others would take the Brickyard Bridge.

Moreover, with more jets on the way the area’s largest employer is getting larger all the time.

And with more houses being built on Lady’s Island there will be more homes there to accommodate the newcomers.

All they have to do is get there.

By the way, since the current Beaufort City Council has placed its top priority on business development, “traffic counts” are good for business, but traffic is not — which translated means one of government’s key

responsibilities to the private sector is to keep the cars moving.

The 2009 study cost $500,000 and Beaufort’s mayor and council — in fact some of the same members who were smelling the roses last week — stood by in silence in 2010 while the other $4.5 million of the penny sales tax money that had been allocated to the third Beaufort River crossing was spent on road improvement projects in Bluffton.

So where does that leave us now?

When there was resolve to build a bridge, for political reasons it was built in the wrong place.

And now — irrespective of the pressures that are greater now than then — it appears there is insufficient resolve to put a bridge where for the past 46 years the traffic experts have been saying it should go.

Accordingly, with respect to traffic in Beaufort, it appears today there is nothing ahead except more.

Bill Rauch was the mayor of Beaufort from 1999-2008. Email Bill at TheRauchReport@ gmail.com.

Ummm … what was your name again?

One of the most uncomfortable situations for many us is attending an event and not being able to remember the names of the people you see.

You walk into the room and right away someone greets you by your first name and your mind is a blank.

But there is good news!

Many people are in the same boat. We find ourselves struggling to come up with a person’s name knowing full well we cannot recall it.

Fortunately, my spouse and I have our “I don’t know their name routine.” (I know other couples have their own method.) If I am chatting with someone and do not introduce him right away, he will put out his hand and introduce himself. This gives the other person a chance to introduce himself while I stand there innocently playing the “Oh, I thought B6

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HIGHLIGHTING DAILY LIFE OBSERVATIONS

Lee Scott, a writer and recent retiree, shares her everyday observations about life after career. A former commercial banker responsible for helping her clients to reach their business objectives, Scott now translates those analytical skills to her writings. She recently moved to St. Helena Island with her husband and two cocker spaniels. She enjoys boating, traveling and reading.

you two had already met” look on my face.

To complicate the problem of forgetting people’s names, I have added another twist.

I assign names. There are so many men and women who remind me of someone else. My girlfriend Donna looks like Jennifer Gray from the old “Dirty Dancing” movie.

Joanne, my mail carrier, was Jackie to me for a long time until one day when she cor-

rected me. How embarrassing.

However, I was lucky when it came to my spouse’s name. The first time I saw him, years ago, he was in a tuxedo at a black-tie dinner with a young blonde on his arm. I thought he looked like “Bond. James Bond.”

Fortunately, his name is James and the young blonde is long gone.

According to medical websites, some

doctors believe we do not remember names because we are so busy during the introduction observing the person’s features, body language and other characteristics that we dismiss the name part. Maybe that is why I am so quick to assign a name. I am too distracted focusing on who they look like and miss hearing their actual name.

But my favorite assigned name was Alice, whose real name was Maureen. She was a waitress at a restaurant we frequented for many years in Annapolis. She went along with her new name, although it would confuse other customers. Maureen was always “Alice” to us and would serve my spouse a mean martini saying “Bond, James Bond.

Shaken, not stirred.”

Sometimes, you can have fun forgetting someone’s name.

WHAT TO DO Literacy group to hold free workshop

Born To Read is hosting a free parent reading workshop with librarian Madeline Helser-Howard from 10-11:30 a.m.

Thursday, April 27, at the St. Helena Island Branch Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Sr. Road, St. Helena Island.

There will be free literacy materials and books, the Beaufort County School District's traveling preschool bus, door prizes and light refreshments.

For more information, email borntoread@hargray.com.

ute concert, “Ella & Ellington” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 28, at the USCB Center for the Arts, 805 Carteret St., Beaufort.

The Odyssey Jazz & Swing Orchestra, conducted by Don Jemella, will perform music of Duke Ellington and will feature vocalists Gina René and Penney Lynn Smith performing some of Ellington and Fitzgerald best-loved hits.

Tickets are $28 for adults and $23 for seniors.

They are available online at www.uscbcenterforthearts.com or at the box office by calling 843-521-4145, and at the door before the concert.

Caw Caw center focus of guided field trip

1893 hurricane to be center of discussion

Fripp Audubon is sponsoring a guided walking tour of the Caw Caw Interpretive Center on Thursday, April 27.

The Caw Caw Interpretive Center is rich in natural, cultural and historical resources. The area includes over 6 miles of trails and elevated boardwalks through wetlands, former rice fields, sites of the Stono Rebellion, and thousands of naturalized tea plants from a 20th century tea farm.

Noted for its rich bird life, Caw Caw is a birding hotspot for coastal South Carolina.

This is a walking tour scheduled to begin at 9:45 a.m. and end at 11:45 a.m.

Participants should bring binoculars, bug spray, sunscreen, water, snacks, etc.

A spotting scope will be available, but participants are also welcome to bring their own.

The tour is limited to 24 people.

To sign-up, send an e-mail to: frippaudubonclub@gmail.com The cost of this guided tour is $12 per person.

Participants will meet at the parking area adjacent to McDonald's on Lady's Island for an 8:15 a.m. departure.

Ella, Ellington tribute set for April 28 at USCB

The 21-piece Odyssey Jazz & Swing Orchestra will present a musical birthday trib-

The Beaufort District Collection will revisit the most devastating natural disaster in Beaufort’s long and storied history in May. “Tide of Death: The Hurricane of 1893” will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, at the Beaufort Branch Library at 311 Scott St. in Beaufort BDC Manager Grace Cordial will share first-person accounts, photographs and other rare materials of the night in 1893 that death came to call in Beaufort County.

The co-sponsor of the event is the Beaufort History Museum. Space is limited and registration is required.

This event is free. To register, visit beauforthistorymuseum.wildapricot.org.

HELP of Beaufort to hold ‘Beach Party’

HELP of Beaufort will hold a “Beach Party” from 6-10 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at The Shed in Port Royal.

There will be live and silent auctions, music, dancing, food, beer, wine, door prizes and more.

Tickets are $40 per person; a table of eight is $300; and a table of 10 is $350.

This is the seventh annual fundraiser for HELP of Beaufort, a nonprofit organization that helps the needy with food, clothes,

Plaza Stadium Theater Friday, April 28-Thursday, May 4 Beauty & The Beast: rated PG Noon, 4, 7, 9 Boss Baby: rated PG Noon, 2, 4, 7, 9 The Promise: rated PG13 Noon, 4, 7 Fate Of Furious A: Rated PG13 Friday-Saturday: 11:45, 2:30, 7, 9:30 Sunday-Thursday: 11:45,2:30, 7 Fate Of Furious B Friday-Saturday: Noon, 4, 7, 9:30 Sunday-Thursday: Noon, 4, 9

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household items, rent, mortgage, electricity, water and the elderly homebound with a healthy meal Monday-Friday through its Mobile Meals program.

For tickets, visit helpofbeaufort.org or call 843-252-4105.

Beaufort History Museum to celebrate women’s hats

The Beaufort History Museum’s Third Annual Spring Tea will focus on “Crowning Glory – Celebrating the Role of Women’s Hats in Southern Culture.”

Patrons are invited to wear their favorite hat and to “Strut their Hattitude” as they savor traditional delicacies, sip tea, learn about the allure of fashionable hats from celebrity speakers and enjoy a Parade of Hats.

The museum is also hosting a silent auction at the tea, which will include trips, dinners, cooking classes, tastings, luxury services and other items available for bidding. A preview of the auction items will be posted on the museum’s website with a “Buy it Now” option.

Guests will also be able to view the items, choose the ones they like and then bid with cash or credit cards at the event.

The principal speaker at the tea will be celebrity shoe designer and milliner Etu Evans, who will be coming to Beaufort from New York.

His grandmother and mother, both of whom had extensive collections of church hats, jewels and shoes, influenced Evans’ path in the fashion industry.

“Hats are really the stars this year,” said BHM Board President Carol Lauvray.

“We’ll take a look back at how meaningful church hats were and are, especially in the African-American community, where they held a special significance.

“We will also spotlight other occasions where hats play a key role, such as South Carolina’s legendary steeplechase thoroughbred horse races in Elloree, Aiken and Camden.

"Southern women just know how to dress for a party. We are encouraging everyone to wear a beautiful hat and join in the festive spirit of the tea.”

The tea will be held from 1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 10, in the Dataw Island Club’s Carolina Room.

Individual tickets are $60 and tables of 10 are available for $500.

Seating is limited.

Reservations can be made at tea.beauforthistorymuseum.com.

Proceeds benefit the projects of the Beaufort History Museum.

The Beaufort History Museum is in the historic Arsenal at 713 Craven St. Visit www.beauforthistorymuseum.com.

Birthday for the Birds comes to Port Royal

The town of Port Royal is celebrating its fifth Birthday for the Birds.

This event allows the town to showcase one of Beaufort County’s most unique and wonderful natural resources.

The birthday celebration will focus on the large and diverse number of nesting birds, their hatchlings and the habitats that make this unique boardwalk so special.

This year Port Royal is planning to have the first “Birthday for the Birds Parade” which will start from the Port Royal Elementary School on 12 Street and Paris Avenue and is a short walk to the Cypress Bird Sanctuary.

The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. (when the parade starts) to 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 13.

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WEATHER ACROSS 1. Request to Geico, e.g.

6. Short for oftentimes 9. Plague carrier 13. *Like a plant in Zone 2 14. Column's counterpart 15. Exclude 16. *More bitterly cold 17. Computer-generated imagery 18. One of Florida Keys 19. *Fahrenheit alternative 21. Nanking cotton 23. Make weblike fabric 24. Giant Himalayan 25. Geological time period 28. Russian parliament 30. Join the military 35. 100-meter ____ 37. One in a million 39. Crude commodity transporter 40. Icelandic epic 41. Rock bottom 43. Aquarium scum 44. Sends 46. Foal's mother 47. Tear violently 48. *A blast from the North Pole 50. Belgian port, in Dutch 52. Fish eggs

53. T on a test 55. "____ we there yet?"

57. *End-of-summer 61. *Average weather pattern 65. Theater guide 66. ET's craft 68. Capital of Ghana 69. Large numbers 70. Have a cold 71. Audition tapes 72. Little piggies?

73. Bulb type 74. Like a disreputable neighborhood DOWN 1. Swanky 2. Fabric related to #23 Across 3. Seed covering 4. "That is," to an Ancient Roman 5. Indefinitely large number 6. Tolkien villains 7. *Cause of low visibility 8. Strong string 9. "Don't give me any ____!"

10. Plural of lira 11. U2 guitarist 12. Longest division of time 15. *a.k.a. The Little Boy

20. Driver's 180 22. Had a meal 24. Distance to a golfer 25. Swelling 26. *Meteorologist's tool 27. Echo sounder 29. Madam, to a cowboy 31. Baron Munchhausen, e.g.

32. Sicker 33. Repeat, in music 34. *____ winds 36. "Stop!" to marchers 38. De Valera's land 42. Kidney-related 45. Hindustani guitar, pl.

49. "____, the Beloved Country" 51. "The Three Stooges" and "Peter, Paul and Mary," e.g.

54. "The ____" to a bartender 56. Wedding singer, e.g.

57. *____ Bowl 58. Nobel Peace Prize capital 59. Clarified butter 60. *What grass does in the morning 61. *Kind of front 62. Crowning point 63. Trampled 64. Not difficult 67. Exclamation of disgust

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Carl and Emmy Bocek CHAIRS Bay Street Outfitters The Vendue Beaufort Dog Phyllis Seas Daisy Smalls Kay Harris Salon Aria Off Bay Phil and Ellen Morton Merry Maids Gourmet on Wheels, Inc. Trish Smith Riordan Lady’s Island Country Club Charley and Martha Webb at Temple of Sport Beaufort Symphony Orchestra Sanctuary Golf Club Greenbug Jim Inlow Linda McEleveen Elizabeth Locke, John Staelin, Breakwater Restaurant Kinghorn Insurance of Beaufort Brown Golf Management J.I. Homes, Ty O’Farrell-S.C. Farm Bureau Insurance Alice PerecaLLC Harris Pillow Tierney Stone John and Joanne Davenport Middleton Place Foundation MichaelArchitecture and Roberta McNally Tiger Express andand FernSound Karas Montgomery and Planning BeaufortMichael Alarm J.I. Homes, LLC Emmy Bocek Aletha Parker Price Leigh and Bob Wolfson Joan Keefe Dr. Mark GuilloudJasmina Kimova Photography Jack Brown Becky Sprecker Dr. and Mrs. Gene Grace Michael and Roberta McNally Rio Bertolini’s Fresh Pasta Moe’s Southwest Grill Higher Ground Edward Marchetti Historic Charleston Foundation Corvus Olive Oil Beaufort Kayak Tours IN-KIND DONORS EVENT CHAIRS PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS Arts Center of Coastal Carolina Out Back Steak House Judy Lute Sea Eagle Market Tanger Outlets, Hilton Head The Beaufort Day Spa Anchorage 1770 Event Rentals Donna and Rae Dehncke Lady’s Island Oyster, Inc. Republic Services Tony Makar Amazing Dr. and Mrs. Lucius Laffitte Grace and Glory Beaufort Bread Company Bay, Inc. BillSweet Tremitiere The Greenery Jasmina Kimova Anchorage 1770 Gourmet on Wheels CO-CHAIRS Laura Tucker Design Boundary Street Café Atlantic Asphalt Company Tierney Stone Décor & Floral Design Vagabond Cruises Owen Savage Bob and Ginny Bankov Lulu Burgess Mary and Scott Savage Brenna’s Bakery Buds and Blooms Turkey Hill Plantation Beaufort Emporium Ace Basin Land and SeaTrask and Lynn CPA, PA Zach Simmons Dataw Island Clubhouse Spartina Collins Lamar Pest Control Angel Oak Restaurant NixTumlin Levin Sumner Wealth Mgt. COMMITTEE CHAIRS Marine Education Charters Gourmet on Wheels Aqua Med Spa & Salon Coosaw Point, LLC By Michael Reibel Represented Nemours Wildlife Foundation Kay 1635Harris on the Avenue Lady’s Island Oysters I. Pinckney Gallery LLC DaisySimons Smalls Breakwater Restaurant and Bar Gavigan Entertainment Sandy Dimke Panini’s on the Waterfront Trish Smith Riordan Gourmet on Kids Wheels, Inc. A Special Thanks toHilton AMI and all of our volunteers Beaufort River Glass Historic Port Royal Guest Suites Head Lexus Q on Bay Greenbug Jim Inlow Bay Street Jewelers Cora Bett Thomas Realty & Associates for their efforts to make theRiver 2017Grill Lafayette Soiree a success!

May Saltus RiverDwyer Grill Jack and Sharon Harris Pillow Business Network Consultants Tierney Stone Lakeview at Fontana Resort and Spa Natahala Village Resort Sweetgrass Restaurant & Bar Terry Stone jetBlue Reel Fishing Charters J.I.Chance Homes, LLC Emmy Bocek Beaufort Bread Catering Co. Andrew Pinckney Inn Southern Spices BrookgreenPhotography Gardens Jasmina Kimova Becky Sprecker Foolish Frog Reastaurant The Rhett House Inn SpiritLine Cruises We Island Gumbo Moe’s Southwest Grill John and Bonnie McCardell Liberty CigarMarchetti and Juanito’s Cigarros Lime Lite Salon Edward Wined It Up Outback Steak House Vegetable Kingdom Douglas and Karen Storrs Julia Anderson Judy Lute Republic Tuten Farms City Loft Hotel HarrisServices Pillow Tony Makar Two Smart Cookies Sea Island Carriage Tours Club TheOldfield Greenery

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