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COVERING BEAUFORT COUNTY

Port Royal rejects billboard bid

New program helping BA students find their voice When Dr. Dan Durbin determined the time was right to add a speech and debate team to the long list of extracurricular activities available to students at Beaufort Academy, he knew who he needed to hire to launch it.

Durbin, BA’s head of school, was once a noted speech and debate coach in his own right, and David Nagel was his prized pupil at FJ Reitz High School in Indiana — an individual state and national champion in high school who went on to com-

pete at the collegiate level.

The student has become the teacher.

Durbin lured his former student to BA last fall to launch the school’s speech and debate team, which has qualified for the South Carolina state tournament next month in Greenville. Seven students will represent BA at the event.

As veterans of speech and debate, Durbin and Nagel sing the program’s praises as a form of student expression that encourages students to

tackle current events and social issues while encour-

aging competition and leadership. Nagel believes that

in order to effect change in the world around them, students must do so by using their voice.

“By voice, I mean how they feel about a given topic or area of interest,” Nagel says. “Our activity is unique in the fact that it not only allows students to express themselves, it also encourages them to develop their own opinions through research and dialogue. Through this process, we hope to produce

By Lisa Allen About 100 people showed up Feb. 13 for a Port Royal Town Council public hearing to oppose a proposal to build a digital billboard at the foot of the Broad River bridge.

About a dozen people told the council that such a sign would harm the town’s ambiance and image.

Adams Outdoor Advertising had asked Port Royal Town Council to amend a PUD (planned unit development) on the northeast corner of S.C. 170 and S.C. 802 to allow the sign. It had a static sign there from the mid-1970s until 2015 and argued that the precedent entitles the agency to reclaim that parcel for a new billboard.

Beau Hodges, Adams Outdoor Advertising’s real estate manager, pleaded with the town council to move the request past the first reading so his company would provide him money to do a rendering of a proposed office on the same parcel.

Lt. Col Neil Baxley from Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office spoke in favor of the billboard because of the ability to post public notices about emergencies, weather threats and investigations nearly instantaneously.

“They’ll give us override ability,” Baxley said.

Child Abuse Prevention Association executive director Christina Wilson said her nonprofit doesn’t take sides on public issues, but said Adams Outdoor has been generous in posting informational messages about child protection.

The request died when no one on the council offered a motion to act on it.

Mayor Sam Murray said because all of the surrounding areas also ban billboards, the council didn’t want to “be out there by themselves” in allowing a digital billboard.

Port Royal has banned new billboards since the early 2000s. Those along Ribaut Road and other locations were grandfathered in. The City of Beaufort and Beaufort County adopted similar billboard bans at the same time.

Jasper County allows billboards, and dozens line the west side of U.S. 170 en route to Bluffton.

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Linda Henley sorts through seemingly endless rows of jelly beans during a busy Valentine’s Day on Thursday, Feb.14. Photo by Bob Sofaly.

Love is in the air Valentine’s Day was celebrated Thursday, Feb. 14, and in keeping with tradition, The Chocolate Tree was the hub of activity for purchases of pralines, choc-

olate turtles, jelly beans, boxes of chocolates and one of the local favorites — chocolate covered strawberries from Dempsey Farms on St. Helena Island.

Three special little Valentines were delivered last Thursday to the Beaufort Memorial Collins Birthing Center. Meet Eliza Pineda, daughter of Susan Medina and Gabriel Pineda of Beaufort; Zyir Shabazz, son of Davies Singleton and Aamir Shabazz of Beaufort; and Aylani Maldonada, daughter of Rocia Jimenez Diaz and Antonio Maldonado of Bluffton - all born on February 14. Congratulations to moms, dads and their precious Valentine's Day babies!

Left: Julia Mercado spreads out jelly worms, bugs and other creepy crawlers and places them in a heart shaped candy box for Andrea Cooler. Cooler said the boxes were for her two children and she dared not go home empty-handed. Photos by Bob Sofaly.

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One dead, two severely injured in US 170 crash

One person was killed and two others were seriously injured after a work van crashed into the rear of a full-sized tractor-trailer on U.S. 170 near the intersection of Copeland Drive on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 16.

Around 7:20 a.m., units with the City of Beaufort-Town of Port Royal Fire Department and the Burton Fire District were dispatched to a report of a motor vehicle accident with entrapment and one of the vehicles on fire.

The first arriving unit, Battalion 81, found a full-sized passenger van had collided with the rear of a tractor-trailer in the east bound lane of U.S. 170. The van was being used as a work van with a ladder rack on top and was full of work tools and equipment.

The engine compartment and front passenger area of

the van was lodged under the rear of the tractor-trailer. The engine was on fire and the fire was being fed by flammable liquids in the engine, endangering the lives of the three occupants of the van, who were entrapped.

Battalion Chief Tony Carneavale of the Burton Fire District quickly deployed a dry chemical fire extinguisher from his fire unit, suppressed the fire, and “undoubtedly gave the occupants of the van the best chance for survival,” according to a City of Beaufort release.

This type of call is assigned the two closest fire engines and a Battalion Chief, law enforcement, and a Beaufort County EMS ambulance as a standard practice, Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Chief Reece Bertholf said. The initial resources needed to be

reinforced and additional crews from the City of Beaufort-Town of Port Royal Fire Department, the Burton Fire District, and the Marine Corps Air Station Fire Department, Beaufort County EMS, City of Beaufort Police Department, South Carolina Highway Patrol, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, the South Carolina De-

Burton fire officials concerned about rash of cooking fires The Burton Fire District responded to its third cooking fire in a week when an unattended pan of grease ignited just before midnight on Thursday, Feb. 15.

Burton and MCAS Beaufort fire departments responded to a home on Bruce K. Smalls Road, where one adult and three children were home at the time and escaped injury. There were no working smoke alarms in the home. Burton firefighters installed three smoke alarms for the family before leaving.

While this fire caused mi-

nor damages, Burton fire officials are concerned with the recent rash of fires caused by unattended cooking.

“None of these tragedies

partment of Transportation, and two Air Ambulance helicopters were requested and responded along with off-duty staff officers from both the Beaufort-Port Royal and Burton fire departments.

Firefighters set forth with the extrication operation.

Upon arrival of emergency crews, one of the three occu-

pants of the van was determined to be deceased and the other two occupants were severely injured and needed to be extricated from the wreck.

Firefighters worked diligently stabilizing the vehicles involved, removed tools and equipment from the van that had moved forward in the van and covered the victims, and cut the van away from the entrapped victims.

While firefighters worked to complete the extrication, medical personnel from Beaufort County EMS and the arriving air ambulances provided medical care to the two patients.

“This is a well-rehearsed and orchestrated scenario” said City of Beaufort-Town of Port Royal Battalion Chief Larry Deloach. “We had a major extrication that had to occur at the same time poten-

tially life-saving medical treatment needed to occur. The air crews and ground paramedics worked flawlessly, side by side with the firefighters who were cutting and spreading on the car, to give these two patients the best chance possible at survival.”

Within approximately one hour of emergency crew’s arrival, both severely injured patients were extricated from the van and moved to waiting air ambulances for transport to appropriate trauma hospitals. Both patients had significant, life threatening, injuries.

In all, nine pieces of fire department apparatus from three different departments, three ground ambulances, two air ambulance helicopters, three fire staff officer vehicles, and approximately 35 emergency workers from multiple agencies were on the scene.

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had to happen,” Burton Fire Chief Harry Rountree said.

“We provide free smoke alarms and training on fire extinguisher use. People don’t realize how quickly a fire will erupt. The most common statement we get from the resident is, ‘It happened so fast, I was just gone for a second.’”

Rountree said a fire doubles in size every 30 seconds and the kitchen has all a fire needs to quickly explode.

Residents needing assistance with smoke alarms can email safetyed@burtonfd.org.

Porch fire damages apartment A fire on the porch of a second-story apartment at the Preserve at Port Royal was extinguished before doing major damage on the morning of Friday, Feb. 15.

Around 8:50 a.m., firefighters with the City of Beaufort-Town of Port Royal Fire Department and the Burton Fire District were called to the 1000 building at the Preserve at Port Royal apartment community.

Quick action by Ladder Company 1 from the City of Beaufort-Town of Port Royal Fire Department saved the building. The Port Royal Police Department and additional arriving fire crews worked quickly to evacuate about 10 other residents from the remaining apartments as smoke began to fill the common walkways.

“These fire crews and police officers really did an excellent job cohesively working together and coordinating a total evacuation of people from the building and then worked with management to double-check and account for and evacuate pets

Lin Mix prepares to cut the ribbon Saturday morning, officially opening the Treasure House at its new location, 914 Boundary St. The non-profit thrift store, formerly at 203 Carteret St., is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Looking on at left is store manager Sandy Foster. Photo by John Barber.

that were also in the building,” said Battalion Chief Larry Deloach, who was the incident commander.

Damage was mostly limited to the porch but the heat also broke the windows between the porch and the apartment so there was smoke and minor heat damage inside the apartment along with some water damage.

Porch fires are an area of concern, according to Deputy Chief of Operations Tim Ogden.

“At the time these units were constructed the code required a residential sprinkler system, which is in each apartment here,” Ogden said. “However, residential systems are designed by code to save lives by giving

occupants time to escape a fire, not fully protect the property. The code did not require a sprinkler head on the porch and these porches are thus unprotected and susceptible to fire damage.”

Without a sprinkler on the porch, it is imperative that a quick response by the fire department occur at the time of fire outbreak and arriving units take appropriate action to stop the spread of fire.

Fire officials encourage apartment residents to enjoy their porches but to be extra mindful of fire hazards and limit the risk of fire outbreak by not smoking, cooking, or lighting candles or other fires on their porches.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Beaufort Digital Corridor offering CODEcamp this spring

The Beaufort Digital Corridor has announced a spring offering of its “CODEcamp – Introduction to Web Development” class. Registration is open now for this limited-seating opportunity.

CODEcamp is a project-based, introductory code education program designed for busy adults of all backgrounds and experience levels in a convenient, affordable after-hours guided class format. Students learn fundamentals of HTML, CSS and JavaScript with a combination of written and verbal instruction using real-time online programs that show results instantly.

Instructor Matt Shaw, senior software engineer, will again lead the eight-week

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CODEcamp course, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays from March 23 to May 11 at the Corridor’s BASEcamp facility. The Corridor is currently looking for sponsors for the program and funding to enable two students to take the CODEcamp course on scholarship.

In addition to CODEcamp, the Corridor has introduced SC Codes, a free continuing education platform that students can access at their own pace from home, or through in-person events and mentorship at partner sites. BASEcamp will act as a partner site for participants to gather once a month and practice what they have learned. CODEcamp participants are encouraged to further their edu-

cation via SC Codes.

The Digital Corridor has partnered with Build Carolina to connect South Carolinians to the education and resources they need to unlock careers in technology. The free code education initiative provides further knowledge in the languages introduced at CODEcamp and includes other relevant coding languages like Command Line, Ruby, Java, and React.js.

“Connecting to the state’s initiative is a powerful way for Beaufort to get in on an important future workforce resource” said Shelley Barratt, Beaufort Digital Corridor Program Manager.

Registration is open at eventbrite.com using keyword “CODEcamp.”

Beaufort Walmart debuts pickup tower A new, 16-foot tall structure that functions like a hightech vending machine and can fulfill a customer’s online order in less than a minute is in place to serve customers at the Walmart Supercenter at 265 Sea Island Parkway.

The Beaufort store recently debuted the new Walmart Pickup Tower and Pickup Lockers, which the company cites as “the latest example of Walmart’s commitment to digital acceleration and innovation, as well as convenience, helping customers save time and shop however, whenever, wherever they want.”

To use the Pickup Tower, customers shop on Walmart. com and select the “Pickup” option at checkout. When the item arrives at the local store, an associate loads it into the Pickup Tower and the customer retrieves by scanning a bar code sent to their smartphone.

“The Pickup Towers and Lockers are user-friendly and easy, fast and efficient for our customers,” said Michael Dilorenzo, an e-commerce market manager supporting many of Walmart’s South Carolina locations. “We continue to receive great customer feedback and are excited to

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Redcap Lowcountry Service Concierge has earned accreditation from the National Home Watch Association for the fifth year. The NHWA was formed in 2009 in order to establish and maintain the highest industry standards for Home Watch and absentee homeowner services throughout the United States and Canada. Home Watch is a service that “keeps an eye on things” at your vacation or primary home while you are not in residence.

In addition to Home Watch, Redcap added a mobile detailing unit for cars and boats and also provides a variety of services to get their clients’ “to-do lists” done, including pressure washing, window cleaning, local moves, furniture delivery, organization, event staffing, and more.

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Concierge serves Beaufort and the surrounding communities, including Fripp Island, Dataw Island, Habersham, Port Royal, Harbor Island, and the surrounding area.

Lowcountry Realtors release market reports

Despite a strong U.S. economy, historically low unemployment and steady wage growth, home sales began to slow across the nation late last year. Blame was given to a combination of high prices and a steady stream of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. In a move described as a patient approach to further rate changes, the Fed did not increase rates during January, helping trends continue to tick upward across the area, according to market reports released by Realtors in Beaufort and Jasper counties.

New Listings were up 10.3 percent to 236. Pending Sales increased 1.7 percent to 180,

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the eighth consecutive month of year-over-year gains. Inventory grew 21.6 percent to 1,081 units.

Prices moved higher as Median Sales Price was up 13.7 percent to $232,500. Days on Market increased 16.9 percent to 90 days. Months Supply of Inventory was up 14.0 percent to 5.7 months, indicating that supply increased relative to demand.

While the home affordability topic will continue to set the tone for the 2019 housing market, early signs point to an improving inventory situation, including in several markets that are beginning to show regular year-over-year percentage increases. As motivated sellers attempt to get a jump on annual goals, many new listings enter the market immediately after the turn of a calendar year.

If home price appreciation falls more in line with wage growth, and rates can hold firm, consumer confidence and affordability are likely to improve, the report states.

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At the center she will guide breast cancer patients from diagnosis through treatment, providing support, answering questions and serving as a point of contact for patients and their healthcare providers.

Marino brings to her new position a strong background in cancer care, having worked in both inpatient oncology case management and outpatient chemotherapy infusion services at Mon Health Medical

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nurse (CBCN), the only nationally accredited breast care certification available exclusively to registered nurses. To receive the designation from the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation, applicants must have a minimum of 1,000 hours of breast care nursing experience and pass a rigorous examination that tests their knowledge in the specialty of breast care nursing.

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USCB, Friends of Caroline Hospice team up for palliative care event Representatives of the University of South Carolina Beaufort administration and faculty will join in an examination of palliative care when the Friends of Caroline Hospice presents a lecture and panel discussion entitled, “An Evening with Friends: The Emerging Art, Science and Beauty of Palliative Care,” beginning at 6 p.m. on Feb. 28 at the USCB Center for the Arts.

The evening will begin with a wine and cheese reception at 6 p.m., followed by a TEDstyle talk by Dr. Robert LeFavi, dean of USCB’s Beaufort Campus, entitled, “A Special Occasion: What The Dying Tell Us About Living.”

Dr. LeFavi earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Education at the University of Florida in 1983, a Ph.D. at Auburn University in 1991, and a D.Min. at the University of the South in 2006.

His academic interests encompass palliative care, health

promotion and wellness, and fitness and health care administration. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate-level courses, he has published more than 725 articles in the popular press on topics ranging from biomechanics to health science to palliative care. He has also published scholarly papers or presented his findings on more than 60 research projects in scientific journals and at conferences focusing on nutritional science, experimental biology and spiritual health.

“I’m excited to be part of this important event,” Dr. LeFavi said, “and to share my experiences interviewing the dying over a 25-year period. I consider what the dying have to tell us about living a gift that can change one’s life.”

Dr. LeFavi’s presentation will be followed by a panel discussion on advances in palliative care. Those who attend

will benefit by gaining a better understanding of how they can engage hospice services if the need should arise. The panel experts are: • Lindsay Roberg, BSN, RN, CHPN, executive director, Friends of Caroline Hospice • Gordon Kreuger, M.D., medical director, Friends of Caroline Hospice • Summer Roberts, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology and gerontology coordinator, USCB • Eileen Filan, RN, clinical coordinator, Friends of Caroline Hospice • Steve Scudder, M.Div., coordinator of support services, Friends of Caroline Hospice • Robert LeFavi, Ph.D., D.Min., Dean of USCB’s Beaufort Campus For more information about the event, contact the USCB Center for the Arts, 805 Carteret St., or call 843-521-4100.

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Nagel is quick to point to the long list of notable speech and debate alumni ranging from famed actors and rock stars to Supreme Court Justices and politicians, including South Carolina natives Stephen Colbert and Chadwick Boseman, Sonia Sotomayor and President John F. Kennedy, and even Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Springsteen.

“This activity has a storied and successful pedigree — something that Beaufort Academy is very excited about,” Nagel said.

Durbin knows a thing or two about building a successful speech and debate program. His program in Indiana was recognized as one of the nation’s largest and most successful programs during the 1990s, and he passed on his expertise to Nagel, who parlayed his success as a competitor into an impressive teaching and coaching resume. For five years prior to moving to Beaufort, he led the program at Mater Dei High School in Evansville, Indiana, producing multiple state finalists, an individual state champion, national qualifiers, and the 2017 Indiana state championship team.

“Bringing David and his wife Megan to Beaufort is an amazing opportunity for our school and the community,” Durbin said. “He is a seasoned speech and debate competitor and veteran coach with a great handle on the classroom. David’s success and experience speaks for itself.”

Nagel had a good thing going in Indiana, but he couldn’t pass up the chance to work for his mentor and build a program from scratch.

“Dr. Durbin definitely has a vision for what he wants to accomplish with BA as a Leadership Academy,” Nagel said. “The skillset that our students develop through this activity and the newly-implemented Leadership curriculum sets them up for success beyond high school and after college. I was absolutely honored when he reached out. I know what he is capable of when he sets his mind to something. We are on the brink of great things here.”

Nagel has big plans for the program, including setting students up for opportunities to earn scholarships to compete in college and hone their critical-thinking and public speaking skills in regional, statewide,

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and national competitions.

“Our students will be in a unique position when entering the workforce after college,” Nagel said. “They have the experience to interview well and maintain a level of success and confidence that is expected of them in this type of activity. Many employers look for this on a resume, especially in the professional world.”

And Nagel hopes BA won’t have the area’s only speech and debate program much longer. The team currently has to travel to Columbia or Greenville for most of its co mp e t i t i o ns , but Nagel looks forward to a day when the Lowcountry has a robust local scene that allows area schools to compete against one another.

“Spreading this activity to other schools throughout our community is the next step,” he said. “We are constantly looking for opportunities to allow these amazing students to compete. Hosting tournaments and providing support to other future programs in Beaufort and along the Lowcountry coast is an integral part of our success. We grow in experience and as a program the more that we are able to compete."

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THE MET OPERA LIVE IN HD AT USCB CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Critics cheer upcoming opera ‘Daughter of the Regiment’

By Alan Schuster Gaetano Donizetti’s “La Fille du Regiment” (The Daughter of the Regiment) was his 65th opera – and one that today ranks among the best comique compositions in the entire repertoire. Donizetti was living in Paris at the time, and so Fille premiered in French at

the Opera-Comique in 1840.

It quickly became popular and went on to be performed more than 1,000 times for French audiences by 1908.

In addition to a score with high-spirited military tunes, humorous scenes and delightful ensembles, critics rave about the performances of the two young lovers — the

“daughter,” Marie, and Tonio, a young farmer turned soldier. The occasion was the first Met staging on Feb. 7 with the same cast that will appear in the Live HD broadcast at the Center for the Arts on Saturday, March 2.

“Javier Camarena’s breezy performance of the aria ‘Ah! Mes amis,’ complete with

nine effortless high C’s, was so thrilling that the audience broke into an ecstatic ovation,” wrote Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times.

“After almost two minutes of applause, he was encouraged to sing it again — 18 high C’s for the price of nine.”

Also worth noting is the non-singing role of Dutchess

Krackenthorp, often played by non-operatic celebrities such as actresses Bea Arthur, Hermione Gingold and, believe it or not, in 2016 at Washington’s National Opera, by a lifelong opera fan — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This performance will feature the distinctively husky voice of

former Oscar nominee Kathleen Turner.

Tickets are now available at the USCB Center for the Arts, 801 Carteret Street, Beaufort. All seats are general admission. Adults $20; OLLI members $18; Students $10. Order on-line at www. centerforthearts.com or by calling 843-521-4145.

Rhodes to present HIVE installation at the Sea Islands Center Gallery

The Sea Islands Center Gallery at the University of South Carolina Beaufort will present HIVE, an installation by Adrian Rhodes, from March 1-29. An opening reception will take place from 5-8 p.m. on March 1 with a gallery talk by the artist at 6 p.m. Located at 1106 Carteret St., the gallery is open Tuesday through Thursday from 3-6 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The artist will employ 550 sculptural bee woodcut prints to transform the gal-

lery space for the HIVE exhibition, as well as printed bee wallpaper, bee-printed polyhedral sculptures suspended from the ceiling, acrylic paintings, collages, paper-cut bees affixed to surfaces, ribbons and more.

Blood and Honey, an acrylic and collage piece included in the installation, features images of cut-open pomegranates seemingly oozing honey amid a double-helix strand, spider web patterns, and Japanese wave motifs.

Dyed red paper will extend in

waves from this piece into the center of the room. Another acrylic painting, “Searching for Callisto,” depicts an abstracted hive full of bees surrounding a circular celestial/ astronomical chart above an observatory on a grey cliff amid swarming bees. Bright red pomegranate seeds fill the center of the chart.

The artist depicts bees because they form complex maternal bonds across generations. The crucial function of these pollinators, paired with the complexity and matriar-

Bridges Prep’s Harrelson named ‘Favorite Teacher’ Bridges Prep’s Maryanne Harrelson was selected last week as the “Favorite Teacher” by Winning Orthodontic Smiles of Beaufort and Bluffton.

Harrelson’s student, Jack Conley, nominated her for the award. She received a $100 gift card to Staples as her classroom of surprised students and Bridges administrators cheered, bringing the teacher to tears.

“Ms. Harrelson finds ways to make each day an exciting adventure of learning for her students,” said Dr. Sherri Herbst, interim Head of School at Bridges Prep. “This award is a nice way for her to know that her students appreciate all she does for them.”

Harrelson teaches fourth grade and has been at Bridges Prep Charter School only

Jack Conley (front) with ‘Favorite Teacher’ Maryanne Harrelson holding gift cards and supported by the Bridges Prep Administration and Winning Orthodontic Smiles. since December, when she took over an existing class.

Winning Orthodontic Smiles of Beaufort and Bluffton recog-

nizes outstanding teachers nominated by students and visits schools across the area to celebrate teachers.

Four Beaufort County students named National Merit finalists All four Beaufort County School District students named last fall as semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program have advanced to the next level of competition.

Selected as national finalists were Pierce Daly (Hilton Head Island High); Meaghan Lyons (Hilton Head Island High); Faith Shupard (May River High); and Alan Wiser (Beaufort High).

They will compete with 15,000 national finalists for college scholarships worth

more than $31 million.

About 1.6 million high school juniors from more than 22,000 American high schools entered the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

To advance to the final round of competition, each semifinalist had to submit a detailed application that provided information about the student’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, lead-

ership abilities, honors and awards. In addition, each semifinalist had to be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay and earn SAT scores that confirmed the student’s earlier score on the qualifying test.

The National Merit Scholarship Corp. is a nonprofit established in 1955, and its scholarships are underwritten

by NMSC with its own funds and more than 400 businesses and higher education institutions.

chal nature of the hive, references life’s vitality and renewal. The pomegranate draws on dual natures of life and death, fertility, renewal and decay.

DNA structures and collage processes examine issues of inheritance. Pulling from the iconography of these symbols and objects, the artist compels us to question how we find balance in the extremes of bitter and sweet. By interweaving the imagery of bees and pomegranates, Rhodes explores the inevitable opposition and coexistence of being.

Rhodes earned a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking from Winthrop University, as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in General Studio with an emphasis on Drawing and Painting.

She has exhibited her work throughout the Carolinas and has frequently received awards in these competitions.

Rhodes earned the top prize at Contemporary South in 2017 and Best of Show at the York County Juried Exhibition in 2013. She exhibited at the Southern Graphics Inter-

national Conference in Knoxville, Tenn., in 2015, participating in the Sphere of Existence exchange portfolio. At the SGCI Conference in Portland in 2016 she had prints in the Trans-Dimensional exhibition and the Some Assembly Required Exchange Portfolio.

Her work was recently featured in Paper Worlds at the Spartanburg Art Museum in Spartanburg, S.C. For more information about the artist and to view her most recent installations, visit her website at adrianrhodes.com.

Do you have what it takes to be a Parris Island Young Marine?

The Parris Island Young Marines will be holding a Parent/Recruit Orientation Meeting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26, at building 115 on Parris Island for the spring training schedule, which begins March 2.

The Young Marines are a youth education and service program for boys and girls ages 8 through completion of high school. The program promotes the mental, moral, and physical development of its members, focusing

on character building, leadership, and promoting a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.

The only membership requirement is that the youth must be in good standing at school.

The youth learn general subjects such as history, customs and courtesies, close order drill, physical fitness, and military rank structure. After graduating from Young Marines "Boot Camp,” the youth have the opportunity to learn more

new skills, earn rank, wear the Young Marines uniform and earn ribbons for achievement in areas such as leadership, community service, swimming, academic excellence, first aid, and drug resistance education.

For more information please visit www.youngmarines.com or www.parrisislandyoungmarines.com, call 843-271-2663 or email the Unit Commander at uc.parrisisland.youngmarines@ gmail.com.

BHS students earn statewide honors at Model UN Conference Students from four district high schools — including Beaufort High School — have been recognized for their performance at the Model United Nations Conference held at Georgia Southern University.

Model UN is an educational simulation where students learn about diplomacy and international relations

by “representing” countries from around the world in mock diplomacy exercises.

Students learn about current world issues, brush up on their speaking, debating and writing skills and also improve their critical thinking, teamwork and leadership abilities.

Students from Hilton Head Island High School,

Bluffton High School, May River High School, and Beaufort High School were recognized for their work.

Beaufort High’s Avery Thomas earned Honorable Mention and Helene Marshall and Logan Shissias earned Distinguished Recognition.

Beaufort High’s faculty advisor is Jonathan Miller.

BCSD honors counselors of the year May River High School Lead Counselor Carrie Carter is the Beaufort County School District’s 2019 School Counselor of the Year.

In addition to honoring Carter, the district also recognized Bluffton Middle School’s Gina Jacobs as Middle School Counselor of the Year and Coosa Elementary School’s Nicole Bossak as Elementary School Counselor of the Year.

“Effective school counselors are a critically important component in any successful school,” said Interim Superintendent Herb Berg. “They work closely with students to move them forward academically and socially, and they also work with parents to keep them informed about their children’s progress.”

Carter said she was “surprised, appreciative and thank-

ful for my team that was here to support me.”

“I love seeing kids come back five or 10 years later – once they’ve gone off and joined the military or gone to school – and see them be successful in life,” Carter said.

More than 20 local businesses and community members sponsored the awards breakfast and donated gifts for the school district’s counselors.

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BHS wins Lower State title, sends 9 to state 4 Dolphins, 3 Warriors also qualify

All-Region 7-4A Honors Announced Beaufort High’s Ron Lanham was named the Coach of the Year and three wrestlers shared Wrestler of the Year honors in the Region 7-4A awards announced Thursday.

Hilton Head High’s James Levy (113 pounds), Colleton County’s Wyatt O’Quinn (132) and Beaufort’s James Dagin (152) were voted the co-Wrestlers of the Year.

Region champion Beaufort High led the way with six All-Region selections, followed by Colleton County with four, Hilton Head High with three, and Bluffton with one. Marcus Spann (126), Jacob Denton (138), Robert Cruikshank (145), James Dagin (152), Jeremiah Simmons (160) and Michael Cenci (170) represented the Eagles on the team.

Left: Beaufort High’s Matthew Durrance puts the squeeze on Airport’s Alfonso Chavero in the finals of the 132-pound weight class at Saturday’s Class 4A Lower State Championships at Bluffton High School. Durrance pinned Chavero to win the individual title. Photo by Justin Jarrett.

Beaufort High qualified nine wrestlers for next week’s Class 4A State Championships and claimed the team title at the Lower State Championships on Saturday at Bluffton High School.

Matthew Durrance (132), Jacob Denton (138), and James Dagin (152) all claimed individual titles,

and Marcus Spann (126) and Michael Cenci (170) finished second to lead a strong showing by the Eagles, who finished 25.5 points ahead of runner-up Airport. Robert Cruikshank (145), Jeremiah Simmons (160), and Theo Washington (195) placed third, and Gary Bayne (106) was fourth to round out

Beaufort’s state qualifiers.

In the Class 3A Lower State Championships at May River High School, Battery Creek’s Syncere Atkins won the 145-pound title to lead four qualifiers for the Dolphins. Chris Appleby (152) was third, and Larson McManigle (138) and Alex Linares (160) placed fourth.

At the Class 2A/1A Lower State Championships at Timberland High School, the Whale Branch trio of Richard Parker (second, 132), De’Arius Hazel (third, 195) and Zakariya Williams (third, 220) each qualified.

The state championships are Friday and Saturday in Anderson.

Both BHS teams fall in first round Both Beaufort High basketball teams bowed out in the first round of the SCHSL Class 4A playoffs last week.

The girls lost 51-43 to visiting Midland Valley on Tuesday, Feb. 12, ending their season with a 15-9 record.

Beaufort High’s boys ran into a tough matchup on Wednesday, Feb. 13, losing 73-34 to a powerful Orangeburg-Wilkinson team.

Jamaad Rivers and Jontai

Murray scored eight points apiece and Trae Heyward added seven to lead the Eagles, who finished with a 10-16 record.

From right: Beaufort’s Darien Watkins (5) can only watch as a Midland Valley players drives past for a basket; Beaufort’s Layla Warren, left, manages to stay inbounds under constant pressure from the Midland Valley defense. Photos by Bob Sofaly.

tryout. Players came from 11 area schools with 60 making the cut for four grade-based teams — seventh, eighth, ninth, and 10th.

The success didn’t end there. The seventh-grade team won two tournaments, and the ninth-graders won eight titles, building a great foundation for the future. In addition to fielding four boys teams this season — eighth, ninth, 10th, and 11th/12th — the Hustle will add a girls’ program this season and could expand to younger age groups if there is enough in-

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BA girls roll into semifinals

Beaufort Academy’s girls blazed into the SCISA 1A semifinals with a 59-29 rout of Richard Winn Academy on Monday in Sumter.

EmilyAnn Hiers scored 20 points, Amelia Huebel added 17, and Shanese Bostick had 10 to lead the Eagles to the blowout win.

BA breezed through the first round with a 59-33 win over Holly Hill Academy on Friday.

Huebel scored 21 points, Hiers added 20, and Bostick had eight.

BA (16-8) will face Dorchester Academy in the semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday at Wilson Hall in Sumter.

Coleman tops 1K, BA boys advance

Dawson Coleman surpassed 1,000 career points while leading Beaufort Academy’s boys to a 69-59 win over South Aiken Baptist in the first round of the SCISA 1A state tournament Saturday.

Coleman led the Eagles with 20 points, pushing him past the 1,000-point mark. David Mathai added 15 points and Jaylen Reeves had nine for BA. The Eagles (13-10) were scheduled to face top-seeded Richard Winn Academy in the second round at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wilson Hall in Sumter.

Whale Branch boys fall in 2nd round

The Whale Branch boys saw their season come to a close with a 62-40 loss to Gray Collegiate Academy in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs Saturday in Columbia.

RaeQuan Brisbane scored 15 points and Shawn Chisolm added 10 lead the Warriors.

The Warriors advanced to the second round with a 70-63 home win over Kingstree on Wednesday. JaQuan Watson scored 17 points to lead four Warriors in double figures. Chisolm added 14 points, Shemar Williams scored 13, and Nick Pringle had 12.

Whale Branch finishes the season with a 14-9 record.

BA announces new girls soccer coach

AAU program ready to ‘Hustle’ into second season With any startup youth sports program, there is always a question of whether it will get off the ground. The landscape is competitive and, in many cases, oversaturated with options.

But Nick Field knew right away he was onto something when he launched the Beaufort Hustle AAU basketball program last year.

Field, then an assistant boys basketball coach at Beaufort High School, when nearly 100 players from throughout the area turned up for the program’s first

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terest. Field expects upwards of 100 players to come out to tryouts from Feb. 24-26, with players coming from as far as Greenville and Spartanburg to try out for a spot on one of the teams.

“I started this program to help kids,” Field said. “I love working with kids and I love the game of basketball. It was clear to me that something new was needed in the community for kids that play basketball. They needed a program where they could get great coaching, great competition, and to travel

outside of the Lowcountry.”

Field, now the athletics director at Beaufort Academy, said parents of players he has coached over the years had long encouraged him to start his own travel program, and it finally fit into his schedule last year.

This year’s schedule will be a bit more challenging for the older teams, Field said, as the Hustle spreads its wings in search of the strongest competition and more exposure.

“Our objective is to not only provide a positive ex-

perience and outlet for the youth in the community, but to also prepare student-athletes for the next level,” Field said. “For some of the students that meant middle school, JV, or varsity, and some of our kids are preparing to play in the college ranks.”

If students are interested in playing for the Hustle, they can register for tryouts and get more info at beauforthustle.com. Coaches interested in joining the program can email beauforthustle@gmail.com.

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Beaufort Academy has announced Bruce Marroquin will take over the varsity girls soccer program after Steve Aldred stepped down after one season at the helm.

Marroquin is a certified NFHS coach, coming to Beaufort Academy from the YMCA with 28 years of experience playing soccer.

“Bruce is going to bring great energy and expertise to the position,” BA athletics director Nick Field said. "He has a great background as a player and is quickly becoming a big name in the community for his investment in the sport."

Marroquin will be assisted by Taylor Dunphy and former longtime head coach David Byrne.

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Conversing about bombs over breakfast

By Scott Graber It is Friday afternoon and two men — old men — are sitting in the open-air dining area behind Blackstone’s Cafe in downtown Beaufort. They are eating, talking loudly so they can hear each other, and one might suppose they are discussing golf, macular degeneration or grandchildren.

But if one chooses to get themselves a little closer to the poached Scott eggs and hash Graber browns, one would hear the terms Aegis, Defense Intelligence Agency or, perhaps, the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972. If one really leans into the conversation one will correctly conclude that these two curmudgeons are talking about the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

“In July 1962 I was detailed to brief the Joint Chiefs in

the Pentagon,” Charlie Davis says to me as he drinks the last of his coffee. “I had some U-2 photographs, taken over Cuba, and was showing them to the admirals and generals sitting around the table. ‘It is the opinion of our photo interpreters,’ I said to the grimfaced men around the table, ‘that these truck trailers are designed to carry telephone poles. However, there is a minority opinion — that these trailers are designed to carry surface to air missiles. Missiles that will protect larger, medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles.’

“Curtis LeMay, Chairman of the Chiefs, jumped out of his chair, ran up to me and yelled, ‘What the hell did you say young man?’ all the while punching my chest with a cigar-stained index finger,” Charlie continued.

Soon — in October 1962 — the “minority opinion” became reality as more photos

showed the larger ballistic missiles aboard ships on their way to Cuba. And this was the opinion that was taken to the Kennedy White House where, for 13 days, President John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev flirted with the notion of a nuclear war.

“The confrontation was resolved when the Soviets took the anti-aircraft missiles back to Russia,” Charlie tells me. “And then they turned their ships around and took the bigger ballistic missiles home, too. For our part we agreed to take our medium-range (ballistic) missiles out of Turkey,” I’m getting Charlie’s war story as part of an afternoon discussion about Vladimir Putin’s recent decision to again deploy medium-range ballistic missiles and to get Russia out of the Intermediate Range Missile Treaty.

Putin’s decision seems to be a very bad thing. But Charlie

is circumspect.

“You can’t just focus on one weapons system.” Charlie says, “We have the advantage in every category. The Russians are still flying the Tupolev 142 bomber. This is a turboprop relic. We, in contrast, have the B-1, B-2 and, of course the venerable B-52.

“They have their submarines and their submarine launched missiles,” he says as a P-3 Orion makes its approach over downtown Beaufort, “But we know how to track their submarines and have a qualitative edge in that department.

“And we have Aegis,” he says.

Aegis is a ballistic missile intercept system that has been deployed on U.S. Navy cruisers and destroyers. Now, however, the system is being land-based in Romania and in Poland. These missiles are effective against short- and medium-ranged missiles

The Classic Blue Blazer Last summer I was able to attend a family birthday party for my grandson Finnegan.

After he opened the large gift box from me, he looked at me with an expression that read, “What?”

In the box was a classic blue blazer wrapped in tissue paper. Then he opened the card on top. On the card, I wrote that it was time he started wearing a blue blazer to certain functions, and I wanted to be the person to present him with his first one. (There was also cash in the card.)

Now this child has had suits before, but this classic blue

Now what?

HIGHLIGHTING DAILY LIFE OBSERVATIONS Lee Scott, a writer and recent retiree, shares her everyday observations about life after career. A former commercial banker responsible for helping her clients to reach their business objectives, Scott now translates those analytical skills to her writings. She lives on St. Helena Island and enjoys boating, traveling and reading. blazer was his first. I told him I wanted a picture of the two of us together dressed up.

That is when my daughter chimed in, “Finn, this present was for your grandmother more than you.” (She knows me so well.)

But it was not long before he was walking around posing for us like a model in GQ

magazine. Then my daughter took out her old wedding album and he saw photos of all the men in his family who were wearing their blue blazers.

“They look good,” he announced.

The next morning when we walked into his school and his friends saw him, they

started making comments.

Maybe it was his look of confidence or his manly swagger they noticed, but both male and female said, “Looking good, Finn.”

I was reminded again of how much I love classic blue blazers while attending a large book club gathering. A retired FBI agent who intro-

— the kind of missiles that Putin intends to build and deploy in Russia. The kind of missiles that were prohibited and then destroyed by the Intermediate Range Missile Treaty of 1987.

One would think that Russia’s scrapping this treaty would be cause for concern.

But Charlie thinks otherwise.

“Right now there is a rough parity between the U.S. and Russia,” he says. “Both sides have enough nuclear-tipped missiles to assure that a few of them — maybe 20 percent — will survive a first strike. That’s unacceptable to us; and apparently unacceptable to them.” “‘You’re talking about mutually assured destruction?

Is that a concept that’s still in play?” I ask.

“Yes,” Charlie says, “It’s still the theory that keeps the peace.”

For almost 30 years Charlie Davis was part of America’s intelligence community. He

spent his days, and nights, trying to figure out what the Soviet Union was capable of doing.

He made estimates and assessments trying to anticipate the mischief the Soviets were going to make in Cuba, Egypt, Vietnam and elsewhere.

“What Putin really wants is the dismantling of NATO,” Charlie says as he examines his check and we prepare to depart Blackstone’s. “He likes the Brexit turmoil and the discord between Donald Trump and Angela Merkel. He has designs on Poland and the Czech Republic and those plans are now blocked by NATO.” And so two old can now be see departing Blackstone’s, making their unsteady way down Bay Street, both wondering about dinner and whether or not they can stay awake for Rachel Maddow.

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

duced the author was wearing his blue blazer. He looked so confident and polished as he stood up at the podium. The Naval Academy ring just added to the look.

Then there is the young boy at my church who wears his blue blazer every Sunday.

He stands there passing out bulletins to the church members. Everyone greets him as if he were much older.

As for me, I too have my classic blue blazer. When I wore it to a girls’ lunch recently they all commented on how much they all like blue blazers.

Several months after Finn opened the birthday gift, my daughter called to tell me that she was getting ready for a family wedding when she heard Finnegan calling, “Mom, where is my blue blazer?” He knew the men would all be wearing a blazer and he wanted to wear his too.

For me, there will always be times for both men and women to don a nice pair of slacks and a blue blazer. And I know one 9-year-old who agrees with me, because he called to let me know he is growing, and his blue blazer is getting a bit small.

The True Story of Monkey Island, Part 1

By David M. Taub Our story begins in India, where, in 1939, psychology professor Dr. Clarence Carpenter brought about 500 rhesus monkeys and resettled them on Cayo Santiago island, just off Puerto Rico’s east David M. coast.

They Taub were part of research conducted jointly by Puerto Rico’s School of Tropical Medicine and Columbia University. There they lived and thrived, unbothered and essentially invisible to the public until the early 1970s.

In the mid-1940s, the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis (later the March of Dimes Foundation) bought about 40 acres just off Pinckney Colony Road, near Bluffton. In this remote and isolated backcountry, a monkey holding facility was established, originally called the Pritchard-

ville Primate Center. This site was ideal because it was far removed from human habitations (unlike today) and many of the monkeys arrived sick. At this rural “monkey farm,” monkeys were treated and healed before being shipped to Dr. Sabin’s lab at University of Michigan or Dr. Salk’s lab at the University of Pittsburgh. John Helmey, a wildlife researcher, started the Okatie farm and ran it for many years. His book “The Land That I Love” provides the best description of South Carolina’s first, but not last, “monkey farm.”

From 1946 until it closed in 1959, many thousands of monkeys came through this remote farm before being transferred to research facilities throughout the U.S. Many a monkey escaped from its confines along Pinckney Colony and made their way to Hilton Head Island, a classier place to live. Locals claimed that Hilton Head Island, at that time covered with pristine forests and small

farms like all of southern Beaufort County, was overrun with Okatie’s escaped monkeys, riding farmers’ mules and killing their hunting dogs. Who knows if this was true?

What is certainly true is that these monkeys were essential in the development and testing of effective vaccines to protect from the destructive polio virus, which by the early-1950s had grown into a critical national health crisis that was crippling thousands, leading government and private institutions to commit immense resources to developing a vaccine. Two different effective vaccines were developed: Salk’s was based on killed poliomyelitis virus, whereas Sabin’s was based on attenuated (i.e., mostly killed) live virus.

Armed with effective ammunition, in the form of Sabin’s and Salk’s vaccines, a massive nation-wide effort at total immunization of America’s population against polio was undertaken. This effort

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saved many thousands of lives and prevented paralysis in innumerable children and young adults, those most often afflicted by polio. The “war on polio” was soon won.

Those of my generation will remember medical vans coming to our schools and dispensing sugar cubes imbued with a small purple dot of Sabin’s vaccine. Although unknown to most people, southern Beaufort County played a critical role in eradicating polio, not only in America and but also worldwide (except in Pakistan and Afghanistan, where religious terrorists to this day assassinate healthcare professionals trying to vaccinate local children).

This ends the “polio” part of this puzzle, but not the end of the government’s role in “monkey business.”

For many decades, America’s biomedical community used mostly Indian-origin rhesus monkeys in research. They were most abundant on the Indian subcontinent, where many hundreds of thousands roamed its forests and inundated its farms and cities. America had a treaty with India allowing the importation of rhesus monkeys for biomedical research, with a critical stipulation: neither military nor nuclear research could be done using these monkeys.

Eventually activists discovered the U.S. was conducting secret research on nuclear radiation’s effects using rhesus monkeys, and they promptly notified India’s Prime Minister, Morarji Desai. Desai was incensed, as he was a religious

Hindu, and using semi-sacred monkeys, by Hindu theology, in terminal experiments violated his deeply-held religious values. In response, India permanently banned all exports of rhesus monkeys to the United States in 1977. To this day, Indian rhesus monkeys are not imported into America. The few that are imported now come mostly from China.

Lacking a reliable source of rhesus monkeys, significant and important biomedical research and vaccine production came to a screeching halt. Consequently, senior scientists at the highest levels of government decided that we had to establish domestic breeding colonies of Indian rhesus monkeys to support critical research. Hence, in the mid-1970s domestic breeding colonies were established, supported by taxpayer dollars.

Litton Bionetics was a small biomedical division of Litton Industries, whose President, Roy Ash, had been President Nixon’s Secretary of Commerce. Litton Bionetics was interested in developing one of these government-sponsored domestic breeding colonies.

Someone at Litton vaguely remembered something about a monkey colony somewhere in South Carolina. So, with their L. L. Bean bush boots packed, off trekked these Yankee “captains of industry” to rural South Carolina to hornswoggle the Southern backwoods rednecks out of their monkey farm. Litton’s brass figured they could just come to town, blind the good ole boys with the raz-

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zle-dazzle of their Brooks Brothers pinstriped suits, Barbour field jackets and New England pedigrees and buy themselves a monkey farm.

Reality dashed such hopes; the now abandoned old Pinckney Colony facility was not for sale, period. Crushed, these captains, now demoted by failure to privates, prepared to depart the sunny South empty-handed. But magically the Wizard of Luck intervened, and enterprising Beaufort County officials got wind that the masters of the universe wanted to buy land in Beaufort County.

The county’s so-called “Courthouse Gang” sprang into action and convinced these not-so-savvy captains turned privates to buy 30 acres of swamp land in the so-called Yemassee Industrial Park. They were assured there would be no problems with zoning, development licenses and permits. Litton bought this pig in a Beaufort County poke and submitted their NIH proposal. They received one of the initial awards, and so was born the Yemassee Primate Center, immediately slapped with the obvious moniker of “monkey farm.”

But that’s just the first part of this true story. In Part 2, I will reveal the nitty-gritty of how Monkey Island itself was created, and why the future mayor came to Beaufort a second time.

David M. Taub was Mayor of Beaufort from 1990 through 1999, and served as a Beaufort County Magistrate Judge from 2010 to 2015. He may be contacted at david.m.taub42@gmail.com.

LEGAL NOTICE City of Beaufort CANCELLATION OF PUBLIC HEARING Zoning Text Amendments The City of Beaufort notice of a public hearings to be held on February 26, 2019 to review the amendments to revise Section 9.12.1.B pertaining to administrative adjustment of numerical standard for redevelopment or infill and to revise Section 3.7.2.B.1.d pertaining to the number of menu or order boards allowed at drive-thru facilities to The Beaufort Development Code have been cancelled.

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From the Tuscany of Germany

By Celia Strong As we head toward spring, many of our thoughts turn to new and lighter wines to match the fresh warmer weather that’s coming.

New, too, is the source for this week’s wine — the Pfalz region of Germany. This area, also known as “the Palatinate,” is located in southeastern Germany, just north of France’s Alsace region. It is between the Haardt Mountains and the Rhine River. The mountains protect it from the very cold and wet weather blowing in from the Atlantic. In fact, this protection makes the Pfalz one of the warmer and drier areas of Germany. So warm and dry

that almonds, figs and lemons grow here along with wine grapes, hence its nickname — the Tuscany of Germany.

There are several interesting facts about the Pfalz region. It is Germany’s second-largest wine region with just under 60,000 acres of vineyards.

Riesling, the dominant variety in Pfalz, produces about one quarter of the wines. The average daytime temperature during the grapes’ growing season is 55 degrees, and the region sees 40 percent more annual hours of sunshine than in the Mosel, while rainfall is about 40 percent less.

Villa Wolf is our winery this week. Originally called the J L

Wolf Estate when it was founded in 1756, the name changed when they built an actual villa in 1843. Going into the end of the 20th century, the estate lacked good management and their wines’ reputation suffered.

Dr. Ernst Loosen took over the Celia winery in 1996 Strong and has turned it back into a standard of German wine production. His goal is to produce wines that are pure and authentic and represent the Pfalz style — drier and more full-bodied than Mosel wines, with full fruit flavors. To

The finished wine is light and refreshing, with bright fruit flavors — strawberries, red cherries, red currants, plums.

ensure their high quality, all their vineyards are sustainably maintained and the fruit is very gently handled. Winemaking is minimalist. While Rieslings are their show pieces, they also produce a dry Gewurztraminer, a minerally and dry Pinot Gris, and, our wine, a rosé made with Pinot Noir.

Villa Wolf Pinot Noir Rosé is the perfect new wine for this spring — and the rest of the year, too. The grapes for this wine are selected from estate vineyards, chosen for

the flavors and textures they have to make a classic rosé, or “Weissherbst” in German.

Only perfectly ripe grapes are chosen — none under or overly ripe — And only Pinot Noir.

After harvest, there is a brief maceration, four to six hours, that gives the wine its lovely salmon shade. No red wine is added to augment the color or weigh down its flavors and textures. Fermentation is done exclusively in stainless steel.

No malolactic secondary fermentation occurs, so the wine

maintains a crisp acidity. Just before bottling, a minimal, light filtration is done. The finished wine is light and refreshing, with bright fruit flavors — strawberries, red cherries, red currants, plums. The fruit flavors are very forward, but also delicate, and very well-balanced with the wine’s acids. Its flavors and textures linger in your mouth for quite a while. A great new wine — true or Pfalz?

True! For $11.99. Enjoy.

Celia Strong works at Bill’s Liquor & Fine Wines on Lady’s Island.

RECIPE

MANDARIN ORANGE MOUSSE – CREAMCICLE MOUSSE

By Leigh Moss I’m always looking for another reason to use the Kitchen Aide stand mixer I received as a Christmas gift, and this week’s recipe provides a perfect opportunity.

This weekend I had a great lunch at Gryphon Tea Room in Savannah, which many years ago was a pharmacy.

The restaurant is on Madison Square across the street from the SCAD gift shop. The restaurant wait staff were all SCAD students. They served a very refreshing dessert called Mandarin Orange Mousse or Creamcicle Mousse. When I got home, I Leigh found many Moss recipes for it and combined a couple to make my own version, which came out as good as the Gryphon’s.

Some good tips, according to a recipe from “Amanda’s Cook Book,” the secret is timing. Before you add the whipped cream, you should chill the gelatin to allow the Jell-O to partially set up, keeping it from settling to the bottom.

This recipe can be made

with either real whipped cream or Cool Whip.

MANDARIN ORANGE MOUSSE – CREAMCICLE MOUSSE Prep Time: 60 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Serves: 8 INGREDIENTS: 1 large box orange Jell-O 1 cup whipping cream (or you can substitute with a an 8-ounce container of Cool Whip) 1 Tbsp. of powdered sugar (omit if using Cool Whip) 6-ounce can of mandarin oranges in juice, drained and juice reserved Water and ice INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Place reserved mandarin orange juice in a 2-cup measuring cup and add water to fill to the 2-cup line.

2. Heat water/juice to boiling.

3. Remove from heat and stir in gelatin powder, stirring until dissolved.

4. Move mixture to a large bowl.

5. Add one cup of ice to a

2-cup measuring cup and add water to bring the level to the 2-cup mark.

6. Pour ice/water into the gelatin mixture and stir until ice has melted.

7. Place gelatin in the refrigerator until the mixture is partially gelled. It should be firm enough not to spill out of the container but will not hold its shape when lifted with a spoon.

8. While gelatin cools, combine whipping cream and powdered sugar in a mixer with a whisk attachment, beating on medium-high until firm peaks form.

Store whipped cream covered in refrigerator until ready to use.

9. Use an electric mixer to break up the gelatin mixture until it is very loose and no longer holding its shape.

10. Add half of the whipped cream and most of the mandarin oranges, then beat until blended together, reserving about eight orange slices for garnish.

11. Pour into eight dessert dishes and chill until firm.

12. Garnish with a dollop of whipped cream and a mandarin orange.

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WHAT TO DO Evolution Big Band concert fundraiser for BAC

February is the month of love, and big band fans are going to love hearing the Evolution Big Band perform a benefit concert for the Beaufort Arts Council. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Technical College of the Lowcountry building 12 auditorium.

Artwork from Beaufort Arts Council artists will be on display and a light reception will be available at 6 p.m. in the lobby. Guests can also check out the historic community mural in process in the tunnel beneath Ribaut Road, connecting the campus.

The 18-piece Evolution Big Band is regarded as one of the top big bands in the region. Its mission is to support local charitable causes by performing contemporary arrangements of big band music at concerts, dances and private events. Since its founding in 2004, the band has raised more than $150,000 for non-profit organizations in the area.

This concert is a fundraiser for the Beaufort Arts Council (BAC), which is located on the campus of the Technical College of the Lowcountry. BAC offers many educational programs for artists, students and church organizations and also promotes the local heritage, rich artistic legacy, and cultural uniqueness of our community. Tickets are $25. Reservations can be made at www.beaufortartscouncil.org/ fundraising-events or by calling the Beaufort Arts Council at 843-379-2787.

Take the Plunge

It’s the coolest thing you’ll do all year – and you’ll help support the Special Olympics, too!

On February 23, you have the opportunity to participate in the Wardle Family YMCA’s Polar Plunge in Port Royal. This fundraising effort will help provide athletes with intellectual disabilities the life-changing experience of participating in the Special Olympics — at no cost to themselves or their families. You can sponsor an athlete, provide free health screenings for 20 athletes, or sponsor a team’s training and competition costs for one year.

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Friends of Fort Fremont to hold annual meeting

The Friends of Fort Fremont members, guests, and the public are invited to attend our Annual Meeting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the St. Helena Branch Library.

Accomplishments of the past year will be highlighted, and future plans will be presented, including a preview of the Fort Fremont Walking Tour app being developed for smart phones. Light refreshments will be served.

The regularly scheduled monthly docent tour will take place before the meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, beginning in the small conference room of the St. Helena Library. If you haven’t been on a tour, now is your opportunity. You will see our award-winning documentary, view the diorama of the Fort circa 1900, and then travel down to the Fort for a walking tour with Sgt. Ted.

Classical pianist to play Fripp Sandra Wright Shen, one of the most gifted classical pianists, will perform on Sunday, February 24, at 5:00 pm at the Fripp Community Centre, 205 Tarpon Boulevard. This concert is sponsored by Fripp Friends of Music and supported by the SC Arts Commission. Attendees get a free pass at the Fripp gate. Tickets at the door only: adults $30 (no credit cards), students free thanks to the Peg Gorham Memorial Fund. You are invited to join Sandra at a complimentary catered reception after the performance. www.frippfriendsofmusic.com or call 843-263-5916.

HBF Dinner and a Lecture to feature Rowland

Historian and engaging speaker Lawrence S. Rowland will tell the story of an early 20th-cen-

tury American literary figure’s love affair with Beaufort at the Monday, Feb. 25, Dinner and a Lecture at the Verdier House, 801 Bay Street.

Samuel Hopkins Adams, a member of the Algonquin Circle of New York literary opinion makers, wintered in Beaufort for almost 25 years from 1935-58, and during his career wrote more than 50 books including novels, biographies and political exposes.

Rowland, who knew Adams, wrote that Adams was the literary bridge between 19th-century and 20th-century Beaufort and was a star among many writers and artists who lived in Beaufort off-and-on during the first half of the 20th century, gathering at the Gold Eagle Inn and the Tidalholm Guest House.

Dinner and a Lecture is a monthly educational series, September-May, sponsored by Historic Beaufort Foundation. Reservations are necessary as seating is limited.

A wine and hors d’oeuvre reception begins at 5:30; the program is at 6 pm. Admission for members is $15/$25 per member/couple.

Non-member admission is $20/$30 per person/couple. Call 379-3331 to make reservations. Reservations for Saltus River Grill’s special for lecture ticket-holders may be made by calling Saltus at 379-3474.

February Beaufort Drum Circle Events

All are invited to share some good vibes with the Beaufort Drum Circle. Now that the groundhog did not see his shadow, we hope that spring is on its way and we will be back outdoors soon.

Until then, we are grateful to our gracious winter hosts. The final February event is planned for 5:30-7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, at Sea Island Center, 876 Sea Island Parkway).

Everyone is welcome to attend. No experience is necessary. Please bring an extra drum or hand percussion if you have one to share.

Questions, please email beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com or contact us on our Facebook page "Beaufort SC Drum Circle.”

Conroy Center to hold 3rd annual March Forth

The Pat Conroy Literary Center will hold our third annual March Forth day of learning from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, at the Frissell Community House at Penn Center on St. Helena Island. Commemorating the anniversary of Pat Conroy's death, March Forth will be a day-long embrace of nature, writing, social justice, and fellowship among writers and readers in the heart of Conroy's beloved lowcountry.

March Forth's lineup will include New York Times best-selling young adult novelist Nic Stone (author of “Dear Martin”); educator and civil rights leader Cleveland Sellers Jr. and his biographer Adam Parker (author of “Outside Agitator”); “Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy” contributing writers Cassandra King Conroy, Tim Conroy, Jonathan Haupt, Ellen Malphrus, Sallie Ann Robinson, and Valerie Sayers; and a guided birding walk led by master naturalists Chris Marsh and Bob Speare.

All-day admission to March Forth is $22 with four gourmet box lunch options catered by Debbi Covington available for an additional fee of $18 (with advance purchase).

Historical Society to present lecture

The Beaufort County Historical Society will offer a lecture by Dr. Larry Rowland and Julie Zachowski at noon on Thursday, March 7, at the Santa Elena Center, 1501 Bay Street in Beaufort.

Their topic will be, “The Blue Channel Corporation and the Origins of the Beaufort Seafood Industry.” This event is free and open to the public. Donations are always welcome.

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PIHMS to hold annual meeting

The Parris Island Historical and Museum Society will be holding their annual meeting on March 1, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Parris Island Museum. Please call 843-228-3215 for more information.

Embody your personal power with the Vibe Alive event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, at The Retreat at Lady's Island, 9 Sunset Blvd. Join Martha O'Regan and Elizabeth Bergmann of Beaufort BioEnergetics for a day of fun while learning simple ways to shift your energy to enliven a higher vibrational you. Cost is $80 per person (lunch provided). Register by Feb. 10 using coupon code “VIBETRIBE” for a $15 discount. Register at www.beaufortbioenergetics.as.me/vibe-alive. For more info call 843812-1328 or 410-212-1468.

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Local artists will feature their “delicious” art at the Food for the Eyes” exhibit from March 3-28 at the Beaufort Arts Council Art Gallery at Technical College of the Lowcountry building 1, 921 Ribaut Road.

An opening reception will be held from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday March 3. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Tuesday through Friday.

Join the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.

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Reasons for Faith

Shells in the Sand Why Is There Order in the Universe?

On the beach, seashells are normally scattered here and there.

But imagine walking on the beach and finding that an area of sand is clear of shells, except for some lined up in particular shapes.

Getting closer, we see that the shells form the pattern, 3 x 3 = 9.

We would naturally conclude that this order did not happen by chance; someone had picked up the shells and arranged them not only to form symbols we can recognize, but also in a way that makes mathematical sense.

Why is the universe ordered, instead of chaotic?

On the beach, we would expect to find the shells randomly distributed, without any order we could identify. It would have been reasonable to expect the universe to exhibit a similar lack of order. After all, if the universe began in an initial, violent explosion from a single point, might we not expect it to act in a random, unpredictable manner? Thankfully, this is not the case.

The universe operates under recognizable, predictable laws.

All scientific work is based on the assumption that the universe operates under laws that remain constant across time and space.

For example, the laws of gravity and motion apply throughout the universe and in all time periods. Thus, we can plan to fly in an airplane, trusting that gravity and motion will function the same tomorrow and in each place we travel.

There is a mystery here, unexplainable by science on its own.

Since science is the study of the material world, it can help us discover and better understand the laws of nature. But science cannot explain why there are these laws to begin with. Why is the universe ordered? Why are nature’s laws such that we can not only recognize them, but also express them mathematically?

The order of the universe calls for an explanation.

In our seashell analogy, it is reasonable to expect that someone with an intellect purposefully arranged the shells in this organized and mathematical manner. Similarly, it is reasonable to observe the order built into our universe and conclude that the laws of nature were arranged by an intellect vastly superior to our own. Christians believe that God created the universe with its order, intending for us to understand the laws of nature and rely upon them.

The order and beauty of the universe reflects the majesty of its creator.

These laws can even be expressed as mathematical realities.

Amazingly, not only can we recognize the laws of nature, but they can also be expressed with mathematical precision. For example, Einstein’s famous equation describes how energy (“E”) equals mass (“m”) times the speed of light (“c”) squared. It is quite remarkable that important laws of nature can be effectively represented in simple and elegant mathematical formulas, allowing us to put them to practical use.

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