August 25 edition by The Island News

Nicole and Mike Bailey of Buffalo, N.Y., are vacationing in Beaufort and decided to take the day off from sight seeing and spend the day at Hunting Island State Park and just let the water wash over them Sunday afternoon. Wind got the best of a beach umbrella and blew it across the beach Sunday afternoon at Hunting Island State Park. An unidentified woman chased and caught it before it could become a problem.

As summer winds down, vacationers squeeze in time in the sand, sun, surf

A day at the beach

Kevin Lewis, left, and his two sons – Adler, 6, center, and Keegan, 9 – do a little boogie boarding Sunday afternoon at Hunting Island State Park. Photos by Bob Sofaly/The Island News.

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South Carolina State Representative Krystle Matthews, D-117, made a campaign stop Thursday, Aug. 18, at the Grace Chapel AME Church in Beaufort. Matthews, who was first elected to her position in 2018, is running against incumbent Tim Scott for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Tony Kukulich/The Island News.

By Tony Kukulich Democrat Krystle Matthews was a political unknown when she was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2018, and she is now looking to step onto the nation al stage as she takes on incumbent Republican Tim Scott in November for his seat in the U.S. Senate. Matthews, who represents the 117th District that includes portions of Berkeley and Charleston counties, appeared before a welcoming crowd at the Grace Chapel AME Church in Beaufort last week during a meeting of the Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club (NBCDC). “I’m excited to bring my ideas for South Carolina to the United States Senate because I feel like we just need someone who is really looking to make the state better and not try ing to figure out what they can do to make their next step better,” Mat thews said, drawing an enthusiastic re sponseSpeaking for nearly an hour to a full house, Mat thews was at ease and showed none of the nervousness she confessed to feeling when she began speaking in front of audiences. During her appearance in Beau fort, Matthews discussed a variety of topics in her platform, answered audience questions and pulled no punches when discussing her GOP“Heopponent.doesn’t have an identity,” Matthews said of Scott. “People don’t really know who he is or what he stands for. He’s a series of regur gitated quotes, and literally, that’s it. He’s very empty. If you really look at what he says when he makes statements, they’re all regurgitated thoughts. There’s not an original thought found in it. Who is he? No bodyTheknows.”single mother of five children aged 8 to 18 works as a planning en gineer for Boeing. Matthews said it was a newspaper article about mid term elections that prompted her de cision to run for office.

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County officials taken to task after camp limited to kids of county employees

By Tony Kukulich Beaufort County officials are un der fire for a decision to make a pilot summer camp program only available to the children of county employees, including the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, and the county’s elected officials. Further, a memo issued by the county’s Department of Parks and Recreation gave the appearance that the county made an effort to keep the program under wraps and out of the public eye. A copy of that document was obtained by The Is land“SinceNews.the program is not open to the public, we are doing our best to disguise it,” read the undated memo in part. The memo was written by Shan non Loper, the director of the De partment of Parks and Recreation, said Beaufort County Public In formation Officer Chris Ophardt, who also reviewed it before it was released.“Itwas a poor choice of words,” said Ophardt. “It gave a bad percep tion. The intent wasn’t to hide the program from the general public. It The basketball court inside the Charles Lind Brown Center, formerly known as the Greene Street Gym, on Hamar Street in Beaufort. Bob Sofaly/The Island News.

August 27 2021: Longtime former Battery Creek High School Wrestling Coach Nathan Day died three days shy of his 58th birthday after a battle with COVID-19. In his 16 years at the school, Day led the Dolphins to six team state championships and 30 individual championships.

VETERAN OF THE WEEK STEVE PRINCE Steve Prince NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Frye's Corner LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Rev enue for a license and/or permit that will allow the sale and off premises consumption of beer and wine at 124 School Rd Daufuskie Island, SC 29913. To object to the issuance of this license and/or permit, you must submit Form ABL-20, postmarked no later than 9/3/22. Mail protests to SCDOR, ABL Section, PO BOX 125, COLUMBIA SC 29214-0907 or email ABL@dor.sc.gov

By Mike McCombs Journalist Delayna Earley has returned to Beaufort County and is joining The Island News staff as a Earleyvideographer.graduated from West ern Kentucky University in 2011 with a degree in photojournal ism. She made her way to the Lowcountry in 2012 to work as a videographer and photographer for The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette. After nearly six years, she left in 2018 for Virginia, where she spent time as a andphotojournalistfreelancevideoeditor,workedasasocialmediamanagerandworkedfromhometeaching online English classes to children across the globe. “I’m honestly very excited to be coming home – let’s face it, Beau fort is home,” Earley said, “and to be working for a newspaper that cares about the community that it serves.”Earley is married with two young boys and a Jack Russell terrier. In addition to her videog raphy responsibilities, she will be working with video advertising and can pick up photography du ties if needed.

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CORRECTION: In the August 18 edition of The Island News Michael Andersen was omitted from the list of candidates who filed to run for two open, at-large Beaufort City Council seats. There are five candidates in total: Andersen, Josh Gibson, Wilma Holman, Mike McFee and Josh Scallate.

August 31 2019: More than 200 people turned out at the Beaufort Black Chamber of Commerce to hear Democratic Presidential candidate Julian Castro speak. – Compiled by Mike McCombs

– Tim Dodds, Lady’s Island Thanks for veterans’ articles Mr. McCombs, thank you and your columnist, Lt. Col. Larry Dandridge for the weekly articles on veterans' benefits. They have been beneficial to me and hun dreds of other local veterans. I have also contacted him by phone on the Camp Lejeune water issue. He was most helpful. In the course of our conversation I found that in 1968-69, I had flown with his helicopter com pany on a number of air assault missions supporting Vietnamese Marines in the Mekong Delta. Small world.

August 30 2021: Retired U.S. Army Captain Seth Keshel and attorney Lin Wood, a Beaufort County resident, were among the guest speakers at an Audit The SC 2020 Vote Rally at Olde Beaufort Golf Club.

ON DATETHIS Beaufort’s Steve Prince, 72, joined the United States Marine Corps in New Orleans in 1969. After boot camp in San Diego, he trained in Ordnance at Fort Sill followed by duty at Camp Lejeune with deployments to Puerto Rico and aboard ship. Following that assignment he converted to Ad min duty before training to be an Air Traffic Controller. That duty took him to MCAS Beaufort, then Iwakuni, Japan, back to Beaufort and then MCAS Kaneohe. Prince then became an in structor at the Air Traffic Con troller’s school in Memphis for three years. After that it was to a squadron at MCAS Beaufort with deployments to the Medi terranean and twice to Wiscon sin for six months each. His fi nal assignment was with MCAS Beaufort from which he retired in 2013 as a Master Sergeant with 22 years of service. After a couple years, he began work with Marine Corps Community Services at PI maintaining and remodeling buildings. He’s been a Service Officer with the DAV Chapter 12 here in Beaufort for the past seven years.

– Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 9. For nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com

Cat of the Week: Pia is a petite lady who wants nothing but love. She has really come out of her shell and is showing our staff and volunteers her snuggly side. She would make a great addition to a household who enjoys having someone to snuggle in their lap and enjoying a yummy treat. Pia is 2 years old, spayed, up to date on vaccines, and microchipped.

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Lady’s Island resident Alain Scepkowski snapped this photo of a Ghost Crab recently at the beach on Hunting Island. To submit a Lowcountry Life photo, you must be the photographer or have permission to submit the photo to be published in The Island News. Please submit high-resolution photos and include a description and/or names of the people in the picture and the name of the photographer. Email your photos to theislandnews@gmail.com

Thanks for saving us from the ‘slime’ Upon reading a kinda scary perspective piece (one) morning in the Washington Post (“How pink slime journalism exploits our faith in local news,” by Ryan Zickgraf, Aug. 12, 2022), I was struck by the immediate feeling that I could trust The Island News — that was a good feeling. Not sure about other outlets in the area, but have not looked into ownership or looked at where they pick up their “news.” I think you deserve credit for staying pure and uninfected by…”slime.” So, thanks.

Dog of the Week: Sky is a spunky girl who has had a rough life. Sky is a low rider who really enjoys other dogs and people of all ages. Sky would do well in a home with a family and a friend to play with. Sky is 2 years old, spayed, up to date on vaccines, and microchipped.

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August 28 2019: Beaufort weightlifter Dade Stanley swept the gold medals (Snatch, Clean & Jerk, and Overall) in the 81kg weight class at the Youth Pan Am Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

If you are interested in adopting Pia, Sky or any of our other pets, call our adoption center at 843-645-1725 or email us at palmettoanimalleague.info@orgtosetupanappointment.

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– Carter Swenson, Beaufort Vets articles helpful even in NC I am a 20-year veteran and retired back in 1993 after the Gulf War. I have friends in the Charleston, S.C., area that intro duced me to The Island News newspaper some years ago. I have been reading online the The Island News articles on veterans’ benefits and have to thank you and your columnist, Larry Dandridge, for the very interesting and educational articles each week. The last two articles on VA Telehealth are very helpful in ex plaining how the VA Telehealth program works. Because of the COVID 19 outbreak, I have used the Telehealth program for three VARecentlyappointments.Iwasawarded 70% disability through the Veter ans Administration, and Mr. Dandridge’s article on Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC) and Concurrent Retire ment and Disability Pay (CRDP) were excellent. The articles point us in the right direction to get information and help filing our claims.Your articles are helping mil itary men and women, veterans, and their families all the way up here in Fayetteville, N.C., and the Fort Bragg area. Just wanted to thank you for supporting us Sol diers, Marines, Sailors, Airmen/ women, and Coastguardsmen/ women and our families. – Ken Byrd, U.S. Army, Ret.

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Beaufort County Council Public Facilities Committee voted unanimously this week to draw up plans to expand Sea Island Parkway to four lanes with a landscaped me dian and pathways. “This option will alleviate congestion, make a scenic entryway to Lady’s Island and a walkable neighbor hood,” Assistant County Ad ministrator for Infrastructure Jared Fralix said. “We will develop a well-thought-out plan to move our Lady’s Is land Projects forward.” This alternative will im pact homes and businesses along Sea Island Parkway but will avoid significant en vironmental and neighbor hood impacts around Beau fort County High School. The County staff will work over the next month to devel op cost, business, and resi dential impacts along with an initial draft proposal for the public to provide com ments.This change will address the realignment of the Beau fort High School access that was identified as a project from the 2017 Lady’s Island Corridor Study and the 2021 US 21, US 21 Business, and SC 802 mainline corridor im provements study. The proj ect will be funded through the 2018 One Cent Sales Tax Referendum.Theproject is the second of nine road improvement projects identified in the 2018 Penny Sales Tax referendum. The project directly affects the other seven road projects and a few pathway projects.

The Beaufort County Depart ment of Solid Waste and Recy cling will host two free electronics recycling events for County resi dents from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the following locations on Saturday, Aug. 27: Beaufort County Pub lic Works, 9 Benton Field Road, Bluffton; and Beaufort County Public Works, 140 Shanklin Road, Beaufort.Rresidents are asked to stay in their cars during the event. Staff will unload electronics. Any personal computers, lap tops, CRT monitors, LCD moni tors, CRT televisions, non-CRT televisions, printers, hard drives and miscellaneous electronics (microwaves, cell phones, radios, fax machines, and typewriters) will be accepted. If you have questions about Beau fort County recycling events, call the Solid Waste and Recycling Of fice at 843-255-2736 for more infor mation or visit their website at www. beaufortcountysc.gov/recycle Smalls to speak at Democratic Club meeting Marie Smalls, Director of Board of Voter Registration and Elec tions of Beaufort County, will be the guest speaker at the North ern Beaufort County Democratic Club’s September meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 15 at Grace AME Chapel, Charles Street, Beau fort.Smalls will share recent chang es in voter laws that might affect Beaufort County voters. She will also review things like registration deadlines, early voting time peri ods, absentee ballots and how to receive them and much more.

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The City of Beaufort, in conjunc tion with a building permit, has allowed a construction contrac tor to build a temporary wooden structure in front of The Social Betty store, 204 Carteret Street, to protect pedestrians while con struction takes place on the second floor of the building. The green wooden structure pro vides an awning that will protect any pedestrians walking on that part of the sidewalk. The construc tion of the temporary structure was reviewed and approved by the City’s Building Codes Department. The structure is expected to be taken down by late November, according to the Building Depart ment. Greeters and Docents needed Greeters and Docents are needed at the Fort Fremont History Center, St. Helena Island, on Fridays and Saturdays. Training will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 29. Please contact presidentfortfremont@ gmail.org for more information.

Hilton Head hires Bromage as Director of Public Safety Longtime Beaufort County Sher iff’s Office public information offi cer and lead cold case investigator Maj. Robert “Bob” Bromage has joined the Town of Hilton Head Island as its Director of Public Safety. In this newly cre ated role, Bromage serves as a mem ber of the Town’s senior staff team and will lead de velopment and implementation of Town-wide public safety initia tives, including the community code enforcement program. The position was approved in June as part of the Town’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget, which went into effect on July“We1. are pleased to have Bob on our team. As a longtime Island res ident and veteran law enforcement officer, Bob brings vast knowledge of the community and public safety issues. He will be key in helping us expand our programs to keep our community safe,” Town Manager Marc Orlando said in a release. Bromage comes to the Town with 31 years of experience, most recently with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office. Bromage earned associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees in criminal justice, respec tively from Armstrong State Col lege, Park University and Ander son University. He is a graduate of the S.C. Criminal Justice Academy and the FBI National Academy. Temporary wooden awning to constructionpedestriansprotectduring

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Public Facilities Committee unanimous in plan to expand Sea Island Parkway

From staff reports Mercy Me Living Sober is hosting a dinner and speak ing engagement in recogni tion of International Drug Overdose Awareness Day at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 27 at Carteret St. United Meth odist Church, 408 Carteret St.,OrganizersBeaufort. say too many families have suffered the terrible loss of a loved one from drug overdose.

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The idea of offering a summer camp through the county developed in April. Department heads were con cerned that some county employees were prepared to leave their jobs because they couldn’t afford childcare over the summer months, explained Ophardt. County staff began to explore op tions to avoid the potential loss of “Duestaff.to the newness of the program, there being no employees on board to run it, and the short time frame, about seven week, to hire counselors and bus drivers, it was recommended to only be opened to county employ ees this year,” Greenway said in a statement to The Island News. “After this initial meet ing, I inquired about allow ing the employees of various municipalities to participate, and again it was determined we would not be able to ac commodate that either.”

In the second to last paragraph on Page 2 of an email to county employees, Beaufort County Parks and Recreation Director Shannon Loper writes, “Since the program is not open to the public, we are doing our best to disguise it.”

Locate the program titled “Employee Only SC Program” and click on: The SC stands for summer camp. Since the program is not open to the public, we are doing our best to disguise it. Follow the prompts to complete registration and pay for the program. You will need to do this each week for the summer camp. The payments will be listed by weeks.

Chamber calls for Civitas Awards nominations

• After this step, please email Heather Clint at heather.clint@bcgov.net or Shannon Loper at sloper@bcgov.net and let one of us know that you have created your account. At this time, we will add your information to our employee only membership account. Once you receive a reply email that this step has been completed, you may log into your account, and do the Clickfollowing:on“PROGRAMS” on the top left and choose “Beaufort” or “Bluffton”. Please make sure you click Bluffton for Bluffton Center attendance and Beaufort for Lind Brown attendance. If not, you will be registered in the wrong camp.

Best admitted to investiga tors he was upset by the wom en’s refusal to see him. The two had met on a dating app two months earlier. Circuit Court Judge Car men Mullen handed down Tuesday’s sentence. Best’s criminal record in cludes convictions for sec ond-degree burglary and as sault with intent to commit first-degree criminal sexual conduct in 2000; second-de gree burglary in 2001, in which he was sentenced to 12 years in prison; third-de gree assault and battery in 2013; third-degree assault and battering in 2015; simple pos session of marijuana in 2017; indecent exposure in 2017; and two sex-offender registry violations.Assistant Solicitor Jared Shedd assisted with the pros ecution. Three indecent expo sure charges against Best are still pending.

The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce is calling on members of the community to nominate an individual or business for one of the prestigious Civi tasTheAwards.Civitas Awards are an annual tradition honoring outstanding community lead ers, businesses, and organiza tions in the Beaufort commu nity. This longest-standing business recognition program in Beaufort is celebrating its 22nd year. Nominations are due to Leadership,Pillarforcludechamber.orgmmorris@beaufortbyFridaySept.2.IndividualAwardsintheSentinelAwardMilitaryExcellence,theAwardforCommunityandtheBuzz worthy Award for a Rising Professional.BusinessAwards include the Cornerstone Award for Small Business Excellence, the Caretaker Award for Out standing Non-Profit, the Trail blazer Award for Investment in Free Enterprise, and the Torchbearer Award for Re gional Economic Impact. Also of note, two very spe cial Civitas Awards that do not seek nominations are the Chairman’s Award to an in dividual who has gone above and beyond for the Chamber, and the Lifetime of Leader ship Award, which will be given to the newest member of the “club” by previous Life time Achievement winners. Award finalists will be announced in September throughout Chamber com munication platforms. The winners of each award will be announced at the Civi tas Awards Reception on October 13 in downtown Beaufort. More information about the Reception and the list of all the award catego ries with past winners are on the Chamber website –www.beaufortchamber.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 tony.theislandnews@gmail.comat

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Mitchell said that the lim ited number of spots avail able in the program was not a sufficient reason to limit the camp to county employ ees.“The fact that Eric Green way’s staff gave him advice does not relieve him of his responsibility as county ad ministrator, who is the deci sion maker, to make the right decision,” he added. “I don’t accept it.” The camp, held in two locations including the Charles Lind Brown Center, located at 1001 Hamar St. in downtown Beaufort, and the Bluffton Center, ran from June 6 to Aug. 12. The fee was $30 per week per child for the first two children, $20 per week for thethird child and $10 per week for the fourth child. According to Ophardt, 110 children participated in the camp; 75 in Beaufort and 35 in TheBluffton.total cost to run the program was $28,500 of which $17,500 was covered by fees paid by the families who participated. The remaining $11,000 was the county’s outof-pocket cost. Alana Jenkins, chairwom an of the Friends of Friends of Charles Lind Brown Com munity Center executive team, expressed concern that access to the Beaufort center was limited while the camp was in “Oursession.perspective is that the Lind Brown Center is and should be a true com munity center,” Jenkins said. “It’s in the center of Beaufort. The camp is something that we hoped would have been open to all residents to make sure we’re serving the entire community. Our perspec tive is that the community center should be able to al ways serve all community members. Anything that is against that is less than ide al for the community. As a government entity, you have a responsibility to communi ty.”Despite the community's objections to how the coun ty’s summer camp program was run, Greenway said he was glad to have helped pro vide the benefit to county employees.“Summer camp was a suc cess overall, and we have al ready begun the discussions on what we need to do to open this up to the public next year and how to restruc ture the program to be more effective,” said Greenway in his Aug. 16 note to county council. “It is a shame that a few individuals are willing to raise such a minor issue in the media to damage what was one of the best employ ee benefits we could have of fered over the summer!”

Man who lit ex-girlfriend’s car sent to prison for arson Best Mercy Me Living Sober hosting event for International Drug Overdose Awareness Day

BEAUFORT COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION 905 Buckwalter Parkway Bluffton, South Carolina 29910 TO: All County Employees FROM: Parks and Recreation SUBJECT: Summer Camp

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Two men were robbed at gunpoint in a Port Royal apartment complex over the weekend.Theincident occurred in the parking lot of the Pre serve at Port Royal apart ments around 2 a.m., Satur day, Aug. 20. Neither man was injured during the rob bery.According to a report from the Port Royal Police De partment, the victims were approached by two men de scribed as a white male ap proximately 6 feet tall with a beard and a Black male ap proximately 5 feet, 3 inches tall armed with a handgun. The victims were robbed of their wallets which con tained an estimated $450 in cash.The suspects left the park ing lot driving what was be lieved to be a black Ford Ex plorer with silver rims. The case is under inves tigation by detectives with the Port Royal Police Depart ment. Anyone with informa tion related to the robbery or to the suspects is asked to call the Port Royal Police De partment at 843-986-2220 or Detective Sgt. Norman Mc Cown at 843-986-2247.

“These are our children, brothers, sisters, even our parents,” said Catherine Forest er, who will be one of the speakers at the event. For ester lost her son, Michael, to an overdose last year. “My heart is broken and the same thing could hap pen to anyone.” She called it a shocking, international tragedy that happens more than people realize. Other speakers will include a medical profes sional and a drug counsel or.Many overdose deaths are due to the opioid epi demic, which has had wide spread impact throughout the U.S. and the world. In ad dition, the dangerous drug fentanyl has been broadly available and inserted in commonly used drugs like marijuana. The results have beenThedisastrous.eventsponsor, Mer cy Me Sober Living, is a lo cal non-profit dedicated to helping alcoholics and ad dicts in recovery. The pre sentation includes a pulled pork dinner by Chef Brian of Sea Island Cooking, LLC. Admission is $30 or $50 per couple. A vegetarian option is also available. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6 p.m. The presentation begins at 7 Reservationsp.m. are re quired. For more informa tion, call 843-263-2520 or visit MercyMeSober.orgwww.facebook.com/

From staff reports A Beaufort man has been sent to prison for lighting a woman’s car on fire. Anthony Dayon Best, 39, pleaded guilty Tuesday, Aug. 23, to two counts of third-de gree arson. His jury trial had been scheduled to begin Tuesday morning following a day of jury selection and pre trial motions at the Beaufort County Courthouse. Best was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He received 15 years for each arson charge. The sentences will be served con currently.“This de fendant has displayed aggressive and es calating behaviors for a long time,” said Samantha Molina of the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, who prosecuted the case. “Mr. Best is dangerous, and this conviction puts him exactly where he needs to be and ensures the safety of our community.”InNovember 2019, Beau fort County Sheriff’s deputies were called to Hilton Head Gardens apartments after Best confronted a woman while she was in her car with her three children. Less than an hour later, while inside the apartment, the woman’s children noticed a gasoline smell. A surveillance camera captured a man approaching the woman’s front door and moments later coming back intoTheview.camera then captures Best pouring a liquid onto the victim’s car and attempting to light it on fire with a ciga rette. He tries multiple times, and when that fails, too, Best fishes paper towels from his pocket, lights them on fire and uses them to ignite the car.The victim’s vehicle was damaged, as was the car parked in the next space.

On Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 6:35 a.m., The Island News submitted questions about the camp after receiving a copy of the aforementioned memo. Two hours later, County Administrator Eric Greenway sent the county council and staff members a summary of the program ref erencing that query. “While the wording was poor, I assure you that the purpose was to limit con fusion and protect the pub lic,” wrote Greenway. “Those who drafted the document did not want a lot of public exposure to the program to publicize that we would have significant numbers of kids in various facilities through out the Ophardtsummer.”clarified that in the wake of a number of school shootings late in the school year, the county, for public safety reasons, did not want to publicize where students would be gathered over the summer months. City of Beaufort Coun cilmember Mitch Mitchell was dubious of Greenway’s explanation. He asserted that the county wrongly used tax dollars to fund a program that was not available to the general public. “My perspective on this is that they said exactly what they intended to say,” Mitch ell stated. “The reality of it is that taxpayer (dollars) were used for a restricted use. That restricted use was for the exclusive use of a select ed group being employees of the county. The county employees have received a windfall at the expense of the taxpayers. That’s my ba sic argument. That should not have happened.”

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Our department is very excited to have the opportunity to offer summer camp to county employees for their children. Just a few items that are important to know. This camp will begin on June 6 and end on August 12th (camp will be closed on Monday, July 4th). We would ask that you have your account created by May 6th We also ask that you send an email to Eva.golis@bcgov.net by May 6 letting her know how many kids you will be registering and what site. Camp will be located at Lind Brown in Northern Beaufort County and Bluffton Center for Southern Beaufort County. Camp will begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 5:30 p.m. The County Administrator will be asking that each department director works with employees so that the 5:30 PM pick up is not an issue. In exchange, we request that parents make every effort to abide by the pickup time so that the counselors/caregivers can go home to be with their families at a reasonable time. Any child being picked up 5 minutes late more than 3 times, may be removed from the program or charged additional fees. (This will be at the discretion of the Parks and Rec AgesDirector)for camp will be 4/5 12 (As long as they are entering school) The cost will be $30 per week per child up to 2 children The fee will be $20 per week for the 3 child and $10 per week for the 4 child The fee should be paid on Friday before the week starts. We will charge $10 per child for 2 camp t shirts. We will have planned activities each week for the children and field trips. The field trips will be an additional cost, but we are working to keep the cost minimal. Field trips are optional. If you do not wish for your child to attend, we will still have staff at the center to stay with any child that does not wish to go on the trip. All children need to plan to bring a lunch each day. (Please nothing that needs to be Acooked)morning and afternoon snack will be provided once a day for each child. To register for the summer camp, please follow the attached instructions. We have been working hard putting together a calendar filled with summer fun. We will plan one major trip to end the summer with a bang and will welcome any parent that wishes to attend and help chaperone. Our goal is to make sure each child ends the summer wanting to come back next year.

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A reminder that Beaufort County will host community meetings to get general feed back on the 26 boat landings and what improvements resi dents would like to see over the next 10 years.

“I’m told they are using the money to feed refugees and build shelters,” Murray said. Meanwhile, Murray also worked to get food to Ukraine, including MREs, grits and cornmeal. With the help of Councilman Mitch Mitchell, Murray reached out to South Carolina companies Marsh Hen Mill and SOPA KO, which supplied 100,000 meals-ready-to-eat and the cornmeal. He and Mitchell coordinated with Total Qual ity Logistics and World of Connections to bring the sup plies to MurrayUkraine.estimated the inkind value of these contribu tions at $600,000. The City of Beaufort also established an official partner relationship with the City of Ostroh.“It’smy hope, after the war ends, that our relationship with Ostroh will lead to visits between our two cities, that over time we will get to know each other and appreciate each other even more,” Mur ray said.

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AUGUST 25–31, 2022 A5 “It blew my mind that I didn’t understand the link between politics and my ev eryday life,” she said. “I went to bed and when I woke up I called my best friend and said, ‘I’m going to run for this seat.’” Instead of the pushback she expected, the friend acted as though the decision was a foregone conclusion. With out any experience running for political office, Matthews turned to Google to learn how to register as a candidate and for information on running a campaign. Then she went to work meeting the district’s constituency.“Ididn’tknock on doors,” Matthews said. “That’s unsafe. People in politics, it’s normal for them. People outside of politics, we don’t knock on random people’s doors. I met people where they were. I went everywhere that people were. People were ready for change.”Onashoestring budget of less than $1,000, Matthews easily defeated incumbent Bill Cosby with 53.5% of the vote. In doing so, she flipped the seat blue after Cosby’s eight-year tenure in the State House. In 2020, Matthews earned reelection when she defeated Republican chal lenger Jordan Pace with 52.6% of the Matthewsvote. is also running to retain her seat in the State House while she seeks elec tion to the U.S. Senate. The 2022 primary saw increased competition for the 117th Dis trict seat. Three candidates, Catherine Fleming Bruce, Angela Getera and Matthews, vied for the Democratic nom ination to compete in the 2022 general election. Geter was defeated in the primary, while Matthews survived the challenge defeating Bruce in a runoff election. In Novem ber, she will once again take onInPace.her bid for the U.S. Sen ate, Matthews discussed a need to improve the immigra tion process to relieve pres sure on the country’s southern border as well as a need for credit score reform. Education and women’s reproductive rights are also key issues. “We need to codify Roe v. Wade.” Matthews said. “Do your research. There are no laws that control men’s bod ies, but there’s a lot of control of women’s bodies.”

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A suspect already in custo dy and facing an armed rob bery charge was arrested and charged in a separate armed robbery that took place in Beaufort earlier this year. Arrested was Andrew Lee Brown, a 38-year-old Beaufort resident.According to reports, a sub ject entered a landscaping and nursery business on Old Jeri cho Road in Beaufort around 5 p.m. on Feb. 17 and claimed to be armed with a handgun. The suspect stole cash from the business and fled the area. Deputies from the Beau fort County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) used bloodhounds to search for the suspect. While they did not locate Brown, he was arrested several days later on charges unrelated to the Feb. 17 robbery and has been in custody at the Beau fort County Detention Center since his Feb. 22 arrest. Sheriff’s Office investiga tors were able to forensically link Brown to the Feb.17 rob bery through DNA evidence collected from the crime scene. Investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Brown, and it was served Wednesday, Aug. 17 at the county deten tion center. He was scheduled for a bond hearing Aug. 18. According to county records, Brown remains in custody. Brown was also charged with armed robbery when he was arrested on Feb. 22. In that incident, officers from the Beaufort Police Department responded to the report of a robbery at the Dollar General located at 2751 Boundary St. Officers met with a cashier there who said the suspect approached the register and claimed to have a gun before demanding the contents of the register. The suspect went behind the counter and at tacked the cashier, who fought back to defend himself. The suspect then fled the store.

The final numbers are in. The City of Beaufort, which began a Pride of Place Ukraine relief program in March, raised $135,525 to help the City of Ostroh, Ukraine. The City thanked the fol lowing donors in a news re lease from last week: Anonymous donation through Charitable:Schwab$50,000. • Thibault Gallery: $43,000 through the sales of pins and pendants designed by glass artist Greg Rawls. Various donations:individual $32,466.

• Hometown Realty: $1,000. • McGuire family: $600, sold jewelry.Ukrainian-themedhandmade • Waterfront Place Properties: $500. • Saturday AM Breakfast Club: $300. Polawana Puppy LLC: “We$75.are so grateful for the generosity of all our donors, and especially for so many people in our City for step ping up to help Ukraine,” City of Beaufort Mayor Stephen Murray said. “We never ex pected that our campaign would grow the way it did, and we appreciate all who took this to heart.” The City closed the cam paign at the end of July. Murray kicked off this cam paign last March, after Russia invaded Ukraine, by reaching out Yurii Yahodka, the mayor of Ostroh, and asking how Beaufort could help. At the time, Murray was looking for a city similar in size to Beau fort. Ostroh, a city in western Ukraine, is somewhat bigger than Beaufort, and, like Beau fort, has a rich history. The City established the Pride of Place fund for Ukraine, and has transferred funds at various times to a special account set up by Ostroh. Ostroh, which has so far escaped any hits by Russia, has used the funds to help provide resources and services to refugees coming from other parts of the coun try under attack by Russia.

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During the police investiga tion of the incident, another victim reported being robbed by the same suspect while walking on Walsh Drive short ly before the Dollar General robbery.Asofficers responded to the Dollar General, Beaufort County Traffic Management Center personnel used traffic cameras to locate the suspect walking on Parris Island Gate way. County dispatch relayed that information to respond ing officers. With the help of BCSO deputies, the suspect was located and detained. Both victims positively iden tified Brown as the suspect in their respective incidents.

City of Beaufort Mayor Stephen Murray accepts a check from Thibault Gallery owners Mary and Eric Thibault, with glass artist Greg Rawls at right. Submitted photo.

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County invites feedback on boat landings and improvements

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• Habersham Community Garden: $5,305. Sea Island Quilters: $2,279, raffled off handmade “Hearts for Ukraine” quilt.

“Our County is 38% wa ter, and boat landings are a critical economic and recre ational resource,” Director of Public Works Neil Desai said in a news release. “Public feedback is critical to ensur ing the County uses taxpay er money responsibly and where most taxpayers would like it spent.”

The remaining communi ty meetings scheduled for northern Beaufort County are from 5 to 7 p.m., Thurs day, Aug. 25 at the St. Helena Library, and from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 30 at County CouncilSessionsChambers.willinclude an in troduction from the County about the study and the goals for its boat landings, stations with evaluations and ideas for the community to con sider, and short question and answer sessions. Feedback cards will be available. Beaufort County launched its comprehensive review of the boat landings earlier this year. Creech & Associates from Charleston was award ed the contract to lead the review, study, and develop a Master Plan for the County to Theuse. public feedback por tion of the study began in July with an online survey of boat ramp users. The infor mation participants will be most helpful in determining boat ramp needs, the value of boat ramps to the economy and jobs market, and insight into developing boating ac cess needs and individual boat ramp site needs. The survey takes less than five minutes and can be found at https://bit.ly/3SE4kV1

While Matthews’ fundrais ing efforts have improved since that first election, the $108,000 she has raised be tween Jan. 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022, as reported by the Federal Elections Commis sion (FEC), pales in compari son to the $35.3 million raised by Scott's campaign during the same timeframe. The FEC reports that as of the end of June, Matthews had $30,500 in cash available, while Scott’s campaign boasted a war chest of $24.7 Givenmillion.the financial dis parity between the two cam paigns, Matthews has her work cut out for her. “The key thing that I’m going to have to (achieve) is name recognition,” explained Matthews. “I’m not already some popular person who was raised in politics in South Car olina. I’m asking people to tell everybody. Don’t assume any body knows.” At the conclusion of her comments, Matthews mingled with attendees, pausing for photos and discussing issues. “We were very pleased to have had Krystle with us at our meeting,” said Denise Sullivan, president of the NBCDC. “She energized our members by sharing her ideas and points of view. We ob viously are wishing her the best in this race to protect our Constitution and preserve our democracy.”

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Set standards for pack age labels to help buyers understand OTC hearing aids and who might ben efit from them. The labels also include warnings and other information you should know before buying or when using the hearing aid, such as signs that indicate that you should see a doctor. Who are OTC hearing aids for? OTC hearing aids are for adults (18 and older) who be lieve they have mild to mod erate hearing loss, even if they have not had a hearing exam. You might have mild to moderate hearing loss if, for example:Speechor other sounds seem muffled. You have trouble hearing when you’re in a group, in a noisy area, on the phone, or when you can’t see who is Youtalking.have to ask others to speak more slowly or clearly, to talk louder, or to repeat what they said. You turn up the volume higher than other people prefer when watching TV or listening to the radio or Ifmusic.youhave trouble hearing conversations in quiet set tings—or have trouble hearing loud sounds, such as cars or trucks, noisy appliances, or loud music—consult a hear ing health professional. These are signs that you might have more severe hearing loss and that OTC hearing aids won’t work well for you. A hearing health professional can help you determine if a prescrip tion hearing aid or other de vice can help you hear better. Some ear problems need medical treatment. If you have any of the following, please see a licensed physician promptly: Fluid, pus, or blood com ing out of your ear within the previous 6 months. Pain or discomfort in your Aear. history of excessive ear wax or suspicion that something is in your ear Episodescanal. of vertigo (se vere dizziness) with hear ing Suddenloss. hearing loss or quickly worsening hear ing Hearingloss. loss that has got ten more and then less severe within the last 6 Hearingmonths. loss or tinnitus (ringing) in only one ear, or a noticeable difference in how well you can hear in each ear. Dr. Cindy Hogan, chair of the Division of Audiology and director of the Mayo Clinic Hearing Aid Program, says this move should help im prove access. "A lot of people live in ru ral areas or areas where they don't have any specialists who might be specialized in ears or hearing. And this is going to bring them more access because we know that a lot of rural communities have drugstores or stores where these over-the-counter de vices might be sold," says Dr. Hogan.Shesays it also will offer people options that are less expensive since there isn't a lot of insurance coverage for hearing aids for adults. Dr. Hogan continues, “However, I think there will be individuals who might have a problem that they cannot di agnose themselves. There are also some limitations people should be aware of. People are not always an accurate judge of their own hearing loss, which could mean that people purchasing over-the-counter devices could better manage their hearing loss another way.”That's why she recom mends an audiologist evalu ate those considering turning to an over-the-counter option to determine if they would be a goodSomethingcandidate.else to consid er is that hearing aids are not one-size-fits-all, and a hearing loss diagnosis is personalized. "The needs of the individu al really are taken into consid eration when we recommend hearing aids. Because we do get a better picture of what are their communication needs and physical needs, as well as the hearing," says Dr. Hogan. Find more information about hearing loss and hearing aids

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Kids and sports—a good combo of health benefits

Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children. CURE Childhood Cancer is dedicated to con quering childhood cancer through funding targeted research while supporting local patients and their fam ilies.CURE Childhood Can cer is working for a cure by funding research exclusive ly for childhood cancer and supporting families affected by the disease. Childhood cancers differ from adult cancers in the way they grow and spread, how they are treated, and how they respond to treatment. Every year, more than 17,000 chil dren in the United States are diagnosed with cancer, and incidence rates are in creasing every year. Despite cancer being the leading cause of death by disease in children, only six cancer drugs have been developed and approved specifically for children in the last 25 years. Founded in 1975, CURE Childhood Cancer is dedi cated to conquering child hood cancer through fund ing targeted research while supporting patients and their families. With cancer as the second leading cause of death in children, CURE has dedicated more than $38MM to specific research projects aimed at curing cancers that affect children. CURE is headquartered in Atlanta and has an active staff oper ating throughout the greater Savannah area. It is the only organization funding pediat ric cancer research and pro viding this level of financial and emotional support to local children and families across Georgia and parts of South Carolina. For more information, visit lags.org.canportchildhoodcancer.orgwww.cureForthosewhowanttosupthecause,CUREFlagsbepurchasedatcuref Awareness

Local children are back in the classroom. An important tool for keeping kids healthy is participation in youth sports, and it's not just be cause of physical activity. There are the obvious phys ical benefits when kids play sports. It improves cardiovas cular health and prevents obe sity. But that's not all. "There can be social bene fits where you make friends. You have an opportunity to connect with other people," says Dr. David Soma, a Mayo Clinic pediatric sports medi cineHespecialist.saysthere also are emotional benefits. "So they learn ... that team work piece, or that persever ance—learning how to win, learning how to lose." He says a way to get your kids involved in sports is to start young by just getting them active and outdoors. "We live in a society where people want to stay inside and stare at screens," says Dr. Soma. "But get outside. Go for a bike ride as a fam ily. Go for a run. Kick the ball around the yard. Just get them moving and seeing what they like to do." And don't focus on just one individual sport, es pecially at a younger age. "There's really good evi dence that you should not do that," says Dr. Soma. "It's best to have a kid in the elemen tary school-aged years really do multiple sports. Expose them to as many different things that they're interested in as possible."

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Com munication Disorders (NID CD), https://www.nidcd.nih. gov maintains an online di rectory of organizations that provide information on the normal and disordered pro cesses of hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language.

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The FDA issued a final rule (August, 2022), establishing over-the-counter hearing aids to improve access to safe, ef fective, and affordable hear ing aids for millions of Amer icans. This action enables consumers 18 years of age and older to purchase hear ing aids directly from stores or online retailers without the need for a medical exam, pre scription, or a fitting adjust ment by an audiologist.

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CURE Childhood Can cer, is the only organiza tion providing financial and emotional support to local children and families (South Carolina, Georgia, Florida), while raising funds to fur ther critical research specif ically for childhood cancer treatments. They are launch ing their local CURE Flags campaign to raise funds and awareness for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September. The deco rative banners, featuring the gold awareness ribbon and the message “no child fights alone,” can be hung on homes and businesses, mailboxes, lawns, gardens and anywhere it can spread a message of hope.

Over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids are a new cate gory of hearing aids that con sumers can buy directly, with out visiting a hearing health professional. These devices are intended to help adults with perceived mild to mod erate hearing loss. Like pre scription hearing aids, OTC hearing aids make sounds louder so that some adults with difficulty hearing are better able to listen, commu nicate, and participate fully in daily activities. In addition, OTC hearing aids are regulat ed as medical devices by the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis trationOTC(FDA).hearing aids are an al ternative to prescription hear ing aids, which are currently only available from hearing health professionals, such as audiologists, otolaryngolo gists (ear, nose, and throat doctors), and hearing aid spe cialists. The hearing health professional fits you for the hearing aid, adjusts the device based on your hearing loss, and provides other services. You can buy OTC hearing aids as soon as mid-October 2022 directly in stores and online, where prescription hearing aids are not available. You fit them yourself, and you may be able to control and adjust the devices in ways that users of prescription hearing aids cannot. Some OTC hearing aids might not look like prescription hearing aids at all. OTC hearing aids are for adults with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss. They are not meant for chil dren or for adults who have more severe hearing loss or significant difficulty hearing. If you have more severe hear ing loss, OTC hearing aids might not be able to amplify sounds at high enough levels to help you. The FDA has established regulations that manufactur ers of OTC hearing aids need to follow. In general, these federalEnsureregulations:thatthe OTC de vices are safe and effec tive for people with per ceived mild to moderate hearing loss.

• Non-nutritive sweet eners (NNSs), such as aspartame, saccharin, stevia, and sucralose, con tain minimal or no car bohydrates and therefore were presumed by scien tists not to trigger a glyce mic response. This belief that NNSs are biologi cally inert, coupled with their sweetness, has made them very popular sugar substitutes, especially for the management of diabe tes and weight gain.

“While the results of this study raise concerns about the effects of NNSs on hu man health, it is cautioned that “sugar consumption still constitutes a very bad and well-proven health risk for obesity, diabetes, and their health implications, and the study findings do not support or promote the consump tion of sugar in any form or shape.”

Researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects of artificial sweeteners such as as partame, saccharin, ste via, and sucralose on the human metabolism and the gut microbiome.

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• They found that these non-nutritive sweeten ers can induce individ ual and specific changes in glycemic response via modifying the gut mi crobiome. This discovery challeng es the popular notion that sugar substitutes have no effect on the hu man body and highlights the need for further clin ical studies. After eating foods that contain carbohydrates, blood glucose (blood sug ar) levels rise as we digest the food. This post-meal spike in blood glucose levels is known as the gly cemic response.

The Atlanta area native says she “fell in love” with women’s health care and especially obstetrics while working as a clinical medical assistant at Atlanta Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialists in preparation for advanced-practice training. During her clinical rotations, she assisted providers both in the clinic and during surgeries that included Caesarian sections and hysterectomies.

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The researchers found that the groups consuming saccharin and sucralose had a “significantly elevated” glycemic response during exposure to the NNS. No significant effect on glucose tolerance was observed in the aspartame, stevia, glu cose, and the no-supplement groups.These findings suggest that the short-term con sumption of saccharin and sucralose in doses lower than the acceptable daily intake can impact glycemic respons es in healthy individuals.

Sweeteners can alter the gut microbiome Based on the findings of animal model studies, the researchers hypothesized that NNSs can affect human metabolism via altering the intestinal microbiome. Re searchers found that all four tested NNSs altered the bac teria in the gut and the mol ecules they secrete. Similarly, the four NNSs “distinctly im pacted” the oral microbiome.

To enhance access to women’s health care in the community, Beaufort Memorial has added a certified physician assistant to the clinical team at Beaufort Memorial Obstetrics & Gynecology Specialists. Peyton Erb, PA-C, will provide widely ranging OB-GYN care to patients in the practice’s Beaufort office and also assist its physicians during surgical procedures.

“The study results imply that the response is variable between individuals, but that all of the sweeteners seem to have some sort of impact so, none of them seem better than others and I would per sonally avoid them.”

Do no-calorie artificial sweeteners have any effect on gut health or metabolism?

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“Non-nutritive sweeten ers are rapidly proliferating across the food supply and across all demographics in cluding children and preg nant women, yet their full and long-term impact on human health has not been extensively studied,” said Dr. Michael Goran, Profes sor of Pediatrics in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern Cali fornia and Program Director for Diabetes and Obesity at The Saban Research Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Impaired glycemic response saccharin,fromsucralose

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The idea that the human gut microbiome may respond to certain food and trigger metabolic changes is not a new one. Previous studies have suggested that dietary emulsifiers, and promote metabolic changes through microbiome alter ation.

Erb earned a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from South University in Savannah and a Bachelor of Science in biology from Mercer University in Macon.

Dr. Goran suggests avoid ing all NNSs “until we have stronger evidence that they are“Nonesafe.” of the non-nutritive sweeteners (NNSs) will re solve the craving for sweet taste and there are studies to suggest that habitual con sumption of sweeteners in creases overall daily calorie and sugar consumption.”

Bottomline: Yay or nay for sweeteners?

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By Justin LowcoSports.comJarrett Beaufort Academy’s high-powered offense lived up to the preseason hype, and the defense did a heck of a job against a potent Pinewood Prep attack as the Eagles rolled to a 41-20 win to open the season Friday in Charleston.BAcoach Mark Clifford’s signature power rushing attack was complemented by an explosive passing game, as senior quarter back Braydon Dineen was an efficient 5-for-7 passing for 184 yards and a pair of touchdowns.Dineenwent over the top to a streaking Te’Shaun Hayward for a 65-yard score to cap a 22-point first-quar ter blitz before the host Panthers punched back to claw within 22-14 at half time. He struck gold again in the first minute of the fourth quarter, rolling right to find Tripp Gregory in the end zone for a 12-yard TD that made it 35-20. Don’t worry, Clifford still made sure his guys got theirs on the ground, too.

THIS SCHEDULELOWCOUNTRYWEEK’S (All games 7:30 p.m., unless Batterynoted)Creek at Ridgeland Beaufort Academy at Hilton Head Prep, 4:30 p.m. Hilton Head High at Claxton Beaufort(Ga.) at Fort Dorchester Bluffton at Jenkins (Ga.) May River at West Ashley North Charleston at Whale BethesdaBranch Academy at John Paul HiltonII Head Christian at Wilson Hall Holy Trinity at Holly Hill Academy

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credited de fensive coordinator Kris Mizell with a terrific game plan to stifle a dangerous Pinewood passing attack, and ironman Alex Wil liams anchored the offen sive line and recovered a fumble for a touchdown while racking up six tack les and four sacks, includ ing two straight on the Panther’s final possession to seal the win. The Eagles (1-0) travel to Hilton Head Prep for an af ternoon kickoff Friday. Justin Jarrett is the sports editor of The Island News and the founder of LowcoSports.com . He was the sports editor of the Island Packet and the Beaufort Gazette for 6½ years. He has a passion for sports and community journalism and a questionable sense of humor.

Devonte Green rolled up 122 yards and touchdown on just 12 carries, Dineen added 70 yards on seven carries, and Jaxen Porter did the dirty work running between the tackles, grind ing out 49 yards on 15 car ries with two TDs. The Battery Creek trans fer Heyward snagged four balls for 132 yards and a TD, so the word will get out quickly about Clifford’s “secret weapon,” but op posing defenses are going to have to pick their poison againstCliffordBA.

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A8 AUGUST 25–31, 2022 SPORTS LowcoSports.com Despite being idle in Week 0, Beaufort High moved up one spot to No. 6 in Class 3A and Whale Branch held steady at No. 5 in Class 1A in the latest S.C. Prep Football Media Poll re leased Tuesday. The Eagles now open at Fort Dorchester on Friday, while the Warriors open their 2022 cam paign at home against North Charleston. CLASS 5A 1. Dutch Fork (19) 2. Fort Dorchester 3. Hilcrest 4. Byrnes 5. Dorman 6. Sumter 7. Gaffney 8. TL Hanna 9. 10.SpartanburgSpringValley Others receiving votes: Lex ington, Mauldin, Summerville, River Bluff, Clover, Nation Ford, West Ashley CLASS 4A 1. South Pointe (17) 2. Northwestern (2) 3. AC Fora 4. West Florence 5. South Florence 6. Hartsville 7. Greenville 8. Westside 9. 10.10.Greenwood(tie)Irmo(tie)Ridge View Others receiving votes: Catawba Ridge, Myrtle Beach, South Aiken, York, Indian Land, James Island, Riverside CLASS 3A 1.Daniel (16) 2. Camden (3) 3. Dillon 4. Powdersville 5. Clinton 6. Beaufort 7. Gilbert 8. Woodruff 9. 10.SenecaBrookland-Cayce Others receiving votes: Phil ip Simmons, Hanahan, Union County, Wren, Chester, Aynor, Blue Ridge, Swansea, Chapman, Palmetto, Crestwood, Emerald CLASS 2A 1. Abbeville (6) 2. Oceanside Collegiate (10) 3. (tie) Saluda 3. (tie) Gray Collegiate (3) 3. (tie) Cheraw 6. Barnwell 7. Fairfield Central 8. Silver Bluff 9. 10.MarionWadeHampton Others receiving votes: Newberry, Andrew Jackson, Buford, Woodland, Kingstree, Pelion, Mid-Carolina, Chester field, Crescent, Timberland, Bishop England CLASS 1A 1. Southside Christian (11) 2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (8) 3. Lamar 4. Christ Church 5. Whale Branch 6. Baptist Hill 7. Johnsonville 8. St. Joseph's 9. Lake View 10. Calhoun County Others receiving votes: Lewisville, C.A. Johnson, Wage ner-Salley, Latta Voters this week: Lou Bez jak (The State), Jed Blackwell (PrepRedzone), Travis Boland (Times and Democrat), Scott Chancey (Florence Morning News), Tyler Cupp (WRHI), Joe Dandron (Greenville News), Chris Dearing (Cola Daily/ Prep RedZone), Cody Estrem era (Greenwood Index Jour nal), Thomas Grant (Lexington Chronicle), Ian Guerin (My Horry News/Prep RedZone), Justin Jarrett (LowCo Sports), Travis Jenkins (News & Report er), Wes Kerr (LowCo Sports), Gene Knight (WRHI), James McBee (Boiling Springs Sports Journal). Chris Miller (WRHI), David Shelton (Post and Cou rier/Prep RedZone), Brandon Stockdale (Prep RedZone), Pete Yanity (WSPA) Eagles, Warriors remain in state’s top 10 Eagles impress in opening win at Pinewood

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Even after weeks of prac tice, it’s never easy to pre pare for what a Friday night — or a Saturday morning — could bring. But B.J. Payne and the Hilton Head Island High Seahawks were ready to put their best foot for ward in a brunch battle after being postponed a night earlier.Owen Bayes tossed two touchdown passes while adding another score on the ground, and the Seahawks overcame the scorching midday heat Saturday to down visiting Battery Creek 34-15 in their season opener. “Winning is a hard thing to do,” Payne said. “A lot of changes and adversity from last night to come back to day. Owen is a kid with a ton of moxie and he carries it with him extremely well. He did a great job today.” The game was original ly scheduled to be played on Friday night, but heavy thunderstorms pushed the contest to Saturday morn ing. Instead of a spectacle under the lights to begin the season, it became a morning grinder under the grueling August sun. Both defenses dominated in the opening minutes, with Hilton Head’s Shai Thompson making a strong early Competingpresence.forhis start ing job with teammate Jackson Bibee, junior Owen Bayes got the offense churn ing in his second series. Af ter getting backed up on a holding call, Bayes hit Jake Huggins for a 16-yard gain before a Creek offside pen alty on fourth-and-5 netted a first down. Payne may not have workhorse Chase Mc Cracken anymore, but soph omore Troy Timko showed off his power to finish off the drive, scoring on a 10-yard run to put the home team in front.Hilton Head’s defense continued to stymie the Dolphins for the rest of the opening quarter, as Caleb Spangler swatted away a Damien Freeman pass to force a punt. But Bibee saw his pass to the end zone in tercepted by Dion Smith, and the Dolphins found pay dirt with Jeremiah Mceach in to flip the script. After a false start backed up Battery Creek to the Seahawks 20, Mceachin took the hand off and stormed past the Hilton Head defense to knot the game at 7. The Seahawks responded on the very next drive. With Bayes back under center, Hilton Head High drove 64 yards in 10 plays finished off by some magic as Bayes hit the cutting KJ Holland on the right sideline and the se nior did the rest, breaking a pair of Dolphins tackles be fore finding the end zone for a 15-7Thelead.Seahawks got it right back on a sneak onside kick but couldn’t replicate the preceding drive with Bibee at the helm as the half came to an end. Hilton Head cashed in on a takeaway to start the third quarter on a Chase Collins fumble recov ery, and the Bayes-Holland connection struck again on fourth down to complete an 11-play touchdown drive and go up two possessions. After another quick de fensive stop fueled by a sack from Wake Forest commit Chris Marable, the Seahawks added to the lead again. Timko converted a key first down with a 12-yard gain, Bayes hit Huggins on the next play to get inside the 11, and Tristen Simmons finished off the drive with a five-yard scamper through a gaping hole for a command ing 28-7 lead. The visitors found a spark from their signal caller to make it a game again. Free man broke loose on a run down the left sideline and sped to the end zone for an eye-popping 78-yard score, and added a two-point try to narrow the margin to 28-15 heading into the fourth, but Payne’s Seahawks closed it out with some hard work in the ground game and on defense, adding a key touch down on a Bayes quarter back sneak to put the game away.Bayes put together an ex cellent game under center, completing 14 of 20 passes for 141 yards and two scores alongside 20 rushing yards and a touchdown. Timko led the ground game with 70 yards on 15 carries with a score and Simmons rushed nine times for 32 yards and a touchdown.ConnorWiendl starred on the defensive side of the ball, making eight tackles with a forced fumble. Mar able racked up seven tack les including a sack, and Thompson added five tack les with two for loss. Freeman rushed for 79 yards on 11 carries for Bat tery Creek while finding the end zone on a 78-yard score, and Mceachin racked up 65 yards on eight carries with a touchdown.BatteryCreek (0-1) travels to Ridgeland-Hardeeville for another Lowcountry matchup on Friday, while Hilton Head High (1-0) heads to Claxton (Ga.). WEEK’S HSFB SCORES Cane Bay at Beaufort, HiltoncanceledHead High 34, Battery Creek 15 Wade Hampton 21, Colleton County Bluffton742, Beach 13 New Hampstead 47, May River 27 Estill 30, Ridgeland 20 Bethesda Academy 8, Hilton Head Prep 7 Savannah Christian 54, HHCA Beaufort7 Academy 41, Pinewood Prep 20 Patrick Henry 33, Cross Schools 0 Holy Trinity 24, Charleston Collegiate 8

Home plate umpire Jeremy Smith watches as Tailgator Justin Ryan slides in safely at home before Braves catcher Steven Vega can put the tag on him during their Beaufort County Adult Men’s Baseball League game Wednesday, Aug. 10, at Burton Wells Recreation Center. The Braves went on to beat the Tailgators, 15-7, with home runs from Steven Vega, Jamie Langford, Ryan Albridge, Wes Anderson, Rob Lemieux and Tyler Wester, his sixth of the season. Bob Sofaly/The Island News.

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The John Paul II volleyball team is off to a 3-0 start this season. LowcoSports photo.

The John Paul II volleyball team started a busy stretch with a rivalry match in front of a packed house Friday and has ridden the wave of momentum to a pair of tough road wins to start the week. After fending off a pesky Thomas Heyward team for a 3-0 (25-23, 25-10, 25-21) victo ry Friday at home, the Golden Warriors went on the road to knock off a tough St. Andrew’s squad Monday, rallying after dropping the first set for a 3-1 (17-25, 28-26, 25-19, 26-24) win.The hard-fought match pre pared the Warriors well for their SCISA 3A opener Tues day at Palmetto Christian, where JPII had to grind it out in a five-set thriller. After taking the opening set on the road, JPII dropped the next two before rallying to take the fourth and fifth for a 3-2 (25-14, 12-25, 24-26, 25-20, 15-11)Coachvictory.Louise Sanders said it everyone playing their role to make the comeback pos sible and keep the winning streak“Withgoing.their backs against the wall, the girls played their best volleyball of the early season,” Sanders said. “A total team effort made this victory possible.” Emily O’Sullivan has played a pivotal role during the win ning streak, averaging six kills per match with six kills and six blocks against St. Andrew’s, while Camryn Michael led JPII with eight kills against theTheLions.Golden Warriors get a well-earned rest today before heading back to Savannah on Thursday for a Tri-match with Beach and St. Vincent’s.

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It is Saturday, early, and I’m in our darkened din ing room looking out on a wet deck. Sometime during the night we had a light, lengthy rain and that will translate into grass-cutting later this Friday’sweekend.

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The City of Beaufort de cided that more courts were needed — perhaps five — and that meant two oak trees had to come down. We just happened to be on the court when the men with chain saws made their appearance. In those days Beaufort had a Town Council but was actually governed by its young, boyishly-handsome Mayor, Henry Chambers. I remember leaving the courts in white shorts and Converse tennis shoes and making our way over to Town Hall, which was then located in the old CarnegieChambersLibrary.stopped the meeting, put our little dele gation on the agenda, and after 10 minutes of discus sion ruled that the trees should be spared at the ex pense of one of the proposed tennis courts. I remember leaving Town Hall thinking, “Yes. By damn. This is how democracy works!”

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Judge Sue Robinson explained she was following the NFL’s conduct policy in ruling for a six-game sus pension for Watson, but the league rejected her decision, ultimately settling on the suspension and fine. In a press conference last week, Watson apologized to all the people who were "triggered" by the accusations but maintained his inno cence. Lack of remorse was a common element in com mentary after the agreement wasEarlyannounced.afterthe first lawsuit, 18 therapists said their experiences with him didn’t match the accusations. It also must be said two grand juries in Texas declined to indict the star quarterback on the misconduct claims, and if Watson is innocent, why would anyone be expecting him to show remorse? That doesn't mean I believe he is Whatinnocent.Idobelieve is once again our laws have come up short in protecting the inter ests of women who accuse men of sexual misconduct. Especially men of means: Of the $230 million in his Browns contract, Sports Il lustrated reports Watson still will be paid $229.35 million. Once again a Black man has been sanctioned beyond the terms of the system designed to judge him and hisOncepeers.again we have watched someone we viewed as a hero be diminished. In this case, not just exposed as relatably human but poten tially a sexual predator. Once again we have let the distraction of sports over ride our judgment on other matters that mean as much or more.

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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 teemanning@gmail.comat

Beaufort Gazette tells us that Elizabeth Berg mann has gotten a stop work order bringing the slice-byslice removal of a live oak, in Port Royal, to a halt. She has also filed an appeal that ques tions the Town’s issuance of its tree-cutting permit. For as long as I can remember Beaufort County has been engaged in an internal, internecine debate over the value of its trees. The latest iteration of that battle is being fought just off 12th Street in Port Royal. But skirmishes are a reliable part of our history. As these things happen the developer gets his paperwork filed and his permission to cut. The hard-hatted, yel low-vested men with chain saws arrive and begin to slice away limbs before going after the trunk itself. This then brings out a stunned crowd who sometimes convince the men to stop. Sometimes this leads the developer to recon sider. But not often. When I arrived in Beaufort in 1971, my wife and I played tennis almost every day at the tennis courts on Bound ary Street. If memory serves there were only two courts in those long-gone days.

Mature trees often but apparently not always assets

The amount of time God is on our minds measures how important He is to us, and if we are not becoming what Jesus died for us to be, then we are being hindered and controlled by our emotions. Serving, loving, and follow ing the world is a dangerous place to be. You have the power to decide how close you want to be to Jesus. If you are ready to stop living an illusion and realize that genuine salvation has every thing to do with surrendering your will to Him, call upon Him now and repent, give Him your heart, and He will become the Lord of your life. Read more about the Christian life at billyhollandministries.com

Later, when Susan and I moved to Port Royal, this scenario played itself out in a less happy fashion. Usually the oak tree stood in the way of an underground (gasoline) storage tank that would be needed by a

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Few things leave me as conflicted as the accu sations and handling of allegations made against former Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson. He now plays for the Cleveland Browns, or more accurately, he will play for the Browns after he serves an 11-game suspension and pays a $5 million fine. Watson is a superior ath lete who throws the football with such ease it sometimes looks like he’s not propelling it as much as releasing it to find its intended target. Paired with a great defense and some of the best skill players in the history of the program, the quarterback seemed destined to bring Clemson its second college football national champion ship.That he did, finding Hunt er Renfrow in the end zone to close out a game-winning drive over Nick Saban’s Ala bama Crimson Tide. Watson dazzled football analysts after he turned pro, using postgame press conferences to explain how he cracked the codes of the high-flying defenses he faced. Sports Illustrated’s Dan Gartland wrote Watson “does a good job explaining some of the jargon … so that someone who hasn’t been playing football their whole life can actually make sense of what he’s saying.” Like most who follow Clemson football, I was a huge fan of this young man who seemed to embody the Greek ideal of sound body and sound mind. We were even more de lighted to hear Watson was a person of character in equal measure to his athleticism. Local and national media scrambled to tell stories of how Watson played in tribute to his cancer survivor mother. After Hurricane Harvey rav aged Houston in 2017, Watson donated his first game check to Houston Texans staff mem bers affected by the storm. Zac Wissink of Bleacher Report spoke for all of us when he wrote, “Watson may only be a first-year pro, but he's proving to be a dynamic leader on and off the field.” Watson was so good on a mediocre team, former team mate J.J. Watt apologized to him at the end of the 2020 season. After a loss to the Tennessee Titans, the defen sive standout walked off the field beside his quarterback and said, “I’m sorry we wast ed one of your years.” His comment was an allusion to the all-too-brief careers most professional athletes, and especially football players, enjoy.Watson demanded a trade, but just a few weeks later, the first of a series of allegations of sexual misconduct would lead to more of those precious years being taken away. In March 2021, a Houston-area massage therapist accused Watson of improper sexual contact during a session. More claims followed. In the meantime, Watson sat on the bench while the Texans looked for a trade he would approve. The Browns signed Watson to a record-set ting guaranteed deal, but he has played no regular-season games since January 2021. Watson and his legal repre sentatives negotiated payouts with nearly all of his 25 ac cusers (one dropped her case over privacy concerns). Only the last accuser rejected their offers, saying Watson didn't show any remorse about what had happened.

places, especially in Florida, mature trees are considered anTheasset.Wall Street Journal (April 21, 2021) tells us that Walter Acree, a businessman in South Florida, uses trucks, barges and a 300-ton crane to move “trophy trees” onto the lots of the ultra-rich. “A unique or particularly old tree, like a piece of art, is also a great conversation piece. Lastly, it means that high-networth buyers don’t have to wait for a newly planted tree to grow on their site.” It appears that developers are beginning to understand that a mature tree is an asset. But that may mean a smaller, uniquely-designed house that works its way around the ancient trunk.

God has been stirring me for the last sev eral years to realize there are many levels in our relationship with Him and that we are to be continually progressing through the stations of the tabernacle on our way to the holy of holies. He desires to give everyone a personal revelation to be come more spiritually sensi tive, to hear His voice, along with His wisdom to know what is right and wrong. To develop an awareness of His presence, we must invest our time meditating on His word, praying, and interced ing in the secret place of intimacy with Him. How can we know Him or what He is saying if we do not talk and walk with Him? To advance in our spiritual journey and become stronger spiritual warriors, we must have the discernment to recognize spirits and a correct interpre tation of His written word. In this hour, we are being exposed to constant decep tion and as we continue mov ing forward, our ability to know good from evil will be the difference between life and death. God’s grace is the opportunity to abandon our will so that we can embrace His.I’m convicted about my lack of understanding and the need for a deeper pas sion for God. I'm not as close to Him as I often think I am. It’s easy to fall into a mindset that all is well with our soul and yet be drifting further away from Him. How does this happen? It has to do with what we are used to. If we have been in God’s glorious presence, then we can also sense when we are distant from Him. The problem is that most people have hardly experienced Him and cannot recognize the dif ference as they have nothing to compare with. Thus, when it comes to personal intimacy with God, most do not know what they are missing. It’s common for the mass es to accept that all there is to being born again is believing there is a God, and that heaven awaits everyone except for a few evil ones who commit terrible crimes.

However, the truth about sal vation is distorted, and the majority is not even curious to know what it is. I’ve said before that either nearly everyone is going to heaven or hardly anyone is going. Why do I say that? Because I cannot see a sig nificant difference between those including myself who claim to be saved, and those who do Whennot.we hear about being a living sacrifice for Christ and taking up our cross and following Him, I wonder how many people know what this requires. I would guess that if we interviewed the average person walking down the street and asked if they were going to heaven, most of them would say, “I hope so.” If we asked what they were looking forward to in heaven, we would probably hear things like, “At least I will not have to work anymore” or “I’m looking forward to my mansion and I hope it has a pool” or “it will be nice to be healthy and never die.” Unfortunately, it is most likely the majority are willing to roll the dice with eternity, and with there only being two destinations, they figure they have a 50% chance of walking on the streets of gold. My point is the mean ing of life is to know and love God and we are discovering that concentrating and obeying Him must be our highest priority. As our love for Him grows stronger, our only desire for heaven will be to worship Him. Let us consider that if we are not infatuated with The Almighty today, why would we look forward to adoring Him in heaven? If we are not living with an awareness of His presence now, why would we be excited to bow down to Him around His throne?

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Teen Art Club 4 p.m., 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6441. Ages 12-18. Teen Anime Club 4 p.m., 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456.

Select Tuesdays and Thursdays, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456. 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. Law Talk 10:30 a.m. to noon, select Saturdays, Lobeco Branch Library, 1862 Trask Parkway, 843-2556479. Free. Brief topic overview with volunteer attorney. Aug. 27, Landlord Tenant Law; Sept. 10, Wills, Estates, Probate; Oct. 15, Wills, Estates, Probate; Nov. 5, Real Estate and Foreclosure. Call to register. Love God, Love Others, Reach Out All Are Welcome for Worship Sunday 8:30 am, 10:30 am at 81 Lady’s Island Drive Pastor Steve Keeler (843) seaislandpresbyterian.org525-0696

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Knitting/Crochet Class 2:30 p.m., 1st Tuesday each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456.

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Beaufort Oyster Festival Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 21-22, 2023, Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park, Beaufort. www. BftOysterFestival.com MCAS Beaufort Airshow Saturday-Sunday, April 22-23, 2023, MCAS Beaufort. Visit BeaufortAirShow.com. General admission is free. GOLF Inaugural Stingray Scramble Saturday, Nov. 12, Ocean Creek Course, Fripp Island. Tournament benefits Riverview Charter School. Event features golf, food, awards and an after party. Details to come.

Lowcountry Legal Volunteers Lowcountry Boil 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 24, The Community Beer Garden at The Sands, Port Royal. Tickets $50. Food provided by Sea Eagle Market. Live music provided by the Cluster Shucks. Proceeds help support LCLV. To find out more or for Sponsorship Opportunities, call Beverly at 843-815-1570 or email beverly@ lclv.org. To buy tickets online, visit https://bit. ly/3BD5r1q

Lego Club 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Mondays, St. Helena Branch Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, St. Helena Island, 843-255-6540. All ages welcome.

Hoopla Class 10 a.m., 2nd Monday of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456.

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.

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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.

Wet Willie's Trivia Night 7 to 10 p.m., every Thursday, Wet Willie's, Beaufort Town Center. Win awesome prizes while you sip the worlds greatest daiquiris and munch on delicious bites.

St. Peter’s Catholic Church’s 62nd annual Fall Bazaar 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 1, St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Lady’s Island. The bazaar committee seeks Lowcountry artists and crafts people to sell their creations at the bazaar. Booths may be set up inside or outside. Fee is $100. The bazaar will also feature International Foods, a Silent Auction, Sweet Shoppe, a Craft Beer Garden, a Kids Zone with games and inflatables, a Plant Sale, and Church Tours (see the new stained-glass windows). Proceeds benefit the Lowcountry Outreach Center. For an application contact parishlife@ stpetersbeaufort.org Lowcountry Jaycees Food Truck Festival

Saturday, Oct. 1, Paris Avenue, Port Royal. Beaufort Shrimp Festival Friday, Oct. 7 and Saturday Oct. 8, Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park, Beaufort. Arts and Crafts Market runs from Noon to 6 p.m., Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday. Friday’s music –Lauren Hall, 5:30 p.m.; Still Standing: A Tribute to Elton John by the Elton John Tribute Band, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s music – Broke Locals, 11:15 a.m.; Parris Island Rock Band, 12:30 p.m.; Walker Dean, 2 p.m.; Katiie Lynn Godowns, 3 p.m. Savor the best fresh-caught shrimp in the world during the 28th Annual Beaufort Shrimp Festival, featuring unique shrimp dishes from the region’s foremost restaurants and chefs. Admission is free. Rock n’ Ribs 2022 featuring Blues Traveler Saturday, Oct. 15, Coligny Plaza, Hilton Head Island. Tickets start at $149. To purchase, visit tickets-103845021254rock-n-ribs-2022-featuring-blues-traveler-https://www.eventbrite.com/e/

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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 historicportroyalfoundation@gmail.com or call 843-524-4333. Tour Historic Fort Fremont Dawn to dusk, Monday through Sunday, The Fort Fremont Preserve, 1124 Land’s End Road, St. Helena Island. Free and open to the public. The History Center is open Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors can learn about the fort’s history during the Spanish-American War through interpretive signs, self-guided walking tours with a smart phone, exhibits in the history center, and docent-led tours. For more information visit www.fortfremont.org or contact Passive Parks Manager Stefanie Nagid at snagid@bcgov.net Hidden Beaufort Treasures 5 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 15, The Arsenal, 713 Craven St. Beaufort History Museum members and their guests are welcome. Registrants can enjoy complimentary beverages (wine, beer, water) and snacks (cheese, light hors d’oeuvres) at the historic Beaufort Arsenal as they learn about three historic artifacts selected from our collections storage and cast a vote for their favorite. Docents and members of the Museum’s standing and special committees will be available to provide descriptions of the historic artifacts on display as well as answer questions about them. If you are not a Museum member, visit https://bit.ly/3zWRpoO to join. To renew a lapsed membership, visit https://bit. ly/3c1Yrkg If your not sure of your membership go to https://bit.ly/3K21LYZ to login and review your membership profile. Space is limited and pre-registration is required.

Wet Willie's Bingo Night 7 to 10 p.m., every Friday, Wet Willie's, Beaufort Town Center. Win free giveaways, merchandise, and more cool prizes.

Chess Meet Up 11 a.m., 3rd Saturday of each month, Lobeco Branch Library, 1862 Trask Parkway, 843-2556479. Instructor Henry Otto Seim will show beginners the basics or play a friendly game with more experienced players. All skill levels welcome. Extra boards will be set up. Law Talk 5 to 6 p.m., select Thursdays, St. Helena Branch Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, St. Helena Island, 843-255-6540. Free. Brief topic overview with volunteer attorney. Aug. 4, Family Law; Sept. 1, Bankruptcy and Credit; Oct. 6, Landlord Tenant Law; Nov. 3, End of Life Issues. Call to register. Beaufort Downtown Branch Library Special Programs

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

Bourbon Barrel Unveiling Noon to 3 p.m., Monday, Sept. 5, Rotten Little Bastard Distillery, Beaufort Town Center. Event is limited to 50 people. Tickets are $30 prior to Sept. 1, $35 Sept. 1 and after. Be among the first to taste the first batch of Coosa Cut Bourbon, produced entirely in Beaufort and receive a commemorative coin. There will be refreshments and live music. Each participant will also have the option to bottle their own barrel strength Coosa Cut Bourbon from this initial batch at an additional charge. Tickets are available at the distillery or online at https://www.rottenlittlebastarddistillery.com/.

9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456.

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Beaufort County Youth Virtual Conference 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 24. Planned for Teens by Teens. Open to middle and high school students. To register, visit https://bit. ly/3wrH6Iu. For more information, call Carrie at 843-812-4399 or Janie at 843-592-0013 or visit caraesbeaufort.org

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Basic Computer Skills 9 a.m., Wednesdays, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456. Teen Video Game Club 4 p.m., 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6441. Ages 12 to 18. Hoopla Class 4 p.m., 4th Wednesday of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456. S.C. Works Job Coaching 2 to 4 p.m., Thursdays, St. Helena Branch Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, St. Helena Island, 843-255-6540. Free help with job searches, interviews. Line Dance Class 3:30 p.m., 1st & 3rd Thursdays of each month, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6456. Chess Club 1 to 2 p.m., Saturdays, St. Helena Branch Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, St. Helena Island, 843-255-6540. Ages 5 and older.

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 843-295-0058.

9 to 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 10; 6 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 23; 9 t 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 8; 9 to 10:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 28; 4 to 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 13; 4 to 5:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 25. You don't want to miss the Free guided tours of the Port Royal Cypress Wetlands. Master Naturalist Jill Moore is full of information about the alligators, turtles, trees, plants, and the variety of birds that call the wetlands home. This is a great opportunity to learn about this magical place. Tours are limited in size so sign up now – Kat Bray, Tour Coordinator, info@ foprcw.org. Sponsored by Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands. Christian ConnectionWomen’sluncheon and shopping fair 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 21, Hampton Hall Clubhouse. Dine elegantly and shop for pre-holiday gifts, collectables and nibbles with the Christian Women’s Connection. Comedian Cherie Nettles will tell us "Laughter is the best medicine." Prepaid reservations are $28, payable to "CWC Bluffton" care of Carol Mock, 607 Argent Way, Bluffton SC 29909. For more details, contact Julie at 602-750-5465 or Julie.ott.az@gmail.com

Dungeons & Dragons 4 p.m., Mondays, Beaufort Downtown Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, 843-255-6441. Ages 12 to 18.

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PLATOON 1061 Senior Drill Instructor SSgt J. H. Wood PFC Centofanti, Giuliano A. Pvt Chalco, Cody L. Pvt Christie, Elijah R. PFC* Cohea, Thomas C. Pvt Colonrodriguez, Edwin J. PFC* Corbelli, Albert J. PFC Daltow, Connor M. Pvt Deere, Fallon S. Pvt Doty, Hunter J. Pvt Eisworth, Cody L. PFC Fenner, Dale J. PFC Harrison, Jacob J. Pvt GabrielIniguezfernandez, Pvt Kalinowski, Samuel Pvt Lacaillade, Trashun T. Pvt Lowrance Jr, Samuel R. Pvt MichaelLozadabernard,A. Pvt Mcfadden Jr, Saeed M. PFC Miller, Tabor L. PFC Neal, Ethan G. Pvt Nichols, Gabriel A. Pvt Powell, Ian A. Pvt Prince, Quincy T. Pvt Rossignol, Tylerjohn Pvt Santiago, Mario I. PFC Santosnieves, Michael S. Pvt MohammadShamsher, O. PFC Silk, Kyle D. Pvt Simms Iii, Michael W. PFC Stankula, Joseph D. Pvt Tang, Leo Pvt Vazquezgonzalez, Izack Pvt Villa, Francisco A. PFC Waggoner, Ronald N. Pvt Westra, William J. PLATOON 1062 Senior Drill Instructor SSgt I. L. Davis Jr. Pvt Ahrens Jr, Shane C. Pvt Atid, Badreddine Pvt Batts, Jonathan L. PFC* Bauman, Ethan M. PFC Beaupre, Adam P. PFC Benfield, Matthew A. Pvt Bosch, Pedro P. Pvt Boyd, Robert M. PFC Broadus Jr, Eric S. Pvt Dejesus Jr, Joey PFC* Diaz, Juan Pvt Erickson, Prestin S. Pvt Graver, Sena P. Pvt Griffiths, Quinn W. Pvt Hall, Tytus K. Pvt Henriquez, Diego A. Pvt Iden Jr, Thomas R. Pvt Keiter, Devin L. PFC Ketron, Brendan T. Pvt Koch, Quinn A. Pvt Lochen, Brendan A. Pvt Martz Jr, Scott A. PFC Migliazzo, Luke A. PFC Moyer, Brent A. Pvt Nash, Demari J. PFC Paez, Ronal PFC Parks IV, Eddie B. PFC Parra, Entonio J. PFC Perez, Jeremy Pvt Quinnelly Jr, Scott M. PFC Ramsey, Robert B. PFC* Rivera, Javier Pvt Riveravazquez Jr, Jason Pvt Sanchez, Calvin Pvt Sanchez, Salvador S. Pvt Tolley, Lucas C. Pvt Wilcox, Devin T. Pvt Williams, Joloni O.

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A12 AUGUST 25–31, 2022 PLATOON 1056 Senior Drill Instructor SSgt M. A. Louis Pvt Bekenov, Alen Pvt Boulton, Anthony M. PFC Burdette, Seth E. PFC* Burger, Brett M. PFC Cooper, Damien S. PFC Cranston, Pierce H. PFC Dassin, Freeman Pvt Dean, Dallyn B. Pvt Dumol, John M. Pvt LuisEleuteriosantiago,A. PFC Evans, Ty D. Pvt Felix, Brian T. Pvt Fischer, Jacob T. Pvt Gillis, Traye D. PFC TimothyHigginbotham,A. PFC Hunstad, Maxwell D. PVT Jackson, Solomon O. PFC Jelley, Michael C. Pvt Johnson, Drew K. Pvt Kalil, Garrett H. Pvt Key, George D. Pvt Leming, Blake A. Pvt Lewis, Dylan M. PFC Maine, Jake G. Pvt Paul, Sphele PFC* Pearson, Uel J. Pvt Plant, Zachary M. PFC Revis, Christopher A. Pvt JosueRoblerogonzalez,N. PFC Rodriguez, Angel K. Pvt Saldano, Jaiden S. Pvt Shepard, Logan B. Pvt Shoultes, Ian J. Pvt Snow, Nathaniel J. Pvt Sparks, Chase R. Pvt Sullivan, Connor E. Pvt Suttles, Keylan B. Pvt Vazquez, Marvin A. PFC Walker III, Anthony PFC* Washington Jr, Jonathan L. PFC Xelhua Jr, Andres PLATOON 1057 Senior Drill Instructor SSgt V. M. Castillo Pvt Andrews IV, Robert W. PFC* Banks, Jordan A. Pvt Buzzard, Blake L. PFC Cervantes, Mario F. Pvt Draper, Cameron B. Pvt Etienne, Fridlyn PFC Foster, Adam M. Pvt Gaston Jr, Alex Pvt Gomes, Michael A. Pvt Gomezsosa, Marco PFC Hall, Joshua L. Pvt Hernandez, James Pvt Hong, Seong K. Pvt Jackson, Sean T. PFC TristenJacksonchambers,S. PFC* Jenkins, Jaeden S. Pvt Johns, Joshua C. PFC Kilgore, Coby R. PFC Kirk, Austin D. Pvt Long Jr, Glenn J. PFC Mayo, Dajohn J. Pvt Mayorga, Bernardo M. Pvt Mcfield, Givani G. PFC Oday, Damien M. Pvt Pillco, James F. Pvt Pintado, Alex G. Pvt Richardson, Zachary H. PFC* Rodriguez, Raymond A. PFC Ronzello, Zeb L. Pvt Seong, Ganghyeon Pvt Stice, Noah C. Pvt Toner, Rudy T. Pvt Tribble, Martin J. Pvt Wagasky, Caidan J. Pvt Webb, Kolorado, L. PFC Wells, Colin H. Pvt Wilson, Andrew L. PFC Wynn, Connor F. PLATOON 1058 Senior Drill Instructor SSgt C. A. Duncan Pvt Batey, William M. Pvt Bravo, Samuel E Pvt Cadeau, Elie R. Pvt Campbell Jr, Wayne O. Pvt Cararo, Dominick M. Pvt Cooke, Trevor G. Pvt Eakles, Tanner M. Pvt Fracassi, Kyle E. Pvt Geissler, Benjamin M. Pvt Goosey, Austin B. Pvt Guidry, Christopher B. Pvt Guillen, Juan J. Pvt Hemsworth, Thomas J. PFC Hodges III, Johnny C. Pvt Joachim, Joseph L. Pvt Lemos, Mateus S. Pvt Lepriol, Trenton J. PFC Maza, Jonathan E. Pvt Mcanally, Alexander P. PFC* McDonnell, Aidan M. PFC Mcgraw, Avery J. Pvt Merrill, Harrison D. PFC Moody, Adam L. Pvt Mount, Christopher L. Pvt Musmanno, Francisco E. PFC Parker, Nathan Pvt Peoples, Asha Y. Pvt Pierce, Damian W. Pvt Redding, Anthony C. Pvt Reyes, Miguel Pvt Rodrigues, Nicholas B. Pvt Rodriguez, Christopher PFC Rodriguezaviles, Alonzo PFC* Sabin, Kevin J. PFC Siegel, Phanuphong B. Pvt Thapa, Prasan Pvt Young, Chandler A. Pvt Zagray, Wyatt J. PLATOON 1060 Senior Drill Instructor Sgt J. N. GarciaSoto PFC RobertAlarconmiketta,A. PFC Aucoin, Caleb C. Pvt Beickelman, Camryn L. Pvt Binegar, Nathan B. Pvt Castillo, Mason D. PFC Chandler, Kevin PFC* Chapman, Ashton G. Pvt Choi, Christopher J. Pvt Clark, James E. Pvt Delacruzjimenez, Leader PFC Eke, Owen E. PFC Goldis, Jared M. Pvt Harriman, Wyatt R. Pvt Johnson, Jacob B. Pvt Jones, Micaiah E. Pvt King, Trent A. PFC Langley Jr, Bruce W. Pvt Litulumar, Karlphilipjr C. PFC Long, Charles A. Pvt Maskell, Evan G. PFC Mcgrath, Matthew J. PFC Melendezascanio, Joshua PFC* Oby, Jordan F. Pvt Ocelotl, Jeffrey Pvt Oconnell, Charles A. PFC* Ooten, Jacob G. PFC Prime Jr, Eric C. Pvt Redmond, Jacob E. Pvt Reyes, Emmanuel Pvt Rihr, Mason PFC Rosasperez, Yoskar A. PFC Scheer, Ryan A. Pvt Short, Kade D. PFC Stogner, Alexander B. Pvt Stogner, Austin B. Pvt Trim, Horace J. PFC Trout, Michael A. Pvt Walker, Jaheim N.

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a. Purple Heart (PH). Retirees must provide a copy of the Purple Heart Citation and DD214 reflecting the award and injury, or the Purple Heart Citation, and excerpts from the Service Medical Record that cor responds to the date and document the treatment of the Purple Heart injury.

2. Military Service Con nected May Not be Enough. Retirees do not understand that even though an injury or illness may be “Military Ser vice-Connected”, that does not automatically make the disability eligible for CRSC. For example, if a military retiree hurt his or her knee while running in forma tion as part of the Military Service Physical Fitness/ Training Program or while participating in supervised sports (football, softball, bas ketball, etc.) activities and after retiring, the military retiree filed for and received a VA service-connected dis ability award of 20% for the knee injury, he or she is still not eligible for CRSC.

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b. Direct Result of Armed Conflict (AC). Disabilities must have been incurred in the line of duty as a result of armed conflict. There must be a definite, documented, causal relationship between the armed conflict and the resulting disability (injury, wound, condition, disease, etc.). Armed conflict includes a war, expedition, occupa tion, battle, skirmish, raid, invasion, assault, insurrec tion, guerilla action, riot, or other action in which service members are engaged with a hostile or belligerent nation, faction, force, or terrorists. Includes incidents involving POWs.

1. In the Line of Duty May Not be Enough. Retirees do not understand that even though an injury or illness may be “In-the Line-of-Du ty”, that does not automat ically make the disability eligible for CRSC. A military member who becomes sick or injured while on active duty or during an excused absence is entitled to certain benefits, including pay and allowances, if the military injuries or illness are not the results of the Soldier’s intentional misconduct or willful negligence or in other words, CRSC13.g.CRSCHowever,In-the-Line-of-Duty.tobeeligibleforthecriteriainBlockandAppendixAoftheFormmustbemet.

“When I walked down the streets, the buildings were destroyed and trash was all over the place,” said a young Sam Plaskon. “But here, here you could tell it was a better place.” Sam Plaskon and his twin brother started the first eight years of their lives in and out of orphanages across Ukraine, before finally being adopted by a new family and moving to the United States. “We were scared,” said Sam. “We re ally didn’t trust anyone. Coming from Ukraine where anything could happen to you, to now being with an unfamil iar new family; it was scary.” Sam and his twin brother James, were almost inseparable. While com ing to a new place and whilst being surrounded by new people, they en sured that closeness never went away. “My brother and I, we kind of stuck with each other,” Sam said. “We were close, but that was because we didn’t know what was going to happen and we gave each other a certain comfort.” Coming to the United States was a challenge for the Plaskons. Learning a new language, meeting new people, and having to create a completely new way of life; their world had turned upside“Whendown.wecame here, we were homeschooled for the first six months,” Sam said. “My mom had to teach us everything, like the basics of English, even colors and numbers.” But not everything was a rough start for the Plaskon’s new home. “I remember the portion sizes of food were huge!” Sam laughed. “But not only that, everything was clean, people were nice to you, we were treat ed like family, we finally had love and affection like we had never had before.” Sam and his brother started school in the first grade, even though they were older than the other students. “It was very difficult for us, having to go through all of those ESL [English as a Second Language] classes,” said Sam. “For both elementary school and middle school, I struggled. I had such a hard time grasping English and spelling.”Sam,with his wilting education, was once again pushed to rock bottom. “I was struggling,” Sam said. “I was struggling to the point where I told myself I wasn’t smart enough.” Even as he hit the bottom, Sam didn’t give up or give in. He persisted and started to set himself apart from rest.“As I got into high school, I started studying more and paying more atten tion in class,” Sam said. “Finally, when I graduated, I was in the top 10 percent of my Thisclass.”transition didn’t just appear out of nowhere. One key character in Sam’s life played a role in that. “I used to work in a movie theater when I was in high school,” Sam chuckled. “There was a gentleman who would come in all the time, and eventu ally, I got to know him.” Unbeknownst to Sam, this was the beginning of a lifelong friendship. “He told me that if I was ever inter ested in law enforcement that he would take me into the cadet program,” Sam said.That gentleman was Trooper Ian Rola, with the Maryland State Police. Over the coming months, Trooper Rola mentored Sam, offering him words of wisdom, sound advice, and a shoulder to lean on. “He taught me how to be a man,” Sam said. “He taught me how to stand up for what is right, how to stand your ground, how to treat people with dignity and respect, and to never let anybody do the job for you when you can easily do it yourself.”

3. CRSC Award Falls Under 8 Categories. Retirees do not understand that CRSC awards must fall under one of the eight Combat Related Codes (cate gories) of PH (Purple Heart), AC (Armed Conflict), HD Hazardous Duty), SW (Sim ulating War, IN (Instrument of War), AO (Agent Orange – includes all herbicides), DE (Radiation), or GW or MG (Gulf War or Mustard Gas).

4. Must Read the Fine Print in Appendix A of DD Form 2860. Retirees do not read the fine print in Ap pendix D of DD Form 2860 before sending their CRSC Claim in, thus leaving out re quired evidence, documents (documented secondary medical conditions, service records, medical records, dates, evaluations, decora tion citations, travel vouch ers, PCS orders, lay witness statements, etc.). Some of the fine print in Appendix A states (paraphrased by author):

But the life lessons from Trooper Rola all came from one specific place; Before becoming a state trooper, he was first and foremost a United States Marine. It was these life lessons that helped shape Sam into a young man and guided his decision to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.

Oh, how far I’ve come Orphan from Ukraine grows up to be USMC drill instructor

More important facts about Combat-Related Service Compensation (CRSC)

U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor Sgt. Sam Plaskon poses for a photo August 18 aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. Sgt. Plaskon was originally born in Ukraine. He was adopted and brought to the United States at the age of 8. Lance Cpl. Dakota Dodd/USMC.

EDITOR’S NOTE This is the fourth and final article in a four-part series.

By Lance Cpl. Dakota Dodd, USMC MCRD PARRIS ISLAND

“I wanted to change as a person,” he said. “This was my way of giving back to the country that had given me so much.”Rct.Plaskon shipped to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. on Oct. 18, 2015 at the age of nineteen and was placed in Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion. “I was definitely scared,” Plaskon said. “It was a culture shock, but over time I grew to like it.” Plaskon earned his Eagle, Globe and Anchor and the title of United States Marine on Jan. 8, 2016. This title made the bond between Plaskon and Troop er Rola tighter than ever before. “I was lucky enough to hold a lot of high billets in the fleet,” he said. “At times I was in charge of over 120 Marines.”Sgt.Plaskon arrived at MCRD Parris Island Drill Instructor School in Octo ber of 2021 and completed a grueling 11-week training cycle before earning the coveted campaign cover on Dec. 17, 2021 and formally becoming a United States Marine Corps drill instructor. “It taught me alot,” Plaskon said. “It taught me to hold the standards high and hold myself above the highest standards.”Now,Sgt. Plaskon serves as a drill instructor for Echo Company in 2nd Recruit Training Battalion. Each cycle, he passes on the knowledge and wisdom he once received from Trooper Rola to the recruits he transforms from civilians to United States Marines. “To me, I wake up every morning at 100%,” he said. “I know that I am making Marines and that I would want them to emulate me when they leave here. It definitely makes me proud of what I do.” But even after all these years, Sgt. Plaskon hasn’t lost touch with his humble origins and to this day Troop er Rola remains as a mentor and a shoulder to lean on whenever the need arises.“Idon’t think I could ever make up for it,” Sgt. Plaskon said. “If it wasn’t for (Trooper Rola) I honestly couldn’t tell you where I would be at right now.”

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 freelance writer with the Island News. Contact him at LDandridge@ earthlink.net or 843-276-7164.

The bottom line is, “If you are a military retiree with VA-awarded service-connect ed disabilities, that qualify under the CRSC program, you should apply for any CRSC compensation that qualifies under the CRSC guidelines.”

c. In Performance of Duty Under Conditions Simulat ing War (SW). Paraphrased – Must have incurred in the line of duty as a result of simulating armed conflict. The fact that a military member (retiree) incurred the disability during a period of simulating war or in an area of simulated armed conflict or while partici pating in simulated armed conflict operations is NOT sufficient by itself to support a combat-related determina tion. Examples of qualifying disabilities resulting from simulated combat activities during combat training include war games, practice alerts, tactical exercises, airborne operations, live fire exercises, bayonet train ing, hand-to-hand combat training, rappelling, and negotiating obstacle courses, while in full gear. Physical training such as calisthenics, jogging, formation running, and supervised sports are NOT included. d. While Engaged in Haz ardous Service (HS). There must be a definite, docu mented, and causal relation ship between the hazardous service and the resulting disability. Includes activities like flight, parachute duty, demolition, experimental stress duty, diving duty, and rescue missions. e. Instrumentality of War (IN). Must be in the line of duty as a result of an instrument of war (vehicles, vessels, weapons, aircraft, de vices, etc. designed primarily for military service). The disability must be caused by the device itself. Injuries caused by HAZMAT (like fumes, gases, explosions, etc.) are included. This is a long section, so retirees need to read the entire explana tion and definition on the DD Form 2860. f. Agent Orange (AO). The disability was incurred as a result of Agent Orange and other rainbow herbicides used in the Vietnam War. Must be determined by the VA as presumptive to Agent Orange (or other herbicides). Must show more than ser vice-connected but also the specific causes of the condi tion, such as, the retiree has Diabetes caused by Agent Orange (herbicides) expo sure. For secondary disabil ities to be CRSC approved, they must be granted by the VA, as secondary to Agent Orange (herbicides). g. Radiation Exposure (RE). The disability must be a result of combat-related radiation exposure. includes participation in nuclear test ing/detonation, the nuclear bombing of Japan, POWs in Japan in WWII, or service in Paducah, Ky., Portsmouth, Ohio, or the K25 area at Oak Ridge, Tenn., for at least 250 days before Feb 1, 1992. h. Gulf War (GW), Mus tard Gas, or Lewisite (MG). Disabilities awarded by the VA on the basis of presump tion relating to service in the Persian Gulf War or exposure to Mustard Gas or Lewisite, even though there is no direct connection and the disability did not occur immediately. Retirees must show not just service con nection but that the specific cause of the condition, such as Fibromyalgia from service in the Persian Gulf War.

This article is the final part of a four-part series articles on Combat-Related Service Compensation (CRSC). As stated on the VA’s CRSC website found limitedCRSCfrequentlytakesDDlatedonandfortives)otherAccreditedandandliermilitarycationretireepayments,amountpaymentshastheratingretireepay),receivingisCRSCmayNationalmilitaryhttps://bit.ly/3JqLexq,ataretiree(Regular,Guard,orReserves)beeligibletoapplyforifthemilitarymemberretired(andentitledtoormilitaryretirementand2.themilitaryhasaVAdisabilityofatleast10%,and3.militaryretireecurrentlytheirDoDretirementreducedbytheoftheirVAdisabilityand4.themilitaryfilesaCRSCappliwiththeirbranchofservice.Asmentionedintheeararticles,militaryretireestheirfamilymembersanyoneassisting(VSOs,Lawyers,andAccreditedRepresentaamilitaryretireetofileCRSCmustcloselyreadfollowtheinstructionstheClaimForCombatReSpecialCompensationForm2860.Themisthatmilitaryretireesmakeinfilingforinclude,butarenotto:

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Jesus was always announcing the Kingdom of God. As he traveled from town to town, he would proclaim, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand!” (Mark 1:15) Many of his teachings and parables are about this kingdom. He seemed to take for granted that his listeners were expecting such a kingdom. In order to understand what Jesus means, we need to understand a prophecy from the Book of Daniel that was very famous among Jewish people in the first century. In the Book of Daniel, the king had an alarming dream. He saw a vision of a large statue composed of gold, silver, bronze, and iron. A rock is cut out of a mountain, but not with human hands, and the rock strikes the statue and destroys it. But “the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.” (Daniel 2:35) Out of all the royal advisors, only Daniel could tell the king the content of the dream and its meaning.

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By the first century, the time foretold by Daniel had come. The Jewish people recognized that the first three empires had come and gone: first the Babylonian, then the Persian, then the Greek. They were now living in the time of the fourth kingdom described by Daniel, the Roman Empire! Many expected God to send a Messiah during their lifetimes, a leader who would liberate them from Roman rule and restore Israel to political and military glory.

As Jesus describes this kingdom, one begins to grasp that it will be much greater than the worldly kingdom his listeners imagined Instead of victories over human enemies, this kingdom would offer victory over sin and death. Instead of earthly wealth, this kingdom would offer heavenly treasure that can never be lost. Like the rock in the king’s dream, this everlasting kingdom would not be created by any human hand, but by God himself.

Daniel foretold the coming of a kingdom established by God. He explained to the king that the golden head of the statue symbolizes his Babylonian Empire, while its other parts signify the three kingdoms that will follow it. The rock symbolizes “the God of heaven which will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.” (v. 44)